Asylum

Preamble:
 
Cypher is working away at Homestead fine tuning the abilities he's given to the Fleetwoods. With them able to record and stream information he can now share with the rest of the team more readily!
 
Learning back a satisfied grin crosses his face.
 
A Dark-web alert comes to him through Maximum resistance, "Cypher, we could use some help with a prisoner we've recently captured, he has some... technology issues I think you can help with,"
 
Interesting, he thinks to himself, he dials into the Dark-web "Hi Max, what are you coordinates and can you give me a run down of the sich?" Max does.
 
Cypher goes to Runeforce and asks him to open a portal close to where the rest of the team had gone.
 
Looking over the captured mercenaries, he frowns at their equipment, thinking its just so mundane. Although the CaptureFoam(tm) bazooka looks interesting...
 
His senses are drawn to the animated nanites within the powerful mutant. "Hello my diminutive friends, what are we up to today hmmm?" He telepathically sends to the tiny robots. ╟Unit responding - following protocols given ╢
 
"well my little friend, please tell me which protocols are in effect?" ╟Unit responding- after remote instructions given non compliance results in system shutdown, after second non compliance more systems are shut down until compliance begins╢
 
Thinking to himself "That's horrible, we need to change this" He telepathically talks to the Nanites again, this time instigating his Alter records ability to change the programming given. He changes a few using this method, but realizes there are too many nanites to reprogram quickly.
 
He looks over at Max and says, "This is going to take awhile, I have a new subsystem I've been toying with which should solve the problem but it will take upwards of 5 minutes."
 
Before going further, he looks up at the circling "Bird" Drones and connects to their feed line to the NextHuman operatives. he feeds a steady repeat loop to their cameras which he's hoping they won't catch onto very quickly.
 
After getting the go-ahead, he begins the transform which will affect all the nanites at once. Telepathically he says, "Change order coming in, prepare for new interface."
╟Unit responding - Affirmative, noting changes, acquiesce.╢
 
Once the new programming has taken effect, Cypher tells the nanites "Please depart from host, your assistance is no longer required here." ╟Unit responding - Acquiesce╢
 
Noting the canal catheter, he finds a syringe from the first aid kit , and withdraws the nanites into the syringe. Remotely closing the WIFI connection, "Patient is ready for transport" He says to Max & Runeforce. Handing the syringe to them "Keep this in a safe place away from patient for further review"
 
"It it's alright with you guys," Cypher continues, "I'm going to go with the rest of the team to see what these NextHuman animals are really up to!"
 
We make our way to The Asylum.
 
Funny thing that, isn't an asylum supposed to be a safe place? who would ever use such a place to create monsters??
 
As we approach the area, we come up with a plan for Nemesis to look like our wayward Mutant and to carry Faust (Apparently unconscious) into the facility.
 
But... something else is happening. The earth trembles, actually shaking <Peculiar>, I think to myself <are earthquakes common for Michigan? reaching out with my senses I do a quick google search. <Nope, only 4 since 1973 - long before my time!>
 
I start to say something to the group but then the poop hits the fan <Ok, it was more like dirt & mud but you get the idea! > Faust & Nemesis are covered, but they keep going, no wait Faust leaves the girls arms then blindly charges at another humanoid creature, an earth controller of some type!
 
I send the Fleetwoods (John, Lindsay and Christine <she's so sassy>) out to give me an overview of the area. They report lots of conflict between more mercenaries and more mutants. Hey there are some office people leaving too, wonder if we should question them...
 
Stevie stays near me (thankfully) and blasts away at a mutant or two. Rather than staying on my own I teleport up to where Nemesis is, but she continues on blindly without me! I'm about to complain when another mutant comes bursting out of the ground preparing to attack me. I dive for cover to get away from it. Succeeding I land prone roughly 2 meters away.
 
Panic is setting in, <I'm not a hand to hand type of guy, I need a plan... and not just duck and run> <Although that might work too...>
 
To be continued...