Actions:
Leadership: 5, success. Remove a token from Golem A.

1.) Golem A move to I5.
2.) Golem Leader charges to E3, targeting Agent Beaulieu. 10 on a 15 with toughness. Needs a 5 to deal 2, rolls: 3,3= 6 for a hit and 2 damage after toughness. Knockback into the side of the map at E1 for an extra click. 3 total. Indomitable.

3.) Golem C moves to L1.

Recap:
SHIELD

4) CT101 Clay Quartermain (3,5) M2 @@
7) CT008 Mandroid Armor (Agent Beaulieu) (1,4) E1

Golems:
1.) Golem Leader (WSM 020 White King 107) (6,6) [D05] @@
2.) Golem Creation A ( HA 041 Molly Hayes) (2,4) [I05] @
3.) Golem Creation B (CW 103 Thing) (4,6) [F3]
4.) Golem Creation C (WSM 013B Flatman) (2,4) [L1] @
Ko'ed:
CA205 Captain America (0,6) I7 -- KO'ed
[2] AVM036 Black Widow (-1,5) KO'ed
[1] CA002 Howling Commando (Dum-Dum Dugan) (0,4) KO'ed
[3] AVM035 Nick Fury (0,6) E4 -- KO'ed
IC001 SHIELD Agent (Young Gabe) (-2,4)-- KO'ed


Objects:
Light: B7, O7,
Heavy:

Map: Cavern

Shield 10B. I pass to clear clay

Story:
The giant clay monsters began to converge and surround the remaining members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. strike team.

Actions:
Free: Leadership, roll: 2, fail.

1.) Golem A will push and move to L3.
2.) Golem B will move to F1.

Recap:
SHIELD

4) CT101 Clay Quartermain (3,5) M2
7) CT008 Mandroid Armor (Agent Beaulieu) (1,4) E1

Golems:
1.) Golem Leader (WSM 020 White King 107) (6,6) [D05]
2.) Golem Creation A ( HA 041 Molly Hayes) (1,4) [L03] @@
3.) Golem Creation B (CW 103 Thing) (4,6) [F1] @
4.) Golem Creation C (WSM 013B Flatman) (2,4) [L1]
Ko'ed:
CA205 Captain America (0,6) I7 -- KO'ed
[2] AVM036 Black Widow (-1,5) KO'ed
[1] CA002 Howling Commando (Dum-Dum Dugan) (0,4) KO'ed
[3] AVM035 Nick Fury (0,6) E4 -- KO'ed
IC001 SHIELD Agent (Young Gabe) (-2,4)-- KO'ed


Objects:
Light: B7, O7,
Heavy:

Map: Cavern

Shield Turn 11B:

Thanks for the try at giving me some XP. But I failed to hit, so no good.


Actions:
1) Clay will close combat attack Golem A. Att 8 vs DF15 needs a 7+. Rolls (3,1)=4. Miss. It figures
2) Agent Beauliue will close combat attack Golem Creation B. Att 5 vs Df=17 needs a 12. Rolls a (3,1)=4 miss


SHIELD:
4) CT101 Clay Quartermain (3,5) M2 @
7) CT008 Mandroid Armor (Agent Beaulieu) (1,4) E1 @

Golems:
1.) Golem Leader (WSM 020 White King 107) (6,6) [D05]
2.) Golem Creation A ( HA 041 Molly Hayes) (1,4) [L03] @@
3.) Golem Creation B (CW 103 Thing) (4,6) [F1] @
4.) Golem Creation C (WSM 013B Flatman) (2,4) [L1]
Ko'ed:
CA205 Captain America (0,6) I7 -- KO'ed
[2] AVM036 Black Widow (-1,5) KO'ed
[1] CA002 Howling Commando (Dum-Dum Dugan) (0,4) KO'ed
[3] AVM035 Nick Fury (0,6) E4 -- KO'ed
IC001 SHIELD Agent (Young Gabe) (-2,4)-- KO'ed


Objects:
Light: B7, O7,
Heavy:

Map:

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...&u12=x161y-325

Story:
The large rocky Golem towered over Agent Beaulieu. The monster came forward at the much smaller man with a flurry of strikes, any one of which would have sent Beaulieu to the floor. The Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. stood his ground for a few moments against the Stone Golem, but as the fight wore on he began to tire, and his movements became less and less precise. Finally after a valiant struggle, Beaulieu took a boulder sized fist in the chest. He slumped against the wall, and fell away from consciousness.

