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Posted by Cap
on 4/2/2009, 9:30 pm, in reply to "A New Begining Pt 1"
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New York City, Avenger’s Mansion
“Sid please run a diagnostic on docking bay door 3,” Vision sends the command directly into the mainframe via his hardline link. He sits in the new command center of the Avenger’s mansion that is still currently under reconstruction. The automated construction droids had been working day and night over the last couple days and it was going to take a lot longer to finish. The mansion had been left in total ruins except for some of the underground levels by an attack. An attack by the woman Vision had once called his wife.
“Right away sir,” the automated voice responds. A progress bar pops up on the screen and begins to count upwards. Vision’s thoughts drift to Wanda. He hadn’t seen her in over three years, as far as he knew no one had. After the tragic events were Wanda had lost her sanity and destroyed the mansion, she had disappeared off the face of the earth. Even her father claimed he had no idea were she could be.
“Sir I am registering an anomaly in lower quadrant three of the sub basement level.”
“Analyze the signature and bring up video.”
“Processing,” the computer voice replies. “Video is unavailable due to electromagnetic interference. Short range scans are unavailable due to fluxing power surges. Preliminary long range scans indicate a special anomaly of unknown origin. How would you like to proceed?”
“Try to restore power to the area as soon as possible. I am going to attempt to investigate.” With that Vision leaves the console and makes his way to the door. “Keep me apprised of any change in the situation,” he calls as he exits.
The stainless steel hallway is lit buy rows or overhead fluorescent bulbs. As Vision makes his way down the hall the lights flicker momentarily. The security light along the wall spring to life even as the lights flash off and back on. In the distance an alarm begins to sound.
“Sir the anomaly is growing in size and increasing in power. Scans indicate that the disturbance has similar energy signature to time displacement.”
“I need you to send out a level 2 security call to priority one individuals detailing the situation.”
“Until the event subsides it appears to be interfering with external frequency transmissions.”
The news lends speed and concern to Vision as he makes his way to the other end of the basement. He phases through several walls to save time and stops just short of his goal. The lights suddenly stop flickering although the alarm still blares.
“Report,” Vision calls.
“The event has ended except for some residual energy. I cannot restore full power to the area but my scanners indicate a single human life form inside the room.”
Vision makes his way along the hall, diverting additional energy to his sensory array. Ahead he cane make out the sound of a low groaning coming from ahead. He sends a charge to the circuits that emit his heat beams and round the corner. A familiar form lays slumped on the floor struggling to stand.
“Vision,” a voice croaks as the form slumps to the floor unconscious.
“Nathaniel…”
Meanwhile, Elsewhere in New York
“Who the f^%k is the newbie,” Mammoth asks, a leering smile on his face. He stares across the room at Surge as she sits with her arms folded across her chest. He makes a rude gesture with his tongue at her that draws a frown from Nori. Surge flicks a finger in Mammoth’s direction and sends a jolt of electrical current into the mountainous man’s abdomen. It singes his shirt but draws little more than a laugh.
“You must excuse my brother, he has no class,” Selinda Flinders replies.
“Not everyone can be a gentleman like me,” Gizmo says running an oversized comb through his hair. As the comb moves though his hair, the color changes from reddish to blond. A wide grin splits his face as he runs it through his beard changing it blond as well.
“Why don’t we spend less time flirting with the new girl and maybe try to figure out why we are here,” Jinx says. The five sit in the non descript basement of a run down dive bar on the lower east side. Each one had a letter delivered earlier in the day with two pieces of information. The first was an account number for a Swiss bank account and pin code to remove the 100,000 dollars in it. The second piece of information was the notice for this meeting with the promise of an opportunity to make much greater.
“I scanned the envelope I received, it was clean as a whistle. I did a scan of the people as I came in upstairs and there weren’t any major hits. My server has access to almost every known criminal database you can think of.”
“Only an amateur would show himself,” Nori replies.
“You are quite correct Miss Ashida,” a voice calls from the stairway. The man making his way down the stairs looks like a homeless man, his clothes a dirty mish mash of whatever could be scavenged. His hair and beard are equally unkempt and dirt smudges his face. “Don’t let my appearance deceive you, I am you contact here.”
“I think contact with some soap is advisable,” Shimmer adds.
“If play time is over I have much to discuss with you all if you are interested.” He gives them all a chance to reply before he continues. “I have been employed in the capacity of a go between to make an offer to you all. I represent a client who wishes to hire all of you to act as his agents. Your missions will vary and each one of you will be paid a substantial amount.”
“That sounds a little bit vague don’t you think,” Gizmo asks.
“Until I receive an answer from you all, I am not allowed to give you and details.”
“I’ll bet I could get a few answers out of him,” Mammoth muses, cracking his knuckles to emphasize his point.
“Let me assure you even someone of your limited mental ability will understand that it would not benefit you in any way to attempt this course of action. My knowledge of my employer is extremely limited and would avail you nothing. Let me also assure that there is more to me than meets the eye and I will defend myself.”
“You have to excuse my brother, he has taken to many blows to the head over the years. I can speak for us both when I say we would like to learn more about this opportunity.”
“I’m in as well,” Gizmo replies.
“I don’t see any reason to refuse,” Jinx adds. There is silence as everyone turns to stare at Surge who sits quietly in the corner with her back against the wall.
“We’re waiting Xman,” Mammoth snarls.
“I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t interested,” Nori replies.
“Very good,” the man replies reaching into his pocket. He produces a travel disk for the computer and tosses it to Gizmo. “Your first assignment is on that disk and the access code is 7b4kiu13. Any information you are to be given is on that disk I can’t answer any questions.”
With that the man turns and exits via the stairs the same way he entered. As the door closes silence fills the room before Gizmo speaks.
“I can pop this thing in my laptop,” he says retrieving one from a backpack. He turns it on and everyone moves closer as it boots up. He slides in the travel disk and enters the password when prompted on the screen. “The password is a nice touch but I could have broken it.”
“”Shut up and see what it says…”
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