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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise" data-source="post: 726738" data-attributes="member: 146">9:28am-------------------------------------------------------------BREAKING NEWS:We now return you to Marshal Stuart of Channel 7 Action News live from the scene of the hostage crisis in Hunt Valley.“The latest information indicates that numerous demands have been issued by the hostage takers. Among the demands is a request for a new engineer to drive the train uninterrupted to the airport. At that juncture a shuttle bus is expected to be waiting which will transfer the hostages and their captors to a fueled and ready Boeing 747 with only a pilot and co-pilot. Threats have been issued that any deviation from this plan and any interference from authorities or metahumans will result in the death of many of the children being held hostage. Their goal seems to be securing the release of nearly two dozen of the terrorists being held in Cuba by the U.S. military.” --------------------------------------------------------------9:29amFour heroes have assembled atop the Lifecare Insurance building near the Hunt Valley Light Rail stop where the train sits waiting. Peering cautiously over the edge trying to see into the train without being noticed, the heroes spot a multi-colored rainbow of parasols being pressed against the windows, blocking the interior from clear view.A lone figure in the uniform of a Mass Transit engineer nervously approaches the lead car along the boarding platform, his hands held above his head.Pagan reaches out and touches his mind telepathically and reassures him that things will be fine. “I need you to actively think about what you see as you board the train. I’ll be in your mind listening to your thoughts.” She learns his name “Charles Branch” and again assures him things will be okay.The doors open and a pistol can be seen pointing at the frightened engineer’s head and a voice is heard urging him to get on.  Whispering to her teammates Pagan conveys Charles Branch’s thoughts. “Being told to wear blindfold, not to look around. Gun in my face, oh God. Children crying. Please don’t shoot me. Okay, I’m going, can’t see, must be control cabin. Being shoved into chair, told to take off blindfold and get ready to drive. No, I won’t look around I’ll do what you say. Oh God, please don’t shoot me.”“How many criminals did he notice?” Dr. Prometheus was already weighing plans, but the information didn’t seem promising. Perhaps, he thought, we should wait for the transfer to the shuttle bus at the airport when fewer hostages will be around them.“One, but he was hustled up front quickly and he’s very scared. I’ll try to slip into the terrorist’s mind” she trailed off as Themis pointed out the terrorist crouching low in the cabin to avoid detection by snipers.As Pagan began concentrating on plunging into the mind of the terrorist, the rest of the team began planning an assault strategy. Children were at risk and they felt they couldn’t wait for a transfer. Dr. Prometheus had spotted an area just behind the control cabin door where he could teleport the entire team inside to begin the assault.Hatred, pure unfiltered hatred bolstered by a zealous faith that no matter what, the rewards of Heaven would be his for his devotion and for doing this deed. Pagan felt overwhelmed and in merely an instant, though she felt sure she had reached his subconscious mind, she was pushed out as if a door had been rudely slammed in her face.[The terrorist made his roll by one to eject her from his mind.]Gathering their wits the team prepared to teleport just as the train beneath them began to move away from the platform.</blockquote>

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