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Merc 3 takes aim at Tsunami, but misses The min-sub fires another torpedo toward Glamazon, so DC 18 Reflex save followed by either DC 23 or 19 toughness save, depending on the result of the Reflex save.

Merc 4 misses his save and is out. Post away!

Tsunami listened as the Coast Guard commander spoke with another approaching hero that would also be assisting with containing the spill and what Wisp and Gloaming would be doing as well. The Asian teen nodded in understanding, as a thin sheen of water began to swirl over her costume, a protective layer that hopefully she would not need. "No reason to delay then." She stated, moving over to the railing before she climbed up and the dove over the side back into the dark waters. Once under the waves, Tsunami swam closer towards the grounded container ship, taking a few moments to study how the water was interacting with the hull of vessel. Once she had a better idea of where the ruptures in the hull were, the Asian teen reached out with her powers, creating a layer of "hard" water over those ruptures in order to stop, or at least slow, further contamination.

The inside of the gym was in almost as bad of shape as the outside, the reception area just beyond the main door having paint peeling off the walls, the few chairs lined along the walls looking rather rickety. The area just behind the counter was empty, and it did not look as if anyone had used the space in a long, long time. Two doorways led from the reception area, one had a closed door, the other, just past the counter, was an open doorway, from which Harry could hear what sounded like punching bags being hit and someone barking pointers to someone about boxing tactics. Making their way through the open doorway, the two private investigators found themselves in the gym proper. A large, open area, a variety of training equipment (looking rather battered) was spaced out around the area, with a full sized boxing ring set up in the center of the space. Glass windows along the back wall looked to be an office area. A number of men in sweats were working on speed and heavier bags along one side of the room. In the center of the ring, two powerfully built men in boxing shorts and gloves were circling each other, throwing jabs and feints as they went. A slightly overweight man who appeared to be in his early sixties was standing alongside the ring, barking at the two men inside in a gruff voice. When Harry called out, asking about Carl, the man turned to look at the two. "That's me. Who wants to know?"

Okay, figured I would post what Tsunami plans to try to do (assuming nothing tries to intervene) before I make an IC post. She is going to jump back into the water and try to use her Create Object alt power (hard water) to enclose the spill. She is able to produce 12 5x5 cubes, but, will thin those out, as she is just trying to trap the stuff spilling. So the hard water barrier she will create will only be 6 inches thick, which provides her with 600 feet of area to shape around the spill. If she can catch all of the spill thus far in that, great, if not, she will place it around the break in the hull to at least trap the additional spill. So, just let me know if you want any rolls Elegy. Also, she is raising her forcefield as well.

Damn Velocity thought as the fragment disappeared and then the android seemed to reappear while indicating it was safely secured. When the android issued its ultimatum, she simply smirked. "Oh right, like any of your 'circumstances' have amounted to much of anything so far." She quipped, before becoming a blur of yellow for a third time. A large number *CRACK*s associated with her supersonic punches went off seemingly simultaneously, as she once again launched punches at every possible space in the room (except those she was sure did not contain the android), working on the assumption that all might not be as it seemed. That quickly proved to be the case, as the 'android' was reveled to be some sort of projection, and the real one was on where in the cave or up the tunnel. Skidding to a halt at the top of the tunnel, she was glad to see that Robert and the Russians appeared unharmed, until she saw the blue tint to Robert's skin from the intense cold. "Steed, get up here! The others are unconscious, I need to start getting them back out of the cold." She called down.

Velocity will move so she is just at the entrance to the tunnel up, then use her stunted alt power once more. The area is large enough to cover the entire cave where the fragment was, as well as 50’ up the tunnel. She will target the now visible android, but also all the apparently empty space in the chamber and up the tunnel as well. Again, DC 20 Reflex save to avoid, DC 20 or 25 Toughness save, depending on whether it makes its Reflex save.

Nope, Velocity only gets a 16 on her Notice check.

Having avoided the shockwave of the torpedo, Giang focused her attention on the mini-sub, realizing it was the most significant threat at the moment. She also knew she and Thaelia needed to keep spaced out, so they could not be easily targeted by one torpedo again. Swimming out away from her roommate, the Asian teen glided underneath the mini-sub, coming to a halt on the opposite side of the craft. She then turned, sweeping her arms upward a she sent a blast of water towards the mini-sub. However, it proved to be more maneuverable than expected, the pilot turning away just enough that the twisting blast of water passed harmlessly by.

