Ch. 51 Out of Control (All)

[doc]

"Good point. OK. But we still need to figure out our next move" Tom replies

[foxx]

"Ah the middle east, great place for a nut job to perfect his people skills." Killing them of course, she could empathize with that.

"I think one plan if any is to find out what Wraith wants with these metas, if they are going after them for reasons other than law enforcement. I mean, they gotta put these guys somewhere after they catch them..."

[shiivster]

'don't know and don't care about where he stuff's them. most likely into a box and hides it in some store house. funny how that Doc had the baby and Wraith had her. sorry. more thoughts blurting.

'but unless he has someone that can find unknown Meta's .. i think he has to wait till one of htem does something 'obvious' .. me i can point them out to anyone to a degree. i sensed a few while we were looking for that Hospital place. not that that is gonna be much help.

'oh .. by the way .. i told her i'ld give her 3 days .. but i figure 1 is long enough. i talked to Britannia the other day. she seemed okay. not sure why you have us all panicked by her .. but that's not my business. no one says anything to each other, figured it was no one's business but my own. she helped me get my head on straighter about some things. that's all .. i have no clue if she's still about, sorry .. no point asking me anymore about her'

'other than that, i guess i can fill out that form ... ' *gives a weak half smile and resumes examining her fingernails

[Mierin]

A million thoughts are running through Alice's thoughts and she says absently "Yeah, a plan would be good."

Looking surprised, she looks over at Sierra and asks "You saw Britannia? Is she ok?" Realizing Sierra had already answered those questions, she nods "Thank you for telling us. Though no one should be keeping secrets that could negatively affect the rest of the team's safety and if anyone is, they shouldn't."

[dakota]

Mac gave Sierra a disappointed look, but replied," At least you told us now and didn't wait., but she is not a priority with the other situations we have to deal with."

" I've got the answer for that one." Janie butted in," I found a signed agreement between the city and Gulf Coast City for any prisoners to be shipped to Eagle Crest penetentiary, with a mention of dangerous to be further transferred to Gramercy Island in Century staion. I haven't found that agreement yet."

Avi smirked at Sasha's suggestion, but it faded at a dirty look from Jason. " I guess until we figure something out, I better just hang around here so I'm not a threat to the team."

" Now, for the part of the whole situation I'm not sure how you folks will respond." Mac rested his chin on his folded hands," We need to find a way to protect yur identities. I have some ideas, but I'm not sure how you will take them, so I want to hear your's first."

Jason piped in adamently," I'm not wearing spandex."

[jeflint]

"I'm not sure I'm comfortable hiding my identity," Sasha said. "I used to be a cop, that sort of the wrong impression one gets drilled into your head for 20 years. To serve and protect. It's hard to have faith in a man or woman in a mask."

[Mierin]

Alice smirks at Jason as she nods. "I have to agree with the no spandex comment. Spandex is not my friend." Looking at Mac, she says "I do agree with hiding our identities. The last thing we need is people finding out who we are and targeting our families if they don't like what we're doing." Looking at Sasha, she says "I get what you're saying, but most of us aren't cops. Besides," she says with a grin, joking "people always trusted Zoro and he wore a mask."

[doc]

"I usually wear a pair of tank goggles - plus, you know, being made of shiney metal is a helpful way of making myself hidden - I'm told flash photography produces ugly results with me." Tom shrugs "But yeah, no spandex - and no trenchcoats either - this is not the Matrix."

[dakota]

Jason leaned back as if checking Alice from behind," I dunno, spandex could be a good thing for some people after all." He grinned.

" I was thinking something a little more tactical," Mac replied, scowling slightly at Jason," and tactful. No one can force you to wear a mask, Sasha. my thinking was only to protect your identities and outside interests."

Avi leaned over and whispered to Sasha," Like your bar."

[foxx]

Angel rubbed the side of her face after learning that well, letting the bad guys go because they help you out isn't really a bad thing. "Hope that dosen't bite us in the butt."

She listens to the ideas banter about team customs. "We can go with the team uniform look, show organized we are, but the part where we might need to cover our identities. Take my word for what its worth; after working a lot of covert operations, wearing a mask dosen't really bring a lot of shame to the work your doing. It protects you and the people you care about having to deal with a lot of reprisals.

