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Bobby Drake (not_otzi) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-07-11 15:24:00

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arrival, bobby drake, complete, day 7, hellboy

Day Seven
Who: Bobby Drake and Hellboy
What: Bobby's Arrival
When: Late afternoon-ish
Where: The Courtyard
Rating: Shouldn't go above PG-13
Status: Incomplete

It was good the school was back open. He was happy about that. And Bobby was very busy concentrating on that, and not on anything else. Not on how different it felt with the Professor and Scott and Jean gone, or about Rogue leaving in the middle of the night, or Johnny (Pyro, he reminded himself, not Johnny, he had to stop thinking of him as Johnny) locked up in the sublevels and what the hell they were going to do about that. He was refusing to think about anything awkward or depressing. None of it. Just being glad the school was open and Jimmy was safe and the Cure was hopefully taken care of.

And because he wasn't doing an entirely good job of that, he'd suited up and was heading to the Danger Room. Working out, that'd give him something to do. He'd program in something hard, maybe one of the scenarios Kitty'd made, and push himself through it. He'd even brought along his iPod, freshly updated with his music, so if his brain started trying to think, he could just turn that on and distract himself enough that he'd have to concentrate on the scenario and the music and nothing else. Until he was too tired to think.

Before he could get to the Danger Room, though, he spotted Jimmy walking his way. Bobby automatically tossed him a wide smile. "Hey, Jimbo."

"Hi Bobby," Jimmy returned, smiling a bit shyly back at him.

Bobby stopped walking. "Back up a couple of steps, will you?"

Jimmy's smile widened as he obeyed. Ever since coming there, Jimmy'd been uncertain and apologetic about his power, warning people that if they could close to him, their powers would disappear. Bobby'd done his best to make Jimmy feel more comfortable and commented quite a bit on how cool Jimmy's power was. Which, really, it was. And Bobby liked getting to feel cold like a normal person when he was around Jimmy, almost as much as he liked the smile on Jimmy's face every time Bobby gushed over getting to feel ice.

Bobby held his hands together for a moment, then pulled one hand away to reveal an ice rose. He could've just done a chunk of ice, yeah, but he couldn't resist the chance to show off a bit. And ice roses were easy for him. "Okay, come on closer," he said, looking up.

And then blinking in surprise when both Jimmy and the hallway were gone. He grinned. "Very funny, guys, you know this means huge retaliation, right?" he asked. "Dani? Is that you?"

He didn't get a response, and he realized that really, that didn't make sense, since there was nothing he really feared or desired about an empty courtyard. He started getting suspicious, and he dropped into defensive mode, suddenly glad he was wearing his uniform.

"Jimmy? Anyone? Hello?" he called cautiously.

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big_red
2008-07-13 09:17 pm UTC (link)

Hellboy was, once again, in a subway tunnel, pursuing a demon that had already killed a busload of people across town, several people in a Chinese restaurant, the patrons of a convenience store and demolished a shopping mall, killing anyone that got in it's way. The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense had immediately dispatched Hellboy, Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman when the reports came through.

They had all followed seperate leads and his had lead him first to an outdoor festival in one of the city's parks. Hellboy looked little better than the demon he was trying to stop, but luckily that worked to his advantage as people scattered and gave him clearer access to the murderous beast. He blew off one of it's six arms with his exploding, Holy Water filled rounds, but it still managed to escape into the subway with it's stub oozing bluish-black blood like a geyser.

"Is there a family plan for chaos demons? Why always the subway? Jeesh", he grumbled as he followed, holding 'Samaritan' high. This time, as luck would have it, the train had already filled and gone and he didn't have to deal with the screams and running humans and etc, etc. The demon turned to him and roared it's righteous fury and then disappeared into the tunnel. Hellboy sighed, called it in to Liz and Abe and then followed him in.

They were about 400 feet into the tunnel when the demon dropped from the tar-black shadows around the ceiling onto Hellboy's back. They both rolled around on the tracks of the subway and the monster earned itself a punch in the face with Hellboy's massive stone Right Hand of Doom. As he raised his fist for another devastating blow, the air seemed to...shimmer...and his fist came down into...no demon and he was in some sort of courtyard...with a boy in a dark uniform...a uniform that looked strangely familiar.

"I'm not Jimmy, kid, but if you had anything to do with this, we need to talk". the big red demon grumbled.

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not_otzi
2008-07-14 05:02 am UTC (link)

Bobby turned at the sound of the voice. There'd definitely been no one there a few moments ago. Teleporter. Had to be a teleporter. A teleporter he didn't know about, though, because he'd definitely never seen this guy before. After Kurt, Mystique, Warren, and some of the other mutants he'd met, Bobby'd pretty much stopped being surprised by physical mutations, so he just eyed him slightly suspiciously.

