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Tweak says, "Woof, David"

Kassidy Weaver / Stature (pymstealer) wrote in thereincarnates,
@ 2013-10-15 20:10:00

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colby quimby, eddie parks, henry walker, holly strange, james fox, samantha ellis, shane redson, thomas taylor, virginia may, wesley roberts

WHO: The Young Avengers and any Avengers who want in!
WHAT: Loki releases the Destroyer on the town, the Young Avengers overhear the call for help and decide to get there first.
WHERE: Las Cruces, New Mexico
WHEN: Tuesday evening.
WARNINGS: Violence. Probably language.

Eavesdropping probably wasn't Colby's finest moment. It had been a problem of hers since she was young, a personality trait she was continuously chastised for. It didn't deter her ever; part of her was certain, even, that having Cassie exacerbated it. There was a certain element of nosiness you had to possess as a superhero. How else were you going to know where the danger was?

Which was sort've what happened in this instance. She'd gone to visit her brother at work close to quitting time (for everybody else, not him, since Q was notorious for working far longer than he should), and happened to be in the department when Wesley Roberts got an Avengers call over his comm device. Apparently, as the male voice very seriously proclaimed, the Destroyer--some type of robot thing, if her comic knowledge was anything to go by--was making its name proud on Las Cruces. He needed back-up from the Avengers to protect the city and save the day.

Sounded like a perfect opportunity for the Young Avengers to showcase their talents. Colby had slipped out before Wes could without a proper goodbye to her brother, and immediately called Holly and Henry. With a unanimous vote and a little bit of Henry's magic, the three were easily transported to where they needed to be before the Avengers could get there. Which was, at the time, exactly what they wanted.

Now, however, looking up at the giant robot alien thing spewing fire at buildings, Colby wasn't so sure that this was the right idea. They had a teen magician, a girl who could grow or shrink, and an archer--against a Loki-controlled robot. Even wearing Cassie's costume, there was a small chance they had bitten off more than they could chew--but she wasn't about to admit that out loud. They had something to prove, as the Young Avengers always did.

"That is a really big robot."

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warmachine
2013-10-22 12:20 am UTC (link)

Wes had gotten the call at the same time as the other Avengers. It wasn't like his comm was busted or anything after all! He'd even been chivalrous enough to pick up Thomas on the way so that their very own web-slinger had a faster lift from New York to New Mexico. It should have all gone exactly according to plan.

Except that it was Wesley Roberts and Thomas Taylor and neither of them had bothered to a)take down the location so that they wouldn't forget the name of the city they were heading to or b) swallowed their pride enough to ask over the comms and admit that they'd gotten themselves lost. They'd ended up in New Mexico like they were supposed to be...on the completely other side of the state. It wasn't until a lot of brain picking later that they finally remembered and Wes was able to plug it into his suit's GPS.

When they were finally in business, it almost seemed idiotically obvious where they were supposed to be. Flying onto the scene was like coming onto the apocalypse; smoke rose from the devastation, and there was a giant girl. Wes's feet touched down just as the monster crashed onto its back, a mess of smoking and unmoving metal. The battle was over.

Wes dropped Thomas to the ground unceremoniously. "We missed the fight?! Dammit..." He rapped his knuckles against his face mask, causing it to retreat inside the War Machine armor so that his face was visible.

"Man this sucks balls. You should've asked for directions."

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webslingers
2013-10-22 01:11 am UTC (link)

"Hey - oof." Thomas didn't have time to save his landing before he landed ass first on the ground after being dropped by Wes, glaring up at his friend behind his mask before jumping to his feet. Being extremely late to the fight was embarrassing enough, but did the Avengers have to see Spider-Man in his most uncoordinated moment? He was quick to turn around and scoff at Wes's accusation.

"Oi, I should have asked for directions? Sod off, you were the driver, you should have asked for bloody directions!"

They'd just missed the final show down, so they'd unfortunately missed seeing Holly's explosive arrow and a Eddie's missile catch The Destroyer right in the mouth, effectively breaking Logan Fox's control over it just before it was about to make itself an Asgardian barbecue. The Destroyer was now a mess of armored heap in the sand and everyone was worn and out of breath around them, the immediate town area in shambles.

