At station 1, Viper fires his EM rifle at one of the mutants...but it jumps sideways and rolls adroitly to the side.  Its diamonds light up as the beam touches it, but it does not appear to be injured.  It launches itself at Viper.

Fault takes the handgun and turns toward the mutants just as one jumps to pounce on Viper.

Ted is aiming to fire at another mutant.

Snow finishes hooking up his EM Rifle to the machine, mumbling, "I think it will work."

Elle says, "Stand away from the machine in case it blows!"

At station 2, the mutant launches itself at Mitose...

Seeing the way clear, the rest of the party hops into the train.

Mitose tries a judo maneuver to throw the mutant past him...but he fails.  The creature claws out at him, but his attempted maneuver throws off the creature's aim.  They both turn to face each other about ten feet apart.  Mitose is now between the creature and the train, which is about 20 feet away.

The others clamber into the train car and look at the control panel.  It consists of a single lever (presumably for traction and braking control), a reversing key, a small numeric and symbol keypad, and an LCD flat panel graphic/alphanumeric display (as in a laptop computer).  The display appears to be used in conjunction with the keypad to control doors, reset alarms of various sorts, display train speed and braking information, etc.  A direction indicator on the display indicates that currently the train will go forward toward station 3, directly into the approaching monstrous creature.

Laz, Lot, Sam, and Jade are in the train.  Mitose is 20 feet just outside the door.  The mutant is about 10 feet from him, and the second mutant is climbing up onto the far side of the platform another 15-20 feet from that.
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Snow will turn the machine on. He then snatches up his shotgun, turns and aims towards an unengaged mutant. If it steps towards them, he'll start firing.

PM

Mitose feints to strike at the Eel-man, and then breaks into an acrobatic escape, leaping into a roll, to hopefully avoid any subsequent attack, and making for the door to the train.  Should he get aboard, he'll defend the doorway, using the narrow aperture to his advantage.

Laz looks at the controls and looks at the scientist he brought in, "Now how to work this thing better then me, I hope."
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After having a look around the train making sure that it was safe Lot returns to the door.  He takes a kneeling stance and prepares to cover Mitoses retreat.  Taking notice of the second mutant Lot crys out, "Mitose time to pull back buddy, there are more coming."

Lot takes aim at the closest mutant and waits for an opportunity to fire.

 Fault aims at the mutant attacking Viper and squeezes back on the trigger, hoping to at least distract the beast.

Jade hits the reverse direction button.  "I hope this points us in the right direction," she says.

Snow starts up the machine.  It begins to make a whining sound as it is gaining energy.  The attached EM Rifle begins to shake and jitter as it powers up.

The mutant lands on Viper, claws pulling back flesh.  The claws are like sharpened knives ripping through him (13 HT dmg).  Viper instantly loses consciousness. (-6 HT)

Fault fires at the mutant attacking Viper.  He makes a solid hit on the mutant's neck.  The mutant also appears to be trembling violently from the EM emissions of the machine.  It jumps off, trailing blood, and dives weakly into the water.

The creatures continue to come in from the shadows and deeper within the tunnels.  They still seem hesitant to come too close to the EM emission machine, although they are circling around the whole party making strange wheezing sounds.

One creature takes a tentative step into the circle.  Snow fires his shotgun at it.  The blast echoes around the platform, and the creature squeels and flies off the platform and onto the tracks.

There are several more mutants circling and more approaching.  Probably 7 circling and 3-5 approaching from the shadows.

Ted fires the sniper rifle again.  Another good shot.  He gets a mutant in the gut.  It makes a high pitched whining sound before falling back clutching its stomach.

Elle is by Yusaku Kamakura, who is still unconscious.  She is touching his neck.  "Oh, no," she says.  "We're too late.  Yusaku is dead."  She begins trying CPR, but the man has lost a lot of blood so her efforts are doubtless in vain.

The EM machine is making a very loud buzzing and winding up sound.  You are not sure what it will do...or if it will blow up.


Jade hits the reverse key.  There is an audible click, and a few lights light up.  On the LCD display, the path back to station 1 is also lit up.

Mitose expertly makes his acrobatic move and heads to the train.

Lot has a good opportunity to fire, and he has solid aim.  He lets a bullet fly, and it hits its mark in the mutant's shoulder.  The mutant is angered by the pain and presses forward, but it has bought you a few seconds.

Mitose jumps through the open doorway.

The door is still open.  The train is not moving.  And that large monster is moving very quickly toward the train.  It makes deafening sounds like amplified seal calls.  A second later, 4 more mutants climb up from the far end of the platform.

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Laz looks at Jade, "Guess we aren't going anywhere; we should try and close the door to this thing."

Sam is getting weak, but he points to the lever.  "Traction," he says.  "To get it going.  Release the traction."  He plops down on one of the seats, almost to the point of unconsciousness.

Viper is laying on the ground unconscious and bleeding profusely.

Lot continues to cover Mitose as he runs for the safety of the train.  He takes aim at the lead mutant with the intent to cripple one of its legs.  When the timing is right he will fire and step aside so Mitose can enter the train quickly.

Jade pulls back on the traction lever as far as it will go.

As a reminder, the medvest Jade carries has the following:
Basic first aid bandages and the like.
Four syringes: Two are marked "Boost Rate" and two are marked "Inhibitors."

 Fault looks nervously at the generator. "Um, Snow, how confident are you in your skill as a technician? I mean, should we be running now?"

Snow shrugs, About as confident as i was with my skill at descending from the ship! then pumps a round into the shotguns breech for emphisis.

Snow pumps another round into the shotgun.  The mutants are very wary, having learned from their mistake.

Elle pulls the dead researcher closer toward the EM machine.  "If you break that thing, all those things will rush you like a swarm of bees," she says to Snow.  "It's all that is keeping them back."


