EPIC M&M: Issue 6 (IC)

[Elementor]

"I remember doing stitches on you when you would fight as a boy. You still have not learned that it is better to not be hit, I see. And they said you were as fast as lightning," he scolds as he continues to stitch your wounds closed. As they close, the stitches disolve, leaving the skin closed and nearly unmarked with just a slight pink line where the wound was.

"I guess lightning isnt as quick as it used to be. Especially when it is sealed under a mountain and then the mountain falls on you. I'm just glad you still recognize me. Up in the NAA they can't seem to ever tell me from the bad guys. It's always 'A monster...... EEEEeeee' or 'A monster... lets kill it!' Oh well, it sure makes me glad to be home that much more. Even if it is just for a little while" Vince states with an ease coming to his voice as he obviously starts to relax around the doctor.

"Have you seen my parents or the twins lately? It's been forever since I've heard from the fam."

 

[Calinon]

Outside Mai Pai, China
Raisa
"May I at least heal your wounds?" Dragon asks both of you. "I know you refused my aid when we last met, but I can remove your scarring as well," she says to Carl.

"Can you regrow fingers?" comes Xi's raspy voice as he enters the plane.

"I can," Dragon replies with a bow. "Though I had thought you were a healer and had regenerative abilities?"

"No, I..."

A small commotion outside interrupts the conversation.

"But Kajo not fit in door," you hear Kajo rumble with disappointment. "How he go with girlfriend if he not get in plane."

"What!? Girlfriend!? You better get your hands off me, buster!" comes Dara's very angry voice.

"Har har! She cute when angry," you hear Kajo say.

X12
"I will come down shortly," Rising Sun says to Kodiak, nodding towards the horizon where two large transport aircraft are coming your way. "The transports I requested are nearly here."

You and Kodiak bear X12 down to the plane while Li helps Master Wen down the hill and Kajo carries a grumbling Dara. The two of you carry him up the rear ramp, securing him in the hold and you catch the end of a conversation from within the passenger compartment.

"I had thought you were a healer and had regenerative abilities?" comes the voice of Dragon.

Outside, you hear a commotion as Kajo laments not being able to fit in the main door of the plane.

"But Kajo not fit in door," you hear Kajo rumble with disappointment. "How he go with girlfriend if he not get in plane."

"What!? Girlfriend!? You better get your hands off me, buster!" comes Dara's very angry voice.

"Har har! She cute when angry," you hear Kajo say.

"How long has Dara been acting so... strangely," Kodiak asks. "I think I prefered her broadcasting her thoughts to being hostile."

Brazilia Medical
Vince
"A monster, EEEEeeee, let's kill it!" comes a cocky voice as Cosmo wanders in. "Whatever happened to you didn't make you look any better. Maybe leave some holes in him, gramps. He could make a whistling sound when he runs," Cosmo says with a smirk. "You still got your radio kicking around? Prison security system shorted mine out over an hour ago."

You are getting an odd desire, nearly overpoweringly so, to drive your tail into Cosmo, coupled with a buzzing in your ears, as you vaguely notice the doctor shooing Cosmo out of the emergency room.

Straightjacket
"That was great, thanks," Ina says happily. "You look like you're moving around pretty good. Maybe not dance-ready," Ina says. "But I know some nice places in the city."

You have to agree with her assessment. Even now you are beginning to feel top notch, with only a little stiffness to show for your injuries. Whatever they did to help you is working wonders.

Your dad peeks his head around a corner behind you.

"Psst, boy. That thick armed lady isn't around here is she?"

"Is this another of your friends in EPIC?" Ina asks.

In the Mountains of Portugal
Johan
"Hey, it isn't some drug. My girlfriend gave me a bunch of those. They help me think faster and stuff and now you wrecked it. That one was lasting way longer than the other ones," he says. AS he talks his speech starts to slur and get slower. "Gimme it back, I bet I can fix it," he says, making a rather weak grab at the chip.

"I'll get a hold of the authorities. Anything as long as I don't have to handle him," Rebound says, hopping in the front seat and starting up again towards the smoke. He contacts the Brazilia police as he does so and you overhear that they already have several rescue vehicles en route with an ETA of about 30 minutes.

"Jeeze, how the heck did they know?" Rebound wonders aloud. "I better tell Michelle and Tara."

Michelle
"I don't know nothing about the tech for that," Tara says. "Maybe we should call SAP too, and make sure Miss Price is ok?"

Rebound contacts you. "Hey, guys. Someone already contacted the authorities and they have rescue vehicles coming in about 30 minutes. We're nearly to the smoke now too."

SAP Headquarters
Sanjay
You streak towards the windows of Ms. Vaile's lab, and it's only when you are in no-mans land in the middle of open air that you realize that below you on garage level, security is swarming about and on the roof above a full squad of guards is milling. As you close towards the lab, you hope, for just a second, that somehow they didn't see you.

A strange line of energy, twirling like a bolo made of energy, spins by you from below, and a second from above, shattering that hope. Still, your plan works, and you manage to get into the lab. If you hadn't been discovered before, your sudden entry would have done it, as an alarm quickly sounds as you touch down within the lab.

The lab is empty of people, though you see a lab worker in the hall gaping in surprise at you through the glass wall.

 

[Mordane76]

"Ever since another incident we had here about a week ago," X12 says. "There's a lot to debrief us on when we get back to headquarters."

Entering the main compartment, X12 look over at Dragon and Xi. "I'm the healer, but my powers are expended from trying to revive our friend. Besides, Xi wouldn't accept my help, even if they were still functioning."

