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Purging Purgatory Penitentiary

Krystal Fae (Acidburn)
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Author's Note- story continued from  https://heroes-rising-forum.2349640.n4.nabble.com/Delivering-the-Intel-quot-It-s-not-a-pretty-picture-quot-td393.html#a426

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Krystal arrived at the Penitentiary to find a sort of barely controlled chaos underway.

B. A. D. G. E. Agents were questioning inmates and guards, and technicians were reviewing every form of monitoring device and video footage available.

Heading over to the ranking Agent available, Krystal said, "I'm Agent Acidburn...Director Nova assigned me to determine who was responsible and how they did this... what have we discovered so far?"

"Well, we're still reviewing the records, but it had to have been an 'inside' job...", the agent replied.
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"WHAT?!   What kind of idiocy is this? Director Nova assures me that everyone who works here has been thoroughly vetted..." exclaimed Krystal.

"Nonetheless, the release was done by access to a terminal located in this facility, and the access code used was... Warden Kruger...", stated the technician.



"All personnel... locate and detain Warden Kruger at once... use minimum necessary force... authentication code Alpha-Alpha-Tango-Zulu", stated Krystal into her B.A.D.G.E. communicator.
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45 minutes later...

"Ma'am... according to the security tapes, the Warden was in his office until about the time you requested his apprehension... the strange thing is... well... there is still a life sign detected there, but no one was in the office when it was visually verified that he wasn't there...", the technician stated.

"I need 3 Agents to meet me at the Warden's office, and Strike teams positioned outside on that side of the building and in the Hallway... I'll be there in 2 minutes, Acidburn, out.", stated Krystal.

2 minutes later...

The door slides into its recess, revealing a seemingly empty office.

Krystal enters the room and begins by checking the corners to assure that no one could possibly be hidden within the chamber.

As the other 3 Agents enter, Krystal signals them to cover the entrance and the windows.

"Something isn't quite...," Krystal begins to say quietly.

Krystal whips up her stunner and fires at the large topiary in the corner but it shifts quickly to an ape-like creature and burst quickly through the window.

The sounds of battle rise from below...
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By the time Krystal dived through the window herself and flew to the position of the team leader, it was over.

The ape-like creature had disappeared into the darkness.

As the strike team rose from their positions, dozens of Agents and Guards piled into the yard.

As Krystal discussed the next move with the leaders of the various groups, one of the technicians burst breathlessly through the door.

"Ma'am... theres something you oughta see...", she wheezed.
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As she followed the technician back into the building, she handed her PEDD (Personal Electronic Data Device) to Krystal.

As Krystal watched a news report of the apprehension of the final escaped inmate in a warehouse not far away, a bulletin broke in announcing that a shadowy humaniod figure had entered an arcade, also in a nearby location, and taken 3 teenagers and 2 employees hostage.

10 minutes later, outside the arcade...

Krystal had recognized the figure as the same one that had fled the Wardens office and arrived to assurances that nothing had entered or left the building.

As Krystal was issuing orders, several figures were seen moving within the arcade... there was definitely something strange about the figures... she recognized them, but couldn't believe they were what they appeared to be... 'Living'  characters from some of her favorite video games.
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Jake was known as King of the 6th Street Arcade.

He held high score on nearly every machine in here.

"Anything new, Bill?", Jake asked the manager.

"New console in the back, J-dude.", stated Bill with a grin.

"Cool...", Jake replied.

Jake moved towards the rear of the building, passing a couple of his friends who were absorbed in their own games.

Jimmy was playing a swords-&-sorcery thing that Jake had beaten long ago, and 'Sam' was, of course, immersed in the Primula game.

As Jake approached the new console, out of his peripheral vision he saw a shadowy, vaguely man-shaped figure.

It reached towards him, and he began to lose consciousness.
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Krystal had to wait impatiently for the Tech van to arrive.

"I need to know what's in there and where...", she told the tech.

"Okay... in the main chamber, about 30 degrees right of the door, 1 lifesign, 18 feet in... about 48 degrees left, 22 feet, another... 10 degrees left, 40 feet, a third... in the rear office area, 1 lifesign, no Morphons detected... there's one other lifesign...12 degrees right, 51 feet,  very weak, no morphons detected..." called off the tech.