Round Three: 22 Tsunami (bruised, 2 HP) 20 Glamazon (unharmed, 1 HP) 19 Merc 4 4 Merc 3 3 Mini-sub Tsunami is going with Def Atk -2 atk/+2 def this round. She attacks the mini-sub, getting a 17 , which just misses. Glamazon is up!

GM Seeing Thaelia's rather effective attack, the other mercenary that had been in melee with her took the opportunity to swim back some, putting some distance between him and the Atlantean. Once he had, the man turned back and fired his weapon at Thaelia. The beam of energy struck the Atlantean teen, but her natural resilience, greatly improved underwater, allowed her to shrug off the attack with ease. The last conscious mercenary in sight took aim at Giang. But once again, the Asian teen's maneuvering made her far too difficult a target, and the blast went wide. Just then, the sound of whirling propellers caught the two teens attention, as they saw a small, black mini-submarine rise up above one of the nearby buildings. The front of the mini-sub was a dark green canopy, and along either side of the hull were places for divers to sit. The mini-sub hovered in the water a moment, turning slightly towards the two teens, before a small torpedo launched out of a tube at the front of the hull. The small projectile sliced through the water, appearing as if was going to pass between the two girls. But just as began to, it exploded, a small ball of flame erupting in the water, sending out a powerful shockwave all around it. Giang swam forward slightly, gracefully twisting as she went, allowing her to stay just ahead of the shockwave and avoid injury. Thaelia was not nearly as graceful as Giang could be, and realized she was not going to be able to avoid the shockwave. So instead, the Atlantean teen simply turned to face it, bracing herself against it. The wave of concussive force washed over her, but she was able to withstand the impact without any significant injury.

Merc 4 swims away from Glamazon and fires at her, getting a 21. While that hits Glamazon, her Impervious toughness allows her to ignore the attack. Merc 3 fires at Tusnami, but misses badly with a 9. The backup that was called for earlier arrives, in the form of a minisub, which fired a torpedo at the two teens, both being caught in the area of the explosion. Need a DC 18 Reflex save from Glamazon to try to reduce the effect. If she makes it, she ignores the damage of the attack (again thanks to impervious). If she misses, Glamazon needs to make a DC 23 toughness save. Tsunami makes her reflex save with a 18, thus avoiding any damage thanks to Evasion.

Merc 5 gets a 25 on his grapple roll. But he is a minion, so I give the tie to you. Both Merc 5 and 6 miss their toughness saves, so both are out. Post away!

"Great." Velocity said with a smile as Graft indicated he could help with the search. She looked to the next block over. "That was the way I was heading, why don’t you cover the area around the intersection there, and I will search the half dozen blocks nearby and we will meet again at the intersection two blocks over and keep moving." With that, the speedster was off in a blur, searching through her designated section of the next several blocks. She stopped a couple pick pocketing attempts, though it was difficult to tell if they were part of what was going on, or just normal activity of those involved. Reaching the intersection they were supposed to met up at, the speedster took a moment to call back to Foreshadow and the mayor to let them know that another hero, Graft, had come forward to help and was taking part of the search.

Velocity easily skipped out of the path of the beam of energy that appeared from nowhere, but then frowned as she heard the robot speak behind her, indicating it had obtained the fragment. She did not have to turn around to see that the fragment was now floating in midair, a somewhat helpful situation. "No, it's not." She replied somewhat crisply to Steed before she became a blur of motion once more. This time, however, her blurring form was focused in a wide area around the floating fragment. Once again the firecracker like symphony of *CRACKS* echoed in the camber as her fist repeatedly broke the sound barrier, flashing out in every possible area around the fragment the robot could possibly be. Once again she felt her fist connect solidly with the robot. Then, she came skidding to a halt, placing herself between the floating fragment and the exit. "Steed, see if you cannot grab the fragment away from it!"

Velocity will once again use her stunted alt power, this time focusing her flurry of punches on the area around the floating fragment. Still a DC 20 Reflex save to try to reduce the damage. If successful, it is a DC 20 toughness save, otherwise a DC 25 tough save.

