Danny Rand (ipitythefu) wrote in oh_marvelous, @ 2013-08-22 21:08:00 |
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Entry tags: | z: om1: !complete, z: om1: affiliation: heroes for hire, z: om1: character: colleen wing, z: om1: character: misty knight, z: om1: location: new york, z: om1: past character: danny rand 02 |
Mystic Pizza 2
Characters: Danny, Misty, and Colleen
Setting: Danny's townhouse, Misty's Apartment
Content: Nothing bad
Summary: After 4 years abroad, Danny returns to Heroes for Hire for help from old friends.
"No!" Danny Rand woke up in a cold sweat, the scar of Shou- Lao burned and he was short of breath. Danny rubbed his eyes and sat at the edge of the bed "2:30, happy birthday to me," he said to himself sarcastically.
"Hey," a groggy female voice whispered. "Are you okay?" the blonde rolled over to face Danny.
"You're still here, that's...great," he smiled thinly and wondered what he'd got himself into on only his second day back in New York. Danny knew this day would come, not the day he got drunk, mind melded an entire bar to find the first girl that found him attractive and took her home, but today Daniel Thomas Rand-K'ai was thirty three.
"Look, Tamara? Tamara, I've got a few things I have to take care of, like why all the other people like me don't make it to thirty four. So since today is my thirty third birthday, the clock is ticking...."
"Kelly!" she corrected. "And wait, you're dying? Of what? Do you mean to tell me I just slept with a guy who has sort of STD? you sick f..."
"I assure you I am clean, what I'm dying of isn't going to affect you one bit. Tell you what, I'm going to go, it's been fun. I'll be back around eleven, so you should probably be gone by then. If you find it necessary to take anything to remind you of this one night stand by all means help yourself. Have a souvenir." Danny got up out of bed and collected his underwear and pants that were strewn across the floor and slowly got dressed. He sat down in a lotus position in the middle of his living room floor and began to meditate.
364 days and counting. The what, why, and how were all questions that swirled in Danny's head until he was able to settle on one thing; the sound of the waves crashing along Santa Cruz Beach. He wanted to go and hide again, hide in Mexico, Seychelles, or Vanuatu. He knew fate would find him and his time would be over and this was no time to be by himself rebelling against everything he was taught, this was the time to find people like him that he could trust and could help him survive.
Danny opened his eyes and sat down on the couch, turning on the television. Mystic Pizza was on. When you were an immortal, he thought, all you could really kill was time and suddenly his fate didn't seem so bad. There must have been a better way for Danny to figure out his fate, but he was currently enthralled with the movie. He heard Kelly stumble out. "What are you watching?" she grumbled.
"Mystic Pizza... Mystic.... Misty!.... Pizza! Misty!" He quickly got to his feet, and within seconds he was down the stairs and out the door. Danny knew if anyone could help, it would be the Heroes for Hire. Even after a messy break up and four year hiatus from the city, Misty Knight wouldn't actually want to see him dead. He hoped.
Where was he gonna find her at this time of night? "I'm sure her dragon sister would know," he chuckled and set out. Danny winged it to Colleen's apartment. She'd understand and besides, he'd bring pizza.
As Danny reached Colleen's he took a deep breath and felt a pain in his stomach. Was it the pain from the wounds of an old heartbreak re-opening, or the fact that he'd eaten two thirds of an extra large pizza on the way here? Danny took another slice and knocked on the door.
"Colleen, it's Danny," he said between bites. "I know it's been years, but we need to talk. And I brought pizza." It was at this point that Danny realized why the pizza guy at Joe's looked at him so unusually, he forgot to put on a shirt.