perenawska (perenawska) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-06-25 16:57:00

Entry tags:

antaeus, argo, inactive - lyta braddock-worthington, misha loganovich, nicholas salem, perenawska, plot-"think of the children", team - champions

Saving the Kids
Irina had to concentrate on the image that Lyta had sent to her, but after a few moments she had been able to open a portal to a spot just inside the main building. Her knives had been out and ready when she stepped through. They went flying through the air heading toward the two guards that had been standing near the door. The knives hit them in the chest and they fell to the ground. Stepping through portals and into trouble was quite common for her.

"Let's go," she called back to the others.

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	perenawska 2010-06-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"NICK! NOOOOO!" Irina yelled as she arrived in the doorway. "STOP!!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2010-06-30 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	The Rider's off-hand lights with fire, growing larger and hotter by the moment. Despite this, his host recognizes that voice, and stays the fires of hell. Those flames dance in his otherwise empty eyes and remains near the surface, but for the moment, vengeance waits. "Why? He is guilty. One of the darkest souls I have yet seen." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-06-30 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Because he's my father," she said and moved between Nick and her father. "Let me handle this. Please." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-06-30 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Alexi watched the exchange with interest. Though it was good to see his daughter still knew where her loyalties were. He knew he could count on her to keep this thing away from him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2010-06-30 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	He considers, then lowers his hand, though the flames continue flickering, especially bright about the pentagram carved even into the bone. "He does not deserve your loyalty. His place in hell is assured... but the host will let you delay the trip. For now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-06-30 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded her thanks to the Rider and turned to face her father. "What is the meaning of this? Why are you here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-07-01 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"My dear, Irina, I am here working. My special talents were called for. What I am doing here I can take back to Russia and help the Motherland." Alexi was being very careful and choosing his words very carefully. He didn't want to provoke any rash reactions. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2010-07-01 12:21 am UTC (link)
	The Rider's eyes bore into Alexei. "I did not spare you to give you time to dig a deeper pit with more lies. Tell her. Tell her about the children." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-07-01 12:24 am UTC (link)
	"They're /children/!" she yelled. "How can you do this to children? How can you use children like this? TELL ME!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-07-01 12:34 am UTC (link)
	"Irina, what was one of the first things I said to you when we first met? Do whatever it takes. I am doing just that. These children are our future and the future of Russia." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-07-01 12:41 am UTC (link)
	How could he do this to children? Would he have done the same to her if he had known about her when she was born? She had been a teenager when her DNA had been manipulated and changed. She had volunteered for it. These kids had no choice. The man before her wasn't the man she knew as her father. This man was a cruel, vicious, cold stranger. She looked away. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-07-01 12:43 am UTC (link)
	"You know what I say is true," he said. "Worry not, my daughter. We did not kidnap them or abduct them from their homes. They were grown in a lab, cloned, and have no parents. They are nothing more than orphans. We are giving them a purpose in life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2010-07-01 12:48 am UTC (link)
	He doesn't speak Russian. He doesn't need to. He can see Irina's expression. "Do you still protect him?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-07-01 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Irina looked back at her father. Could she let the Rider do his thing? Could she sentence her father to that kind of torment? While he did deserve it, he was still her father. He was still blood. She closed her eyes. "No." There were many things she could forgive, but she could not forgive using children. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-07-01 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"IRINA!" Alexi yelled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2010-07-01 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Skeletal fingers close around Alexei's throat. "You deserve to know the truth. Do you wish to know your father? It is you choice... look away, or look into his eyes, and see all he has wrought." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-07-01 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Irina swallowed past the lump in her throat and nodded. She looked her father in the eye. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2010-07-01 01:07 am UTC (link)

His head snaps about, meeting Alexei's gaze. Nick's eyes light even as his pentagrams blaze, burning the star mark into Alexei's throat.

In the Russian's eyes, his sins, a lifetime of darkness plays by like a horror film, one scene after another. The Red Room, Weapon X, the KGB, The Widow, and both father and daughter have a front row seat.

"Alexei Shostakov... sometimes... just sometimes... orphans find their purpose on their own. Your sins have found you guilty, and I sentance you to hell on Earth for all your days."

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	nextgen_parent 2010-07-01 01:10 am UTC (link)
	An inhuman scream came from Alexi as the Rider's abilities worked on him. After what seemed an eternity the scream stopped and the man crumpled to the floor in a heap. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2010-07-01 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Irina couldn't take anymore. She ran from the room and leaned against the wall in the hallway. Tears spilled from her eyes and she buried her face in her hands. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2010-07-01 01:18 am UTC (link)

This is what it is to be the Rider. To see, and live with the darkest things humanity has in their souls. To not only encounter it, but to seek it out, live in it, bury himself in it.
And when the guilty are punished, there's nothing left in him for the innocent.

When he leaves the room, Alexei is in a heap, weighed down by his own sins for the rest of his days. Likewise, now, Alexei's sins are one more weight on the Rider, and one more soul with no more chances.

He passes by Irina without a word. The others will have to see to her, offer sympathy or condolence, the same way they'll need to see to the children. Right now, all Nick wants is a smoke and to get very, very drunk.

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