[Nothing new. Just combining Brian and Pat's posts. I'll let the scene
play out for awhile before advancing things. If anyone wants to spend
any XP's please let me know. Once the action starts it will be too
late--Keith]

One year ago.....

With the Serpent Helm no longer posing a threat Meta-Force decides to
head back to civilization before the rift closes and traps them on
Amazonia, for an entire month. Zena stays behind with her people to
coordinate the repopulation of the Amazons.

A private funeral service is held for Electra shortly after the team's
return to Manhattan. The entire team is there, including Master
Menagero, Ms. Chesterton, Guy and Calvin (minus the camera), Ari Goldman
as well as several members of the Guardians.

After everyone pays their respects, Ari approaches the team. " In light
of recent events, I've decided to pull the plug on the show. It's just
too dangerous. This is the second team member that has been killed , not
to mention the others that have been severely injured in the line of
duty. So effective immediately, Meta-Force is canceled. You can keep the
team name if you want and carry on on your own, but I'm washing my hands
of any involvement."

Since then...

The Guardians have relocated their headquarters from Manhattan to an
orbiting satellite above Earth, taking on a more global responsibility.
This, combined with the cancellation of the Meta-Force superhero reality
show, effectively left Manhattan without a resident super team.
Fortunately things have been relatively quiet as far as major menaces to
the city go (No alien invasions or large scale masterminds trying to
take over the world). But, there is always a need for heroes regardless
of such threats--bank robberies, burning buildings, cats stuck in trees
etc. So despite Meta-Force being disbanded, the former team members
have managed to keep busy individually both as heroes and in their
civilian lives as well:

Simon Kirby (aka Verve) has graduated form art school and become a
successful comic book artist for Empire Comics, and has been in a few
forays as Verve, teaming up a couple of times with Roughneck. Though he
has largely not kept in touch with his old team-mates due to his busy
work schedule.

Rupert Renspottenick, a.k.a. Master Menagero, has been leading the
charge in genetic research from his Renscorps lab. The last super-fray
he had been in had been against the devious Old-Timers. However, he
defeated them. He suffered a major case of the hives for several months
before finally stablizing thanks to a perfected pharmaceutical mix from
his doctor. He still suffered the frequent allergy attacks but it was
little price to pay in exhange for phenomanal super powers, he thought.
He buried himself in his work and oftentimes dreamt of Zena.

[I'll leave it up to the rest of you to describe what your character has
been up to for the past year, and in the case of Zena, assuming gary
wants to be involved, coming up with a reason why she is back in
Manhattan at the moment.]

Zena has taken her role as queen of the amazons very seriously. She has
done her best to help in her peoples repopulation, though the process is
going slowly. Only recently the next generation of amazons has been born
to their caring mothers, and the numbers are still small. She has
decided to do her best to warn herself and her people of any further
threats to their society. To accomplish this she constantly communicates
with the animal population of the island to learn of any incursions into
her realm. So far, however, all has been quiet. All has been quiet
except a secret desire that has grown in Zena this past year. A desire
that she feels must be fulfilled soon. If not for her own selfish
reasons, than for the good of her

Frank hasn't had an easy time the past year. After Meta-Force disbanded,
he tried to make a go at being a freelance super hero, going on a couple
of missions with Kirby aka Verve. It didn't work out. Frank quickly
learned that super heroes do not make any money for their exploits, and
he had serious difficulty finding a day job, as his disfigurement turned
most people away in disgust. He has also had to remain in hiding, as he
still fears he is sought by those who made him. Altogether, this has
made his life rather hard. He currently works as a janitor at a sleazy
hotel called the Coral Essex, a job that barely pays the bills.

Julia hung up her tights after Meta-force disbanded. She returned to
Columbia and for a while had been going to AA meetings. Recently, she
has been moonlighting as Kinetica again, usually being completely drunk
at the time and making a complete ass of herself. The papers have been
having a field day with her.

Sci-Fi has been spliting his time between fighting crime, going to
college (part time) and filming made for tv movies and commericals for
his new corporate sponser, The Sci-Fi Channel. They've provided him
with a new silver and neon green costume (made from the same material as
used in the Spider-Man movies), and streamlined the design on his
scanner goggles.

His films have been...MST3k worthy, but he's gotten to work alongside
John Ryhse Davies, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ben Bowder and the
great Bruce Campbell. The Sci-Fi Channel is pushing him to star in a
weekly series, but to do this he would likely have to either give up
crime fighting or school.

Sci-Fi has also continued to look after his brother, Luke, who had
developed powers similar to The Force. Luke, while registered, is still
underage and is not offically a superhero yet (though he has saved his
high school form a few odd threats, including alien pod people and an
insane gym coach/criminal mastermind).

The Present...

Regardless of where the individual heroes are currently and what they
are up to, they all hear this NEWSFLASH from the 11pm News Program:

"Now, with a late-breaking story, around 10:11pm this evening, an
explosion rocked the BioGen research lab, located on the Upper East Side
of Manhattan. In the ensuing confusion, a monster escaped from the
building and has left a path of destruction, randomly moving throughout
this defenseless city. City officials have attempted to contact local
heroes, but none have arrived to subdue the monster."
[Any heroes arriving at the scene, (assume they all show up at roughly
the same time) see the following. ]

Zena only arrived in the city a short time ago. She knows what she is
looking for and since the team has been disbanded and she has no real
way of contacting them, she decided to hunt them. The newsflash gave her
the first opportunity to locate her prey. Still fairly unfamiliar with
the city, it took Zena, Tolwynn and Tancreed a while to reach the
location on the newsflash.

Frank had just fallen asleep in his grimey apartment when his neighbor's
radio alarm goes off. His neighbor works third shift, and on Frank's few
nights off from third shift at the Coral Essex, he was usually awakened
this way. He lies there listening and hears the radio report the events
at BioGen. Figuring he won't get back to sleep anytime soon anyway,
Frank sits up in bed. It has been months since he's goine out as
Roughneck, and he feels like it's time to give it another go. He pulls
on his old black costume. It smells of old sweat, and there are still
holes in it that he never repaired. He checks to make sure no one is in
the alley, then climbs out into the night.

Smoke still pours from several windows of the Biogen building and a
section of the wall has been knocked down, presumably by the monster.
Firefighters seem to have the blaze under control and emergency
vehicles, including police and ambulances have arrived. Everything seems
to be in order, except, in the distance, the heroes can here faint
screams of terror and property damage being done.

Zena watches from a nearby rooftop. As far as she can tell the civilians
seem to have everything under control and she didn't come back to the ci
ty to fight a monster. She came for something else... something more
personal. She waits in the shadows on the rooftop watching the scene to
see if other heroes - hopefully the former heroes of Meta-Force - arrive
soon .

