13817/LexHub: Terrorism

LexHub: Terrorism
Date of Scene:	16 September 2021
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Lex Luthor, Berri Sundae

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Lex Luthor has posed:
It's been some time since Lex had given Berri a serious assignment. Most of her work had been LexCorp security or dealing with a bit of anti-espionage activities over the last while.

Now... now Lex has directly contacted her about a time sensitive, covert operation. A transport helicopter was coming to pick her and a squad of Team Luthor up from a Team Luthor facility. Apparently, a LexTech facility had been compromised, and unforeseen circumstances had forced an evacuation. Details would come once she was on site... as time was a factor.

On the rooftop of the training center, a squad of 12 Team Luthor wait at attention as the LexCorp helicoptor begins to descend onto the helipad...

Berri Sundae has posed:
Odd jobs paid the bills, her retainer fee kept the lights on...but it had been a little while since Berri had been able to indulge in something truely engaging. Thankfully, that very much looked like it was about to change!

When the helicoptor lands and the 'Ice Cream' colored girl walked up the ramp onto the chopper it might not be what the team expected, but in a world of mutants and metas perhaps they knew to think twice when confronted with colorful characters.

Moving down onto the rooftop when they arrived, her parasol was slung over her shoulder closed while she seemed to stroll happily down onto the site.

'Blank faced' and calm, the young woman looked like she didn't have a care in the world!

Lex Luthor has posed:
Taking off, the transport copter expertly flies off. In the middle of the transport is a small helographic table. on either end of the inside of the helicopter are 7 seats each. The Team Luthor agents glance towards Berri briefly, before they look to the table as it lights up. Over it comes Lex Luthor's voice. "Good evening. I apologize for the short notice of this assignment, but I had no choice. We've had one of the LexHub facilities doing final testing of components get compromised and evacuated."

In the middle of the table a holographic representation of what looks like an underground bunker pops up, "Somehow someone found out about this facility despite it being a secret. Which means someone with an NDA disclosed it or we have a skilled infiltrator on staff." There's a pause, then... "I need this group dealt with. They're trying to blackmail me with the location for a million dollars. Berri and the team here will be cleaning up this mess discreetly while I handle the situation from the outside. Any questions so far?"

Berri Sundae has posed:
Infiltrators and 'leaks' were something to hunt another day, for the time being? Berri was certainly happy being the 'cleanup' girl. If anything, it sounded like fun after some less direct assignments.

A shake of her head, Berri herself doesn't have questions to ask, instead the young woman sits herself down, studying the display while her parasol and the weapon concealed within rest across her lap.

Lex Luthor has posed:
"There's an emergency maintenance exit that only a few people know about. This tunnel is how most of you will get inside and secure it." Lex continues then, the hologram switching to a close up of the rooftop, "Berri, meanwhile, will come in through the rooftop to handle the sensitive assignments. Parachutes have been provided. You will all drop at designated points."

As they speak, the city is left behind.

Berri Sundae has posed:
A shift in her seat as the briefing continues, Berri closes her eyes after a moment. It had been a while since she'd used a paracute, but the League of Assassins did train their students in quite a variety of skills.

Awaiting their arrival, she does at least take the time to check the chute and clip it on. The waiting was always the worst part after all.

Lex Luthor has posed:
It takes about a half hour to get out to the desert... and soon, the LED on the inside of the helicopter turns on, 'Alpha Team, you have a go'.

With that, the members of Team Luthor who were with her suddenly drop out of the side in threes, dropping into a canyon.

A few minutes later, and what looks like an abandoned complex of some kind.

It's intentionally left like that, less prying eyes.

Another minute, and the helicopter is flying over it. The words "Berri, you have a go'. appear.

Berri Sundae has posed:
Dressed in white and light colors, Berri didn't exactly look like she was there for desert tactical operations. Apparently unarmed and certainly looking out of place, the girl practically skips out of the helicoptor before diving into her jump, letting the free-fall take her until she hit the right height and pulled the chute.

Touching down with ease, the assassin closes her eyes, reaching out with her senses to try and pick up the minds of those uninvited guests that might be nearby.

Lex Luthor has posed:
There's no one below she can feel. But then, this section is just camo. The real facility is way below, underground.

She has three options for infiltration at this point: The vents, the main elevator, or one of the stairwells leading to a hidden entry.

Berri Sundae has posed:
As useful as her gifts were, making her way down the stairs could be quite the trip and that could easily risk her tiring out or running into traps, the elevator was the choice.

Odds are it would be risky, but then Berri wasn't quite going to ride the whole way down in the open.

That left the vents, tight and cramped but manageable thanks to her small build.

Vents it is, the woman exhaled a soft breath before she reached into her pocket, setting the key to work against the locking bolts of the grate. A few turns later and she pushed the grate aside, moving into the cramped ducting.

Lex Luthor has posed:
Cramped, but serviceable. Down she goes. She's been given her pick of special forces equipment for this, so she has plenty of tools to move around in the ducting easily.

It takes a couple minutes, even so, for her to start to feel any other minds in the area. In this case, just two... far down and to her east.

"Contact, 9 tangos." Alpha Team reports over the commlink, "Going silent for engagement."

Berri Sundae has posed:
A single squelch of her own comlink was the only affirmative she'd given, then Berri was moving, making her way towards the mind she could sense and trying to reach out, to 'read' what they could see.

Lex Luthor has posed:
The complex as a whole is relatively abandoned. Whoever was security did their job, excepting the original group. About halfway down in her mental range, she can feel a group of about fifteen scattered around, though a majority of the team that came in with her is heading towards a duo off to one... corridor? At least that what it 'feels' like using the map Berri was given.

Alpha Team knows what they're doing, but Berri has the advantage of 'real time' mental radar, so she can pick and choose.

The large group where the hsotages are, or picking off the stragglers first?

Berri Sundae has posed:
As good as she was, facing a large group on her own was never the best choice or the smartest option. The Detective might often face multiple foes, but the League of Assassins knew the value of a measured, step by step approach.

Besides, that was what the Alpha team was for, with their multiple men and multiple weapons? She'd simply make thwir job easy for them!

Her form slipping out from from the vent with catlike grace, she touched down daintily and began to move to the first straggler.

Lex Luthor has posed:
It's a large underground complex, but the map she was given has the vent system going to a room off the corridor where one of the terrorists is. It's a simple utility closet, and one that her keycard will open easily.

Outside, the female mind is just passing the closet door...

Berri Sundae has posed:
The soft 'beep' of the closet opening might be about all the warning the straggler terrorist could get, but even that wouldn't help all that much. Berri could sense her timing, her position, and she knew just how to exploit it as she pounced like a cat on a mouse, springing to quickly strike.

Lex Luthor has posed:
There was no warning as Berri took on the casually dressed blonde wearing a hockey mask (aren't these people supposed to not be amateurs?) and got a solid knockout hit to the back of the head. Her belt visibly has a number of items in it; ammo, a knife, some sort of ID, a radio.

Berri Sundae has posed:
The belt? It was glanced over, Berri bending lightly before she fished the radio free and checked its frequency. One swift message tapped out later and the information would be ready for their own people to listen in, assuming Lex hadn't simply hacked in already.

The lack of professionalism was puzzling, but Berri herself had used 'mooks' before, perhaps this was simply the hires. Certainly, they'd be able to 'ask' anyone they detained later.

It took a slice here, a little improvisation there and the straggler was disarmed, bound and gagged before the two-tone girl continued on to her next mark.