EPIC M&M: Issue 6 (IC)

Flying Without A Pilot's License
Neutron

Vida wakes up to your prodding. "It hurts," she says, tears running down her face. "Ms. Vaile was working on vaccine in her lab," she says as the communication system breeps once before LOCKED starts flashing on the screen.

Vida forces herself to lean over against you and uses the HUD to bring up maps. She focuses in on SAP HQ and the floor with the lab on it becomes highlighted for you. "There. Go there," she says, slumping again into unconsciousness.

Using the HUD you manage to get your bearings easily enough and figure the flight will take maybe twenty minutes at most. You suddenly decide that 15 minutes would be better as the screen changes to show a time and does this:

15:00
14:59
14:58
14:57
...

Outside Mai Pai, China
"I thought we were going to be the real EPIC too," Jackal says. "They win if we become just like them," he adds.

There's a rush of wind and Trailblazer slides to a halt in front of X12 and Raisa. "Howdy partners. Everyone here alright?" he says, glancing at each of you. Dragon flies rapidly into view from above, lowering down gracefully into the clearing.

"Is anyone inj..." she starts, arching a delicate eyebrow upon seeing the unconscious Mia Toan. "Mia Toan," she says with a heavy accent. "We have been searching for her since we heard she had returned home after fleeing North America. Well done," she adds and starts waving her hands through complex gestures. A green glow coalesces around Mia Toan and hardens into some sort of stasis field.

In a Medical Transport
Vincent
The flight is a fast one, with Straightjacket's dad keeping your mind off Monica and your own injuries quite effectively with some rather colorful talk about a nurse at the SAP Research Facility and the various underwear that the ladies of EPIC wear. You land less than thirty minutes after you take off and are wheeled into the hospital. You actually see Straightjacket down a hall speaking to a young woman, but are taken into emergency before you can talk to him. Monica is taken right to surgery, while you are questioned by a young doctor.

"I need to know exactly how those rods got into her. There is no real entry wound that I can see," he says, noting your injuries quickly as well. "Nurse, I need you to clean this boy's wounds immediately and have Doctor Mora examine him!" he calls out of your area. "It is important if we are to have a good chance of saving her," he adds to you again.
 

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"No, I'm not alright... everything isn't alright. That bitch killed Kevin -- she played with his insides like confetti, and she gets to live. I won't be alright for a long time," X12 says, turning away, looking up towards the caves. "I have to go get him... someone should be with him until..." he trails off, starting up towards the caves.
 

"Hang tight, Vida, I know how painful it is, just hold on. I'll get us there as soon as I can," Sanjay says in a calm, reassuring voice. Looking at the clock, he thinks, "Great. Why do I have a feeling that's not my 15 minutes of fame ticking down? I don't recall any Ferrari ads stating that their cars now come equiped with auto-destruct mechanisms. Talk about a theft deterant." He heads for the lab with all the speed the car can muster.
 
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Raisa glances down at her scorched and blistered uniform and just shakes her head. She turns her attention to Dragon. "Well done?" With the adrenalin wearing off her voice cracks as she speaks. "Tell that to the sixteen year old boy that's lying dead in a pool of his own blood." She storms past the two heros and follows X12 back to the caves.
 

Calinon said:
"Straightjacket's dad is a character," Rebound says with a boyish grin. "Wouldn't you say, Missy," he quips in his British accent.

Don't even start... She says without a hint of humor

Calinon said:
Tara rolls her eyes. "I dunno, but maybe Ms. Vaile would be able to tell us where Sanjay is. She seemed to really want to help. I think we could trust her."

At the moment Ms. Vaile is our best bet but if SAP is behind this I don't know how much we can trust her. Lets get this thing back on the road and we can head out from there.

Something is stimulating his brain, accelerating it. Most likely by increasing the adrenaline level. But without doing a check-up on him, I can't tell what it is, or how it was acquired."

She holds back Johan for a moment. See if you can check out Loki while your in there with him, its possible that they did something to him at the facility. Looking at the column of smoke in the distance. How close do you think it is? Think we should check it out?
 

In the Mountains of Portugal
Don't even start... She says without a hint of humor.
"Jeeze, sorry," mumbles Rebound.

Once you get back to the road, the tractor driver takes his leave, making his way back towards the research facility at a slow pace. Rebound hops in to drive and checks out the maps in the van computer.

"I think we can trust Ms. Vaile," Tara says when the tractor is finally gone. "She seemed so nice, and was really helpful."

"Andhothothotooooomamarunaway!" Loki squeals as he avoids Tara's grasp this time and dives into the van.

"I dunno if it's close to the road," Rebound says from the driver seat. "It looks like it might be. If you two wanna fly there, we could drive and catch up near there."

"Yeah, we should check it out," Tara says. "Someone could be hurt and it doesn't look like it's that far away. We're the good guys, afterall," she adds with a grin.

Outside Mai Pai, China
Raisa glances down at her scorched and blistered uniform and just shakes her head. She turns her attention to Dragon. "Well done?" With the adrenalin wearing off her voice cracks as she speaks. "Tell that to the sixteen year old boy that's lying dead in a pool of his own blood." She storms past the two heros and follows X12 back to the caves.
Dragon looks startled by Raisa's outburst.

"I am truly sorry," Dragon says appologetically, lowering her eyes and bowing her head slightly. "I did not know that someone had fallen. Please, forgive me," she says towards Raisa as she storms off. "I did not know," she repeats to Trailblazer.

"It's not your fault, ma'am," Trailblazer says to the Chinese woman before turning to the others. "I know he's dead, son," he says to X12. "I saw him when that big stone feller with Wen and his granddaughter brought him out. Kodiak will make sure he's looked after."

"And I assure you that this creature will not find her freedom again," Dragon says with conviction. "She will tell us everything she knows about the inner workings of her father's organization, and then she will be dealt with."

Carl grunts. "Should just kill her now and be done with it," he says, but he turns and heads after Raisa. Jackal sits down next to the cocooned Mia Toan, pulls his knees to his chest and says nothing.

"Why don't y'all go and rest in the jet and we'll do what needs to be done here," Trailblazer suggests sympathetically.

Flying Without A Pilot's License
Neutron

The car can muster quite some speed. You wonder if Vince could keep up in a short race with the sports car. With 5:30 still on the clock, you are already passing over the slums of Brazilia and closing in on the wall. With some dread, you realize that having never flown before, you're going to have to navigate the city skyways towards the building housing SAP Headquarters, a building you can already easily make out in the skyline.

As you streak through the sky, you look ahead to the busy streets and skyways and pale as you realize something horrible.

It's rushour.
 

"Sure, I'll talke to you, but I'd like you to understand that there might be things I can't talke about so don't get pushy if I don't answer OK?"

buzzard
 
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"If it's all the same to you, I'll go with Kodiak then," X12 says, continuing up the path. "I'll feel a little better once I know he's secured for the trip, and then I can start writing a letter to his parents... they should know what he did, how he died, and that we did everything we could to try to save him."
 

A miriad of thoughts races through Raisa's mind as she makes her way down the path to the Epic Jet that sits at the base of the hill. All of them focus on Kevin and what could have been done differently, and all her conclusions are the same. If only she had been smarter, and stronger, and faster.... a real hero.

She boards the Epic Jet and takes a seat. She sits with her hands in her lap, staring at them as she clenches, and unlchenches, them into fists again and again.
 

"I'll see what I can do."

Once they're on their way, Johan will start to examine Loki. "Any idea what is causing this?"
If the van has a phone (I think it does), Johan will first call Mr. Santala.
 

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