Matt Walker (this_fire_burns) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-08 21:53:00

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inactive - matt walker, inactive - shelly drumm, team - midnight sons

A Few Days Later
Matt had recovered quickly from the battle at Vitae, though he hadn't spoken to the others since then. He'd been meaning to check on Greg and Michelle, and call Lynch to see how they were all doing, but he'd been sidetracked by his own ailing, meeting a new ally, Dracula's revelation, and Shelly's injury.

Matt Walker entered Chicago Memorial and, as he'd done for the past four days, gone directly to Shelly Drumm's room to check on her. The first day, he'd been greeted by a man that looked to be Shelly's father. Jericho Drumm was known in every mystic circle in one fashion or another, as easily as Matt's own mentor, Ian McNee, was. Matt had also been hesitant to call Ian, because he was certain he might blow up at his mentor for not telling him about...

No, there was no time to think about that.

He walks into Shelly's room, expecting to see her still unconscious from the damage done to her by Dracula. How they were going to explain the marks her neck was anyone's guess.

How Matt planned to make Dracula pay for what he'd done wasn't.

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blackmagicwoman
2010-08-10 01:24 am UTC (link)

Was he blushing? Mr "hey vampires come and get me" blushing? Interesting.

"I'd really appreciate it, Matt. I...I don't really feel comfortable wandering out of here all disgusting like that, much less with visible evidence of that bite. It's going to be hard enough to not have nightmares about it as is.

"...and if you could peek around my place to make sure there are no more corpses, I'd be really grateful."

She hated to admit it, but she was rattled.

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this_fire_burns
2010-08-10 01:31 am UTC (link)

The moment he sees how shaken she is, he kicks himself for being afraid of her clothing. She's asking for his help, at great cost to her pride, and here he is thinking about himself.

"Shelly, I'll make sure your place is okay and bring you some stuff. Do you only want clothes? If you need books or music, just let me know what to look for and I'll grab it while I'm there.

And there won't be any bodies when you get home. I promise. Just to be on the safe side, I'll take you home when you get released. Deal?"

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	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-10 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I don't really plan to be here much longer. I'd like to go home right now and if a doctor ever gets his golf-playing ass down here I will make it so..." She smiles, but only a little. "I'd really appreciate it, Matt. Deal. Just...don't tell anyone I"m a wuss, okay? Or I'll hex you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2010-08-10 01:49 am UTC (link)
	"You're not a wuss. You just survived what hundreds of thousands of people every day don't survive. You're also going to get better. Just...don't beat up on the staff because you're rattled, okay? They're only doing the same stuff you'd do for any patient in your care." Matt says. "In fact, I remember you doing that for a particular patient recently." he grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-10 01:51 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, well...turns out it was a good idea I did that, didn't it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2010-08-10 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, it was. You saved my life, Shelly, and I didn't say it then, but I should say it now. Thank you." Matt says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

blackmagicwoman
2010-08-10 02:23 am UTC (link)

"You're welcome. Though I suspect my little spell also saved my life. I'm really impressed with how you wielded the sudden power surge, Matt. If you hadn't been so skilled it's possible I'd be in the morgue. Then my dad would really hate you."

She tried to smile at that, mostly because the idea of a very angry Jericho didn't really scare her the way it might everyone else. He was her dad, after all.

"So what's your plan for going after Dracula?"

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	this_fire_burns 2010-08-10 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, pissing off your old man isn't high on my to-do list, so keeping you alive is now a pastime of mine." Matt says. His expression becomes grim at the mention of Dracula. "Same as it was before. Find him, stake him and end his reign of terror." Matt says grimly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-10 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"Great. I'm your hobby." She gave him a friendly, though playfully exasperated look. "Well, your hobby wants in on this plan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2010-08-10 03:24 am UTC (link)

"With all due respect, Shelly...no. I'm not bringing anyone else into this. Now that I know who Dracula really is, I need to deal with him, with this, on my own." Matt says.

He's spent the last few days thinking this whole thing over, and has made his decision. He especially doesn't want Shelly involved, because Dracula nearly killed her, and he doesn't think the Original Fangster would pass up a chance to finish what he started on Shelly.

"I hope you can understand why I'm doing this." Matt says.

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	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-10 03:26 am UTC (link)
	"I can, but I need you to understand that this is personal. Dracula attempted to use me to overpower you. That was his intention by dining on me. He wanted to temporarily subdue you by outpowering you. That pisses me off and not just because I was being used. I have to have some part in this somehow. Even if I'm just in the van keeping your ass alive." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2010-08-10 03:34 am UTC (link)

Matt starts to say something, then stops. He goes to say something else and rethinks it. He understands Shelly's desire to go after Dracula, because he'd want in on it if Dracula had done to him what he'd done to her.

"Okay, how about we table this discussion for now? We're not in a really good frame of mind to talk about this. I'll let you relax and get a clean bill of health from the doctors, while I go to your place and some things. Don't worry, I've got your keys." he says.

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	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-10 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"Fair enough," she agreed. "Be back soon?" She tried not to sound pathetic but damnit she hated hospitals. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2010-08-10 04:07 am UTC (link)
	"I'll be right back. I promise." he says, turning to go. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-11 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll...be right here." She hoped he was quick. And that there was nothing unpleasant in her apartment waiting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-08-16 04:02 pm UTC (link)
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