Steve Barton (swashbuckler) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-16 22:51:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, inactive - swashbuckler, plot-"avenging angel"

Not Exactly the Day Envisioned
Occasional doubts about his relationship aside--a small part of her would have preferred things be, well, smaller, really, but hey, Starks did things big--Steve truly loved his girlfriend. Which meant that he absolutely had to make her birthday as special as he possibly could. He had scrimped and saved from his Avengers salary for several months in order to be able to take her out to dinner at what he had hoped was a nice enough restaurant. Not his usual world, but hers. A way to show her world was something he could at least try to operate in.

He studied the menu thoughtfully for a moment, before looking over to her. "You look beautiful."

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	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Yes," Anya agreed. "It is." Anya had already tried to get into computers but they had put a low level EM field around the room which prevented Anya from accessing the computers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Wish we had some clue what this was about," Steve muttered. "I mean, they can't possibly still be sore about the break-out and everything..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later nextgen_shield 2010-08-20 03:10 am UTC (link)
	The door opened and an agent entered, followed by a pair of armed guards. "Well, Mr. Barton, Ms. Stark," he said. "It seems you've had quite the evening." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"Well we were having a nice night out to celebrate my birthday until the S.H.I.E.L.D. goons showed up and ruined it. You have about two seconds to explain why you brought us here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

nextgen_shield
2010-08-20 04:02 am UTC (link)

"I'd lose the attitude, if I were you, Ms. Stark," the agent said.

"At approximately 0700 hours this morning, an intruder penetrated the facilities where Temujin, the would be Mandarin, whom I am certain you are familiar with, was being held. Said intruder attempted to murder him, but was fortunately stopped by our security forces. After the fact analysis confirmed the presence of Stark technology, including nanomachines found only in a few places.

Further analysis confirmed that the intruder was one Steven Barton."

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	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 04:04 am UTC (link)
	"...Well," Steve said, trying to mask his surprise. "That's a new one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

anyastark
2010-08-20 04:21 am UTC (link)

Somehow she was not surprised. The more absurd something was, the easier it was to accept. The attitude was totally going to stay right where it was.

"Yeah, about that. At seven am we were both asleep. In the same bed. In the Avengers Mansion. I could give you the number, but I'm sure you have it. There are at least eight people, including Jarvis, who can confirm our whereabouts at that time." Anya suspected that Jarvis still checked up on her like he had done all of her life.

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	Re: Hours Later nextgen_shield 2010-08-20 04:33 am UTC (link)
	"All of which can be determined now that we have you in custody," the agent told her. He turned to the guards with him. "Take them to separate holding cells." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Ah, the discretionary powers of multi-governmental paramilitar organizations. Due process? Who needed that? "You are so hearing from my lawyer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 04:41 am UTC (link)
	"My mom's going to kick your ass," Anya warned as they started to lead her out of the interrogation room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	As they were being led down the hall, Steve had just enough time to spare a look for Anya. "Kind of reminds me of the last time I visited SHIELD," he said. It wasn't much code, of course, but the last time he'd paid a visit, it had been for a break-out. Hopefully, she could pick up on that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Anya had to think about Steve's last time in S.H.I.E.L.D. She had been here way too many times that they all started blurring into each other. If she remembered correctly the last time Steve was here was when the Zodiac took a few of them into custody and...right. She gave him the slightest of smiles and a quick wink. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

swashbuckler
2010-08-20 10:58 pm UTC (link)

The thing about Steve was, well, most people assumed that if you took away his bow and arrows, then there wasn't much he could do. They ignored the sword, the staffs, the boomerangs, because he did, primarily, make use of the arrows. What they ignored was the fact that he had been trained by numerous Avengers, to be far more than that. To be his own weapon.

Because as they guy with no powers, and not even the little extra residual super-soldier formula, he needed every edge he could get.

He stopped, slid his foot back, and in one easy motion, brought it between the nearest guard's legs, even as he brought his hands down on the back of the falling guy's neck.

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	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Anya wasn't exactly a slouch without her armor. When one was the child of the Black Widow, one learned hand to hand combat along with fashion and how to shoot a gun. Anya ducked and turned, sending an elbow into the guy of the agent next to her. She followed up by putting her hands on the back of the doubled over man's head and brought a knee up to meet his face. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	That took care of both the guards, and for the moment, at least, they were alone in the corridor. "Well," he said, "that's as far as my plan went. Breaking in's a lot easier than out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

anyastark
2010-08-20 11:23 pm UTC (link)

"The good thing," Anya said as she grabbed Steve's hand and started running down the hall. "Is that the EM fields aren't present when they move us."

They rounded the corner and Anya placed her palm on a scanner and opened a door. She pulled Steve inside and the door shut behind them.

"I should be able to access their computer system, find out where we are and clear us a path out of here." Luckily enough there was a computer access panel in the room they were in. Anya got to work.

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	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Steve paced while Anya worked. The charges were insane. Not that there wasn't a small part of him could have murdered the Mandarin, but he believed he would have stopped himself, if it had ever come to that. Despite being denied his own chance at revenge, he considered himself lucky he hadn't had to find out. All of which left the question, what was going on? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-21 12:01 am UTC (link)
	Anya quickly did what she needed to do. They were aboard the Helicarrier which made getting out a little more difficult, but not impossible. She disabled the security cameras from here to the hangar bay. They could grab a hovercar and get the hell out of here. "We're all set. We have a clear path to the hangar bay. We should grab a weapon on our way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-21 12:31 am UTC (link)
	He nodded. "Good job," he said. "Let's move. Sooner we get out of here, the sooner we can get some real answers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-21 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"Please. This was nothing. If I had time I'd unleash a nasty little computer virus," Anya said. "Let's go." She opened the door and checked to see if the coast was clear. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

swashbuckler
2010-08-21 12:56 am UTC (link)

Fortunately for them, it was. The corridors were mercifully empty, until they came to the hangar, which was currently filled with guards and mechanics.

Steve pressed up flat against the wall, craning his head around to look. He reached into his inside jacket pocket. Some how, they'd managed to miss it when they were searching him. An explosive arrow-head.

"One shot at this," he said. "I throw it, make a boom, and we run for a car."

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	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-21 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"Got it," Anya said and was ready to run. There was a Porsche not too far away. Thankfully it was Stark Tec and Anya knew she could get it started and out of here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-21 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Steve armed the arrowhead, counted to three, and threw it. "Go!" he told Anya, already in motion. Two seconds later, the arrowhead exploded. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

anyastark
2010-08-21 02:38 am UTC (link)

Anya ran when he said go. She reached the Porsche and put her hand on the electronic lock. The lock clicked open and she opened the door. As soon as she sat down she put her hands on the steering column. Thankfully the cars had been designed and built by Stark Inc so she knew the systems. A moment later the engine came to life and started purring.

"Come on!" yelled to Steve as she pulled the door close.

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	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-22 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Steve dropped himself into the other seat. "Go, go, go!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)