Mayhem on the campus! 8/23 News report
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:11 pm
A newscast abruptly interrupts an episode of Sex in the City, heralded in by a close-up of none other than Blonde Bimbo. Today her make-up team was clearly rushed: she looks like she stuck her tongue in a live wall socket. Blonde hair frazzled to the point where she could pass off as a female Einstein, makeup shoddy and almost nonexistent. A smudge of red is on her lips, mismatched with some unflattering blue eye shadow. As for her clothes, it seems she nabbed a change of outfit from the wrong wardrobe: it looks a size too small and fits in the most unflattering of ways. Eyes wide, she scrambles through the papers on her desk and squints at the teleprompter. It's clear everyone was rushed.
"We have news that a major terrorist attack is occurring on Cobalt. Eyewitness reports and streaming video feeds posted on YouTube confirms it. Late in the afternoon, a band of anti-mutant protestors, one identified as Ray Spencer, were spotted at the outskirts of Crowley's Row, tying their victim, a mutant with the appearance of a chameleon, to the hood of Ray's truck. The band of two trucks, a car and motorcycle sped from Crowley's before anyone could stop them.
"Their rampage began by striking one Evelyn Harris shortly before bursting through the Academy's main gates. Ray enjoyed a joyride through the grounds, thoroughly ruining the scene while brave students brought a quick end to the vehicle. We have reports that one mutant, identified as Frank, changed his body to a metallic composition and took hold of the vehicle's door while a rear tire was blown out by a bolt from another mutant. The passenger, one Darla, fired off several rounds from a shotgun but no wounds appear to be inflicted. From the bed of the truck, two more individuals were sighted throwing Molotov cocktails at random targets. The truck soon lost control and barreled into the cafeteria, where it caught fire and exploded shortly thereafter, setting off the grenades, gasoline and remaining grain alcohol Ray and his riders were drinking.
"We just got a call in saying that three more vehicles are speeding towards the campus: the rest of the troupe, who broke off to approach from a different route." the newscaster glances off to the side and nods to someone off-screen. "We have someone live on the scene now!" she announces and whirls a hand through the air, motioning for the feed to be patched in. Blondie is replaced by a grainy view of the campus, the cafeteria up in flames, mutants scattered across the grounds, as seen from a helicopter overhead. A second chopper appears: a giant Lynx, an aircraft clearly not owned by any news station.
"There's another chopper on the scene! It's not one of ours--I hear that it belongs to High Life, owned by one Sisip Webster, and is likely manned by her. It's equipped with...what? LRAD? Long range acoustic device? Oh! Well, it's a good thing it is!" Blondie goes quiet for a second, likely studying the footage. "The vehicles have breached the campus walls: the motorcycle is...going down! Someone tackled the driver, he's skidding out and down. Whoever did that is darting away from the wreckage but the driver is not.
"It appears that whoever is in the car has a firearm: a rifle. But it's wobbling badly: the driver seems to be unable to steady it long enough for a shot. And...is that the--yes, that's Frank!" in the footage, a man can be seen throwing himself onto the hood of the car as the vehicle spins out. It weaves one way then another before crashing into the pool. Frank soon emerges, the driver hanging from over his shoulder. "And Frank appears to be doing CPR on one of his attackers. I bet they didn't see that coming!
"There's still a truck rampaging." she points out as the camera swivels around, zooming in on the thing just as it careens straight into a crowd of gawking students. Bodies fly like ragdolls, one student is embedded in the windshield. Blondie gasps in horror. "Oh no!" she mumbles, taken aback by the footage. "That's just..." and she abruptly shuts up when the truck is lifted off the ground and held a good twenty feet up in the air. The driver leans out with a shotgun, aims it at the floating Eden and fires off a round at her. "He missed!" Blondie cries, sounding relieved. But after staying in the air for a good ten or so minutes, the vehicle lowers to the ground, slowly until the last couple of feet where it's allowed to drop. The shotgun goes off again, Eden falls to the ground.
A motorcycle can be seen roaring into the scene, "A fifth vehicle enters the scene..." the reporter can be heard narrating. "One of the people on scene reports that's a member of the X-team. It appears she's too late..." Blondie says, a sad tone in her voice. Ashe can be seen getting off the bike, heads over to the driver of the truck after he drug himself out and steps on his back to pin him down.
The cleanup crew can be seen bolting around: people from the medical center bolt out to collect the wounded and doll out triage to those in true need. Hydro and pyrokinetics kill the fire in the cafeteria with some effort. Four people lift the downed Eden to carry her to the med center.
