Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Mordane76]

X12 nods to the doctor with a weak smile as the pain subsides.

As he looks at the drawing, after the doctor's comment, he picks up his pen and make corrections to the drawing, to bring it more in line with the tattoo on his neck.


"Does the hospital have psychics that they would use for coma patients, doctor," X12 asks as he puts down the pen.

 

[Calinon]

"Does the hospital have psychics that they would use for coma patients, doctor," X12 asks as he puts down the pen.

"No, those are brought in by private hirings by families. We couldn't cover the insurance costs. I can recommend you to a fairly good one though. He doesn't charge quite as much as most. Even does some pro-bono work," he says. "Since you're in EPIC, I doubt you'll get anything for free."

Mark Jasman
813 Rundledown Lane
Morgentaller District
MCNY, 875731D
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"Now get up and dressed. I need these beds for actual patients," he says cheerfully, pulling the privacy curtain aound your bed. He goes to Michelle's bed next and moves his hand above her chest. "Still sore I bet," he says sympathetically. He is nearly the spitting image of Thunder, just younger. And that annoying wedding ring on his finger. He pulls the privacy screen around your bed as well.

He hits a button and your bed goes to a sitting up position. "Sorry, but we'll have to let the gown down. If it makes you feel any better, I do things like this every day," he says reassuringly.

"Ok, just relax and try to breath normally. This will hurt a bit, but it will only last a moment. Tell me when you can breath without pain."

He puts his hand on your lower ribs, right on the spot the sword was driven into you and closes his eyes. His hands glow softly and you feel a sudden pinch that causes you to suck in your breath. "That should be the worst or it," he says and the pain quickly begins to subside and you can breath without much pain.

No, let him speak, I prefer to know now what he have to say." Kevin looks at thunder right in the eyes.

"There, you see," Thunder says in a calm and cold voice. "He wants to hear this. Well lets go over the series of assinine choices you made yesterday, sport.

"You went off without a buddy in the mall," he says, "despite Empath telling you not to. You got EPIC involved in a hostage situation without so much as a call to Empath for help. You withheld vital information from an investigation from Mendez. You convinced a classmate to help you withhold information. You lied again by using mimiced duplication to go off alone. As a result of all of this, not only did you nearly get yourself killed, you nearly got four other people killed including the person you should have worked with everyone to help rescue!" he shouts, electricity crackling in his eyes.

By Michelle's bed, Doctor Johnson blinks his eyes, the glow fading. "Grrrr," he says, storming out of the privacy barrier. "I told you, Kyle, not here!"

"Your selfishness and lack of common sense is exactly why your father paid us to take you on, in the hope you might change," he says angrily, ignoring his brother. "I thought you were, with how well you were doing in school, but I can see you're probably a lost cause," he spits. "How much blood are you willing to have on your hands to satisfy your selfishness and delusions of grandeur?"

The doctor grabs Thunder and shoves him out the door. "That's quite enough," he growls, stepping back in the room and slamming the door. He shakes his head a second then steps back into Michelle's privacy chamber to finish his work.

 

[Deva]

That smile is short-lived though as she becomes very serious again. "What troubles me most is you lying to Raul. 'Brazenly defiant' he says. So much trust has been broken today by Kevin and Johan, to have you and Carl both lie to him was very disappointing. He does not believe he can trust you." She watches your reaction carefully before adding, "I told him he was mistaken."

"Another one to add to my list..." She mumbles to herself. Raisa nods her head though, understanding what the older woman is getting at. "Not my brightest moment, but in my defense I had no idea who he was except some cop that came in with the others. I've always been a little confrentational when it comes to law enforcement kind of people, especially when they get in my face like he did. I just reacted, didn't think. I did a lot of not thinking yesterday..."

She sets her coffee down and kneels down in front of you, bringing her hand up to your face. She stops short of touching you. "I can help you with your headache, like Dara helped you in the club. Only I am far more skilled than Dara." The last is said to your mind directly, in the same uninvasive method Dara uses. "Just don't tell anyone I can do that," she says with a secretive smile.

The soft smile she returns isn't forced, but still Raisa shakes her head. "No offense or anything, but I've had enough people in my head in the last twenty-four hours. Beside, the headache will remind me what a dumbass I was."

 

[Mimic]

Michelle has been awake for some time but not wanting to interact with people she has been pretending to be asleep, listening to the news reports about what happened the day before and in her mind's eye she relives the scene in which the woman stabs her with the sword, realising how close to death she was.

As she senses a person approaching, she pretends to wake up, so she can hide the tear stained area on the pillow with her head. She still says nothing as she concentrates on the news reports but she does remember to flip the pillow over so no one can tell that she has been crying.

