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Bruce Banner (notjustbiggreen) wrote in avengers_logs,
@ 2018-04-01 20:06:00

Entry tags:

-complete, -gamewide plot, -open thread, bruce banner, ellen brandt, gamora, loki odinson, peggy carter, pietro maximoff, sif, stephen strange, steve rogers, thor odinson, tony stark, valkyrie, wanda maximoff

Who: The Hulk & Open to Tony, Valkyrie, Wanda, Dr Strange & Anyone else who wants in on the fun
What: Game-wide plot: the Hulk is on a rampage
When: Sometime after this
Where: NYC
Rating: Warning: Definitely not easy being green

The Hulk was angry. No, not just angry, pissed. Somebody had fired at puny Banner and that moment of complete and utter horror follow by an overwhelming surge of panic and ultimately fear had been all that was needed for the Hulk to roar ferociously into being.

They had intended to harm him but all they had managed to do was make him stronger and driven home the point that his sentiments of earth hating him were still very true. The missile had done absolutely nothing to the Hulk but it had caused a lot of collateral damage and probably taken lives, but the Hulk wasn't exactly concerned for that.

Not when he was busy ripping apart what remained of the missile before letting out a sudden loud guttural cry which if anything just seemed to increase his size until he barrelled down the street. Cars stood absolutely no chance under him and the street didn't fair much better, giant holes were ripped into the tarmac as the Hulk's anger was blindly aimed and subsequently damage was to be expected. Holes were ripped through buildings and all the while the Hulk continued forward, the only sign he'd been fired at was the large dark mark on his chest. He was completely unstoppable and caught up in blind undiluted rage, a primal reaction to an attack that had been unprovoked and unwarranted, he was the thing of nightmares, he really was.

It didn't help that the authorities had no idea on how to handle the Hulk so resorted to the thing they knew how to do and that was open fire and all that did was make things worse, so so much worse. Blockades were ripped apart like they were made of paper and the Hulk continued to wreak complete and utter havoc.

The familiar, "HULK SMASH" echoed for all to hear.

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notjustbiggreen
2018-04-02 11:54 am UTC (link)

The Hulk was less than happy when the Hulkbuster armor landed on his back and this much was evident in how his mouth opened into a loud booming roar that would have burst anyone's eardrums. He also made distinct grabby hands for the arms locked around his throat though it stopped the moment Valkyrie appeared.

"ANGRY GIRL?" He queried, for a moment the out of control beast was seemingly quietened as he recognised a familiar and friendly face. And then he got smacked in the face with a potted plant and his lips pulled apart into a grin that was nothing short of childlike and playful.

Maybe just maybe this would work.

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stonecolddrunk
2018-04-02 06:19 pm UTC (link)

Val grinned, cape blowing in the wind as she hooked her arm around the railing of the balcony a little better. She was elated that he had recognized her and seemed happy to see her; it had even paused his rampage for a moment. "Come on, leave these boring things behind and come have a real fight! No cars or buildings, just you and me."

Without warning Val shot off of the balcony and made a grab for the closest lamp post, one of the old ones with plenty to hold onto and a little more flair, if you asked Val. She climbed up to its top and stood on the iron bar that held the lamps, one foot in front of the other turned to the Big Guy, still grinning. "I'm comin' atcha!"

Discarding the bullhorn, Val flexed her knees and jumped, aiming to grab onto the Hulk's arm. Everything was going well, a bit of a dash added to the jump so she could reach her destination, the wind in her face, a fun romp with an old friend in the horizon. Hopefully, one that wouldn't cause even more destruction.

Mid-air, however, Val felt something strange. A hit to her lower abdomen, more to the side if she thought about it, that knocked her off course enough that she was... falling? Backwards, relentlessly down; suddenly everything burned in ways she couldn't comprehend but all Val could think was of how similar this felt to when she'd fallen backwards away from her beloved, who had died in her place while she fell. Val reached for the Hulk then, confused, halfway into a flashback while the foreign concept of horrible pain took over her body enough that she held her breath. She almost had him, dammit. She almost had him.

Hitting the floor, Valkyrie felt removed from reality for good, eyes wide but mind gone, the only sensation breathlessness and burning and deep down some hope that maybe Goldie would be along shortly to take her home.

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notjustbiggreen
2018-04-02 06:32 pm UTC (link)

The Hulk was all ready for Val as she launched herself at him, seemingly distracted from the world trying to take him apart piece by piece and he was even reaching for her when she suddenly jerked in the air. Confusion flooded his expression before he realised she was falling and on instinct alone he tried to catch her but missed her, large fingers missing her prone figure by a mere centimeter.

She hit the ground.

The Hulk stared, frighteningly still, and then there was a burst of anger unlike any they'd seen today. "EARTH HATE ANGRY GIRL TOO. HULK HATE EARTH"

And just like any chance they had of calming the Hulk was gone, shattered into a million pieces, the rage was all he knew and a nearby car was thrown in the direction that the shot had been fired. And just like he turned on his heel with the Hulkbuster armor still clinging to him desperately and sprinted with the intent of driving himself and Tony through the nearest building.

