"New Enemies, old friends" tales of the Atomik Punk, part 5

Independence Port was quite. The only sound was of the distant fog horn and roll of the night tide. The Atomik Punk and fellow members of the Champions of Paragon, "Vegas", "Kata List", "Orion" and "Purple Kitty" had accompanied The Atomik Punk to his contact near Valor Bridge. The attacks on the government scientists by the mysterious group called The Sky-Raiders, still seemed without motive. Andrea Mitchell informed the C.O.P. that nobody was really sure where the Raiders sprang from. Dealing in stolen arms, secrets and carrying out raids in the air and on the ground for their own nefarious reasons. "High tech terrorists with purposes of their own" said Kata. Andrea told the group that the scientists were still scared for their lives and tonight they needed some protection. Dr's Eli Reynolds and Wayne Evans were working late in a government lab and feared another visit by the Raiders. The Punk and friends arrived at the lab hidden away in one of the warehouses in the southern portion of I.P. Several guards patroled the grounds outside and in. Everything went without a hitch until about midnight. Thats when the power went out and roof exploded. Sky-Raiders dropped in from above and the fireworks erupted. Vegas pummeled about a half dozen or so Raiders, bounching them off the walls and splintering jet packs and limbs. Kata took on the visage of a dark, whirling death. The Raiders were taken back by the ferocity of the assault and concentrated their efforts on their main targets, Dr's Reynolds and Evans. Orion, Purple Kitty and the Punk strove to protect the Scientists as best they could and when the walls of the warehouse shattered from a hovering gun-ship, all they could do was watch in horror. Dr. Evans was dead and Dr. Reynolds was in bad shape. Vegas and Orion took out the last of the Raiders on the ground and the Sky Skiff with its crew vanished in the smoke.

Andrea Mitchell had better news the next day. She had learned through research that a former member of "Vigilance" named Irving Katcher had been diverting funds from Vigilance to a Col. Duray and upon searching Katchers office this morning they found another item of interest.Massacre9's name was listed as having been onto the diversion plot several months ago and an order was given for his assasination. They needed to find this Col. Duray and get him into custody, the problem was by all acounts and records, Duray was dead.