DT2 - This was supposed to be simple

by **Narrator** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:13 pm

For the first week of their work, the kids really had a boring, if strenuous, workload. The asteroids were wrestled in, they were mined, and the process was repeated.

On the ninth day they were there, though, an alarm sounded. From their rooms in the dormitory section, they could hear a lot of panicked shouting.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:20 pm

Madrox looked up from what he was doing and raced out of his small room.

by **Narrator** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:26 pm

The action, judging from how people were hurrying away from it, was in the direction of either the mining facility or the docking bay. The babble of yelling seemed to be people saying that they needed to do something, and others shouting back that there wasn't anything they could do.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:29 pm

Madrox rushed to meet them.

"What happened?"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:33 pm

Rachel hurried out of her room "What is going on?" she asked one of the people who was rushing by.

by **Narrator** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:54 pm

"In the control room and the mining bay, they've gone crazy!" the worker she stopped said, frantically, pointing down the hall before pulling away and hurrying off in the opposite direction.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:02 pm

Madrox looked to Rachel.

"Sense anything from here?"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:59 pm

"Give me a sec." Rachel said, reaching out with her power to see what she could find out about those areas.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:08 pm

Rick stumbled out of his room, having been napping until a few moments before. Still a bit bleary-eyed, he headed over to his teammates.

"What's happening? Anyone know?"

by **Kathrin Schmidt** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:47 am

Kathrin comes sailing around the axis of the rotating ring, a regular sleep cycle still somewhat eluding her and she sets down next to the others. "Lots of yelling going on, but why..." she shrugs. "Can't be good though."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:11 pm

"Apparently something's going down with the crew in the control room and the mining bay."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:53 pm

"Please be quiet." Rachel said absently "There are a lot of upset, distracted people running around, and I need to concentrate."

by **Narrator** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:57 pm

Rachel would be able to sense a lot of panic for a ways down the facility, and then, closer to the mining bay, no matter what mind she touched, it was just blank, as if the thoughts weren't being formed within the minds of the people she was touching.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:07 pm

Rick stayed quiet for Rachel's sake, even thought Madrox's response raised even more questions in his mind.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:00 pm

"The people in the mining bay are alive, but none of them are thinking." Rachel reported "Its weird."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:02 pm

"Not thinking?"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:06 pm

"Their lower brain function is fine, but thoughts, emotions, all of that good shit, isn't going on right now. Classic 'lights are on, nobody's home'." Rachel elaborated.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:27 pm

"How though? That's so weird. Do you think it's telepathy?"

by **Hannah Murphy** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:24 pm

Murphy was besides them rather suddenly, moving quietly for someone so tall.

"Trouble?"

by **Narrator** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:09 pm

There was a loud crash from down the hall in the direction everyone was fleeing.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:29 pm

"I think we should suit up and go in to find out." Rachel said.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:13 am

Rick grumbled something about how napping had been so nice before he stumbled back to his room to suit up.

by **Kathrin Schmidt** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:50 am

"Sure beats more space rocks." Kat says, trying not to grin too much at the break of routine as she waits for the others to get ready.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:46 am

A few minutes later, Rachel came out of her room wearing her protective suit "Ready to go?" she asked the others.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:09 am

Madrox, in his not-entirely-necessary protective suit, nodded. He has his gauntlet slung at his wist in case he needed it.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:31 am

Rick come out of his room a few short moments later, still adjusting his gloves. "Ready."

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:36 pm

"Well then, let's move out," he said, heading out.

by **Narrator** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:48 pm

As the team hurried down the hall, they quickly stopped running into any base personnel fleeing the area. As soon as they passed the hangar, though, they could see personnel moving somewhat stiffly, between the mining bay and the main control room. The ones moving back toward the mining bay were holding components from the control room in their hands. So far, nothing seemed to pay any attention to the X-Men as they approached.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:55 pm

"This is not of the good." Rachel said quietly, reaching out to see if she could sense anything that might be controlling the actions of the crew.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:57 pm

"Looks like our first stop is the mining bay," Madrox said.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:08 pm

"What the hell did this...?," Rick asked in a mutter to himself, following the others.

by **Hannah Murphy** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:21 pm

Murphy moves behind the others slowly, looking a bit tense.

by **Narrator** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:28 pm

Rachel would find that her power still affected people as normal, but that she couldn't discover the source of the control. Whatever it was, it was blanketing a wide area, including the area they were in, although there was no pressure on their minds.

Unfortunately, even as Madrox suggested moving toward the mining bay, they could see that the posessed crew was very efficiently taking apart the control room, which controlled things like life support, the station's reorientation, power regulation... fairly vital things that should probably remain functioning. Even worse, a couple posessed workers began moving toward the hangar, where the only means of returning home currently lay.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:38 pm

"Shit. We take the control room first, and don't let those two get past us."

Madrox rushed ahead.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:39 pm

"Time for you to take a nap." Rachel said, making the needed adjustments, so that everyone in the control room would fall asleep. She hoped. "I've got the control room." she said to Madrox "You and Kat go check out the mining bay."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:44 pm

"On it!," Rick told Madrox. He ran to interpose himself between the two workers heading toward the hangar. As soon as he stopped, he burst into a spin, and the workers would have a tornado between them and the spacecraft in the hangar.

by **Hannah Murphy** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:47 pm

Murphy backs up Rachel quietly, holding a few arrows at ready.

by **Kathrin Schmidt** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:51 pm

"Gotcha." Kat starts running towards the mining area.

by **Madrox Saavedra** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:08 pm

"I'll head with Kat, the rest of you join us when you can."

Madrox moved to join Kat.

by **Narrator** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:07 pm

The two that Rick caught in the tornado were buffetted around, slamming into the walls and seeming dazed.

Rachel's few, on the other hand, went down when commanded. Unfortunately, each time she turned her attention to another, the one she'd just put to sleep woke up. Now, the threat established, when they woke up they activated their plasma cutters, advancing on her.

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