Issue #3 – Know Your Enemy
Dr. Aaron Silvestri contacts the characters again and meets them in Central Park near a foot bridge. He has small communication devices for each of them to slip into their cell phones, pagers, or other electronic devices. The Underground has developed a way to tap into the weather satellites to send short text-only messages to its members.
He then informs them he’s ready to examine the Enforcer Psychic they captured, and asks them to follow him to his lab. The characters follow him under the foot bridge, where a dirty bum stands up out of a pile of cardboard boxes. The bum takes Dr. Silvestri by his shoulders, they lock eyes for an instant, and the Doctor disappears with a Pop.
With some trepidation, the characters follow suit, each in turn. When they meet the hobo’s gaze, they see their reflection in his eyes – then his eyes become transparent, like a window to a distant room, and as the character watches in fascination, they shortly realize that the room is not so distant – they are now standing in it!
In the good doctor’s laboratory, the Enforcer Psychic is strapped down to a table, and the characters proceed to assist the doctor with his examination. They also have the opportunity to look over the doctor’s records of his examination of a standard Enforcer.
Observations by Dr. Aaron Silvestri, Ph.D on the nature of Enforcers
Observations by Dr. Aaron Silvestri, Ph.D on the nature of Enforcer Psychics
Issue #4 – A Child in Danger
As their examination of the Psychic wraps up, their communication devices come to life. A ‘Meta’ is being pursued by Enforcers, and it’s up to them to save it!
Gateway transports them to the small, sleepy New England town that now plays host to a scene of destruction. Part of one house has been reduced to rubble, and a swath of devastation leads straight across the town and into the forest. One Enforcer corpse lies broken in the middle of the street and four other sets of footprints follow a huge set of tracks into the forest.
The heroes eventually catch up to the scuffle, as the ‘Meta’ in danger has seized a large log as a weapon, and is trying to smash the offending Enforcers into paste with it. He stands nearly ten feet tall and is covered from head to toe in thick red fur. His massive hands sport even more massive claws, and his strength appears tremendous. Unfortunately, Smokey and Cypher spot another Enforcer Airwing on the way.
The Enforcer Psychic paralyzes the brute, then turns his attention to the group. They handily defeat him and his squad – just as the second squad sets down. During the ensuing scuffle, Cypher is paralyzed by the new Psychic, but the group still manages to get out and meet with Gateway, who transports all of them away moments before a Suppression Unit arrives.
Back in the lab, they are able to calm the beast, which transforms back to its regular form – a fourteen-year-old boy.
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