Having brought a lot of attention to himself and getting shot in his secret identity and made a fool of himself, Mal saw a bunch of others (some in costume) seeming to handle the villains somewhat handily. So he decided to stay down and pretend to be an idiot innocent bystander that had gotten himself shot, and stays down along with all the other non-heroes and villains in the crowd.
Seeing Bird Man about to drop Harnes into the van, Mothman charges at him hoping to slam the bird unconscious.
Mothman slams into Bird-Man in a clash of theriomorphs, catching the Bird on the chin, knocking him unconscious. Bird-Man falls to the floor.
Xavier lands and springs towards the Ape Man. Seeking to land feet first and knock the man down.
The claws slash at Dottie's face, and she flashes back, briefly, to the all-too-long-ago days at school, and for a moment, sees herself pummeled to the floor, sent bleeding and reeling by a lightning fast competitor.
Then she remembers it's 90 years later and she's still here, and that tiny trickle of blood drawn by the kitty is nothing compared to far worse torments she's survived.
She grins broadly at the Cat. "You're tougher than I thought. Congratulations, I guess I don't have to hold back."
She holds down the trigger and empties a good part of the clip aimed in the Cat's direction.
The gun misfires, however, and she struggles to hold it in place so that the weapon spray does not strike the grenades in the truck. She misses the Cat, but hopefully she also doesn't manage to blow herself, the Bat, and the Cat up.
"Well, that was embarrassing."
For the second time in a matter of seconds, the blast of the shotgun reverberates through the room, the slug passing through the space that Nite Owl has just vacated.
Cat-Man decides not to risk being filled with bullets and attacks Dottie's newfound joy...
...cutting through the barrel with his sharp claws, leaving Dottie holding a really nice club.
At the front of the vehicle, Mothman sees a man wearing a cloth skull mask lean from the passenger seat and grab the developer, pulling him into the vehicle. There appears to be no one driving the vehicle, and in fact there isn't even a steering wheel.
The armored car engine roars, launching the vehicle toward the street.
Cat lands on his butt, not on his feet.
Dottie adjusts to the sudden movement. Looking at the now-stub of a gun in her hand and sighs. "That's the problem with toys, easily broken." She tosses it away and dives at the now-prone Cat-Man, punching him in the face while attempting to hold him down while he's already off his feet.
"So Bat-guy, you know these fellas, or was there an invitation to wear animal costumes that I missed?"
He seems to anticipate the shifting motion of the van and keeps his feet. There's a soft "Wow" as Dottie pulls out her wicked MMA moves. "Fashion innovators always spawn cheap knockoffs." He punctuates this with a swift blow to take down the Cat.
"We need to get to the cab. Would you like a hand?" He'll motion for to climb on his back if she's game. The wings should give her good handholds.
Dottie watches the Bat knock the Cat out cold and grins. "You're fun."
She looks at him as he climbs out. "Tell you what. You take the outside and I'll..." she begins removing the claws from the Cat's hands that so easily cut her rifle in half. "See if I can cut my way in from the inside. Then we can flank whoever's in there."
Cat-Man is out cold.
Dottie slips off his heavy gloves.
Mal gave the Doctor a blank look and then nodded, accepting the assistance to get out of the dangerous situation. "Thank you."
"Monkey Man needs more pratice" Xavier said as he ricocheted from his landing and took another leap. He charged towards the masked man seeking to connect a blow on this shot gun welding bastard.
Mothman takes off trying to keep the vehicle in sight so as to be ready to attempt to divert it from the homeless should this be the time that he's foreseen.
Mission accomplished and several of his squad unexpectedly lying on the floor, Ape-Man leaps for the departing armored car. With a powerful leap, he crosses the lobby, grabbing onto the top of the car with one hand as he swings down into the back of the armored car. He is surprised to find Batman on top of the car, and Dottie within. Seeing Cat-man down and Dottie donning his claws, Ape-Man takes a defensive stance. Dottie no doubt recognizes the style as Aikido.
