Log:Blast From the Past, Scene 1

Blast From the Past 2018/01/22 	 Annie Amelia Daemon Oni Null Victory

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Locke Business Park

Once this was a site of heavy industry, when the nearby shoreline was endless wharves; then it was all but abandoned when that industry failed and the industrialist Locke was all but forgotten. Now Locke Business Park has come to be known as the technology center of town. With its manufacturing companies, as well as retail businesses, it draws people from all over Colonial Bay to purchase the latest in high tech. And unlike in the old days, the streets are clean and bright.

The main road is Locke Circle, which sweeps in a crescent to meet Golden Sands Road in both the north and the east.

100 Locke is a new office building being constructed on a plot that was once another of the failed industrial businesses in the area. When complete, it will be 10 stories of office space for Colonial Bay's tech companies. But for now, it's still under construction, with workmen walking the skeletal frame of the building as a crane lifts some heavy machinery to the top.

Kra-ka-KOOOM! A sudden explosion rocks the area, accompanied by a blinding flash of light. The light is cast from a giant metallic egg that has appeared at the base of the construction. The egg is roughly the size of an automobile, and it glows white with intense heat. The steal beams of the office building begins to buckle as does the base of the crane.

Mercifully, none of the construction workers were near the center of the blast; however, a number of them are currently in harms way. The crane operator calls for help from the crane's cab. A work crew is stuck on the top floor of the structure. Almost a dozen workers are scattered about the ground level of the site, knocked flat by the explosion.

Annie is doing one of her usual, normal things: flying back from the sand and fun of the bay for the food and fun of city proper. How annoying it is that the boardwalk is closed down just because it's January! Her dullsville trip is spiced up by the explosion, though, and flash of light! Fun! And shiny!

She banks and tucks her wings to take her explosionwards to see what all the anx is about.

Amelia was already at the Industrial Park. She now owns three of the Units located there, those Units dedicated to producing the 1950's style classic browstone bricks needed for the building she's having errected in Old Town. The explosion brings her out of Unit 7 to see what is happening.

There is something to be said for the city, and the ability to use one's powers freely and without any worry about being hunted for the doing of which. As such Oni is flipping through the city, swinging on energy whips that he sends out from surface to surface granting him a clear path through the city at breakneck speed, faster than most vehicles can go on the surface levels. When there is the explosion nearby at the construction site, Oni changes course to swing in that direction and lands on a nearby rooftop across from the construction site to survey the scene and get an idea for what's going down.

Null gets an alert on his comms while on patrol. Two, actually. First from Daemon, routing him to the work site accident for a chance for practicing his rescue skills. The second from the police band on the accident. He zips up his black jacket and flips up his hood, mask and voice modulator already in place. A short time later, the masked crusader swings from a grappling gun line, arcing down sharply before going in a steep upswing. His line disengages and he flips at the top of his arc before landing in a nimble three-point stance, landing atop the crane cab so lightly, the operator may not realize he's there. He reaches for his utility belt. Search and rescue? There's something in here for that. He pulls out a piece of tech that flips out into a carbon-fiber mask with lenses and fastens it to his face.

Victory was the only SGG member on call at the time, so he's dropped off at the edge of the construction site by a SG hovervan. He jumps out and slaps the side of the vehicle to indicate they can take off.

Victory runs into the construction site, trying to figure out what's going on. He turns on his shield, just in case it's going to be necessary.

The Spyder, Daemon is exiting a facility near by- a small start up manufacturing carbon nanotubes and then turning a profit by selling their materials for a relatively reasonable markup while still undercutitng a doen of the largest wholesalers on the market.

He was impressed with their facilities and was about to do some 'background research' on the CEO, CFO & CTO before deciding whether or not to become an investor. That was when the metal egg made n appearance and everything went to hell.

He sent a calm and casual message to Hunter and then finangles his way out of the meeting and into an unused stairwell as his three-piece suit becomes his much more spidery nanosuit and then swings his way toward the site.

Sseeing the structures melt and warp- Daemon goes about trying to reinforce the crane with his webbing.

