EPIC M&M: Issue 7 (IC)

[Mordane76]

"Maybe I can't take him by myself, but I don't think Thunder has it right - prison is too good for people like Prophet, for what he's done, and that's all that's going to happen here," X12 says.

"I missed you too, Monica," he whispers back.

"They invited another York onto the team," he mutters as they start out of the plane. "Like having to watch the first one die wasn't bad enough."

"I've got to get off this facility, and I don't think Thunder and the higher-ups are going to let me leave - Thunder said something about trying to find and possibly capture the other Directives," he whispers as he leans against her just before they start down the gangway. "There's a psychic here in MCNY that might have helped another Directive we encountered in England. I need to get there, as soon as possible. I'm going to see if they'll let me leave willingly, but I'm leaving one way or another to see this guy."

 

[Mimic]

"If she knows whats good for her she will stay in China. I owe that witch one and I aim to make sure she pays for it." She says angerly, one of her hands unconciously rubbing the spot where Mia Toan had stabbed her.

"Kevin was an ok guy... just misunderstood. I didn't help in that area much, although I don't think he was too happy when I was picked to lead." she adds with a small shrug of her shoulders.

She will lead Jay to the dorms getting ARIS to locate an empty room in the boys section, then on to the war room so he can store his other equipment. Once that is done she will show him around, she will also attempt to get Tara to open up more.

 

[Calinon]

EPIC Headquarters
Mega-city of New York
October 27, 2120

Vince

"Well Anna, after Monica's injuries in Brazil I didnt think she would want to exert herself too much yet. Besides on Sanjay that is." Looking back to Raisa, Vince explains how Monica got injured in their pursuit of Ghost and continues to recount the adventures in Brazil emphasizing his role in the capture of Mason and saving Allison Vaile from her rooftop plunge.

"And I got my fixed in the hospital too," Anna says.

"That explains the walking bit," Raisa smirks. "Sounds like you had more fun than we did overseas. Nobody died at least."

"You have to be kidding me! You brought that idiot back? Cosmo was almost livable while they were apart. I wonder how long til I have to seperate Jackal's head from his shoulders."

"No doubt. I have a sonic gadget somewhere around here," Anna says, equally displeased.

"He was sent away to get help, and he got it. Leave him alone," she says with a dark tone. "Both of you." With that she turns and starts to walk away from you towards the dorms.

Neutron

"As for the...what'd you call me?"

Dara just grins at you.

"But we can head back to the cafeteria after to get some more if you want. And you can fill me on some of the interesting details of your trip."

"Ok," Dara says cheerfully, hopping up. "Sport," she grins, then turns to head for the institute. "Jeeze, lying around like this morning," she pretends to scold you. "C'mon already!"

She starts wheeling through her adventures in China as Loki tags along and Carl heads off to the dorms. She clings to you as she jumps about her story, generally giving you the gist of the thing, from the battle against Prophet and the Jackal and the freeing of Michael, back to the injury of Nova by Kevin, Kevin's disappearance and death at the hands of Mia Toan, her helping Kodiak capture a powerful mutant that escaped from prison, something about wrestling and a clone of X12, stuff about Master Wen and someone named Li, and a bunch of stuff about the heroes from China.

Somehow, she manages to do this all without a single break, half talking, half broadcasting it. As you finally reach the cafeteria, with Loki circling his ear with his finger in the "she's a loony" manner, she says, out of the blue, "You have a perfect smile. And I didn't get you any naked pictures of Raisa, but I got to see her naked. Nyaa!" She looks at you conspiritorially. "Wanna see?"

"Yes! Yes I do!" Loki says without a moment's pause.

Johan
Thunder looks from you to Jennifer to Mr. Bunny and his currently jovial features are shortly dispelled with his normal surly appearance as you pull him aside and tell him your story.

"And just how did you intend on delivering her to Split?" he says amazingly calmly, though you see his neck strain as he says it. "Wait. No. Don't tell me here. Go to the war room and we'll talk about this in a little while." Without another word, he walks away from you to the other senior members. He says something you don't hear, and those facing you glance over at you, and those not facing you all turn their heads to look over at you.

You hear Trailblazer laugh. "That is why I aint leader, boss."

"Did that mean yes?" Jennifer says hopefully.

"Wraa!" says Mr. Bunny.

Michelle and Jay

"They told me that she was under arrest and in the hand of the Asian special team. But after what Carl told me about the first trial of Mia Toan, I hope her influence will not be as good in the East, but I fear she will not have to pay the right price of her acts."

"If she knows whats good for her she will stay in China. I owe that witch one and I aim to make sure she pays for it."

"China doesn't toy with their mutant criminals. They kill them," Tara says flatly. "I'd be surprised if they give her a trial."

It doesn't take you long to get Jay into a dorm room, but much longer to get moving through to the War Room. The school is mostly awake now, and people are bustling about. More than one gives Jay an odd look, with much whispering being had about him. As you cross out of the school towards the HQ, Michelle spots something odd. The main gate into the compound is open.

That would be the gate across the road you have to pass before you get to HQ.

Michael
"You dog," Cosmo laughs. "Remember to share would you? And I don't mean the jerky," he says lewdly.

