Match (son_of_discord) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-04 19:39:00

Entry tags:

inactive - match, inactive - rose logan, misha loganovich, plot-"red wedding"

Long Day's Night (Rose)

Technically, this is date number two.

The first date would have been better, all those months ago, if they hadn't been jumped by a bunch of crazies that would end up plaguing them again later. Oh, and Joey's old friend Foxx, who was in town to save his bacon at the time. Tonight, Joey Allerdyce is confident that nothing is going to mess the night up for him and Rose. No crazy mutants, no Tina chasing him, no Ana-Pants trying to beat him up and no Summers telling them to go fetch another mutant from God-knows-where.

Joey dresses up a little for the occasion, selecting a black dress shirt and slacks, along with black shoes. He wears the custom-made jacket that that Kitten made him as well, as he finds he likes it more than his normal leather jacket.

He waits for Babe at the bottom of the steps at Xavier’s, going over tonight’s events. Dinner, followed by a hotel room and all alcohol they can drink. Or maybe, all the alcohol /she/ can drink. There’s a good chance Joey will be done by the fifth beer or so.

The only thing that matters to him is that she has a good time.

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	wild_rose 2011-01-05 02:34 am UTC (link)
	Rose herself has managed to dress for for the evening as well, eschewing her usual plaid and jeans for a somewhat dressier top and skirt, even forgoing her usual boots. Tonight actually feels pretty special. "Lookin' sharp, Bub." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2011-01-05 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"You gotta see my smokin' hot girlfriend. She does this whole thing where she takes my breath away every time I see her." Joey smiles, taking her hand. "So, I managed to get us a car until tomorrow. Wasn't one of Summers' cars, but I figure we can still make out in the backseat at least once if you're up for it." he grins, leading her toward the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-01-06 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Rose grins wickedly as she takes his hand. "I mentioned lately I love th' way you think?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2011-01-06 04:12 am UTC (link)
	"No, you haven't, Babe. I was startin' to wonder a little, but don't worry. I plan to provide several examples of my evil ideas tonight." Joey grins. The two of them get to the garage and the car. Soon enough, they're headed toward the city. "So, how are you and your old man doin' these days?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2011-01-06 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Doin' good," Rose replies. "He's... he's just like Dad back home. 's nice. Like I didn't go too far, ya know?" She smirks. "An' I think he's slowly warmin' up ta ya." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2011-01-07 01:00 am UTC (link)

"I think he is, too, Babe. He hasn't offered to give me a shave or a haircut with his claws in months. And just the other day, I saw him in the kitchen and said hi.

He looked at me and nodded, which is a long way from the grunt of disdain he used to acknowledge me with. I'm thinkin' by this time next year, we might work our way up to a verbal greeting." Joey jests, taking her hand.

"I'm glad you and your dad get along at least. How are things with you and Rachel?" he asks, checking the status of his pet project.

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	Outside... nextgen_misc 2011-01-10 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Outside the restaurant, a black van pulls into the parking lot, double parking in the space closest to the entrance of the steak house. Six men with automatic weapons exit the vehicle and make their way into the steakhouse. (Reply to this)(Thread)

The Bathroom

nextgen_baddie
2011-01-10 03:03 am UTC (link)

If anyone could see the waitress now, they would notice her blond hair shifting into a dark brown, while her white skin becomes a bit more bronze. She bars the bathroom door from the outside, then grimaces and gets ready to screw Johnny over, so that he can't save Claws from what she rightfully deserves.

Rachael Darkholme really doesn't like doing this to John, but this is a matter of life and death. His life and death. She's got to save him from Claws before she kills him, either on purpose or just because she's an animal with no self-control. It had taken all of Rachael's self-control not to slam the bitch's face into the table and then ram ever steakknife in the restaurant through her skull until she died.

Besides, she's probably heal most of it and be an even bigger pain in the ass later. No, better to stick with the Boss Man's plan and let the professionals handle it.

And the professionals should be showing up right about...now.

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The Dining Area

nextgen_misc
2011-01-10 03:11 am UTC (link)

The masked men stride into the room and point their weapons at the assembled patrons in the restaurant, many of who immediately yelp in surprise and confusion.

The lead mercenary holds a 9mm pistol and fires it once at the ceiling to get everyone's attention.

"I trust that you all understand what a gun is. Now, I don't want to hurt anyone; cooperate and this will be over in five minutes. You might even be able to go back to your steak before long." the man says with a British accent.

"I want everyone to take their cellphones and put them in the back that Six is bringing around. You may call me One. My associates are Two through Five. Do not fight and do not ask questions. Until I get what I want, I am content with killing anyone here to obtain it.

