Rose Logan (wild_rose) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-08 16:04:00

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'Cause I Speak of the Pompatus of Love
Rose begged off anything after dinner with Brad, saying she had an early class in the morning. A complete lie, but he bought it hook, line, and sinker. They needed to mobilize as quickly as possible, and the lab would be mostly deserted in just a few hours. Brad might possibly still be there, but she was more than prepared to deal with that.

It did not take long for the team to assemble, staging just outside the lab complex and just out of range of security cameras and the like. Their stealth uniforms--which had been carefully and completely hidden away in their luggage--were the go to clothes of the day. The black and gray suits would provide a measure of stealth and electronic misdirection. Each contained a small mask, with various vision settings, though Rose's mask mimicked the lines of her usual pointy eared one.

"Okay," she said. "We all know we need to shut this down. That means smashing or confiscating any samples, destroying the computers, and otherwise makin' as a big a mess as possible. And if there's anybody there... we take them down as quickly as we can without killin' 'em. We'll clean up anything we have to after we slow them back to the stone age."

She looked to Tina. "Your move, chief."

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	son_of_discord 2010-08-10 12:33 am UTC (link)
	"You mean that guy who was hittin' on you?" Joey asks, popping his knuckles. "You wanna deal with him or should I?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-08-10 12:57 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, him." "I got this one, Bub," Rose told him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2010-08-10 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Joey wants to tell his girlfriend to let him handle this guy, since pride demands he punch the guy into next week for making eyes at his woman. Rose says she's got it handled, though, so Joey trusts her. He's never had a reason not to. "Break his nose for me, will ya?" Joey grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-08-10 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Rose grinned wickedly. "I'll see what I can do." A lab coat was hanging on a chair and she grabbed it, hiding at least some of her uniform, and she pulled back her mask. Best to give herself as much of the element of surprise here as possible. She made a fake cough to get Brad's attention as she stepped out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_misc
2010-08-10 02:06 am UTC (link)

Brad Simmons is a little sad that Liz had to bail after the visit to the lab. He really thought they were making a connection, but he wondered now if he hadn't bored her to death with information about his job. Science geeks never really prospered, did they?

He's busy levitating a pen when he hears the cough and spins around to find Liz standing behind him...with an odd hairdo. He liked the other one better.

"Liz? Hey, what's up? How did you get back in?" he asks, the pen dropping to the floor forgotten as Brad smiles at her.

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	wild_rose 2010-08-10 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I've got my ways," she said, this time making no effort to disguise the growl that usually crept into her voice. When she was closer, she reached out and grabbed hold of the front of his shirt, pulling him down to face level. "And yer gonna be a good boy and sit here while me an' my friends do what we need ta do. Or else, I'm gonna have ta hurt ya." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2010-08-10 03:16 am UTC (link)
	To say that Brad is shocked at Liz's behavior is an understatement. Certain things begin to click into place. "Your name isn't really Elizabeth, is it. You've been playing me this whole time." he says, a note of anger creeping into his voice. "I really thought you were special." he says, a little quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

wild_rose
2010-08-10 03:39 am UTC (link)

"Ya get a gold star for that one," Rose told him. Some part of her regretted that the deception had been necessary. But it had been needed for the greater good. And she'd do it all again if she had to.

"I am special," she growled. "And I ain't letting people have th' chance ta take that away."

She pushed him back into his chair. "Now, you gonna behave, or do I have ta get rough?"

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nextgen_misc
2010-08-10 03:50 am UTC (link)

Brad gets pushed back into his chair and glowers at Rose.

"You don't have the right to decide what we do here. We're working toward the greater good..whatever your name is!" he yells.

He tries to calm down and think. Liz got in here by herself, maybe, but she won't get far if she's working alone. But if she's not working alone, then this whole lab could be in trouble.

He can't let these people destroy the work of hundreds of dedicated men and women just so they can keep powers that they'll use to ruin lives.

"I figured you liked it rough, Liz. I think I'll do things you're way."

He then tries to throw Rose against the far wall with this telekinesis.

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	wild_rose 2010-08-10 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Dang it, she'd actually managed to forget about that, figuring he'd cave once she got growly. Rose hit the wall with a thud, but by the time she sank down, was already springing back, claws popped out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2010-08-10 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Brad rips the table from the floor and throws it toward Rose as he tries to get out of the room. He sees another person he doesn't recognize in the all and figures this must be her back up. Extending a hand, Brad pushes Joey back down the hallway against the wall, holding him in place. "Liz! Stop it now or I'll kill him!" Brad says, pointing a finger at Joey. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

wild_rose
2010-08-10 06:45 pm UTC (link)

Rose kept walking, talking while she did so. "No, ya won't," she said. "ya see, I got yer number, pal. You don't got it in ya ta kill a guy. Watch the life fade out of his eyes. Hear his death rattle."

Her heart was racing, but she forced herself to keep up a calm demeanor. If this backfired, if Joey got hurt in any way...

