Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

[Calinon]

Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
Initiatives: Rameirez 22, Speed Demon 21 (2L, stunned, falling), Straightjacket 21, Mantis 20, Loki 19 (1S, prone), Cosmo 18, Metal Mistress 16 (1HP), Robots(1 down) 14, Iron Maiden 12 (1HP), Kitten 11 (1HP, 1L), Guards(5) 11-2, Neutron 6, Rebound 5, Johan 5-2 (1L)

Loki
Cosmo vanishes down the hole, and a moment later Loki. About 10 seconds later, Randall plumets down from the chute, ending up flat on his back on a sheet of ice with a twisted ankle.

Damage save (DC 10): 8 fails (1S)
Balance check (DC 18): 11 fails

Johan
No, it's not possible, on either regard. The car can only be halted from the terminal and the guns are freaking huge. Even if you had a power generator big enough to use one, they must way fifty or more pounds.

Michelle
Just before you are going to gung ho jump down the hole, probably to crush Loki into a fine puddy, Mr. Vaile clears says, "Excuse me, but wouldn't it be simpler just to fly off the balcony?" She indicates a door to the executive balcony right in front of you. There is a loud explosion (think sound from Star Wars Episode 2 in the asteroid field) from beneath you.

Straightjacket
"I don't fly really well, though I do land on my feet pretty good," Monica says. "And I'm not really a cat," she says offhandedly, punching you in the arm but seeming suddenly distracted again. What ball of yarn has her attention you ask? Oh, she'd be staring at Ms. Vaile.

Vince (now with Loki!)
Vince struggles and fails again to get up. This has to be the slickest ice you've ever seen and even your bone spurs won't penetrate it to give you footing!

Balance checks (DC 18): 14 fails

It goes rapidly from bad to worse as both robots seem to have a guage of your ability to dodge attacks, even while on your back. The tips of their cannons broaden, and both deliver a huge area ice attack.

Attack rolls: 24 and 18 miss, granting you reflex saves for half damage
Reflex save (DC 18): 20 and 24 success
Damage save (DC 19): 23 success, 16 fails (1L)

Behind you, the other robot shoots Anna with an energy pulse, but her armor absorbs it. Meanwhile, you see her step back and hear her gun whine as she overcharges it. "Vince, cover your ears! Things are gonna go BOOM!" she says as she quite litterally slides back fifteen feet from recoil. You barely manage to clap your hands over your ears before you get hit with the blast.

Attack roll: 21 hits the one in front of her.
Reflex saves (DC 21): Vince 21, Robots 14 and 18
Damage saves (DC 26): 20, 15, 26
Damage save (DC 21 - Vince): 15 (1L, stunned)

The robot in front of her slams into a pillar and shuts down, while the one to your gets imbedded in the wall of the garage, crushed. You vaguely notice the final one appears not too bad off... as you slide past it... and right out of the garage.

The ground is a looooong way down. And that's good, because you won't fall that far before you can flap your wings. At least you're off the ice. Which is not the same as we can say for Loki, who suddenly drops from the chute after Cosmo, who seems completely unaffected by the slick surface.

Vince is up, then Loki and MM.

Lancheng, China
X12, Kevin
Initiatives: X12 15 (2HP, 3S, -1 strength), Shadows 14-1, Kevin 14-2 (5HP, 5L, 1S, -2 Super Strength)

The shadow seems unconcerned as you approach Dara. You touch her forehead and try to mimic her powers, but her mind reflexively gives you the boot. She has one heck of a wall built around her mind.

Attack roll: uncontested
Will save (DC 9): 15 (it's DC 9 because she has some serious mental protection going on)

X12 stabs at the shadow before him, now left alone with it, and manages to drive the sword through it. The shadow vanishes in a puff of smoke.

Attack roll: 23 hits
Damage save (DC 29): 22 fails

The shadow, that is now right beside Kevin as he crouches beside Dara, rakes its claws down both of Kevin's arms, leaving gaping wounds and making you gasp in agony as blood spurts out.

Attack rolls: 18 and 17 hit
Damage save (DC 20): 11 and 19 (2L, stunned)
Will save (DC 11): 15 and 14 succeed

Kevin and X12 are up, Kevin is stunned though, not to mention the walking dead... yet again.