[Great to be back in the game guys - even if it is just a one-shot
special!]

[Since we don't have hands yet, I will just say that Zena will use
whatever cards she has to spot any members of Meta-Force (or threats for
that matter) that come into her range of vision, use trump or highest
card along with any edge cards I may have - Garry]


Frank approaches BioGen from a sidestreet. The building he stands next
to looks vacant, so he climbs up to get a better view of BioGen. Once
he's on top, he scans the area, using his enhanced vision....

He immediately notices the presence of a large red haired amazon who
appears to be scanning the scene form the same rooftop as him. It is
obvioulsy Zena, but what was she doing here?

Menagero uses his super-human tracking powers to determine if there are
any familiar "friends" in the vicinity. However, his prime concern is
meeting the monster face-to-face. His battle versus Harbinger while on
the moon--Menagero's last mission with Meta-Force--gave him a spot of
courage. And he wasn't about to let some over-sized freakshow sap that
courage from his lanky muscles. Driving at top speed in his newly
purchased Volvo S80 (a safe car), MM heads for the monster, hoping to
latch onto some super-power that will aid him in his mission.

As Menagero approaches the site, his metahuman radar immediately latches
onto a familair energy signature. It is definitely amazonian in nature
and seems to be coming from the top of a nearby abandoned building.

It is the squaking of Tancreed that alerts zena to Roughneck's arrival.
She looks over at the hero and a small smile escapes from her face
before being recaptured by her stern demeanor. She stands up from her
kneeling position and begins silently striding towards Frank.

Did Zena *smile* at me? thinks Frank. He waves at her, surprised to see
her. He's seen the other heroes from Meta Force from time to time, but
he thought Zena was still on her island. Wonder why she left...must be
somethin' important, he thinks.

[Any interaction between Roughneck, Zena and MM can be put here. We will
say that Julia and Verve show up a bit later.]

Kirby was working late at the studio of Empire Comics located in the
Empire State building when he hears the news flash. "Holy Crap!' he says
as he quickly put away the bristol board drawings of the Escapist he was
penciling, grabs his art kit and portfloio and dashes for the elevator.
He punches the button for the observatory deck. Once the elevator starts
moving up, he grabs some white grease paint form his kit and smears it
over his face, adding dark highlights around the eyes. He opens a back
compartment of his portfolio and pulls out a ratty, black trenchcoat,
which he quickly dons. His transformation into Verve is just completed
as the express elavator opens up onto the observation deck level. He
steps out, does a quick sketch of a jet pack which vanishes from the
page and materializes before him. He dons the squiggly lined
contraption, runs for the deck and launches himself into th air, as the
rockets kick in. "WaaaaaHooooo!!!! he screams as he jets off in the
direction of Biogen.

Several minures later, as he is appraoching the site he takes in the
scene, flying a large arc above the site of the destruction.

Kinetica arrives wearing a blue-and-orange spandex variant of her
previous costume. She has put on about 10-15 pounds since you've last
seen her, as evidenced by the fact that her costume doesn't quite fit
her anymore. She swerves and weaves as she flies to the scene, and
smashes into a street lamp knocking it over. She takes another swig
from her beer bottle.

Verve lands on the street next to Kinetica, and his animated jet pack
disappears. He offers his hand to help her up. "Hey stranger, nice
landing." Verve says with a concerned look on his face. "Are you sure
you are in any condition to be doing the superhero thing right now?
Maybe you should go home and sleep it off. Nice costume by the way."
Verve had always liked Julia, despite her cynical demeanor, or maybe
because of it, but her drinking had always alarmed him. He'd tried to
keep in contact with her after Meta-Force broke up, calling her a few
times but she either never returned his calls or was too drunk to be
coherent. Whatever demons she was trying to drown obviously ran deep.

"I'm not drunk!" says Kinetica, waving the beer bottle. "This is just a
little pick me up." Kinetica attempts to land on her feet, but stumbles
over and lands face first on the sidewalk, spilling the remnants of her
beer. She starts laughing uncontrollably.

The three other heroes, Master Menagero, Zena ,and Roughneck cannot help
but notice the speactacle of both Kinetica's and Verve's arrival.

Zena leaps over the side of the building, flipping and jumping from fire
escape to flagpole to power line pole until she finally comes to rest on
the tumbled over street lamp near Kinetica. Zena crouches like a cat on
the broken device as Tolwynn and Tancreed make their way down as well.
She glances up at the roof to see if Frank is coming down or not.

Suddenly, in a shimmer of blue light Sci-Fi appers on the sceen. His
scanner goggles clicking on taking a reading on the immediate area.

"We having a reunununion?" asks Kinetica, still laying on the ground.
"Nobody invited me, teehee."

Frank, seeing the others gathering below, follows Zena off the building.
[If it isn't too high, he will leap down.] "Looks like the gang's all
here. Let's find out what's makin' all that racket." His questions for
the others will have to wait. The heroes can still hear property damage
being done, several blocks away. Roughneck looks in that direction,
using his enhanced vision to see if he can pick up the monster's trail.
[Even if he can't, it seems obvious which way the noise is coming form,
correct GM?] He heads in that direction.

The trail left by the monster can be easily found by following the path of destruction left in it's wake including broken fire hydrants, downed traffic lights, smashed cars, and shattered windows.

Along the way Kinetica pops open another beer and chugs it down [Failed to resist. -2 on abilities. 4 beers left.] Zena looks her over as she chugs down the foul ale. She can't help but wonder why Kinetica would defile her body in such a manner

"What?" says Kinetica.  "You want one?  Go get your own!"

"You disgust me." Zena mutters. She has always tried to feel a kinship for Kinetica due to her being a woman, but she shows herself no respect which is something Zena can't stand.

“I’ve missed you too,” replies Kinetica.

She's going to wind up  getting herself or somebody else killed, thinks Verve.  But there was no time to debate it with her. This was certainly not the time or place for an intervention.

The path leads to a wrecked subway entrance, where the monster has obviously gone underground. Screams can be heard from below and people are running up the stairs, pointing down behind. As the heroes descend to the subway platform thay see a desperate situation. A gigantic, muscular man draped in torn, shredded white clothes stands next to a damaged subway train, holding a shrieking woman. The Monster has canines and a huge cranium, reminiscent of a Neanderthal, except much bigger and hairier. It stands nearly 10 feet tall.

"Damn, I have had-hic-dates better looking than that thing!" say s Kinetica.

Sparks from the damaged subway threatens to harm innocent bystanders trapped within, some of which are already hurt from the Monster's initial attack. The subway conductor is screaming at the heroes. "The next train should be here at any minute and the radio is down! If something 's not done there's going to be a collision!"

