Ch. 47 Atlas ( Tom, Sierra and Sasha)

[dakota]

Ryne looked at Tom," Prefer not to ..., on second thought, maybe I should. A woman called Charisma got in my head and turned me on my team. That sort of messes up your head, and I came back home. you know, normal stuff." He stopped, pushing Tom around a corner, with a finger over his mouth. " Taipan." He whispered.


Avi looked at the pair and shook his head. " I'm still too groggy to follow you two. Feels better though. Thanks, Si. Sasha, I'm sorry to intrude like this."

sierra could feel another meta come in, but this one felt somewhat familiar. It was one of the three from Ryne's place. Sasha's monitor showed he had backup too, in the form of police in riot gear.

[shiivster]

*Sierra looks up at Avi 'one of them is here. just showed up in my range. i think we're gonna have to go. get your head thinking Avi .. i don't know what to do now'

*she says little now as she stares at the wall she senses the other Meta through. 'i ... ' *she goes quiet as she tracks the half familiar aura with her eyes.

[jeflint]

"I think a phone is the least of your worries," Sasha said looking at the monitor. "Tell ya what. Go take Avi to the basement; there's a lit I use to bring in the kegs. You can leave that way. It'll put you out in the alley again." She looks to Sierra. "Can they sense you like you seem to do?"

She eyes Sierra for a moment taking a good look at the girl. "I might be able to take Avi and run for it; keeping just out of range via flight; giving Avi more time to heal and you to make a get away. They can't kill us."

[shiivster]

*Sierra looks back at Sasha 'i'm really sorry we got you involved. i'll get us outta here and make sure there isn't a link back to you. to answer your second question, i wouldn't think so .. or they woulda hit here long before now. they're after Meta's to lock up and probably torture, just cause they got the power of the Mayor behind them now. they woulda been scooping every Meta up .. just cause.

'i can't let you take any more flak for us. they wanted a fight, and they've got backup this time. so no, i'll get us out of here. how high is your roof? i got a limited range to copy powers, but i might be able to reach there and try to wait them out for a while and then get away.

"i wonder .. ?' *looks at the comms and frowns*

[doc]

Tom appears confused. "Either you're really hungry for Vietnamese food...or I have no clue what you're talking about."

[jeflint]

Sasha nods at Sierra. "Well I've helped people heal before," she says. "It's not something I have a lot of experince with." She moves closer to Avi and begins to concentrate on healing him.

"I think it's only about 3 stories, so thirty or so feet," she says to Sierra's question. "Why thinking of mimicing my flight and jetting you an Avi away?"

((OOC: Help to heal avi with my divine healing.))

[shiivster]

'you've probably had more than me. not complaining mind you .. i'm not sure where to dump the power. Avi guided the power before. had someone try to show me how to guide it'

*mimics and tries to do as Kristian instructed. about flesh healing from the inside out to prevent any infections and to push unwanted items out of the body .. like the sand from his foot. eyes closed, she hears the 2 healing powers and seems to blend the two notes into a new note that is harmonious.

*she stops and looks about even as Avi's body responds to the double dose of energy. she studies the ceiling and stands up and moves to the desk. hopping up on it, she pokes the roof tile and examines the space. she's looking for a solid crawl space or rafters to use to hide for now. she doesn't trust the communicators. they got jammed once, maybe she is being tracked by them now because of them.

*she hopes there is a way out to a window so she can toss the comms into or onto a vehicle passing by and lead the 'bad guys' away on a false lead

[dakota]

" There's no way they are tracking our comms." Avi said, sounding more like himself. " These things have multi level encryption and trnsmit outside standard radio frequencies. Even if they have tracking gear, they'd have to know what to look for." He winked at Sierra," No more roofs, your last gymnastics display was enough for one day." He looked to Sasha," You better get out there. We'll stay close in case things get ugly." He looked back to Sierra," Let's get down in the cellar."


" No Taipan's a guy." Ryne's gravelly whisper was hard to make out. " Used to be on my team before he went rogue. No idea what he's doing here, but it can't be good."

He continued to try to urge Tom through the alley, when a aussie accent called behind them," Atlas, is that you? Never known you to be much for skulking around."

[shiivster]

*Sierra looks at Avi then snaps in an uncharacteristic manner 'saved your life .. didn't it?'

*she rubs her forehead 'its the stress .. thanks again for the breather Sasha .. we'll get out of your hair now'

*she looks at Avi and shrugs 'lets go then .. cause i'm outta ideas'

[doc]

"OK, what does he do? " Tom asks. "And what's he like? Show me."

[dakota]

Ryne muttered under his breath," he's got the personality of a snake, along with the traits and poison to go with. You're metal form should protect you, but don't touch him just in case. No idea who his companion is."

Taipan again shouted at them, " It's not nice to whisper, mate. Can be downright rude."

Ryne scowled. " What do you want?"

" Why to place you under arrest for murder, and your friend for aiding and albeitting. Along with Avi and your other friend when Fusion catches up with them."

Ryne looked to Tom, " Good they got away."

* * * * *

" Yes it did," Avi replied," and I'm grateful." He got to his feet with ease, obviosly feeling better.

[jeflint]

"No problem," Sasha said with a smile. "That's sort of why I'm here. To provide a breather for Metas." She indicated the way to the cellar and then stepped out to the bar where Mario and her customers were.

"Sorry about that," she said when she joined her tender again.

[doc]

Tom stands between Taipan and Ryne. "Now, you see, this is a problem, because he's in federal custody, as in me. And last time I looked, that trumped your Mayberry Tin-star appointment. So, unless you'd like federal indictments to come crashing down on that melonhead of yours, you'll scamper off to the nearest Dunkin Donuts. Or Crispy Creme, I'm not picky."

[dakota]

" No problem Boss," Mario replied as Sasha joined him," these nice officers were just telling how we have a fugitive mutie problem in the neighborhood."

The leader of the group, with the name Fusion on his jumpsuit, scowled. " As I was saying to your smartmouthed bartender, we are looking for a pair of escaped fugitives who helped a wanted murderer escape custody. They..." he continued on, describing Avi and Sierra perfectly.


" Really. Then prehaps you had better look again, because you won't find your precious Control listed anywheres as an official government agency." Taipan replied, smiling curtly. He held up a signed document," and we have a judge signed arrest warrant, mate."

" so step aside, tin can, or you can join him." Added Taipan's companion, whose nametag read Arc.

" I'm not going anywheres with you two." Ryne said bluntly

[doc]

Tom raises an eyebrow. "Right. Well, I was going to say you should be smart enough to know better, but seeing as you need nametags on those fancy longjohns in order to remember what to call yourselves when you actually step out in public dressed like that, I guess not. Let me put it another way - he just said no, and I'm not inclined to disagree. Do you think that a pave-rave is in your best interests?"