Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
Michelle
Perhaps levitating a piece of metal in front of a terrified girl wasn't the best idea, you think to yourself.

"Don't kill me with that! I didn't hurt the puppy! That scary thing hurt the puppy! Where's mister Split!" she says, bursting into tears as the devices continue to beat on you.

Mmm... no luck.

Vincent
If the screams from behind you are any indication, maybe that wierd girl just has a thing against mutants. Maybe you aren't as scary as all that afterall!

You head for the infirmary, coming across Johan as he finishes clearing the caltrops. He has a huge pile of them, several hundred in fact. You miss his warning look as you walk into the infirmary.

You don't miss the glare of utter contempt you immediately receive from Nurse Ogawa. For a second there, you were pretty sure laser eye beams were going to vaporize you.

"No doubt another victim of your callous attitute towards hostages and bystanders," she seeths at you. "Put the dog on the table and get out!" she shouts at you.

China
Raisa

Curiosity getting the better of her, Raisa goes to the restricted dojo. She slides the door open a crack and peaks inside.

And you see Jackal sitting up in the middle of the floor. He's completely huge! He's about three times as large as you remember him in hybrid form. He's chained down. It would allow him to stand, but not much movement otherwise.

X12 stands before him, a long staff in hand. He winds up, cracking the staff into Jackal's ribs, eliciting a long, low growl that quickly fades. X12 watches but says nothing until the growling stops.

Jackal nods, as if to say, "Go ahead" to X12. He's just about to hit him again when Jackal's eyes narrow, and he sees you, just as the staff hits him in the side of the head with a loud crack!

 

[Mimic]

Mmm... no luck.

"This is going to take awhile." Michelle thinks to herself as she lowers the small piece of metal back into her hand, which she then gently places back on the ground.

No one is going to hurt you. I know you didn't hurt Pooky. Why don't you tell me how you got here. She tells the girl in a calm and soothing voice.

 

[Mordane76]

X12
You are trudging towards the bunk house when you spot Li behind the main house, in a large garden. She is standing on a patio, practicing some sort of elaborate dance.

"Might be a kata, but it's still exquisite nonetheless," X12 thinks to himself as he watches. He says nothing, does not approach, but continues to watch.

 

[Deva]

Raisa cringes as the first strik connects with Jackal's side. When she notices his eyes on her she ducks away from crack in the door. She closes the door at the sound of the second blow. Meu deus! X is going to get himself killed! Jackal doesn't seem to be all that upset with X hitting him with that staff though. Maybe X is suppose to be in there? Got special permission from Master Wen? But that's twice today that I thought I've seen two X12's. I know this X is here, maybe I'll see if there's another X over by the bath house like I thought I saw.

Her hands shake from the surprise of Jackal's size and she clenches them together as she contemplates what to do. Does she go inside the dojo, or looking for the other X?

She bites her lower lip and finally decides.She starts for the main house, intent on finding Master Wen and letting someone else make the decision.

 

[Calinon]

China
X12
You watch for a while, and it definitely isn't a fighting technique. She's moving slowly and deliberately, and her movements are, from your point of view, flawless. She reminds you a lot of the girl who was performing a similar dance for the man you and the others were sent to kill as a test of your abilities while you were in...

You blink as the memory eludes you and suddenly realize Li is now watching you. She says something, but you don't quite hear it as the memory lingers at the edge of consciousness.

Welcome back

EPIC HQ... 6PM
Michelle
It takes a long time. A painfully long time. Half an hour later, you are getting a bit impressed and a lot aggravated by the girl's persistence and endurance. She seems completely unwilling to listen to you whatsoever, and is convinced you are going to kill her or feed her to the red skinned monster.

You hear a sonic boom outside, the noise shaking the window slightly. The sound of jet engines sound briefly overhead.

Johan
Two of you work on the satellite system on the HQ and manage to get it working from the War Room, contacting Thunder in LA and Sanchez who is only moments away. Both are asking many questions, Thunder about the attack on the institute and Sanchez about some attack on Mrs. Raynes that the others were involved in at the Wave World Amusment Park.

The paramedics and ambulances in, what your opinion is, more than a few minutes. But they do arrive and after thirty minutes, two students have been taken to hospital and the rest have been looked over by either Nurse Ogawa or the paramedic teams. After being looked at and bandaged up, Anna has you helping her gather the pieces of her armor and put them in the shop. It is as you are doing this that the EPIC Jet comes in for a vertical landing and a sonic boom indicates the arrival of Trailblazer.

Vincent
Thank goodness for super-speed because you really can't get away from Nurse Psycho fast enough. At least she seemed to be able to treat Pooky. You watch as the hall starts to fill up as people are brought to the infirmary. Paramedics arrive as well and you head outside as it starts to get crowded. Just as you get outside the EPIC Jet blasts overhead towards the tarmac, and you see Trailblazer burst across the yard to EPIC HQ.

