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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1437252" data-attributes="member: 13737">HospitalDoc Johnson finishes his rounds and then brings you down to the scanning lab.  You're introduced to a ton of flashing, blinking and ray shooting machines.  Vince is poked, prodded, blood taken, scanned, and tested in a myriad of ways. "Ok," Doc Johnson says, pulling on a rubber glove.  "This will only hurt for a second.  Don't worry, water lubricates."  As Vincent's face pales and his jaw drops, the doctor starts laughing.  "Kidding!  Just kidding!  Man, I love my job sometimes..." In case you are wondering... we're killing time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Under the FreewayEveryone runs back to where Raisa was pounding away on the wall.  The sound of splashings comes from the freeway entrance and a small army of Johan's are heading towards you.  Where the wall once was, the tunnel is open, and there is no rubble remaining.  Raisa and Rebound are running down the tunnel ahead of you all. You charge down the tunnel, and it is nearly perfectly straight.  About half a mile in, the tunnel forks in a 'Y'.  You'd be stumped for a choice... if not for the freaking huge hole in the left side tunnel wall, forming a gently sloping ramp upwards with light streaming down it from above and tire tracks leading along it. As you run upwards, you see a truck exiting the ramp.  Moments later, the sunlight is blocked out as the Mole imposes himself over the hole. "I suggest you return to the sewers, young heroes.  I have won, and you have lost.  But I have no desire to harm you further," he calls out.  The walls of the tunnel start to collapse, starting at the top and folding inward all the way down the 100 foot length.  In mere seconds, the top is almost collapsed fully. Damn hard to hate these guys, aint it? MichelleNobody notices you and Dara not following the others.  You dart down the sewer, flying rapidly along.  You whip around a corner and catch another glimps of the silver cape streaking around the corner! "There he is!" Tara says excitedly, pouring on the speed.  You follow along and after a few more turns, you see him, both of him, touch down and grab at a door in the wall.  It's old and rusted shut.  One pulls on the handle, then both try putting their shoulder to it.  It doesn't budge.  Your sudden appearance startle him, and he turns to face you, that surprise etched on his face.  It's slowly replaced with a look of wonder and an embarassed smile.  He shakes his head in disbelief. "How did you ... you aren't following my trucks?" one asks. "You two are full or surprises," the other says with a smile.   They step away from the door, but make absolutely no hostile actions.  No wand is in his hand, no magical glow about them.  "It appears I am captured," the one nearest Michelle says with a sigh.  He holds his hands out before him and approaches her, appearing prepared to be put in irons. "I couldn't open the door," the other says, looking rather embarassed, approaching Tara.  She seems frozen in place, blushing.  Her wings thrumming a bit as she sets down, her insectoid arms rubbing together with a slight hum.  You hear some sort of sound nearby, and notice some cockroaches gathering in a ring about all of you.  Anithos notices it too, but doesn't seem perterbed.  "Friends of yours," he says to Tara with a smile. She looks back and around and sees them, looking back and at her feet embarassed.  "Um.. yeah, I guess," she says, fidgetting. Anithos raises her chin with his finger.  "A truly wonderful gift you have.  It is nothing to be ashamed of."  He lays his hand along her cheek and she starts to glow.  She lets out a little gasp and collapses forward into his arms. "Don't worry!" the other Anithos is quick to say, grabbing Michelle's wrist.  "I just... gave her what I gave you.  She's not as in control as you are is all," he says, releasing your wrist and holding your hand instead. "What do we do now?" he asks.  "I fear M-Tac's containment methods," he says, with some serious trepidation in his voice.  "They aren't kind or gentle, and they don't care if a mutant isn't a violent man.  But ... I cannot force you to release us." "Liar," his counterpart says with a grin, still holding Tara in his arms. "Yes, ahem, well, perhaps I could force you to," he admits.  "But I won't," he says honestly.</blockquote>

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