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dc_misc ([info]dc_misc) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-28 02:46:00


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Entry tags:alina vasquez, dinah kord, goldstar, jon kent

La muerte del escarabajo
It made the Southwest news first, but it was eventually picked up by the nation services. In the wake of Superman's death, the death of a localized hero like the Blue Beetle didn't seem quite so important.

"Today, defending his home city of El Paso, the local super-hero known as the Blue Beetle was killed by an unknown super-villain. The third Blue Beetle is best known for his controversial pro-immigration stance publicly taken some years ago, leading many to believe that the hero was in fact an immigrant himself. The youthful hero known as the Scarab, a member of the Teen Titans who patterned herself after the second Blue Beetle, was also involved in the battle, and was originally believed to have been critically injured herself, but seemed to mount a miraculous recovery before spiriting away with the body of the Blue Beetle.

El Paso, Texas will be mourning its hero for some time to come, and many of us are left to wonder if there isn't some grander conspiracy killing our heroes..." CONT on Page A2...



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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-28 06:45 am UTC (link)
"God dammit, Reyes," Dinah said, sitting on her bed. "What makes my life worth it? The Scarab would have saved you..."



"And I keep telling you, I don't speak crazy bug language!"

She threw her face into her pillow and cried. She'd practically locked herself in her room since she'd been home (except for not having a door that locked).

Life just seemed so damn unfair...

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[info]boosted_gold
2010-12-28 11:40 pm UTC (link)
There's a knock at Dinah's window. "Hey you..." Riley waves hello feebly.

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-28 11:46 pm UTC (link)
Dinah looked over at the window and blinked. Data-overlays she couldn't read were briefly flashing over her vision. The Scarab chirped in her head. "It's Riley," she hissed as she moved over and opened the window. "You like Riley."

As soon as he was inside, Riley would find Dinah's arms around him as she sobbed into his chest.

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[info]boosted_gold
2010-12-28 11:55 pm UTC (link)
Riley hugged her and stroked her back, guiding them over to the bed to sit down. "I know... it's not fair."

He hadn't been as tight with Jaime as the Kords, but he always thought the guy was a class act.

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-29 12:11 am UTC (link)
Dinah let herself be guided back to the bed.

"He saved me, Ri. I was... I was dying... and he saved me."

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[info]boosted_gold
2010-12-29 12:14 am UTC (link)
Riley's stomach twists. "Then he's a hero." He hugs her tighter.

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-29 12:30 am UTC (link)
Dinah held on just as tightly, fighting back more tears. "And now he's dead. Because of me. The Scarab could have saved him if he hadn't..."

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[info]boosted_gold
2010-12-29 12:32 am UTC (link)
It had taken a lot for Riley not to ask Rip if he'd known this was coming, let alone if it was solid time.

"Jaime always knew the risks of what he was doing. Nobody forced him to do what he did."

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[info]first_son
2010-12-29 04:01 am UTC (link)
When things have settled down a little, or had a chance to, at least, Dinah will be getting a call.

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-29 04:04 am UTC (link)
"Hello?"

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[info]first_son
2010-12-29 04:05 am UTC (link)
Jon hasn't gotten out her way for a while, but his voice should still be plenty familiar.

"Hey Dinah. Just saw the news and thought I'd check in on a friend."

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-29 04:14 am UTC (link)
"Oh, hey, Jon," she said. Dammit, she'd meant to call him and one thing had led to another and...

"Thanks. How're you holding up?"

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[info]first_son
2010-12-29 04:32 am UTC (link)
"I'm holding up. Getting back to work - there's a lot to do, and a lot of people hurting. How are you doing?"

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-29 04:48 am UTC (link)
"I'm... I'm not great, Jon," she admitted. "Jaime was family."

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[info]first_son
2010-12-29 04:54 am UTC (link)
"I know he was. I know he thought the world of your dad, and I've heard stories that other than your dad, no one could have been prouder when you took up the mantle. Is there anything I can do?"

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-29 05:38 am UTC (link)
"Nothing I can think of right now," she says. "But I'll let you know."

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[info]collateralmagic
2010-12-29 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Later in the evening, there's a tapping at Dinah's window. The finger doing the tapping, as well as the body it's attached to, is currently invisible -- it's rude to make a fellow cape's neighbor's suspicious about their secret identity, after all.

The only visible sign that the tapping isn't all in Dinah's head is the hovering blue and black butterfly mask.

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-30 02:37 am UTC (link)
Dinah looked up at the sound, peering up from the vast pile of notes (Seriously, Dani? It's called a computer. Use it.) her father and Dani Garrett had compiled on the Scarab.

She headed over and opened her window, not at all surprised by the butterfly mask.

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[info]collateralmagic
2010-12-31 02:06 am UTC (link)
"I assume you don't mind me coming in," Alina says, remaining invisible as she comes through the window. It might have been more polite to wait for an invitation, but she hasn't come all this way to talk to Dinah while hovering outside her window like a creepy stalker. She keeps her invisibility up until she's inside; dispelling it with the removal of her mask, which she tosses on one of the note piles.

It's obvious from her red-rimmed eyes that she's been crying, and she scrubs a hand over her face before looking at Dinah and forcing a watery smile. "How are you holding up?"

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-12-31 02:39 am UTC (link)
Dinah tries for a smile and utterly fails. Her own eyes still carry a great deal of redness of their own.

"Honestly? I'm not doing so hot," she admits. "I keep seeing it all every time I close my eyes."

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[info]collateralmagic
2011-01-01 10:39 am UTC (link)
I should have been there, Alina thinks, sitting down heavily on the edge of Dinah's bed. She and Mistress Thirteen had been wrapped up in a magical training exercise they'd hoped would help her better control her powers. Maybe her being there wouldn't have helped, but God, she could have done something. At least she could have tried.

"Lo siento," she whispers, half to Dinah and half to her fallen hero. She runs her hand through her hair. "I...don't think that's something I can help you with."

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2011-01-01 06:28 pm UTC (link)
"We're gonna get the bastard," Dinah said, quietly, gaining a bit of intensity as she spoke. "You, me, Riley. We will find him."

She clenched a fist. "And we'll nail his ass to the wall."

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[info]collateralmagic
2011-01-04 08:32 am UTC (link)
Alina's mouth quirks in a small smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes. "Figured that went without saying." Everything takes its payment, and the karma Black Beetle earned today is going to make him squeal.

She looks over at the Fortress of Note-itude Dinah's built for herself and wipes her cheeks with her palm. "We got a lot of that in the online Beetlecave, you know. Uncle Paco and Aunt Brenda got sick of digging through boxes pretty quickly."

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2011-01-04 09:05 pm UTC (link)
Dinah lets out a frustrated little laugh. "Yeah. But paper actually makes me feel like I'm doing something right now, instead of just playing computer-geek."

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2011-01-11 02:10 am UTC (link)
(Done enough to be considered ended, but still okay for further tags if it comes up)

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