Any Kind of Support (ID)

[ThePopcornFairy]

"Oh, for the love of...! Is ANYONE watching the rear?! I swear to the Trinity, I-! Hm...?" The raccoon's ear perked as he turned away from the computer, staring inquisitively at Rio. The stranger accompanying him was one thing, but it seemed like the mage's words had fully caught Mickey's attention. At least if the fanged grin was anything to go by.

"Rio, sweetheart, I always have time for a car chase," Mickey purred before turning a brief, narrow glare on Cat. "We were losing anyway."

Then he threw his headset off, stood up, eagerly shouted, "Just point me in the right direction, hotshot! And don't touch any of my stuff, new guy!" and finally shot through the air like a bullet, phasing through the wall and disappearing into the third floor.

On the other side, Mickey sat down in the driver's seat of his van. Upon starting it up, the roar of the engine echoed throughout the camper. He looked to the horizon with wild red eyes. "Oh, what a lovely day."

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Fly?? What the hell are you OH SH*T!!!"

On her monitor, Lydia could see William clinging to the mouth of the trunk, dangling in a way that suggested the ground was further beneath the car than it should've been.

"WHOA, WILL...! HOLD ON HOLD ON...!"

Sure enough, for a brief moment as William lost his grip, the pod shaking wildly as he swung precariously out of the car, Lydia could see a patchwork of greenery in the corner of his eye as it rolled by several thousand feet below them.

Before she could start panicking too hard, something grabbed Will by the hand. When he looked up, the image of a green-skinned man filled Lydia's monitor. A man she quickly recognized from William's morning encounter.

"Aw Christ...!" Lydia's first instinct was to order Will to kick this guy where it counted, but then she remembered the steep drop that would likely result from that maneuver. All she could do was stare at the screen, palms sweaty, heart racing, mind unable to come up with another means of escape.

"Wait..." She heard the bird man's voice. She thought back to what he said earlier. She remembered the name he used to address the driver. "Stone...? SH*T, THIS GUY'S WITH LUNARC?!!"

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Cat let out a deep breath as she watch Mickey fly up to the cockpit. "I was starting to think I'd never see that nutball smile again."

The coyote-weasel-robin then followed her partner's example, stepping away from her computer and leading Rio and his new friend up the staircase. "By the by, I was McCree! Now let's kick this sucker into maximum overdrive!"

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Again, I must apologize for how weird this scenario must look," Rio offered to Percy as he followed Cat upstairs. "This camper van that we live and travel in can fly too. We should be able to catch up to that car fairly easily."

Upon reaching the top floor, Rio stepped into the only room there was: a drab, metallic space stocked with toolboxes and scattered bits of hardware. A large, open window offered a crawl space into the front seat, were Mickey was already starting the van up. "Mickey, this is Percy. His friend was abducted and placed inside the trunk of a flying black car. I saw it take off from the park entrance just a minute ago. I'd say they're heading roughly eastward."

[DanteMGalileo]

"... I have no idea what any of that is, but I suppose I've gotta trust you on this," Percy replied, removing his coat to act as a cushion on the floor. "Yeah, what Rio said, pretty much. ... Should I hang onto something now?"

Probably.

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"Unhand me, knave! ... Actually, on second thought, don't unhand me!" After taking a look at how high they were, William judged that Liderc was preferable to falling how many meters to the ground and splatting upon impact.

"I'm flattered," Liderc sarcastically replied, still holding Will's hand. "Now, are we going to cooperate, or are we going to have to do this the hard way?" The green angel subsequently got a mouthful of spit to the face.

"Bite me."

"Kinky. But I'm afraid I can't do that, it'd be against... oops, you almost got me to monologue!" With a powerful yank, Liderc pulled Will up to the trunk, allowing the taller man to sigh in relief. "Now, I'm gonna let you go. Not like I care for you, but..."

"Works for me!" Will looked around, trying to find some safe way back to the ground. Something that he could use to slow his fall... "So... how do I get back d- ACK!?!"