The Largest of the Golems, after seeing its closest prey go down, turned and shot off toward the last remaining intruder. Clay Quartermain was now surrounded by three of the abominations. He knew he couldn't stand against all of them, but he was determined to take at least one of them down with him!

Actions:
Free: leadership, roll: 6, success. Extra action added to the turn.

1.) Golem B will use Flurry targeting Agent Beaulieu. 9 on a 14. Needs a 5. Rolls: 1,4= 5 exactly for the hit and KO.

2.) Golem Leader moves to L2

The rest will clear.


SHIELD:
4) CT101 Clay Quartermain (3,5) M2 @


Golems:
1.) Golem Leader (WSM 020 White King 107) (6,6) [L02] @
2.) Golem Creation A ( HA 041 Molly Hayes) (1,4) [L03]
3.) Golem Creation B (CW 103 Thing) (4,6) [F1] @@
4.) Golem Creation C (WSM 013B Flatman) (2,4) [L1]


Ko'ed:
CA205 Captain America (0,6) I7 -- KO'ed
[2] AVM036 Black Widow (-1,5) KO'ed
[1] CA002 Howling Commando (Dum-Dum Dugan) (0,4) KO'ed
[3] AVM035 Nick Fury (0,6) E4 -- KO'ed
IC001 SHIELD Agent (Young Gabe) (-2,4)-- KO'ed
CT008 Mandroid Armor (Agent Beaulieu) (-2,4) KO'ed


Objects:
Light: B7, O7,
Heavy:

Map: Cavern

Shield Turn 13b.

Story:
Clay is surrounded on all sides, but hears Nick's voice ring in his head "There not going to take us without a fight" He lashes out with a series of punches and one of them knocks the head clean off the Golem who stops functioning and falls to the ground in a pile of mud. He figured that it wouldn't be long until he suffered the same fate as the others, but atleast he would go down fighting.


Actions:
1) Clay will use Willpower and close combat attack Golem Creation A. Att 8 vs DF15-1=14 needs a 6+. Rolls a (4,2)=6 and hits. Golem A takes 2-1(tgh)=1 click and is Ko'ed.



Teams:

SHIELD:
4) [3] CT101 Clay Quartermain (3,5) M2 @@


Golems:
1.) Golem Leader (WSM 020 White King 107) (6,6) [L02] @
3.) Golem Creation B (CW 103 Thing) (4,6) [F1] @@
4.) Golem Creation C (WSM 013B Flatman) (2,4) [L1]


Ko'ed:
S.H.I.E.L.D.
CA205 Captain America (0,6) I7 -- KO'ed
[2] AVM036 Black Widow (-1,5) KO'ed
[1] CA002 Howling Commando (Dum-Dum Dugan) (0,4) KO'ed
[3] AVM035 Nick Fury (0,6) E4 -- KO'ed
IC001 SHIELD Agent (Young Gabe) (-2,4)-- KO'ed
CT008 Mandroid Armor (Agent Beaulieu) (-2,4) KO'ed

Golems:
2.) Golem Creation A ( HA 041 Molly Hayes) (0,4) [L03] KO'ed



Objects:
Light: B7, O7,
Heavy:

Map:

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...&u12=x619y-412

Hey, thanks for the PM. Somehow the thread subscription got removed and I wasn't getting updates from the thread.

Story:
The Golem Leader didn't even seem to notice as one of its minions was beheaded and taken down. The giant creature stepped forward and slugged Clay square in the face with its enormous fist, leveling him.

With all of the intruders taken out, the golems moved back to their tanks and seemed to fall back into stasis.

Actions:
1.) Golem leader will push and swing at Clay. 10 on a 13, needs a 3. Rolls: 6,4= 10 for the hit and KO.

SHIELD:


Golems:
1.) Golem Leader (WSM 020 White King 107) (6,6) [L02] @
3.) Golem Creation B (CW 103 Thing) (4,6) [F1] @@
4.) Golem Creation C (WSM 013B Flatman) (2,4) [L1]

Ko'ed:
S.H.I.E.L.D.
CA205 Captain America (0,6) I7 -- KO'ed
[2] AVM036 Black Widow (-1,5) KO'ed
[1] CA002 Howling Commando (Dum-Dum Dugan) (0,4) KO'ed
[3] AVM035 Nick Fury (0,6) E4 -- KO'ed
IC001 SHIELD Agent (Young Gabe) (-2,4)-- KO'ed
CT008 Mandroid Armor (Agent Beaulieu) (-2,4) KO'ed
[3] CT101 Clay Quartermain (0,5) KO'ed!

