I spoke up and indicated the best way to proceed would entail official permission from PRIMUS on the matter. The MU was wanted by the authorities, after all … and aiding/abetting the MU would reflect poorly on the Knights if caught at it. However, concerns were raised that doing so while on mandatory furlough would make targets of the Knights. That out of the way, Psi-Kick indicated she’d need to bring it to the group and get back to Edge.Ī lively conversation ensued on this topic across the mind link, and everyone agreed the Knights should help the Mutant Underground with its request. Psi-Kick wisely inquired as to whether the mutants in question had done anything untoward, and Edge responded in the negative. After explaining the situation, Edge then asked Psi-Kick if the Knights could help get the group to Canada. He went on to explain that Portal was in Genowa with several other members of the Mutant Underground - meaning their usual means of teleportation was out of the question. He indicated that the Mutant Underground had a group of mutants who evaded capture and needed a quick exit from the United States apparently, their evasion of a group of ECS Agents made them high-value targets. An out of the blue call from Edge to Psi-Kick changed all of that. Emotions ran roller coaster-like as the Knights vacillated between their desires to help mutants avoid persecution and their desires to avoid persecution, themselves. They were clearly bored, and knowledge of the media’s spin-jobs only made things worse. Unfortunately, sequestration took its own toll on the Knights. Were it not for my security level and PRIMUS access, this fact might have been lost on me, as the government had wielded the media like a skilled surgeon manipulates a laser scalpel. All Iron Guard successes were actively celebrated with extensive media coverage, while failures went either unreported or heavily downplayed in traditional Friday news dump fashion. In many cases, the Iron Guard experienced failures in situations where the Knights would have easily succeeded, but one would never have known it from the media. With the Knights effectively furloughed, PRIMUS leaned heavily on its tactical teams to address issues the Knights would typically handle. Throughout the following three weeks, repair crews worked around the clock to reinforce The Keep and repair all “typhoon-caused damage,” and things soon returned to normal. Reporting the structural damage as typhoon-caused while omitting the typhoon’s otherworldly phenomena greatly simplified their paperwork. Davis Dawes – PRIMUS Director of IntelligenceĮvelyn Chambers (Former Secretary to Bernard ‘John’ Storm)įollowing the typhoon, I saw glints of gratefulness in the eyes of the members of the police and harbor patrol who had been present during the demonic attack.
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