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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1431660" data-attributes="member: 13737">Rebound bounces his way outside to the van.  Two small wires shoot out of Anna's arm and into the computer as she uses her gadgets to make an instant datalink, downloading the map into her suit computer.  "All done," she says.  As everyone suits up, Anna records a short message in the computer. "NYPD called for help on the I-75, and nobody else is around, so we're heading to help." You all pile out with your gear, including a gun and bat for Carl, and jump into the van.  Similar to the one Mendez drove last night, it lurches off at breakneck speed as Rebound hits the gas.  "Wow, a hover van!" he exclaims.  "Never used one of these before!"  The gates don't open as expected and the van crashes through them, leaving them a wreck of twisted metal hanging from the nearby trees. "That was so cool!" exclaims Anna, who somehow managed to capture shotgun.  She's already downloaded the map into the van computer to help guide the trip. The trip is short, just under ten minutes, and with siren blaring and lights flashing, people move out of the way of the EPIC van.  You fly up the emergency vehicle lane on the right side of the freeway.  The ring of cars is evident ahead.  You are forced to stop some quarter mile away due to debris and destroyed cars strewn about.  Time to hoof it! As you are about to get out, Johan spots and points out who he thinks might be Kevin, running alone towards the battle.  People are still running from their vehicles, towards and past you.  A cop car flies over the roof of a SWAT truck, right where Kevin is.  In the sky, a helicopter gets hit by something, and one of its main rotors bends just as its tail rotors slow, and it starts spinning rapidly to the ground, right towards a mass of fleeing citizens. KevinThere is no 'perimeter' set up by the cops yet.  You find Sergeant Ryan beside the NYPD Swat Truck and head for him. "Hey, get out of here!  This is an unsafe area!" he bellows at you as something slams into the other side of the truck, sounding like some sort of energy blasts. "York?  That kid that can copy other people's memories and stuff?  Heard you got killed or something yesterday," he says, ducking reflexively as a blast soars overhead at a helicopter.  "I need the real EPIC, kid, not some untrained solo wannabe.  And stealing someone's memory isn't going to help us here.  Crap!  Get down!" He shoves you down to the ground as a police cruiser soars overhead to land with a crash among other vehicles behind you.  In the sky, a helicopter groans as an energy blast slows its tail rotor, then a swarm of tiny air elementals rip bend one of the main rotors.  It starts to spin towards the ground, out of control, right towards a huge group of fleeing citizens! "But if you can do anything useful, have at it.  We already have three officers down.  Damnit, where's EPIC!?" Well, he's heard of you, and didn't throw you out, but his knowledge of your powers is limited to the knowledge that you got booted from school for stealing knowledge.</blockquote>

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