Test your Might [Chapter XIX]

[Garrus Vakarian]

Wrex caught something out of the corner of his eye and his reflexes kicked in, rolling out of the way of the self-made humanoid projectile and taking cover behind a truck as the enemy didn't even stop to make sure he had hit his target. The Krogan Battlemaster took advantage of this unloading rapid fire upon the back of the Ajerian as he moved to the Kari group.

[Gabrielle]

"Yes," replied Gabrielle to confirm Zora's statement, "we were sent by Kain to close the seal before being attacked by a third party who my friend here-" Gabrielle motioned to Sincara -"has had dealings with in the past. She's been poisoned and I have to get her somewhere safe before it's too late to save her."
It was a miracle that Gabrielle even had the time to say all of that as Deadpool proved relentless in his charge, firing more gunshots at them as the Battling Bard moved out of the way taking cover behind an abandoned home as the energy beam from Darkseid came.

[Sincara]

"Ajerian? It's me you should be worried about. I'm the one who's going to kill you."

Sincara met Deadpool's bullets with a torrent of her own enchanted by dark magic while Gabrielle carried her away from the conflict and the energy blast that Darkseid launched at them. While behind cover Sincara used this time to speak with Gabrielle.

"We don't have time to for this. Leave me. Stopping the Netherrealm comes first."

[Cloud]

A massive power appeared, and practically oozed dark power as it shot a massive beam at him and the group. To avoid it he let his wing stretch and took to the sky, dodging the attack by merely feet. Once in the air he pointed his Buster Sword at the god Darkseid. His blue eyes glared menacingly at the figure, and one with a trained eye could sense the darkness that tainted him and the small spark of light the yearned for its dominance.

"...You resemble Hades.... but more... straight to the point in my opinion." Cloud said to him as he floated in the air, with his wing flapping in a relaxing-like state.

[Ayen]

"... looks like you guys need all the help you can get. The name's Cloud...."

“Odd name. And do you often have such long pauses?”

"Sincara. We meet again. I'm afraid this is the part where you die. I cannot allow the Ajerian's plan to go forward."

Zora raised an eyebrow at the undead appearance of the man now speaking with them and then looked over to Sincara.

“You're friends with an animated corpse?”

No time for chit chat. This seemingly pissed off dead guy meant business and what did you know? He could shoot energy blasts too. Go figure. Zora followed Gabrielle and Sincara around the building for cover, keeping her wand at the ready as she peered around the corner for any signs of Darkseid or his goons while also listening to Gabrielle and Sincara.

"We don't have time to for this. Leave me. Stopping the Netherrealm comes first."

“I agree. The longer we wait the more chance we give the Netherrealm to become even more powerful. Pretty soon we may not be able to stop them at all.”

[Gabrielle]

"We're not leaving you," said Gabrielle, looking towards Zora now.
"Are we?"
Gabrielle didn't wait for Zora's response as she took the bag at her waist and unhooked it. Opening it up as she took a small stick from the ground and held it up to Zora.
"Light this with your wand and then keep a lookout. We have to delay the effects of the poison until we can get her to a hospital."
Hopefully the others would be able to hold off the enemy until then.

[Ayen]

"We're not leaving you. Are we?"

“Of course not,” replied Zora softly. She didn't agree with Gabrielle's decision but knew better than to try to talk her out of it. It looked like they were going to waste time. Hopefully Zora wouldn't be able to say “I told you so!” later.

"Light this with your wand and then keep a lookout. We have to delay the effects of the poison until we can get her to a hospital."

Zora raised an eyebrow in response to this request.

“Are you sure you know what you're doing?”

[Sparda]

"She'd better," echoed the hollow voice of the Dread Seraph. He towered over the retreating women, back turned to them, stood firm with Diabolus in hand. His blazing eyes narrowed visibly within his helmet as he stared down Darkseid, Deadpool and Wrex, determined to fight through all three of them if need be. He didn't know how the former knew who he was or what he was planning, but it was of no consequence.

"The cowgirl's right. The battle in Kari will be beginning right around now, so we don't have time to waste on this distraction. Besides..." The Ajerian affirmed his stance, the ground underfoot shaking as his aura strenghtened drastically. "I come with a change of plan. We're going to lend our friends in Kari a helping hand... by destroying the Netherrealm from within."

