sydney_ashcroft:

Sydney had just enough time to run some errands before she had to pick Zoey up from school. It had been a busy day so far and Syd still had a lot of items on her To Do list. It seemed like her days just got busier and busier. One of these days she'd get the chance to take a real vacation. Her errands were complete and she headed toward Zoey's school to pick her up.

She drove along and sang along to the radio. Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas" was on and quite catchy. Syd found that she rather liked it. The traffic light was green and Syd proceeded into the intersection.

She didn't see the pickup truck coming from her left, but it plowed into the side of her car. Glass broke and metal was pushed inward. Her car skidded across the intersection and slammed into another car. More glass broke and metal twisted. Another car hit hers and by now she was unconscious. She couldn't feel the broken bones that she suffered and she couldn't feel the blood running down her face and would have run into her eyes had she not been unconscious.

People gathered around and a few started to help the injured people in the vehicles. The man in the truck was unhurt and climbed out of the truck. He saw that his job was done and took off running down the street.

Sirens wailed in the distance.

Forty-five minutes later Mr. Cooleridge's assistant dialed Sydney's cellphone. When it went to voice mail she called the next number on the list belonging to Mr. Crittenden.

butterflybullet:

Vernique was headed back to the Defenders compound with all the right papers for a Durable General Power of Attorney in the State of California. She'd triple checked everything, and Svalin would just need to fill them out. Then their Asgardian marriage would be given its Earthly equivalent as she legally acquired a fiduciary role for Svalin.

She didn't pay too much attention to the figure near the gates.