"Don't you worry about I, the train will take care of it!" pipes up Kinetica.  She flies off down the tunnel and attempts to create a force field wall to stop the train.  [Playing Stingray 6I, with Rhino 1D for Edge]
 
The woman being held by the monster shrieks hysterically,"Oh God! Help Me!!!!!"
 [There is a chance that by attacking the Monster, the woman will be hit, especially with ranged attacks]
Roughneck's computer core sizes up the monster, superimposing the combat grid on his vision. The core whispers to him, attempting to compel him to immediately attack the creature, without regard for the woman or the oncoming train.
 He shakes his head, resisting the core. None of the others will be able to stop the train, he thinks. And if there's a wreck, people on both trains will die. He makes his decision and acts.
 "I'll try to stop the train!" He leaps off the platform (avoiding the monster) and rushes down the tunnel toward the oncoming subway train. [He has Lightning Speed. When he gets there, he will yell at the driver to put on the brakes, and will position himself in front of the train (holding onto it), and try to stop it by putting his feet down on the tracks, sorta like when Spiderman tried to stop the el-train in Spiderman 2. I use my 7S (trump) and 8A (push) to attempt to stop the train.]

Zena walks gently, but confidently, towards the monster and his prisoner. She momentarily forgets her reasons for being here. Her lioness companion graciously strides next to her, ready to pounce if commanded to do so. Zena's right hand begins to form a fist, but her middle and index fingers stay extended. Poised to strike at his pressure points, she addresses the monstrosity, "Unleash your victim, mindless one, or I will be forced to bring about the end of your life."

[No action yet, though I will declare a dodge to be on the safe side. We'll use 4Str to dodge with this turn]

Verve hangs back, pencil and sketchpad  poised to whip up whatever is most needed by his former teammates.

"Verve," shouts Sci-Fi, "Let Zena and Menagero handle Encino Man, sketch up some rubber bands webs or something to help Kinetic and Roughneck try to slow the on-coming train.  I'm going to try to ferry people out."

Sci-Fi puts his hand to his visor adjustic the scanner, getting a beed on a safe place to teleport into the train.

4I + trump to scan for a safe spot, 7 Agil + Trump to teleport (if I can do that this turn)
 
"It is, of course, quite possible that I am allergic to this 'Encino Man'", Menagero remarks while trying to duplicate the monster's powers. (6W) "Yet, I am even more allergic to an innocent being being harmed."
 
Mnagero steps forward. "Listen here, foul villain, (or possibly, misunderstood creature). Put the lady down before we have to put you down. Hehe *ah-choo*. (Debinidely allergig.)" he groans.
Kinetica flies off down the corridor, erratically pingponging a few times off the subway walls before straightening out her flight path. Once stable, she pops open another beer and drinks it down thirstily, pitching the empty can behind her. Her vision swims a little, but she can hear the subway train rushing down the tunnel towards them, and sees the light of the engine approaching in the darkness.
[Failed to resist the alcohol addiction again]

She creates a large cushion like force shape in the path of the subway train, anchored on each side of the tunnel. The train slams into the force field, slowing it down slightly, but still moving forward quite quickly. The force shape, stretches and strains under the pressure and finally snaps in two. The train rushes underneath Kinetica who is hovering near the ceiling.

Sci-Fi teleports safely aboard the damaged subway train, startling the passengers trapped within as he materializes amongst them.

The Creature bellows angrily at Zena as she approaches, it quickly grabs a nearby bench and throws it at her. Zena narrowly avoids the bench, as it whizzes over her head and smashes into kindling on the concrete wall behind her.

Menagero rushes forward trying to assume the powers of the monster and is nearly knocked unconscious from the power backlash. The creature is more powerful than he imagined.

[failed to duplicate it's powers, but you can try again. If Zena gets near you I will probably do an aura reading to see if you take on her's or the monster's powers.]

Zena, having moved in closer after the monster's attempted assault, moves in for her attack. She juts her hand forward hoping that this creature has nerve clusters in similar locations to most other living creatures. [7Int for Stun, pushing with 4 Int; Dodge with the other 4 Int]

Roughneck catches up to the action, and leaps towards the oncoming train, trying to grab hold of the engine car as it rushes past him. He catches hold of a railing and is immediately whisked away along with the train. He moves toward the front of the train and yells at the conductor to put on the brakes, as he positions himself to  test whether he is more powerful than a locomotive.

As he braces himself, he sees an animated version of Captain Marvel shimmer into into existence next to him, compliments of Verve.  "Mind if I help out", it says with a pencil smudged John Romita style heroic grin.
 
Thank god, thinks Roughneck. The train is barreling down the tunnel, and now that he's on it he doesn't think he'd have much chance stopping it alone. He wonders if Verve's Captain Marvel is as strong as the real Captain Marvel. Getting a grip on the front of the train, he lowers himself so his feet can touch the ground and sticks both legs out, trying to slow it down before it crashes. "Ready, now!" [Using 1S edge, 7S trump, and 6A push to slow the train. How far is it to the stopped train ahead? Are there other tracks running parallel to this one?][No other tracks]

Kinetica attempts to get in front of the train again.  She attempts to aid Roughneck in slowing it down by flying against it (play 2A to fly ahead if needed, 4S plus 1I edge to brace against it).

Captain Marvel joins Kinetica  in flying against the train. "Evening, Miss"  he says with a nod towards her.

"If at first you don't succeed," Menagero recited as he tried to assume the monster's powers once more. He ran forward, not willing to meet with failure so that he could save the frightened innocent. His plan: assume the monster's strength and then place a carefully placed grip on his opponent's forearm, pinching the appropriate muscles in an effort to force the beast to release his captive. If he failed, his plan: try to block out the world of hurt by screaming at the top of his lungs.

OOC: Using my 9A + pushing with the 5A - all out attack, if possible.
Zena rushes in and strikes a nerve cluster on the monsters neck. It howls in shock, more than pain and swings a clumsy fist at her, which she easily avoids.

Master Menagero rushes forward and feels the monster's power coursing through him. He also takes on many of the monster's physical characteristics; his muscles bulge, he grow hairier, taller and his forehead slopes. He grabs the monster's arm that holds the woman, squeezing it with all of his might. The creature releases his grip on the woman, who falls ot the ground and quickly scrambles away , screaming hysterically.

Master Menagero notices that the tattered cloting the creature is wearing look like a biogen lab coat.

