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Antoinette "Toni" Rhodes ([info]toni_rhodes) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-05-07 21:04:00


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Entry tags:anya stark, team - avengers, toni rhodes

Practice Makes Perfect (Open)
Robots had her surrounded, each one with a different material for its skin or a different weapon mounted on it, but Toni Rhodes was not afraid.  The first one was the easiest; she took it down with a simple electrical blast, shorting out all of its systems at once.  Another electrical blast gave her some space, but didn't have the effect on the rest that it had on the first.

She shifted tactics, hitting the next one with a hard blast of infra-red radiation, melting a hole right through its head.  Against the third, she used a microwave burst, producing a similar effect, though with a greater disruption of its circuits.

A fourth unleashed a barrage of missiles, tracking her.  She shifted again, throwing up radio signals at it, manipulating the signal back to the robot, destroying it.  A fifth blasted her with lasers, but she absorbed the first barrage, then took control of the second, sending them right back long their path into the gun-barrel. 

A flier swooped down at her, peppering the area with bullets.  She threw up an electromagnetic screen, deflecting them, and rode those same electromagnetic lines into the air, first blinding the robot with a visible light barrage, then hitting it with an electromagnetic pulse to knock out its memory circuits.

As she landed, she was assaulted by another robot, narrowly avoiding a blow to the head.  She hit it with electricity, light blasts, even radio waves, but those had no effect.  She shifted again, throwing x-rays at it, perceiving the robot's interior like an x-ray technician would.  There.  Weak spot just in the center of its chest.  She grappled some of the scrap metal with an electromagnetic field, and threw it at the robot, taking it down.

When the dust settled, she looked up to the control booth of the Avengers' training room.  Not as fancy as the Danger Room over at Xaiver's, but much more homey.  "How'd I do?"



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[info]anyastark
2010-05-11 01:24 pm UTC (link)
"Nice fancy powers you have there," Anya said over the intercom. "Must be nice. You did great."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-11 09:30 pm UTC (link)
Toni waved. "Thanks," she said. "I feel great. I don't know why, but these powers... feel different. More right, somehow."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-11 11:40 pm UTC (link)
"Good. I'm glad you're getting used to them. Though I still think the Universe is out to get me."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-11 11:50 pm UTC (link)
She stifled a giggle. "Maybe just a little."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-11 11:53 pm UTC (link)
"A little? Do I need to go down the list?" Despite her words there was a smile on her face. "Do you want another program run and some company, or calling it a day? We could go get some ice cream."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-12 10:33 pm UTC (link)
"Ice cream?" Toni perked up. "I like ice cream. Just gimme ten to get showered and changed."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-13 11:23 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, go get showered. I can smell you from here," Anya teased and made a face. "I'll meet you by the front door in fifteen. We'll head into the Village."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-13 10:28 pm UTC (link)
One shower and change of clothes later, Toni met Anya at the door.

"I love unstable molecules," she said. "One good jolt and I can switch from clothes to costume in about a second."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-13 11:16 pm UTC (link)
"Fancy powers, fancy clothes," Anya teased. "Just don't short out my car. I just got her done and running."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-13 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Toni stuck out her tongue. "Don't worry," she said. "I've been i the car with you. It's dangerous enough without adding to it."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-13 11:20 pm UTC (link)
"Hey! I've only crashed one car thank you very much," she protested. "Besides, Mom is a hundred times worse than me."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-13 11:22 pm UTC (link)
That got a laugh out of her. "Okay, you've got me on that one."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-13 11:24 pm UTC (link)
Anya grinned. "Come on. I've got a car to try out. Your brother helped me come up with a new power source. For the car and for my suit. Pretty smart guy."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-13 11:36 pm UTC (link)
"He seems pretty cool, I guess," Toni said.

She gave Anya a questioning look. "Nothing that's gonna make it explode, though, right?"

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-13 11:47 pm UTC (link)
Anya eyed her. "Something happen between you two? He helped me with a new power system in exchange for repairs to his suit."

"I don't think so? It is bran new untested tech."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-13 11:51 pm UTC (link)
Toni shrugged. "He stopped by and we went out and got to know each other better," she said. "Just a lot to process. I don't know if we'll ever be the way you and James are."

She made a face, but one that made it clear she was joking. "Crazy ass Starks, always messing with things that could wipe out humanity."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-13 11:58 pm UTC (link)
"What? You mean arguing, bickering and trying to keep each other out of the bathroom in the mornings? Consider yourself lucky if you never get to be like us."

Anya made a face right back. "But you love me. Zero Point Energy module. Never needs to be recharged and no waste or by products. I sent the specs to my Dad. Think about it. The world can run on something other than fossil fuels and it's efficient and affordable."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-14 09:42 pm UTC (link)
"I'm glad to be missing that," Toni replied. "But yeah."

She nodded. "Nice. I think. Messing with major industries like that is tricky."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-14 09:47 pm UTC (link)
"Eh. They're dorks, but I love them."

Anya grinned. "You know us Starks. We're crazy and we love messing with things especially the establishment."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-14 10:13 pm UTC (link)
Toni giggled, but grew just a little more serious. "And its us Rhodes job to bring you back to reality. Going off fossil fuels would be a damn good thing... but it might also put a lot of people out of a job."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-14 10:20 pm UTC (link)
"I know," she said as she climbed into the driver's seat. "But to develop this technology and use it, it will create a whole new industry. Jobs will be created."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-14 10:30 pm UTC (link)
Toni dropped into the passenger seat. "Now, yes, but in the meantime?"

This? This felt good. Being the sounding board to Anya's ideas, balancing out her best friend's genius with some down to Earthness. But the new powers? The new heroic identity? Were also going a long way to making her more of her own person. And she needed that too.

"It's still a good idea," she said. "Not many people could do that."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-14 11:09 pm UTC (link)
"We aren't suddenly going to switch to zero point energy," Anya pointed out. "It will take time for more research and there will take time to transition over. It will be a long and slow process, but in the end it will be worth it."

Anya maneuvered the car into traffic and headed toward the Village.

"Dad knows what to do and I get to learn as he does it."

Anya glanced over at Toni. "How are you doing?"

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-14 11:19 pm UTC (link)
"Doing good, actually," Toni said. Other than missing Charlie. But she wasn't going to think about that. Much. "Looking forward to getting back into action."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-14 11:23 pm UTC (link)
Anya knew her best friend and knew Charlie's absence was affecting her. "Getting back to kicking ass will be good for both of us," she said. She glanced over again. "He's fine and he'll be back soon."

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