nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-10-08 05:13:00

Entry tags:

akilah munroe, andrew summers, angelo bennet, giovanna bennet, inactive - julian gallo, plot-"a game of thrones"

Trouble in Genosha
Paris and Carmella had gotten to bed late, after some extra time and work and much interest and speculation on the whole Latverian Thing. But going to bed late normally never prevented them from getting up early.

This morning, it didn't happen. The sun was starting to climb high by the time Carmella groggily stirred, barely able to open her eyes.

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	burnwithlight 2010-10-09 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	She nods. "That's the least of it, in a way. Your grandfather is missing. And my father -- I suppose it basically made sense to go for both. No one wants to deal with Father left to his own devices." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2010-10-09 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	Andrew blinks a couple times, trying to process this while half-awake. Once his head clears a little, he jots down three phone numbers and grabs for a couple pieces of paper. "I'm guessing we have transportation, or at least coming soon. I need to ask a huge favor of you, but you're not going to like it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2010-10-09 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	"My baby brother's here. He'll need an hour. What do I have to do?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

assaultnbattery
2010-10-09 06:49 pm UTC (link)

An hour. Damn, that's not much time. "I'm going to need to go home. The people will listen to me more quickly than anyone else. I'm going to do some initial calls here, meanwhile, try and get through to someone in Genosha. Tell them defensive measures only, get squads spaced along the borders of the island, a blaster of some sort in each group, and have them keep in contact. Beyond defensive fire, no one goes past our borders til I get there. If there's any questions or hot heads, put me through. After I leave, you're going to need to go the U.N. Talk to no one except France or Northern European nations. No media, no one else, regardless what they demand. If anyone tries to push you around, keep your head and inform them you're waiting for a meeting with the ambassadors of the nations I give you, nothing else. When you get through to them, let them know that Genosha came under attack this morning. We are defending our borders but taking no further measures until we have international sanction to do so. Let them know that if France, Norway or Finland is willing to join us, we are prepared to offer defensive military support or humanitarian aid to Wakanda or Symkaria, but only if I can talk to Silver Sable or T'Challa directly first. I want to talk to them myself, and see if I can determine if they've been kidnapped as well before the attacks happened, which would explain the disjointed responses. Do everything only in concert with France, Sweden, Norway or Finland so we have official backing. I'll send your brother back for you as soon as there's a response. Do you understand?"

Yeah, he knows she's not going to like this at all.

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burnwithlight
2010-10-09 07:19 pm UTC (link)

She almost interrupts him in the very first sentence that it's 'We,' not 'I'. But she manages to refrain, and hear him out, carefully committing everything he says to memory past a sea of reactions against the very concept of his going home without her.

He was going to be dealing with all this without her -- in a potential war zone -- for as long as it took a bunch of humans, even 'nice ones,' to talk to her?

But if Andrew thought something was necessary, she wasn't going to tell him no. Stupid trusting each other implicitly.

She just frowned for a few moments. Then, after a deep breath. "I understand, Andrew." A pause, and then, meeting his eyes intently, the green light already starting to flicker over the blue in agitation, she growls. "You had better not get hurt. When you get home, stay near my mother or something as much as you can, okay?"

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assaultnbattery
2010-10-09 07:29 pm UTC (link)

He stands, crossing to her and kissing her firmly.
"I will stay well guarded, love." he responds in French. "I knew you wouldn't like it, but someone needs to deal with the U.N. or Russia will use this response as an excuse to attack Genosha. We need U.N. backing every step, or there will be Russian military taking it upon themselves to 'supervise' the situation. I can't be in both places, and the Genoshan military will respond most quickly to me. I promise, as soon as one of our loose allies has taken up our cause diplomatically, I'll send your brother back for you."

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burnwithlight
2010-10-09 07:53 pm UTC (link)

She kisses him thoroughly, then listens and nods. The national-sovereignty-at-risk thing is a good explanation, she can't deny it.
"You had better," she says softly at the end, then nods again and walks back into her room to get on the other phone.

