Scratch Team (IC)

[Thunder King]

Voltage looked down at the robot momentarily, making sure it wouldn't explode in the meanwhile. Once he was sure it was safe, he walked into the room and looked at the containment chambers. There was no control panel that he could see, and he knew that the faster these people were out of the pods, the better. So, with that said, he got to work, using whatever he had on hand to work with. He'd never had to work with technology quite this advanced before, and had to push his mind a little harder and faster than normal to ensure that he didn't accidentally kill them.

After a few tense moments, though, he disabled the containment units

[Semi-Autogyro]

Myrmidon nodded at Comrade Frost after the man had readily dispatched their supposed foe. << Good. >> He said turning his attention back to the tubes, dismissing his weapon while Voltage worked on freeing the ones trapped inside. Moving to the nearest occupied one he was chagrined to note it contained the real version of an opponent he had eliminated earlier that day: Orion.

He loudly cleared his throat, intent on getting the others attention. << There are other familiar faces here besides our allies. How should be go about policing them when we free them from their enclosures? >> Myrmidon said, gesturing at the comatose master assassin. << They are not guilty of the crimes their duplicates committed, but they are still known criminals. >> At that, the clone hero extracted a few sets of plasticuffs restraints from his vest but not nearly enough to go around.

[Fox]

Tiamat made a snorting noise at her enemy's sudden and final defeat, slipping her mace back on her belt and muttering something that sounded suspiciously like a disparaging comment about underage humans. Her fearsome presence had evaporated almost instantly - what was the point of being scary if there was nobody to be scary to?

As far as the criminals went, Gaian Knight was on that as soon as Myrmidon pointed out the less-than-innocent victims' presence: he was already drawing stone in from the tunnel behind them, forming it into what could almost be rounded, legless gurneys if gurneys were made of natural earth and came with heavy-duty, limb-encompassing restraints. "We'll just have to make sure they go where they need to once things have calmed down a little," he said, frowning. "I don't imagine the prisons have weathered this too well - that'll be a headache for another day - but we'll put something together. I'll build it myself if necessary."

[Avenger Assembled]

What followed was something of a wild confusion: first the tubes drained dry, then the occupants awakened, heroes and villain stepping out into an alien place despite the familiar faces who were there to greet them. None of the recognizable criminals, Orion and the others, put up much of a fight, and for the moment submitted (albeit with some cold stares) as they were put under restraints, still wet from the fluid that had sustained them for how many weeks. It was Duncan Summers, his eyes strong despite his frail body, who took charge of the other 'survivors', staying on his feet by the expedient of an iron-handed grip on John's shoulder. "Tell us what's going on," he said to the heroes, his body like a drawn string. "How can we help?"

[Semi-Autogyro]

John nodded at Summers in affirmation before turning to the others. << It is the 15th of January, 2013. Earlier today, android duplicates of the people present staged a terror attack on Freedom City. Before whatever event that triggered them they were indistinguishable from their authentic counterparts. However at 0900 hours this morning they all simultaneously went hostile across the city. There are others still unaccounted for, judging by the duplicates that have been taken down or destroyed but not found to be present at this location. The androids are based on Preserver technology, specifically that of the Curator. After disabling one of the androids and analyzing its remains, we traced its signal to this underground facility where we found all present in stasis guarded by another android duplicate. By our estimation this infiltration must have been ongoing for several months, but all of you present should be able to present a more concrete version of events. >> Myrmidon waited for the others to quiet down before continuing.

<< We do not know how secure this facility is, so it would be best if we could move to safer environs before any further questioning. >>