"The attack seems to have ended and efforts to rebuild the campus have begun again. After a similar, but much more thought-out, attack earlier this year...they have been through this song and dance before." the footage cuts and Blondie looks into the camera, a somber look on her face. "And this is not the last attack. We've heard reports that there have been threats placed against the school, including ones from headed by Martha, who appeared a couple of weeks ago, sharing her views on the spider attack on the city.
"As the imminent danger seems to be done with, we will return to the usual programming. Please tune in tomorrow for more in-depth coverage on this event, including some interviews with people from the campus."
"We have news that a major terrorist attack is occurring on Cobalt. Eyewitness reports and streaming video feeds posted on YouTube confirms it. Late in the afternoon, a band of anti-mutant protestors, one identified as Ray Spencer, were spotted at the outskirts of Crowley's Row, tying their victim, a mutant with the appearance of a chameleon, to the hood of Ray's truck. The band of two trucks, a car and motorcycle sped from Crowley's before anyone could stop them.
"Their rampage began by striking one Evelyn Harris shortly before bursting through the Academy's main gates. Ray enjoyed a joyride through the grounds, thoroughly ruining the scene while brave students brought a quick end to the vehicle. We have reports that one mutant, identified as Frank, changed his body to a metallic composition and took hold of the vehicle's door while a rear tire was blown out by a bolt from another mutant. The passenger, one Darla, fired off several rounds from a shotgun but no wounds appear to be inflicted. From the bed of the truck, two more individuals were sighted throwing Molotov cocktails at random targets. The truck soon lost control and barreled into the cafeteria, where it caught fire and exploded shortly thereafter, setting off the grenades, gasoline and remaining grain alcohol Ray and his riders were drinking.
"We just got a call in saying that three more vehicles are speeding towards the campus: the rest of the troupe, who broke off to approach from a different route." the newscaster glances off to the side and nods to someone off-screen. "We have someone live on the scene now!" she announces and whirls a hand through the air, motioning for the feed to be patched in. Blondie is replaced by a grainy view of the campus, the cafeteria up in flames, mutants scattered across the grounds, as seen from a helicopter overhead. A second chopper appears: a giant Lynx, an aircraft clearly not owned by any news station.
"There's another chopper on the scene! It's not one of ours--I hear that it belongs to High Life, owned by one Sisip Webster, and is likely manned by her. It's equipped with...what? LRAD? Long range acoustic device? Oh! Well, it's a good thing it is!" Blondie goes quiet for a second, likely studying the footage. "The vehicles have breached the campus walls: the motorcycle is...going down! Someone tackled the driver, he's skidding out and down. Whoever did that is darting away from the wreckage but the driver is not.
"It appears that whoever is in the car has a firearm: a rifle. But it's wobbling badly: the driver seems to be unable to steady it long enough for a shot. And...is that the--yes, that's Frank!" in the footage, a man can be seen throwing himself onto the hood of the car as the vehicle spins out. It weaves one way then another before crashing into the pool. Frank soon emerges, the driver hanging from over his shoulder. "And Frank appears to be doing CPR on one of his attackers. I bet they didn't see that coming!
"There's still a truck rampaging." she points out as the camera swivels around, zooming in on the thing just as it careens straight into a crowd of gawking students. Bodies fly like ragdolls, one student is embedded in the windshield. Blondie gasps in horror. "Oh no!" she mumbles, taken aback by the footage. "That's just..." and she abruptly shuts up when the truck is lifted off the ground and held a good twenty feet up in the air. The driver leans out with a shotgun, aims it at the floating Eden and fires off a round at her. "He missed!" Blondie cries, sounding relieved. But after staying in the air for a good ten or so minutes, the vehicle lowers to the ground, slowly until the last couple of feet where it's allowed to drop. The shotgun goes off again, Eden falls to the ground.
A motorcycle can be seen roaring into the scene, "A fifth vehicle enters the scene..." the reporter can be heard narrating. "One of the people on scene reports that's a member of the X-team. It appears she's too late..." Blondie says, a sad tone in her voice. Ashe can be seen getting off the bike, heads over to the driver of the truck after he drug himself out and steps on his back to pin him down.
The cleanup crew can be seen bolting around: people from the medical center bolt out to collect the wounded and doll out triage to those in true need. Hydro and pyrokinetics kill the fire in the cafeteria with some effort. Four people lift the downed Eden to carry her to the med center.
"The attack seems to have ended and efforts to rebuild the campus have begun again. After a similar, but much more thought-out, attack earlier this year...they have been through this song and dance before." the footage cuts and Blondie looks into the camera, a somber look on her face. "And this is not the last attack. We've heard reports that there have been threats placed against the school, including ones from headed by Martha, who appeared a couple of weeks ago, sharing her views on the spider attack on the city.
"As the imminent danger seems to be done with, we will return to the usual programming. Please tune in tomorrow for more in-depth coverage on this event, including some interviews with people from the campus."