Ch. 56 Track Down (all)

[dakota]

" Come on, we'll both follow him." Kristian suggested as he started to get up. " This place will still be here, and the others will be a while."

* * * * *

" Relax." Ryne replied," They won't be the first people to judge me. Or the last."

When the two of them reacvhed the back yard, Deci's father was pouring a glass of lemonade for his mother, her electric scooter parked in the shade of the yards large willow tree. Deci grandmother turned and eyed their approach. " Deci, darling, how are you? Come give me a hug!" Deci's father took a seat. " And who is this monster you lugged home with you?"

* * * * *

Inside the cage was even more high tech gadgetry than it looked like from outside. Cerebro took the only seat, a chair on a rail that could go completely around the room. He counted the money, then tucked it in his tight pant's pockets. " so I found a wired cash exchange from city council to this Chassity Pembrose you gave me to search for. No real details, but it's signed off by an Arnold Mears. did a little searching for him, quite a piece of work ."

" Yeah, we know him.." Jason said. " That's it?"

" Did I say that was it? Relax, enjoy the moment." Cameron said. " I also found records of Miss Pembrose checking in and out of five different hospitals over a two week span, all of them overnight stays for observations. Looks like a case job to me."

Jason looked at Alice," That's how she knew how to get into the operating room."

Cameron raised a brow. " Whatever. and to top it all off, she picked up a package from the fed ex depot downtown. no contents listed other than medical supplies."

Jason ground his teeth slightly," An address?"

Cerebro handed off a piece of paper," Of course. Happy hunting. Anything else?"

* * * * *

" Guess that's why you get to be leader." Dmitri said to Isamu as Avi moped back to sit in the hummer.

[doc]

"Let's just find him and Beth. That's all that matters." Tom grunts.

[sasqaricious]

Deci walks up to her Grandmother and crouches down to give her a hug, before she realizes that she probably should of worn one of her newer outfits as she knows the comment that is going to come for being in jogging pants and a sweat shirt. She still goes through with the hug and then steps back so both of them are in her periferal vision (Father and Grandmother).

"Grandmother. Daddy. This is Ryne and he is a friend that has come to back me up on something I have to explain to you. I have not told you all that had happened to me in Antarctica in my letters and actually it is why I have not been home yet. It is to say in the least a long story but to make it short and I want you to brace yourselves. While I was on the ice checking the Empire Penguin population that a meteor hit the ice beside me burrowing itself down to the water and taking me with it."

She pauses for a second before continuing. "It seems to have done something to my DNA structure, and well long story short." She pours herself a glass of lemonade and out of the air creates 3 ice cubes for it and hands it over to Ryne! "Here you go Ryne!"

"When I got back I wound up trying to save an individual and got kinda hired for a team of others like me!" She looks up at the two of them to see what their response is.

[Dome]

"Avery," Isamu says, "I did not mean for you to wait in the car, I mean for you to cover us from range."

Isamu turns and tries not to shake his head as he begins walking into the building. 'thought I was dealing with adults. Unbelievable that Jason and Avery always react like children, yet they are two of our most experienced agents,' he can't help but think to himself as he walks in.

[shiivster]

Sierra grins at Kristian then waits for him to join her and then follows the strange man that almsot seems kinda familliar . . .

[dice=20] JIC
[dice=100] JIC[rand=87133984256549501184354792632297293104460811499175525853437631126]

[foxx]

"Oi vey..." Sara says as she takes up six on Isamu as they head inside. She looked about to see what the area held in case they had to slug it out with Rags, which was not a promising prospect considering events the other night. If the guy could shrug off the best blows generated by her exo-skeleton.

Detect Ambush: [dice=100] /55%, pass
Cyberhearing: [dice=100] /40%, pass
Height sense of smell; recognize orders: [dice=100] /75%, pass[rand=5243551908232217862122469416728163931144011315992285378160910697]

[dakota]

Judging by the car and SUV's in the driveways, they were in an upper class neighborhood made up of town houses. There were eleven of them on the block. " Third one from this end, guys." Janie's voice came over their band-adios " Rags still hasn't moved "

On the mailbox next to the door is the name A. Radinsky. Of course the door is locked.

With her sensitive hearing, Sara could hear sobbing from upstairs in the townhouse.

* * * * *

" December, what are you saying?" Her father said aloud, shaken.

Her grandmother turned to face Deci, her tone darkening. " I'll tell you what your daughter is saying. She one of those freaks you see on the news every night."

" Mother. Please, let her talk."

The old woman continued. " Freaks. The whole works of them are no good for anything but causing mayhem."