"It dosen't matter to me, I can change my face to whatever. Winona might racking up more criminal charges here in Miami." One of Angel many abuses with disguise function of her super soldier is pretending to be movie actresses. Mostly leading to awe and definitely lots of confusion. She wonders if Al-Qaeda is still looking to off Jane Fonda.

[sasqaricious]

"You know both have there merits and downsides. My daddy is certainly vulnerable down here but I doubt any one would easily find my mother. Maybe a team uniform would be a nice thing, and spandex definitely has it's humor points. I mean tossing some of the girls in spandex would definitely raise this groups popularity with the city. But that would mean the outfit would have to be the same for the rest of the group and I do not think anyone would enjoy that as much."

Deci unsure if it is proper or not decides to put her two cents in especially after hearing foxx speak!

[doc]

"Again - no on the spandex. I've been to Comicon - trust me, no one wants to go there. And I also would like to premptively turn down the black leather bodysuits because we are neither a biker gang nor a fetish club, and trenchcoats, because it doesn't inspire trust, and we are not in a 1930s noir film." Tom says.

[Dome]

Isamu listens to all the banter and ideas. He finally speaks up, "for some of us a costume is not as problematic as it may be for others. Some of us transform and while a mask, or costume may cover us normally, it may not survive the transformation. We also must make sure that whatever we choose does not limit us in anyway if we need to engage in combat."

He pauses for a minute and says, "whatever is decided it should be uniform for all so that we can be recognized as a group working together. Sierra did great work with the jackets she made for us. Perhaps just expanding on her design is all that is needed."

"Also I think we need to begin a training program. While some of us here have had formal combat training some of us were just thrust into this situation."

[shiivster]

*Sierra waits until things quiet down and then leans back with crossed arms. 'fine .. i'll get a couple more jackets made .. but it will take some time. most of my material is gone. and i'm not really happy to have to have a babysitter. can't be helped i guess.

'so .. can i sit out on the next meeting? .. i'm not in University or College, and as a result might not be thought of as having a brain. don't wanna bog any meetings down by sounding stupid. just tell me who i hit and i'll try. unless you want to wake up at 4 in the morning for an intensive workout .. i'll pass on the training bit too. i'll just keep training the way i have been. it's worked in the past. shows me that i'm useless in fighting. so unless i get a chance to dazzle with juggling .. i'm useless in a fight too.

'my big claim to fame is Business and Finance. i could most likely double or triple investments inside a month, but i'm only small time at that .. worked with 500 bucks at a time. but hey, that's gotta be small potatoes to you others that go to a recognized school. mine was Correspondence and home schooling for 5 hours a day 7 days a week 52 weeks a year.

'so .. that being said, i'll stop talking now. just know that i'm not mad at any of you. you just all have strange ideas of each other and only the ones that were going to the school seemed to talk to each other. i'm used to it, it's boring, but i'm used to it.

*she settles back and slides the gloves on over the scaled fingers. 'so ... when did you want to start training .. and how did you want to do it? i know tumbling and other activities from Circus life .. for fighting? .. no clue .. other than breaking some thief's leg with a kick ... and i don't think that's anything to write home about

[dakota]

" Sierra, everyones point of view is welcome at these meetings, be it educated from home schooling or Havard. " MacColter replied. " Use your expense cards when I get them to you to buy the materials you need to make more jackets. now, I agree no spandex or leather, but how does this suit you?" He asked as he reached down by his feet and pulled up a black one peice jumpsuit, held it up for a moment, then laid it on the table." It's called M-Flex. Don't ask where we got it from, but it's a flexible form of body armor. Just like clothing, " he pulled out a knife and tried to stab a hole into the material. It didn't puncture," but has enough protection to absorb alot of damage. Dress them up to how you folks want them and I'll have them orders. Tom and Isamu, I had Dmitri and Kristian try and their transformations was unaffected by the suit the same as if it were their regular clothes, but you would each have to try them."

Avi looked at Isamu and nodded," I think a training regimen where we draw off of each others experience would be best. The last thing we want is to draw more outside resources that may attract unwanted attention."