Christina Frost (whosperfectnow) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-10-10 16:42:00

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inactive - anastasia summers, inactive - chris frost, inactive - chris pym, inactive - match, inactive - rose logan, plot-"gretel", team - x-force

Stranger Things (X-Force)
Since Summers still didn't want Christina doing anything combat-oriented but couldn't put her on desk duty either (not to mention still couldn't pin the unusual disappearance...and later discovery of the remains of his car on her) he put her in the only other place he figured he could keep her out of trouble: Cerebro duty. For the last week she'd been spending her days up with Jenny Elston and she still wasn't quite sure what Elston did, powers-wise. She was a telepath to be sure, but when asked about anything else, she'd clam up, shrug her shoulders, and say she didn't have the greatest social skills so Professor Xavier figured she was best off monitoring Cerebro--but she was glad for the company. Cerebro was, most of the time, boring.

"So your latest power acquisition is omnilingualism, huh?" The girls had taken to playing poker during some of the really quiet moments. Jenny kept winning and looked up at Tina over her cards as she awaited an answer.

"Yeah. My boyfriend loves it because I can talk dirty to him in a ton of languages now."

"I'm surprised you haven't picked up some weird armor plating, dating a Rhodes. They're kinda close with the Starks."

"I do diamond armor. And I only pick up other mutant powers. Not technological genius. And how do you know anything about the Rhodes and Starks?"

Jenny just smiled. "Same way I just beat you. Again." She tapped her temple. "Are you sure you're a telepath? You don't seem to do a lot of mind-reading."

"Spent way too much time in my childhood doing it. Dammit, you did win again." Tina started to gather up the cards when the Cerebro alert went off, loudly. The two girls rushed to look at the console.

"Oh shit, that can't be right." Jenny's eyes widened. "Yesterday, there were five low-level mutant signatures there. Now..."

Tina tapped the glass.

"Now it looks like a power bomb went off." The two girls looked at each other. Last time this had happened, it was Fargo. Tina started out of the room. "I'll get Summers."

***

Ten minutes later, Tina was banging on Summers' office door.

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nextgen_parent
2010-10-10 10:00 pm UTC (link)

Scott Summers still didn't actually know what had happened to his car. Oh, he had his own ideas about it, but nothing he could actually prove. Infuriating, that.

Mutant-human relations were starting to head towards an all-timelow, and this worried him. He also needed to speak to Cassidy soon. The man sometimes called Cyclops had a great deal on his mind.

"It's open," he said.

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	whosperfectnow 2010-10-10 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	"So, Summers...how much do you hate the South?" She handed him the print-out from the alert. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2010-10-10 10:38 pm UTC (link)

Scott's eyes quickly scanned the printout and he frowned. This could easily turn into another nightmare like Fargo.

"We need a team down there, ASAP," he said. Unfortunately, only one small group really had the field experience needed to deal with something like this...

At least Allerdyce had healed, though not even Hank could explain it.

"Think you're up for a little field work?"

	whosperfectnow 2010-10-11 12:15 am UTC (link)
	All of the phones or communications devices of the X-Force crew would go off simultaneously. "Okay party people. We've got a freaky mutant signature in Southeastern Missouri. Wheels up in two hours and I'm flying because I'm dying to stop at Ted Drewes in St. Louis for a concrete." Tina would be waiting in the hangar. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-10-11 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Rose was along not too much later. "...What exactly is it about the south that causes so much weird crap?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2010-10-11 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"I would say moonshine and in-breeding but considering I just found out my father's from Louisiana...I'll just blame Republicans." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. pym_kitten 2010-10-17 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	Chris did her best Rod Serling impression. "Picture, if you will, a town like any other.." She takes a deep breath and her face changes to more feline features as she sniffs the air. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. wild_rose 2010-10-17 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	Rose sniffed the air carefully, as she exited the plane. "Got a bad feelin' about this..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Don v. nextgen_baddie 2010-10-31 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	The second goon menaced towards Anastasia. "I wonder how much you're worth all cut up...yer sister's a diamond after all." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Don v. Ansastasia notyetqueen 2010-10-31 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	Anastasia fired up her optic blasts. "To bad you're never going to find out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Don v. Ansastasia nextgen_baddie 2010-11-04 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	The blasts didn't seem to scare him. "I like a fiesty girl." Don dodged her blasts, then moved to rip the door off the house, broke it in two, and threw it at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Steve v. Joey nextgen_baddie 2010-10-31 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	"So you think fire's cool?" Steve went for Joey with a fist made of flame. "Me, too." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Steve v. Joey nextgen_baddie 2010-11-07 12:58 am UTC (link)
	The kicks to the jewels sends the man crumpling, but he recovers eerily quickly and each time Joey attempts to grab the man anywhere on the arm or hand, there is nothing tangible to grasp. Yet as he takes a swing at Joey, if he makes contact, everything is solid. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Joe v. Chris nextgen_baddie 2010-10-31 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Aww, kitty's got claws! I have catnip!" The third guy went straight for a brawl with Chris. And yes, he did have catnip. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Joe v. Chris pym_kitten 2010-11-04 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	Chris doesn't waste any time. Bones and muscles popping as they grow and realign, she swings a giant paw down on top of the thug. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Joe v. Chris nextgen_baddie 2010-11-04 01:45 pm UTC (link)
	Joe dodges the giant paw, rolling away and springing back up to his feet. "Is kitty scared of dogs?" It seemed a mundane question. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	David v. Tina nextgen_baddie 2010-10-31 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Let's see if you're as good as you seem." David stood perfectly still but threw what felt like a psychic punch at Tina. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: David v. Tina whosperfectnow 2010-11-04 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	Tina hadn't been expecting a psychic blow and it caught her off guard. Taking a split second to recover, she turned and charged at David. "Who ARE you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Earl vs. Rose wild_rose 2010-10-31 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	Rose wasn't quite quick enough to avoid the kick, grunting as she took the blow. She spun quickly, slashing with her claws. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Earl vs. Rose nextgen_baddie 2010-11-04 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	Earl was nicked by the claws, but instead of roaring in pain it seemed to encourage him. He went at her again, seeming to prefer hand to hand combat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-11-07 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Rose let out a feral growl. "Bring her back! Now!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-12-07 09:46 am UTC (link)
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