Sanjay, Straightjacket
You finally get back to find the gates open, ambulances in the yard, paramedics heading inside, the tarmac littered with the remains of the communication tower and the EPIC Jet streaking overhead towards the tarmac where it starts a vertical landing. Across the field, you see Trailblazer heading for the headquarters.

"Holy war zone," Cosmo says, running towards the institute to see what's going on.

"So much for a nice, quiet night," Monica says with a sigh. "Luckily, the night is young," she says with a wink at Sanjay. "Try to keep up, sport!" She sprints after Cosmo, and you are surprised that she's nearly as fast as Vincent, leaving a streaking orange trail behind her as she tears past Cosmo towards the institute.

Rebound, somewhat recovered, says, "I'm just gonna go have a lie down guys. I don't think I'll be much help here." He trudges off towards the dorms, not even bothering to bounce his way there.

Trailblazer suddenly changes direction, and comes right up to you. "Straightjacket, get to the War Room and brief Thunder on what happened with you guys. Sanjay, get to the tarmac and help Sanchez get the tower back up." Not waiting for responses, he takes off into the HQ again.

In the New York Suburbs
Loki
Monica isn't overly talkative on the way home, but very appreciative of you taking her. In fact, it's while she's being appreciative that the front door swings open and she is yanked inside by a rather large, rather irate man.

"Where the hell do you get off putting our daughter in that sort of danger, freak!" he shouts, shoving you backwards off the porch. "If I ever see you near her again, I'll make your life a living hell!"

You hear a "Daddy, he's... " as the door slams, and the man starts shouting at Monica inside.

 

[Calinon]

China
Raisa

She bites her lower lip and finally decides.She starts for the main house, intent on finding Master Wen and letting someone else make the decision.

You head into the house to find Master Wen. He's not hard to find as he seems to be preparing tea for himself as well as some food. You are about to say something when you notice through the open window, X12 is standing overlooking the gardens, a dazed look on his face.

"You not eat yet? Master Wen teach make tea and rice if you want eat. Or you need something else?"

 

[Agamon]

"Geez, never a dull moment," Sanjay says. "Hope everyone's okay," he thinks as he turns and flies towards the tower to give Sanchez a hand as Trailblazer instructed.

 

[Deva]

You head into the house to find Master Wen. He's not hard to find as he seems to be preparing tea for himself as well as some food. You are about to say something when you notice through the open window, X12 is standing overlooking the gardens, a dazed look on his face.

"You not eat yet? Master Wen teach make tea and rice if you want eat. Or you need something else?"

Totally confused now, Raisa looks out the window, back the way she came, out the window again, the bewildered expression on her face growing. "I think I'm going crazy." She finally says after a moment.

"First, this morning, I thought I saw X12 in a window upstairs but he was down in the yard with the rest of us. Then, just now, I saw X going toward the bath house and going into the dojo we're not suppose to go into but when I looked again, the one going to the bath house wasn't there and then I saw X beating on Jackal - which I know I wasn't suppose to go to that dojo and technically I didn't go inside I just looked and all I can say is I'm glad I didn't because, Uber Jackal? Scary much! - but now I'm seeing X out by the garden and there's no way he beat me there from the dojo and I think I'm going insane because I'm seeing two of someone there shouldn't be two of!"

Raisa finally stops, out of breath and looking at Master Wen almost pleadingly. "Tell me I'm not going crazy and X has discovered some hidden ability to duplicate himself like Johan?!"

 

[Mimic]

Michelle
It takes a long time. A painfully long time. Half an hour later, you are getting a bit impressed and a lot aggravated by the girl's persistence and endurance. She seems completely unwilling to listen to you whatsoever, and is convinced you are going to kill her or feed her to the red skinned monster.

Pinching the bridge of her nose, Michelle trys to ease the pressure building up in her head. "Give me a break here, I just want to know your name, you can stay under the desk if you want."

You hear a sonic boom outside, the noise shaking the window slightly. The sound of jet engines sound briefly overhead.

"Thank the Lord," Michelle says as she stands up. she stumbles slightly, light headed from the loss of blood, she actives her communicator.

Michelle to Thunder, can you send Mrs. Desrochers to the main office, we have an unexpected visitor and for some reason she believes that Vince is going to eat her. Plus I have been injured and could use some medical assistance.

 

[Velmont]

Kevin stare for a time at Nova, until she dissapear from his sight.

For once, without her aura, she will not transform the bath house into a sauna

That thought makes Kevin smiles. After that, he takes a look at Li and looks at her dance.

"Beautifull" he whisper to himself after a moment, than he leaves to his personnal room. He enter and looks at his books...

Damn, those are too boring.

He sits down and take one and start to read for about half an hour before he fall asleep.