Golems:
2.) Golem Creation A ( HA 041 Molly Hayes) (0,4) [L03] KO'ed

Objects:
Light: B7, O7,
Heavy:
Map:

Previous Totals Current Totals
Team Members Points Unlocked IAP IXP
Nick Fury 70: 77 [19,1]
Black Widow 35: 58 [14,2]
Falcon 46: 31 [7,3]
Jean-Francois Beaulieu 36: 14 [3,2]
Abigail Brand 29: 28 [7,0]
Tia Senyaka 18: 17 [4,1]
Laura Brown 25: 31 [7,3]
Clay Quartermain 22: 10 [2,2]
Dum-Dum Dugan 29: 22 [5,2]
Gabriel Jones (Young) 14: 4 [1,0]
Spider-Woman 55: 22 [5,2]
Bucky (Captain America II) 50: 12 [3,0]

Previous Totals : 326 [81,2]

Previous Team Experience: 67
Previous Squad Points: 429

Current Game Totals Game Totals
Team Members IAP Scored IXP
Nick Fury 70: 3 [0,3]
Black Widow 35: 2 [0,2]
Jean-Francois Beaulieu 36: 0 [0,0]
Clay Quartermain 22: 3 [0,3]
Dum-Dum Dugan 29: 1 [0,1]
Gabriel Jones (Young) 14: 0 [0,0]
Bucky (Captain America II) 50: 0 [0,0]

Team Points before KO: 9 [2,1]

Ko Bonus Points
Ko'ed Members Game Totals
Golem Creation A 43

Total Ko: 43 3

Team Points after Ko + current Game: [2,1] RND TO 2 + 3 5
Team Points Total: 72


Final New Totals Game Totals
Team Members Game IAP + Prev IAP Total IXP
Nick Fury 70: 80 [20,0]
Black Widow 35: 60 [15,0]
Falcon 46: 31 [7,3]
Jean-Francois Beaulieu 36: 14 [3,2]
Abigail Brand 29: 28 [7,0]
Tia Senyaka 18: 17 [4,1]
Laura Brown 25: 31 [7,3]
Clay Quartermain 22: 13 [3,1]
Dum-Dum Dugan 29: 23 [5,3]
Gabriel Jones (Young) 14: 4 [1,0]
Spider-Woman 55: 22 [5,2]
Bucky (Captain America II) 50: 12 [3,0]

Ko'ed and will miss next game:
Agent Beaulieu
Gabe Jones
Bucky
Dum Dum - Due to Injury from Debris

Team for next Game:

55 CW209 Spider-Woman
22 CT101 Clay Quartermain
46 SN056 Falcon
--10 SNF004 Heightened Reflexes
18 CT006 S.H.I.E.L.D. Sniper
5 SIF001 Spotter
29 SN006 SHIELD Agent (Agent Brand)
45 CW040 Nick Fury
18 IC152 Tia Senyaka
248 pts

Epilogue:

The members of the S.H.I.E.L.D squad gathered and slowly backed away from the mud golems. The onslaught was too much as their agents dropped like flies. Even the incomparable Fury was down. There was no relief in sight and the Golems seemed unstoppable. Clay Quartermain called into his helmet comms over and over “We need back up now! We need backup now!” but there was no answer. The signal just wasn’t powerful enough to penetrate the giant cavern.

He watched as the giant behemoths advanced on his position unable to even fight back when it happened. One of the smaller golems moved forward, but something was different. It attempted to keep moving but some kind of unseen force was holding it back. As one of its legs inched forward the thing began to dissolve. It started slowly at first at the toes but spread quickly up and throughout the body of the thing. Moments later only a large pile of mud remained where the creature once stood. The main Golem hesitated as if unsure. It stopped momentarily, and then its head turned slightly to the side as if it were listening to something from the decimated laboratory. Its head slowly swiveled forward again and it seemed to have made a decision. It advanced still flanked closely by its last remaining companion. It seemed as if the thing knew what was going to happen, but was being forced to proceed nonetheless. The two creatures began to cross the invisible barrier yet as before, they both melted away into massive piles of grey clay, unmoving and silent.