Kinetica flies to the front of the train, drinking another beer along the way. She, Roughneck, and "Captain Marvel" combine their might in an attempt to stop the speeding subway train. Metal creaks and groans as they do so. Roughneck's feet take a pounding as he digs them into the ground in front of the train. The wreckage of the other subway looms ahead of them d gets closer and closer, until they finally come to a stop about 10 feet from collision.
"Whew!" says Roughneck. He looks at Captain Marvel and is about to speak to him, but then realizes that, of course, he is just one of Verve's creations. He then hears the monster roar on the platform and runs to enter the fray. [He will go attack the monster HTH, using 6S for attack and 6A for defense.] He feels his computer core fire up as the red-tinted battle grid descends on his vision--almost like a berserker rage. When he is in combat, the world is blood-red to Roughneck. Though this is what usually what happens, something feels different this time. Perhaps his recent advances in accessing information from his computer core are to blame.

Sci-fi begins teelporting teh trapped passengers to safety
[Joe, if you wish to do something else, then let me know]

Sci-Fi looks at the trapped passengers, and says "Come with me... If you want to live." in a dead pan tone.  "But please, women, children and the handicaped first."

Best card to teleport at many as he can each time.
 
"You stay!" Kinetica orders the stopped train.  She then starts giggling like a madman. [No action this round.  If she needs to dodge, play the 5A]

Two laser-like beams project from Cpt. Marvel's eyes, burning holes through Kinetica's remaining beer cans.  "I think you have had enough" he says, as the beer trickles onto the fround. "The party is over. "
 
“Hey!  I was ga-drinking that!”
 
Menagero places the Bio-Gen monster in a bear hug. "This monster was obviously a man or a woman. He/she could be in dire need of help, help that only Meta-Force can provide. Now, hold still, beasty, and I *WA-choo!* promise that you will receive the aid you need."
Grapple with strenght and trump. If he tries to strike or hurt me or my tema members, block with 3D.

Zena directs her animal friends to attack the gruesome creature as she again tries to disable the beast.  [Use 1A + 5I for attack; Dodge with 3I unless my redraw is better]
Master Menagero strains with all of his might to hold onto the creature, but it slips out of his grasp, with a guttural howl and backhands him with an anvil sized fist, causing Menagero to nearly lose consciousness.

[Didn't play the 3D for dodge, because you came up with a better card on the redraw]

Zena attempts another nerve strike, this time hitting a nerve cluster on the creature's abdomen. As she lands the blow, the monster's body immediately stiffens and  it's eyes roll back in it's head. It falls to the floor a with a  thud that makes the ground tremble.

Roughneck's stops short as he sees this, though a flashing readout in his vision reading "terminate", with targeting cross hairs on the creature nearly compels him to follow the order.

Sci-Fi continues teleporting as many people as possible from the wreckage of the first subway train. The animated Captain Marvel  aides him, by ripping the jammed doors off of one of the cars, opening an exit point for those who can move on their own.

Kinetica watches all of this through blurred vision.

Once the passengers are all safely off of the damage subway. The heroes discuss the situation. They agree that the most logical place to continue this investigation is Biogen, especially considering the Biogen lab coat worn by the creature.
 
Roughneck shakes his head, freeing himself from the influence of his core. That was a new experience. For a moment, just a moment, he had fully intended to kill the creature. He realizes it was his core controlling him. Usually he feels the core pushing, and he can push back, but this time...the core seemed to take control without him realizing it. He moves away from the othes, watching the monster, waiting to see how the others decide to deal with its unconscious form.

Verve crates a temporary restraints for the unconscious creature until they turn it over to a team of CAPE agents who have arrived on the scene at Biogen.

Sci-Fi, after ensuring the last few passengers are safe, and signing a few autographs for some fan-boys comes over the creature.  "Kinda reminds me of Bruce after a hard night on the town.   Maybe we could put this guy in a zoo for a few days till we sort this out, it seems he wasn't really in control of himself, and he'd proably fit in better there than in jail."

[Just moving things along here. Feel free to add dialogue above. The issue of what to do with the unconscious creature definitely needs to be addressed.]

As the heroes approach Biogen they see that the emergency teams are still working on the building and its inhabitants. The fire seems under control and injured people have been taken to nearby hospitals. The police are interviewing personnel at the lab about tonight's incident. The building itself is trashed from the explosion.

As they come closer they see a policeman interviewing a man who appears to be a janitor. They overhear the following conversation.

"I was cleaning out storage closet at the far end of the building when I heard this inhuman howl. It chilled me to the bone, I tell ya. Then, there was this big explosion that shook the building. I was far enough away so I didn't get hurt but ceiling tiles fell on top of me. This is the last time I take a job at these weird science places!"

All of a sudden, a hot gust of wind sweeps through the crowd, and everyone feels what can only be described as a wave of hatred and anger, as the wind passes over them. The feeling vanishes as soon as the  wind blows by. Immediately following this a section of the remaining wall begins shaking and  falls, threatening to crush a group of scientists standing nearby.

Roughneck moves quickly to the wall and tries to hold it up. [6S to try to hold up the wall.] [If the scientists have not seen the wall falling yet, he warns them.

Kinetica attempts to expand her force field to protect the civilians. [6W]

Menagero stands back and tries to detect all super-powers in the vicinity. "A strange wind blows, my compatriots. I suggest we find out the source of our woes very soon. We cannot be sure when the Biogen Beast will awaken and, if it does, whether the inhibitor cuffs will hold it. I would not want to risk the monster's wrath on the CAPE team we left it with." (toss best card)

[Master Menagero doesn't detect any metahumans in the area, other than his teammates and the Monster.]

Verve quickly whips out his drawing pad, and begins sketching as quickly as he can, but he is unsure if he can complete his drawing before, the wall falls on the scientists.

Unable to really do anything effective from this distance, Zena just stands guard over Verve and watches the other heroes move into action. [Zena will attack anything that might try to stop Verve from completeing his drawing (7 Str), She will dodge with the 5I unless dodging would endanger Verve, in which case she'll take the hit].

Sci-Fi adjusts his google scanners to sweep the area on the other side of the wall. (6W to scan)
Roughneck sprints towards the falling wall,  shouting at the scientists to warn  them, as Kinetica flies past him in a blue streak of glowing light. She quickly  lands next to the scientists and expands her force field to envelope them.  the wall crashes down on the force field and it pulses with blue light, growing stronger from the kinetic energy.  The impact having been absorbed by Kinetica's force field, Roughneck is able to fling the one remaining large chunk of wall clear of the scientists and Kinetica.
 
Verve, seeing that the situation is taken care of, stops his drawing. Seeing Zena  standing protectively over him, he says "Thanks for the thought,  Zena, "  he then approaches where the scientists are standing with Roughneck and Kinetica.
 
"Of course, Simon." Zena replies as if it were nothing to her.
 
Menagero and Sci-Fi both use their powers to detect anyone in the area. Sci-Fi notices nothing out of the ordinary where the wall once stood, and menagero cannot detect any other metas than his team mates and the monster.
 