Daemon drops low as he nears the work site so the arc of his swing will get him as high as the laws of physics & his super-strength will allow for. As soon as he hits tha tpoint- he releases and corkscrews in the air as he analyzes his surroundings to find the best place to web up the leaning crane currently holding his partner and the operator in a perilous situation.

By the time he's completed his circuit he's already got a plan in the works and a target location to move to- about 3 stories higher on the building across the way.

He shoots his webline and yanks himself it a position that is 10 stories off the ground (25m). He clings to the building and spools up his gauntlets to get to work.

Null looks around for his partner and sees him already angling to provide some support. But the people stuck at the top seem in the most danger. Those below can get up and scatter. He looks for a solid section of the roof and aims his grappling gun. He radios to Daemon as his line sends him flying up. <> He comes up to the top beam and hops onto one of the supports near the trapped crew. "Are you people alright?" He asks, his voice modulated to sound deeper and more ominous than his usual voice. Great for bad guys. Not so much for civilians.

"What the hell is going on?!" shouts one of the workers at the top of the building, to Null. "Who are you?" one asks. Another demands: "Get us the hell out of here!"

On the top of the building, the work crew consists of six men and women, currently holding onto the skeletal structure of the building to avoid falling.

Annie drops near to ground level as she arrives at the site and looks around for the new, the interesting, or even just the obvious. Like giant glowing eggs. "Arid! That looks new..." Maybe its the avian traits currently manifested, or it's shiny, ...or maybe it's just Annie. She glides her way towards the egg. If the chicken didn't land, first, then she's just solved one of the universe's biggest mysteries!

Oni has gotten a sense of the situation, watching the various meta's and capes fly into action so to speak but there is one thing he might be able to do that others may not... It's worth a shot. "We need to move the foreign object!" he calls out to the others from behind his mask and then snaps one hand out towards a good structure, a pale blue energy lash forming out of the palm of his hand and wrapping around a support beam so that he can swing down towards the 'egg'. At the closest part of the arc he snaps his right hand out towards the egg and sends another energy whip towards it, trying to wrap around it and pull it up and away from the structures it is melting... if it's not to heavy!

Oni manages to wrap an energy whip around the 'egg' but is unable to move it! He grunts with annoyance as he is still swinging away, feeding more energy into the 'whip' to make sure he keeps hold of it, at least, to try again in a moment, "It is heavier than it looks!" he calls out to the others.

Amelia takes in the situation in a rapid glance. There are heroes on the scene. So she figures to give them more time. Wings form on her back as she starts casting spells. A powerful flap of the wings lifts her from the ground and towards the construction site. Once airborne she casts again and a ray of frosty sub-zero cold shoots from her extended fingers. She moves the impact point, spreading the chill over the steel beams closest to melting due to the incandecent metal egg. "That won't give more than a few seconds extra support." she calls out. "We need to get the people off the steel frame as first priority. Call me if there are serious injuries. I'm a healer."

The metal egg melts some, losing it's perfect shape. Some of the metal pools on the ground around it. It's still radiating incredible amounts of heat.

"Gather up, guys," Null instructs as they panic to get off the ledge. He pulls out some slack from his grappling gun. "I'm going to tie this around you and lower you down quick, so work with me, here." He's still looking for easier options, but this is a quick fix.

One of the construction workers nods to Null and steps forward, ready be lowered down.

Amelia's blast of ice is enough to stop further damage to the beams immediately surrounding the egg.

Null ropes one up easily as he complies with his commands. Making sure he's secure, he braces against a beam and starts lowering him down. He gets him ten meters to start, slowly adding slack to the line to control the man's descent. "It may be faster for me to carry the next lot down," he lets the others know to be ready.

"Ok," says one construction worker. "Got it!" another replies. They seem on board with Null's plan.

Daemon responds to his partner.

<< I thougth that looked weird. >> Even virtuallized, the snark is very appearant. << So what's the- oh. Looks like we've got someone on it. >> He updates as he see's Oni's whips connect to the egg. He frowns as Oni struggles to move it alone. << Scratch that- he's going to need some help and I'm a bit indisposed dealing with this crane. >>

He shoots a couple of lines towards the crane to attach to the building, with the other hero's showing up there might be a chance they get out of this with all lives saved. He hopes that's the outcome, but Daemon is a pessimist even on a good day.

