EPIC M&M: Issue 6 (IC)

[Mimic]

<ooc: Paco, Pavo... so many names to remember>

Michelle looks over at Pedro and Jato grinning, trying to surpress a laugh at the busted line.

Looking back at Rao Telda she sobers quickly... Yes I remember how ISA investigates, she says making quote marks with her fingers. Destroying the crime scene, not getting potential witness' statements... top of the line investigating if you ask me.

I think a lot of our questions will be answered once Ms. Vaile gets here.

 

[Dalamar]

"...this isn't going as I had planned..."
Johan shakes away the pain (spend HP to unstun) and tries to escape from his duplicates.

 

[Mordane76]

"Thanks, Raisa and Michael... let the healer uncomfortable in social situations do all the talking... *grumble*" X12 thinks to himself as he tries best to construct an answer for who New York is.


"The Kevin that was here is for all intents and purposes Kevin... if Kevin were a psychopath. Kevin copied the powers of a duplicating mutant - when Kevin used the borrowed powers, the duplicates he created had varying personalities. I'm not sure how that duplicate is still alive, considering the demise of the real Kevin, but it is Kevin... probably down to basic genetics... but it's not the Kevin you sent off to EPIC," X12 says. "If he's fallen in with Tank... then he's probably allied himself with Anarchy, which means he's taken up with very dangerous people. We need to contact EPIC immediately - I'm not a team leader, and with Thunder presently incapacitated, we'll need someone on the scene better qualified to handle investigating and tracking Tank and the duplicate Kevin."

X12 moves immediately to the next question, trying to keep talking, hoping to avoid questions. "The real Kevin died in a combat incident in China against a group of mutants working for the Red Rose Syndicate. He was cut off by one of the mutants from the rest of the group, and fell in single combat against her while her associates tried to kill the rest of us. He was dead by the time we reached him... and she then nearly killed the three of us as well. We managed to subdue her, and she was taken into custody by the Red Star Brigade, a Chinese mutant organization similiar in nature to EPIC."

 

[Calinon]

SAP Headquarters
Neutron
"He says he'd prefer not to be whacked," she says into the phone.

"Oh good!" says Allison from the phone. "What... what should I do?"

"Just stay in your quarters," Ms. Vaile instructs. "I'll make sure Rao Telda is handled, the police are satisified and then we can set SAP back on track," she says reasuringly.

"Ok... hurry back. I'm scared," Allison says nervously. "What if they come here looking for something?"

"Don't worry. They won't. I'll see you soon. Just try to relax." She hangs up the phone and slips it back in her pocket. She hits a button to release the freeze on the elevator and you continue upwards. She stares at you a bit appologetically, but when she speaks, it isn't her speaking appologetically about Anaconda or your condition.

"I don't think I need to explain to what lengths I will go to protect Allison's secret," she says, and her tone drives the meaning home plainly. "So, what did you think of her?" she says immediately after, changing tone and personality so drastically that you are caught off guard by the honestly asked question.

The small silver locket around her neck seems to pulse, not that you need any real reason to be staring just there. But there is a light definitely pulsing from its back.

*blink* *blink* *blink blink* *blink blink* *blink blink blink* *blink blink blink*

From it's position, there is no way she could see it.

Metal Mistress
"Oh, she is on her way here?" he says. "Excellent. We can resolve this situation swiftly then. I do hope she arrives safely."

Something in his tone tugs at you. You can't quite place it until about six people at once shout, "He's got something in his hand!"

And sure enough, he does. A small metal tube with a now depressed button on the tip. Straightjacket slaps Telda hard across the face before even you can respond, latching onto his arm in what must be a mind numbingly painful grip, but Telda still refuses to drop the cylinder.

Vince, Johan
Vince slams his tail into the back of the nearest Johan.

Attack roll: 17 hits
Damage saves (DC18 I think): 11, 14, 15, 19, 23, 17 (HP23) (our Johan)
Will saves (DC15): 10, 9, 7 (all fail)

Three Johan's suddenly go rigid. Unfortunately, two of them are busy grappling Johan. The formerly babbling Johan is fine, as is the shiny armored Johan, and one duplicate in shoddy armor. The grappled Johan slowly recovers his senses.

HP used for Johan to avoid damage from Vince.

"Oh man, why can't something just be normal for a bloody change!" exclaims Rebound. He expands, bounces once and lands with a whumpf on the remaining Johan's, still giant sized.

Attack roll: 20 hits
Reflex saves (DC18): 13, 14 (the other fails automatically)
Damage saves (DC27 -- worst is KO): Each Johan must make 3 saves -- weee!
...Bad Johan 1: 18, 14, 11 (KO)
...Bad Johan 2: 15, 19, 23 (KO)
...Good Johan: 7, 9, 18 (KO)

Johan sees a giant baloon boy coming down onto him, then painless oblivion. Vince manages to dance back, and all the Johan's seem to pass out from the impact, including those he had managed to freeze in place with his poison stinger. The situation comes to an abrupt end.

"Ok, one of them seems to be stuck in an uncomfortable place. Could you tug him out of there before he wakes up?" Rebound asks Vince.

