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<td valign="top">[[Image:MayaMOA.png|left]]'''Moment of Awesome - [[Maya Lincoln-Lopez|Maya Lincoln-Lopez/Echo]]:''' ''Maya has [[Exorcism Robotica|a rematch]] with [[Brotherhood of Mutants|Thornn]], [https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/4194473.html and this time comes out on top].''
  
''[https://xp-journal.dreamwidth.org/2212.html All right. Obviously, we have a situation].
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"You rich ''puta'' bitch. You live in the nice mansion on the hill and you pretend you speak for mutants?" She charged, her claws meeting air initially.
  
''First things first -- in case the Babysitter broke the X-Phone, I'll post here. Sit tight; Red and I are coming to get you all. It'll be about an hour.
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Maya moved her baton to push Thornn’s claws away from her, giving her another shock as part of the move as she turned in the opposite direction. She hadn’t quite judged the foot claws well enough and almost stumbled as she felt them rake along her thigh as she lunged sideways. It hurt like a bitch but she couldn’t let it stop her. She brought her other shock baton around and hit the woman in the side with a stronger shock.
  
''Secondly, Sam, Kitty, Piotr, Warren -- seems like you've taken charge. Good. Keep everyone at location #1 until Emma and Betsy show up. Emma and Betsy... get yourselves (and Hank?) to location #1 unless you haven't already.
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Enough of those and she hoped it would drop her.
  
''Thirdly -- has anyone heard anything from the Professor and Scott? I hope they just found out what happened and are lying low, but I'd really like to get confirmation of that.
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“You don’t know anything about who I am.” Maya gritted out, deeply offended at the unfairness of that statement. Was this what she sounded like? Fuck, she had some apologies to make when she got back. “Maybe you should stop listening to cult leaders and start thinking for yourself.
  
''After we collect the Babysitter and his charges, we'll head to location #1 to make more plans.  
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"Or maybe you see things differently when you lose something," she snarled, darting under the batons to open up Maya's left calf with her claws as she rolled, and then lashed out, her foot catching the back of her knee and taking Maya's legs out from under her.
  
''Everyone, like always: be careful, stay safe, and take care of each other.
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It wasn’t that Maya didn’t feel the slashes from Thornn’s claws, it was that she couldn’t allow them to distract her from the fight at hand. It was a gift of sorts from her power, the ability to drop into a perfect calm that allowed her to focus she might not otherwise have.
  
''We both love you all.''
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She allowed herself to fall and then rolled tightly to take the impact on one shoulder before springing back up.
  
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Thornn was at her back, however, and so she pushed to spring sideways into a twist to get back facing the right way. It was more a cheerleading move than a fight move but you used what you had.
  
On [[May 2003|May 14, 2003]], [[Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters - Phase 1|Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]] was attacked by a government-sanctioned military group led by [[William Stryker - Phase 1|William Styker]]. In the chaos, some residents were captured and relocated to [[Alkali Lake]], whilst others escaped and holed up in various safe houses and hotels, trying to reach their compatriots and work out a plan. With [[Charles Xavier]] and [[Scott Summers]] among the missing, this was difficult.  Stryker, a Vietnam veteran and scientist whose experience of mutants had left him bitter and hostile saw Charles' refusal to 'cure' his son [[Weapon X - Phase 1|Jason]] of his illusion power as an attack and following the death of his wife due to their son's powers, he vowed to wipe out all mutants, using a bastardised version of the [[Cerebro]] technology and Charles Xavier himself.
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She threw one of her batons at Thornn’s head before aiming the other at center mass.
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Thornn's hand snaked out and caught the first baton, but had caught it by the head. The first electric shock ripped through her as the second baton caught her between the eyes. The mutant went down, convulsing helplessly as the shocks raced up and down her nervous system, hair sticking out all over.
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Maya moved quickly to pick up both batons, striking Thornn several more times to knock her out before she reached for the bindings she’d been given to tie her up.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:19, 9 May 2022

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Moment of Awesome - Maya Lincoln-Lopez/Echo: Maya has a rematch with Thornn, and this time comes out on top.

"You rich puta bitch. You live in the nice mansion on the hill and you pretend you speak for mutants?" She charged, her claws meeting air initially.

Maya moved her baton to push Thornn’s claws away from her, giving her another shock as part of the move as she turned in the opposite direction. She hadn’t quite judged the foot claws well enough and almost stumbled as she felt them rake along her thigh as she lunged sideways. It hurt like a bitch but she couldn’t let it stop her. She brought her other shock baton around and hit the woman in the side with a stronger shock.

Enough of those and she hoped it would drop her.

“You don’t know anything about who I am.” Maya gritted out, deeply offended at the unfairness of that statement. Was this what she sounded like? Fuck, she had some apologies to make when she got back. “Maybe you should stop listening to cult leaders and start thinking for yourself.”

"Or maybe you see things differently when you lose something," she snarled, darting under the batons to open up Maya's left calf with her claws as she rolled, and then lashed out, her foot catching the back of her knee and taking Maya's legs out from under her.

It wasn’t that Maya didn’t feel the slashes from Thornn’s claws, it was that she couldn’t allow them to distract her from the fight at hand. It was a gift of sorts from her power, the ability to drop into a perfect calm that allowed her to focus she might not otherwise have.

She allowed herself to fall and then rolled tightly to take the impact on one shoulder before springing back up.

Thornn was at her back, however, and so she pushed to spring sideways into a twist to get back facing the right way. It was more a cheerleading move than a fight move but you used what you had.

She threw one of her batons at Thornn’s head before aiming the other at center mass.

Thornn's hand snaked out and caught the first baton, but had caught it by the head. The first electric shock ripped through her as the second baton caught her between the eyes. The mutant went down, convulsing helplessly as the shocks raced up and down her nervous system, hair sticking out all over.

Maya moved quickly to pick up both batons, striking Thornn several more times to knock her out before she reached for the bindings she’d been given to tie her up.