IC: Chasing the Prize, We always get our mark Options

[Kremlin KOA]

Gonzales looks at Helios and Graves as the three leave the doc's place. "I know someone who would have the gear to test that stuff, you want I should get hold of her?"

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Good idea," Helios replies, stepping out into the alley.

[BishopMcQ]

Street Doc:
Not seeing anyone outside, the hunter signals for his companions to follow him. Moving quietly, your voices hushed as you decide what to do with the vials you move to the edge of the building. Helios pokes his head around the corner and finds himself staring straight into the chest of a large troll. Tiny looks down at his three teammates not at all expecting them to be here.

Ballefour's:
Realizing that you have everything you're going to find in the house, you scoop up the computer and bug out. Cutting across the street, the invisible lone star detective and his dog running point to check that the coast is clear. The team climbs back into the modified SUV and moments later you are out of the neighborhood.

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Gh-!" Helios exclaims in a hushed tone as he unexpectedly meets his troll colleague.

"Tiny!...Never mind. Let's go get these to someone who can figure out what they are."

[Tanka]

"Bishop, I got a guy looking for information on this prick. I'll give him another call and add this to the list of things he should look for."

Charlie runs his thumb along the length of his crowbar, double-checking it for that safe feeling it gives him. Normally, he isn't creeped out, but this... This is bad.

"At least it wasn't like that Wendigo... I hate those things."

[BishopMcQ]

Ballefour's:
Arriving back at McShizzle's, the team separates to their own methods of transportation home. With only a few hours until dawn, you find yourselves torn between going to bed and just staying up through the next day.

[Tanka]

After copying down the two times and modes of transportation on an errant piece of paper (or pseudo-paper, as the case may be), Charlie heads home.

Upon arrival, he calls up Debian.

"'Ey kid. Think you can swing some more information before breakfast? I've just got a hold of a couple of departating times and modes of transportation for both of them. Care to see if you can get a passenger list and find out if he was actually on either of them?"

With that, he gives Debian the times and arrival points, as well as their modes of transportation.

[HeySparky]

::: In the car on the way to McShizzles :::

Edana is quiet on the trip back to Bling Bling's. She purses her lips, wanting to say something and stops. "Just how legal is what we just did? Should we call the cops? There's a murdered girl back there - aren't we in trouble if someone reports it?"

She looks out the window at the white-gray mushy swirl of snow and then back at Bishop riding shotgun.

[toturi]

Grave replies,"Even if that's a viral vaccine, it is going to take a hell lot more sophisticated facility than a regular street doc's to confirm it. Trust me, I think I was briefed on this once upon a time. At least a ... Level 4."

[HMHVV Hunter]

"C'mon guys, let's get to Gonzales' friend's place, see if they can help."

And with that, the four - Graves, Tiny, Gonzales, and Helios - head for their destination, cargo in tow.

[Kremlin KOA]

Gonzales leads the way to Puyallup, tward Christina D's place, during the trip he plugs his subvocal mike and earpiece into his PocSec.

"Hey Chrissie, I got some god news, some better news and some mildly irritating news."

"Give me the irritating news first."

"Need a serum decoded."

"usual fee."

"No Prob, the others, Luke Baiour is no longer in business..."

"That is good news."

"Also he ain't coming back for his stuff, or his lab, make of that what you will...."

"Understood."

"A couple of friends of mine will be coming with me to bring what I need tested... see you soon."

"No probs."

[BishopMcQ]

Chrissie D's:
The trip to Gonzales' contact doesn't take long, you don't even leave the burroughs. As you walk up to the door, three massive trolls walk out and pile into a pickup truck large enough to be called roomy for them.

"Head on in man, she's expecting you. Don't none of you other fraggers cause any problems 'cuz we'll be right back."

With a squeal of tires they race off in the direction you just came from.

Heading inside, you see the barber shop has been turned into a state of the art cyberdoc's shop. Chrissie D is a taller Asian woman with a serious expression and green eyes that sparkle with a hint of mischief. She puts a datapad she was examining down and moves over to you.

"Well I see you aren't the pimply faced kid that came to me looking for a smartlink, though you should eat more--"

"--That metal takes a toll on your body." Gonzales interrupts her to complete the sentence. "I don't know how many times you've told me that line. Here's the stuff."

The squat dwarf hands one of the blue vials up to the woman who immediately gets to work. Chrissie pipettes some of the liquid into several different machines. Once the centrifuge is spinning and the molecular analyzer is chewing on part of the sample, she motions Gonzales on to one of the tables.

"Might as well get a check up in..." her voice trails off as she pulls the mask over her face and pulls on a set of gloves.

[BishopMcQ]

Charlie:
"Sure thing chummer, I'm just about finished with this first part, should be ready with all of it a little after sunrise. Meet you at eight o'clock."

Debian's voice comes through the phone with that odd echo that seems to happen when he's decking and only lightly listening to the actual words from the phone call.

[toturi]

Grave warns the doc,"You might want to be careful with that. If that is what we think it is, you might want to treat that as a Bio-warfare agent."

