02 . action + voice

[calmbeforethe]

[ The journal starts recording very abruptly, catching the crash of a chair hitting the floor, and the tail end of an imperious taunt-- ]

--re mistaken if you think I will come quietly.

[ What follows is a series of bursts of lightning that white out the journal camera for a few moments, leaving the audio to record the rest: glass breaking with the force of a window being thrown open as ororo takes the fight outside, a fierce rush of wind lifting her up to the quickly darkening sky above, thunder booming in the distance as she rises higher and higher, disappearing into the clouds, vaguely hoping to outrun the droids that have finally come for her... but as suddenly as the weather worsens, it begins to fade away. ]

[ When the skies finally clear, she's gone. ]

Comments

[Action] (before the kidnapping)

[calmbeforethe]

[She spares a second to call forth another burst of wind, this time much colder and laced with sleet. The temperature in the room drops rapidly, slowing the next wave of droids down. But at Logan's words, she pauses. She hates to leave him to fight them off alone...! ... But she's also realizing that they've come for her-- so she gives him a brief, grim nod.]

Be careful, Logan.

[And with that she's out the window and towards the darkening sky! The droids follow her, but now that she's outside she's got more room to fight - a well-aimed strike of lightning straight from the clouds above manages to keep one or two of them down.

But they keep coming.]

[Action] (before the kidnapping)

[snikting]

[He keeps the fight inside, at least until she's in the air. Before long, he's tackling a droid and outside on the ground, rolling around as he tries to punch it in the face. A tactic which doesn't accomplish much, especially as other droids dogpile him and begin tearing him away.]

Keep goin', Storm!

[He may be overpowered, but he knows how this game works. And hell. if they change targets, he'd rather it be him anyway.]

[Action] (before the kidnapping)

[calmbeforethe]

[Meanwhile Ororo is fighting just to keep out of reach of the droids that have followed her. Lightning flashes once, twice - but it takes more than a few hits to keep the bots down. Part of her is focused on escaping, but the other part is dimly aware of Logan falling under the pile of droids that attack him.

It only takes a second for her to check on her friend and teammate - one second of momentary distraction for a droid to get past her defenses. She feels the grasp of the mechanical arms on her own arms too late-]

Unhand me-!

[Her eyes flash with rage and the winds pick up very suddenly around her -but it's a losing battle once they have her within their grasp.]

[Action] (before the kidnapping)

[snikting]

[They've got her.

Logan taps into his deepest primal anger as he starts to viciously tear the droids off him. But even with his claws and his strength, he only makes minimal progress as he tries to get closer to her. In the meantime, the droids tear at his flesh and clothes, leaving him a bloodied mess as he tries vainly to do something, anything to save his teammate.

But it's not near enough.]

[Action] (before the kidnapping)

[calmbeforethe]

[The droids act quickly once they get ahold of her, pinning her arms to her sides. For a moment the sky seemed to open up and lightning arcs crazily through the air, no longer aiming for anything in particular, merely responding to a weather witch's emotions. And there were few things that scared Ororo more than being bound and imprisoned.]

[It doesn't take long, though. Once she's suitably detained, the droids simply Shift away - leaving the weather to sort itself out without its mistress to set things to rights. Soon, whatever's left of the drones follow suit.]

[Action] (before the kidnapping)

[snikting]

[She's gone. The droids are already starting to leave him alone. He tries to fight them off, but one by one they're gone. And soon he's left on the ground, covered in his own blood as the clouds shatter above him.

There's no chasing her. She's just gone. And for a long time, he just stays there.]