While Will had been momentarily distracted, Liderc took advantage of the opening to place him in a chokehold. "Count some fleecy baaing beasts, will you?" At the flailing, the green angel scowled. "Stop whining, or I'll have to break both your high and low appendages."

[ThePopcornFairy]

"Black flying car? Easy, peasy, hot 'n sleazy," Mickey chuckled as he shifted into Z gear. In regards to Percy's nervous inquiry... "Yes. Definitely. If nothing else, HANG ONTO YOUR UNDERWEAR!"

Then, with a wild holler, Mickey slammed down on the gas pedal. Grass and dirt sprayed from underneath the tires as the camper van started tearing its way through the park. It bounced and shook from the uneven terrain, and at least five innocent bystanders had to run for the hills to avoid the vehicle plowing by at high speed, but soon enough, the camper van started to lift off the ground, soaring above the treetops with its front bumper to the sky.

"Eastbound and UP!" Mickey chimed as he turned the wheel to point the van in the proper direction, the tires somehow producing an audible squeal despite having nothing beneath them. Throughout their ascent, his keen eyes were peeled for anything in the skies above or ahead of them. Any speck of black among the infinite blue.

Fortunately, that sort of color contrast wasn't that difficult to spot.

"Ah-haaaaa..." Sure enough, about forty-five degrees and a couple hundred feet above them, Mickey spotted a black shape that was decidedly not a bird. The green thing behind it, maybe, but not the black shape. "That what we're looking for, fuzzball?"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Oh crap oh crap oh crap...!" Well, now that Will was back on the solid ground the trunk provided, Lydia hastily decided that now was as good a time as any to take action, no matter how temporary the solution may be. "WILL, GO FOR THE EYES! PICK-TWO HIM!"

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"Looks like a match to me," Cat mused from the passenger's seat, leaning closer to the windshield as she studied the scene before her with a coy smile. "Bring me in close. I'm in the mood for pest control."

As the camper van drew closer to the Mercedes, Cat opened her window, pressed a button on each of her shoes, then hurled herself out and swung her legs back so that the magnets in her soles secured her to the side of the van. From there, she climbed onto the roof, standing tall despite the wind resistance, a dangerously excited grin on her face as she pulled a yellow flyswatter out of her pocket.

"Cheers, love. The cavalry's here."

[ParamountKeymaster]

"That's the one," Rio breathed as the Mercedes entered their line of sight. "That green fellow in the trunk, he's the one who abducted Percy's friend."

As soon as Cat climbed out of the van, a move that the mage had easily anticipated, Rio took her place in the passenger's seat, eyes trained on the green angel. "Until we get Will out of harm's way, I'd suggest we avoid any serious direct attacks on the vehicle. First and foremost, let's see what we can do about this guy..."

[DanteMGalileo]

"I dunno if that's supposed to be a reference..." Will choked out. He frowned, forming his fingers into a poker-like shape. "But I think I know what you wanna do..." He looked up. "Hey, green asshole birdy!"

"Less talking, more not moving." Liderc scowled and glared down at his captive. "And for the reference, its Keruv Liderc Shamash Serapis!"

"Pick two! Er... pick one!" POW! Will's hand slammed into Liderc's eye, causing the angel to yelp and release his captive.

"Gah, what the hell is your problem?! I only have the one bloody eye!!" Taking advantage of Liderc's distraction, Will rolled a short distance back, calling his sword to hand.

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"Heeeey, wait up for me! Heh... she's my type, well minus the fur part... Can you guys hold these for a minute?" Percy removed his shirt, rolling it and his coat into a ball, before beginning to form his wings again. "I'm comin' Will!" Climbing out after Cat, the brunette didn't form his sword, instead folding his wings close to him as he climbed up to the roof.

"So... what's your plan? Jump green asshole birdy? Because if so I'm totally down for that." He placed a hand under his chin. "Well, there's something I always wanted to do," he said with a grin, before jumping off and unfurling his wings.

"FALCON..."