GM "Your friend is pretty smart." Stated the mercenary Glamazon had hit as he brought his weapon up, swimming forward to try to strike her with it as well. "Not that it will do you any good." However, his boast was quickly undermined as he failed to connect with his attack. Meanwhile, one of the other mercenaries continued to shot at Giang. But the Asian teen's maneuvers made her a considerably more difficult target, and his blast went well wide of the target. Muttering a curse, the mercenary keyed his radio. "Manta 3, Gamma is in need of fire support." A reply quickly followed. "Copy Gamma, Manta 3 on the way."

Merc 5 tries to hit Glamazon, but with no success. Merc 6 shots at Tsunami again, also missing. Glam is up!

Despite the continued sting from the blast that had struck her, Giang took a moment to consider the tactics the mercenaries were employing and recalling her prior encounter with Natas and his henchmen. The Asian teen frowned as she determined the likely objective for this group of mercenaries. Swimming up closer to her roommate, Giang concentrated on twisting and swerving, trying to make herself a harder target. As she went, she swept one arm out to the side, sending another blast of water, this one aimed at the mercenary who had just shot her. Once again the Asian teen's aim was true, and the blast slammed squarely into the mercenary's chest. A grunt of pain escaped his lips as he was propelled backwards by the force of the blast. Losing consciousness, the man then continued to drift along limply with the momentum from the blast. "Thaelia, these men are likely a diversion or blocking force. Natas is likely elsewhere with another force, after whatever his objective is!"

Velocity (22) (3) (13) (1) (2) (3) Tsunami (27) (13) (2) (3) (4) (2) (3) Synapse (0) GM (30) (Want to give Velocity enough to have 25 posts, should then have enough left over to give Synapse 25 posts as well) (15) (5) (3) (5) (2)

Round Two: 22 Tsunami (bruised, 2 HP) 21 Merc 5 21 Merc 6 20 Glamazon (unharmed, 1 HP) 19 Merc 4 16 Merc 1 4 Merc 3 Tsunami makes a Kn: Tactics check. She attacks Merc 1, this time using Defensive Attack (-5 atk, +5 def), making her Defense +15. Taking 10, she hits him with a water blast. He misses his toughness save, and is unconscious.

GM The mercenary Glamazon attacked drifted backwards slightly, as he focused on the Atlantean teen. "A little help here." He said into the radio in his helmet. Another of the mercenaries swam over towards the pair, but given the close proximity of his associate, he could not risk firing into the melee. So instead, he closed into melee range himself, bringing his weapon up over his shoulder as he tried to smash the butt of the rifle into Glamazon. But as able as he was at fighting underwater, the Atlantean teen was far too experienced at such fighting, and easily avoided the attack. One of the remaining six aimed his weapon at Giang as well, firing a shot that managed to hit her from the side. This time, the Asian teen grunted slightly from the impact, as her protective layer of water failed to protect her from the full force of the blast. But she was still far from out of the fight. Nearby, the last of the mercenaries saw an approaching Atlantean warrior and turned his attention towards that new threat. Once his weapon was leveled, the man fired a blast which hit the warrior squarely in the chest, knocking the Atlantean backward to slowly drift away unconscious.

Merc 4 swims over to Glamazon and tries to hit her with the butt of his weapon, but misses. Merc 1 fires a shot at Tsunami, which hits. This time she takes a bruise. Merc 3 shots at an Atlantean warrior, getting a critical hit! I will say that put the warrior unconscious.

I forgot to mention, these guys are minons, so you can take 10 to hit them. But in any event, that does hit, but Merc 5 gets a natural 20 on his toughness save! So he is unhurt with that 25. Go ahead and post IC.

GM Following Giang's successful attack, several of the men in the reinforced wetsuits turned to regard her and Thaelia. "Gamma reporting, have encountered unexpected resistance. An Atlantean teenage girl and what appears to be an Asian teenage girl who can breath underwater and control the water itself." One of the men reported, as he swam forward slightly, aiming his weapon at the Asian girl who had just knocked one of his companions unconscious. Another of his companions followed alongside, also leveling his weapon at Giang. The teenager was able to avoid one of the energy blasts, but the second managed to clip her shoulder, though her watery forcefield allowed her to easily ignore the blast, as it slid harmlessly off her.