Log:The Old Switcheroo, Scene 4

The Old Switcheroo 2006/12/05 	 CyberMage Random Factor Shoro Silver Spider Zachary Zimm 4

Silver Spider has a hunch that Zimm, in his newly acquired body, will be out on the town and looking for action. She gets a tip that someone has been partying wildly at the Bunker with a group of escorts who work for a man named Snake. She tracks down the lead...

Part 1
Silver Spider skulks gracefully along the rooftops of Colonial Bay, scuttling along the wall of the Bright Purple Pussycat as she idly settles down at the front door from above, peering upside down into the eyes of the bouncer. "Hi...I'm Silver Spider. I'd like to have a friendly chat with Snake...no...I'm not gonna bust him, unless he touches the special parts..."

The bouncer drops his cigarette out of surprise. It takes him a momemnt to compose himself. He pulls open the velvet rope for Silver Spider and says, "Go right ahead..."

Silver Spider scuttles along the ceiling as she waves to the strippers, the bouncers, and the pole dancers. "One time only, no lap dances...sorry, costume is difficult to launder..." She says cheerily as she heads for the back door, gracefully flipping around one of the poles to avoid some naked women. The pounding music is very loud, and her graceful frame lands atop the back room doorframe. She leans upside down, and raps on the door. "Yoo-hoo...Snake...It's Silver Spider. I just want to talk. Do not use firearms."

The bouncer watches the Silver Spider go into the club. He thinks to himself. o O ( Silver Spider in the Bright Purple Pussycat... I wonder if that newsman will want to know about this. ) he starts dialing the Colonial Bay Chronicle. He waits until Spider is out of earshot and says, "Yeah... Get me Knox Pooley..."

The Spider's appearance does causes a stir. A group of businessmen look up at Silver Spider in shock and one of them bolts for the exit. Some of the other patrons are too distracted otherwise, and one drunk man holds up a wad of singles and slurs, "Yoo hoo! Overrr Herrre SSspider!" Snake opens the door, looks face to face with Silver Spider, then turns to run.

Silver Spider webs the man's hand to the counter as he waves his hand in her general direction. "I am not a hooker..." She says cheerily as she turns to Snake. "No...really...I just want to talk. I am not here to bust your little operation, unless it involves drugs. I am only here to ask you some questions." She raises her voice as the music gets louder. "If you're good, you might even get a free milkshake."

Snake takes a few steps and pauses. His shoulders sag, perhaps signalling him giving up on the idea of running. He turns to face Silver Spider. "I'm not into the drugs anymore - I quit that after the first time I was locked up." He sounds a little nervous, and he waits to hear what Spider has to say.

Silver Spider flips into the private room and closes the door. "Okay, here's the problem. (Describes Rebound) I understand that some of your girls have been seen with this man. I need to know where he is and what he's doing..." She says seriously. "They're in danger. Because this man is not currently himself. He's actually a supervillain in this guy's body, and he built a mind transfer machine. I'm actually helping you, but because of the rules of the game, I gotta make this look good, where you pretend to get your butt kicked and cough up some info." She idly smashes a chair to flinders. "Now, TALK!"

Snake flinches as the chair gets converted to kindling. He shakes his head jerkily. "I haven't seen him! Believe me. I'd remember if I had a cape as a client. Heck, even if I did see him, he'd be outta luck -- most of my girls are busy with some other john."

Silver Spider facepalms. "Look, the point is that someone saw your girls with the John." She says. "So I need to know what they know." She wiggles her fingers. "There's eight more chairs in here..."

Snake says, "The guy's name is Zach... I didn't asks too many questions. He came in here and asked me about the talent and so I hooked him up..." He pauses, searching his memeory for something to placate the hero. "I've got his number, it's on my PDA."

Silver Spider blinks her eyeslits for a moment. "So call him. Find out who was with the guy. I mean, it was just him and a few of them..."

Snake says, "I got the numbers for the girls too. There were four of them..." He slowly pulls out his PDA and starts dialing. "I'm calling him now..."

Silver Spider nods to Snake and says "That's better...' She folds her arms and looks around at the two whores seated in chairs. "Don't worry. I'm not muscling in. When you're a superhero, you don't need to pay for sex, trust me..."