All of the scientists thank the heroes, and all but one  female scientist moves away to safer ground.The attractive woman, who looks to be in her early thirties, identifies herself as Dr. Heloise "Thanks again for helping us, but I need to tell you something. I think Dr. Sheen   had something to do with the explosion. He was one of the scientists you just saved, the balding balding man in his late forties with the  ugly tie.  It was his area that exploded. He shared a lab with Dr. James Carson. None of us have seen Carson since before the explosion"
 
Master Menagero steps forward. "I wouldn't *sniffle* worry to much about *cough* Dr. Carson. (I apologize. I beleive it's the perfume you are wearing, ma'am.) We have you Dr. Carson right there!" With a dramatic flair of his white cape, MM points to the monstrous Bio-Gen Beast captured mere moments ago and currently held in custody by the advanced CAPE team.
 
"What makes you think that thing is Dr. Carson? " asks Dr. Solomon. "What proof do you have to support this hypothesis?"
 
[Roughneck doesn't try to interrupt Dr. Solomon's conversation with Menagero, but at some point he does try to ask her the following:] "You say Dr. Sheen had somethin' to do with the explosion. Waddya mean? Do you think he meant to cause it somehow? Were he and Dr. Carson enemies or somethin'?"
 
"They worked together in the same lab, though I have no idea what they were working on. Someone said they heard them getting into an argument earlier in the lobby. I'm not suggesting that Dr. Sheen intentionally caused the explosion, but it did come from the same area as his labs." replies Dr. Solomon.
 
[This convesrsation can carry on awhile, but will soon be interrupted by the CAPE guard's shout. See below. If you respond to it, do so below in the Zena thread]]
 
"The queen bitch, maybe," says Julia in reply to Zena's comment to the CAPE agent [see bleow]
 
"Somebody's  becoming a mean drunk, " says Verve.
 
"Who's drunk?" says Julia.  "I'm just a widdle tipsy, thwat's all."
 
Verve rolls his eyes at her. "Maybe we need to talk with Dr. Sheen, " says Verve. "Come on Kinetica. Stick with me and don't say anything. We don't want the whole world to know you are wasted. People have a bad enough opinion of metas as it is," he says moving  across the grounds towards Dr Sheen. The last thing we need is a drunk meta in a catfight, he thinks. I guess it is up to me to babysit the drunk. Brings back fond memories of home. ."
 
"Vervey-poo, you haven't sween me wasted yet," says Kinetica.  "So I had a little to dwink tonight.  Next time there's a Biowen monster running about, you want us to wait awound till I sober up first?"
 
"No. Call me crazy, but I'd expect you not to drink on the job. Now's not the time to talk about this anyway. " responds Verve.
 
"Dr. Sheen! Could I have a word with you!? " shouts Verve as he approaches the scientist.
 
"How can I help you?" asks Dr. Sheen turning to faceVerve.
 
"I was wondering what sort of work you and Dr. Carson were involved in here at Biogen."
 
"Ahh, of course. nothig I like talking about better than my research. For hundreds of years, scientists and theologians have argued over the existence of the soul. Dr. Carson and I have been working on a procedure that would isolate the human spirit so that we may answer one of the biggest questions of the universe. Does man have a soul?"
 
"I see," says Verve. "and have you  been in contact with Dr. carson since the argument you had with him earlier?"
 
Dr. Sheen immediately becomes defensive. "Are you accusing me of something?! I am a value member of the scientific community! I don't have to be subjected to this!" He says and storms off,  heading into the undamaged part of the building.
 
"Dr. Solomon was right. That is an ugly tie." Verve says to Julia  "Besides that, he's acting awfully fishy" Verve fumbles for his pack of smokes in his coat, and can't find them. He remembers that he is trying to quit and threw them all away. He consider's sketching a pack up, but doesn't figure it would be the same. Probably worse than ultra light slims. "Damn." he mutters
 
"I'd off you a beer, but I'm all out thwanks to Captain Bwuzzkill," says Kinetica.
 
Suddenly, Verve and kinetica hear a CAPE guard shouting. [see below]
 
[I figured that it would take me a minute or so to stroll over to the creature so I left room for the others to finish their conversation with the scientist, before my encounter with the newly dubbed Bio-Gen Beast]
 
Rupert continues to call this monster a beast. Perhaps it is a beast. And if it is a beast then I should be able to talk to and possibly control it... thinks Zena. She walks away from Master Menagero and heads towards CAPE and the creature in custody
 
As Zena approaches the creature she looks to see if it is conscious yet, or if it is still down. She sees that the creature,  is slowly rousing from unconsciousness, as she approaches the titanium reinforced "paddy wagon". From the back of the wagon, the creature spots, Zena approaching with her animal companions and bares it's teeth growling aggresively at them through the bulletproof glass of the back two doors.  The two CAPEagents, train their blasters on the beast man. "Stand back miss, we don't know what this thing is still capable of. It has an inhibitor collar on, but better to be on the safe side."
 
"Do not think to address me as a commoner, male. I am a queen and you will treat me as such." states Zena, snapping at the agent who spoke to her."
 
"The queen bitch, maybe," Zena hears Kinetica say. [see above]
 
Zena stares into the beast's eyes, and tries to speak to it in a way that it will understand. "Feral-one, can you understand me?"
 
[1 Will + 5I to try and communicate with the Bio-Gen Beast; Dodge with the 3I (unless I redraw better) if the agent is right and it breaks loose -- Garry]
 
Zena is unable to establish communication with the creature however, she is able to pick up some rudimentary feeling of the creature's emotional state. It is angry, frightened, and confused.
 
[Replacement cards: 8D+ Loki (Vengeance/Retributive Strike) 4S* Sersi (Thrill-Seeker/No Restrictions)]
 
"What will happen to this creature?" Zena asks of no one in particular, but expecting a prompt response. Tolwynn and Tancreed rest by her side.
 
"It will more than likely be taken to a temporary holding cell at the nearest CAPE location once this situation is declared stable. After that, I'm not sure." replies one of the  CAPE guards. "Your  Highness," he adds sarcastically.
 
Zena's eyes dart quickly towards the soldier. There is a viciousness located in the depths of her eyes. She has heard this tone before, mostly from Kinetica. She has tolerated it from her because she is a woman, but this subordinate is simply a male and not worthy of her patience and tolerance. Zena begins to stride towards the CAPE soldier who addressed her. Her body language makes her intentions pretty clear.
 
"Freeze!"  shouts the CAPE agent pointing his gun at her. "Do not come any closer!"
 
His partner follows suit, pointing his blaster at Zena as well. He speaks into the commlink in his helmet, "Atttention! All units report  to the wagon for backup. Possible hostile meta. Repeat.. Hostile meta!" The other CAPE agents in the area immediately begin sprinting towards the paddy wagon.
 
