[MOD PLOT] Get Down, Madame President!

[legionnpcs]

Who| Everyone who signed up
What| UP Council Rescue
Where| On Earth, during the field trip
When| At the end of the day during the Earth field trip
Warnings/Notes| Violence and whatnot

The first volleys of the attack are subtle. Some hacking from their support team causes the automatic locks to lock the doors. All communications in and out of the building are also suddenly cut off. It's right when everyone starts to panic that the attack starts.

The two terrorists put themselves in the middle of the UP Council hall and drop their disguise holograms. One is wearing a power suit that's red and the other is wearing one that's blue.

Concentric rings of red and blue energy start radiating out from the two meta-powered terrorists, their power suits controlling and channeling it. The blasts are concussive, damaging pylons and potted plants and the many floating platforms the delegates stand on.

The first waves hit the hardest, knocking everyone off their feet.

"You can call me Proton and this is my brother, Neutron," cries out the one in blue. "Down with Robotica! Down with the United Planets!"

"This is for Xanthu, you traitors to organic life!"

"For Xanthu!"

[ooc: planning post]

Comments

[enthraller]

Awesome. That would be great if he could manage to get close enough. Saralegui scowled, but peeked out from behind his cover.

"Hey!" he hissed, risking a wave to get Thad's attention. With any luck, Neutron would be a bit distracted by the broken glass in his face and rage at Marinette. "A little help?"

He'd been hoping the pulses would falter with the other two keeping the terrorist busy. But apparently, the guy was great at multitasking. So time for a new plan to get in close.

[mirror_soldier]

As Marinette dropped down to follow through with her attack, Thad sped out of the way to give her space (and to get away from the burst of broken glass). There was a point where he'd thought of trying to rush back into grab her when she got stuck too close to Neutron with him trying to shoot at her, but it turned out she was more than capable of taking care of herself.

Catching the sudden movement of Saralegui's hand out of the corner of his eye, Thad instead zipped over to duck back behind the bench with him.

"How close do you need to be?" He questioned, setting down the chunk of armor he'd ripped off Neutron and offering a hand for Saralegui to take, assuming that getting close was the issue.

[enthraller]

Saralegui hadn't been too impressed with the super-speed stuff when Grif was demonstrating it back just after arrival, but he had to admit now that it had its uses. He smiled, all too pleased with the quick understanding, and took the offered hand with a nod.

"Eye contact," he said. Foregoing explanations for the moment -- there would be time later, if it became necessary at all -- he just slipped his glasses off with his free hand. Those were deftly hooked over his collar where, with any luck, they'd be safe for a few minutes.

[mirror_soldier]

With a nod and no further questioning, as soon as the other boy seemed ready he pulled him in close enough to easily sweep him up into his arms. It didn't occur to him that he should have perhaps given him a warning that he would be doing that. And even if it had there wasn't really time for polite warnings.

Within a half second, he'd taken off from behind the bit of makeshift cover, leaping over the oncoming wave of energy as he came in at Neutron from the side with the arm he'd take out, getting Saralegui just close enough to make eye contact.

[enthraller]

Even having asked for it, the sudden manhandling is a little unexpected and Saralegui gave the tiniest little squeak of surprise, mercifully muted to the rest of the room by all the rest of the room's chaos. He barely managed to get a grip around the other boy's neck before suddenly they were off, and it was like being carried off by a runaway horse but a thousand times more intense.

All too soon, the terrorist was before them, and it took him a second to catch up. It was a tense second, just enough time for Neutron to refocus on them and move his working arm towards them--

--and then Saralegui's eyes were all aglow, a powerful command in Neutron's own mind telling him to stop.

It was so easy this time, a proper sentient brain to dominate and overwhelm. Nothing like the struggle of the Lux's inhuman minds or the iron wall of Yuuri's will. Saralegui let out a breath, quietly relieved by the familiarity of it.

"We're done," he announced simply, attempting to slip out of Thad's grip back to the ground.

[legionnpcs]

Neutron was pacified. No longer able to fight or attack or do anything other than what Saralegui commanded -- and that meant the ongoing energy pulses stopped, too.

Taking advantage of him freezing up, some Science Police officers rushed in, putting a power restraint collar around his neck and affixing a device to the armor to power down any potential weapons it had on its own. They cuffed his hands behind his back.

It was over.

[dupaindots]

Marinette lowered herself down from the rafters by her yoyo, hanging upside down like a spider.

"That was a much easier than I thought it would be." One of the many benefits of not having to figure out what item had the akuma in it and having to break it. "All I had to do was just...paf!"

Bonk! For once, all it took was a good bonk! That was nice.

She watched Neutron as he was carted away, struggling, screaming something about his family -- and how there was nothing left that they could take away from him.

It made her brows furrow.

"It's still so sad, though," she said softly. "They have a good reason to be angry and in pain, even if the way they chose to deal with it was evil. Can you imagine losing what the Xanthans have lost? Friends and family members, their world -- almost everything they knew. It's not an excuse, but I doubt this is the last we've seen of people like this. With so many of them hurt that badly, there must be even more of them that feel like they have nothing left to lose."