Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Calinon]

6:00AM

Kevin's Room

"ARIS, how much time before the plane leave?"

"You have fifty eight minutes until take off is scheduled, Kevin. Nova has checked in and is currently on her way to the War Room to meet with Thunder."

Mess Hall

"Take a picture, Vinny, girls ain't going to fall at your feet every day."

"You keep your demon tentacles away from me and I won't have to claw your throat out, Red," Monica says, now standing well behind X12 and eyeing you leerily, but just in range to slug Sanjay in the arm.

Johan walks in, dressed in shining silverish armor, a cheshire cat grin on his face.

Cosmo, meanwhile, is busy expounding on X12's plane crash bits, complete with sounds. "But don't worry, Raisa. It's not the fall that gets you. It's that sudden stop at the bottom!" he laughs.

The War Room

"Well, that was entertaining." Michelle pipes up with a bored expression on her face. "Come on lets go show Hoppy to Thunder. It's going to be so funny."

You get to the War Room just on time. Hoppy immediately jumps up on the table with a loud CHIRP! Thunder arches an eyebrow.

"Ok, that's new. Maybe we should look at getting that thing licensed if you're planning on keeping it, Tara. ARIS, scan uh..."

"Hoppy!" Tara exclaims

CHIRP!

"...Hoppy and enter it into the database, please." A yellow beam runs down Hoppy, scanning it. "Ok, now have a seat. We have a possible lead on the Mole and friends." After you and Tara sit down, Mendez and Nova come in.

"Everything's packed and ready for Master Wen's," Nova says. "Holy crap, lookit the size of that bug!"

"Sweet jeezus," Mendez says. "Teleporting weiner dogs and now, giant grasshoppers. Morning girls," he says with a wry look.

"As you saw in that news brief, Lockheed was attacked. Some cryogenic containment units were stolen. Pretty high tech and expensive stuff, but what hasn't been reported is that they were designed to fit in these." The image switches to a very familiar news footage bit of three large armored vehicles being stolen on a highway.

"A bit too much of a coincidence, don't you think?" Thunder asks.

"Coincidence my ass," Mendez says.

"Glad you agree. I think this will be a good mission to test those skills you've been working on Michelle. If my hunch is right, The Mole is at the root of the theft in Lockheed. You'll organize two groups.

"One will travel to Methesda Ironworks. They build armored vehicles for both military and civilian uses, but are very private with their customer lists. We need to find out who ordered those trucks.

"The second will head to Lockheed and take a look at this robbery. I have a friend in the FBI, Agent Mitchell Simmons, who is in Arizona and has agreed to get you access to the site.

"If you can have everyone ready to move by 9AM, it would be good. Submit a list of names to lead the second team, as well as your team's make up by noon today.

The rest of the briefing kind of passes in a blur thanks to you feeling a tad overwhelmed.

"Hopefully, you can find out the whereabouts of the Mole. Who knows, you might have better luck than us at capturing Anithos finally too," Thunder says.

"That's it for today. Come on; lets go grab something to eat, then see the troublemakers off to Master Wen's," Mendez says, wrapping up the meeting.

 

[Velmont]

"You have fifty eight minutes until take off is scheduled, Kevin. Nova has checked in and is currently on her way to the War Room to meet with Thunder."

"Thanks"

Kevin duplicates.

"We will bring all that stuff to the jet now. ARIS, we are taking the jet to go see Wen, right?"

"Why will you go talk to Nova. You'll thanks her to have a whole boring month in the middle of nowhere... or you are making that only for her eyes."

"Shut up!"

"You have nothing to thanks, this is nothing more than another disciplinary school. You are becoming weak Kevin. You are no more a Lord! Lord are made to lead, and look who is leading the group, a girl who just want to impress the enemy and get them in her room, a girl who hate you."

"Shut up!"

"And not talking about the alpha teams, always there to told you what to do and what not to do. Thunder and Mendez are the worst, but it is the same for Titan, and it will be the same for Wen. You have grown old enough to know what to do by yourself. You don't need them to tell you what to do, and soon, it will be Michelle who will do it."

"And now, it is YOU who is telling me what to do, you're not better."

"Have you forget that I am YOU. I am your duplicate. And I just tell you high what you think low. Get out of here. You are not fit to this place. I don't want to pass another boring month. I don't..."

The duplicate dissapears.

"I'll carry all myself finally"

 

[Deva]

Cosmo, meanwhile, is busy expounding on X12's plane crash bits, complete with sounds. "But don't worry, Raisa. It's not the fall that gets you. It's that sudden stop at the bottom!" he laughs.

Taking a page from Dara's book, Raisa scowls at Cosmo and picks up an apple slice from her plate. "Jack ass." She throws it at his head. "Next time, it's going to be a frying pan."

 

[Calinon]

Kevin's Room
ARIS beeps once and remains silent.

Mess Hall
Cosmo laughs, catching the hurled fruit. "Now I wish I was going. 'Oh my god! An engine fell off!' or 'Is the wing supposed to be on fire like that!?' Man, you'd be a blast! But you are worrying about nothing. I mean, when was the last time the jet actually crashed."

"Just last month when we were fighting Anarchy," Trailblazer says, "but that was more a 'shot down' than a crash landing. Not to worry, Raisa. Sanchez is a great pilot. Nobody has ever died in one of her crashes."

War Room
Aris beeps on. "Thunder, I have monitored a conversation in Kevin York's room you should be aware of."

