<div class="floatleft">(http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mockingbird-featured.jpg)</div><hr/><br/><strong>Character Name:</strong>Daredevil<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Karen Cross<br/><strong>Time/Date:</strong>0150 6 Apr, 2102<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Scav Mart<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Everyone<br/><strong>Mentioned:</strong>Kaia, Astrid, Venom, Shield, Moon Knight, Daredevil<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong>None<br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Karen smirked faintly as she watched Moon Knight exit his airship.  She understood why he did not set the vehicle on the tower itself.  Despite appearances, the build was near a century plus old, and who knew that structural weaknesses it had developed.  It would be understandable for a normal building, and this facility had seen direct combat against the Sentinels and God knew what else.  Not to mention what latent defenses were now active with power being restored to the facility.   Karen decided that prudence was the best course of action till she knew more about what they were dealing with it.  Someone had gone through a lot of effort, and spent a lot of money, restoring the electrical power grid for this portion of Manhattan Island and this building was their goal.  It stood to reason something inside was worth the carnage they unleashed on the populace below.<br/><br/>Karen stepped to the edge of the open hatchway and once more uttered the trigger command that would engage the enhanced diagnostic package built into the Daredevil armor.   With that, she was able to plot the optimal placement for her grapple.   Taking out her "billy" club, she aimed and fired it and in the same motion, stepped off the edge and dove into free fall.   she then grasped the other end of the club with both hands, enacting the magnetic grip so the club would not "slip" out of her hands, and waited for the impulse shock of her weight at the end of the grapple line.<br/><br/>The stress of the action was distributed about the armor, reinforced joints compensating for the force.  It did not get rid of all of the stress, and Karen felt the tug and pull about her biceps and shoulders.   It was as if she were hanging down about to do a pull up.  If it had not been for the armor though, the force generated from her free fall plunge might had been enough to rip her shoulders from their sockets at the worst.  The very least caused muscle tears.  Yes, the armor was indeed well designed for the functions Karen thought up that the armor would experience time and time again, and even for a few scenarios she had not planned on at first.<br/><br/>Karen's put her thoughts aside as she reached the apex of her "swing" and retracted the grapple.  Using the momentum generated from her free fall, Karen did a double roll in the air, and like the Olympic gymnasts of old, stuck her "landing" right beside Moon Knight.   Karen was breathing a bit hard, the rush adrenaline through her body, the exhilaration she experienced, the freedom when she was flipping about in the air where the slightest miscalculation on her part could end in serious injury to her body, or worse.  It was that thrill, that challenge of pitting and pushing Karen's body and skills to the limit that had her coming out to the ruins night after night as Daredevil.  Yes helping people that had no other recourse was a good motivator, but the pure physical satisfaction Karen got was up there on the list.<br/><br/>Karen turned to face Moon Knight with that smile upon features that he could see.   She let out in a somewhat breathless tone.<strong>"Now that, was fun.  Let us see what Shield was good enough to leave behind and what did it do to the door.  Though in the end if it doesn't open we could always stand away and let the Asgardian princess hit it with that axe of hers."</strong>Karen moved around Moon Knight with a lithe grace, and perhaps a bit more sway into her hips than was called for as she knelt down by the door to study what was left behind.  As she did, the screen of the device turned from red to green, and the door slide open.  In the air about them, a female voice with a slightly British accent to it sounded in the air about them.<strong><em>"Access granted."</em></strong><br/><br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fe/28/b2/fe28b2428bba1131a0d7dc7275f37762.jpg)</div><br/><br/><strong>Character Name:</strong>Shield<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Daniel Stark<br/><strong>Time/Date:</strong>0150 6 Apr, 2102<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Scav Mart<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Everyone<br/><strong>Mentioned:</strong>Kaia, Astrid, Venom, Shield, Moon Knight, Daredevil<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong>None<br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Shield looked about and inside his helmet he spoke to Athena.<strong>"Athena, scan for life signs.  I suppose it would be good to see if we have any prisoners to bring with us."</strong>To help facilitate his request, Shield turned a very slow three hundred and sixty degrees from where he was at.  As he did so, when both Astrid and Venom came into his field of view, he gave both of them a nod of respect.  Despite all of them coming from different backgrounds with different origins and motivations, all six of them worked well together as a team and complimented each other well.   It helped that in their own way, none of them were green or inexperienced when it came to using their skills or abilities.  It was because of that they were very effective during this combat.  Daniel almost got a mental "hard on" at the possibilities if they all actually trained together as a team.<br/><br/>Daniel's thoughts were interrupted by Athena's response once Daniel had finished his slow turn in a circle.<strong><em>"Negative live signs among enemy combatants."</em></strong>Daniel winced slightly at that.  Looks like the six of them together were perhaps a bit too good, and too deadly.  It might be an issue when they had to pull their punches and not leave a wake of bodies behind them.  Daniel did not wallow in self pity or remorse at Athena's report.  These men were sent here to do one thing and that was to kill as many people as possible that witnessed them.  There actions were cold blooded and premeditated, not something that was the result of the so called "fog of war".  Retaliating in the way that Daniel and his other companions did was simple self defense.  That and the bastards deserved it.<br/><br/>Daniel turned about and accessed his external communications as he did, his voice an electronic distorted buzz as she spoke to Astrid, Kaia, and Venom.<strong><em>"No prisoners to take with us or question.  We were a bit too good with our response back at them.  Not that I care too much as the asshole deserved what happened too them.  Knowing specifically what they were after would had been a bonus, but its is clear it is whatever is left over in the Tower, so it should not be too hard at all for us to figure it out."</em></strong><br/><br/>Just then, Kaia created the rift in the air as she had did before, and Daniel inclined his head towards her.<strong><em>"Thank you, daughter of Thor.  Much appreciated."</em></strong>There was a tone of light and mirthful banter behind the voice, or at least Daniel hoped that it would be recognized as such.  From what Daniel had read about Asgardians they did slide into that behavior pattern at the conclusion of a well fought battle, especially if there was an air or edge of challenge to it.  Daniel hoped that both Kaia and Astrid responded to that and continued to treat Daniel as more friendly and helpful ally than something they should oppose.<br/><br/>Daniel launched himself through the dimensional rift and found himself on the same small platform that both Moon Knight and Daredevil were standing on.  Daredevil had just finished kneeling and Daniel's ICE break had finished its job and the door opened.  What was very interesting was the fact that the Tower had welcomed them in and had given them access rather than treat them as intruders.  After all Daniel had just taken what was the cyber equivalent of a crowbar to the door to pry it open.  Not too many people behind locked doors welcomed a person in after that.<br/><br/><strong><em>"Okay, I will admit I did not expect that..."</em></strong>Daniel said as he stared at the open doorway while waiting for the others to arrive.  He turned to both Daredevil and Moon Knight and gave a shrug of his shoulders.<strong><em>"I got nothing and standing out here won't solve the mystery on why these thugs invested a gross amount of time and money to get power back to this Tower."</em></strong>