Log:A Second Syphon, Scene 1

A Second Syphon 2016/12/16 	 Dr. Terrance Killian Donna Speirs Natasha Wolf Amelia Pleiades Pulsar

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It's a quiet day, like so many days in Colonial Bay. Well, at least they start that way. The high density of metahumans in the city tends to change that by midday. And in that sense...this day is right on par. Alarms sound at the Chesapeake Nuclear Plant and Research Station, and police cars are dispatched in short order. Their sirens blaring as the hover vehicles cruise toward the plant. A call even goes out to Starguard, looking for extra assistance. The emergency calls are vague...but seem to imply the need for a metahuman response.

Natasha didn't do it! Honestly. She thinks. Sure, she was out exploring beyond the city, and the big facility with the high security looked interesting. But she didn't set off the alarm. Unless some stupid human thought she was dangerous because she's a dragon. Which is actually true, but not the point.

Pleiades was at Starguard HQ when the call came in. Spotting the big telepathic white dog (who she still thought of as a Familiar), she called out, "There's an emergency at the nuclear plant, follow me if you want to help!" A triangle of runes appears beneath her skates as as she summons her Eagle Road, a strip of solid magic she can skate on through the sky, and heads for the nuke plant, arriving before too long.

Amelia gets a call from the leader of Colonial Bay City's branch of the White Circle Coven. It's not the normal type of call, go defeat some evil undead somewhere. Instead it's a request for Amelia to go help at the Nuclear Plant. So she heads off there to see what is going on. Because the call she got lacked any useable details. As she rises from the window of her sister's apartment she is relieved to see no large cloud billowing up into the sky. .oO(Let's see if I can help to keep it that way)Oo.

Still visiting the various points of interest he's heard of across the city, he's making his way to Hero Lane to 'walk in the footsteps of his foremothers and fathers'. Perhaps looking to find his own way in this world of capes and tights.

The Security guard mentions overhearing an APB for the Nuclear Plant.

Ben Ray turns on his heel and makes for the bathroom.

Beneath the door a bright flash erupts as Ben teleports intot he sky overheard, changing into his alter-ego, Pulsar.

From there, he teleports to the Plant- and drops down to the ground, coming to a hover about 3m above the ground.

The facility is surrounded with a 30 feet (5") high fence topped with barbed-wire, which is electrified and has a warning sign that reads: "Danger: 10,000 volts". A road leads past a guardhouse where workers must sign in and park in a parking lot to the left. On the right is the tall hourglass shape of the cooling tower. The plant itself lies between like a hulking mass of giant pipes, blocky metal buildings, and domes which looks to be well maintained over the years. This is a state-of-the-art nuclear facility known as the Colonial Bay Nuclear Project.

Natasha may be closer than the other heroes, but is waiting at the perimeter fence and observing for a bit. Just in case it *was* her that made the humans nervous.

There are a couple of guards at the guardhouse. A couple more can be seen running into the building, the alarms still blaring. They don't respond to Natasha at all while she waits.

Natasha can here...a loud THOOM sound coming from inside. Somewhat like something physical smashing into something else. A heavy weight of some kind getting dropped, maybe?

Natasha decides she should investigate! But has hardly started when she sees other heroes approaching, so instead she flies to meet them.

The guards at the gate become wary, drawing their weapons as the heroes arrive and get closer to the gate. "Halt! Who goes there?!"

Amelia swoops down on feathered wings to meet Natasha. "Hello my good friend. Do you know what is happening here?" she asks the small dragon. As other heroes arrive they get waved to.

Natasha explains, "There was an alarm sound, and guards running into the building. Then there was this sound. THOOM."

Banking for the Dragon and her friend, Pulsar says to the guards, "Do not fear Guardsmen and Women! We are here to assist in whatever way we can!"

Pleiades dismissed her Eagle Road and skates up to the guards. "Hi, I'm here to help. What's the nature of the emergency?"

Akita keeps pace with Sigi, trotting alongside, eyes, ears, and nose pointing ahead to see if he can tell what is going on. ..

Amelia thinks to herself .oO(That's probably what they are afraid of, oh glowing one. Have you seen the damage heroes can do while helping?)Oo.

The guards see Pleiades and they both nod. One of the men replies, "Starguard's here? Awesome. Follow me. We had an incident in a research lab. Dr. Killian's. I'll lead you there." One of the guards takes off at a jog, leading the heroes inside the facility.

Natasha follows the guard!

