Brazilia Medical Facility
October 14, 2120
Sanjay
"It wasn't my idea, but two people were going and I could keep up," she says somewhat defensively.
"I have to expend a lot of energy to change back," she says. "A lot of energy. Haven't heard you complain about it yet," she says with a predatory look. "And don't worry about Thunder. He's all wind. He needs you on EPIC and he's in enough hot water with my mother that he can't do a damn thing to me."
Michelle
"Oh, I'm pretty sure he's fine," she says with a kind of odd expression. "Your uniform is in the bathroom, if you actually wanna get some food," she adds, not elaborating on her little grin.
Vince
"Of course she knows what I'm doing," your father snaps before you can close the door. A nurse pops her head in, but Ms. Vaile quickly shoos her away and you manage to close the door, though there are no locks (which thinking about it wouldn't be a good idea in a hospital).
"And I'm giving your father an inexpensive way to keep control of his company. I could just let SAP run roughshot over him and take the information," she says with an arched eyebrow. "But that didn't seem to get anyone what they wanted as easily; plus this should stick in Telda's craw nicely. Now did you want to tell him, or should I?"
"Fine," snarls your father at Ms. Vaile before turning to you. His anger is still at the surface as he speaks, though you aren't exactly sure who it's directed at. Probably at Ms. Vaile...
"It's genetic alteration therapy. Something to alter the genome of some mutants whose appearance has been changed, so they can lead normal lives. I was developing it so you could undergo treatment and lead a normal life."
"The applications, of course, are far beyond that scope. Identity changes, genetic 'facelifts' and body alterations; why the perfect thing to offer on the market to the highest bidder. Of course, that can't exactly happen now that I know about it," Ms. Vaile adds, garnering another sharp glare from your father.
Somewhere in Cyberspace
You hit the brakes and the blurring 'landscape' comes quickly to a halt with a crash and a jerk. You find yourself in a box canyon of sorts, lit from behind you with a red glow. Turning, you see a pair of energy barriers, between which a number of eel-like 'creatures' swim. A few bump into the wall, apparently trying to get to you. You get a feeling it is a pair of high tech firewalls and a security system that you have managed to accidentally bypass.
You glance around, trying to get a feel for where you are. You can 'feel' more than see a network of electronic pathways leading about a massive infastructure. You can sense the presence of a familiar program faintly, though you are sure it is nearby; ARIS. You also get a brief image of the Mag-Lev transportation net. Without a doubt you are somewhere in the Mega-City of New York.
As you turn to examine your surroundings, you see that the 'box' you are in is not exitless after all. A single door rests in the wall before you. It appears to be thick steel with a large numeric keycode combination lock, which is awaiting input. Above the lock on the door in small capital letters is written one abreviation: M-TAC.
October 26, 2120
Dover, England
Dover Medical Facility
X12
Empath's injuries are indeed minor, and it only takes you seconds to heal them and yourself regenerate. In fact, Kodiak is far more injured, and takes far more time to heal.
Mystic begins immediately perming some sort of psychic procedure on Empath, as injured people begin being rushed past you into the emergency room.
Jay
"Good eyes, lad," the doctor says as you and he quickly wheel Titan into emergency. Because of the sheer number of injured, he gets you to hold him down as, with only a small anasthetic injection, he starts operating on Titan to find the piece of scalpel. Much blood wells up, and the 'infection' Titan is suffering from spreads quickly. The doctor gives you sharp and clear instructions; suction, sponge, tools, that sort of thing. Fortunately, your brief medical schooling lets you help him effectively, though you don't think you've ever seen that much blood, or that kind of poisonous infection before.
It takes nearly half an hour before the doctor starts closing the wounds with microsutures. By the time you are finished, emergency is a zoo, you are a mess and your weapon that you set aside... is missing...
