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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	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)

	Re: A bit later. nextgen_baddie 2010-10-30 02:44 am UTC (link)
	"David. My name is David. And to be honest, we were expecting you just not quite so quickly." As he spoke, four other men stepped out of seemingly nothing behind him. "Now that our guests are here, the party can start." Each of the four men moved towards an X-Forcer, clearly looking for a fight. David himself, however, immediately engaged himself with Tina. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. wild_rose 2010-10-30 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Rose let out a snarl more at place coming from the throat of a wild animal than girl, and leaped towards the nearest of the goons, her claws already out and poised to slash. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A bit later. nextgen_baddie 2010-10-31 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	As Rose lunged at the goons, the four men scattered, each taking on one of the team. The goon Rose went for, Earl per the name on his jacket, dodged her claws expertly and managed to get a kick in as he did so. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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