As does Amelia.


 * follows behind Pleiades to the source of the problem.

Pleiades skates along after them. "Can you tell me what sort of incident? Or is this something we have to see for ourselves?"

Pulsar follows behind Pleiades to the source of the problem.

Doctor Killian(#1508TOn)

A young Caucasian man, dressed in a lab coat. He's clean shaven, with wavy blonde hair. Probably in his mid-30s. There's an interesting glint to his eyes. He looks...inspired.

The heroes are let into a lab area. The front room is lit poorly, on emergency power. That's where Dr. Killian is. He looks...quite happy. The experimentation room, which is radiation sealed, has some lead shielding down over the windows to the room, concealing what is going on inside. The guard remains at hte door, for hte time being.

The doctor looks over at the heroes arriving, "Excellent timing! You're here to witness my crowning achievement!"

Pleiades, who has had a lot of bad experiences with mad scientists, gives Dr. Killian a dubious look. "Is your achievement dangerous, Dr. Killian?"

Amelia thinks .oO(Strange. I don't recall entering a murky old castle with a thunderstorm raging overhead. But that doctor would fit right into that scenario.)Oo.

Natasha notes the smell of the lead, which is clearly a protective material in this context. That could be useful to know.

Pulsar stands silently at the rear, but he makes his way forward when the Mad Sceintist schtick starts to stick.

Dr. Killian grins, "Dangerous? I suppose. To villains everywhere. I've only managed to replicate the experiment that created one of the best heroes of the last generation. Mind you, it took a little work. We're a fusion facility, not like that archaic fission plant where the original disaster occurred in Nigeria." He paces back and forth, gesticulating as he talks.

There's a loud 'THOOM' from inside the next room. Something has been...smashed.

Pleiades a circle of runes appears beneath Pleiades skates as she silently activates her Survival Guard, a 4m radius pale blue bubble appearing around her. "They don't sound very happy, whoever is in there."

Dr. Killian nods. "The transformation sounded painful. That wasn't in the notes I had on the incident."

Killian checks an instrument, "Looks like the radiation levels have dropped. I'll raise the shield." He presses a button and the lead shield starts to slide upward. The room on the other side is dark, for the most part, aside from a single figure in the middle of the room, who is glowing.

Donna Speirs(#2820TOn)

This clearly...is a woman. Or at least the being is shaped like one. Her skin is solid white, with no facial features or hair, looking like more of a sketch of a person than an actual person. She's wearing a lab coat, with a simple blouse and slacks...thogh the clothing has shredded...relatively tastefully, for comic censors' sake. Her body is glowing...fairly brightly.

Natasha asks, with a deep rumbling undertone, "Who is in there?"

Pulsar crosses his arms as he stands near Pleiades. Worry spreads over his face as this suddenly brings back memories of when he first found himself transformed.

UmbralWolf is still waiting by Sigi, but has transformed in case we need to someone into that other room -quickly- for some reason.

Dr. Killian says, "That's my assistant. Miss Speirs." The woman in the other room turns and notices that the shield has been raised. She screams, "You! I'll kill you! You did this!" She grabs a nearby desk...her fingers sinking into the metal like it was tissue paper.

Amelia swings around to Dr Killian, "You did that? You're a monster."

Natasha acts to stop the violence, however justified! She open her mouth in the direction of Miss Spears.

Pleiades blanches. "Dr. Killian, you're under arrest for illegal human experimentation. Ms. Speirs, we'll do everything we can to help you."

Lucent becomes fully holographic and attempts to pass through the glass intot he room with Miss Speirs.

Dr. Killain just grins. "My greatest achievement."

Donna throws the desk at the glass...and through Pulsar, who is still desolid.

The glass shatters, spraying shards into the observation room. The desk ends up several feet inside. The glass itself must have been reinforced pretty well for it to slow down the desk that much.

"Ma'am, please be calm. I'm sure this is a stressful experience- I recently went through something similar myself." Pulsar says as the desk passes through him. "We're here to help- and to see Justice served." He adds as he he puts his hands up to show he means no harm. He remains desolid though.

Natasha breathes something greyish at the Donna - though it doesn't quite seem to solidify fully till it reaches her.

The facility is surrounded with a 30 feet (5") high fence topped with barbed-wire, which is electrified and has a warning sign that reads: "Danger: 10,000 volts". A road leads past a guardhouse where workers must sign in and park in a parking lot to the left. On the right is the tall hourglass shape of the cooling tower. The plant itself lies between like a hulking mass of giant pipes, blocky metal buildings, and domes which looks to be well maintained over the years. This is a state-of-the-art nuclear facility known as the Colonial Bay Nuclear Project.