"Good lord," mutters Loki. "I didn't read about the danger and pain involved in this job in the hero handbook. Hey, aren't they like supposed to vanish or something?"

October 26, 2120
Dover, England -- The York Estate
"Well then," Lord York says, taking the repeat of what Thunder earlier told him without much outward show of emotion. "I would like to see my son's body. And I think our immediate safety is in question. We should transport immediately to a hospital, especially for Thunder, and contacting senior members of EPIC should be done immediately. Jeremy," he says, turning to his other son.

"Go into what is left of my study and look for a vault under my desk. I want the cases there brought with us."

Raisa moves over to Thunder, picking him up effortlessly. "I'm really starting to hate this uniform," Raisa says angrily.

 

[Mordane76]

"Yeah, these uniforms feel more like targets than anything else," X12 thinks to himself as the group makes its way over to the main entrance and Kevin's coffin.

"The attack-droid Tank deployed as a decoy butler caused quite a scene at the front door; everything seems to be intact, just jostled around," X12 says to Lord York as they near the front.

 

[Velmont]

Jeremy listen to X12, not losing a single word. A shadow of sadness seems to pass over Jay's face but he quickly master himself. It is not now the time to mourn the deads, not even his brother.

As his father made his request, he answers his father "Yes, father." just as he had told "Yes sergeant!" He then quickly move to his father's study to take the content of the vault. On his way back, he make sure to learn what happen to the domestics and if they are all right.

 

[Agamon]

"Hey, like I said, mum's the word," Sanjay says honestly. Answering her question, he says, "Well, she seems to be lacking in the sense of humor department. But other than that, she's quite nice, if a bit wiggy. She..." His voice trails off as he notices the blinking light of the locket. "So, uh, what's that, then?" he asks, pointing to the locket.

 

[Mimic]

Michelle will attempt to magnetically pull the small metal tube from his hand.

 

[Calinon]

SAP Headquarters
Neutron
Ms. Vaile arches an eyebrow. "How does your girlfriend keep you reined in?" she asks somewhat jokingly, misinterpreting just what you are talking about.

Michelle
Even as Gavião de Gelo strides forward to grab at the object, your magnetic powers rip the cylinder easily free of Rao Telda's grasp. The button is depressed, but the item itself looks like a small cylindrical pill box..

"I take this entire matter of manhandling me very personally," Rao Telda says confidently. "I suggest you release me immediately, and return my heart medicaungh!" His statement is cut off as Gavião de Gelo slams an elbow into his forehead. He mutters something in Portuguese that doesn't sound flattering and several gasps, along with a few snorts of laughter and "about time" type comments come from the gathered heroes and police.

"Get the others in the car looked after," Captain Ralina says to the other ISA SWAT members. "I'll take that," he says, plucking the cylinder from out of your little magnetic field. He opens it, dumping the pills within on the floor without concern. With a twist, he removes the top of the cylinder, revealing compact electronics and a small, flashing tranceiver.

"Looks like a..."

Loco bursts into motion before the Captain finishes his statement, tearing into the building and towards the elevators. "MOVE!" Gavião de Gelo shouts, nearly knocking Michelle and Cosmo aside as he beats his wings and launches out of the garage, turning hard to the left along the tower towards the elevators.

"...trigger mechanism," completes the Captain.

"Aw crap," Paco says, running to the edge of the garage and flying out at a far slower pace than Gavião de Gelo.

And of course, Neutron doesn't have a comm unit...

October 26, 2120
Dover, England -- The York Estate
Jay
It takes some time, but you find the vault you never knew was there. The door is badly damaged and after a brief effort aided by your powers, you pull it free. Inside are several large cases, locked with electronic and mechanical devices. The cases themselves are made of sturdy metal. They are labelled as well; one with Kevin and one with Jeremy. It takes all your strength, but after about five minutes, you pull them free and stagger your way out of the rubble and towards the front of the house.

Meanwhile...

X12
Lord York takes the sight of his deceased son partially out of the fallen coffin stoicly. After putting Kevin back in the coffin himself and waiving away assistance, he rights the coffin himself. "Perhaps you can place my son back in your vehicle," he says to Raisa as she lays Thunder inside the van, the leader still unconscious. "Jeremy will be bringing two rather large metal cases with him that we need to transport as well," he says as Jeremy comes waddling around the corner with a pair of massive metal cases that he definitely shouldn't be able to carry by himself, but somehow is.

Your radios broadcast a message from Titan as Jeremy comes towards you.

"Thunder, we've managed to recapture that devil with minimal casualties. We're just dropping Kodiak and Trailblazer off at the hospital for a few little scrapes Kodiak got. How are things going with your task, amigo?"

 

[Mordane76]

"X12 here, Titan. Thunder has been incapacitated; I've been able to stabilize him and heal most of his injuries with Lord York's assistance, but we need to get him to a hospital - we had a run-in with Tank and New York here at the York Estate. Lord York and his other son are alive and uninjured, but the estate itself is in shambles. If Kodiak and Trailblazer only have minor injuries, bring them with you, I can treat those easily. We're all loading back into the jet right now." X12 replies. "What are your orders, Titan?"