[Bastard]

Arriving home late from the nights adventure, Kane heads right to bed. JT on the other hand, has a few things to do before he can call it a night. He sends a message to a contact of his named Thomas Gunther. The PI of course goes by Tommy Gun, and dresses the part.

Hey Tommy, give me a call when you wake. Dont care what time it is--JT

His next message goes out to Detective Tak Morgan.

Tak, give me a call-ASAP--JT

After the two messages are sent, JT activates the telecom to call Gonzales.

"Hey chummer, did you find anything from your contact?..."

[Kremlin KOA]

"Yeah, the substance still needs to complete testing, and my cyberware is in good shape." ha suprisingly good humored dwarf respods

"What substance?" Tagart enquires

"Just a little thing we found at the good doctor's former secret lab." Gonzales smugly responds.

"Well holy drek. All we found was a computer." JT complains.

"Check it for research notes. use search terms Vaccine 3.7 and Biowarfare Agent 2.0" Georgio, suggests.

"Actually I was going to see if you still knew that decker. You dont want me messing with a computer." JT counters.

"You want Johnny to look at it?" Gonzales asks, utterly horrified. "You realize he might get the data, but it will not be recognizable as a computer... or as evidence, afterward? Try Charlie, he said he knows a good decker. Everyone on your team safe?"

"Yeah...a little shook up though. It was a...messy scene. Edana seems to have taken it the hardest." JT explains in a bleak tone of voice.

"What happened?" Gonzales growls.

"We uncovered one of Bellafour's unfortunate aquaintences to say the least. He carved the skin right off her, in some sick ritualistic sex act. I caught a glimpse of the past...but I think Edana really saw something. There are some dark spirits there now, and not the kind that usually come and frag with me." JT flatly answers.

"how bad? 1-10, 1 is a pickpocket and 10 is Kano." asks Gonzales, in a deliberately calm and level tone.

"11 plus." JT almost whispers, memories flooding back.

"Meet you at Bling Bling's, ps I want 5 minutes with this guy when we find him... he'll be alive afterward... and very sorry."

"Im already home man. Im going to try to meet with Tommy tomorrow...want to meet there?"

"Okay then, make sure Edana is okay. Gotta go, the doc needs to check the bone lacing."

"One more thing Gonz."

"Yeah?"

"Im going to call Tak tomorrow. I cant leave that poor girl like that." JT says as he hangs up.


Gonzales uses the phone while the nanites check his bones.

"Edana, just spoke to JT, you ok? want to talk about it? Drink about it?"

[BishopMcQ]

Chrissie D's:
After hearing the warning from Grave, Chrissie nods and asks two of you to help her move the equipment under a fumehood and turns the fan on high.

"That's the best I can do here, let's hope it's not airborne at low temperatures."

There is the sound of a truck pulling up outside and two of the trolls from earlier come thumping inside arms laden.

"Looks like it'll be good boss, Bear is over there making sure the squatters don't try and move in. We found this crap though which doesn't look like anything youve got here. Do you need it or should we scrap it?"

Both trolls drop what they're carrying on the table next to Gonzales without much care or grace.

"Looks like we got some SCUBA gear and a box of doom."

Chrissie looks from the biohazard box and compressors to your team.

"I don't want it, any takers before we trash it?"

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Not me," Helios says.

[toturi]

"You've got a pair of gloves? I want to open this box up," asks Grave.

"Thanks," accepting the pair of gloves and opening the box up.

[BishopMcQ]

Grave:

You hear a clear hiss as the pressure release is activated and pressure is stabilized between the air you are breathing and the biohazardous contents of the box. Lifting the top clear, several small tubes are immediately obvious. They are clearly labeled with a bio-hazard symbol and the words "Level One Viral Agent: VITAS."

Laying beside the viral solutions is a thin cylinder designed for holding compressed gas. It is roughly five centimeters in diameter and twenty five centimeters long.

[toturi]

"How did we miss this?" asks Grave giving a hard look at Helios. "Well, well, motherfragging son-of-a-slitch."

"Hey, doc. You might want to take a look at this," pointing to the vials of VITAS.

He looks at the other team member and says,"Bio-agent and delivery system, chummers. This is one bad-hooped drek-eater."

[BishopMcQ]

Chrissie D's:
A low whistle comes from Chrissie as she looks into the box.

"Well, that would explain the SCUBA equipment. If this fragger was setting up a delivery system, the compressor and other crap could have filled that bottle without any problems.

"Gonzales" she continues, "I don't normally ask you about specifics, but none of this mess is going to come back and bite me is it? You said that Baiour was out of the game, but this drek looks to me like he started a new one."

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Ok," Helios sheepishly says, "so if that's VITAS, then what's in that vial you're scanning?" he asks, looking at the street doc.

[toturi]

"Don't worry, Doc. If we don't get him before end game time, you got the vaccine right? You'll be the richest street doc in Seattle," jokes Grave, trying to lighten the mood.

[BishopMcQ]

Chrissie D's:
The petite Asian woman shrugs.

"I'm not sure yet, I should have a complete workup done on the liquid by nine thirty, Short Stuff, you want me to call you with the results?"