EPIC M&M: Issue 6 (IC)

[Dalamar]

Johan starts feeling around himself, looking for broken bones and quite not trusting to be saved from certain death in such short a time. Once he realises that he is indeed in one piece, he slowly gets up to a sitting position.
"I really didn't mean to be doing any base jumping..." he says to nobody in particular.

 

[Elementor]

With a smile, Vince pats Johan on the back. "How about you help me with some of these folks that are hurt worse than you. I should head back to the roof ASAP."

 

[Dalamar]

"Ah, yes. They were unconscious before the explosion, I hope that is still their condition..."
Johan moves over to check on the closest of the fallen security personnel.

 

[Velmont]

"Thank you Bernard, but I am use to carry heavier than this. Just open me the car so I can drop this all."

 

[buzzard]

Straightjacket will allow the boss lady to do the talking and keep his yap shut. He will hold an action to grow to full size and engage one of the SAP security people if firing does ensue.

buzzard

 

[Calinon]

October 26, 2120
Over Dover, England
8:00AM local time
X12
Thunder goes over your letter, helping you make a few changes, basically to put it from you, rather than from EPIC and to make sure no blame is placed on your shoulders. The end result says just what you wanted it to, however, and you can't help but be pleased with the result. Working on the letter takes up most of the flight time, and helps keep you occupied, but not somuch that you don't get some time to observe your team members.

Raisa is quiet, saying little and keeping to herself. For the final hour of the flight, Empath and her have a long and sometimes animated conversation, at least from Raisa, though you can't really hear any of it. Most notable, Raisa is the only one to not be dressed in one of the new uniforms given to you.

Dara slowly comes back to life after her experiences of the past few days and you catch glimpses of her former self again. She starts drawing designs in her book a short time into the flight, and here and there you catch stray thought projections from her, much like you did before going to Master Wen's academy. She becomes more animated as the trip goes on, her personality quickly returning to her. She and Michael end up playing console games animatedly. As for Michael, he seems relaxed, cheerful and at ease in the plane.

Carl sits with Empath for the first part of the journey. The two of them have a conversation while seated just behind you, one that you can't help but overhear. Basically, Carl has decided to leave the school and head back to the East Coast, something Empath works very hard to discourage him from doing. You aren't entirely sure if she's managed to convince him to stay with EPIC.

While Thunder and Empath are busy in the rear of the plane, Kodiak and Trailblazer handle the flight itself. As you head into British airspace, a communication comes in.

"This is Dover Correctional Facility calling EPIC. Do you read?" The message comes from a uniformed man, wearing clothing that is a cross between military and public sector police. You somehow recognize it as an outfit of a prison guard.

Trailblazer answers. "Trailblazer here. What's the problem DCF?"

"We have a breach in our sector D containment facility. Costa Mannus has broken loose of his stasis field and escaped. EUMF responded, but as soon as they entered sector D, they were hit with a mental blast that took them all out! We lost track of Mannus once he slipped out of the security fields in the yard."

Thunder steps over quickly to the communication panel. "We're on our way. Empath, Kodiak and Trailblazer will assist your men in recapturing Mannus. Any idea how he escaped?"

"Security cameras were scrambled, but one feed was salvagable. It looks like Tank from Anarchy and some robots blasted their way inside. But I can't find them on the internal monitors."

"Alright. Keep the security fields in place in the rest of the facility and the yard," Thunder says, glancing at the control panel. "ETA is 15 minutes. Keep us apprised of any changes in the situation. Thunder out.

"Everyone else," Thunder says to the rest of you. "Get anything you need to bring ready. We'll touch down and get Kevin's coffin in our transport, then head off to the York Estate. Anyone who wants to go with Empath and the others can do so."

Dover, England
8:15 local time
Jason York
"Of course, sir," Bernard says, opening the boot. Within minutes you are heading towards the family estate.

The drive is calm and you take in familiar sights along the way before pulling in to the huge family estate on the outskirts of the city. You drive up the long roadway through the orchard and up to the front of the mansion. Despite the chill in the air, the gardens are still mostly in bloom, though the trees have changed to fall colours. It seems exceptionally quiet on the grounds, with nary a groundskeeper to be seen.

As Bernard comes around to let you out of the rear of the Rolls, you see Kevin leaning against one of the pillars flanking the main doors of the house. As you get out, he waves at you and calls out, "Hey, bro! Took your sweet time getting here, didn't you?"

You kind of chuckle. His accent is far more American than you realized, and he has a distinctive touch of New York to his speech.

OOC: Still working on the other side of the story, which may be a day or two in getting updated. Curses on work and lack of creative juices at this exact moment!

