anyastark:

As usual after dealing with something related to Temujin, Anya hid out in the lab. This was the lab at the condo because she didn't have access to the lab at the Avengers' mansion. Though with Jarvis' help, she did manage to get her suit out. It wasn't a problem getting it to the condo. There may have been a very short fast flight to the roof of the building.

Dad said she couldn't use the suit (the short flight wasn't using it per se, it was transporting it), but he didn't say anything about working on it, or building herself a new suit. So she locked herself away in the lab and started working on her old suit and started building a new one. She needed to be prepared for the next time Temujin showed his face.

She slept an hour here and there. An hour of sleep allowed her to rest, but it wasn't enough time for the nightmares to start. As usual she lost track of time and days. Mom delivered food on a regular basis. If she hadn't, Anya would have forgotten to eat.

Anya stared blankly at the new set of boots. There was something she wanted to do, but she couldn't think at the moment.

nextgen_parent:

Thor heads for New York ahead of Syd and Simon. They'll be along, possibly with the Defenders in tow, to help get Scion's New York offices arranged to their liking. When they get there and examine the books, they should find out precisely how much they're being paid for their work. He's fairly sure, at the least, that its a considerable promotion from the babysitting duties.
He heads for Tony's home, hoping to catch him there, and with some privacy.

nextgen_adult:

Margaret Donovan Stark sipped her glass of wine as she listened to the man, Senator Sloane, sitting across from her. “I trust the package was delivered and everything is in order?” she asked when she had enough of him babbling on.

“Yes it did. It arrived all intact and we had it set up in no time. You should come and see it. We’re just in….”

“I don’t want to know,” Maggie said. “Plausible deniability and all of that.”

Sloane nodded. “I understand. We do have two subjects ready for the field tests, but we will soon be acquiring more.”
Margaret nodded. “Please keep me informed how the tests go.”

Sloane smiled. “Of course. I understand wanting to see the fruits of….”

Margaret held up a hand to stop him. “It was the company not me.” She didn’t want her name associated with the project. The company being associated was fine. If information about the project ever got out, she could always say it had been developed before she took over Stark Inc. The blame and the fallout would be placed on her predecessor, not her.

Sloane smiled. “I understand.”

“Do you have reliable people running this project of yours?”

“Of course,” he assured her. “I have complete faith in the director. He’s most efficient and productive.” Despite a small setback, Ezra Kane has been a competent project director. Sloane hoped he continued to be so.

Margaret finished off the last of her glass of wine. “Good. It can be so hard to find reliable people.” Not to mention hard to get rid of others. She had been trying to get rid of Potts since day one and had been unsuccessful so far. The board loved the woman and would not let Margaret make a move against her. Maggie suspected the woman was leaking company information to Tony, which would come as no surprise. Loyalty such as Potts had for Maggie’s brother was hard to come by and buy.

“Thank you for lunch, Senator. I must get back. I have a company to run.”

“Maggie, it was my pleasure as always,” he said as he stood up.

“As mine,” Maggie said as she stood up. She shook Sloane’s hand. “Until next time.”

“Of course,” he said and watched her leave. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. “Start the field test.”

nextgen_misc:

At Elder Shadow's command, the honor guard threw themselves forward as the Ritual of Transformation began and the crowds pulled back. As light poured down from the cavern's ceiling onto the altar where Chris lay, each of the guard members chose an opponent.

nextgen_holiday:

The beginning of a New Year, a time for new hopes, new experiences to come. A time to reflect on times past, remembering fond memories happily and trying to put less pleasant thoughts and experiences in the past.

It is a time of renewal, a time of rebirth. And for much of the world, it is a time of celebration. This is no less true for the super hero set as anyone else. If anything, they just have that much bigger of things to look forward to.

perenawska:

The cold winter wind blew through the streets of New York and over rooftops. The cold and the wind was a sharp contrast to the warm Southern California weather she and Argo just stepped out of. She immediately spotted Nicholas.

"Are you okay?" she asked Argo. "Sometimes people do not react well to teleporting."