Russia arc

[Dracos]

"I'm a doctor, not a gymnist.  There's no way I can manage through there without triggering a beam."  Dr. Andonuts pondered as he looked over the beams.

Fearless Leader

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: St Petersburg

IC:

Black looked over the doctor's portly frame.

"Agreed." He said shortly. "How much do you weigh?"

[Dracos]

"eh...um..' Dr. Andonuts hemmed for a second before acknowledging the seriousness of the line.  "Around three hundred pounds."

Fearless Leader

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: St Petersburg

IC:

Black frowned, and set down the nitrogen canister, opening the valve all the way. The hiss turned muted as the opening was no longer obstructed, and Black turned to the hall, watching the last of the mist from the fire extinguisher die away. He then squeezed the trigger again, moving his arm as he did, letting the mist fill the entire hallway.

Once the entire web of beams was revealed, Black turned to Andonuts.

"I sincerly hope you are not prone to motion sickness, Doctor."

With those words, Black lifted Doctor Andonuts into the air...

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: St Petersburg

IC:

Black was shocked at how little effort it took to hoist the portly man into the air.

Shaking off his surprise, Black's eyes narrowed under his mask. He took three steps back, eyeing the space on the wall, about three feet up, where the infrared beams ended.

He took a deep breath....

And exploded into motion, shaking off the effect of gravity momentarily as he ran UP the wall, angling his path along it so that he cleared the beams. Gravity slowly began to reassert itself, pulling Black's path downward. Moments before he was pulled into their path, he coiled his legs under himself and his passenger...and propelled himself to the opposite wall, flipping his feet underneath him, and firing himself away in another leap, aiming for the end of the hallway...and the end of the infrared beams.

Time seemed to slow as he sailed through the air toward the end of the hall. For a long moment, Black thought they wouldn't make it...and cursed himself for trying such a recless stunt with such a heavy man.
...And suddenly, they sailed out of the hall, Black twisting them  to avoid a vertical beam as they cleared the alarm sensors...and landed roughly in the opening near the elevator.

[Bean Bandit]

Black rolled to his feet quickly, glancing around. After he'd satisfied himself that no alarms had been triggered, he picked up Dr Andonuts and ushered him into the elevator...

[Dracos]

Dr. Andonuts waddled into the elevator.  Quite in shock of Cardinal Black's physical abilities.

Fearless Leader

[Shukuen]

"Ma'am, if it is okay with you, I would wish to volunteer myself and my unit to await the return of the scouts. It wouldn't do if I had to leave my own troops behind."

Gihei added, "And as you know, our own transports are being repaired and it would be counter-productive to move them before repairs are complete."

[Asrana]

Laika's gaze rested on Gihei for a moment, contemplating his unit, their commander, and their abilities. She nodded, "Very well. Your unit will be left for retrieval of the recon team. I will consider any requests for supplies you have in the little time left before we move out." She nodded to him, a gesture of dismissal.

[Shukuen]

"Roger, and thank you, captain." Gihei saluted the officers one last time and left the tent to inform his troops of the new developments.

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: St Petersburg

IC:

Black waited for the elevator to reach the top floor, his hand resting lightly on the hilt of his katana. He was relieved he'd finally been able to leave all the cumbersome equipment behind...He glanced at Andonuts.

The real challenge would be escaping undetected. He had a feeling the exit would be bloody...

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: Showdown: Part Three

IC:
Inside the Subconcious Mind of Cardinal Black.

Cardinal Black raised a hand, and vaporized the body then leapt off the roof and landed lightly across from Bean. He conjured up another blue haired girl. Identical to the first, but with slight differences of bearing.

Bean face twisted as Black raised his and skewered her through the heart, letting him see her suffering.
"Isn't it?" the dark man rasped.

Bean choked "....You sick bastard. What'd they ever do to you!"

Black seemed to be glaring at Bean impassively, but fury tinged his voice.

"You...DARE?" The caped man glared. "You put these...these CHILDREN in HER place!"

Bean was slightly taken aback. "Her...?"

He was further shocked when the man in black lunged at him, katana drawn. "You're nothing but a weakness! A disgrace to her memory!"

Bean couldn't move in time, and the sword drove deeply into his shoulder...


<To be continued>

[Bean Bandit]

Black but his hand on his sword as the elevator door opened, suddenly wincing in pain behind his mask.

He shook it off and stepped out of the elevator, checking the corridor, and after assuring himself that it was clear, gestured for Andonuts to follow him. when the doctor was close, Black ushered him toward the room that he'd entered the building through.

He kept an ear out for guards as they ran, wishing Andonuts would stop breathing so hard...

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: St Petersburg

IC:
Black finally ushered Andonuts to the room he had entered through, the pair having met not a single guard the entire way.

Unfortunately, their luck had run out.

Black leaned slightly, peering around the corner. A single guard stood at the entrance to the door of the ambassador suite, eyeing the empty hallway professionally.

Black stood straight, and gripped his katana. "Doctor...I suggest you close your eyes. This will be...unpleasant."

Without waiting for a reply, Black gripped the saya of his sword firmly, and his other hand hovered near the tsuka.

He burst around the corner, and launched into and attack. Blurring nearly out of sight with speed, he drew up next to the guard, even as the guard's radio was being lifted to his mouth Black's sword erupted from it's sheath and he twisted in a tight arc...

"Ryu Kan Sen..."

The sword bit into the guard's neck cleanly, decapitating him in a spray of blood.

"Tsumuji!"

Black used the momentum to bring himself to a full stop, neatly dodging the spray of blood. He flicked his wrist, and the blood collected on his sword slid off in a oddly tidy sheet.

Sheathing the sword, he called for Andonuts, and the doctor hesitantly joined him, careful not to look at the corpse on the floor, lest he void his stomach of the only donuts he'd had recently.

The two men silently entered the ambassador suite, gratified to notice that the survelllance camera had not yet been fixed.

It was the work of moments to quietly exit the room, and Black once again hoisted the portly doctor into the air and vaulted off the balcony. Once in the grounds again, Bean carried the doctor from the area, dodging spotlights as he went. Only when they had safely vacated the premises did he set the heavy man down, leading him to where the car had been parked...

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: St Petersburg

IC:

Black arrived silently at the hotel as the sun was peeking over the horizon. He deftly removed Andonuts' labcoat, the portly doctor protesting all the while, and tore off a largish square, wrapping it around Andonuts' head, bandanna style, covering up his distinctive green hair.

With the rudimentary disguise, Black stuffed the rest of the labcoat under the car seat, instructing Andonuts not to make eye contact with anyone he saw in the hotel.

Thus prepared, Black led Andonuts to the room where Spy waited for them. Entering, he turned custody of the doctor over to Spy for debriefing, while he reclined on a bed...