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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	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)

	son_of_hercules 2010-06-16 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Argo too, had managed to get himself awake enough to enjoy breakfast for once. He looked up from breakfast when he saw the children and the others. "Greetings!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-06-16 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Lyta smiled at the two guys. "Hey," she said, walking over to give Misha a peck on the cheek. She turned to the two kids. "You guys can help yourselves to whatever you want, alright? Or I can order out some food. What do you want? Pizza? Burgers? Fruit? Chips?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-17 02:31 am UTC (link)
	"Hi," they both said quietly, obviously shy and nervous. "Anything," Four said. "It doesn't matter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2010-06-17 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	The poor kids seemed ready to bolt and they looked hungry. Misha was reminded of stray dogs. He slid the second plate holding sandwiches toward them. With his metabolism, he always served up enough to feed three people. "Deciding on takeout when Corey isn't around to cook can be a long process. Why don't you guys start on these while the ladies figure it out?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-17 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Four looked at Ten and Ten looked at Four. They looked at Misha and nodded. "Okay," Four said and hesitantly reached out to take one of the sandwiches. Ten did the same. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-06-17 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	By his father's beard, what had happened to these children? Childhood was supposed to be a time of joy. The children looked as though they had never known that in their short lives. He'd had plenty already. And could always find more later. There were still sandwiches on his own plate too. He slid it over as well. "Takest what thou wishest, children." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-06-18 11:47 am UTC (link)
	Lyta went to the cupboards and started pulling snacks out. Chips, crackers, even the pudding cups labeled "Lyta's, touch at your own risk!", and placed them down on the counter. "You guys help yourselves, alright?" She walked over to the fridge and pulled out lemonade and poured two tall glasses and slid them over to the kids. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2010-06-18 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	Corey had been in his room, very, very carefully working away at a scale model of the Barcelona Pavilion. Upon hearing from Lyta, and as soon as he felt it could be safely abandoned without collapsing, he came into the kitchen. "Hey," he said to the little ones with mild cheer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-06-19 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	The two kids had quickly eaten the sandwiches and reached for more. They hadn't eaten in days and they didn't know when their next meal would be. Ten and Four practically jumped at the sound of a new voice. They looked like they were ready to bolt for the door. The sandwiches and food were forgotten about for the moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2010-06-19 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Sorry, didn't mean to be sudden. I'm Corey." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2010-06-19 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Worry not, young ones," Argo said. "Core be a friend, and the best cook in all the mortal world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)