Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

[Elementor]

"Bad joke Vince," she tells the speedster, she pauses as she looks at the expression on his face. "It is a joke right?"

"No joke," he says glumly, "that doctor back in Arizona analyzed some of my blood and my cells are growing super fast. Either I am going to be bigger that Raisa and Carl combined soon or I might explode at any minute. I just want to go see Thunder's brother and get his opinion. I don't want to run there though in case I 'POP' on the way."

Almost as an after thought Vince adds, "And Split is sending me messages in my room now. How did he get access to calling and trying to blackmail me in my room here! He apparently knows more about this problem of mine than any of us do and he offered me help along with some info on that Afifi guy in exchange for that girl I captured. I shot him down cold though since I don't really know how bad a shape I am in or for that matter what we know about Afifi already. I told him to take his deals to Thunder and leave me out of it."

 

[Calinon]

Mega-City of New York
EPIC Institute
Sanjay
Cosmo laughs. "Hey whatever, sport. I'd say she's all yours, but hey," he adds with a smirk, laughing as he walks away towards the mess hall. You see couple of female students run up to catch up to him as he walks, latching onto his arms.

Monica is eerily silent as you walk back towards your room. Both her and your... aw crap, your favorite soccer jersey... are covered in the food she had been carrying. Once you do get inside she just stands by the door, arms crossed, looking pretty uncomfortable.

Johan
Anna just grins and finishes what she's doing until Sanchez's communicator beeps and Thunder speaks. (See what he says a bit down, since you are also with him now).

Meanwhile, your other self reaches the War Room as Thunder is staring with a look of disbelief at the blank monitor screen. He doesn't even notice you come in. You are just about to speak when the monitor activates again.

"Thunder? General Hammond here," an army general says curtly. "Without warning today, the seismic indicators on Hawaii went haywire an hour ago. We sent a remote surveilance flyer to main volcano and found this." The screen splits to show three men floating above a large volcanic crater shooting some sort of energy waves into the crater. One is in a battlesuit, the others are in leather outfits. One spots the flyer and shoots at it, the camera going to static.

"You recognize the mutants?" the general asks.

"Isotope, Neutron and Tank," Thunder says. "Sanchez, Titan and I will be there within two hours."

"We'll have to move before that but I don't need to remind you that our forces in this area are not significant right now. The best we can do is hope to delay them long enough for your arrival. Hammond out."

Thunder curses. "Kevin cripples Nova and now this," he mutters. Clicking on his communicator, he says, "Sanchez, ready the jet. Titan, Metal Mistress, meet me on the tarmac in five minutes. Anarchy is trying to trigger a volcanic eruption in Hawaii. Mendez, I need you on the first plane to Shanghai; Nova and Carl have been severely injured by Kevin and I need you to be our presence there. Move quickly, people."

He spins to leave and sees you standing there finally. "What is it , Johan. I don't have much time."

In the Mess Hall
As you're talking, eating, getting food and relaxing, Titan and Mendez's communicator beeps and you hear Thunder say, "Sanchez, ready the jet. Titan, meet me on the tarmac. Anarchy is trying to trigger a volcanic eruption in Hawaii. Mendez, I need you on the first plane to Shanghai; Nova and Carl have been severely injured by Kevin and I need you to be our presence there. Move quickly, people."

"Well, Thunder dealing with it isn't an option now," Titan says to Vince, getting up to leave. "Hopefully the information isn't important, though if it's about Afifi, it just may have been vital, especially since Sandstone is investigating him in Africa secretly and has vanished. Maybe one of you can try to trace the call's computer route and get back in contact with Split, but I have more immediate concerns right now," he says, heading for the exit. "And you aren't going to pop, I don't care what anyone has told you. Come on, Michelle," he says curtly.

Cosmo comes in just then, a pair of female students with him. "Here I am. Let the party begin," he says with a smirk.

 

[buzzard]

John is sitting at a table with his dad eating quietly. He's not overly in the mood for company after the debacle at Methesda. Overhearing about Kevin he mutters "Jeez, where did they get some of these people? A bunch of these people don't need a school they need reform school. Dad, remind me why I chose Epic and not the federal bunch."

buzzard

 

[Agamon]

Sanjay frowns as he stalks into the room. "What an ass. He is so going to get that piehole of his shut for good one of..." He stops, noticing Monica's discomfort. "Hey, are you okay? Did that bastard hurt you? Geez, what a mess, if you're okay, we should get you cleaned up..."

 

[Mimic]

"No joke," he says glumly, "that doctor back in Arizona analyzed some of my blood and my cells are growing super fast. Either I am going to be bigger that Raisa and Carl combined soon or I might explode at any minute. I just want to go see Thunder's brother and get his opinion. I don't want to run there though in case I 'POP' on the way."

Yikes, I'm sure that one of us can drive you to the hospital, although your cellular reproduction might be a side effect of your superspeed, I would figure that you burn a huge amount of energy, which in turn could burn out your cells quickly and they would have to be replaced quickly...