[The other's can see this occuring, as well as hear the shouted command of teh first guard. All of teh CAPE agents wear light exoskeleton armor and helmets (similar to Stormtrooper armor), as well as blasters. There may be more specialized weaponry as well, but it is impossible to tell at this point. Zena is within firing distance of  her former team members]
 
Hearing the action near the paddywagon, Frank turns from the scientists and sees the CAPE begin to surround someone...apparently it is Zena!
 
He leaves the scientists in mid-sentence and runs toward the CAPE agents, the closest of which has his blaster drawn and aimed at Zena. [Can I hold my action until later this turn, to see what the agents do?]
 
"Queeny certainly has a way with people," says Kinetica, heading off to investigate.

Tolwynn begins growling at the officers, baring her teeth. "It's a mistake to back a lion into a corner." Zena calmly explains staring at the sarcastic officer the whole time she is becoming surrounded. "It is worse to corner a lioness!" As Zena shouts Tancreed flies upwards into the sky to avoid the rain of bullets or whatever weaponry these agents begin firing at her. Tolwynn leaps at the nearest officer attempting to disable his (or her) gun arm.

"And I am far worse than a lioness!" shouts out Zena following it up with a battle cry. She ducks and weaves trying to avoid the weapons fire as she approaches the officer who offended her. She uppercuts the officer when she gets there.

[8 Doom for dodge or deflection with gauntlets, whichever is more appropriate, 7 Strength for my attack on the CAPE agent -- dang... gonna get arrested again!]
 
Frank runs toward the melee, yelling, "NO!"
[I will play the 5I for my agility action.

Frank's contingent actions:
If Zena is hit by any of the guards, Frank will attack that guard. (3S to
attack, use my replacement card for the 5I to dodge)
If Zena is not hit by any of the guards, and if she fails to disable the
guard she is attacking, Frank will still tackle that guard, not intending to
damage him but to get him out of melee with the warrior princess. (same
cards)
If Zena is not hit and disables her target, Frank will try to talk to Zena
and the guards, saying, "STOP STOP STOP! We're all on the same side here!"]
 
Menagero mutters, "This is going to be messy." But he makes his way the long way around. He knows that Meta-Force can handle a few excited guards. Its the Bio-Gen Beast he is worried about. He makes an effort to absorb the Beast's power (Keith, do you remember that Menagero absoarbs the power of whomever he is CLOSEST to.) and contain it lest it break free.

Last round..

"It's a mistake to back a lion into a corner." Zena calmly explains staring at the sarcastic officer the whole time she is becoming surrounded. "It is worse to corner a lioness!" As Zena shouts Tancreed flies upwards into the sky, as Tolwynn leaps at the nearest officer [#2] attempting to disable his  gun arm. The man is able to move his arm away , seconds before the lioness' jaws would have snapped shut on his arm. He fires a plasma blast at the jungle cat, who leaps out of harm's way.

"And I am far worse than a lioness!" shouts out Zena following it up with a battle cry. She moves quickly toward the other officer [#1] and lands a jaw crunching uppercut before the man can even get a shot off. He is lifted off of the ground and lands ten feet away in the parking lot.  He is unconscious before he ever hits the ground.

This round....

Frank runs toward the melee, yelling, "NO!" As he reaches the melee, he says , "STOP STOP STOP! We're all on the same side here!"

"Then call this damn lion off of me!' says the second CAPE agent, who is readying another shot at Tolwynn who appears ready to pounce again.

Verve can also be heard yelling for Zena to stop, as he runs forward.

During the melee, Master Menagero, sprints on the outskirts of the others, coming up from the far side of the CAPE paddy wagon. He once again feels the powers of the Bio-Gen beast flood over him, and his features take on a neanderthal-like appearance.

As all of this is occurring, the other CAPE agents are sprinting forward to surround Zena. "Freeze! Do not move!" One of them shouts. They all have weapons drawn, and are prepared to fire if Zena  does not cooperate.

Kinetica flies above, watching the action, with drunken interest. She sees the various news crews moving in closer, giving play by play accounts of the action to the viewing public.

Roughneck answers the guard who spoke: "Why are you pointing your guns at Zena? Fella, you don't know what you're up against! Back off! We came here to help." Frank has no idea what started this mess, but wearing a uniform doesn't necessarily mean these men are to be trusted. [Again Frank holds his action, waiting to see what happens and hoping for the best. If anyone shoots, he will try to take away their gun. 5S for attack, 7D for dodge. Did all our cards change?]

Zena kicks at the guard about to shoot Tolwynn, giving off her throaty battlecry all throughout her combat. She seems to be smiling with glee. She does not seem to be trying to pull out her weapon of choice, vying instead for a more "hands on" approach. [4S for the kick; 8D for the dodge].

“Don’t mess with Metwas of Fortune or Super Fworce or whatever the hwell we’re called this week,” says Kinetica.  She expands her force field to encompass Zena, Roughneck,  and any other teammates that happen to join them. [Playing 8D if need be, 5A if she needs to dodge]

Menagero feels the strength course through his veins. "Grrrr-CHOO!" He giggles as he watches the crazy confrontation taking place. "Just like the old days." He knocks on the paddywagon. "How are you faring, BioBeast?"

Menagero hears the creature howl from the inide of the wagon.

[Michael, does MM plan on getting involved in the fray if the CAPE agents attack?]

"Zena Stop!" screams Verve.  Then to the assembeld CAPE agents, "She's a foreigner, she doesn't understand!" Suddenly  a brilliant idea flashes in his head. "She's a diplomat! She has diplomatic immunity! If you harm her you'll be dragging CAPE into a major political clusterfuck! Check your records for Zena. Z-E-N-A." Verve hopes his ploy works and that CAPE's records are up to date, if anyone even listens to him. Verve doubts it will work , but it is worth a try.

The sound of Zena's battlecry as she attacks, answered by the assembeled CAPE agents opening fire with their blasters, indicate that his ploy has failed.

[I want to give Joe a chance to post before I move this along.]

Zena leaps over Tolwynn, and lands a flying kick into the chest of the CAPE agent who was pointing his blaster at her lioness. The kick sends the man  hurtling backwards through the air and coming to an abrupt halt on the  lawn.

The other CAPE agents immediately take aim and are about to open fire on Zena. Roughneck, seeing this occur attempts to disarm the agent closest to him, but something takes over. Something cold, lethal and merciless...the Core. In a millisecond, computer schematics flash before Frank's eye's detailing all of the agent's weak points, suggested strike zones, appropriate combat maneuvers as well as the top five maneuvers with the highest likelihood of lethality. Frank chooses the top ranked maneuver, extending a dagger length laser from the back his hand and jabbing it just below the visor of the man's helmet. It cuts through the agent's body armor, sinking into his neck. The man drops like a stone. The computer indicates that the man is severely injured but not dead.