"... Heh. Erm. We made it? Sorry, guys." Thomas brushed off his knees and stood up to his full height with a sheepish scratch to the back of his head, not knowing what else to do but continue to stand there uselessly with smoke and ash still rising around them. A tired James had already gotten to his feet as well and the dark shape of Samantha Ellis was also emerging from the shadows, having been aiding civilians in a half-collapsed building a few yards away. She hadn't announced her own presence to the group until right then with a 'hello' behind them that made Thomas jump near out of his skin. "Bloody hell!"

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withmybarehands
2013-10-23 08:45 pm UTC (link)

The Hulk picked itself up off the ground, shook it's head and let out a roar of disapproval. Invulnerable or not that last blast to the face had hurt and the Big Green was far from pleased, now if there was only something else to punch...

Except there wasn't and that made Hulk sad.

"Stupid metal man" the monster growled, rubbing the back of it's head.

Shane wasn't entirely sure what to say. It was one thing to have the memories and powers of a god but to actually put them to use? She didn't have the words, didn't really care to define what she was feeling and as fast the adrenaline rush had hit it was fading.

"Holy shit" she muttered under her breath. The battle may have been over and looking around now the fight may been the easy part, clean up was going to be a bitch. Shane kept that thought to herself as more Avengers appeared on the scene, victory was often a short lived thing and it only seemed to fair to let everyone have their moment. Without thinking she touched James on the shoulder just to reassure herself that he was fine and still here.

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witchnotwarlock
2013-10-26 12:21 am UTC (link)

Henry had used his powers before. Just five years in the future, and this was nothing like what he'd needed to do then. But he had stood besides a god and fought a giant, and worked with his team, and worked alongside another team.

And he hadn't needed to do much. He was the black mage of his team, so he was good with throwing a few elementals around. But it was the protective side that was the most help.

So he'd thanked god for making him an athlete and went to do what James had told them to do before: crowd control. Except it had become more like protect crowd from being killed by their homes and cars, but whatever. This was when Billy's shields were super handy; all he'd done was raised his hands, protecting people. He could send cars flying down the street, stop falling rock, fly back and forth, transporting large groups of people.

He could do anything. Standing next to Shane, he gave a jerky nod. "Holy shit." Said softly, but then it was like it all hit at once. "Holy shit!" They had won! Sure, there was the clean u, which he was helping out with, but.

"Holy shit! Did you see what we just did!?" He took off to his other Young Avengers and whoever they were standing with. "Guys! Holy shit!"

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oweadebt
2013-10-26 03:23 am UTC (link)

"Hell yeah we saw it! Way to rock, Wiccan." Holly grinned tiredly, having just detached herself from Colby's open palm once it was close to the ground and leaped off with a childish 'whoop'. Some of the older Avengers still seemed to be in some stage of dazed disbelief, leave it to the Young Avengers to immediately start celebrating.

In the midst of the laughing and cheering, Samantha had been making her way to the rest of the group through the smoke and dust rising in the air. She hadn't arrived on time like most (save for Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dumb who were still arguing over the merits of asking someone for directions) but she'd gotten to the scene in time to do some good. There were still a few unfortunate casualties, but all in all, the Avengers had saved the day. Now the fight was over, or so it seemed, and they could all breathe for a second.

Until the foreboding sound of crunching iron and a whirring from deep inside the damned thing's mouth made a few of them jump and Samantha whip out her semi-automatic, the terrified shrieks of bystanders nearby on the ruined block drowning out the Avenger's groans. Here we go again? James was the first to really react, and mercifully, that was all that was needed. With a ferocious sound akin to a roar, James crossed over to the resurrecting Destroyer in a few long strides, bringing the hammer down hard on its head and smashing it into a few dozen pieces with a loud clanging.

Thomas yelped and Samantha rolled her eyes, hair whipping around her face as she looked up to the helicopters marked by SHIELD beginning to descend on the area now. Of course, she'd alerted Jacob to the situation before she'd left for it herself. The Avengers did the fighting, now SHIELD was going to do the clean up. Just like old times.

"Think it's down for good this time?" She asked, eying the hunk of armor on the ground warily before holstering her gun and looking to her friends, her expression now all business. "SHIELD will take it from here."

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