Clay was confused. Their weapons had been nearly useless against these magical creatures, yet here they lay. He crawled forward and poked the barrel of his rifle at the closest mud pile…..nothing. He knew it was against protocol, but he had to know. Slowly he inched forward and swept his bare hand against the goo. It felt warm and surprisingly, dry. He noticed the warmth of the thing soak into his hand and withdrew it immediately, but it was too late. Whatever he had contracted from the thing was inundating him. The warmth spread slowly from his hand up his arm and then throughout his weakened body. He sank to his knees as a feeling of calmness cast upon him. “So this is it?” He thought. This is where I will die. So deep under the surface of the Earth that not even S.H.I.E.L.D will likely be able to recover my body. As he closed his eyes and passed on into unconsciousness his final thought was strange. I wonder if Ireland has cheeseburgers?……….


Hours Later--

Voices whispering and ambient noises were the first thing he sensed. Slowly without opening his eyes, Clay Quartermain focused on the noises and they began to come into focus.

“It must have been the Golems.” he heard from somewhere to his left. “It’s the only thing that makes any sense.”

“Yes, look here, you can see his hand print right in the middle of this pile of mud, it must have been one of the things. It’s certainly large enough.” came another voice.

“Well why the hell is he the only one affected?” came the solid growl of Nick Fury. “I mean look at him, it’s like he was never in a fight at all.”

“I’m not sure, touch it again.” came the voice he now recognized as Black Widow.

“Let me.” demanded Fury. “It’s my fault we are in this mess bringing a bunch of squirrelly rookies along.”

“See? Nothing.” Fury said after a few moments.

Clay decided to try and speak up. “Sir? What’s going on?” he said as he continued to lay in darkness and enjoyed fleeting thoughts of opening his eyes to an open blue sky dotted with high floating clouds.

“Well Well, Look who’s awake?” Fury said as he rustled to his feet. “Why don’t you tell us what’s going on agent?”

“What do you mean? We’re dead aren’t we?” Clay answered.

“Dead? Hell no we’re not dead. At least not yet anyway. Why don’t you get your lazy rear up and help us figure out just what in the Sam Hell is going on here?” Fury commanded.

Clay was hesitant to open his eyes but he couldn’t just ignore the order. He opened his eyes and was surprised to see huddled over him Fury, Black widow, Bucky, and the other members of the squad that had lain defeated only hours before.

“You guys look awful.” he said as he scrambled to his feet.

“Yeah, but you don’t.” Dum Dum said quietly. “What gives?”

Clay stopped for a moment and it struck him. No pain. None. He stretched and bent doing a quick range of motions and nothing. His body was fully healed from the damage he had taken during the battle with the Golems. He looked around in shock as he took in the various battle wounds of his compatriots.

“How are you healed?” Fury asked his single eye squinting with intense curiosity and caution.

“I don’t know.” Clay responded. “We were fighting, and then the Golems just began to fall apart. Look, there are three piles there, the one I touched and the other two.”

“The one you touched?” Fury was watching and listening with new vigor. “That one there? With your rookie handprints all over it?”

“Yes sir.” Clay said ashamed.

“If he touched it and it somehow healed him, how come when we touched it, nothing?” Black Widow asked as she walked slowly between the piles of goo. Without warning she ripped off her left glove and reached down to place her bare palm on the top of the nearest unhindered mud pile. They all watched confused as she took in a deep breath and sighed heavily. What happened next shocked them all. Black Widows battered and bruised face began to reform itself. Swelling went away and the full color of her natural flesh flowed back into her. She was healed.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Fury demanded as he moved over to her.

Black Widow opened her eyes and Fury saw an un-natural blue light flicker across her eyes as she stood.

“It was just a theory.” She responded calmly. “It asks more questions than it answers though. Try that one.” she said pointing to the final mound of mud.

Fury grunted but couldn’t refute what he had just seen and he wasn’t about to let any more members of his team take any more unnecessary risks. He reached down and placed his palm on the last untouched Golem pile and was amazed at the change that overcame him. He felt 50 years younger almost instantly.

“We need to find out just what in the hell is going on here. Spread and search the area, look for anything, notes, clues, weapons,….anything!” Fury commanded.



As the team spread out, Dum Dum collapsed still woozy from the small Stalactite that hand un lodged and fallen on him during the battle.

“Take a seat Dugan, you sit this one, wait for the medics.” Fury commanded quickly before he put himself into any more trouble.

As Fury’s team made their way back to the makeshift lab, he worked his way back to the cavern entrance contacting the Helicarrier and calling in a S.H.I.E.L.D M.H.J.E or Medivac Hover Jet Evacuation.

