On Sacred Ground : Entry : LOG ENCRIPTION 108259371

Sandcrab texts out a message on the DarkR Web general com channel, "Heading to grocery mart in 30. For those who wish to coordinate and add their special senses to the search for clues."
"I'll be in a dark area near the store. Call if you need backup inside." responds Lil Rocket.
"I will await the results of your investigation, before I proceed." responds Wildthing.
(Hmmm, 30 minutes, no other volunteers, I guess no one want to join this old man? I guess I just don't get the younger generation or maybe they don't get me? Solo it is.)O0o. Thinks Sandcrab as he heads out of the base.
 
Over secure communication link, "Socrates; activate Destination H.U.D. Overlay, set coordinates for Quan Lim's Grocery Outlet, 50 feet below street level." Rex doesn't speak this aloud. The nanites residing within his blood monitor his brain's oxygen usage, reading Rex's thoughts, communicating through their direct link with the New Champions A.I. Socrates.
"Rex, although I understand your need to communicate your requests in standard human thought patterns, it would be faster and less resource demanding if you allowed your symbiot to communicate with me through our own machine language." Socrates dry tone clearly reflects his impatience with being pressed into service. Like breaking the DarkR Web, when they first encountered each other, Rex Miller's persistent mind was a bother at times. The connection Rex and the Sandcrab's symbiot had established linking them to him. The A.I. Socrates, still not at full self, was taxed with many tasks of it's own and although 'feeling' is simulated programming, sometimes felt bothered.
Sandcrab sends back a message, "Thank you Socrates for your advice. However, I feel it is important for your human communications skills to improve, that we continue in my preferred language. You can practice your machine language when you connect with Cyph..."
"WARNING" Flashes across Sandcrab's H.U.D. as he realizes unexpectedly he has broken into an underground sewer complex below his destination coordinates. The Nanite Swarm's feedback instantly showing the layout of the chamber he has accidentally breached with three red threats turning to face him.
"Hey! You guys know which way it is to the underground train station?" tests Sandcrab, hoping to throw a little confusion into the mix as his Nanites send out a DarkR Web emergency message, "Mayday, I might need a little help!" And to Socrates, "Send coordinates and guide any of the others to my location now."
"Confirmed." Socrates replies, mildly amused that Rex was not able to complete his sarcastic reply.
 
Meanwhile, Sandcrab activates full defense mode as the three Demon Faced Samurai declare him an intruder that must die and attack. One, two, three each of the attackers swing their swords attempting to end the red and yellow intruder. Sandcrab thinks, .o0O(Time to put some distance between me and those swords!) he scurries up the pillar to the ceiling and ripping at the concrete and dirt attempts to bury the three attackers, trapping two, the third jumps out of range tumbling to safety.
As some of his teammates arrive Sandcrab confronts the free Samurai, "Don't bother getting up. What are you guys doing down here?"
"We are guardians of this sacred space. You have intruded and you will pay!" says the Samurai
"No harm was meant. We are actually looking for a missing refrigerator." Responds Sandcrab. The two argue back and forth until Ghost rips the sword from the Samurai's grip in a flyby, leaving him now even more irate.
Looking around to see if there are any clues that might aid him Sandcrab sees some crates with small items within and then notices that the ceiling where he clawed to bury the sword wielding demon faced samurai with is beginning to callapse! Which is a serious problem, as there is a shop with innocent people, that would certainly be harmed, if it collapsed.
Lil Rocket reacts by rocketing up through the sewer escape and hustles innocents to safety, while Maximum Resistance and Sandcrab shore up the ceiling with a combination of Force Walls and Entangle.
Suddenly in an unexpected turn of action Wildthing begins to help the two captured Samurai escape using her exhale breath wind power. At the same time Sandcrab makes an intuitive leap as if a flashbulb goes off in his mind. But how obvious it was he felt a fool for not catching on sooner and as the stage is about to become more crowded with about two dozen more Demon Faced Samurai incoming, Sandcrab attempts to befriends his opponent by revealing that he and his friends are not here to steal anything and intruded accidentally because of something stolen yesterday and 'that' something must have been stolen by a third party. He then too quits the attack, releasing his enemy and offered the New Champions help to discover the thief. Not knowing, but hoping to avoid a fight with the incoming squad, especially since he doesn't yet know if they are corrupt or not?