Jade pulls on the lever, and the train jerks into motion back toward station 1.  The mutants see it moving from them and begin sprinting after it.

A shriek bursts out from the giant creature approaching down the tunnel.  Electricity runs through the cables above, but instead of hurting it, the creature seems to be absorbing the power.  It is moving faster.  In fact, it briefly comes into view as it reaches the edge of station 2 just as the train is departing.



There are several thumps from the far end of the train.  It is hitting mutants on the tracks.  Then you hear another thump and the scratching like nails against a blackboard.  One of the mutants is on the train car.  You hear the sounds moving from the rear towards the front.

The subway train car is accelerating toward its maximum velocity, which the gauge indicates to be 100 kph.

You may assume it is 2 km between the two stations.
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Laz is flustered it is apparent if anyone looks at him. Once the scratching along the train starts he doesn't look too good. "I hope that thing can't get in."

"Ah man, with claws like that its going to make a way to get in thats for sure."

Lot takes a moment to check on Sam's condition.  The last thing Lot wanted to do was to come all this way for nothing.  If anything more can be done for Sam Lot will ask Jade for the med vest and trust the others to cover him while he works.

"Easy, I think that's one of the normal ones." Mitose pauses for a moment at that statement, and actually laughs. "Keep oan eye on teh glass and the doors, lets get to the others, as quick as we can!"

He moves to check on Bill again, doing any further first aid he can.

Jade hands the medvest to Lot.  "Take care of Sam.  I'll try to handle these controls."  She lets it accelerate to maximum velocity.

The metal scratching continues from the rear of the car toward the front.  The train doors (4) are still open.  The train has accelerated to maximum velocity.

50 seconds until the train car reaches station 1.

Unless there is combat or other activity requiring otherwise, I will take this in 10 second intervals.  Therefore, please plan your PC's moves for 10 seconds (and give a contingency if attacked).
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 Fault inches away from the whirring generator, toward the edge of the white circle nearest the tunnel. He swings the handgun out infront of him in what was meant to be an intimidating manner, but ended up just making his lack of skill even more obvious.

Can someone stabalise Viper bafore he bleeds out on us? I'll cover Snow will continue to watch for any mutants who get too close. If none do, he'll fire a shot at one of them anyway.
OOC : Aim and fire at a random mutant. Every ten seconds or so. He'll fire until he has two cartriges remaining in his weapon

As Lot works on Sam he cant help but feel the increasing wind in the cabin as they accelerate.

"Damnit? are those doors still open?  Jade is there a door switch on that panel?"

Lot keeps his pistol pinned beneath his knee to prevent it from sliding around or bumping away.

PM

Laz makes his way to the doors, he tries pushing them together, hoping it works.

Here is a reprint of the train controls to refresh your memory:

The others clamber into the train car and look at the control panel.  It consists of a single lever (presumably for traction and braking control), a reversing key, a small numeric and symbol keypad, and an LCD flat panel graphic/alphanumeric display (as in a laptop computer).  The display appears to be used in conjunction with the keypad to control doors, reset alarms of various sorts, display train speed and braking information, etc.

Jade pushes the button that closes the doors and sees what happens.

40 seconds to station 1

At station 1, Fault shoots at the nearest mutant as he goes to the edge of the white circle.  He gets three shots, but only makes one solid hit.  The mutant falls back.

Elle moves in to try to stabilize Viper now that Yutaku is dead.

Snow fires two shots from his shotgun.  The mutants, now aware of the dangers, jump out of the way, and his shots miss as they echo in the darkness.

The EM machine is winding up very loudly now.  It's just a matter of seconds.

The mutants are getting anxious.  They also seem to be getting bolder.  They inch closer to the white line and crouch to pounce.


Lot pulls out the inhibitor and injects Sam.  Mitose is aiding Lot with first aid on Sam.

Laz tries to push the doors together with his hands, to no avail, as they are flush inside the walls they slide open to.

Jade pushes the "door" button, and the doors close.

The mutant on the train car has moved to the top left corner and is scratching furiously at something.  It sounds like crowbars against a car, accompanied by deep scratching and the sound of metal being ripped apart.

From the distance, you see a brief flash.  Something is approaching you.  Since the train is moving, it appears to be in slow motion, and you recognize it immediately.  It is another one of those shockwaves - emitted from the mouth of the large creature.

It will reach the train car in probably about 10 seconds.

Sam appears to be stabilizing.

Mitose looks up from Sam and out the window, when the doors close. "That one on the outside could cause a problem..."

Then he spies the shockwave, "Grab a hold of something!  Jade!  If we can go faster, now's the time!  If that wave cuts the power, maybe we can get by on inertia until we restart the thing..."

Laz struggles futiely with the doors and gives up after a few seconds, as he lets go the doors close and he takes a breath. He walks over to Mitose and Lot, to see what is going on with Sam when he notices the shockwave. "Seems, we have another surprise," says Laz as he braces himself against the wall.

Snow continues to watch the mutants, aiming his shotgun at them in turn, hoping to at least scare them a bit. He fires only one shot this time, after aiming at a particularly ugly mutant for a few seconds.

 Fault continues looking anxiously over his shoulder at the whining machine. "Hey, Elle, Ted, you guys are scientists... tell me, hypothetically speaking, what would exploding EM battery do to say, oh, human flesh?"

Jade tries to see if she can push the traincar any faster.

"We should think about powering down and coasting until the wave passes us by.  Even if we arrive at the station before it hits us, it will still hit us.  We dont want the train to burn out before we are done with it."

Snow chuckles despite himself, Well, you have the choice of trying to run for it, of course, the way out is through them he motions towards the mutants,