Amelia steps closer to the shattered window. "Ms Speirs, Donna, you have every right to be angry but you need to calm yourself and get control. You can be assured that Dr Killian will face justice for what he did to you and we will explore every approach to restore you to your former self." she says is as calming a voice as she can manage.

Donna stares toward the observation room, in the direction of Killian, "Got what he deserves."

"Please ma'am- let's not do anything else you'll later regret." Pulsar says to Donna, in the kindest most understanding voice he can muster. "Please- let us help you." He tries to take her attention off Dr. Killian and the others by strafing around her in the opposite direction. If she ignores him, he'll at least be in a position behind her which he can then use to flank her with the others if necessary.

She...doesn't seem convinced.

Amelia opens her senses. She's looking to see if Donna has a spirit, ie that she is alive.

Amelia speaks to Donna, "Will you allow me to attempt to reverse this trandformation you have been forced to suffer?" she asks.

Pleiades holds out her gauntleted hand, palm out, fingers spread. "Panzerfaust! Armor Barrier!" Her gauntlet acknowledges in a dignified male German voice. "Jawohl, mein Kameradin!" A triangle of runes appears beneath her as a geodesic dome of pale blue panels forms around her, Dr. Killian, and the security guards, triangles of white runes slowly spinning on each panel.

Donna looks toward Amelia...and says, "You could do that? How could you do that?"

Dr. Killian stands back up after shielding himself from the thrown desk and the glass shrapnel. He smiles, "Isn't she magnificent?"

Amelia transforms into Raven, "I'm a witch." she says, "One of my spells may work as it is. If not I can research a version that will. If my spell works it will take just a few minutes to reverse the change. If I have to research a new version it could be a few days. But I'm confident I can do it."

Wolf motions with his head to those still in the control room, looking from Dr K to the exit to the corridor in a "Hey can we get this guy out of her sight?" kind of way. Wolf explains the details to Sigi, over their mindShare: that Dr K's assistant *thinks* she's dealt Dr K a fatal injury which is why she stopped throwing stuff. Now might be an excellent time to separate the two and get the good Doctor into Starguard custody?

Pulsar remains completely holographic, but he slides forward, next to Donna. "I don't think this young woman would lie to you. We're the good guys." He says with a warm smile. "We're here to help- not cheat you."

Donna breaks down...starting to cry. "Please...please. Change me back!"

She doubles over and drops to her knees, shattering the bonds holding her in the process.

Pleiades turns to the guards and points to Dr. Killian's 'body'. "Get him out of here. You can pass through my barrier."

Wolf will helpfully take the Doctor's hand and gently tug him out of the vicinity.

Raven moves up to Donna and hugs her compassionately, "This may feel strange and it's possible it may hurt as your body reverts. I'll go slow." Still hugging Donna she casts her Sirona's Blessing spell.

The guard nods, and heads over to Killian. He drags the doctor out of the room, with only minimal resistance. Apparently Killian feels like he's succeeded in his life's work. No need to fight things.

Pulsar crosses his fingers as Amelia goes tow kr

Raven continues the spell, seeing the change slowly taking place. "It's working Donna. You'll soon be back to normal. In fact," she says trying to lighten the mood, "if you had one of those pesky winter colds you'll be cured of that too."

Slowly, Donna reverts to normal. Well, relatively normal. Her hair has still fallen out, and not come back yet. But it will in time. The energy her body had stored dissipates into the room, giving everyone the feeling of being hit with static a couple of times. When the spells concludes, she looks up, "I can see normally again. It doesn't hurt." She touches her face, feeling the actual features of it. She's a Caucasian woman in her mid-20s. Again, she starts to cry. "Thank you...thank you." She gives Amelia a big hug.

Pulsar smiles brightly and the pulsing of his emblem brightens to match. "That's amazing..." He murmurs proudly.

.o0(We didn't even have to resort to violence!) He thinks to himself

Raven hugs back. .oO(Sometimes being a Chosen One is actually worth it.)Oo.

Pleiades drops her barrier and applauds, smiling broadly. "That was amazing! That's a great Inherent Skill you have there!"

Outside the lab, Dr. Killian is taken into custody by the authorities who have arrived in the intervening time.

Wolf stays with the Dr until all that is properly concluded