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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1595145" data-attributes="member: 13737">Mega-City of New YorkNear the HospitalStraightjacket, Loki, VincentM-Tac lets you leave without a problem, satisfied that Vince is, well... Vince.  Quickly driving to the hospital, you enter the emergency room.  It's packed.  For about ten seconds.  As soon as Vince steps in, those able to flee, do so in panic.  A catholic priest strides forward, presenting his cross before him at Vincent. "Back, spawn of Satan!  I banish you from this place!" he shouts as people flee or cower.  Naturally, Vincent isn't affected in the least, at least physically. EPIC InstituteSanjay, Michelle"Hey, whatever.  Wear yourself out flying there yourself.  I'll be cruising the jetstream, so wear your parka and bring your oxygen tanks, sport," he smirks at Sanjay. When Michelle comes in and tells him to prepare the jet, he shrugs.  "Sure, whenever you're ready to help me do it.  It's not a one person job you know." "Awww, poor Cosmo can't fuel a plane by himself," Monica taunts. Cosmo stands up.  "Oh, I could do it by myself, but it's dangerous.  You know," he says, lunging forward making Monica jump back reflexively.  "Like me," he smirks.  "And if you're looking for Straightjacket, he's off searching for Vince or his exploded body parts, whatever they find first," he says, sitting back down. Johan"I don't think we'll be able to take much for repairs.  I mean, what would we take?  If anything big happens to the armor, we have to come back to repair it anyway," Anna says.  "We can't take the whole scrap yard, and most of the equipment isn't really moveable.  I'm sure the jet has stuff for basic repairs, like if a sensor goes out or something, but if something happens like what that Stryke woman did to my armor, we can't carry enough equipment to fix that." Lancheng, ChinaRaisaIt takes much longer than you'd thought it would to maneuver the tank into place and get it secured, but some 45 minutes later, it's done, much to the joy of the dock workers and townsfolk watching, who applaud and cheer.  Xi, Li, Dara and Master Wen are all there when you finally finish and the workers have everything stabilized.  People pretty much mob you, thanking you for saving the town a lot of money.  Finally, the crowd starts to disperse. "Well done, Raisa," Master Wen says. "I have never seen anyone able to do that," Li says.  "How much can you lift?" Just about then, you hear X12 mentally talk about what he and Kevin have found.  Moments later, Dara screams, clutching her face.  You realize that the mental link has been broken, at least partially.  Xi and Li stagger and pass out at the suddeness of the break.  You can't hear Dara, but feel that there's a purposeful wall that is around your mind.  Dara sinks to her knees, blood welling up around her hands and through her fingers, sobbing. Master Wen reacts nearly immediately, bringing a black energy field up around Dara.  It crackles briefly, then surges backwards into Master Wen.  Without a word, he too collapses, unconscious. X12, KevinAs soon as the door is opened wider, it's like a vacuum was started and with a heavy jerk, the two of you are sucked into the room.  You are tossed about like you are in a tempest for what seems like long minute before you are slammed to the floor, face down.  As you regain your senses, you find yourself in somewhere know isn't where you thought.  You're lying on a white marble floor.  The walls are black wood of some type and the room is nearly completely devoid of furnishings save for one item.  Across the room, some fifty or sixty feet away is a blazing hearth that is casting flickering shadows across the room and in front of it sits a high backed chair. "Ah, there you are," comes a voice, frighteningly familiar to X12.  "I've been waiting here for you for days," the voice says with wry humor.  "And you've brought a friend.  Curious."  A man stands, dressed in black with a deep cloak.  His entire body seems wreathed in shadows.  He is about six feet tall and you suspect he is gaunt.  Twin fiery eyes blaze from the shadows cloaking his face.  He regards you both curiously.  It slowly begins to dawn on X12 who it is.  "Ah, the other Kevin York.  I'd wondered where you had gotten off to.  And ... others?"  "Someone is linked to you.  A telepath and others?  Someone is trying to sever the link."  The flames dance wildly for a moment in the hearth.  "Someone was not successful," the man says, and you sense his evil smile.  "Just two linked to you now.  Perhaps they should join us as well.  Would you like that... Directive 12?"</blockquote>

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