Despite communicating over radio with Hunter, Daemon moves in silence. Weaving the tails of the two lines together, even as their heads sail across the gulf between.

Daemon achors the web and repeats the process again just to be sure.

The crane's swaying is halted and as he pulls the second line taut the crane is pulled back just a hair more.

<< How are things on the roof? >> He asks as he leaps off the roof and swings towards Hunter's location to help with the saving of citizens.

Daemon achors the web and repeats the process again just to be sure.

The crane's swaying is halted and as he pulls the second line taut the crane is pulled back just a hair more.

<< How are things on the roof? >>

Null keeps on lowering the construction worker. "Almost down..." He encourages as he calls down. He subvocalizes over his comms with Daemon <>

Annie blinks as energy thingies grab hold of The Egg and she looks to where they're coming from. "Hey! We were lookin at that!" Seems The Egg didn't like that, and now it's ...melting? Waves of heat and spatters of molten The Egg Stuff hit her, sizzling her flesh in spots. She doesn't notice that much, but thankfully her flesh does, and helpfully, instantly regrows where needed. "Hey! Could be totes hatching, you know," she calls to the ... jogger in the Halloween mask. This line of thought expands: eggs are sat on to keep warm; this egg is super hot; ergo, to make it that way, it must've been warmed by one mega hot a...nd she knows who has the hottest. They could be related!

"Leggo our egg!" Annie settles to the ground, proper, and her wings desolidify and coalesce into two pair of fleshy tentacles as all of her skin darkens. They reach out to grab the egg and move it her way (which is still probably away from melting buildings).

Victory runs over to the center of the workers still on the ground floor, shouting encouragment to them to fleet, "Get up! Clear the area! Come on...let's go, let's go!"

Victory gains the attention of the workers on the ground, reaching them through the collective panic.

Annie blinks as energy thingies grab hold of The Egg and she looks to where they're coming from. "Hey! We were lookin at that!" Seems The Egg didn't like that, and now it's ...melting? Waves of heat and spatters of molten The Egg Stuff hit her, sizzling her flesh in spots. She doesn't notice that much, but thankfully her flesh does, and helpfully, instantly regrows where needed. "Hey! Could be totes hatching, you know," she calls to the ... jogger in the Halloween mask. This line of thought expands: eggs are sat on to keep warm; this egg is super hot; ergo, to make it that way, it must've been warmed by one mega hot a...nd she knows who has the hottest. They could be related!

"Leggo our egg!" Annie settles to the ground, proper, and her wings desolidify and coalesce into two pair of fleshy tentacles as all of her skin darkens. They reach out to grab the egg and move it her way (which is still probably away from melting buildings).

Amelia takes in the sight of Annie being Annie and grabbing the Egg. Shouting over to the stranger who tried to move the egg (Oni) she says, "Can you help get the workers down from the top? This whole structure is likely to collapse any time now."

Oni is indeed just a jogger in a mask, not your typical halloween mask but still, it's definitely not a professional hero's costume! Something he needs to work on once he makes some connections with people who can design such a thing better than he obviously can. The energy whip wrapped around the burning hot egg does not 'leggo' of the 'egg' at least at first. Amelia's comment causes Oni to look over towards the building and he shrugs, snapping his hand towards the top of the building where workers are in danger as he swings closer. A second energy whip erupts from his palm and lashes out to try and 'collect' construction workers and move them to safety of nearby rooftops, if it's closer than the ground would be.

Amelia cancels the cold beam and calls forth the Strength of the Chosen. Two more powerful flaps of the white feathered dove like wings on her back gets her to the beam where the remaining trapped construction worker is stood. "Incoming guardian angel." she calls out to him. "Grab hold of me when I get to you." She grabs at him as she slows in passing then flies him to the ground if she has a firm hold.

The energy whip is fortunately not made of lightning, it is just solid cohesive energy and doesn't cause any pain when used in such fashion. It wiggles and winds through a group of four of the construction workers, wrapping around them and supporting their whole bodies comfortably before it lifts them off and starts moving the mass over towards the nearest safe rooftop. Oni's expression is grim, but completely hidden behind the Oni mask he wears. .oO ( So much easier to just break things and hurt people... ) Oni thinks to himself.

