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Tweak says, "orly"

Darius Alexander Summers (dasummers) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-03-21 19:24:00

Entry tags:

darius summers, jean grey, purifiers plot, remy lebeau

Who: Darius, Remy, Jean, NPCs
Where: The Purifier's base
When: early Sunday morning
Warnings: random power manifestation, allusions to violence, daring rescues.

Darius groaned as he regained consciousness. The last thing he could remember was being in a truck of some kind. Or maybe a plane. It was hard to tell. He wiggled a little, grumbling. They'd bound him tightly, and his hands were asleep. But so far that was the worst thing, beside the missing tooth and the swelling on that side of his face. But that was old. He remembered getting those.

So they hadn't done anything to him in his sleep. By all rights he should be dead, so that was a blessing. This group didn't seem as well organized as the ones he knew about. That left him with what, exactly?

No eyesight. No mobility. Legs and arms trapped. No gag, though.

"Hello? What was the safety word again?" The joke surprised him, but only for a moment. But only a moment. Hearing his own voice seemed to enervate him, and he wiggled into a more comfortable position, taking stock of the noises around him.

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dasummers
2009-03-22 12:29 am UTC (link)

"Nah. You don't know the ladies I live with. Ophelia might, but that's because she's too sweet to realize that I probably deserve everything I get."

His fingers weren't able to feel much, but he worked at the knots diligently. "Lorna said something about Purifiers. So we've gotten off light, as far as I can tell. Unless you have Legacy. In which case I'll beat the living shit out of them for you."

His statement made Darius laugh a little. "I learned how to take a fall from my first girlfriend. Superstrong, superPMSy. Not that you'd know anything about that."

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knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 12:47 am UTC (link)

"I'd be hard-pressed t'wish dese guys on Sinister, another grand bastard. If you did somet'ing t'deserve this, I'd have read it in de newspaper."

"With de bumper crop of mutants dey scooped up, dey don't seem t'be in much of a rush." Remy shuddered, he hadn't thought of the virus just yet, but was pretty certain they hadn't exposed him. "Merci for de offer, but dere won't be enough of dem left over when I finish grinding dem t'pulp."

His fingers slipped a bit, but very very slow progress was still progress. "What, de strong fierce types?" he laughed and shook his head as they worked "Nah, no idea what you're talkin' bout. I like de femmes of ma coeur sweet and petite, prone t'faintin' at a ladybug."

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dasummers
2009-03-22 12:51 am UTC (link)

"Well, I did cheat on an exam in high school." He did his best mimicry of his father's voice, figuring that keeping things light would be the best bet.

"If they managed to import Legacy, I imagine the line will be around the block at the very least. And now I'm imagining members of my family in germ proof suits beating the snot out of these yokels. Why can't my imagination match reality?"

There was the sound of heavy footsteps, and Darius paused, pulling his hands apart a bit. He was still stuck. Dammit. This wasn't going to go well.

The door opened, revealing a rather beefy man carrying a rifle, and a very thin man who smiled at them in a very creepy manner. "So they've woken up. Good."

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knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 01:05 am UTC (link)

"I asked for a wake up call at nine thirty," Remy snorted, immeadiately pulling the smart ass card to keep them focused on one.
He loosen more loops of Darius's binds, hoping it'd help the boy. "I will not be writin' a good review, dats for certain."

The butt of the rifle dug into his collar in a flash and he grunted hard. "Shut up, you dirty mutie. I should cut that tongue out, be an improvement."

"Didn't do so good wit' your mother, did it?' This time, he swung his legs into the skinny man's shins as the rifle came down, the standing man howling in pain. The two grabbed Remy by his shirt and hair to take him away.

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dasummers
2009-03-22 01:10 am UTC (link)

Darius gritted his teeth and lunged at the man with the rifle knocking his shoulder into the man's knees. The gun went off, and several things happened all at once.

The power flickered. This knocked out the generators keeping the mutation nullifiers running. At the same instant, Darius disappeared, and the bullet went through where he had been not a moment before.

The man looked confused, and moved to aim his gun at Remy again. Of course, he didn't know that the nullfiers had suffered from a fatal error and were about to short out, making them useless.

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knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 09:42 am UTC (link)

Of course Remy noticed the loss of his one conscious ally and son of friends, but there wasn't anytime to stop and ask questions. Tee novocaine-feeling across his skin disappeared and he look down the barrel with a wicked and dark smile.

"Merci beaucoup."

The bind flared magenta and exploded with his biokinetics and he lunged forward at the same time. Grabbing the gun, he put the barrel into the man's nose with a satisfying crunch. The other one's feet were swept out and a dirty kick across the face kept him down.

People were shouting outside, he didn't have much time. He ran to the nearest victim, cutting ropes or blowing chains. "Darius, you better be alive."

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nomorephoenix
2009-03-22 07:27 pm UTC (link)

Ten minutes later there was the sound of chaos from outside the cells. A man flew through the open door, and into the wall.

He was followed by an angry redhead in a miniskirt and a rather disheveled sweater. Jean had been on her way home from a meeting when shit had gone down. She blinked a little, eying the group of untied, mostly unharmed mutants, and the very harmed guards.

"Huh."

