Markha nods at Terry. "He is right. That needs to be secured while the other two are disabled." She realizes this is it. There could be no more doubt from her. They needed decisions. The training and experience she had gained from the Clone Wars kicks in.
Now they needed to act.
"One group will get to the prisons en route to the rings, freeing prisoners to shore up reinforcements and distract the enemy while they continue on to disable the gravity rings. A second group will raid the weapons testing, secure the life support systems, and hold for the first group to rejoin. Then we disable the engines and shut off life support to all sections but our own escape point. All objectives done, we hail The Doctor and escape before the station collides with another asteroid." Markha explains her plan slowly, pointing at all the key areas and paths to be taken slowly, so that everyone should be able to follow and memorize.
"I will lead the group for the lower section. Batman, Valoren, with me. Kaz and Morgan, you two to the upper section." Markha tells the others. Then asks Bram. "Where will you go?"
"I'll join with the first group, help them in freeing the captives," Bram answered, "Once they realize what's happened, it will be too late to stop us." He gave her a smile, admiring her leadership skills and adaptive strategic mind in what must have felt like an uphill climb on a steep mountain from what he was asking of her. "We should prepare now, who knows how much longer we'll be alone. And Markha," he asked for her attention once more, "may the force be with you."
He then bowed to her, "and thank you. You'll need those once you head down," Waving his head to something behind her, he used the force to push open the lids on a few crates. Inside were uniforms, both for prisoners and guards of the base. "The weapons testing section brings in prisoners for experiments, so be careful." Was the last thing he told her, before joining the ones who would go with him in the prison section.
Tokui Uchiha
Tokui felt some slight stings over his uniform from the sharp hooks in the monstrosity's tentacles, luckily, his genjutsu seemed to have worked. If only for so long. The blood in the water from the other sharks having a meal seemed to be too much to keep this one under control. Tokui saw as the armor was flailed around and slammed into a wall. The monster didn't do much else for now in regards to them. That didn't stop the guy with the mechanical arm to use a strange sort of jutsu to blast a boulder towards the monster. Tokui used a push of chakra to get out of the way and not be pulled under the water rushing down behind said boulder.
It was time to leave these waters.
As if on cue, a set of characters dropped near him, but quickly steered clear out of the water using some sort of blood trick. Tokui took one last look around, the only ones still in one piece were the guy from before and the new arrivals. Everyone else was beyond salvation. Weaving signs in a blur, Tokui's mind exclaimed: "Suiton: Water Dragon Torrent!" his hands projected forward, as the silhouette of a dragon enveloped him and blasted him forward. Using his hands, Tokui steered the rush of water in a circle to adjust its trajectory slamming a shark or two out of the way in the process.
The red water dragon busted through the carnage around it and neared Edward opening its mouth, engulfing him while blasting a part of Edward's weapon out of the way while Tokui caught Edward himself with an outstretched arm. Now the trio in the bubble were next. Having not much of a choice, Tokui manifested his skeletal avatar. The Susanoo's arm would envelop the trio and pull them inside the dragon.
Now, for the landing. Tokui had aimed for the gap Alphonse's body had made. Given that the dragon was overcrowded and the only exit looked somewhat deep into the rock from the glimpse he caught of it, Tokui decided to hold onto the Susanoo for a bit longer. The water by itself would make no small impact, but just to be safe, Tokui threw caution out the window as he used yet another jutsu. "Bishamonten!" his mind screamed yet again, as a burst of red energy violently shot out of his eye, carving a large circle in the stone ahead. He shut said eye for an instant to give it some rest as the remains of his vvisor drifted away, Tokui was concerned about the need to hide his eyes from now onwards, but remained focused on his next move. As the water crashed, Tokui gritted his teeth when his Susanoo's free arm synced up with it by throwing a punch, holding Edward close to him and the other three with the Susanoo's free arm. The three stage attack on the cave's wall managed to bust it open. Momentum of the dragon and the rushing water blasted the rock forward. The people he held with his Susanoo would slip off his grasp as he dispersed the avatar and would probably be carried forward by the bloodied water, but would be shielded from most of the impact. The same could be said about Edward, who Tokui shielded further by embracing him as they slid. Sadly, Alphonse would have a bit of a rougher time. He would feel the pressure of water forcing itself through the gap he was in, only to then be spat out the other side of the impact. All Tokui hoped was that metal body felt no pain.
Once at solid flooring, and with the rush of water calmed down, Tokui would stand up as fast as he could, allowing Edward to stand on his own as well. Having no choice, he kept his sharingan active as he scanned the unknown surroundings. "Sorry about pulling you here like that, it's the first thing that came to mind. Is everyone alright? Talking mostly to you, Alphonse." He asked, keeping an alert eye on whatever might be the source of the light that brought him to break through to get here. Tokui did wonder how the sentient armor took that beating, but he could ask once he made sure they were safe. He considered giving Edward a hard time for almost blasting him away with that boulder, but at this time, he needed to figure out what this was and how to safely traverse it. Making more enemies from the get go wasn't a good plan for that.
The cannonball smashed into Sharktopus' face, causing it to quickly swim away from the pain. And with Tokui's quick thinking and acting, the others would be washed away by the underwater current before the sharks would bite into any of them. When they could see and breath again, the opening from the broken wall lead them to a wide space.
As soon as Ed got above water, he let out a massive gasp for air, crawling up to the rocks. "AHHHH! *Inhale* Aaaaaah! *Inhale* Ahhhhhhh! *Inhale* Haaaahahaaaaa~..." He just rested his upper body on the rocks, while his lower half remained in the water, feeling utterly exhausted by the underwater swimming, fighting, and barely being able to breath. This is why a main with a metal arm and leg should not be in water.
"Al?... Al, you okay?" He asked, struggling to move his head. Then he realized something. Where was the light coming from in here? It was very bright, even more than back underwater. Then a shadow move over his face, and when he looked up.... Uh oh.
"FREEZE!" There were about several dozen soldiers in this place, as apparently they found themselves in a mine shaft. And they were guarding excavating the place. And they had a LOT of guns pointed at them all.
"Uhhh.... Hi?" Was all Ed could think up in his exhausted state.
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WEAPONS TESTING LAB:
Shared by the various factions Dio had brought together, the lab was busy with scientists that were studying a variety of experiments. From weapons mods, to new forms of hand held weaponry, to various plant and bug life that were shelved along the walls, along with tubs filled with alien life. Or, worse, mutated life.
It was filled with scientists, bio-engineers, and soldiers, each with a different insignia and symbol on their uniforms to represent who they worked for. Prisoners from the upper levels were also brought down, as the labs also had testing ranges to practice on life targets. As both groups would enter the area, a fresh batch were being brought down by one of the service elevators in the far back of the room in the center. Markha's group would enter from the right elevator, while the cave group from the left.
The cave group were cuffed, or in Al's case, have his arms literally ripped off his armored body so he couldn't use them. They were to be brought into one of the test chambers. There was a new flesh eating bacteria the science team had been
dying to test out on live targets.