"Now get up and dressed. I need these beds for actual patients," he says cheerfully, pulling the privacy curtain aound your bed. He goes to Michelle's bed next and moves his hand above her chest. "Still sore I bet," he says sympathetically. He is nearly the spitting image of Thunder, just younger. And that annoying wedding ring on his finger. He pulls the privacy screen around your bed as well.

As the doctor pulls the privacy screen around her bed, Michelle looks over towards Kevin with vemon in her eyes, which soften qucikly as she looks at the doctor, a small sigh escaping her lips. With her cheeks burning red, she removes the top of her gown and lets the doctor do his work, with only a small "ow" to indicate she is in any pain.

By Michelle's bed, Doctor Johnson blinks his eyes, the glow fading. "Grrrr," he says, storming out of the privacy barrier. "I told you, Kyle, not here!"
"Your selfishness and lack of common sense is exactly why your father paid us to take you on, in the hope you might change," he says angrily, ignoring his brother. "I thought you were, with how well you were doing in school, but I can see you're probably a lost cause," he spits. "How much blood are you willing to have on your hands to satisfy your selfishness and delusions of grandeur?"

"Do us all a favor and kick his ass out." Michelle whispers to herself as she listens to Thunder rant.

 

[Mordane76]

"Thank you," X12 says as he writes down the address.

Stepping out of the room, X12 walks up behind Thunder. "I'm sorry you're so angry, but in the end, Kevin did lead us to Mrs. Raynes inadvertently. If he hadn't gone off like he did, we might not have found her in time. Things didn't go as well as they could have, but no one ended up permanently injured -- we're all still young, and this was technically our first operation. Thus, I believe we did very well considering; I would hope that with further instruction we'll all learn to work together, but I think it's very hard to expect us all to work perfectly together on our first real operation."

 

[Agamon]

Anna wheels over to Neutron. "Someone snuck this in my room without even leaving a note," she says in her rich Russian accent. "Was it you?" she asks with a blush. "I love bunnies. I didn't get to bring mine from home."

Jackal, who was in the process of drinking orange juice to stop his choking, sprays it out suddenly upon hearing the question.

Sanjay flashes a smile. "No, not me, though I'm wishing it was. I'm not in the habit of sneaking into girls bedrooms at night...not without their permission, anyway," he says with a wink.

 

[Calinon]

I've always been a little confrentational when it comes to law enforcement kind of people, especially when they get in my face like he did. I just reacted, didn't think. I did a lot of not thinking yesterday..."

"Raul is a sweet man, but he tends to be a bit blunt. Sometimes I wonder if he's empathic, but he is just frighteningly good at reading people. You do realize you will have to apologize to him, especially since he is doing a great deal of covering up for you and Carl?" she asks, rhetorically. Her tone makes it clear she expects you to do just that.

"No offense or anything, but I've had enough people in my head in the last twenty-four hours. Beside, the headache will remind me what a dumbass I was."

"Stubborn to the end, aren't we?" she says, putting her hands on your knees and pushing her self to her feet with a groan. You realize she looks rather worn out. "Unlike Sho Tanaka, I have no interest in hurting you."

She stretches tall, hands over her head and cracks her neck. You see a large bruise on her neck extending down past her shirt collar. "I am going to go soak in my tub," she says. "If you change your mind about your headache, you can come see me."

As she walks for the door, you suddenly feel very relieved and relaxed. The weight of what happened yesterday seems far less on your shoulders. You don't feel compelled to be that way, you just... are. You are also ravenously hungry.

"I'm glad you are feeling better, Raisa," you hear Empath saying from your doorway. She has a pleasant smile on her face as she turns away and heads down the hall.

"Do us all a favor and kick his ass out." Michelle whispers to herself as she listens to Thunder rant.

Doctor Johnson soon re-enters your bedside. "Alright, lets finish up and you can get dressed and out of here. It's a beautiful day and you shouldn't be spending it inside," he says cheerfullly. He puts his hands back on you and they start to glow, driving the last pain an injury from you. "And hit Kyle for me on your way out for me, would you?" He vanishes from your area and you hear another privacy screen pulled up.

"Hi Tara," you hear him say. "If you just let your gown down, I can get you up and about too." You hear a muffled conversation, then a squeal.

"You can't touch that!" squeals Tara. Doctor Johnson starts laughing.

"I'm a doctor, I'm married and my first daughter is your age," he says with a laugh. He has a short muffled conversation with Tara and about five minutes later emerges from her privacy screen, still chuckling. Tara emerges shortly after, tugging her shirt down, face beet red, and heads for the door.