Are we clear?" One asks.

People nod their heads, and begin putting their cellphones in the bag that Six is coming around with. The establishment isn't huge, so Six reaches Rose in short order.

Just then...the fire alarm rings and the sprinklers come on every room in the building, including the bathroom. The patrons start getting up from their seats to exit the room, but One fires another shot.

"SIT DOWN!" he yells.

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Re: The Dining Area

wild_rose
2011-01-10 03:23 am UTC (link)

Fortunately, it's just enough of a distraction for Rose. Because these guys have ruined her magical evening, and she is, in a word, pissed.

There's a wet snkt as she pops her claws and she drives one into Six's stomach, pulling him down with her free hand and bringing her knee up to his head as she extracts her claw.

"Ya bozos picked the wrong place to rob."

Keep their eyes on her. Keep their eyes on her.

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Re: The Dining Area

nextgen_misc
2011-01-10 03:39 am UTC (link)

"Urghk!" is the only thing that Six can say as he falls to the ground unconscious.

One looks in their direction and sees the young woman across the room. The woman he was sent to find.

"Ah, Miss Logan. My intelligence was correct. You are here tonight. I don't appreciate your killing of my employee. Therefore, you've just cost someone their life." One says.

He points his gun at a family of six nearest the door. A shot is fired and a girl that might be the same age as Rose or a little older falls to the floor, clutching her stomach where the bullet entered.

"If your aren't with Miss Logan, you may leave the restaurant, get in your cars and go home now. I have what I came for." One says.

The other patrons look between Rose and the mercenaries as the sprinklers finally turn off and the fire alarm stops.

"What are you people waiting for? Get out now or I kill someone else!" he yells, pointing his weapon.

People start scrambling for the exits, leaving Rose alone with the mercenaries.

"Take her." One says.

Two through Five hoist their weapons and open fire.

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Re: The Dining Area

wild_rose
2011-01-10 03:45 am UTC (link)

Rose sees redness swimming at the edges of her vision, feels the rage building up inside her. She tries to still it, to find her calm, combat center. Rage is just going to lead to more mistakes now. She should have been faster, taken him down harder.

A bullet clips her shoulder, another pierce her stomach somewhere. She ignores all the pain, trusts in her healing factor as she pounces upon the first ones, slashing with her claws.

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Re: The Dining Area

son_of_discord
2011-01-10 03:57 am UTC (link)

In the bathroom, Joey Allerdyce was going over his speech.

"Rose, look, I don't wanna rush this, but I already know that you're the girl I wanna spend the rest of my life with. In this dimension, or any other one. I love you." he says, looking into the mirror, holding out the diamond ring he'd managed to acquire with Braddock LeBeau's help.

No, that was too much.

"Babe, you're the only girl I can see myself with for the rest of my life and I want everyone to know where we stand. Say yes, Rose. Marry me." Joey says.

"Yeah, that sounds good. All right. Let's do this." Joey says, heading for the door and finding it jammed. He pulls on it again and it doesn't budge.

"Wow. I was tryin' for no property damage, but this ain't my fault." Joey says, calling a flame to his hand.

At that exact moment, he hears the sound of a gunshot. That doesn't belong here. Then the fire alarms sounds and suddenly Joey is doused with cold water...and his flame vanishes.

Not only that, but his powers shut down altogether.

"FUCK!"

He rams his shoulder into the door, trying to get it to budge, only to find that it's still not moving. This is coincidental; this is a set-up.

Tonight of all nights, again, they are being set-up.

Joey can hear the sounds of more gunshots and realizes that he's relatively safe in the bathroom from the gunfire, but Rose is out there with whoever is doing the shooting.

"HEY! SOMEONE LET ME OUT OF HERE! COME ON!" Joey yells, trying to pull the door open again.

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Re: The Dining Area

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2011-01-10 04:11 am UTC (link)

The mercenaries were briefed on their target, but even with all the info they were given, Rose's speed and ability were still a shock.

Two and Three go down before they know what's happening. Four and Five each turn to run for it as One aims his gun and at Rose's knees, firing as he moves toward the kitchen entrance. He isn't shooting to kill, just to slow her down until the signal comes.

A waitress enters the room just then and One smiles beneath the mask. There's the signal.

He grabs the waitress in a choke hold and puts the gun to her head.

"Miss Logan! You are going to do what I say, or this young woman is going to get her pretty little brain blown all over the carpet. You don't want that, do you?

Do I have your attention?" he asks.