To Angelo, she says "You had better be resting and hydrating," as she gets in touch with Mother or the Summers or Aunt Joanna or Ms. Hunter or whomever she can to talk about keeping the defenses to their own shores.

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	not_adorable 2010-10-10 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Angelo, for his part, nods, having been sitting practically at attention, drinking slowly. If he weren't forcing himself to sit still he'd have been trying to help with any (unneeded) straightening up. Which would have been rude, on top of being unnecessary. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

burnwithlight
2010-10-10 04:28 am UTC (link)

Giovanna's room is, indeed, quite clean as it is. And she's chattering on the phone with people trying to make sure Andrew's suggestions for the immediacy get through. With the occasional remark that she's not arguing that it isn't right to retaliate further, but that's not the plan, so stick to it. Once that's all clear, she finally gets off the phone.
"You're just taking Andrew back, first," she tells Angelo. "I have things to do."

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	not_adorable 2010-10-10 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Angelo may or may not have been smirking slightly at those stressed points from Giovanna, making several trips to and from the kitchen sink to refill his glass. He curls up his face in disapproval, then shakes it off and hugs her. "All will be well. Andrew will be safe with me; and I have never known you to fail." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2010-10-10 05:20 am UTC (link)
	A gruff noise at which she tries to smile as well. And ruffles his hair before double checking a few more things. Soon. "Nearly an hour. You feeling up to it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

not_adorable
2010-10-10 10:46 pm UTC (link)

Angelo makes a face, as if flexing some unseen muscle testingly. "Another ten minutes, for safety's sake."

He mumbles in Italian. "Today is enough of a nightmare without risking Andrew and myself being forced to swim the final mile to Hammer Bay."

He clears his throat and takes his sister's hands. "I know you don't want to leave his side, let alone deal with the diplomats, but I promise I'll keep him safe."

And soon, he is ready, clearing his throat politely again.

"Andrew? Sir? I'm ready to depart."

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	burnwithlight 2010-10-11 04:15 am UTC (link)
	Giovanna checks on Andrew. "He's ready," she says, in case he quite understandably didn't hear, with everything to do. "The Scandinavian delegations should be up and working by now, the French will be so later. I'll...go over there, then. Good luck." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2010-10-11 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Alright, I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Gio, there should be a car arriving for you soon. Remember what I told you, and keep your temper. Don't speak to anyone except people with the nations on the list. I know you can do this." He kisses her, then heads for her brother. "Alright, let's go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2010-10-11 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	Angelo nods sharply. "Yes, sir." His pupils dilate wide again, and they both vanish. ~~~ They reappear inside one of the safe houses only Angelo's family knew the location of. He sits down to catch his breath as he reaches for the phone to contact his mother. "I have the package secured at location 243782. Single package only. Repeat, single package only." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-10-11 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	...And there will be loud, agitated chattering in Italian. "Sweetheart, I understand this is all very frightening, but this is no time to be in lockdown, young man. Get him where he can do something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2010-10-11 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	And, for a moment, Angelo is just a fifteen year old boy trying to defend his actions. He chatters back. "I know that! I wasn't about to return to anyplace less than absolutely secure though!" He huffs and just maybe stomps his foot a little. "We'll move out momentarily." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2010-10-11 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	Andrew responds in Italian over the comms, "I haven't shifted yet. It would have put more strain on the teleport. I'll need a heavy shock waiting if I'm going to safely take the field. Please have a telepath send me the current situation and locations of attack while we move. I'll be ready to take command when I reach the command center." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2010-10-11 09:43 pm UTC (link)

"Understood."

And he'll get the general picture: a good portion of the Doombots in various locations destroyed or about to be, the majority --many of the particularly high quality in full Latverian royal regalia with particularly formidable weapons at their disposal -- driven back into the harbor. The location at which Andrew is needed is just north of the harbor.