He steps over to Kevin's bed. "Alright son, lets see if we can't get you back to normal and on your feet. This will be a bit painful." He places one hand on your stomach and one on your chest and closes his eyes as his hands start to glow.

"I'm sorry you're so angry, but in the end, Kevin did lead us to Mrs. Raynes inadvertently. If he hadn't gone off like he did, we might not have found her in time. Things didn't go as well as they could have, but no one ended up permanently injured -- we're all still young, and this was technically our first operation. Thus, I believe we did very well considering; I would hope that with further instruction we'll all learn to work together, but I think it's very hard to expect us all to work perfectly together on our first real operation."

Thunder listens to you, but his attitude towards Kevin doesn't seem to change. His tone with you is friendly however. "While I appreciate you trying to stick up for Kevin, if he hadn't gone off like he did and if he had told Mendez the actual result of his conversation with that woman, you would have been able to coordinate your efforts, and you wouldn't have had to rescue someone who was supposed to be part of your team. Four people wouldn't have nearly died.

"The rest of you did quite well working together. A few glitches for sure, but nothing that can't be worked on. But I'm not so sure any amount of instruction will help Kevin learn to either be honest or work with a team," he says definitively.

"Now what's with the psychic and that number seven deal?"

Tara opens the door and steps out, face beet red, bumping into Thunder. "Oh good, you're feeling better," he says with a smile down at her. She mumbles something, looking down at the ground and heading away from you, still blushing. "Was it something I said?" Thunder says questioningly to nobody in particular.

"No, not me, though I'm wishing it was. I'm not in the habit of sneaking into girls bedrooms at night...not without their permission, anyway,"

"Come wearing bunny ears and a fluffy tail and we'll see," she says with a giggle. "Otherwise, you are out of luck!"

Sanchez walks in, wearing grease stained jean overalls, a cotton shirt and work boots. She's carrying some sort of flat backpack. "Here you go, kiddo," she calls out to Anna. "All fixed."

 

[Mordane76]

"It's... nothing," X12 stammers, clamming up. "Just... a doodle. Something that I keep seeing when I close my eyes -- maybe a psychic could tell me what it really means; they always seem to have that Freudian sort of thing going on. Just know I need someone who's good at getting deep; the gentlemen from the government had a terrible time analyzing my thoughts."

 

[Velmont]

Kevin push aside the doctor. "Just a moment doctor, the discussion is not finish." he say on a gentle tone "X, please, shut your mouth before you bring you troubles." his voice is becoming more glacial "So it wasn't even for my powers you wanted me, it is for my father money." Kevin smile and start to laugh "I surprise myself, I am even dumber than I thought. I was thinking you wnted to have my powers at your service, someone who can mimic anyone, can replace it, that's a good option to have... stupid I am!

You should never have come in first place yesterday. You should have left me to my faith. I've wished to die yesterday, and when the pain that Mia gave me dissapear finally, I thought all was finish, that I would go to hell and I would not ever have to bother about my silly life.

Yeah, I wanted to prove what I really worth, to prove to everyone they were wrong to treat me like a loser... he! Half a victory, I proved to everyone what I worth, but I am a loser. Stupid and loser!

Well, Thunder, I think you will be proud of me, I just made a decision. I quit EPIC! Anyway, it seems I am no more welcome. Take my possession left at the headquater, send them to my father or burn them, I don't care. As soon as I will be able to walk, I'll go to the airport."

Kevin put his hand on the doctor's hand "Take care of the others, no need to waste your time, energy and EPIC money, I should say my father money, on me. I will take care of myself." and he mimic the Doctor's powers and do what he thinks is best, under his new knowldge, to stand up on his feet.

 

[Mordane76]

"Loser?" X12 questions rhetorically. "I don't think you're a loser -- you might be impulsive, and a little overconfident, but not a loser. I don't think you're stupid, either -- unless you walk out that door. You walk out that door and leave what you've started here, then I will be unable to deny that you've made a stupid mistake.

"Thunder's upset -- people were injured, protocols were broken -- but he's supposed to be upset; he's an authority figure, and it's his job to enforce the rules. He can't give you credit for finding Mrs. Raynes, because the rules were broken. I can, however -- we wouldn't have found her in time without you doing what you did.

"You walk out of here, you leave behind the support of your peers. I'm sure some of them are very upset, and they have some right to be -- we didn't know where you were, and we risked our lives to save you. But that's the thing -- we risked our lives to save you, Kevin, because you're a part of the team. If we didn't care about you, then we would have left you to rot.

"I care about you, Kevin -- don't leave."