"Anything else?"

"There is a Morphon source near the 3rd lifesign, but it doesn't read as a human."

"Okay...thanks...", said Krystal, "...could you give me the van for a moment, and ask the team leaders to join me."
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As the three team leaders entered the van, Krystal was deep in thought.  She quickly laid out the situation inside the arcade.

The leader of Beta team, a large, obviously ex-commando type, started to speak loudly as if he was used to being in charge.

"What we will do is rush the entrance, lay down cover with flash-bangs, and neutralize the targets."

"I don't think so...", Krystal stated quietly but firmly, "you three will contain the perimeter, and I'll enter alone and take care of the situation.".

"But... There are 4 mid-level morphon sources in there... I've seen the readings and according to this equipment, you are only slightly higher in power yourself... I realize you were placed in charge of this mission, but you're talking suicide... you fight the fights that you can win, Ma'am.", said the Alpha team leader.

"There are civilian lives on the line here, gentlemen, and I won't endanger them with a frontal assault...", Krystal said to the Beta team commander, then turned to face the Alpha squad leader and said," ...and, all due respect, you don't just fight the fights you can win, you fight the fights that need fighting... Gentlemen, you have your orders.", said Krystal determinedly.


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As Krystal opens the door to the arcade, disguised as a teenage girl by one of her illusions, she is confronted by a large sword-bearing Barbarian.



"Cool costume, dude... you hired by the arcade, or is it a promo... EEEKKKKK!!!", the exclamation coming as she was forced to duck under the swing of the sword.

The seeming young woman turned to run, and as she was pursued by the Barbaric figure, she slammed the door upon his sword as it followed her with a second swing.

The hulking figure growled, flung the door open and began to pursue, only to be stunned from multiple angles once he was clear of the building.

As the figure went down, it reverted to Jimmy, and lay still while medical technicians checked him over.
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Krystal re-entered the arcade and moves to the nearest visible figure. She is confronted by a feminine figure dressed all in pink.



"I'm the mini-boss for this portal." the figure states, "... if you want to pass, you must defeat me."

She presses a button on her bracer and various parts of her armor begin to blink and hum quietly.

This battle was definitely one of the strangest Krystal had been in yet.

 Primula fires a variety of pink laser beams and heart-shaped energy pulses at her.

At various points in the fight, she stops to do a "power-up". She’ll yell something like, “Powder Puff Broach Power Up!” and then dances and poses while a pink-themed light show goes off.

The whole process takes several seconds each time.

No matter how much Krystal tried, she couldn’t seem to interact with Primula while she's doing this.

Krystal caught her with a stun blast just as she came out of her ‘Princess of Petals Power Up’.

As 'Primula' slumps to the floor, she reverts to the form of a young woman.

Krystal quickly checks her pulse, then moves towards the next area.
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Krystal neared the snackbar and stage area of the arcade.

Krystal smiled slightly as she read the sign in neon lettering above the counter... "FJ's Snackbar"

The area behind the bar was empty, but there appeared to be a teenaged boy hiding in the corner behind the tables.

Krystal signalled him to stay where he was... he nodded silently.

A mechanical sound from the stage area spun Krystal in that direction...

Several animatronic figures were cavorting on the stage, but what had Krystal's attention was the large dog-like figure rushing in her direction.



Instinctively, she blasted it with the stunner, but it had no effect.

As the robot approached, she dropped the stunner and went into a fighting stance.

Eventually, the beating the device took rendered it inoperable.

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The teenager stood cautiously from behind the table, then began to edge in the direction of the front door.

Krystal sensed the danger before he had moved completely clear of the tables, and did a rolling dive to recover her stunner.

"Very clever...", said the seeming teen in a voice that did not match his form, "... how did you know?"

"I can sense the Morphons coming from you, and you were far too calm for the situation you appeared to be in.", said Krystal.

"Shall we dance, then?", the figure asked.



The battle continued for several minutes, but Krystal finally got a lucky shot in that rendered the figure unconscious.

Krystal spoke into her communicator, "Situation secure... medical and security team in here now..."

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Author's note- story continued in https://heroes-rising-forum.2349640.n4.nabble.com/Halloween-Contest-Entry-It-s-not-what-you-think-tp454.html
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