"Hmmmm."

I adjust, performing a charge action and hitting him with a flying knee.

17:54, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 16 using 1d20+10.  Cosmic Strike. D.C. 25.

Sergei rolls out of the way as your knee demolishes the wall against which he had been standing.

There's a flash of light out of the corner of your eye as Sergei looses a blast at you.

Sergei rolled 15 using 1d20+10.  Sergei's Blast D.C. 25.

(Missed me. Pucker up, Sergei.)

I duck under his right elbow to dodge the blast and then strike him with my right elbow in the ear.

13:48, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 18 using 1d20+8.  Cosmic Strike DC 25.

Sergei dips under your elbow and trys to jab you in the kidney.

Sergei rolled 10 using 1d20+7 for dirty kidney punches

I let him pass through me as he throws his punch. As he turns backwards to face me, I throw a straight right between his eyes.

21:34, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 18 using 1d20+8.  Cosmic Strike DC 25.

Sergei springs up and over your punch and kicks you in the shoulder blades like a diver in a competition.

Sergei rolled 9 using 1d20+7.  Kick ray and push off for distance.  DC 22 toughness save.

Miss.

I take advantage of the distance he creates to launch forward at him in a charge attack.

14:47, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 27 using 1d20+10.  Cosmic Strike DC 25.

Like a bull through a mannequin, your blow flies into Sergei and he is sent crashing through the wall and you don't see him climb back through the hole but you don't have a clear view of the ground to know if he's unconscious or not.

I keep as much momentum as I can and follow him recklessly through the wall.

You charge through the wall and lying on the ground 20 feet in front of you is Sergei seemingly unconscious.

DC 25 notice check

15:16, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 22 using 1d20+9.  Notice Check.

Failed it.

Unaware, I pull two foot long pieces of rebar from the hole in the wall to bind Sergei's hands and feet with, and start towards him.

You move closer to Sergei and reach down to bind his hands together but you hand passes right through him and he seems to shimmer and disappear.

You hear laughing behind you in the building.  As you turn to face the laughter, your vision is overcome with white light blinding you.  A blast hits you sending you hurdling into the side of the cave collapsing ice, snow, and rock down on top of you.

DC 30 toughness save to retain consciousness

09:22, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 11 using 1d20+10.  Toughness Save.

G'night, moon.

Darkness fills your vision as you fade into unconsciousness.

Your vision comes back.  You're looking at a doctor standing above Sergei.  Except his pack with the tubes is missing.  You realize that you're looking out through Sergei's pack.  Some remnant of your energy must be remaining in his pack allowing your unconscious mind to glimpse through it.

The doctor turns towards you

Iban will survive with no problem.  We will reattach the storage unit and he will be at peak performance capacity.  Tell me about his interloper.

Sergei: He vas some kind of American.  military maybe.  our energies were comparable.  I could absorb much of his attacks but they were quite impressive.  Iban and I will have no problem.

DC10 Constitution Check

15:39, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 12 using 1d20+2 ((10)).

Bright lights fill your vision once again before being snuffed out by a freezing cold, crushing blackness.  Your body seems to be working.  Working as well as it can considering the weight of the ice and snow piled on top of you.

He's some where over here!! Bring more shovels, the rubble is stable!!

You slip into your incorporeal form and float out of the rubble.

WHOA! the voice you heard from below belongs to a bookish man in his 40's who proceeds to swing a shovel at you.  It harmlessly passes through you.

I'm so sorry about that.  I didnt expect you to be alive, honestly...

He shouts to a young man in his 20's Hey Bolt, go get the Colonel! He is going to want to talk to this fella.

The young man rushes off.

You look around.  It appears that you are in a tunnel that ran parallel the whole length of the base.  You probably never would have found this place if Sergei hadn't knocked you through the ice wall.

As you take in your surroundings, a US military man in his 50's approaches flanked by two stern faced attendants? No, probably guards.  The man is well built with graying brown hair.  Pock scars cover his square face.  They arent quite there but jowls are beginning to form.

He asks with the air of a command Will you state your name, your allegiance, and who we should contact to verify your information.

This must be the Colonel.  He is calm but the two men by his side look like they're very....afraid of you...
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"My Codename is Cosmic Ray. I am an Agent of DARE and a liaison to President Roosevelt's Secret Service. My credentials can be verified by Agent John Okerlund at Fort Clark."

Corporeal! Get DARE on the line.  Corroborate this information.

One of the men at his side runs off.

Had a pretty good row with that fella, Sparky.  Seems to me you Advans are gonna be the next wave of military might.  I just hope the US can come out on top of that dog fight.

The corporeal returns and whispers something in the Colonel's ear.

Alright Sparky.  Seems your creds are good.  I have to take an accounting of the damage you guys did here.  Feel free to leave at your leisure.  If you have any questions itching on your mind, go talk to the Doc.  Heard he swung a shovel at you.

He chuckles at the last bit and strides off.

"While I'm sure he's a well educated man, Colonel, I fear I will need a bit more than medical expertise to locate the answers I seek."

Unless there's something else here that seems to be tied to Iban and Sergei, I'm going to return to Fort Clark. Specifically to my lab.

You skip the conversation with the Dr.  You fly hastily to your lab. Deep in thought about Sergei.  Wishing you had managed to get a look at their power pack devices.  You turn insubstantial and pass through Oak's office.  He is not their yet so you continue to your lab.

Going quickly to my work station, I'm going to attempt to construct a device that will track my own energy signature. I will then construct a suit that will shield my body from its detection, leaving the only trace of my energy signature that is vulnerable to it the piece that was unknowingly stolen by Iban.

Make a Craft, Electronics Roll

13:54, Today: Cosmic Ray rolled 25 using 1d20+9.  Craft Electronics.

You set to work easily assembling the tracker but the shielding device takes a bit more work.  With some creative ingenuity, you not only manage to create a device but its small enough for you to attach it to the top of your hand for ease of access.  You've tested it and are confident it works but have the feeling it will only activate and deactivate so many times before its unusable.

Cosmic Ray has gained the use of an energy detection device and a device that cloaks his energy signature.  Device will break after a certain number of uses and need repairs before using it again.


*knock knock*

You hear someone knocking on the door to your pod.  You hope its Oak with info about the League.

Sure that this room is rife with harmful ionic radiation after all this trial and error, I will turn insubstantial and step through the door to greet whoever is calling on me.