"Well, that old coot being in your head certainly explains a few things, doesn't it," he says. "Well, I hope you can put a scary face on. We have a little rugrat running around tormenting everyone she isn't afraid of. There she is," he says, pointing her out. Johan, a very young girl and a... something made of energy, are gathered with Thunder. "She can go through electronics and pop out damn near anywhere. That pink energy troll of hers is getting on my nerves. I think we should see what happens if we drop it in the pool."

Said pink energy troll is clutching a rather, and familiar, pink stuffed rabbit. This is something you can recall; you bought it for Anna and secretly left it in her room after she took you down with her sonic whistle when you tried to bully her.

You also spot Raisa heading away from Vince... who is freaking huge and looks like a real demon... andd Anna... who is standing without aid?! In fact, she is zipping here and there nearly faster than you can see.

X12
Monica stops you before you leave the plane, holding onto your belt with an iron grip. "Just hold on there, Sparky. You just got back. Please don't run off again," she says quietly.

"If you run off alone, nobody can help you if you get into trouble. And if you keep butting heads with Thunder, he probably will lock you up. I wouldn't put it past the jerk," she adds with a mutter. "There's a right way to do this; we just gotta find it," she says with more confidence. "I can..." she says with a pause and a frown, and a bit of a growl. "I can talk to Thunder for you." She seems far from thrilled at the concept.

"And stop with the brooding and dark thoughts," she says a bit scoldingly. "They don't suit you. I remember someone playing soccer for the first time and turning me down over and over and over," she says with a smirk. "And over," she says to punctuate her statement. "Dara doesn't it either. The brooding. She thinks you have a perfect smile."

 

[Mordane76]

X12 flushes a little. "I'm sorry... I'll try... it's just been hard. We'll see what we can do about Thunder. But I'm not going to get to know this new York kid - his brother died in my arms... I don't want to know him, I don't wanna see him... I just think he should go back to England where it's safer," X12 says.

 

[Agamon]

Sanjay just smiles and nods his head as Dara whips through her story, only half-listeneing as he considers her odd behavior. Did Monica tell her this stuff? Did she read Mon's mind? Is she 'mind-melded' with her like she was with Raisa? What else does she know? His smile gets less and less sincere-looking with each thought.

He's definitely caught off-guard by the smile compliment. "Uh...thanks. I, uh, made it myself."

His response to her offer is a lot slower than Loki's. "Um..." Monica will find out about this, one way or the other. Would she care? She might actually get upset if he didn't. She sure seemed to when it came to Allison Vaile...huh. Yeah, that was weird. Whatever, just go with the instincts.

"You kidding? Hell, yeah!"

 

[Velmont]

"Yes, that would be him. He always has been the leader of his small group. He was quite manipulative before his accident, but after everyone has learn about his powers, his little secret, he became a bit bitter."

While in his room, Jay looks at ARIS terminal.

"So, that's ARIS? Let's see what it got. ARIS. Can you do a search in your archives. I want you to put the resultin three folders. Put the information in your local disk if possible, so I can have a quicker acces to it. First folder, name it Anarchy. I want you to put everything on Anarchy you can find. Organisation, members, crime and event implicating them. Second folder, name it Kevin. Put everything you have on Kevin York in it. Third, call it duplication. I want you to put in it every information you have on the duplication mutation, and any duplicator that has been filed. Finally, I want you to create a forth folder where you'll put any information common to the three folders. I'll come back later to see what you've found."

He turns to his two guides. "Now, let's see the place."

As they travel throught the corridors, Jay feels the look of the others. "I think I'll have to make my proof, as my name will carry Kevin'sactions, which havn't been very popular."

 

[Gideon]

Michael, 5/5, hunky-dory

A somewhat feral grin slides home to sit on Michael's face. "Well, you know upsetting little girls is one of my hobbies." Four more pieces of jerky get shoved down Mike's throat wolfishly.

"Damn, when did ugly get big and um...uglier?" Mike's stare heading off to the retreating forms of two hot chikitas and one reaaaallly ugly guy.

 

[Dalamar]

Johan, 5/5 HP, no armor

"As far as I can decipher, that was indeed a positive answer. I would not bet my head on it, though." Smiling a somewhat nervous smile at the seniors as they gaze at him, Johan starts heading for the cafeteria.
"What do you say we go have ourselves a nice breakfast, and then head to the warroom?" he says to Jennifer.

 

[Mimic]

As they travel throught the corridors, Jay feels the look of the others. "I think I'll have to make my proof, as my name will carry Kevin'sactions, which havn't been very popular."

"The news of Kevin's death spread pretty quickly add to that the fact you look so much like him... well people are going to talk, your just going to have to put up with it until something new gets there attention." she tells him apologetically.

As she leads them towards the war room she pauses for a moment. "That's weird, the gates are open." He hand instictively trys to turn on her communicator... only to remember that she doesn't have it on her.

She will look around to see if there is a terminal close by, "ARIS, when was the main gate opened and who opened it?"

If no terminal is close by she will direct the others to go investigate.

 

[Elementor]

"I know Anna, I never take mine off either. Never know when those B movie rejects will snap again. Oh well, I played nice and made an appearance, I'm out of here. I need a bite, you wanna join me in the Caf?" With a derissive snort in the direction of Michael, Vince turns and starts heading towards the cafeteria.