"Sanchez, ready the jet. Titan, Metal Mistress, meet me on the tarmac in five minutes. Anarchy is trying to trigger a volcanic eruption in Hawaii. Mendez, I need you on the first plane to Shanghai; Nova and Carl have been severely injured by Kevin and I need you to be our presence there. Move quickly, people."

Me? Why would Thunder want to meet me on the tarmac? Michelle mutters to herself as she stands and starts to follow Titan. She pauses and turns addressing Vincent. "Find Rebound he can drive you to the hospital, he is probably with Mrs. Sanchez." Before she turns back and catches up to Titain she will mouth "I'll call you" to Tara

 

[Elementor]

"Forget it. I'll just run. I could have been there and back a dozen times already by now. Good to see where I rate with this lot, thanks for the help." he says sarcastically and heads for the door to run superspeed to the doctor.

 

[Deva]

You retrieve your washcloth and water and head back to the dojo where Michael is waiting, crouched on the floor, claws tapping on the floor. As you get close, you see he has no wounds at all anymore, and start wiping the fur off.

"So," he says. "Maybe I can help in the town?" he asks hopefully.

Raisa smiles, impressed. The person she had met back in New York hadn't seemed all that interested in helping anyone other than himself - or his brother. "That would be wonderful! With both Carl and Nova out of commission and Kevin running off like he did, it would be nice to have an extra pair of hands with the clean up efforts. But I do not have a key for you chains. I would have to find where they are from Master Wen. I'll have Dara ask him."

She will contact Dara through the link. Dara, tell Master Wen that Michael knows what has happened and he wants to help. I think we could really use him, and I will keep him with me. Of anyone I should be able to put him down if Jackal gets a little rowdy, though I highly doubt that will happen, so I just need to know where the keys are.

 

[Mule]

"You moron! I could have killed you!! I have to get to the hospital fast and I don't have time for this idiocy."

"Sorry man, just having some fun," replies Loki, stunned, as Vince storms off to the caffeteria. Loki turns to follow, a little hurt, not understanding why Vince snapped at him. He enters the mess hall just as...

"Forget it. I'll just run. I could have been there and back a dozen times already by now. Good to see where I rate with this lot, thanks for the help."

After Vince runs off, "What's with him?"

 

[Dalamar]

War room
"I was wondering if I was permitted to talk to the girl that Vincent found yesterday?"

 

[Calinon]

Mega-City of New York
EPIC Institute
Sanjay
"You don't want me to leave after what Cosmo said?" she asks with slumped shoulders.

Johan
"No. We have her in a stasis field to prevent her from escaping using her powers and until Empath gets back and can calm her down, she's off limits. Anything else?" he says, already heading out of the room, leaving you to either follow or stay.

In the Mess Hall
Straightjacket
"The national team is crap, boy," Straightjacket's dad says to him. "Nothin' more than glorified marines that Mutant Armed Forces unit. This group'll get better as they go. No experience. Dunno why they don't just kick that Kevin kid out on the curb though. His powers may be useful, but he's about as bright as a sack of bricks."

Michelle
"Because he does," Titan says, hurrying along the halls. "Maybe you're coming with us," he adds. As soon as you step outside, he launches into the air and zips towards the tarmac.

Loki
"Maybe he got a look in the mirror?" Cosmo says with a smirk.

"Son, you should learn to shut the hell up," Mendez says without humor. "See if you four can find out what Vince was going on about Split for. ARIS should have record of any messages he's received. I better grab a bag and get to the airport, pronto," he says to Loki, Straightjacket, Cosmo and Tara.

Heading to the Hospital
Vince
You zip out of the institute and down the road towards the interstate and the hospital. You're just taking a shortcut through a park when your leg spasms, sending you crashing to the ground and sliding across the grass to a halt beneath some bushes. Your vision starts blurring, then you feel very light headed. You think you might be standing, but you aren't sure. You lose consciousness.

You come to some time later. The first thing you notice idly is that it doesn't feel like you've exploded. The sun is still shining, but is very low on the horizon. You are extremely sore, not in severe pain persay, just like all your muscles are extremely tired. Your eyes are sore, the bridge of your nose aches, your forearms are really tender and you feel small lancelets of dull pain along your spine, shoulders, neck and forehead.

You hear people in the park, some dogs barking, probably playing with their owners.

Lancheng, China
Raisa
Li immediately pipes up. Under no circumstances let him go! It was just yesterday he lost control of himself again. Imagine what would happen if he was let loose in a town full of people and that happened.

Xi adds in, She's right. Besides, there is no key. The chains are infused with magical energy. They'll have to either be broken or Marjan the Mystic will have to return to dispel them. And that will only happen when Master Wen decides Jackal is ready.

Dara speaks mentally as well. Um... do I still ask Master Wen?