Raisa
Initiative: Jackal 28 (1VP, 2S), Raisa 18 (3S, stunned)

Jackal growls at your "insane" comment but lets it pass. You get a feeling it was no small miracle he didn't react more.

"Stop this? Why would I stop?" he asks. "Soon, they'll all be dead and we'll be free of them. My new minions have nearly finished those other three off. Even if they destroy the final one, they no longer pose any threat to us. We can kill them at our leisure." He bites your shoulder again, this time much harder, and though his teeth don't break your skin, you're sure it's only because of how tough that skin is. Then, he pulls his claws from the stone and lets go of you, turning you around. He sniffs at your face and then nuzzles at you before turning around and starting to walk towards Michael.

"You still have connection to them. Remember, they are weak. They are nothing like us. We can slaughter them like cattle!" he roars. His head swivels towards you, his eyes glowing. "But do not fear, Raisa. For you, I will kill them swiftly; mercifully." He turns back to Michael and starts walking towards him. "Him first."

You can tell he thinks you've already accepted joining him.

Sense motive 15

 

[Mimic]

Just before you are going to gung ho jump down the hole, probably to crush Loki into a fine puddy, Mr. Vaile clears says, "Excuse me, but wouldn't it be simpler just to fly off the balcony?" She indicates a door to the executive balcony right in front of you. There is a loud explosion (think sound from Star Wars Episode 2 in the asteroid field) from beneath you.

Michelle blushes slightly and heads towards the balcony, when she hears the explosion she once again actives her communicator. "What was that, is everyone one ok?"

She leaps off the balcony and flies after the CEO unless notified that they need her help.

<Powers: Flight full action, forcefield>

 

[Deva]

"I said IF you raving lunatic!" Raisa leaps after him, her fist doubled together as she lifts them overhead and attempts to drive them into his back.

 

[Velmont]

OOC: It's start to be very annoying, all those wounds... but I'll take a chance, Kevin doesn't do anything this turn, save his last HP for now. I cross my finger and I think: "Go X!"

 

[Agamon]

Sanjay notes Monica's wounded leg, but seeing that she's okay, he turns back to Ms. Vaile. "Huh? Oh, uh right. Atsu Affifi, one of Genreal Melamu's men in the ALF. He threatened to use it in the neigbourhood where my family lives. I have a feeling that this shipment is for him, and if that's so, we really need to make sure he doesn't get it," he says, looking determined.

 

[Elementor]

The ground is a looooong way down. And that's good, because you won't fall that far before you can flap your wings. At least you're off the ice.

"Geezus! That ice was annoying!" Finally able to spread his wings and soar, Vince checks to make sure no one else is falling. If anyone is, he will save them first. If he is alone in his plummet, he will kick in Super-Flight and catch up to that damn car.

 

[Mordane76]

OOC: I'll advance and try to put the (last?) shadow to the glowing sword.

 

[Calinon]

Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
Vince
You fall for about ten seconds before you manage to clear your head and open your wings. You lose more height as you gain control before finally climbing back up towards the car, now quite some distance away. Seeing nobody else falling and Michelle flying towards the vehicle, and thinking he might be getting away, you put your full speed into the flight, realizing too late that the car... isn't moving.

You slam into the driver side door, face pressed up against the glass. Though you feel a bit silly, Rameirez leaps across the vehicle in terror, fumbling for something in the glove box.

Michelle
You fly out towards the car as Cosmo says, "Anna just blew the hell out of everything, Vince included. Oh, and goat boy is plumetting to his death bel... nevermind, he's flying towards the c... never mind, he ran into the car."

He is quite right, as a red blur blasts up from below and slams bodily into the driver side door. Even from over 80 yards away, you hear Rameirez scream in panic.

Cosmo has simply walked over the ice and ripped the arm off the robot, clubbing it to small pieces.

Inside
Tara and Rebound have plopped on some couches, the robots now toast. The guards stack the remnants over by the wall. A guard comes in with a doctor, though the man looks more like a lab worker than a doctor. He quickly checks over the stabilized guard, ordering a stretcher to be brought up before checking if anyone else is hurt.

