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

Entry tags:

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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A bit later.

whosperfectnow
2010-10-17 08:32 pm UTC (link)

Tina carefully landed the Blackbird in the only space she could find to do so, which was a field a short walk from the location Cerebro had hit on. It had been a very smooth flight so hopefully Joey hadn't barfed. Much.

Stretching her legs a bit Tina walked a few steps ahead of the team as they entered the small town, arriving on the city square.

"Holy town left behind...is it just me or is this place right out of Norman Rockwell?" She glanced at a pickup truck that was new...in 1945. It was running with no one around.

"And, um, where is everyone?"

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	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)

	Re: A bit later. notyetqueen 2010-10-17 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Do you smell anyone?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. son_of_discord 2010-10-19 12:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, gettin' a big spike on my weird-shit-o-meter lookin' at this place. You think whatever happened here already struck and moved on? Wouldn't be the first time it's happened." Joey says. Of course, they'd all know what he was referring to. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. whosperfectnow 2010-10-19 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	Tina walked down the street a bit further, taking a left before walking a few more steps and stopping. "There are people here. It's weird. The mental signatures are nearly silent. Like they're dreaming." She looked over her shoulder. "We need to investigate the houses." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. wild_rose 2010-10-19 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Rose followed Tina up the street, sniffing every now and then. "Definitely getting some scents," she said. She pointed off toward the right. "Lots that way. Few others comin' from the other directions... but I can't tell how long ago anybody passed through." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. pym_kitten 2010-10-19 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Good dreams or bad dreams?" Chris inquires, nostrils flaring slightly. This place is too still. "I'm not going to go into that quote, but... this is quiet enough that it feels like a trap." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. notyetqueen 2010-10-21 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	"In that case, keep your eyes peeled for anything that looks out of place. Or more out of place, in this case." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. son_of_discord 2010-10-23 03:19 am UTC (link)
	Joey looks around the area, trying to figure out what the hell is going on here. He can't read minds or smell people from fifty yards away, but he tries to be as observant as he can be. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. whosperfectnow 2010-10-23 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	"I can't tell about the dreams, but I can tell it's freaking me out way more than most things usually do." She paused and closed her eyes. "That's a pain signature. Something is not right." She took off running towards a blue Victorian up the street, one with a car haphazardly parked in the front yard. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. nextgen_baddie 2010-10-23 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Inside the Victorian (whose doors were wide open) two men were busy working. One was emptying drawers and cabinets while another was trying to remove the jewelry from a middle-aged woman lying on the living room floor, physically yanking at her fingers with force in an attempt to procure the rings she wore. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. pym_kitten 2010-10-23 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Oy!" Chris' legs shift and she lunges forward with feline speed. One arm changes mid-stride, and she slams it into the man yanking at the hand, slamming him into a wall. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. wild_rose 2010-10-23 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Rose popped her claws. "Now, before we have to check the hard way to see if you guys are as gutless as ya look..." she growled, "maybe ya oughta give up now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. notyetqueen 2010-10-24 12:17 am UTC (link)
	"I would listen to her," Anastasia said, taking her ruby form. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A bit later.

son_of_discord
2010-10-25 12:51 am UTC (link)

Joey looks at the second guy and sends small butterfly made of flame in his direction. It catches the man's jeans and ignites, forcing him to drop to the floor and roll.

Of course, as he tries to roll, Joey simply moves the flame around his body so that he can't smother it.

"What the ladies said, jackass. If I don't hear the words, you're gonna give a new meaning to the term 'hot under the collar'." Joey tells him.

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	Re: A bit later. nextgen_baddie 2010-10-25 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	The man emptying cabinets bolted out the back door running like hell while the man now on fire, screamed. "Stop! Stop!" There was panic in his voice as his concern shifted entirely to his own well-being. Meanwhile, behind the group another man appeared, seemingly out of thin air. "I thought everyone was asleep. You must be tourists." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. wild_rose 2010-10-25 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	Rose almost laughed at that, showing no real surprise at the sudden arrival, though she privately wondered how he had by-passed Tina's telepathy and the combined enhanced senses of herself and Chris. "Yeah, well, we ain't had our bedtime story yet. It's the one about how we kicked yer butt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. whosperfectnow 2010-10-25 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Tina was wondering the same thing. "I'd take her at her word." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. pym_kitten 2010-10-26 02:39 am UTC (link)
	The guy she put against the wall seems to have pretty much gone incoherent, and Chris has fully shifted by now. She moves into position with the others, examining the new arrival. "Well... ain't you something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. notyetqueen 2010-10-27 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"If this is how you greet tourists, I'd hate to see how you treat each other on a daily basis." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. nextgen_baddie 2010-10-28 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	The man smiled calmly and stretched out his hands as if to show he had nothing to hide. "My friends are merely sleeping. As for those two," he gestured towards the house, "I do not control their urges. Free will." Down the street, the group may notice two more men carrying bags of money from the local bank to a waiting truck. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. wild_rose 2010-10-28 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	"...None of that sounded anything like an answer," Rose said. "I say we hit 'em 'till the answers fall out of their heads." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A bit later.

pym_kitten
2010-10-28 08:42 pm UTC (link)

Chris spots the other looters and hisses. "I'm on it." She drops into a crouch and then pushes off, springing forward and transforming mid-stride. She still sizes up as she goes to her full animal form, but it's not the thundering monster the others would have seen before.

She covers ground like nobody's business, slamming into one looter and cornering the next, growling menacingly.

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	Re: A bit later. son_of_discord 2010-10-28 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, Pal. It's time to get the introductions out of the way. We're X-Force, aka The Group That's About To Beat You Like A Drum If You Don't Cease And Desist." Joey says, looking up at the guy. "Now, that makes you About Three Seconds From Getting The Beatdown Your Mom Should Have Given You, aka....?" Joey waits for this guy to respond with his name. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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