The phone rings a few times. "Zach? Yes, it's me, Snake." He slips from his nervous tone into a more casually one. "Hey, man. How're things going... didn't I promise you a good time...?"

Silver Spider idly taps her fingers on her wrist. o O (THis should be good.) She gives Snake a look and makes some motions with her hand. Her eyes narrow.

Snake's eyes dart nervously to Chandrika as he talks. "... No, no... Hey man, I'm sorry you feel that way... Hey, I do what I can.. You asked and Snake delivered -- I can't help if it's not what you wanted... I see... Yeah..." Snake is quiet for a minute. He swallows, then wets his lips. "Look here's what I can do for you... I'll send a car to pick up the girls. I just need to know where you are... *laugh* Yeah I know, Diamond can drink a lot... Yeah... Ok? Yeah... Twenty minutes. I'll get those skanks out of your hair..."

Silver Spider nods slowly, saying nothing. o O (This should be good.)

Snake hangs up and looks to Silver Spider. "He's with the girls. They're all drunk and passed out in his hotel suite. Get this -- he said he didn't want to do any of them because he didn't want to, and I quote, 'ruin his new body'... What the hell does that mean? You're right Spider, this guy sounds like some kind of whackjob. He's at the Hilton, downtown, in a master suite."

Snake adds, "I told him I'd come by to pick up the girls."

Silver Spider shudders. "Crap." She says. "You've got to get them out of there. They're in terrible danger. When you send the car, I'm going to follow it..." She says. "As soon as they're out, I'm going in there and we're capturing this joker." She pauses for a moment. "Just a second." She text messages on her PDA "I know where he is."

Silver Spider blinks. "So get in the car and go to pick the girls up. I'll fill in my people on the way. Nothing's gonna happen until the girls are out. I'm not going to let anyone get hurt, especially by Zach."

Snake goes to get the car.

Part 2
Shoro climbs to the roof top of the Museum...

CyberMage opens a dimenional portal to the roof of the art museum and steps through it close to the elevator blockhouse so her arrival is mostly shielded from the sight of observers.

Silver Spider swings gracefully, quietly along the rooftops, keeping hidden as she text messages Shoro. "He's in the Hilton, in a master suite, with four women. The pimp is getting the girls out, then we move. You can teleport. Handle the door. I'll take the window. We don't know how much control he's got over his powers, so we'll assume the worst. I'll TRY not to hurt him too badly."

Shoro texts Spider back.."I'm on the way.."

Beneath Silver Spider, an SUV rolls towards the Hilton as well, with Spider's contact, Snake the Bouncer inside.

CyberMage steps into view, "I'm right here. The Hilton next? Do you wish to remain unobservable?"

Shoro nods, "Might be a good idea..I'll explain on the way.." and he starts to tell her about rebounds stolen body.

The group of heroes converges on the hotel. Snake parks in front and goes inside to pick up his girls.

CyberMage summons a large black tiger for Shoro and herself to ride upon.

Silver Spider sneaks up carefully on the Hilton, choosing an angle that is difficult to see and clambering up above the master suite window, keeping an eye on the others as she remains carefully hidden. She text messages to Shoro as she remains settled. "Teleport in. Take the door. Make sure he doesn't have a chance to escape."

Shoro texts back and tells CM what he's about to do.."I'm going in..and in a blue popehe is gone..as he's vanishing he says, "Meet me inside ASAP..room number (blah)"

Silver Spider stealthily tries to observe what is happening inside the room, waiting for the moment when Snake gets the girls out. o O (Why did he take four girls out and then decide he doesn't want to ruin the body?)

As Silver Spider scuttle to a hiding spot above the suite window, Snake can be seen inside rousing a bunch of sleeping call girls from slumber about different parts of the suite. Standing in the middle of the the room, in a bathrobe, is someone who looks a lot like Alex Winters, sae for a couple differences: he's not wearing glasses, and his features are more refined, more handsome.

Snake escorts the girls out of the room.

Shoro teleports into the room as soon as the girls are out...