The weight of the crane and it's cargo pulls against Daemon's webbing.

Amelia scoops up the last worker on the top of the steel and carries him safely down to the ground. "Run clear." she tells him on releasing him. "If the steel collapses no telling which way it might fall."

The crane snaps free of the webbing! It starts to bend and sway over. The worker inside the cab of the crane screams.

The metal egg cools a little bit, but it's still super hot. Bits of molten metal drop to the ground beneath it. Thankfully no one is beneath it at the moment. As the outside of the eggshell melts away, another shape is slowly revealed inside.

"You don't have to tell me twice!" says Amelia's rescued worker says. He prepares to flee the scene.

"Not good," Null mutters as he hurries in lowering the final guy to the ground. "Run away from here!" He calls down to the construction worker once he's on the ground.

Amelia curls her wings protectively over the fleeing worker, shielding him from the radiant heat scorching her back.

Daemon curses as his webline snaps. The taunt line snaps back at him, causing him to roll to the left along the wall.

The Spyder grunts and then shoots two more lines out in an attempt to catch the falling crane once more.

<< Yeah this is going to be trouble... trying something new, but you guys need to hurry out of there... >> Daemon reports to Null.

Daemon curses some more.

This time his plan is to anchor the line and then swing to the crane cab to save the lone crewman above.

Victory brings his shield up, looking for the best place to try to help cover the workers' retreat should the construction come down on them.

Oni continues to move the four construction workers he has hold of over to the next building over and then his attention is caught by a couple of things, the crane starting to collapse, and the egg is melting. He lets go of the egg, finally, perhaps deciding that the energy is wasted there... when he has to potentially try and stop a crane from falling, somehow, if that webbing breaks. With a wordless grunt of effort and annoyance he sets the workers down and then all the energy whips extended from his hands fade out of existence... except the one he uses to swing away from the building, or at least towards Annie and the melting egg!

Amelia takes to the air again, wings amost a blur as she flies up and under the collapsing crane to push as hard as she can against the collapse. She's not expecting to stop the collapse, although that would be the best possible result. But if she can buy enough time for the people on the crane to get clear and guide the fall away from anyone else or another building that will do. .oO(This is going to hurt.) passes through her mind.

Daemon makes sure the webline is secure enough to hold for a few moments longer- that's all he'll need as long as he can get to the top of the crane & to its control car.

He turns to face to top of the building where he shoots two weblines that he pulls taut before letting go with his spidery cling. He uses the tension to sling him up and onto the roof where he repeats the process, only this time aiming for the crane car.

He aims himself and pulls back until his weblines will take no more and then he flings himself across the gap and towards the crane car.

He'll snatch the car's door open or if locked, off the hinges so he can get to the likely terrified driver inside. "I'm here to help. So let's get a move on, alright?"

The crane shudders with the extra added weight.

The crane strains against Daemon's quick web job and snaps through! Luckily, Amelia is able to catch it before it toppled.

More of the egg melts away. The shape inside seems to be humanoid, and made of a similar kind of metal.

On the ground, the construction workers head Victory's advice and run for their lives. They are out of the range of immediate danger, unless the crane topples.

The construction worker in the cab of the crane opens the door and leans out. His thoughts are apparent from his stance: Maybe get can jump to the relative safety of the structure from the crane cab. Instead of taking that risk, though, he looks to Daemon for help.

Null is glad to free of the construction worker. Now it's his turn. He leaps off the structure as he fires off another line at a beam. Null goes into a sharp dive. The grappling hook releases and quickly whips back into his Line gun. He then fires off another shot while in deadfall to help him arc near the ground. "Give me your hands and grab on!" he shouts at the construction works who are straggling and unprotected by Victory's shield. He holds one hand out to grab or be grasped as he swings by.

Oni shouts towards Amelia, "Hold it for just a few more seconds!" In encouragement, and to indicate he is going to help with the crane as soon as he can.

Null clasps one guy by the wrist as he raises his hand, and another worker grabs hold as well. They're swept off their feet and carried out of harm's way by the swinging vigilante, who lightly drops them off some distance from the construction site. "Keep moving!"