"So does that mean you've got nothing to do with this? Cause if you were teleporting and it got out of hand, or something, it's really okay," he said.

It was definitely better than the alternative, which was...well, Bobby was still trying to figure out what the alternative was, actually. His first impulse was to go with a possible Brotherhood attack, but since all of the leaders and higher-ups were currently either human, in custody, or dead, that didn't seem likely. Unless it was someone looking for retaliation, but with their numbers seriously depleted, they'd have to be crazy to take on the X-men so soon. And anyway, what the hell would teleporting him to a random courtyard accomplish? It would've been better to teleport him to a cell or something if they wanted him alive.

"It'd be really, really okay, actually, because if this isn't a powers malfunction, I've got nothing." Well, nothing or Brotherhood sneak attack, but if that was it, it had to be some really elaborate set up, and Bobby might as well not admit he suspected anything.

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big_red
2008-07-14 11:18 am UTC (link)

Hellboy looked the kid over and sighed as he holstered his gun, “CRAP!”. Looking around the courtyard first, he replied to the boy, “Not me, kid”, he sniffed the air, “I don’t smell any demons and I’m guessing you didn’t do this…or that’s one Hell of an innocent act”. He walked up to the kid and offered his hand, “Name’s Hellboy, but you can call me Red, sounds less ominous”, he grinned, “…gets me into more parties”.

He was still sizing this boy up…the uniform was damned familiar. What power was it that brought him to this place with this boy at this time? Had to be a reason for it. Was another power hungry madman like Rasputin setting up some kind of ritual? It wasn’t the demon he was chasing…it was a destructive lil’ monster but it couldn’t pull off teleporting him away. “Xavier’s people!”, he exclaimed, “You’re one of Charles Xavier’s people. I knew I’d seen those threads”, the large red demon was in the process of lighting a cigar, “I know of Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey…never saw you, kid…what do they call you?”.

Before Hellboy could get an answer to his question, they were joined by a third ‘person’…or what appeared to be a person. This being was made entirely of some dark grey stone with veins of black and brown running through it; carved in the image of a handsome man wearing a suit, each minute detail was there…every eyelash, each pore, every fiber in his suit…and he moved as fluidly as any other human being. ‘He’ smiled pleasantly at them and pointed to a mounted tablet at the opposite end of the courtyard they were standing in. He smiled at them and headed that way, indicating with a wave of his hands that they should follow him.

Hellboy looked at the golem and asked, “What’s going on here? How did we get here?”. It just waved him on and smiled, “Great. The silent type”. With a shrug he followed the stone man over to the tablet and stopped…it pointed again, “Yeah, yeah, I get it…you want me to read it”…

"Welcome to Mirage.
This is your new home.
Your every need will be fulfilled.
You will have a place to live.
You will have food and clothing.
You will have entertainment.
You will have company.
You will not be able to leave.
You will not kill. Ever.
If you have questions, ask my assistants.
Love,
The Planet"

The tall red demon puffed heavily on his cigar and looked at the golem. “This is a joke, right? We will not be able to leave?”, he removed the cigar from his mouth, “Love…The Planet? Am I getting this right…Is this a message from a planet? THIS planet? We are ON…ANOTHER planet?”.

The golem shook his head no about the joke and no they could not leave, but then he smiled cheerfully and shook his head yes to the other questions asked by the cigar puffing demon. When the questions were over, he held his hands out and unrolled his fingers…on his palms were two keys, one for Bobby Drake and one for Hellboy.

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not_otzi
2008-07-15 12:44 am UTC (link)

Demons? That was a new one. Bobby'd heard mutants called many things before, but...wait, no, he'd heard demons a couple of times, actually. "Believe me, if I could do something like this, this is not what I'd be using it for."

Bobby smiled and the name and took the offered hand, giving it a firm and friendly shake. "Hellboy, huh? I like it. Better than some I've heard." Like a certain friend of his who'd decided that a good codename was combining part of her first name with her last name. Not that he ever taunted her about that or anything. "I'm Bobby. Nice to meet you, Red."

Or at least it would be if it turned out Hellboy was actually just as confused as he was, and not in on this. He didn't seem like he was acting, though, so Bobby was inclined to believe him. At least for the moment. And apparently he'd heard of Professor Xavier, which...could go either way, really. But he kind of reminded Bobby of Logan. Maybe it was the cigar smoking at the most random times.