Arthur looked at Deci and Ryne," Let's go inside and talk sensibly. Away from old people that should be in a home." He turned Deci back towards the house, where she could see a mischeivious look on Ryne's face.

Behind them, Deci could hear her grandmother cry out. Her chair had tipped over somehow. Ryne placed an arm around Deci to comfort her as her father went to his mother's aide. The big man spoke softly," It's okay. This is better than my family reacted. I don't think anyone will shoot at us here."

* * * * *

As Kristian got to Sierra's side, she remembered where she had seen the face before. The picture was younger, but it was definitely him amongst the other wanted posters on the wall of the rest stops she had seen on her way to Miami.

[foxx]

Sara perks up as she hears the sobbing.

"Okay, i'm picking something up in there. Sounds like someone is crying upstairs. Don't hear anything else though... so if big boy is in there obviously he's gotten to her first and could be waiting for us too."

She looks to the rest for their opinions. Then looking to see which window to the room she hears the sobbing from.

[doc]

Tom looks at Isamu. "So, in by force or stealth?"

[shiivster]

"Kristian? .. that's a wanted man. his face is on posters. i saw them on my way in. he's a little older than his picture, but it's him"

*she rubs at the side of her eye and wonders if this is really a good idea to be following him. she tries to recall more but it seems to slip her memory just now. she pulls out her cellphone to call the house instead of using the bandio

'Janie? we're following a wanted man. posters are old now, but they were on bus stops leading into Miami. he's a Meta and headed our way after leaving City Hall. he's *gives a quick rundown on height weight hair and eye color. she even tries to give any obvious scarring or other identifying marks* that's it. oh he's turned a corner, hope i haven't lost him .. gotta go, bye'

*she flips the phone about and looks up at the building across the street as she nears the corner and takes a picture of it. 'wow, i just can't believe some of these buildings. they're so .. clean compared to other places ... '

*she shifts to catch a picture down the steet where the guy would be and takes another shot. she hopes the guy might have turned around and was trying to get a face on.

[dice-20] JIC
[dice=100] JIC[rand=648408857588528759248216401324672083453878809282738444906615339436]

[sasqaricious]

Deci does break away from the two to head back to her Grandmother, tears in her eyes. Not caring if she accepts it or not she helps her put the scooter back right and tries to put her grandmother in the chair again.

"I don't care if you hate me or not, as there is nothing I can do!"

Regardless if her Grandmother accepts the help or not she leaves and follows the rest in. (She knows she is a stubborn old coot)

She still has slight amount of tears trailing down her face but loss of control of her powers causes the tears to freeze as soon as they fall from her eyes. After
a moment she manages to compose herself enough to stop crying and reels in her cold affecting temperature.

"You know Ryne I am glad you came with me. This may make it easier, even if only a fraction!" She smiles back at him.

[Dome]

Ismau says, "Can you open the door with your abilities over metal? I'd prefer to remain concealed with surprise on our side for as long as possible." He pauses and tilting his head he looks at Sara, "I am sorry, but what are your abilities? I know you have quite a bit of tactical experience as does Avery." He says turning to make sure Avery is there as well, "How would you two recommend we go into this?"

[foxx]

Sara sigh just a little, it was a little late in the hour to be asking what she could do.

"I tell you later after we get the girl. I don't trust who might listening right now. I suggest we go through the front door and see what kind of surprise dirt bag is going to drop on us, or you guys go inside and I go up to the roof and work my way inside."

[Dome]

Isamu nods, "Dimitri and Avery, Cover the back door. Sara can you check for access from the roof, we will come in through here. Once we breach we do not stop until we get to Tom's friend. If we hesitate, he may have time to hurt her."

[dakota]

" Gotcha." Avi gave a thumbs up, and he and Avi started down and around the corner, leaving Tom, Sara and Isamu out front.

* * * * *

" Leave me alone, child." Deci's grandmother protested though accepted the help. The old woman wiped the ice chunks from Deci's face. " I don't hate you, child. It's just a suprise is all. This is your mother's fault , isn't it?"

" Mother!" Deci's father snapped," December just said it had something to do with a meteorite. Leave June out of this!"

Ryne could only shake his head.
* * * * *

" Okay sierra, I'll see what I can dig up" Janie replied

The man did in fact turn around for a moment, long enough for Si to get her picture. Then out of no wheres, a van came to a halt and several police officers in body armor leapt out, causing the meta to run.

" Great, what do we do?" Kristian said, stopping Sierra so they wouldn't be noticed.