Daemon reaches forward and leans forward and swoops the man into his arm. From there he turns, and leaps out of the crane cab while shooting his webline at the building he was just on.

From there he'll swing down the crane opertor to safety so he can help the other heroes with the still falling crane.

Null is back into motion already. With the first two workers safe, he swings back out towards the fleeing construction workers. As he swings past, he says, "Get ready, I'm grabbing two of you on the way back." He reaches the end of the swing, and turns around as he swings back, holding his hand out again to grab two of the men.

Victory keeps his shield up, ready to take the brunt of the hit should the crane collapse on the workers.

Null snaps up two more construction workers who cling to him and each other. He drops them off another twenty-five meters away with the others. "Get going!" he urges them as he deposits them on the ground.

Annie was right. It is hatching/melting! Now that there's not much left to grab and move, her tentacles release it and shrink back into her flesh. She sidesteps to get a better look while her singed flesh already works to repair itself.

Oni looks torn between the egg that is 'hatching', what's inside it, and then there is the Crane that is threatening to drop down onto the building nearby... possibly even the one he moved those workers to! With a grunt of annoyance Oni starts cursing in Japanese mostly to himself and then he turns his attention in full towards the crane. Both hands snap towards it, a pair of energy whips forming and shooting out to grab onto the crane to help steady it and keep it upright. Or so he hopes! "Someone either put some beams under the damaged side, or destroy the other side so it doesn't tip!" He calls out, hoping someone will answer and help deal with this crane!

There's not much left to the egg right now, and not enough to support the figure that was encased inside. A silvery figure tumbles out of the egg based and lands face-first on the ground. It's humanoid.. man-sized and man-shaped. He doesn't stir once he's prone.

It's alive! Maybe? Either way, it hatched! Doesn't look like it's doing so good, though. Despite lingering heat (not that it really stopped her before), Annie resprouts her tentacles to try and catch or pickup the tumbling infant(?) metal(?) man(?) and pull him to her. Maybe she can figure out if he's alive, maybe not. Either way, no reason to leave him in the dirt. "Aww..."

The metal guy is still hot to the touch, but not as dangerously hot as before. His outer shell, the lines of it are akin to that of a jumpsuit and boots, as opposed to being nude.

Victory walks over toward the new arrival, "Huh. No idea if this is a first contact situation or not." He rubs his chin and gets a bit closer, saying to the metal man, "Hey...can you hear me?"

The metal man is unresponsive.

Annie's medical examination talents are limited: mostly nudging and prodding. She looks over at Victory when he walks up, and grins. "We hatched a person! Dunno if he's awake, though...Oh!" But she can maybe find out if he's alive or not. Just takes a bit of concentration, and a bit of Annie, the latter smeared on him via tentacle, and not in any real visible amount. The former is her staring at the metal man she's cradling.

There's a tortured crunch of metal as a couple of hundred thousand bucks worth of new model cars get crushed under the toppling crane. Amelia comes in for a hurried heavy landing and bends, hands on her thighs as she breathes deep and fast, thoroughly exhausted.

Victory says to Annie, "I can take a look, if you think he's cool enough for me to touch safely. I have some medical training."

The metal man cools off to a bearable temperature, but is still warm to the touch as if being heated by something inside.

Oni helps with the depositing of the damaged crane, which will no doubt get more damaged as it's not designed to lean on it's side like that and the fall itself... well, neither of them are strong enough to fully control the weight of the crane, not even working together! As the crane crashes down and crunches the cars Oni flexes his hands and is thankful for the mask he's wearing to hide all the sweat that was pouring down his face at the effort of maintaining so many rigid energy whips. Still he heads over towards the winged woman (Amelia) and asks, "Are you ok?" He glances over towards the metal man, Annie, and Victory, "It looks like something is going on there." Oni however, looks back towards the damaged construction site to make sure they haven't missed anyone.

Both Daemon and Hunter put down their distressed charges outside the area in immediate danger and make their way back towards the center of the whole calamity.

<< Did I just hear first contact? >> He asks' Hunter.

Null/Enforcer's keen ninja senses tell him Daemon wasn't hearing things, but he says nothing. All will be revealed soon enough from the way things are looking.

