I'm gonna shake up the system

[heismymission]

Who: Bucky, Steve, Fortuna, and Diarmuid.
Where: The building across from the welcome center and into the underground tunnels
When: January 9th, in the dark hours of the morning
Summary: It's time for a rescue mission.
Warnings: ???

After Zeloph sent him and Steve the map of the underground tunnels, Bucky had been reminded of the predicament the priestess had been in while he'd been sitting around feeling sorry for himself. He cursed internally over the lack of focus and almost immediately began to plan on how he would help the priestess, going over all the information he'd acquired in the past few months that would help. It was easy enough to figure out the other two key holders the mysterious figure was referring to with a little process of elimination, and he'd visited Fortuna and Diarmuid before the day was over, discussing plans with them and what they might expect.

When he returned and asked Steve to accompany them, they'd had an argument about the kid's presence, but Bucky had placated him by saying he'd already tried to suggest Diarmuid stay home, and that the boy had been adamant in joining them. It didn't make Steve happy about it, but it was enough to let them move on and start to prepare.

He had several weapons now, even if it wasn't nearly as close to his old arsenal in size, and that reassured him somewhat. A pistol he'd save for emergencies, several knives, and something else he'd acquired in case Burnie got involved. He'd stick with hand-to-hand and the knives if he could, as much as he wanted to use the gun. The strange bag that was larger than it seemed was also taken in case they found something they needed to store and bring back with them, but he left the medallion key in one of his normal pockets for easy access.

It was early enough in the morning that it was still about as dark as it could get when he arrived, wearing the armor HYDRA gave him--though he left the mask and goggles so he could easily communicate with the others--in addition to his leather jacket to help conceal his arm. He had no need to conceal his face when he didn't plan to be seen anyway, and even if he did wear them and was spotted, he doubted it would hide his identity.

All that was left now was to retrieve Rhea and Mai.

Bucky stood near the door to the building, wondering if he might have to break in to enter--the palm reader the elemental had used was still there, but he thought it unlikely it would accept his hand print, and even if it did, he didn't want to leave a definite trace of his presence. Giving Burnie any more obvious clues as to what he's been doing probably wouldn't be a good idea.

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[shadowsgambit]

Fortuna takes out her key, regarding the red light warily and staying out of its direct path, and follows Bucky, keeping an eye on the faint heat source too. It might just have a high concentration of wires or something. The difference is faint, but anything could be a threat...

[noparachute]

Steve kept an eye on the light, at least until everyone else started to gather around the pedestal. He didn't hold one of the keys, but Bucky showed him the earth medallion before they left, so he knew what they were doing at least.

For now, he just remained quiet with a hand on his shield, in case if anything would go wrong.

[rekindlenpcs]

As they gather around the pedestal, the heat signature on the wall seems to grow a little warmer. What's' more, they could likely hear the sound of a siren in the distance...

There is one slot for each medal. One imprint of a snake intertwined with a turtle, one imprint of a tiger, and one imprint of a vermillion bird.

[smallspot]

Diarmuid's eyes grow wide when he hears the siren. For a moment, his hand tightens on his key and then he dashes forward to put it into the matching slot. Once done, he looks to everyone else.

"We have to hurry! They are coming!"

[heismymission]

The soldier doesn't need to be told; he places his medallion in the slot and steps back, waiting for the door to open. Flexing his fingers, he prepares to retrieve one of his weapons if they come under attack.

[shadowsgambit]

Fortuna hurries to put her own key in its place. Not good, what's going on here? Did the summoning alert them? Or did the bird breaking the security camera do the same?

It didn't matter. They knew someone was here, and they'd have footage of them standing outside the door...and the guard's eyewitness account of her drones...

...That had been spectacularly dumb. Hopefully they'll have time to take care of that, or her plans for a safehouse are dead in the water, and she and any potential guests, well, could just be plain dead.

Truth be told, though, this is the sort of thing that keeps her going.

[noparachute]

Steve's hold on his shield only tightens when he hears the sirens. It's obvious that they've been noticed and he looks around for a moment, making sure that no one else has arrived at their location yet. He doesn't really know much about the medallions themselves, but he hopes that they've worked.

Sticking around in this room won't be fun for anyone.

[rekindlenpcs]

As the third and final medallion is placed within the final slot in the pedestal, gears could be heard even louder as the floor itself seemed to sink from beneath them by six to eight inches, parting to reveal a staircase with the pedestal and the small platform as its landing. The staircase rises to become level with the platform, lights flickering on to reveal a metal door and granting them entry to the city tunnels below.