The armored car continues to roll, lurching across the sidewalk, side-swiping a car as it turns into traffic. The skull-masked villain inside manages to close the door and secure his hostage.
New Round
Seeing the ape make no immediate moves and strike a defensive posture, Dottie chooses to risk ignoring him for the moment so she can stick to her plan (especially since Batman will be expecting her to have done it). With the one clawed hand, she strikes the center of the wall between the back of the truck and the cab, hoping to tear a hole in it.
Dottie cuts her way into the cab of the armored car. It isn't quite as good as a hot knife through butter. More like a a saw through a thick rubber hose. Nonetheless, the sharpness and strength of the claws is impressive. Inside the cabin, Dottie sees a man in black tactical gear wearing a white cloth mask. Something like a cross between Crossbones and Taskmaster. Next to him is an unconscious computer programmer.
Seeing his fighting prowess not going to well he switches tactics. With confidence born of sheer will, he walks up to the ape man.
"I'd Surrender now before I really have to get serious, and trust me you won't be able to handle me when I am serious!"
The armored car continues to roll, lurching across the sidewalk, side-swiping a car as it turns into traffic. The skull-masked villain inside manages to close the door and secure his hostage.
New Round
Facing forward, he hears the echoes of the ape guy go into the van, but he's followed by the guy scrapping with him earlier. He figures that that situation is handled for the moment and goes along with the plan.
He clings to the van with his wings spread out along the roof and lays his forehead on the windshield. There's a light hum and the armored glass shatters.
Not content with just following the van, since it's going to explode as it gets nearer the homeless shelter, Mothman decides to try to cut the van off by flying over the buildings that the van has to drive around. His purpose is to reach the homeless shelter in hopes of scaring everyone off.
In the cab of the armored car, Whiteskull is having a bad day. There is a madwoman cutting into the cab from behind and some nut in a bat suit just smashed the windshield. He glances at his hostage, then slams his elbow backwards into Dottie.
Dottie takes the elbow to the chin and collapses, unconscious.
Seeing Batman through the various holes in the vehicle, Ape-Man takes aim and fires his shotgun.
"Whiteskull, duck!"
Mothman darts ahead, scanning the side streets and the street ahead for the buildings from his vision.
Two streets up, down a street to the left, he sees a long strand of people standing on the street, waiting in line to get into a building. Blocking this intersection to prevent the car from turning would almost certainly prevent his vision.
New Round
He pulls his head up enough for just a few pellets to graze him. "Aw, thanks for the warning! But my name's not Whiteskull." He then reaches into the cab to grab the unconscious programmer. He'll pull him free and then let his wings catch the air, flying off of the van. Taking their main target would get them following him.
In the back of the van he notes that the Ape Man turns to take care of the other attackers. NOt one to miss the opportunity he makes a little jump and kicks at the Ape-Mans' back.
Mothman begins to block the corner by looking for cars, garbage dumpsters, and the like.
Hitting Ape-Man is like kicking a large rock. He shrugs off Nite Owl's blow.
Mothman can easily find a dumpster to roll into the street to block the way,
Batman grabs the kidnapped programmer and spreads his wings.
The armored car careens down the street, attempting to turn and slamming into the dumpster. The vehicle slews sideways and up onto the curb, slamming into the corner building, well short of the line of people.
Whiteskull opens the driver side door, since the passenger side is pressed against a building. He glances back at Batman, but decides that today is not his day. He runs down the street toward the soup kitchen, attempting to disappear.
Ape-Man lacks Whiteskull's stealth, but still attempts an escape. He rolls onto the top of the van and leaps to the second floor of the building, scaling the outside like a miniature King Kong.
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Dottie drools onto her broken machine gun.
Batman loses the guy from the van in the crowd. He's tempted to go after the Ape, but we have two unconscious people to take care of. He drops down and lays the programmer down, looking to see if Dottie and the Owlguy made it through.
Mothman charges at the ape man attempting to catch him in his grip and tear him away from the building he's climbing on.
Mothman moves in and grabs Ape-Man, but the Ape themed mercenary shoves the monster away.