Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Calinon]

Michelle

Aris, How long has the unauthorized entry being in the infirmry? Any counter-measures available? Tear gas? Knock-out gas? if you can't regain control to the computers can you cut the power to them? Hell, if you have to get ready to cut power to the whole wing.

"I informed you as soon as I became aware of the problem," ARIS responds. "I can assure you that no testing program is present for this scenario," she adds, hearing your comments.

"We have no countermeasures available of the type you describe, Michelle, and it appears power control systems have been re-routed from my control."

"ARIS, start a 10 minute count down and unless I contact you and specifically tell you to abort the countdown send the following message to both Thunder and Mendez, mark it high priority."

"I am unable to comply, Michelle. My communication capabilities have been disabled. I am attempting to affect repairs, but may need external assistance as the main lines appear to have been cut and my satellite relay system is no longer connected to my system. We have short term communication capabilities only."

Johan
ARIS' voice comes from a nearby speaker.

"Johan, Anna. Incoming message from Michelle."

Hey you two, look alive we got an unauthorized entry in the infirmary. This might be a test but until then I am as....

The speaker goes dead.

"Lets go!" Anna says, her own armor clanking into place over her.

A loud groan from the nearby sattelite tower grabs your attention as it slowly topples over with a crash onto the tarmac. You suddenly don't think you have to go too far as you see someone running towards the campus from the scene.

 

[Elementor]

"Aye aye Cap'n" Vince gives a quick salute and boogies down to the infirmary to take a look around as quietly but also as fast as possible.

 

[Mimic]

"Damn, damn, damn, keep working on it ARIS, if you get connected send for help to whoever is around. Can you lock the doors? Don't let anyone through that's not supposed to be here?" Michelle says as she leaves the warroom, going outside levitates up about 40 feet to get a look around and she actives her personal communicator.

"Johan, Anna, can you hear me, looks like we are under serious seige here

 

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
Vincent
Vince sprints down the connecting corridor to the school and heads for the infirmary. He rounds the corner down which is the hall and finds it pitch black. Even the emergency lights are off. Not that it affects him overly much.

At the end of the hall, the infirmary door is ajar. There are absolutely no sounds Vince can detect but his own footsteps. Right about now, Vince really wishes he'd remembered to get into his EPIC uniform so he could communicate with someone.

Michelle
You fly outside and see the communication tower lying on the tarmac in the distance. A woman is running towards the school and Anna and Johan are exiting the hanger. On the roof, several satelites are smashed. Tara is flying towards the fleeing woman and is looking to intercept her before she reaches the school. Hoppy bounding along behind her.

Johan
Your armor communicator sounds crackly, but you can faintly make out Michelle's voice telling you that the institute is under siege.

 

[Velmont]

"And here Master Wen thought it was because you make stupid choices, go off alone thinking you can be super hero by self, thinking you do things better on own. I thougth it because you so wrapped up in self, you not able to see importance of being team and work with others. Master Wen thought it because you might want to change. But if that wrong, then you may leave. None are prisoner here."

"Who told you I don't want to give a try? I had three weeks to wait before coming here. If I wanted to leave, I would have done that the first day. And I don't need someone to remind me the choices I have made, I still feel their consequences and that's enough... but it is true they have not been the wisest."

 

[Mimic]

Michelle
You fly outside and see the communication tower lying on the tarmac in the distance. A woman is running towards the school and Anna and Johan are exiting the hanger. On the roof, several satelites are smashed. Tara is flying towards the fleeing woman and is looking to intercept her before she reaches the school. Hoppy bounding along behind her.

Michelle will attempt to intercept the woman that Tara is chasing, if she gets close enough and recognises the woman from the criminal database, she will shoot first and ask questions later. If she doesn't recognise her, she will block her way to the school.

Powers: Forcefield (free action), Flight (full action, half action??), Energy blast (heroic surge if movement is a full action)

 

[Elementor]

EPIC HQ
Vincent
Right about now, Vince really wishes he'd remembered to get into his EPIC uniform so he could communicate with someone.

"I shoulda went swimming...." Vince mutters to himself as he moves into the infirmary to try and see what is going on.

Powers: Superspeed is going and Vince is ready to bolt back to the control room if there is any sign of trouble.

 

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
Vincent
You peek around the door. Inside you see... the infirmary. It's empty. Opening the door you go in, and from in here, you still see nothing. In the back room, you see a refrigerator of some sort open, and inside are baggies of blood. From here you can't see anything more.

The door you came through slams shut. You hear a click as it locks.

"H-h-help me," a woman says, and the head nurse stands up from behind the exam table.

"And you can do that by laying face down on the floor and remaining very still," a very familiar voice says. Just behind the nurse, Split appears, gun against her head. "No communicater? Nice." He puts his free hand against his earpiece. "All four? Yeah, keep them busy; we're almost done here. I'll send the Texan out to help you."

Initiative: Vincent 27, Split 16 (readied action)

Michelle, Johan
Michelle flies towards the woman (full move). She fires a blast of magnetic energy, but it falls far short, sending up a spray of dirt. Looking over her shoulder at Johan and Anna, the woman doesn't even seem to notice.

Johan, from simple application of Mathematics, even though you may not be faster than the woman, you figure just the angle needed to catch her well before she gets to the dorm. (Math check 27). It will take you about 18 seconds at full speed to intercept her.

Anna finishes transforming and blasts off after the woman. Tara flies from another direction, Hoppy bouncing along behind her.

Michelle is easily still over 300 feet away. Anna is only 40 feet from the woman, but took a roundabout route. Tara is about 100 feet away, but should cut her off from entering the school. Johan's distance doesn't matter... he's got the angle covered with three rounds of full move actions.

Initiatives: Stryke 22, Michelle 18, Johan 17, Tara 15, Hoppy 11, Anna 8

 

[Agamon]

You emerge from your change room a few minutes later. It was awfully busy in there and you don't exactly blend in. There is a crowd of men gathered around the tanning area ahead of you. It doesn't take you long to see why. Monica is already relaxing on a lounge, and her 'swim suit' reveals far more than it conceals. Gravity helps keep it on, and other than a few areas of cloth, it's mostly braided strings.

"Hey, there's my cabana boy," she calls out to Neutron with a wave. Neutron get some seriously unhappy looks.

"Pinch me, 'cause I must be dreaming," Sanjay thinks with a wave and a smile back to Monica. "I have no idea what a 'cabana boy' is, but sounds like it might be fun..."

"If you don't mind me saying, that is absolutely incredible," he says pointing to her as he reaches her location. "And the swimsuit's not bad, either," he adds with a grin.

 

[Elementor]

EPIC HQ
Vincent
"And you can do that by laying face down on the floor and remaining very still," a very familiar voice says. Just behind the nurse, Split appears, gun against her head. "No communicater? Nice." He puts his free hand against his earpiece. "All four? Yeah, keep them busy; we're almost done here. I'll send the Texan out to help you."

Initiative: Vincent 27, Split 16 (readied action)

"Split? Dude, I thought you had more sense than to come here." A quick glance to the open fridge tells a lot, "Unbelievable. You are on a blood drive too I see." Vince leaps forward with a Mach One punch on Split. "You do know that anyone who works at EPIC has to be prepared to be involved in a violent situation right? That includes the mundane staff. And don't be so happy that I'm not wearing a communicator. Just means I get to own that much more of your scrawny ass. We don't negotiate with terrorists."