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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1721674" data-attributes="member: 13737">In the Mountains of PortugalJohan uses the van's sensors to guide everyone toward Loco's communicator.  With the signals refracting off the deep canyons and high rock faces, it's a tough job.  He also is a little bothered when his double in the jet suddenly vanishes.  The only explanation he can come up with is that he passed out of the range his powers could sustain doubles over.  After nearly and hour, he's pinpointed the position, several miles off the road in a deep crevace.  Everyone climbs aboard the crawler and Michelle ends up carrying it and everyone the last few miles through the air.The scene becomes obvious once you approach, but would have been hard to locate without the comm badge signal to guide you.  Tons of rock has collapsed to the base of a canyon.  You can make out Loco laying on the edge of the rockslide itself.  Overhead, the transport hovership comes down for a landing on a flat part away from the slide.  Two men immediately start making their way up to Loco with a stretcher.Once down, the crawler driver starts digging.  "You better go check on Loco and find out what happened," Mantis says to Michelle before heading for the rockslide.  Everyone else starts in on the rockslide as well.  Mantis shows she has a good deal of super strength, shifting rocks carefully.  Rebound grows to Straightjacket heights, putting his own powers to a good deal of the larger rocks.  SJ's dad occasionally walks in front of the digging lasers of the crawler. The first time was rather... disturbing, but it is becoming normal to you.  Each time he does, his energy field flares brightly and his strength enhances to amazing proportions.Loki is running around exploring, making himself quite the annoyance and giving instructions on where to dig to prevent further collapses.  Annoyingly as well, he seems to know what he's talking about, at least when he slows down his speech enough for you to understand it.Johan sits off watching, seeming lost in thought.JohanYou've been pondering what Loki said.  You use the van computers to look up the name Telda in relation to SAP, and find he's the head of the board of directors.  You also find out that the board as a group can determine company policity, since it represents the shareholders, and can supercede the control of Ms. Vaile.As you read this, you come to the conclusion that he must have said something incorrectly.He overheard Ms. Price on the vidscreen with Mr. Telda.  He said that Mr. Telda was planning on doing something to Pavo, then said it was actually Ms. Vaile that was.  That makes no sense to you, but if you swapped out Ms. Vaile's name with Ms. Price...You also realize finally what Loki meant by them saying 'we.'  If Ms. Price said "We should make a full recovery," it would indicate that they aren't trying to cure Sanjay, but possibly recover something from him.Of course, that all assumes that Loki heard everything else correctly.Your thoughts are interrupted when you notice that the communication panel is lit up more than it should be.  Vince's communicator light is active again!VincentYou manage to stop the bleeding again, but you can't help but feel that Monica is on her last legs so to speak.  You are having an extreme problem moving any significant amount of rock; it appears the entire roof of the tunnel has collapsed.  Banging your fist against a massive slab of stone in frustration you hear it crumble.  You look at the rock and see it is completely in tact.  Then the crumbling sound comes from beyond the rubble, very faintly.Brazilia Medical, BraziliaStraightjacketAs you fly off, Johan's double with you simply vanishes in mid-conversation, though a quick check with your comm indicates everything is fine.  You arrive in Brazilia within 45 minutes and are taken right to hospital.  Anna is rushed off to surgery while you are taken down to examination.An older doctor takes a look over you, using a strange machine to nearly instantly knit your leg wound together.  Though you'll be limping for a few days, you are stunned by how good it feels.  He attaches a mechanical belt with some blue liquid around your waist.  You feel a sharp pinch as several small needles jab into you.  You start to feel very much better, good enough to get up and walk around, which he encourages you to do.As you are limping about, you see a vid screen with a news report on it.  There is a report of the capture of Mason.Dangerous terrorist, Mason of Anarchy, was captured today by the combined forces of the SAE and EPIC.  Mason had attacked an SAP research facility, but the quick actions of a young EPIC team, under the temporary leadership of Loco won the day.Several images accompany this, showing the end of the fight.Thanks to the efforts of EPIC team leader, Cosmo, Mason's powers were kept in check long enough for safe transport to a containment facility."It's no big thing," Cosmo says with a cocky smile to the camera.  "He really had no chance."SAP officials have released a statement indicating that nothing was stolen from the facilitiy thanks to the efforts of the heroes, but the facility has been locked down while EPIC works to free at least one team member from an underground cave in.  Further reports indicate at least two EPIC members are currently at Brazilia Medical, but that has not been confirmed just yet.SAP continues to have a bad day, as one of their top spokespeople, Pavo Santala, was killed in an automobile accident on his way back from assisting EPIC and Loco at the SAP Research Facility. In a Secret SAP LabNeutronThe numbers you punch in have the desired effect.  The huge metal doors slide downward into the floor, though the energy field stays up.  It looks quite foreboding. Vida takes your hand and puts it on the stick on your right side.  "Engine direction," she says weakly.  "Forward up, backward down, left right bank," she explains.  "Other one is for speed and steering."  She starts coughing.  "That energy field will stop us," she says with a resigned smile.  You can't help but notice a fleck of blood on her lips.  "I don't know how to take it down," she says appologetically. You can hear the groan of the elevator doors behind you and glance in the rear view mirror to see them start to buckle. In A Cave System Outside Mai Pai, China"I can eat through it given a few minutes," Xi says, pressing his hands to the surface of the rock.  The rock wall starts to rapildy vanish into smoke. "X12!" Li shouts to get your attention.  "Can you do anything for the Kevin?"  She's kneeling next to him in the copious pool of blood, hand on his throat.  She's very pale.  "He's dead," she says.  There is still a dagger in his chest.</blockquote>

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