 

[buzzard]

As his Dad pops in he responds "Umm, thick armed lady? Huh? I haven't seen anybody really" Then turning back to the reporter"Oh, that's just my Dad. He often comes along on missions. So what do you reccommend for dinner then? Assuming the docs give me the OK"

buzzard

 

[Mimic]

Nodding in agreement with Tara, Michelle turns on her communicator.

You better tell them to bring a coroner... Pavo is dead, it seems the car fell and exploded. There doesn't seem to be anyone else in the car though, but you better contact SAP and let them know what happened, check to make sure Ms. Price is ok.

 

[Agamon]

You streak towards the windows of Ms. Vaile's lab, and it's only when you are in no-mans land in the middle of open air that you realize that below you on garage level, security is swarming about and on the roof above a full squad of guards is milling. As you close towards the lab, you hope, for just a second, that somehow they didn't see you.

A strange line of energy, twirling like a bolo made of energy, spins by you from below, and a second from above, shattering that hope. Still, your plan works, and you manage to get into the lab. If you hadn't been discovered before, your sudden entry would have done it, as an alarm quickly sounds as you touch down within the lab.

The lab is empty of people, though you see a lab worker in the hall gaping in surprise at you through the glass wall.

Sanjay curses under his breath. "I'm so stupid, it's not funny," he berates. He turns to leave again, but looks down at Vida. "Where the hell am I going to go?"

He sets her down gently, shaking his head resignedly. "Sorry, hon, looks like this was all for nothing, but I'm not going to let you die." He looks at the glass wall and creates a hole in it, telling the lab tech on the other side (in a threatening voice and pointing at Vida, in case he doesn't understand English), "Tell your security where we are, and get some doctors in here. And do it fast, becuase if she dies, so does every single other person in this buliding."

 

[Dalamar]

"I wrecked it? You do realise that it was burning your hair before I removed it, do you not?
Helps you think faster? Yes, even the very first narcotics had some perceived benefit, but they had many non-beneficial and even downright baneful effects on the user. Did it even cross your mind to examine and test it for possible side-effects?"

 

[Calinon]

Outside Mai Pai, China
X12
"The meeting you had with Prophet," Kodiak rumbles. "It shall be interesting to hear a first hand account."

As you enter the passenger compartment, Dragon seems surprised to see two nearly identical people before her. "You are... family?" she asks. It is the only question she asks before tending to Xi's finger, though you realize that most anyone else would ask more questions than that.

A green glow surrounds Xi's hand and he takes a sharp intake of breath as the skin expands over his finger and quickly regrows to a healthy form.

"Is anyone else injured? If you have lost your powers, I can tend to their wounds," Dragon says, though she is looking at Carl when she says it.

Brazilia Medical
Straightjacket
"Just your... dinner? Did someone say dinner?" your dad says. "I haven't had any decent food since we left New York."

"Uh, I-I just meant for..." Ina stutters.

"Besides, my boy should rest up."

"He seems perfectly fine to me," she quickly responds. "And my invitation was for him, not..."

"And I haven't had any action since the factory," he says with a grin. "And you are a prime piece of real estate, lady. Heck, we can skip dinner if you like and get right to the fun part."

Ina looks too stunned to speak.

In the Mountains of Portugal
Johan
"There aint no side effects," Randall slurs slowly. "Monica makes this stuff for me you know. It really helps with school."

Michelle's instructions come through your communicators and relays the information to the authorities before contacting SAP. The receptionist Rebound gets in touch with is not helpful to the point of being rude, refusing to divulge any information of any kind. Rebound isn't exactly well equipped to handle the conversation and she quickly sets him on his heels before she ends the communication, telling you that if you want any information, you can make an appointment with Mr. Telda.

"Well that was a bloody wonderful experience," he grumbles, wiping his now sweating forehead as he pulls up above where Michelle and Tara are. "Next time, you call people."

Michelle
Rebound tells you he's passed on your message and you see the Van come to a halt on the road far above you.

"Well, there isn't much we can do here," Tara says. "Do we wait here for the authorities or just go with the others in the van?

SAP Corporate Headquarters
Neutron
Your threat has a reaction you definitely weren't expecting. The lab worker steps through the hole you created in the wall.

"Y-you must be S-Sanjay," she stammers as she nervously approaches. "Ms. Vaile said I was to help you." You notice that she is not fully human. Her skin is tinted a light green and her voice holds almost a two-tone quality to it. "I've been hiding since they took Ms. Vaile away, using this," she says, showing you a small bracelet she's wearing. "The camera's and sensors can't detect me when its on.

"I-I thought you were sick," she says looking at you. "Why did you come here if you weren't sick?"

 

[Agamon]

"Y-you must be S-Sanjay," she stammers as she nervously approaches. "Ms. Vaile said I was to help you." You notice that she is not fully human. Her skin is tinted a light green and her voice holds almost a two-tone quality to it. "I've been hiding since they took Ms. Vaile away, using this," she says, showing you a small bracelet she's wearing. "The camera's and sensors can't detect me when its on.

"I-I thought you were sick," she says looking at you. "Why did you come here if you weren't sick?"

Sanjay looks shocked. "Oh, um, I'm sorry, I thought...Vida, Vida's the one that's sick now. They removed the virus from me, but she came into contact with it helping me escape from the lab where they were holding me against my will. Can you help her? And hide her as well? It'll be her they're after now, not me, she's got what they want, and we can't let them have it.

"Where did they take Ms. Vaile? And would you happen to have any idea where the rest of my team, EPIC, is?"

 

[Mordane76]

"Thanks. I think after today, I'll just be happy to sit down for awhile," X12 says, looking for a seat, and taking whatever he can find.