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	knaveofhearts 2009-03-22 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Remy was about to throw a charged pipe at her head, but stopped in relief. "Cheri, if I knew I'd be able to use my hands afterward, I'd grab n' kiss you." He dropped the harmless pipe to the floor and grinned at the newcomer. "Just like ol' times, you look sexy when pissed n' lookin' fer a fight." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nomorephoenix 2009-03-22 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I promise you'd be able to use your hands." She hugged him, glad to see that he was okay. "Is Kitty here? We're missing a couple other X-men." She looked around, taking note. "I wear I thought Darius was here. We've already had one person fly off the hook looking for him." She chewed her lip a little. "Let's get out of here. Anyone horrifically injured?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 08:14 pm UTC (link)

He laughed and hugged her back, winking with a grin.

"Kitty? Petite Sprite?" Remy's eyes swept over his pack of lost puppies. "Not here, haven't seen her. Piotr tear dem down t' atoms yet?"

Remy did flinch, worry clear to the redhead. "Darius, he was here. We were untyin' and hecklin', den dey started shooting and he disappeared." He shook his head. "De bullet never got him, but whatever 'e did, knock out de neutralizers."

Losing a kid, THAT kid, to one of these bastards felt worse than the beating he took.

"Mostly small concussions and sprains. Dey wanted us t'look healthy n whole when put on display."

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nomorephoenix
2009-03-22 09:04 pm UTC (link)

"Damn. Okay. Well, I can find her later. Let's get all of you to safety." This time she winked at him. "Not that you need me."

She was certain that Darius would take care of himself. Beside, thirty innocent people were a more immediate concern than one who wasn't even present.

"Display? What the hell were they planning?" Though Jean had to believe that she didn't honestly want to know. She wandered the room a bit, checking on a few people who weren't moving normally. "Think you can help a couple people get out? We've got reinforcements heading this way, with transport."

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knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 09:31 pm UTC (link)

"Damn, means dere is more than just our bunch. How big is this gonna be?"

He looked away with a shudder, talking in a very quiet voice. "You know how dey play, show only de freaky ones wit' odd attributes and den de public thinks all mutants are scary and horrifying. Normal lookin' ones mutilated might cause an uproar."

He nodded and turned to the huddle groups, charm on strong and telling them to get together, help others, they were blowing this pop stand.

"Or chip stand for you Londoners."

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nomorephoenix
2009-03-22 09:40 pm UTC (link)

She shrugged. "Big enough that they've been able to take people from a bunch of countries. Too big for my tastes."

She used her tk to help anyone who couldn't walk well. "You were always good at rallying people. When this is over, we're going to need one hell of a warehouse for the celebration."

Everything went smoothly. Most of the prisoners were too exhausted to do much but follow orders. The others were instilled with a sense of calm, to keep them from panicking. "What happened, exactly?"

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knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 09:56 pm UTC (link)

"Hope dat Henri stayed in his lab, just once." Crap, Lapin was pregnant, and Lulu, and Henri's lady was too nice to hit others...

He winked. "It's de accent, ma Cheri. Us Southern gents always sound reassurin'," he purred before smirking. "Or de secondary mutation, but dat ain't so romatic-soundin'"

"I dunno what others did to attract attention, but Darius and I did de stupid t'ing of going and lookin' for trouble," he rubbed his head gingerly. "Dere was a lot of talk around de courthouse dat sounded like ol' times. I left after a case, saw a woman wit' green hair, a normal person, getting attacked."

He shrugged. She could figure out the rest or poke in his head.

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nomorephoenix
2009-03-22 10:02 pm UTC (link)

"He's helping Cable and Domino. She went into labor during an attack." Her tone was oddly bouncy. "They're both safe. I'm hoping that Cyclops and Hulk find the other base we think is in the area, so I can peek in on them for a minute."

She nodded grimly. "Darius and Domino were shopping for provisions before Lorna sealed off the compound. We have some younger kids that needed to be protected, not to mention a formerly pregnant lady. Darius got taken, Domino got away." She shrugged. "There are a lot of humans who are getting fucked with. Darius at least has connections to mutants."

What a sad state of affairs. "I wonder how many people here were just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time?"

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knaveofhearts
2009-03-22 10:10 pm UTC (link)

He winced at the who's-where list.

"Domino? Poor madame, but if I had to t'ink of someone with de guts to do dat, she'd be on de tip of de tongue. Course, she'd jump up and start ripping people apart immeadiatement," he added ruefully

He nodded, tension relieving in some small way from hearing that not everyone was in the same situation.

Remy blinked at her. "...Darius might not merely be 'a human getting fucked with,' Jeanne."

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nomorephoenix
2009-03-22 10:23 pm UTC (link)

"I honestly think that, had she been captured, she would have been returned within the hour. Or the whole thing would have ended with Cable making every Purifier believe they're a frog for the rest of their lives."

She thought for a minute. "He reads as completely human. He's had three tests, including one here. Though I suppose it's not completely impossible. Just not likely. Whatever happened to him must be because of an outside force." He really wasn't on the top of her priorities unless he'd wound up back in danger. "Hopefully, wherever he is, he's managed to keep his head, and is safely tucked away somewhere."

The sun seemed horribly bright to Jean, after her time in the cell. She shaded her eyes with her hand, looking for their ticket home. Havok was supposed to be coming with a bus, which would be the easiest way to transport everyone without making them completely freak out.

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