 

[Velmont]

"Kev! Nice to see you." Jay grabs his bag before Bernard do it, and start to walk inside, and stop just in front of Kevin "What do you think, that I am still the lazy guy I was" he says to him, as if he was offended, but rapidly, a smile appears on his visage. "Almost! It is not every day that I can have a break, so I take advantage of it. Anyway, I didn't get the peace I expected. I stop a pickpocket from robbing an american at the train station. Easily handle him. I think he never saw me coming. He tried to get my watch, big mistake. Anyway, it seems that american man knows you. A black man from New York, muscular shape, wearing italian clothing. He is here to meet father about some his robotic toys as he said. He came under your advice. I didn't heard much about you on the field of combat, but seems you are becoming a good businessman. Father will like that I think. Come on, I'll put my bags in my room, we will talk on the way. Bernard, tell my father that I am here and the kitchen that I want some strogonff beef for dinner. Just too much time I hadn't eat one."

 

[Mordane76]

X12 nods, and starts getting what little he needs together for the trip to the estate.

 

[Calinon]

SAP Headquarters
Metal Mistress, Straightjacket
While possessing superior numbers, Michelle's words, coupled with police presence and perhaps with a little help from a sneaky Ina and her floating camera who appears from the third elevator during the incident, the silver armored guards back down. Somewhat more surprising, they immediately leave the foyer, disappearing into the guarded offices.

As you get up to the elevator leading into the lab, you see the energy field has been pierced to allow the elevator to travel upwards to the laboratory. With no further opposition, and with the police securing the foyer for you, the four of you, plus one rather adamant reporter, gather in the elevator and head upwards.

When the door opens, you are at the end of a corridor. Glass walls show offices to your right, and ahead on the left, a lab. A coil of rope, along with an unconscious ISA SWAT member, are in the hall. Near him, you can see a hole in the glass wall, well before the door, large enough for you to walk through. Just inside that hole are two more unconscious ISA SWAT members. As you exit the elevator, two more SWAT members come into view, weapons trained forwards as the edge backwards towards the wall.

Moving quickly, you get up to the lab and see Sanjay, clad in a medical gown, crouched over something. An instant later, Straightjacket's dad and Rebound drop into the room through a hole in the roof, landing a few dozen feet from Sanjay.

Speed Demon, Johan
Both blast victims are badly hurt, and gathering the medical kits from the van, you set to work. After about five minutes of effort, with the help of a few officers as well, you manage to stabilize them just in time for the ambulance to arrive. The second Johan does little to help, sitting on the ground leaning against the van. Johan has no mental connection with him.

There is an ear piercing scream from well above you, and glancing up you see a woman plumetting from an upper parking garage, speeding earthward at terminal velocity! You catch a glimpse of several silver flashes from above her.

Sanjay
Vida isn't really conscious, but appears to be slightly better. As you check on her, there is a flash of green and black in your peripheral vision as two more forms drop in from above. These forms, however, you recognize as Rebound and SJ's father. You also see Michelle, Tara, Straightjacket and Cosmo, along with a woman you don't recognize who has a floating camera with her, coming down the hall.

October 26, 2120
Dover, England -- The York Estate
9:00 AM local time
Kevin
"Of course, sir," Bernard replies.

"Yeah, well, I didn't really get into that whole EPIC garbage. A bunch of sanctimonious idealists, that's all they are," he says with a bit of a sneer. "That's why I came home. I thought I'd take a bigger interest in the family business.

"Oh, so Mr. Tynes is in Dover too? And ran into you, huh? Quite a coincidence," he says with a laugh, and leaves it at that.

As nine o'clock rolls around, you end up having breakfast with Kevin in the dining room. You're in mid-meal when you see Mr. Tynes walking by. He spots you and Kevin and comes over.

"Hey, Mr. Tynes," Kevin says with a sly grin.

"Mr. York, what a surprise," Tynes replies with an equally sly grin. "See your brother got home safe and sound. Looks like the gang's nearly all here. You ready to talk about business with your... father?" he says with a pause in the sentence.

"Oh yeah, definitely," your brother says with a cocky grin.

"Good stuff. See you soon then," he says. "Jason," he adds, nodding to you. "You should come to our meeting too. Should prove most interesting," he says as he leaves.

"Yeah Jay, may as well come with us. I can kill two birds with one stone," he says with a laugh.

9:30 local time
X12
Dara and Carl end up heading off with the other elder EPIC members, while Raisa, changed into uniform despite protesting, Michael and you end up going with Thunder. Your van pulls up to the York estate. The gate guard lets you right through, but informs Thunder that Mr. York is in a meeting and will be a bit delayed. As you drive up, you see that the grounds are pretty much deserted. With the exception of a butler that greets you, no other workers are around.

"Damn strange," Thunder mutters to the rest of you. "Where is everyone? And after my conversation with him last night, I can't see Mr. York putting this off for anything."

 

[Dalamar]

Two blast victims? Where are the other two from the security office?
"Do you think you can pull off that trick again, Speed Demon?"
Johan tries to see what the silver flashes are.
And I need to find the time to talk to my other self. This is the first instance of a duplicate persisting after I have been knocked out.