"Yer too nice a guy fer that. And nice guys? They finish last."

She brought up a hand, quicker than the eye could follow, firing her psi-beam at him.

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	nextgen_misc 2010-08-12 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Brad expected treachery from Liz, but he couldn't have known what kind. The psi-bolt hits him true, but he's got just enough presence of mind left in the second before it does to try to finish the job. He tries to drag his finger across Joey's throat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2010-08-12 01:34 am UTC (link)

Joey is hoping Rose can distract Dork-Boy a bit longer while he sets the guy up for a nasty surprise. Rose goes for the psi-bolt and Joey readies himself to attack...

only to feel a hot knife lance across his throat, followed by both his eyes. He screams as blood streams from his face, holding his hands over his eyes as Brad slumps to the floor and Joey drops to the ground against the wall.

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wild_rose
2010-08-12 02:00 am UTC (link)

In that instant, Rose's heart race increased dramatically. Whatever animalistic fury had currently possessed her faded instantly, replaced by cold grief and worry. Her entire world felt as though it were teetering on the brink of ruin.

She crossed the distance between herself and Joey in an instant, checking his injuries, seeing what kind of first aid she could provide.

"C'mon... ya don't get ta die on me... ya just don't, ya hear me? Ya ain't allowed ta die..."

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son_of_discord
2010-08-12 02:13 am UTC (link)

Rose will see immediately that Joey isn't dead, but he's losing blood.

The jagged scar runs from beneath his right earlobe, up across his cheek and through both his eyes, which are now ruined. He groans in pain, trying to cover them again.

"Rose? Is that you?" Joey asks, an odd note in his voice. He's quickly realizing that the world is still dark, though he's blinking his eyes through the blood.

"Rose, I...I can't see." Joey whispers.

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	wild_rose 2010-08-12 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"Oh God..." Rose breathes. She feels something on her face and realizes she's crying. "It's... it's gonna be okay," she promises through her tears. She rips off a strip of her uniform, using it to apply pressure to the wound. "We're gonna get you out of here. I promise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2010-08-12 05:17 am UTC (link)

Joey can't remember the last time he was this terrified. Still, they have a mission to finish and he'll be dammed if they don't. He snaps himself out of it, holding the cloth to his face.

"Rose, is our doctor friend down? Did we get what we came for?" He asked.

"Let's get what we need and go. I can bleed out later." he groans, trying to keep the pain from dragging him under.

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wild_rose
2010-08-12 04:16 pm UTC (link)

Remember the mission. All she could think about was getting him to safety, and Joey was the one remembering the mission. Rose had thought herself better trained that than. Then again, she'd never been in love before.

"He's down," she told him, trying to keep her voice from quavering. "Still need to finish destroyin' the samples. If I... if I point ya in the right direction, can ya blast it?"

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	son_of_discord 2010-08-12 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Good thinkin', Babe. Yeah, aim me in the right direction and step back. Don't want you gettin' burned again." Joey smiles, an odd sight through the blood. "It'll be okay, Rose." Joey says with a certainty he doesn't feel. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

wild_rose
2010-08-12 05:26 pm UTC (link)

If Rose had been paying more attention to her super-senses, she'd have noticed the lie. As it was, her own thoughts focused on her own guilt. How she'd tried to do things the nice way, without hurting anybody, and what horrible consequences of that had resulted. If she'd just gone for even a hit and run...

"Here," she said, carefully pointing his arms. She took a step back. "Do yer thing."

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	son_of_discord 2010-08-12 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	Joey holds his arms forward and readies himself for action. It takes a moment, but the flame kicks on and Brad Simmons' lab goes up in flames. A fact that Brad laments loudly as he stirs. "Noo...no. You can't do this! You won't get away with this!" Brad whines. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-08-12 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Rose's boot slammed into the side of his head with all the force she could muster for the kick. "Can. Did." She took Joey's arm. "Ya did good," she told him, trying to keep herself sounding confident. "C'mon. We need to get back to the others." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2010-08-13 12:03 am UTC (link)

Joey wondered how bad he really looked. Why couldn't he see yet? The longer it stayed dark, the worse it could get. The pain was intense enough to make him not want to move, but he knew he had to. He couldn't slow down the others.

A dark thought crept into Joey's mind just now: Would Rose want to stay with him if this was permanent? Or would she stay out of guilt? He would never do that to her, but...

No. He wouldn't think like that now.

"Lead the way, Babe." he says, after hearing the sharp crack of Rose's foot against Brad's head.

"That had to hurt." Joey grins as they leave the scientist on the floor.

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	wild_rose 2010-08-13 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Joey's worries about his eyes echoed her own. With her healing factor, Rose was very familiar with a wide variety of injuries and understood a good deal of how injuries worked and healed. Not all that long ago, back at Fargo, she'd even regrown part of her own eyes. "Nah," she said, with forced levity. "I'm fine. Didn't even bruise my toes." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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