The duo lands near Victory. Hunter crosses his arms and looks over while Daemon gets to analyzing the technology. He assumes nothing alive by conventional stndards can possibly survive the tempertures incurred inside that egg.

Annie looks back from metal man to Victory and shrugs. "Don't think he's dead, but he totes ain't awake." She extends him out towards Victory for any medicalating he wants to try.

Victory tentatively starts to check the metal man's physical state as best he can. "No telling if his physiology is going to allow for checking for life signs normally, but I'll try." He checks for a pulse as well as breathing.

Amelia nods tiredly, "Yes. Thank you for your help. I couldn't have done that on my own. I'm Amelia by the way." she says, raising one hand to ofer a handshake.

Victory shakes his head as he gets a negative result. "Huh. No easy way to check his life signs, at least not without some kind of scanner."

Amelia's wings shrink and disappear, leaving two new tears in her clothing just beneath her shoulder blades.

Oni offers a polite bow at first introduction from Amelia, "I am called Oni at times like this." He introduces himself in return but then remembers to shake Amelia's hand. "It looks as if the construction workers are safe now. I am curious as to what was in the egg." He looks over towards it and then back, just in time to watch the wings disappear. "Intriguing." He says with a curious and slightly awed tone before he bows again, pivots, and starts to head over towards the gathering around the metal man.

Amelia smiles, "I'm curious too. So I'll be there when I've caught my breath." she tells Oni as he departs.

On close inspection, the figure appears possibly Caucasian is his features, with hair fashioned in a silvery crew cut.

Daemon speaks outloud, more for Hunter than the others but Daemon figures the others will benefit from his analysis too. Perhaps between them all they can find an answer here.

"No seams at all..." He says pointing to likely places you'd see seams on some kind of suit or armor for a robot. "And this metal... have any of you seen anything like it before?" He inquires to the whole assembly of heroes.

Victory shakes his head, "I don't think I've seen anything like it."

"Seems really tough," Annie shares her knowledge, and proves it by tapping on the man's forehead with a hardened tentacle tip. *tink tink* "See?"

"Such materials and technologies are not in my skill set." Oni opines as he looks down at the metal man, "However, given the temperature of the capsule or pod, perhaps he requires a different temperature environment to activate."

"I thought as much." Daemon says as he considers what to do next. "Let's hope this thing doesn't decide to go into Char-Broil mode before we figure out what to do with it."

He turns and looks back to Victory. "You got anyone on speed-dial at StarGuard? We're going to need to think about containment."

Victory nods. "True that. I'll give them a call. I'm sure they can figure out what's going on." He places a call to SG to have a team come out to contain the metal figure.

Amelia makes her way over to the gathering around Mr Metal Man. "So, any clues? I could try a healing spell but I'm reluctant. I'm not 100% sure what effect it would have."

Annie retracts her tentacles, tugging Mr. Metal Man to her. "Hey! He just got here. Didn't do nothing to get locked up."

"Besides warp and endanger this whole structure and everyone on or around it? Yeah- nothing at all." Daemon says looking ot Null for backup, except he's more quiet than usual- Daemon sees that's been going on since he spotted Annie on their swing back towards the mysterious metal man.

Daemon suspects Annie has grown attached to this thing- whatever it is. "We don't even know what it is, much less if its a danger." He says, trying to use reason and ration to desuade Annie. He clearly has no idea who he's talking to.

Victory raises a brow and looks to Annie, "Starguard is prepared to deal with such things. Seriously, take it down a notch. If he's not a threat, he'll be let go."

Oni looks towards Annie, "Intentional or not, his arrival did put into danger the lives of many innocents. His capabilities and intentions are unknown. It would be prudent to contain him in a safe location until such time as it can be determined that he poses no risk to civilians. Think of it not as being locked up, but as a safety measure for all. We do not know if our very presence could be infecting him with a deadly disease to his kind."

Annie considers all that, thinks about it. Her shoulders ripple as she shrugs. "Ok, no anx. We'll figure that out. Once he wakes up, we'll ask him why he's here. We can make sure nothing makes him sick. And if he decides he wants to make anx, we know where Starguard is."