Match (son_of_discord) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-19 19:28:00

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inactive - anastasia summers, inactive - chris frost, inactive - chris pym, inactive - gretchen wagner, inactive - izzy starsmore, inactive - match, inactive - rose logan, plot-"red wedding", team - x-force

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone....
Three days after Rose’s disappearance, Joey Allerdyce is a worried man. Coming home from Misha’s and finding out that she didn’t come home worried him a little, but he knew Rose could and would take care of herself. If she’d called during the first or the second day, Joey would have just chalked it up to Rose wanting a bit more time and space to sort out her own head. He would have given her as much time as she needed as long as they could set some time to talk.

When no word comes after the second day, Joey’s mindset goes from worried to frantic. He wanted to know what was going on in Rose’s head, even if she would speak to him. Repeated attempts to reach her phone go unanswered. Joey volunteers for monitor and camera duty each night hoping to catch a glimpse, any glimpse of Rose sneaking back onto the grounds.

If somethin’s happened to her, it’s on me. I was the one who pushed her to get all fancied up and dragged her out, knowin’ what could happen. How could I be so stupid?

The normally sarcastic and funny Joey that everyone has come to know is replaced by a young man who’s grim and determined. A part of him starts to wonder if Rose really meant every word she said to him. The thoughts chase themselves around in his head until, finally, Joey finds himself sitting on a bench in the garden, staring off into space.

He’s not being watchful at all, so anyone could sneak up on him right now, even if they’re making enough noise to alert a sleeping elephant.

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	notyetqueen 2011-01-20 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"Did she give you a reason why she wouldn't come home?" Anastasia asked before noticing Gretchen. "Yeah..that might be best." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2011-01-20 02:44 am UTC (link)

"All she said was that I didn't deserve to be stuck with an animal." Joey says, shaking his head.

"I don't get why she'd say that, though. People tried to jump us before and we handled 'em together. Nothin' happened then. She just...she wouldn't listen to anything I said. It was like she /tryin'/ to hurt me." Joey says.

"Yeah, Cerebro was my first idea, but Mrs. Summers and the Professor said it was undergoing some tweaking and that they're going to help find Rose ASAP." Joey says.

"That was when I asked ten minutes ago." Joey says.

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	indigogirl 2011-01-20 02:49 am UTC (link)
	"Commitment can be scary," Gretchen says, frowning. "Maybe her opinion changed as things got more serious." Pause. "...Or maybe one of those thugs made specific threats to you, and she panicked about someone hurting you, so she tried to push you away, but that's awfully scaredy-cat for Rose." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notyetqueen 2011-01-20 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"That doesn't really sound like Rose." Anastasia paused. "Joey, do you know anyone that might...have it for Rose? Someone who might try and force into saying something she normally wouldn't, like breaking up with you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2011-01-20 03:27 am UTC (link)

Joey thinks about that long and hard for a moment.

"She's always said that her dad's got a lot of enemies out there. Can't say we've ever run into 'em, though. We ran into the Nasty Boys on our first date and they wanted to take her. We never found out why." he says.

"But if someone did threaten me, Babe would protect me. That's just how she is and she knows I'd do the same for her." he says.

"Damnit! I wish I'd thought to look for more clues. She was just standing there, looking at the bodies and I didn't think to really ask her what happened." he laments.

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	indigogirl 2011-01-20 03:35 am UTC (link)
	"No, it doesn't," Gretchen agrees with Anastasia. "You were stressed, Joey, and if she was being blackmailed into lying, she wouldn't have told you, anyway. Either way, no fixing that now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notyetqueen 2011-01-20 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	"What we do need to do is find Rose," Anastasia said. "This had trouble written all over it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_discord 2011-01-22 04:04 am UTC (link)
	"If someone's hurt her or made her do this, I'm gonna end them." Joey says, his tone dark and cold. Just call and say somethin', babe. Or come home. Either one and I won't ask for anything else. Joey pleads mentally. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indigogirl 2011-01-22 07:21 am UTC (link)
	Joey's comments distinctly provoke no horror in Her Serene Highness. "Sounds like a plan to me. Shall we start looking at the original place, until we get some other leads?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_baddie
2011-01-23 12:25 am UTC (link)

Soon enough, Rachael and Chris join the group, thanks to Izzy.

"Hey, Johnny, I need to..." Rachael starts to say, and then stops dead in her tracks as she sees someone who, for all the world, could be her mother in a smaller form.

Rachael is actually thrown for a moment, and it takes her a second to recover.

"Joey, I need to talk to you. It's about my mom. I need your help." she says.

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	indigogirl 2011-01-23 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Gretchen nods politely. The moments of surprise happen sometimes with new people. It's no big deal. But they've got a Situation on their hands here; she hopes this won't be too much of a distraction. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-23 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Chris waves a hand to Joey, but keeps quiet. Something's clearly going on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

son_of_discord
2011-01-23 03:05 am UTC (link)

Joey looks over at Foxx and blinks, both surprised to see her /here/ and moreover, that she's staring at...Gretchen.

Joey remembers just then that he didn't tell Foxx about Gretchen, who looks like Foxx's very-scary-mother.

"Rachael...hey. Look, I'd love to help, but this is a bad time. My girlfriend, Rose, is missing. You remember her? She's the one that was with me that night at the sushi joint." Joey says.

"Crap, sorry. Don't wanna be rude. Rachael, these are my friends. Anastasia, affectionately known ass Ana-Pants, Gretchen, and Chris, also called Kitten.

Frosty is around here somewhere...I'll introduce you to her, too. They're all friends of Rose as well." Joey says.

"How long ago did...your mother vanish?" Joey asks, realizing it would be very bad to mention who her mother is here, after the research he'd done.

Before Foxx can answer, however, Joey's comm goes off, as will Chris' and Anastasia's.

"Frosty's callin' us to the Situation Room. Huh. I hope this is about Rose and not Summers wantin' us to jet off into the unknown right now." Joey says, turning to go.

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