Mai Pei, China
October 25, 2120
Kevin mimics Xi, gaining his disinitegration powers. The two start to work on a cave, and soon are moving fairly swiftly through the rock, though it takes a great deal of effort. Unfortunately, with no direction, they end up tunnelling pretty much straight.
OOC: Dinsintegration +8 is gained by Kevin. Both he and Xi have to spend a HP to gain tunnelling.
As Carl disappears into the opposite wall, vibrating his molecules through it, X12, Raisa, Dara, Jackal and Li head up the main passage quickly. It's only about fifty feet until you reach the tunnel. You burst in to find about fifteen ...
... terra cotta warriors, standing motionless along the walls of the cavern. They are evenly spaced out, each clutching some sort of weapon or another. They are also extremely detailed, and likely nearly priceless. Each warrior stands about six feet high. Only mere seconds after you enter, a door across from you swings open, and a large oriental man steps out, Master Wen unconscious over your shoulder. Walking out with him is Sho Tanaka. A few of you recognize the man as the gang leader from the attack on town.
"Took your time deciding on whether or not to come, didn't you?" he barks. "Where are the rest of you?" he says, looking around. "Don't matter though. Get 'em, boys," he says calmly, turning towards a tunnel to his right.
As some of you suspected, the terra cotta warriors all snap to attention, then ready their weapons and step out from the walls, menacing you. Sho gives her trilling laugh as they do so. Near Sho, Carl silently vibrates through the wall. Nobody seems to have noticed him and he rapidly tries to become corporeal again.
Kevin
With your heightened senses, you senes movement in front of you, and hear the sound of grating rock. You also pick up the conversation from just past where you are, even through the rock. You and Xi burst through the rock, surprising two statue-like men in front of you!
Initiatives: Jackal 28 (4HP), Sho 23, Kevin 22 (4HP), Dara 20 (3HP, 1S), Xi 15 (1HP), Li 14 (1S), Warriors (15) 14, Havok 13, Amazon 12 (3HP), X12 10 (2HP), Carl 4 (4HP)
The cave is easily 50 feet across, putting you that distance from the far wall, the mutants, and about half the warriors.
Kevin and Xi have a half action for surprise, then it's to the top of the order with Sho.
Brazilia, SAA
SAP Research Facility
October 13, 2120
Containment Area
"No more questions from me," Loco says to Michelle. "I'll just make sure Mason doesn't wake up any time soon. Oh, and tell Thunder that the debt is repaid."
As you approach SJ and his dad, the man is talking to Straightjacket. "What really sucks is that I doubt I'll go unnoticed in the women's change room any more," he laughs.
He arches an eyebrow at Michelle's order. "I'm in Brazil. And I'm glowing like a night light! Where am I exactly plannin' on goin'?"
The unconscious and badly injured members of the team; Anna, Mantis, Straighjacket, and Rebound; are soon placed on stretchers, enclosed in haz-mat style plastic and carted off to on site medical facilities. Sanjay is pretty much isolated, however, much to the vocal displeasure of Monica. Guards keep her back, and she seems about ready to kill them if they don't move out of her way.
Meanwhile, Sanjay is, well, double-bagged for lack of a better term. He's strapped down to a gurney and secured. An IV is run before they prepare to move him. It becomes readily apparent he's in far worse shape than anyone. All of his surface veins are an angry black color, so much so that even his normally metallic skin is showing them.
"I swear, if you don't let me go with him," Monica growls.
The doctors ignore her. "Let's get him to the lab," one says. "I can't wait to see how far the virus has progressed and how well the serum is working on inhibiting it."
And we'll wait on Loki to see if he finally, after three issues, uses his one piece of free equipment, or if it vanishes forever...