[Roughneck is in a frenzy. he failed to make his desperate Willpower action (20). Only by making a desperate Willpower action can you quell the rage. The core is also making you declare lethal attacks]

The remaining seven agents open fire  as kinetica swoops down to encompass Zena, Frank  and Tolwynn inside an expanded force field. The shots bounce harmlessly off of the force field, but the strain is too much for Kinetica and she immediately passes out. The forece field disappears as well.

A shimmering light envelopes all of the heroes, along with a slight lightheadedness. A moment later they find themselves on top of the Biogen building. [This includes everyone. even those not involved in the fray.]"Sorry for the surprise. i figure I needed to get everyone out of there quick" says Sci-Fi.

MM's powers shift again. This time taking on Kinetica's powers as she is closest to him.

Kinetica stirs from unconsciousness. Her head pounding like a drum. "Could you keep it down?" moans Kinetica, trying to get her bearings.  "I'm having like the worse hangover."

"What a freaking disaster" mutters Verve, shaking his head in disbelief.

Shouts of terror can be heard coming from inside Bio-gen.

"That sounds like Dr. Sheen yelling" says Verve.

Roughneck makes no reply as his computer core immediately scans the area and locks on to the CAPE agents below. They  are still unsure of the whereabouts of Meta-Force. He raises his arm preparing to fire on them with his laser.

"Oh, no," Menegero extends his Kinertica-esque forcefield to surrond Frank. "Roughneck is losing it..." 1A and 6I

As the forcefield surrounds Frank, he immediately turn his arm towards MM and is about to fire on him. With a tremendous force of will, Frank is able to overcome the computer commands telling him to kill his friend.  His brain feels like it is on fire and a small trickle of blood escapes his nose.

"What the hell is wrong with you!" Verve shouts at Frank. "and you to, for that matter," indicating Zena. "Those are federal agents! Welcome to America's Most Wanted!"

Zena sneers at Verve. More screams of terror from inside biogen interrupts Verve's tirade.

"We...must...do...something." says Sci-Fi, slipping into Shatner mode.

"Handle it." states Zena. She then draws her chakram to throw at Roughneck realising that he is out of control. "I'll handle him." Zena stops herself just before releasing the weapon at Frank's head. She can see in his eyes that he is no longer ready to attack Rupert or the CAPE agents. She holds her position just in case it's a ruse... in case he attacks anyone else. [6 A to dodge]

Frank looks at the others but doesn't say anything as he falls to his knees in pain. For maybe the first time, they see true fear in his eyes. He remembers everything that happened. His computer core had taken control--not of his mind, but of the cybernetic skeleton inside his body. The core had ordered the cybernetic skeleton to attack the CAPE agent, and it had--moving of its own volition and dragging Frank's body along with it. It was the worst sensation he'd ever felt, and extremely painful. He ached all over, his muscles torn from the movements of the machine his body is wrapped around. And now the core was doing its job as it always had, sending relief by causing his brain to secrete endorphins and regenerating his internal injuries. The shouts from inside Biogen barely register in his mind, and he makes no move. He sees Zena with her Chakram ready to throw, her brow creased in a V. He hears Verve's anger somewhere in the back of his attention.

Things are unraveling quickly. Kinetica shows up drunk, Zena attacks a federal agent, and Frank flips out, possibly killing one. Verve wonders what could possibly go wrong next. "So what do we do guys? Dr. Sheen is obviously in trouble. Do we try to save him, and hope we can talk our way out of the mess with CAPE or do we say screw it and call it a night? CAPE already knows who we are and  were we live due to being sanctioned heroes. It won't do any good to hide. They'll find us eventually. As much as I hate to say it we need someone to take charge here and try to salvage this mess.  Rupert, do you have any ideas? "

[As GM I cannot allow Verve go into a position of leadership. Or Sci-Fi for that matter, as I am running him until Joe can post regularly. If someone else wants to assume control of Sci-Fi to run him that would be great, since I can't really seperate GM from player knowledge. Well I can, but it is complicated. ]

Suddenly a loud crash, like shattering glass is heard and Dr. Sheen  can be seen flying  from a second story window
  of Biogen and landing on the lawn below with a loud thump. He lays still for a moment trying to catch his breath, then scrambles desperately to his feet, limping as quickly as he can away from the building.  "Help! it's trying to kill me!" he screams in terror. He is bleeding from several cuts and scratches

[He is not literally flying, more like he was thrown or jumped out. The window is very near the source of the original explosion]

The malevolent wind that passed through the crowd earlier can again be felt by the heroes and it  is blows past thems by in the direction of Dr. Sheen. The doctor looks back towards Biogen in horror and  is sudden;y plucked from teh ground by some unsen force. He hovers in teh air screaming, as bits of debris from teh explosion  also silently take to the air and begin pummeling him.

"Oh God!" *THWACK* "Somebody Help me!!" *THUD*

The remaining CAPE agents move forward to surround the doctor and are all simultanously knocked back in different directions by the unseen force. None of them stand back up once they are down.

Sci-Fi runs to the edge of teh building. "Innocents ...in ....danger...must ...take action!" he excalims as he vanishes in a flash of photons and reappears  on the ground near the doctor.

"I guess that's our que. Wait up Sci-Fi!"", says Verve grabbing hold of a pipe on the side exterior of teh building and slifing down it to the ground. Once there he pulls out his sketchbook and begins scribbling away

[Menagero does not register any metahumans near the doctor. Roughneck can discern a bizaree, unidentifiable energy field surrounding Dr. Sheen. The building is 3 stories high in case you were wondering]
Snapping out of his daze, Roughneck sees the energy field and tells the others: "There's something there, like an energy field. I dunno what it is." He takes aim with his laser, intending to shoot some of the debris that is swirling around and pummeling the doctor.
But before he fires, he hesitates. What if his core wakes up again? When he tried to disarm the guard, the mere intent to do so had triggered the core, and it could happen again. Frank lowers his arm and sags again to his knees, looking at Zena and Rupert and Kinetica, who are still nearby. "I can't do it," he mumbles.
 
MM runs toward the strange energy being. "I am not picking up any type of meta-human signature from this unseen force. Perhaps it is some sort of alien entity whose physiology is so abstract and different from our own...My hypothesis notwithstanding, this team needs a leader. No need to go back into the speeched of my early days but until someone comes up with a better idea, listen up!" MM stands next to Kinetica. "Kinetica (sober up, will you) and I will fly around the vicinity and see if we can contain this mysterious maelstrom in a giant force field. We will localize it around the injured doctor. Sci-Fi, the moment our field is activated, teleport the injured man free. The rest of you, get these injured CAPE agents out of here! Go, team, go!"
 