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Escaping the Bathroom

son_of_discord
2011-01-11 02:44 am UTC (link)

The number of gunshots Joey was hearing right now scared him beyond reason. Even with her healing factor, Rose couldn't take that many bullets in one sitting without feeling something. She was going to be in so much pain, and once again, it was his fault.

He's still soaking wet, which pisses him off, but finally, he gets the door to budge just a little. Then a little more...and now he can see the bar that's holding him in.

Joey Allerdyce pulls for all he's worth and finally gets the door to open enough where he can force his slight frame through, and he sprints into the dining room to find nothing but carnage, blood, and bodies.

And in the center of it all, is Rose.

"Babe? Babe, are you okay?" Joey asks, walking up behind her to gently lay a hand on her shoulder. His nose wrinkles slightly.

That waitress really needs to lay off that perfume. He can still smell it everywhere right now.

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	Re: Escaping the Bathroom nextgen_baddie 2011-01-11 02:52 am UTC (link)
	She looks him over, carefully, her expression bouncing somewhere between smug and sad. "'s fine," she says. "Nothin' I couldn't handle." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Escaping the Bathroom

son_of_discord
2011-01-11 02:57 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I see that, Babe. Whoever thought robbin' this place was a great idea thinks different now." Joey says, not certain how to read Rose's expression. Something about this is...off.

Rose hates having to /hurt/ people. Right now, Joey can count five dead men on the floor. Not they have guns and Rose didn't, so he doesn't feel sorry for them at all.

"I'm real sorry about this, Babe. Look, let me take you to the hotel and we can talk about what happened. Then...maybe I can ask you that question we were talkin' about before I got interrupted?" he asks, trying on a smile.

"We just can't stay here." Joey says.

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	Re: Escaping the Bathroom nextgen_baddie 2011-01-11 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Yer right about that," she says, "but we ain't going nowhere." She goes on. "Ya see this? This is me, deep down. Ya push, ya get the beast. "An ya deserve better than some animal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Escaping the Bathroom

son_of_discord
2011-01-11 03:04 am UTC (link)

"Whoa! Okay, flag on the play, Babe. Stop. /This/..." Joey says, gesturing at the room around them, "this is self-defense. I know that. You don't go around hurting people because you can."

He forces her to look into his eyes by placing his hands on her shoulders. He /needs/ her to understand that she's not an animal.

"You are a human being, Rose. These people tried to hurt you and they got what they /deserved/. Rose, don't let this mess with you. Let's just go home and talk to your old man.

He'll help us figure out what to do and we'll just go from here." Joey says.

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Two Hours Later....

son_of_discord
2011-01-11 03:47 am UTC (link)

Joey doesn't remember what time he got here and he doesn't care. The only things that matter is that there's tequila here, as well as vodka, and that he has all night to drink himself into oblivion.

He takes another shot while some girl whispers in his ear about how she's going to make him forget about every other girl he's been with and Joey grimaces as he pours another one.

Nope. He still remembers what Rose sounds like when she...

He drains the shot and pours another, hoping he'll forget soon enough.

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Re: Two Hours Later....

nextgen_misc
2011-01-11 03:59 am UTC (link)

The bartender and owner of the Eighth Street Bar, Coleman, watches Joey finish another bottle of alcohol and shakes his head in pity. From the incoherent rambling he managed to get out of the guy, it seems like his girlfriend dumped him and he's taking it hard.

One of the girls picked up the cellphone the guy dropped and handed it to Coleman, who's wondering if he should call a cab for this guy. He could do it, but if Joey can't stand up, he's easy prey for anyone here.

So, Coleman looks through the numbers in the phone and chooses the name "Misha", hoping this is someone who can help out right now.

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Re: Two Hours Later....

mishaloganovich
2011-01-11 05:21 am UTC (link)

When the call came throw and Joey's name flashed on the display, Misha wondered if the old man had finally gotten a hold of the kid and delivered the 'datin' my kid' lecture that most of the girls' dates seemed to get in some form regardless of their actual status in the family. Misha would have to again advised some guy feeling phantom claws poking in his back to just relax and not take it personally.

He rubbed his eyes and answered it with a yawn. "Joey, buddy, do you know what time it is?"

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	Re: Two Hours Later.... nextgen_misc 2011-01-12 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"I don't think he does, pal. Am I speakin' with Misha?" Coleman asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Two Hours Later.... mishaloganovich 2011-01-12 03:35 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, this is Misha." He sat up and rubbed his eyes again. "Where's Joey? He okay? If there's a dark hair, cranky looking girl nearby, call her Rose and ask her to get on the phone. Please." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)