And the young man Carmella had gotten to handle this telepathic message can't manage to leave off the fact that while they haven't so far, there's a tremendous amount of unrest among everyone about not leaving their own waters and airspace in dealing with this outrage.

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assaultnbattery
2010-10-11 09:50 pm UTC (link)

"Rest here, you've earned it." Andrew tells his ride here. "Join us when you can." He's seen the toll the trip takes.
He makes his way towards the command center as quickly as he can, though it'd be faster if he had a source of energy to absorb. Ah well. As soon as he can find a flier who can carry him, it will speed up. At least he has access to sending info back through the telepath as he goes.

"I'm on my way now. Use our earthmovers, metal shapers, transmuters and so on to put up shield walls, let the Doombots think we're focused on defense only. Have any technopaths, super-brains and anyone with radiowave or radiation detection sweep the fallen Doombots for anything with a still working receiver. I want to quietly intercept and record their transmissions. We can both prove they're the aggressors, and try and trace communications back to their source. If we engage that kind of concentration, we'll take losses. If we can locate and jam their communications, we might be able to take them all out at once without the heavy losses."

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	nextgen_parent 2010-10-12 12:45 am UTC (link)
	And his instructions are generally acknowledged, and when he gets there, a rather-sick-looking Carmella Unuscione Bennet, all armored-up, will grab his hand for a while so that the bioelectric shock can get enough exposure. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-10-12 03:20 am UTC (link)
	And it's not that long before a hologram-looking figure appears. A woman old enough to be Andrew's mother who nevertheless sounds incredibly shy and awkward. "We, um, found, um, one of the functional transmitters." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

assaultnbattery
2010-10-12 04:26 am UTC (link)

The jolt begins his transformation, just slow enough that he has time to toss aside the jacket. At least the shirt wasn't too expensive. Ah well.

"Good, give it to the technopaths and see if they can find the frequency its transmitting on. As soon as they've got it, see if between our tech-specialists and radiowave projectors we can transmit a forged message along the Doombots' secure channel to go to ground operations and invade... this stretch of beach." he says, pointing to a map. "Carmella, have that section of beach abandoned while they're working on that. As soon as we have it, if they follow the order to invade the abandoned area, send them an order to power down... if our enemy is coordinating them directly, they may override them, in which case we know someone with a human brain is nearby, and we can try and trace the signal. If not, we should have a couple hundred captive Doombots... hard to argue with that as proof of invasion. Worst case scenario, they self-destruct on a stretch of empty beach."

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nextgen_citizen
2010-10-12 05:59 am UTC (link)

Both women nod. Sarah vanishes.

As far as jobs of circumventing Doom technology go, this one is fairly efficient.

Until then, repulsor and energy blasts fly for a little while, but it's not that much of a fight. The Doombots don't seem especially coordinated in attack.

And eventually, they do, in fact, head for the evacuated beach, and those assigned to handle the 'hacking' continue with the last phase.

And low and behold, a large number of Doombots collapse on the beach.

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assaultnbattery
2010-10-12 06:17 am UTC (link)

Andrew takes the lead on the salvage operations himself, along with some of the other nigh-invulnerables. "Alright, I want them taken one at a time. First mission is to have someone with some technological expertise and personal protection... armor, force field, whatever, prod, poke and disassemble one in isolation, make sure its transmissions are cut off... we know these things can self-destruct. I want to know what we can and can't do to them to get to that point. Keep repeating until we find a way into their main systems that /doesn't/ cause them to blow up. When we find that, I want to find out what they know... who sent them? Why? What was their objective? Doom never has just one plan... we need to know the next phase. Second, I want Carmella relieved until she's had a full checkup and 12 hours' rest. No exceptions. I want to know what they did to the captives, and she's our best link to that. Third, while tech crews are working on the Doombots, someone see if they can raise someone in Wakanda for me. As soon as you get through, even if its just to the royal janitor, call me."

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