OOC: Toss my best cards. Hopefully, the team goes with this.
 
Roughneck, glad to have something to do other than enter combat, nods and moves to the closest CAPE agent, to get him away from the energy field. He will try to get as many as he can [can I get two of them with a contingent action--I have superspeed!?].

With her chakram at the ready, Zena watches Frank move into action. She is unsure how the CAPE agents will react to the reappearance of herself and Roughneck after the fight. Zena chooses to stand back and keep an eye on the scene. Should anyone attempt to attack Roughneck or the others, be it CAPE agent or other menace, she'll try to bring them down. Zena sends Tolwynn in to drag injured CAPE agents out of harm's way.

 [Use the most appropriate cards I have for my actions and dodge. My attack, if needed, will go at the first person to attacks a member of the team, be it Tolwynn, Kinetica or whoever.]
The heroes snap into action following, for the most part, Master Menagero's plan. Menagero flies near Dr. Sheen extending his force field, large enough to engulf the doctor and hopefully the unseen enemy. Sci-Fi teleports in, grabs the scientist, and re-materializes back on the roof of BioGen where Zena and Kinetica still stand.

Menagero can't be sure if the force field is containing the invisible foe or not, but there is still a large amount of wind and debris, floating about the area.

Verve, Roughneck and Tolwynn are busy dragging unconscious CAPE agents away from the scene. As Verve bends down to grab another agent, his sketchbook and pencil are suddenly ripped from his pocket by an invisible force. "Hey! Give that back. ' verve exclaims , chasing after it.

"Am I that wasted, or did Verve's pad just sketch itself," asks Julia.

 The pencil begins scribbling furiously across the sketchbook page.  The page is torn out, and shoved in front of Verve's face. Verve grabs the page silently then  reads it aloud for everyone to hear.

"Hey guys listen up!...It says 'I am Carson.I will die soon. Help Me. Must rejoin with body."

As if in answer to Verve's announcement, the Biogen Beast begins hammering at the sides of the CAPE paddy wagon with renewed vigor.

 Frank continues dragging CAPE agents out of danger, but he looks at the bio-beast's cage [visually--he has telescopic vision I think] to make sure the thing isn't about to bust out. If it does, he will stop dragging CAPE agents and try to stop the beast. [no card play necessary that I can see...] He hears Verve, and says to the others, "So what's that mean? Where's his body?" If there are other scientists within range of Frank's voice, he addresses the question to them as well.

Another message is quickly scrawled out on the pad. It reads: The creature is my body. Sheen tried to kill me.  Verve reads this aloud to the others.

"Hey  you guys!" Verve shouts to the rooftop where  Kinetica, Sci-Fi and  Zena stand with Dr. Sheen, "Make sure the good doctor doesn't run off! He's got some questions that need answereing!"

Dr  Sheen  looks around nervously at the trio, then suddenly makes a run for the rooftop doorway that leads to the stairwell.

Kinetica takes flight in pursuit.  When she gets close enough, she'll attempt to lift the good doctor into the air. (Play 4I natch, what with it being her only card).

Master Menagero follows Kinetica and extends a forcefield to block the stairwell. "Ah, ah, ah, bad doctor."
 
Zena watches Kinetica take to the air to go after Dr. Sheen. She has every confidance that Kinetica will catch him, but she decides to hobble the man to make sure he can't try to escape later. She hurls her chakram towards the back of his left knee. [4 A for the attack, 6 A if I need a dodge]

Verve grabs one of the CAPE agent's blasters and heads for the paddy wagon. He takes aim at the lock. "Get ready for action, Roughneck. I am unleashing this thing. Hopefully the two halves will know what to do"
 
"WHAT?!" There is near panic in Roughneck's voice as Verve's blaster goes off [I time it that way for dramatic effect]. Normally he would welcome a fight, but now he senses the core lurking beneath his conscious mind, waiting for a chance to awaken. He is loathe to give it that chance.
MM blocks the doorway, as Zena clips Dr. Sheen in the back of the leg with her chakram. He starts to fall but is scooped up and held aloft by kinetica.

Verve blasts the lock off the paddy wagon and the Bio-Beast emerges. It looks skyward, where the wind was blowing the most fiercely and seems to be listening to some unheard voice. It moves toward the wind, starting to glow. As it does so it begins to change. Changing  to a human sized male in his late 20's.  The man stands up in his tattered clothing.  "Thank You! You saved my life he exclaims to the heroes.  "Much longer and my soul would have evaporated. I'm Dr. Carson by the way. "

Sci-Fi teleports everyone back down to the ground nearby Verve and Roughneck.

Upon seeing this miraculous transformation the assembled press gang rushes forward mobbing the doctor and swamping him with a slew of questions. he is a bit taken aback by the attention but answers all of their questions.

"Dr. Sheen  and I have been working on a procedure that would isolate the human spirit so that we may answer one of the biggest questions of the universe. Does man have a soul?

Unfortunately, Dr. Sheen  was working for profit and glory, while I was working for the betterment mankind. Tonight, we got into a heated debate over this and  Dr. Sheen  pushed me  into the chamber designed to isolate the soul from the human body and activated it. It worked, separating my soul from my body, but transforming my body into a savage Neanderthal like beast.  I  knew right away in my disembodied form, that if my body and soul weren't recombined in a very short amount of time they would both cease to exist.  Unfortunately my body  went into a rampage and ran off, and my soul was somehow tied to the location of my death

Luckily for me, the heroes of Meta-force were here to save the day as well as preventing the loss of countless lives I may have taken in my beastly form. "

Sci-Fi  experiences a psychic distress call from his brother Luke. "Sorry guys, gotto go. Family emergency" he says and teleports away.

Zena moves over to Frank, he starts to put her hand on his shoulder, but then changes her mind. Instead, in her authorative voice she begins to speak, ignoring Sci-Fi completely. "Roughneck. I wish a moment of your time. Ineed to talk with you." Suddenly a flash goes off in Zena's face. A reporter takes a picture of Meta-force after their attention was directed there by Dr. Sheen.

Zena glares at the media for their interruption. A few more flashes sound off.
 
 
Frank, still shaken from his experiences this night, looks up at Zena and says, "Sure, anything for you Zena."
 
As the reporters turn their attention to the assembled members of Meta-Force, a great rumbling is heard and the skies turn a fiery blood red. The crowd goes quiet in confusion then mass hysteria breaks out.


[to be continued in the next turn... Everyone receives one XP for succesfully completing this adventure. A new one will begin shortly. Feel free to post any comments throughout this post. It is mainly just wrapping things up. Th eauthorities may stil have to be dealt withm, but it seems like there are more important dangers lurking on the horizon.]