Ch 6: Tracking a Tracking Tracker (All)

[kurff]

"Read you." Arcadian responds and goes in. He parks the cart and safe as he can and goes in.

[Renekin Skywalker]

Everyond can hear the coming sirens.

Still dead in front of the door, Power Armour deftly uses his phone/message/pager/X3000 Touchscreen (because hey, it's the future!) to mass-return a message to Karson: Guy tailing me called cops. Have him here but he no talk. TS wants holding. Advice = yay. Hope UR good. TTYL PA. All team members get this message.

Arcadian can see PA's in armour form, blocking the door.

Tharsis can see the cops coming. SPM is still on the far side of the street.

[dakota]

" Get a move on, Socky." Tharsis warned, glancing at the message from PA. " We've got half a precinct coming by the looks of things. More likes than in the Thanksgiving Day parade"

[Dome]

Kendall says, "look I don't want any trouble. You insist I come with you. I insist I did nothing wrong, atleast nothing you have proof of, except me asking questions you obviously don't want answered."

Kendall dials his phone again this time for Dorset's private #. As soon as he hears an answer he says, "Its Kendall, send a lawyer and a news crew to my current location," before hanging up he gives Dorsett, his secretary, or voicemail, whoever answered, the address where he currently is.

[Renekin Skywalker]

"Any question I ask, I want an answer to. How else will I learn new things?" Troubleshooter asks.

"And Proof exists. We have you on film, waiting so patiently, talking to the fellow in the alley, nearly running Mr. Hanger over. We'll watch it together." Troubleshooter says.

The team receives a message while Kendall calls Dorset. "Police are advised to follow your lead."

"Look, I'll do what I can, but just don't cause too much trouble." Dorset says. "My experience with the police has always been better when I don't provoke them. I'll send the lawyer right to your preccinct. Up to you how you answer them."

(Actions?)

[Dome]

"Make sure the news crew is outside the building in the next few minutes. Apparently Century Stations newest Hero team has laid a trap for little old me. I want the news to see how useful these guys are."

He looks at Troubleshooter. "Sure we can watch together, me, you, and my lawyer. I'm still not sure what the charge is though."

[Renekin Skywalker]

The looming threat of a lawyer, or the news crew did little to phase him. Power Armour however, tightened his strangle hold on the exit.

"Alright then." Troubleshooter taps his radio (Kendall picks it up on his cyber-dealy) "Everyone, to the house. Don't spook the cops. Let me speak to them first. Tharsis, you're the most recognizable. I need you close to the front door. Arcadian, Sock-puppet-man, you're still the safety net. Windchill, you can bring up the rear."

And he waves PA to open the door. "Our chariots await." He says to Kendall.

[kurff]

Arcadian still near the hot dog cart smirked figuring the target was playing hard to get. If he were still resistance he'd get Rhys or Theia to handle it.

Looking to spot SPM the magician figured all Dimensions and realities had the hideous monsters of some type...

[Dome]

Kendall makes no overt moves. He really hasn't done anything so he isn't worried at all. He follows them out to the waiting vehicles. On the way he says to The man whose name he still doesn't know, "want to handcuff me?"

[dakota]

" Copy, On my way down." Tharsis replied, spreading his wings to glide down to wait by the front door. He wasn't too keen on making himself an easy target, but followed the instructions. As his wings folded behind him, he called again," On the front step. If the cops shoot at me, I'm gonna get annoyed."

[Renekin Skywalker]

Even as Tharsis glides to his landing, the police careen around the corner, coming to a halt in front of him. The officer in the car looks at him, to the monitor, then THarsis again. Saying something into the radio, he gets out. "What's the situation?"

"So long as we don't need them, we won't use hand cuffs." Troubleshooter says.

[Dome]

"Make sure the tow truck driver treats my truck right. That's my livelihood," Kendall says as they head out the door towards the waiting police cars. In his mind he goes over the possibilities, 'I can run, and they would never catch me. I could stay and say nothing, and still get out because well what are they going to charge me with, being a groupie? I can let them into what I am doing and see if they can help. For now, I'll go with them. No reason not to.'

[dakota]

Tharsis was a little nervous as he replied to the officer. " We'll be taking a suspect with us. As far as I can tell, he's the one that called 911, he didn't know what he was getting himself into." He had purposely left his comm open so the others would hear him. " We have everything under control, you can contact your dispatch and stand down your fellow officers."

[Renekin Skywalker]

"Alll...right..." Says the officer. The order took a minute to process. Then he said into his shoulder mic that the situation was under control. "What else needs doing?" He asked.

At about the same time, Arcadian (still disguised as a vendor) and SPM had come across the street, and Troubleshooter, PA and Windchill were coming out with Kendall....

The media didn't make it there in time.
Fast forwarding!

Kendall finds himself alone in a classic questioning room. Sound-proofed because they had learned about his cybernetic upgrades. No charges were yet laid. The police were tight-lipped... probably expecting Kendall to make the first slip.

The rest are watching Kendall's investigation. Troubleshooter seemed very interested. "He's no pro. He must be doing some kind of favour. If he really wanted Power Armour, he would have expected an ambush, and waited until he could get him alone."

"Or maybe he's a fan." Power Armour says. "I have a fan!"

"Well, golly, I still can't get past that he said Power Armour is some kind of cyborg. I thought he had natural powers." SPM adds to the conversation.

[Dome]

Kendall sits patiently. Every time someone comes in and says something to him he simply says, "lawyer."