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Beyond Freedom (M&M PbP) Issue #1 - Loves Lost?!

Harbinger carries Athena into the hospital calling out for help. “I need help here, this woman is badly injured.” Looking around for anyone that can assist him.
 

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"I don't know what the Compiler is. It sounds like device that uses chaos theory to mathetically model unpredictable phenomenon. Maybe the people who stole it plan on making piles of money by modeling stock, bond, and currency markets. But that wouldn't be the end of the world. I don't think anyone flew out. Some guy with a rifle is running around outside."

"Take the headset with you. The armored guy flew into this building through the roof. If they're using the headsets to coordinate their escape, then you should be able to keep track of them. I'll hover overhead to cover outside of the building. Be careful kid."

Security then soars into the air and hovers over the building. Where'd the guy with the rifle run off too? Also, that armored guy might burst from the building at any point. How did they all get here?
 
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"No problem," Jimmy said as he put the headset on. The thought occurred to Jimmy that he would have to be in normal time to actually listen over the headset, unless the headset compensated for the discrepancies in voice speed.

Jimmy continued his exploration of the upper floors.
 
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Outside, Apollo and Ursus collect the villains in the courtyard and remain watchful. About then a sports car, with its tires turned horizontally flies into the area. Apollo recognizes it as one of Daedelus's LAV converted sports cars. Over the loud speaker his voice can be heard saying "Apollo, Athena was in trouble and said she needed help here. She seems to have disappeared, do you know where she is? What's the situation?"

Security flies outside and starts looking around, examine the outside of the building and searching for the other villains Spot roll first 9 +5 =14; Search roll 10 +8 =18. He can find no signs of any of the villains but on the east side of the building he finds a window smashed out on the 10th floor, just above where the hole on the 4th floor is.

Jimmy continues searching the upper floors. He finds a couple of scared lab techs on the 6th floor, and still has a few more floors to go up. There is no radio traffic off the radio that the others found... it seems to be dead.

Winters searches the fourth floor Search roll 16 +8 =24 and while there is a lot of destruction and rubble here he finds a PDA that does not quit seem to fit in with the other computers and tablet pc around [/i](the computers etc. here have a very unified feel and look to them, this looks like a star trek tricorder, not that your character has ever watch that ancient TV show, but as an example)[/i].

Harbinger rushes into the hospital, and calls for help. A nurse and doctor run up to assist you the doctor saying "What happened here! What are the extent of her injuries? Is she on drugs? Who are you? Why are you wearing a mask? Never mind that, we need to get this woman to emergency now! This way." They take Athena and whisk her off. A security guard from White Eagle Protection starts moving toward you with his hand on his stun baton... he does not look friendly but he is also a bit nervous.
 

Apollo floats up to look eye to eye with Daedelus, "She was hurt badly during the fighting, I think she may have been taken to a hospital, but I cannot be sure, two of our own are missing, Harbinger and her, and Harbinger was much better off then Athena."

Apollo tries to put a positive spin on this, "She is tough though, she will make it."
 

Jimmy slows down as soon as he sees the lab techs. Trying to calm them down, Jimmy said, "Hey guys, I don't think the boss'll mind if you cut out right about now. I'd even request hazard pay if I were you. You should head downstairs, there someone can get you to safety. Anyone else up here?"

When they turn to go, Jimmy will look into the future [using Luck] to see if they're legit (a later conversation about what they were doing up here).
 

"What happened here! What are the extent of her injuries? Is she on drugs? Who are you? Why are you wearing a mask? Never mind that, we need to get this woman to emergency now! This way."

“She was attacked by paranormals, she took blunt and fire damage. She is not on any drugs that I know of.” Harbinger responds. As the guard approaches, Harbinger just stares at him. As he gets with in a few feet. “BOO.” Harbinger says in a low voice and then teleports out of the hospital. Outside Harbinger concentrates and teleports back to the Wellingford Complex.
 
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Winter gets a hold of the PDA by going corporeal again, then makes it back down to the rest of the group, looking after the villains and doing a quick head count. Anybody still unaccounted for? Any suspicious sights or sounds in the area that deserve attention?

"I found this among the rubble, and it doesn't fit. Maybe it belongs to that one who disappeared when I hit him?"

Winter shows the PDA to the others. "Can any of you get the data off this thing? Also, do we have any other leads as to where they've gone? I don't want them getting to anyone else before we get to them..."
 
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Daedelus quickly lands and gets out of his car. Leaning heavily on a cane he says to Apollo "Give me a hand lad... we need to restrain these paranormals ASAP. Lucky for me I brought a couple portable units with me... this how situation was just a little strange." He pulls out a number of oversized hand/wrist cuffs that he turns on and places over the hands the 3 downed villains. One is actually large enough in get Brimstone, or maybe it seemed to have grown to fit his large arms. Daedelus says "These will last about an hour or so... should be enough time for the police to arrive. Even though there have not been any "super-criminals" for a while, Blackstone is always open"

Jimmy takes another look into the future 15 +5 +5 =25 and does not see anything else on the upper floors except some damage on the tenth floor where someone flew through a number of inner walls before smashing through a window on the east side of the building...

Harbinger concentrates and teleports back to the group outside about the time that Winters appears. Security has also flow around the building and scanned for any of the other villains but can't locate them...
 

Apollo nods, helping Daedelus, "Thanks, I was worried on how we were going to keep these criminals in check. I am not quite sure what this is all about, but I intend to find out, once the rest of the team, gets back from investigating..."

Apollo looks up with a smirk, "Looks like the time is ripe, for a new Freedom League to assemble eh?"
 

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