Monica doesn't say anything, despite the shard of metal protruding from her leg though it's obvious to Straightjacket that she's losing blood still. Johan is obviously wounded, bleeding quite badly though the cuts are pretty much superficial. They definitely require attention.

"I can clean you up here and seal the wounds if you like," the doctor says to Cosmo, taking out an odd looking electronic instrument from his pocket.

Ms. Raines is somehow managing to not look frustrated. "Sanjay," she says with a strong enough voice to seal his attention on her. "This time, I want you to think very hard and answer my question. Where have you seen the effects of Anaconda?"

FYI, you all hear the radio conversations.

Lancheng, China
X12, Kevin
Initiatives: X12 15 (2HP, 3S, -1 strength), Shadows 14-1, Kevin 14-2 (5HP, 5L, 1S, -2 Super Strength)

X12 rushes forward the thirty feet, stabbing at the shadow. Even though the creature manages to knock his hands, his movement adds to the force of his attack, and he manages to barely keep on target despite the defensive motions of the shadow. The light destroys the shadow completely.

Attack roll: Natural 20 (not a crit... it's what you needed to hit)
Damage save (DC 26): 18 fails

Dara isn't moving, laying on her side with a small amount of blood pooling about her neck. She's ghostly pale with dozens of raised welts on her body that you can see through her shredded clothing. She actually seems somewhat blue.

Raisa
Initiative: Jackal 28 (3VP, 3S), Raisa 18 (2HP, 3S)

Jackal seems surprisingly unexpecting of your attack, and you connect with enough force to send him staggering forward, off balance.

Attack roll: 18 hits
Damage save (DC 16): 8 (VP to re-roll is lower, becomes 13) fails (1S)

He whirls on you, eyes filled with rage. "You witch! I offer you a place by my side as my equal, offer you a chance to use your power without restrictions and this... I show you my trust, and this is how you would repay me!?" He slams one huge fist into the ground between you. The resulting shockwave crumbles the cobblestones in the entire courtyard, shatters the wall of the fountain and even cracks the base of the shadow. You barely manage to keep your footing.

Shockwave!
Opposed strength check: Raisa 26, Jackal 24 (no trip)

"You would have been a worthy mate," he growls, his hands opening and his claws dragging across the ground. "Now, you'll join your friends. Maybe you'll still be my mate," he says coldly. You have a feeling there won't be any more pulled punches. You also notice something odd. You see he's slightly smaller than he was when you first saw him in that room with that shadowy, scary guy.

Spot: 17 success

 

[Agamon]

Sanjay hides his frustration less well. "Uh, in my room?" he says, shrugging, failing to see the point.

 

[Calinon]

Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
Inside
Ms. Vaile looks very concerned. "You've been in physical contact with Anaconda? In New York? That's amazing. I mean, you're alive," she says. She walks over to the desk and sits down behind it, closing her eyes and seeming deep in thought.

"Let me see if I can piece all of that together then. An ALF general has somehow aquired either a sample of Anaconda, or one of its early generation prototypes. He threatened your family with the virus, and sent you a sample of it through some sort of shipping agency covertly to prove his intentions, thus your first hand knowledge of Anaconda. And now, this general has hired some mercenaries to steal the virus from our labs. These mercenaries took the time and effort to steal the equipment that we had ordered to transport the virus for destruction, and are going to try to use it to acquire the virus from our labs. How did I do?" she asks with a smile. "I am curious as to why he would threaten your family, however, Sanjay."

She shakes her head. "However, I think things will be fine. We have ordered a different model of vehicle, and the model stolen wouldn't even be permitted to gain access to our research facility. And the containment vault for Anaconda is very deep underground; the lowest point in the facility in fact. It would take years for someone to tunnel in through the bedrock surrounding it, and the motion sensors would pick up any such effort. Also, once I clear it with Lockheed, I am certain they will allow me to use one of your scanners to further deepen security. Perhaps things aren't as bad as you think. And just in case, I will have the anti-virus prepared for immediate transport in the case this general has enough to cause any problems."