nextgen_citizen (nextgen_citizen) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-06-09 05:30:00

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argo, inactive - harmony watkins, inactive - lyta braddock-worthington, misha loganovich, plot-"think of the children", team - champions

Street Urchins
Four, as the girl was known as, looked at the boy standing next to her. Her stomach was twisted up in hunger and she needed to eat. Soon. It had been a few days since the last time they managed to find some food. Dumpsters outside of restaurants were great places to find something resembling edible, but they were usually chased away before they could really find anything worth eating.

The boy shrugged.

"We have to eat," Four said.

"I know," Ten, as he was called, answered. "There's a building there that looks like a club. Maybe there's something in the dumpster out back in the alley." She was right. They had to eat soon. It had been a week since they escaped from the building that had been their home for the past few months. They had no memories of anything before that.

There had been an /incident/ and the two had managed to escape. Ten had always been curious about the outside world. They had made their way to New Orleans and lived in the streets.

Four and Ten made their way to the dumpster behind the club and started rooting around in it.

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a_blessing
2010-06-09 10:59 pm UTC (link)

Meeting the Champions had been nice, at least once after the fighting was done, wounds were tended to and...certain things were explained. Harmony was glad to have made their acquaintance and felt that much better about pretty much everything. She was thinking about this as she decided to cut through an alley of sorts on her way to Sin's, the shortcut bringing her sharp eyes to the sight of two children, digging through garbage.

It broke her heart.

"Oh please don't do that..." Her eyes were sad and her voice full of tender concern. They looked skinny, starved. It made her very chest hurt looking at them. "You...you'll make yourselves sick...it's so hot outside and..." Certainly they couldn't be eating from there, could they?

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	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-10 02:22 am UTC (link)
	The two kids froze and stared at her with wide eyes. "We're just hungry," the boy said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-06-10 02:27 am UTC (link)
	"Oh sweetheart, I know but...you can't eat from there. It will make you sick. Please..." Harmony looked like she was going to cry. "I can't let you eat trash. Let me...let me buy you something to eat. There's an Italian place about a block east of here. They have pizza. Or I know a burger place. I...I can't let you eat from the dumpster." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-10 02:39 am UTC (link)
	The girl moved closer to the boy. The nervousness was plain to see on her face. It was clear they were unused to dealing with people. "We'll be fine. We'll go now. We didn't mean any harm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

a_blessing
2010-06-10 02:48 am UTC (link)

"No, please don't go. You aren't harming anything. I just...I just don't want you to have to eat out of the trash. I'll worry about you, if you eat out of the trash."

She couldn't let them leave. It would kill her to let them leave so she pulled out her iPhone.

"I'll even call a friend of mine to get the number for the pizza place. You can order anything you like just please, please don't go and please don't eat out of the dumpster."

She wasn't sure which of the Champions she'd just dialed in her moment of concern but she held the phone up to her ear, shaking and hoped someone answered and fast.

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	lytaworthington 2010-06-10 02:51 am UTC (link)
	She must've been given all of the numbers of the Champions, as Lyta was the one that she'd dialed. "Hello?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-06-10 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Harmony didn't recognize the voice at all. "Hi...this is Harmony Watkins...I'm just outside and...I need the number to that pizza place just a few blocks from here. I found two children...in the dumpster." She realized this sounded insane. "Irina could tell you who I am and verify I'm not crazy...." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lytaworthington
2010-06-10 03:01 am UTC (link)

"This is Lyta Braddock-Worthington," she said, "Please, bring the children here so we can try and find their parents or other guardians. I can order the pizza and have it delivered to Champions HQ."

She wasn't an information booth. While she understood the want to help out two children found digging around in a dumpster, she wasn't the phone opperator, either.

"Or, to make it easier, I could come to you."

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	a_blessing 2010-06-10 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	"You coming here is probably the better idea. They aren't very trusting and I don't think they have guardians." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-06-10 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll be there shortly. Where are you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-06-11 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"Literally less than a half block away, straight down the alley behind Charlie's." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-11 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Ten and Four just stayed close together and listened. They thought about running for it, but if they could get a decent meal first.... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-06-11 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"I'll be right there." Lyta hung up the phone, and made her way out the door, making sue to put her harness on before she left. Seeing a strange woman with wings might scare the children off. Besides, she could walk there quickly, anyway. A couple of minutes later, Lyta was where Harmony had told her to go. "Harmony Watkins?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-06-12 05:50 am UTC (link)
	"Lyta Worthington?" Harmony's face registered relief as she saw the other woman appear despite not knowing her. "These are the children...I found them...digging through garbage for food..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-12 12:19 pm UTC (link)
	"We didn't mean anyone any harm," Ten said. "We just wanted some food." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-06-12 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	"We'll get you some food," Lyta assured the kids, "But you don't have to dig through the dumpster to find it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-12 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Four looked at Ten and then at the two women. They seemed nice enough and one decent meal would be worth trusting them long enough to eat. "Okay," Four said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

a_blessing
2010-06-13 09:57 pm UTC (link)

Harmony's face lightened with relief as the load of worrying as to whether or not these little ones would accept food was lifted from her. It took an extreme amount of self-restraint not to grab the little girl and hug her.

"Is pizza okay? We can also get desert. And soda. Pizza isn't any good without soda."

She was going to give these kids a veritable feast while they sorted out what exactly was going on.

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	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-13 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	Four and Ten nodded. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-06-14 03:07 am UTC (link)
	Lyta gave them a small smile. "Come on. I know a place with a pretty well stocked kitchen." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-14 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Four took Ten's hand and held it as they followed the two women. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	a_blessing 2010-06-15 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"You can wash up, too. If you want." Harmony was relieved the kids were ocming along, but she was without a doubt still exceptionally worried about them, a maternal instinct of hers kicking in more strongly than ever. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lytaworthington
2010-06-15 11:11 am UTC (link)

Lyta used her telepathy to send a message back to any Champions that might happen to be hanging out at the headquarters (with the exception of Nick, as she knew that that could end badly for her).

I'm on my way back with Harmony Watkins and two small children. She found them in a dumpster trying to get food. We're going to see if there's anything that we can find out about their families. So please, try not to scare them away.

Lyta led the way to Champions headquarters, leading them in through the back through the kitchen. "You guys can help yourselves to anything you want," she said with a smile as she opened the door.

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	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-16 02:17 am UTC (link)
	The kids followed Lyta and Harmony into the Champions headquarters. They were a little skittish and jumped at the slightest sound. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2010-06-16 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	The weekend visitor was already in the kitchen helping himself to Corey's cooking. Misha smiled at the kids from his seat at the table when they came in. "Hey." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)