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the_iron_man
2018-04-02 06:43 pm UTC (link)

That building was coming up fast, and he knew he might not be going on this piggyback ride for long, so he tightened up the Hulkbusters arms and got ready for impact.

"Ohholyshitsticks, uhhh...guys?" Tony had opened the channel so he could get a message out to everyone. "Valkyrie's been shot and Hulk is super angry at Earth right now."

He scrunched his eyes closed as they hit the wall of the building. It shattered like Lego bricks being kicked at by an angry two year old. Only the two year old kept right on going, like a freight train of anger, and the Hulkbuster armor was taking further damage. Tony tried not to think about who might have been hiding in there, as a cloud of dust and debris was left behind them.

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rightoutoftime
2018-04-02 07:00 pm UTC (link)

Steve had from the moment he'd hit ground zero been working on getting as many people either away from the area or out of the collapsing buildings. He'd also been prying people out of cars, carrying injured, and deflecting as much firepower as he could away from the Hulk because honestly all that was doing was pissing the big guy off. It got easier when Pietro confiscated a majority of the guns but there were always more guns it would seem.

He was cut and bruised but all his injuries were superficial to say the least so Steve was still very much in the mix. He'd heard Tony's message and immediately returned it with orders, the Hulk needed to be brought down, sooner rather than later. They'd tried talking, reasoning, and it hadn't worked as some idiot had shot their best chance out of the sky. He'd seen Valkyrie fall and immediately he turned on his heel and began running towards her.

This was easier than it seemed because in the chaos somebody opened fire on him but thankfully Cap now had his shield back so was able to keep moving and it didn't take him very long to disarm and throw the weapons to the moving blur that was Pietro. "Just because you have a weapon doesn't mean you should use it," he muttered to the dumbfounded cop before he continued to where Valkyrie was. The shield was set back into its normal place and Steve crouched beside her, wincing at the wound on her left side and the amount of blood.

"Valkyrie, right?" He said. "My name's Steve, I'm a friend of Thor's. I'm here to get you to safety, alright?" He looked around himself for a moment and when he spotted something in a nearby car he slipped away to collect it and was back a moment later with a sweater. The same sweater he ripped apart with relative ease and used that to wrap the injured side in the hopes of slowing the blood loss. "Alright, this is going to hurt but just stay with me, alright?"

And then Steve very promptly gathered her up into his arms.

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stonecolddrunk
2018-04-02 07:40 pm UTC (link)

It was weird to live for centuries and centuries and still have no words to describe something. But here Val was, splattered onto the dirty smelly ground of New York with the Hulk wreaking even more havoc off in the distance while her body burned in a way she couldn't really understand.

Her nerves felt shot, fingers and toes twitching while she drifted in and out of consciousness; the only underlying constant was confusion. What had happened, how had it happened, how come she was hurt? And then sometimes her mind went wholly blank, nothing existed except the sky above and sometimes not even that. She felt herself sweat, her heartbeat accelerate too much to be normal, but Val continued on the ground, feeling misshapen and wrong.

She heard someone come up, a blurred face crossing her vision and someone saying something but all Val could respond with was incoherent mumbling. This might not even be real for all she knew. If it did hurt, Val made no mention of it. Her eyes continued intensely staring at nothing despite her eyelids being half closed. Someone moved her, and it burned more, so much more that Val simply held her breath again and shut her eyes. She wanted to go limp but couldn't; every nerve in her body was on edge.

This wasn't death, not yet. This felt like punishment wished upon her by all she'd let die. Seemed fitting.

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the_trickster
2018-04-02 08:24 pm UTC (link)

It wasn't long before Loki ran out from an alleyway, in full Asgardian armor, pausing to look around. He quickly spotted the Captain and Valkyrie in his arms. There was no time to make a snarky request for a rousing speech about truth, justice, and patriotism. Instead he ran to where they were, giving Steve a brief nod and looking over Valkyrie as though assessing her injuries. He gingerly lifted the piece of ripped sweater and his fierce frown turned into a furious scowl. This was worse than what Thor endured. It would require much more healing, of which he wasn't trained in. Practice would make perfect, at this rate.

Even so, this damage was...significant.

"They have further perfected their craft," Loki confirmed through firmly clenched teeth. He tried to rein in his temper, as it wasn't directed at this Midgardian hero. He had shown great care with his friend and comrade, and that was appreciated. Loki expertly schooled his expression into something more neutral, straightening up and conducting himself every bit like a prince of Asgard should. "I will return with her to our home and begin healing her. This will free you, so that you might continue to assist others in need."

He held out his arms to take Valkyrie.

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rightoutoftime
2018-04-02 08:31 pm UTC (link)

Steve didn't really argue as if Loki was here then it was for good reason and so he passed over Valkyrie to the Asgardian now present. He knew well enough when his skills were no longer required and could be used elsewhere.

"God speed," he muttered with a short fired off salute before he turned and returned to the fray.

There were still a lot of people to save after all.

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