xp_logs | X-men Mission: Riding the Nightmare

Dust, Wolverine and Rogue try to reach the girl inside the horse...

'Way to go, Cyclops...' Sooraya thought sarcastically as she tried to keep up with the horse as it thundered though the streets. Energy flashes from her team mates attempting to herd the horse flashed scarily close by, but she tried to focus only on finding a good spot where she could try to break through the energy field.

At least there was no actual pain in actually touching the forecefield. Just a mild discomfort that came with any electrical shock. "Looks pretty solid," Rogue mumbled, randomly stretching a hand out as she kept pace with Sooraya. "I'm not sure if any one of us is strong enough to break through."

The girl inside the horse didn't know how fast horses could really move cause Logan shouldn't have been able to keep up. That or he'd forgotten how fast he could move when he wanted to. He grunted as he scanned the street ahead of the horse then used a large boulder as a springboard to leap at the horse's flank with claws extended. His claws slid off the projection like it was glass instead of ripping through. He thumped back onto the ground with a grunt before taking off after the horse again. "Don't look like I'm gonna be much good."

"I know I am not going to be... not in this form. But maybe there is a little way I can slip through?" On her next step Sooraya dissolved and it was a cloud of sand that was keeping up with the horse. Dust spread out, covering a larger area of the energy field in front of her, testing, poking and prodding if there was any way she could break through.

In her upset, Tildie didn't initially realize she was being herded. It wasn't fair! She didn't want to leave everything she knew to move so far away!

As the bright flashes gained more of her attention she finally noticed the others around her and started pooling energy anywhere that came too close to being touched. The dust spreading around her didn't help her irritation, and each time it brushed against her she retaliated with prickles of energy.

Rogue winced as the bright lights seared her eyes. "Does that hurt, Dust? Doesn't look like you're getting much progress."

They were lucky they weren't encountering more bystanders at the rate they were going. The smashed pavement, landscaping, and streetlights weren't leaving the best impression. All this running behind a horse they couldn't stop was getting old. Logan tapped his earpiece and radioed, "Cyclops, any luck on findin' a good corral? Not havin' much luck in slowin' her down right now and we're just leavin' more damage in her wake."

...while Nightcrawler and Blink gain some useful intel on the girl.

"Oh no!" Clarice half ran, half teleported through the people as she spied a group of teens running TOWARDS the horse. Wrong damn way! "Stop! Kids!" she called, trying to catch up to them without getting too far ahead. Only idiots ran towards problems! Which....included her, but at least she was trained for it!

Kurt was watching the youngsters' faces as he kept pace with them, frowning a little at what he saw there. "Wait, please. You are... worried? Do you know the girl?"

"We do! It's Tildie! We are at school together." One blond boy replied, still heading towards Tildie encased in her horse force field.

"Word of advice, do not go near the giant energy field," Clarice stopped in front of them, trying to get them to listen. "She's your friend, that's great. Now let us help her. You go back the other way."

"We will do all we can for her", Kurt promised. "But before you go, do you know what caused this?"

"She said her parents were going to tell her something exciting tonight!" One girl piped up. "But she didn't know what they were going to tell her."

"Ah." That told him a lot. "Something she did not find as exciting as they hoped, perhaps... But she may hurt you without wanting to, if you go too close."

Kurt looked like he had the kids firmly in hand, so Clarice scanned the area making sure nothing else was happening. It was a good thing she did as a motorcycle going entirely too fast approached. Aw, hell. She had no idea if the dude on it was good or bad or just confused, but he was going entirely too fast and not wearing one of their uniforms. Canting her head so Kurt would follow her line of sight, she teleported to the biker, appearing behind him on the moving machine, "You need to turn around!" she yelled as the bike leaned into a too-tight turn and almost dislodged her.

Dude got points for not crashing when she appeared behind him, which was good for safety, bad for what it meant.

"Get away from me!!!" The bike swerved dangerously in an attempt to dislodge her.

Kurt, with half an eye on what Clarice was up to with the biker, reached for his communicator. "The girl's name is Tildie", he relayed to the team. "It seems family troubles of some kind may have brought this on."

Acknowledgement garbled back over the comm as the motorcyclist turned around on this back wheel and once more headed for the energy horse.

"No," Clarice stated, opening a portal so close to the motorcycle that he couldn't avoid driving into it and therefore, out where she chose. It wasn't too far away, just a few blocks from Tilde. "Stay. Back." She ordered, "Or I'll break your bike and send you and it's pieces somewhere really, really awkward." Not Nunavut. The people there were tired of sending stuff back south. Maybe Russia this time.

"You bitch." He spun sharply, almost close the road deck in an attempt to dislodge the fury on his back.

Hitting pavement and rolling, Clarice was glad for her body armor. "I'm always in total control," she replied, wiping blood from her mouth and opening a portal, sending the bike and it's rider away. Let him figure out a way home from Cuba.

Seeing Clarice coming towards him, Kurt turned to the final kid who had refused to leave. “Time for you to go too.” He explained as he reached out to touch his shoulder and teleported out.