"Show me," Thunder says, not asking anyone to leave.

"We will bring all that stuff to the jet now. ARIS, we are taking the jet to go see Wen, right?"

"Why will you go talk to Nova. You'll thanks her to have a whole boring month in the middle of nowhere... or you are making that only for her eyes."

"Shut up!"

"You have nothing to thanks, this is nothing more than another disciplinary school. You are becoming weak Kevin. You are no more a Lord! Lord are made to lead, and look who is leading the group, a girl who just want to impress the enemy and get them in her room, a girl who hate you."

"Shut up!"

"And not talking about the alpha teams, always there to told you what to do and what not to do. Thunder and Mendez are the worst, but it is the same for Titan, and it will be the same for Wen. You have grown old enough to know what to do by yourself. You don't need them to tell you what to do, and soon, it will be Michelle who will do it."

"And now, it is YOU who is telling me what to do, you're not better."

"Have you forget that I am YOU. I am your duplicate. And I just tell you high what you think low. Get out of here. You are not fit to this place. I don't want to pass another boring month. I don't..."

The duplicate dissapears.

"I'll carry all myself finally"

"Explain why we even bother with this kid? Maybe we should just ship him to a psyche ward and be done with it. ARIS, add it to the profile for Master Wen, not that he needs any other evidence of the kids' constant depression and negativity. If it will fit in the file that is."

"I better snip that thought that I'm interested in him in the bud now," Nova says. "Thought maybe Kevin just needed a friend, but after three weeks of this sort of talk, I'm beginning to wonder if he needs to go to Master Wen or a psyche ward."

"I hate to say I told you so..."

"And I'd hate to knock you on your ass again," Nova says without humor. "I'm going to the tarmac to wait."

 

[Deva]

Cosmo laughs, catching the hurled fruit. "Now I wish I was going. 'Oh my god! An engine fell off!' or 'Is the wing supposed to be on fire like that!?' Man, you'd be a blast! But you are worrying about nothing. I mean, when was the last time the jet actually crashed."

"Just last month when we were fighting Anarchy," Trailblazer says, "but that was more a 'shot down' than a crash landing. Not to worry, Raisa. Sanchez is a great pilot. Nobody has ever died in one of her crashes."

Raisa had opened her mouth to say something to Cosmo when Trailbazer spoke up. She stares at him a moment before a tiny squeak passes between her lips. She blinks, closes her mouth, and calmly gets up from her chair. "If anyone needs me," she says in a very soft, and even voice. "I will be hiding under my bed. Where it's safe."

Turning she takes a few steps toward the exit. She stops, turns around and grabs a few more pieces of friuit, then walks calmly out of the cafeteria.

 

[Mordane76]

"Like Trailblazer said, I have nothing to worry about if we should crash -- just a headache and a few minutes of torture as my body snaps my shattered limbs back into their proper places, as my flesh slowly regrows after being charred away... the rest of you, though... oh... sorry Raisa," X12 says, barely containing his mirth.

"Really, though, we will all be fine, Raisa -- Sanchez will fly us through any trouble safely, we'll land safely, and begin our... therapy, for lack of a better word."

"You keep your demon tentacles away from me and I won't have to claw your throat out, Red," Monica says, now standing well behind X12 and eyeing you leerily, but just in range to slug Sanjay in the arm.

"You're just jealous you're not the only one with a tail anymore, Monica... maybe you and Vince should have a tail-wrestling match for supremacy."

 

[Calinon]

"You're just jealous you're not the only one with a tail anymore, Monica... maybe you and Vince should have a tail-wrestling match for supremacy."

"Not a chance in hell he's getting anywhere near my tail, Sparky," she says, slugging you in the arm as well. "Besides, my tail is cute. His is like some freaky tendril thing," she says with a shiver.

 

[Mimic]

Michelle is quietly making notes in her pad as the recording of Kevin's conversation with himself is played. One part in particular grabs her attention.

"You have nothing to thanks, this is nothing more than another disciplinary school. You are becoming weak Kevin. You are no more a Lord! Lord are made to lead, and look who is leading the group, a girl who just want to impress the enemy and get them in her room, a girl who hate you."

"I don't hate him, it was after I got stabbed he was just a convient target." she whispers to Tara.

Speaking louder she addresses Thunder. "Does ARIS record all our conversations?"

 

[Calinon]

Speaking louder she addresses Thunder. "Does ARIS record all our conversations?"

Thunder shakes his head. "She monitors conversations, but only so she can respond reactively. If you got attacked or something, she'd report that, and do a replay of anything relevant, but there is nothing stored in the network past a few hours. Just like she monitors e-mail and web activity and reports anything troubling. But Kevin is psychotic; she monitors and records his conversations and activities in case he suddenly become suicidal."

 

[Agamon]

Raisa had opened her mouth to say something to Cosmo when Trailbazer spoke up. She stares at him a moment before a tiny squeak passes between her lips. She blinks, closes her mouth, and calmly gets up from her chair. "If anyone needs me," she says in a very soft, and even voice. "I will be hiding under my bed. Where it's safe."

Turning she takes a few steps toward the exit. She stops, turns around and grabs a few more pieces of friuit, then walks calmly out of the cafeteria.

"You jerks," Sanjay says with a chuckle that begins to escalate. "That's just...mean...oh, man, I shouldn't...be laughing..." His laugh increases in intensity until tears start to slide down his cheek. "Geez..."