[Kragen]

Deadpool came to a stop, looking up at Cloud in the sky and then to where he could see the Ajerian. Waiting on Darkseid's orders on how to proceed as he scratched his head and pondered how the hell a guy could fly with just one wing on his back.

[Madara Uchiha]

Mukuro felt a field around him, and he struggled to get free. He looked around, because this was not the same attack as what the creatures he had be fighting. There was a man in red and an alien, though he guessed that the alien was the one who put the field around him. He was then shot up into the air, and when he landed, he landed on his head. This knocked him out for a little while, and when he regained conciseness Sincara was seemingly ill, and more people had shown up. He briefly heard something about leaving, which pissed him off.

"I don't care if you leave, I am stopping what ever were stopping...

That is when he heard the rest of the conversation, about leaving or not leaving Sincara. This caused him to feel quite dumb. Shaking his head while thinking, he spoke.

"If you have too, go... I can hold these guys long enough to give you some time"

His eye changed back to his illusion form, and he began to prepare for a fight by raising his trident towards the alien.

[Cap'n Failz]

Mere moments after Demetrios made his declaration of the change of plans, there would come a shining glyph erupting into sight to his right, and Doctor Fate would step from it a moment later and it flickered out of sight after him. The surging energy that had lit up the Helmet of Fate before had died to a dull ember in comparison to its former blazing intensity, but was still apaprent if it was looked for.

"I apologize for my delay," he remarked to Demetrios. "Our g uests were most uncooperative in allowing my swift passage." He paced forward to stand at the side of the Dread Seraph, and took a moment to overview the three beofre them, gauging the relative strength of them. His eyes flashed dangerously when they passed over Darkseid, though he said nothing, and merely brought his hands to either side, as a blue glow lit up both of them, crackling with raw energy as motes of gold and royal purple drifted from the oscillating magic, and the white flames in the eyes of the helmet rekindled all at once.

[DC Comics]

"The others are of no concern. It is Sincara and the Ajerian I wish dead."

Darkseid eyes set themselves on the building the others were hiding behind and released a massive Omega Beam with the goal of ripping straight through the building and hitting the back of Sincara where she was being treated by Gabrielle. Upon Doctor Fate's arrival Drahmin and Moloch came onto the scene having followed the pair from where Rain and Sparda was currently doing battle.

"It seems our new friend has brought us some company."

[Garrus Vakarian]

Wrex abandoned his current cover and moved closer to get a clearer shot at the Ajerian. Standing behind a pillar and peering over bringing the assault rifle up and unloading its armor piercing rounds at both the Dread Seraph and the good doctor.

[Sparda]

In the path of the searing Omega Beam, a rune of azure light pulsed into life for a brief moment. The moment the beam of energy collided with it, it was drawn into a great sphere of restrained power which exploded upwards, directing the Omega Beam harmlessly skyward.

In the meantime, Demetrios stood firm against the mercenary's gunfire. He raised the flat of Diabolus, the blade wreathed in energy, to shield himself against the lightning-fast slugs, which bounced off the shielded weapon with audible metallic pings. The moment the last round collided, the field of energy exploded out towards the Dread Seraph's three enemies, filling the street with a mass of arcing lightning bolts that scarred the ground and smashed down walls as they screamed forth with incredible force.

At that moment, the two oni arrived, and three foes soon became five. This was getting out of hand way too quickly.
"Forget this," the Ajerian grumbled. "You three!" he called to the girls from Kari. "Take your companions and get through that gate. We'll be right behind you." "We", of course, were he and Doctor Fate, best equipped to deal with these foes. The Shadow of Darkbroode kept his defensive stance, backing up and preparing to cover the Kari party's retreat through the portal.

[Gabrielle]

"Just do it!" yelled Gabrielle. Her eyes looking up to Demetrios as he explained his intentions to destroy the Netherrealm altogether as opposed to just closing it.
"And how do you plan to do that?"
There was no time to explain or treat Sincara here. Gabrielle put back her bag for now and then picked up Sincara again, carrying her off and making a break for the nexus.