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"Hang on, I know that voice." Will's tone, instead of dread, seemed hopeful.

"Hang on, I know that irritating voice..." Scanning the area, Liderc failed to account for his blind side...

"KICK!!!"

Percy slammed onto Liderc from above, foot covered in darkness. The green angel yelled, going flying before he could react, towards a certain flying van...

"Or... Warlock Kick?"

[ThePopcornFairy]

"I'm on it, Meow Mix! Bringin' her in close!" Mickey called out the window, stepping on the gas and pulling the camper van higher into the air. Soon enough, the crew found themselves tailgating the Mercedes, cruising just a few feet lower than the flying black car.

The raccoon let out an impressed whistle as Rio's new friend delivered one heck of a kick to the bird man. A few short seconds later, he found himself cringing when said bird man splatted right into his windshield. "Hey, man! You put a dent in my front end, I'll put a dent in your rear end!" Well and truly aggravated at this point, Mickey sprayed Liderc with some windshield wiper fluid and turned on the wipers to scrape him off. "Beat it! No free rides unless you're hot!"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Holy sh*t, was that Percy??" Lydia leaned closer to her monitor in stupefied disbelief. Yeah, that was definitely Percy. Shirtless, sporting a pair of wings, successfully booting Liderc off the car and onto...

"Oh Christ..." A lump rose up in her throat as Lydia found herself staring through William's eyes at a flying camper van with a raccoon anthro behind the wheel, a human mage in the passenger's seat, and a hybrid anthro with a flyswatter standing on top. These guys. Why did it have to be THESE GUYS?

Well... beggars couldn't be choosers, especially at this altitude.

"Will, I can't believe I'm saying this, but we gotta get on that camper van!"

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"Yeah, that's it!" Cat hollered excitedly as Mickey pulled the camper van up to the Mercedes. She couldn't help but let out a wild laugh as Percy introduced the angel to his foot and sent him careening into the van. It was a brief display, but she could already tell she liked this guy's style. If she had a type, it probably would've been him.

Reeling back like a baseball player up to bat, Cat called down to her teammates. "Gonna try out maneuver 14-A, guys!" Then she whistled the the blond sitting in the trunk of the Mercedes. "YO! UP AND AT 'EM, MAN! IT'S CHINESE FIRE DRILL TIME!"

[ParamountKeymaster]

Up front, Mr. Stone turned to look into his rear view mirror, finding a camper van flying right on his tail. It was hard to see how many people were attacking his car with the open trunk lid obscuring his view, but it seemed like the vehicle's occupants were getting the better of Liderc. An unexpected interference to be sure, but one that annoyed Mr. Stone more than it startled him.

With precise movements, Mr. Stone took a sharp left turn, the car tilting slightly as it swerved through the air. As he came back around, he rolled down his window and pointed a finger at the camper van...

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Rio stuck his head out the window, arm raised as he prepared a spell. "Will! Hold on, we're gonna get you outta there! Just hold still a moment and I can- AH!"

Before he could cast anything, the Mercedes sped ahead and turned left, pulling Will and Percy out of his range. Not a second later, Rio spotted the driver leaning out the window, and the mage ducked back inside just in time to dodge a high-speed projectile that seemed to launch from the man's finger and whiz past the camper van.

"He's shooting at me! He's bloody SHOOTING AT ME!"

[DanteMGalileo]

"Alright Will, we're gonna make a jump. Grab my hand, I'll fly us ov- Whoa!!"

As Percy prepared to make a jump-than-fly with Will, he found the Mercedes suddenly swerve, holding onto the older blonde for added stability. "Nevermind! Will, get up on the roof!"

"Are you insane?!"

"Hmm, probably, but that's beside the point. C'mon, we're gettin' outta here!" Without further word, Percy began to climb the car. After a few seconds of grumbling, Will followed the blonde, cringing at the sight of Mr. Stone... using his hand as a gun? "Okay, this is the least I can do for Rio and them..." A pink light formed in his hand, as Will waited with a nervous expression.

