Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-06-22 09:24:00

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Anya had lost track of the time and what day it was, though it had to be Monday because Pepper called and when Anya didn't answer Pepper had sent a text asking where she was. Anya was supposed to be back to work at the company this morning. She replied to Pepper and said she would be in tomorrow. Leaving the lab in the Avengers' mansion was the last thing she wanted do it. She had even done a session or two with Doc Samson via video conferencing.

In fact in the days since her run in with Temujin she had only left the lab a few times. A few times just long enough to shower and on Father's Day to spend it with James and her father. Jarvis had taken pity on her and had brought her meals down to her and as long as she ate a little of what he brought, he didn't hassle her about it. She didn't even leave the lab to sleep, instead she slept on the couch in the lab for the few hours a day she managed to sleep. Nightmares kept her from sleeping more than a few hours at a time.

Schrodinger, the LMD black cat, was curled up on the couch and Darwin, the LMD beagle, was currently standing on the lab table. Anya did what she always did when she was unsettled, she worked. Right now she was checking for a faulty circuit in the LMD dog and as soon as she was done with that, she had a new version of code to upload into him. She was tired and distracted enough that the frequent licks by the dog didn't even phase her.

Seeing Temujin again was like having a worst nightmare come to life. Between school ending and the nightmares from her last encounter with him starting to fade, Anya had been getting more than four hours of sleep a night. Now she couldn't sleep more than two or three at a time without waking from a nightmare.

She could see the faces of the people she killed. They weren't innocents, but she had still taken lives. It wasn't an easy thing to get past.

A long yawn escaped her and she immediately turned up the music.

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	mishaloganovich 2009-06-23 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	All the beat wasn't just from the music. Misha used his fist on the lab door to get her attention. He'd been concerned Anya wasn't acting like herself, but when she missed teasing him about a redhead, and then disappeared for a few days, it was time to hunt her down and make sure she was all right. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-23 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Your brother is knocking on the door." Goddard's voice said after the music lowered. "Let him in please," she said without looking up from the circuit she was testing. She sighed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-23 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey Brat," he greeted her cheerfully, dropping onto the sofa and reached out to scratch Schrodinger's ears. "How are things with you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-23 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey Dork," she said and paused in her task at hand. She looked at him. "Busy as always. What's up?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2009-06-24 12:02 am UTC (link)

"I dunno. You tell me. You're locking yourself in down here and there's a whole hydrobase to make over in the Young Avengers' image. Which the X-Kids would be crying a river of jealous tears over if they knew about it." He continued to scratch the cat's ears until Schrodinger decided he'd had enough. He'd always like animals, but Dad had been firm on the no pet rule growing up.

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	anyastark 2009-06-24 12:06 am UTC (link)
	She bowed her head and sighed. "I ran into...." She paused. She hated talking about this. She had hoped the nightmare would stay in the past. "We ran into Temujin when we were out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 12:09 am UTC (link)
	"Did he hurt you?" he asked quietly after a long minute. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 05:18 am UTC (link)
	She shook her head. "No. Just tried to take me out of the club. Iason, Sammy and Toni stopped him." The man was one of her greatest fears. Another was disappointing her father, but that one she could handle. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Anger boiled up, not only at what happened, but that he was hearing it days after the incident. He sat on it for a more appropriate time and continued petting the cat. "Can I hug you and swear I won't let anything happen to you or is that too sappy right now?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 05:32 am UTC (link)
	There was a small smile. "I could always use a hug." No matter how much of a dork she thought he was (and he was a really big one) her brother was one of the most caring guys she knew. Every girl should have a big brother like him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 05:38 am UTC (link)
	He got up from the sofa and folded her into a tight hug. "I'm glad the others were there when you needed them. Don't leave me out of the loop again, Brat." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2009-06-24 05:44 am UTC (link)

She returned the hug and already felt better. Hugs were always good. Hugs from big brothers were even better. She knew how lucky she was to have a brother like him and that they got along.

"I'll try not too." There were times she hated telling her family things. She loved them all beyond words, but they were the type to rush headfirst into things without thought or concern for their well being.

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	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 05:48 am UTC (link)
	He held her a minute longer before letting her go with a smooch to the forehead. He'd said what he needed to. Anya was going to be cautious. She had her team backing her up. Time to move on to something else. "How's the base coming along?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 10:29 am UTC (link)
	"True, but I think she'd risk facing Jarvis' wrath. We didn't exactly get off on the right foot." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 10:30 am UTC (link)
	"You didn't fight over the bathroom, did you? James'll be hurt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 10:32 am UTC (link)
	"They showed up at the front door and wouldn't identify themselves. After the last attack, we're a little paranoid about random people showing up." Anya turned down the lab lights and turned on two of the screens on the far wall. She flopped down on the couch and Shrodinger climbed into her lap. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 10:38 am UTC (link)
	"Then they got what they deserved," he said practically, experienced with his years at Xavier's. "Nobody smart just shows up to a place where they might shoot first." With the opening credits and accompanying cleavage, he might've thought that Simon Williams might've had it made out in Hollywood. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 10:41 am UTC (link)
	Anya leaned against her brother, needing the human contact and security he provided. Just sitting here watching a movie with him was doing more for her than a session with Doc Samson. "Dad's sending them to the Avengers Compound on the west coast so we have a team out there again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 10:50 am UTC (link)
	"Something like that," she said. "Dad has his moments," she grinned. The calm relaxed atmosphere from her childhood was just what she needed to help her put herself right. "Things we don't want to know they're doing," she said with a sagely nod. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 10:54 am UTC (link)
	"If Jarvis ever writes a book, the public will know what every hero and villain has been doing for the past thirty years. Now that would make a great movie." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 10:56 am UTC (link)
	"Tell me about it. He probably knows more secrets than Uncle Nick," Anya said. "And that's a hell of a lot of secrets." Anya sighed contently. She was relaxing and she could feel the stress over Temujin leaving her for the moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 11:06 am UTC (link)
	"Between the two, they probably own all of us and we don't know it." The movie had plenty of cleavage. And Vikings. He tilted his head and considered what Svalin would look like in movie get up. Then Tessa. Then stopped thinking along that line of thought. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-06-24 11:09 am UTC (link)
	"Tell me about it," she said. She settled in against her brother and it didn't take long for her eyelids to become very heavy and close. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-06-24 11:13 am UTC (link)
	Misha sat where he was, quietly watching the movie while Anya slept. He knew well how she didn't sleep much so every little bit helped. Darwin got plenty of petting. When the closing credits ran, he asked Goddard to run Casablanca. It was their ultimate relaxation movie. (Reply to this)(Parent)