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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
2010-05-15 12:52 am UTC (link)
"You have a point, but what's worse? A little risk now, or having more super villains out there? If we can reach them now it will be less for us to beat up later."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 01:03 am UTC (link)
"Hmm." It was a nice, noncommittal noise, one that would buy her a few seconds of introspection.

"I think it's good idea, in theory," she said. "And it's probably something that should be done more. Too many loose ends out there.

"But it's also a good way to maybe get stabbed in the back and..."

She paused. Honesty. Cards on the table. "And I'm tired of everything changing all the time."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 01:15 am UTC (link)
Anya was quiet for a moment. Guilt settled in. Anya knew this was partly her fault. She didn't like the status quo and was always pushing head. Sometimes without thinking about others and how they may not be dealing with so much change all of the time.

"I'm sorry," she said quietly. "I know some of it is because of what I'm like and I know I should slow down and let you catch up. Yell at me when you need time to catch up." She glanced over. "One thing that will never change no matter how much other things change around us is that I will always be your best friend and I will always be here and have your back."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 01:26 am UTC (link)
"You don't have to be," Toni said, and she smiled just a little. "And I thought I was the one watching your back."

She wasn't exactly a creature of complacency herself, both of her parents were too progressive for that (not that her Dad hadn't done a good share of keeping things stable and the same for Anya's dad), but so much had gone on in so little time that it had been overwhelming. And besides, sometimes, being able to sit back and enjoy what was, was good.

"I'm sorry," she said. "I'm being selfish here, I know."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 01:46 am UTC (link)
"We got each other's backs," Anya reminded her. "Just like it's always been and always will be."

"Hey, you're allowed to be selfish. The timing on this sucks, I know. With Charlie leaving and now this right after it...I know it can't be easy. I really am sorry. I was going to be away for school this summer and this is just something else to do on top of it."

She looked over. "I will be home on the weekends. My favorite people on the planet will be here and I'll miss them too much if I don't come home."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 01:50 am UTC (link)
She nodded. "Most people just take up a hobby," she said. "You start a new team."

There was a smile there, though.

"You told Steve yet?"

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 02:02 am UTC (link)
"You know us crazy ass Starks. When we do something, we do something big."

The smile faded from Anya's face.

"Not yet. Classes don't start until June 9th, but I have to tell him very soon."

"You know there will always be a spot on the team for you."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 10:29 pm UTC (link)
"I hope that goes well," Toni said.

She shook her head. "I'm flattered. And I'll definitely come visit from time to time. But I'm an Avenger through and through."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 10:38 pm UTC (link)
"Thanks. Me too, though I don't think it will go too badly. Steve's a great guy and pretty understanding about things and my...Stark-ness."

Anya smiled. "Is it totally possible to be madly and head over heels in love with someone at our ages?"

"I know, but I had to say it. You may change your mind someday."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 10:44 pm UTC (link)
"He's good for you," Toni agreed, and smiled. "And I'm pretty sure it is."

She nodded. "I know. And I'll always come running if you need it."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 10:56 pm UTC (link)
"I know he is, which is why I'm trying not to screw it up. I love him, Toni. Sometimes I think I'm completely out of my mind, but he's all I want. "

"And I'll always be there for you. No matter what."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 11:05 pm UTC (link)
"Figures you'd fall for the bad boy," Toni teased, "and I'd fall for the nice guy. What're the odds of two best friends falling for two other best friends?"

She nodded. "Same here, girl. Always and forever."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 11:09 pm UTC (link)
"Very slim. I bet in some universe we're dating each other. Which would be funny as hell to see and give both our fathers heart attacks."

Anya grinned.

"Now, time for ice cream," she said as she zoomed in and out of traffic.

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 11:13 pm UTC (link)
That got Toni to break out in a full blown laugh. It was a good long moment before she could catch her breath to speak again.

"...I needed that."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 11:15 pm UTC (link)
Anya laughed with her best friend. "You know it had to happen in some universe. Or...or...here's a better one. In one universe one of our dads is a she and they're a couple. Can you just imagine /that/?"

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 11:18 pm UTC (link)
"...Well, now I can't stop thinking about it! Thanks so much!"

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 11:23 pm UTC (link)
Anya laughed harder. "You know it's totally possible. You know in some universe there's a Toni Stark with James Rhodes, or a Jamie Rhodes with a Tony Stark. It's just a matter of time until /that/ kid shows up."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 11:27 pm UTC (link)
"...It's going to happen now. You just caused it to be going to happen."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 11:29 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, well if I have to put up with the possibility of a Barton/Romanova kid or a Hercules/Romanova kid, you can put up with this idea."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 11:36 pm UTC (link)
"Okay, that first one there would just be creepy."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-15 11:38 pm UTC (link)
"You think?" Anya shook her head. "Misha threatens me with that all of the time. It'd be beyond weird to have /that/ kid show up. Mind breaking weird."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-15 11:52 pm UTC (link)
"Yeeeeeeah," she agreed. "I like my mind in one piece, thanks."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-16 01:47 am UTC (link)
Anya giggled. "But brain breaking is fun."

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[info]toni_rhodes
2010-05-16 02:08 am UTC (link)
Toni grinned, but shook her head. "Yeah, well... Okay, I got nothing. You've finally managed to get me at a loss for words."

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[info]anyastark
2010-05-16 02:12 am UTC (link)
Anya laughed. "Okay. Ice cream is on me since I broke your brain. Thank you. I know I don't say it enough and I should. You're a great friend, the best, and I know I'm really lucky to have you."

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