He started to reply, but cut his response short when someone else joined them. Another physical mutant, maybe, although something seemed really off about him. He didn't bother adding his own questions to Hellboy's, since they were pretty much the same and the stone man had refused to answer them. Instead, Bobby followed along as well, reading over the tablet. And then read it again. And a third time, when he decided that this definitely had to be a really elaborate joke.

Or...not. "Are you serious? So, what, the planet randomly kidnapped us and is holding us prisoner? How can a planet even do that? Last I checked, planets really couldn't leave messages. Or teleport people across space." Bobby'd seen a lot, but this was new. He eyed the stone guy for a moment, then reached out and took the two keys. "This must be the bellboy. Apparently we've won an all expenses paid, permanent vacation."

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big_red
2008-07-15 02:33 pm UTC (link)

"CRAP!", Hellboy grumbled, "I never signed up for this. Is it too late for a refund?". To his surprise, the stone man nodded yes. The red demon puffed his cigar and cocked an eyebrow, "Do you have a sense of humor?"...the golem replied with a negative shake of his head. Hellboy responded with a sound that was half chuckle-half grunt. "So, I'm guessing you can only answer yes and no questions?", he quizzed the golem. It smiled and answered with an affirmative shake of it's head. He looked at Bobby and growled around his cigar, "How do ya like this garbage, kid?". With a deep, martyred sigh, he continued, "Are there other people here that can answer our questions? People who were taken like us?", he asked. Two 'yes' replies from the golem.

Not waiting for more questions, the man of stone pointed at each of then and crooked his finger, indicating they should follow. He led them into a large lobby that had a desk with cubby holes for keys and a large map of the 'resort' showing all of the amenities available to it's guests. The golem pointed to the map and smiled, flourishing his arms like a stage magician, as if to say, see all we offer you...then he pointed at the buildings that housed the apartments and pointed to their keys. He paused for a moment and then one of the keys in the cubby holes began to blink. He retrieved the key, waved goodbye to them and left.

Hellboy looked at the golem...looked at Bobby...looked at the map...and looked at Bobby again, "Well kiss my long red tail! I guess we ain't the new kids on the block anymore!", he chuckled. Looking at the map, he shrugged, "It's a bit too early to hit the hay. What do you say we check this place out? Got any preferences, kid?". He didn't get too close to the boy, because he knew how humans could be...they might be okay with him from a distance, but up close, they found him a bit frightening. True, this boy was a mutant,but he was a very human looking mutant...he could pass for human. "Hey...that is, unless you want to head out on your own, pal...I'll understand".

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not_otzi
2008-07-19 10:34 pm UTC (link)

Bobby grinned a bit at Hellboy's comment, about to reply that they hadn't actually paid anything for it, so they couldn't really get a refund, when the golem actually answered him. Oh, good, no sense of humor. That was sure to be fun. He gave another grin. "Reminds me of..." he trailed off, the joke falling flat because it was still hard to think of Cyclops. "Someone I knew."

And there were more people here. For a moment, Bobby was hopeful, since that might mean there were people here he knew. Which, well, would kind of suck, actually. He didn't want them to have been kidnapped, too, but if there were more X-men here, it'd be easier to get out. He followed after the golem, peering at the map it gestured at, then blinking when he headed off.

"Guess not," Bobby agreed. "I wonder how many people are actually here." This...was really, really crazy. And he was actually believing it. "Huh? Nah, man, safety in numbers. Who knows what's actually out there." He looked at the map again. "See any place you check out first? Otherwise I might suggest the close your eyes and point technique."

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big_red
2008-07-22 08:49 am UTC (link)

“What have we got here?”, Hellboy mumbled as he looked over the map, “We could checkout the library or the computer room, but I’m thinkin’ it would be loads more fun checkin’ out the indoor pool and Jacuzzi or the fitness center or the sauna”, he grinned around his cigar. Turning around to face Bobby now, he leaned back against the wall and folded his arms over his chest and shrugged, “However, there will probably be a lot of people in the café or the entertainment room”.

The big red demon couldn’t get over this place. What was going on? Were they like some kind of pet rats or something? Expected to perform for some omnipotent creature that watched them for entertainment? He watched a couple go by and was going to speak, but they were so entwined around each other he doubted they would hear him and, frankly, he was a bit embarrassed to speak to them. “Jeesh! I’ve seen public displays of affection before, but those two shoulda been tattooed with an NC-17 rating!”, he looked over at Bobby, “How old are you, kid? Should I have covered you eyes?!”, he teased, with a sideways grin.

Giving the young X-Man a pat on the back, Hellboy suggested, What do you say we hit the café for a cup a’ java and a donut and then go see what doin’ in the game room?”, he gave him a little nudge, “Maybe I can whoop yer ass at somethin’…whatdaya say?”.

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