"Before you ask, yes. He does reckless shit like this a lot..." Will sighed, just waiting for his very stupid brunette friend to finish his very, very stupid idea.

"Hey, tin man! Pick on someone your own power level! THEIA!!" Calling forward his sword, Percy pointed the blade at Mr. Stone, the pink light traveling down the blade and towards the menacing man...

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Splat.

With an undignified groan, Liderc crashed into the windshield of the van, catching sight of... a green-clad human and... was that a scavenging masked beast that stood on two legs? He could only glare and yell as the wiper fluid, followed by the wiper assaulted him. He allowed himself to slip off, leaving a green feather behind.

"This isn't over," he said to himself. "This is only round one."

[ThePopcornFairy]

"Oh, you mother fricker..." Mickey narrowed his eyes. "Cat, I hope you're ready for a spankin'!"

While Percy distracted the driver, Mickey floored the gas and charged at the Mercedes, engine roaring, tires screeching. Before the two flying vehicles could collide, he took a hard dive, sending the camper van spiraling into a downward corkscrew.

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"I was BORN ready!" Cat shouted as Mickey drove the camper van towards a collision course with the Mercedes. She reached down and pressed another set of buttons on her magnetic shoes, activating a countdown of beeps. Then she straightened back up and reeled back again, an orange light swirling around her flyswatter.

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"I've noticed," Lydia choked up as she watched Will climb onto the car roof after Percy. The winged teen was busying himself with the driver, but out of the corner of her host's eye, Lydia noticed something else. Something that was getting conspicuously closer to them at an alarming rate.

"Uh... Will?! I THINK YOU MIGHT WANNA..."

"JUMP!"

"OH JESUS!!!"

The moment Mickey dove beneath the Mercedes, Cat leaped off the camper van and swung Goldenhand in a wide, upward arc. The flyswatter instantly grew ten feet, smacking the flying car's undercarriage with impeccable force and an explosive burst of Pandemonium Energy, enough to send it careening out of control.

Right after delivering this blow, Cat found herself in a free fall, the camper van doing donuts around her as it slowly descended. "...MICKEY!" she screamed furiously, her tiny robin wings flapping in a vain attempt at flight. "I SAID 14-A, YOU DINGUS!!!"

[ParamountKeymaster]

Mr. Stone looked up at Percy, then promptly ducked back inside his car just as the teen fired a beam of pink light out of his sword. The spell managed to graze his cheek, leaving a rather prominent gash, even this earned nary a reaction out of him. He just stared ahead with a glazed scowl as the nanomachines in his blood quickly started to knit his skin back together, and soon enough, it was like his face hadn't been touched in the first place.

While this process was taking place, though, Mr. Stone did notice the camper van racing towards him. He quickly weighed his options: Any maneuvers he could take evade this attack could easily send Mr. Lowe flying off the car, but then again, these interlopers were risking the same thing. On top of that, both parties had at least one member who could fly and catch Mr. Lowe if he were to fall, and Mr. Stone's was currently out of sight.

For now, all the cyborg opted to do was pick up speed and brace himself for impact.

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"Wait, what're you doing?? WHAT'RE YOU TWO DOING?!" Rio anxiously demanded as Mickey charged at the Mercedes. "YOU'RE GONNA HIT THEM?! WHILE WILL AND PERCY ARE STILL...?!"

The mage was rigid with panic, clinging fiercely to his seat. Even as his mind raced with dread, he knew that Mickey would not risk damaging his camper van, but he also knew that Cat could deliver a much worse blow than any car crash could. His wide eyes were locked on the two young men clinging to the top of the flying black car.

"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAITWAITWAITWAIT WAAAAAIT!!!"

Desperately, reflexively, Rio threw a hand up. Just as the camper van dipped beneath the Mercedes, he hit both William and Percy with a Featherfall spell.

And shortly thereafter, Goldenhand slammed into its target. The car started flipping through the air as Mr. Stone hastily (but still calmly) scrambled to realign it.