The team was coming up empty as they searched the lab and remainder of the cave. Looking around Bucky’s eyes glazed over as he had a vision of his past. He had been here before, everything was blurry, but he remembered the Red Skull and Baron blood talking with man, probably Dr. Huber. These flashes came upon him suddenly, memories of when he was a Blood Doll. He remembered shadows moving along the rear of the cavern and disappearing. He shook his head as the memory ended. He quickly glanced about making sure none of the team members noticed his hesitation, then proceeded to the area where the men had disappeared.

Bucky felt around the wall examining and checking for any unusual formations when he discovered what appeared to be a loose, yet well worn rock. He felt it’s surface until his fingers rested in grooves that had been worn out from countless uses and pulled. The wall groaned and shifted, only a few inches, but enough to reveal a hidden alcove.

“I got something!” he shouted. “Come help me open this!”

The team gathered and forced the broken hidden door open.

“How did you know this was here Bucky?” Fury‘s voice shattered their excitement as he returned to help with the investigation. “This cave is huge, how did you know where to look?“

“I have been here before,….I think….when I was a Blood Doll. I remembered this area and just got lucky.”

“I’m checking this myself.” Fury said as he walked into the small room. It appeared to be some kind of library, the walls lined with shelves full of science books from the late 40’s up till the mid 60’s. Against the back wall stood a file cabinet that was stuffed with notes no unlike the ones he remembered seeing scattered throughout Stark’s lab. “Gather it all, let’s get out of here.”

Fury sent in a SHIELD clean up and detection team to finish clearing the cavern and followed as the pile of information they gathered was brought into the Project Pegasus labs. There had to be something in there that would give them a clue as to what had happened in Ireland and he was determined to be there when they found out what it was.

Fury gathered his team in the conference room for a sit rep.

Dr. Samson started, “Our science team analyzed the information from the notebooks, as well as some hidden vials of blood that were hidden in some of the books. The blood appears to be human, however it is diluted with some unknown chemical mixture that the lab is still trying to breakdown. The notebook appears to have been written by Dr. Huber himself, although that would fly in the face of all the facts about his death during the launch of the rocket that brought us Captain America. However, these notebooks have very distinct signatures and connotations that are in keeping with his previous work leading us to believe that maybe he somehow survived that incident. Much of his work is illegible and incoherent, but from what we gather, he was trying to recreate his working lab in Germany and recharge the Satan’s Claw. The energy we are tracking must be connected with that somehow.“

Samson paused and looked around making sure everyone was still following. “It has also been determined that this power source was the same thing that brought to life the Mud Golems you fought. It is theorized that he somehow managed to couple cosmic energy with magic to power the things and create guardians for his lab. Some of the notes mention many of the local townspeople who had gone missing between 1953 and the summer of 1966. It appears that these people were experimented. It becomes clear toward the end of the final journal that the author is no longer welcome in that area and has become convinced that the locals are planning on forcibly evacuating him from Ireland permanently. He appeared to be making plans for an exodus but it seems that the townsfolk got to him earlier than he expected. They’ve come and I must flee. This is the last entrant into the journal. His plans seemed to indicate he would head East and that seems to sync with the last energy signature we are tracking near Romania and the Ukraine.”

“Thanks’ Doc.“ Fury said. “If you’re done poking and prodding my team, we have to get to that final location. I’m sure we aren’t the only ones tracking this energy. We’re headed back to the Helicarrier.


“Hang on a sec.“ Samson said quickly. “Let me grab my bag, I’m ready for field duty again.

Fury opened his mouth about to protest, then realized that no matter what he said Samson would find a way onboard. “Fine, let’s go.”

When all the Agents had left Samson stopped Fury. “We need to talk.”

Fury told the other to get on the Hover jet and he would be along shortly.


Samson started, “I want to know about Agent Brand. What is she really? I know S.H.I.E.L.D. has deceived her about her history, but during our sessions I have been able to deduce much. She appears to be manifesting powers. She even burned my arm when I was checking her pulse during one of our sessions. Once, during deep hypnosis, she began speaking many languages, most from Earth but some clearly beyond our scope. They weren’t human languages. I know SH.I.E.L.D did something to her. I’m sure it was for her own good, but she seems to be remembering. I’m not sure how much longer her S.H.I.E.L.D implant memories will last. I like Brand and I don’t want her hurt. You need to investigate her past find the truth, because if she finds out on her own I’m not sure what will happen.”

Fury said, “I understand your concern Doc. I will look into this at my earliest convenience. But for now, we need to find out what’s going on with this Satan’s Claw.”

“At the rate her memories and powers are coming back, I’m not sure you will have that long,” Samson mumbled under his breath.