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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1439632" data-attributes="member: 13737">Interlude - The News BroadcastImages of the battle on the freeway soon flood the airways.  Michelle is seen catching helicopters falling from the sky; Johan is captured leading innocents to safety.  Straightjacket's brief struggle and the fact he got up afterwards, is replayed over and over.  Raisa, Rebound, Tara, Anna and Carl are show in the ring they fought within, using their powers.  Even Sanjay and Loki blasting in from the distance is displayed.  Kevin is show very briefly, but little mention is made of him. If not for the actions of these brave young men and women of EPIC, the carnage on the freeway would have been much worse.  But thanks to their heroic actions, lives were saved, property protected and the villians, though escaped, were prevented from doing more harm. Who the mutants who stole the armored cars were, and why they took the reportedly empty armored vehicles, is unknown.  But thanks to sound amplification and a release by EPIC HQ, we now know at least a few of the new members code names. The image changes from the reporter to the falling helicopters and Michelle. While no code name has been assigned to this young and charismatic leader of the new EPIC team, the police she saved in these helicopters definitely had several names to call her. "Like a guardian angel," one says. "She's a magnetic dynamo," another says as he's carried off on a stretcher. Whether an angel or dynamo, one thing is for certain; this Mistress of Metal is both brave, strong and a capable leader.  Also on the team, the giant boy, code named Straightjacket, who stood up to a blow from an even more titanic monster, getting up immediately after.  He may be nearly indestructible.  Overheard being referred to by her code name by one of the villains, Amazon appears to be the strongest of the team. An image of Raisa picking up and righting a tractor rig alone is shown. Of the others, only Rebound and the latecomers to the conflict, Loki and Neutron, have official code names.  But workers helping with the clean up have already dubbed the remainder with their own titles. They call this girl, Mantis, referring to her wings and insectoid set of arms, and have taken to calling this girl in powerful armor, Iron Maiden. The screen shifts to showing the two hoisting cars off the side of the road, then shifts to Carl as he disintegrates a pile of debris with a vibrating energy pulse. "He's can project some amazing vibrating force," one construction worker said, leading to many to call him Vibro. But whatever you call them, they certainly are heroes, of amazing power and potential, and the city of New York is happy to have them. For CNN, I'm Theresa Soulsmith.</blockquote>

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