CyberMage smiles, and wonders if she is supposed to simply know which of the many winows is the right room number. Oh well, at least the floor should be obvious and she has stayed in the City's Hilton before. Picking a uncurtained window close to the area she thinks is correct she opens another dimenional door and steps inside.

Random Factor having gotten the lowdown from Spider, moves invisibly into position in the hallway, outside the door.

Shoro pops in, Sees Alex and is confused.."Alex?.."

Silver Spider waits patiently for Snake to remove the women, and waits for the girls to leave. As soon as they're gone, she takes the obvious approach, and flips downward, crashing in through the bulletproof window in a spectacular display of broken plastic and windowframe, blocking the exit as much as she can. "All right, Zimm. Or should I call you Doctor Double Z. You built a mind transfer device. You might as well get the corny name too. Give up. That body you have doesn't belong to you..." She levels her hand at the man and her hand charges up with blue green power. "And don't move..."

Shoro says to Spider.."This is Alex Winters..Wait..are you saying??.." he says..his hand starts to glow blue itself.

Random Factor holds outside, invisibly blocking the door.

CyberMage steps to the side of the room, nodding politely to the startled hotel guest who's preparing to retire for the night. She incants and steps through the connection doorway that appears in the wall form a moment entering the room where the activity is happening

Alex raises his hands slowly and he looks around the room, finding Shoro and CyberMage. He smirks. "Hmm. I'd hoped to have some fun before I tried to leave the country. Let me guess, the pimp led you here. I should have suspected something when he called."

CyberMage steps into the room with Shoro, Silver Spider, and others, from a doorway that is only there for a second at most. "Hope I'm not too late."

Shoro frowns under his mask..(if this is Rebound..I'm going to have to take him down)

Silver Spider extends a webline out to grab Alex and squeeze once the impact of Shoro's punch becomes clear, the line of webbing hurtling towards him as she tries to draw him in, her fist cocked back in a golden, glowing crackle as her hands prepare to close around his approaching form. She flicks her gaze to Alex and says "I'm sorry that I know who your body belongs to now. But I'm even sorrier for his dental insurance..."

Shoro's foot swings around he pushes it hard he knows Rebound is resilient, so he doesn't hold back, his foot crashes into Alex's chest....but somehow he's still standing.

Alex grunts. When Shoro kicked him, his chest caved and flexed back into form -- like rubber.

Shoro sees he is still standing after 2 attacks and has a new respect for rebound..he uses his momentum and swings around a back hand spinning around to hit rebound in the back of the head...

Alex's head snaps foreward from the force of the blow. His neck stretches like taffy and then snaps back into shape. Once it does, he's unconscious.

Silver Spider nods as Alex drops to the ground. "Let's get him to Starguard and put him in an airtight, vaccum sealed cell until we can figure out how to fix this brain swapping mess..." She says seriously. "It'll take Rebound and me a few days to rebuild that machine." She shakes her head. "So, what's going to happen to Doctor Double Z?"

Shoro is breathing hard for some reason.."Is he out?..or is he faking?..Silver, hit him again with the webbing.."

Knocked out, Alex's features changes slightly, returning to an appearance closer to his own.

Silver Spider wraps Alex up in webbing, and shoulders him like a giant rubber ball. "Well..." She says. "Those were some nice punches, Shoro. Thanks for the assist." o O (I really need to work on my technique.)

CyberMage watched the flurry of action complete itself before she could even react. . o O(This is why I'm on the supporting cast, not in the spotlight). "I was concerned at first. I know the person who's face he is wearing. Can I assist in any way?"

Shoro nods, "Cybermage..when we get him secured, perhaps you can heal him?"

Silver Spider nods to Cybermage. "You can get us to Starguard Headquarters quickly so we can work on fixing this mess." She says seriously.

Shoro seems truly concerned that he seriously hurt the body."

CyberMage nods to Silver Spider, "Of course. And I may be able to assist in your questioning. As to healing, that is not in my sphere of magical talent."

Silver Spider nods. "Unfortunately, we really don't know how to fix what we're building. Fortunately, thanks to the wonderful case of Doctor Anachreon versus New York City, we know exactly what to charge him with."

Shoro nods.."its in mine now..I guess.."

Random Factor sits outside the door, braced and waiting, unknowing and unloved.