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Avery Crittenden ([info]word_of_law) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-31 19:30:00


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Entry tags:npc - avery crittenden, plot-"blood is thicker than...", sydney ashcroft, team - defenders

The truth won't set you free
It had taken Avery two weeks of quiet research and calling in a few favors to get some access to the traffic cameras on the day of Sydney's accident, but he'd learned the name of the man driving the truck that hit Sydney that day. Selfishly, Avery waited for a day that Titan was out to ask for his help in "getting some information."

The moment Avery told Titan his plan, the green giant agreed with all due haste. They'd made quite the pair heading to David Hawke's apartment building in East L.A. and walking up the steps to his 1020A. Hawke opened the door and promptly tried to slam it in their faces. Titan held the door open with ease, allowing Avery to walk in.

Over the next hour, he explained to David Hawke what would happen if he didn't give Avery the information he was looking for, not the least of which would be that Titan would eat him whole and then forget he'd done it. Hawke threatened to go to the cops, the media and anyone who would listen. Avery nodded and then gave Titan "the signal".

When Titan opened his mouth as though he were about to bite Hawke's head off his shoulders, Hawke sang like a canary, describing the woman who'd hired him and how she'd told him to make sure "the bitch didn't walk away from the accident". Avery's blood boiled while listening to Hawke's account and then he calmly, but sternly, suggested that David Hawke take his ill-gotten money and leave Los Angeles that night. If he didn't, Titan would be back tomorrow to finish the job.

Once they were done, Avery thanked Titan and told him that the dinner reservations for him and Marlow at a fancy restaurant would be taken care of shortly.

Then Avery got into his car and sped toward Cecelia's apartment to lay down the law.



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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-01 02:03 am UTC (link)
Cecelia was home and pacing the length of the kitchen. She was not happy the bitch survived the accident. The man she had hired had assured her that the bitch would be taken care of. /She/ survived and now Cecelia had to find another way to take her out of the picture.

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-01 02:06 am UTC (link)
It's all Avery can do not to kick in Cecelia's door like gangbusters and shake her until she admits what she did. That would just get him thrown in jail.

Instead, he knocks upon her door, though it sounds a lot more like /pounding/.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-01 02:21 am UTC (link)
Cecelia stopped pacing when she heard the pounding on her door. She looked out the kitchen window and saw Avery's car in the driveway.

She took a deep breath and went to answer the door.

"Avery? It's good to see you, my love."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-01 02:26 am UTC (link)
Avery doesn't waste time with preamble.

"I know what you did, Cecelia. Let me in or I'm calling the cops." Avery says.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-01 02:33 am UTC (link)
"I'm sorry Avery. I have no idea what you're talking about. Why don't you come in, calm down and then you can tell me what has you so agitated."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-01 02:47 am UTC (link)
Avery steps inside and waits until Cecelia closes the door, then turns around grabs her by the shoulders.

"Don't lie to me, Cecelia. I spoke the guy you hired to try to kill Sydney. I'm here to tell you to pack your things and get the hell out of Los Angeles. Tonight. Go to Boston. Go to Aruba. Go to hell. I'm not picky.

Our marriage is over and I no longer care what happens to you after what you've done. You nearly left my daughter without a mother." Avery snarls, his grip on her shoulders tightening.

"If anything happens to Sydney or Zoey after today, I will make you wish you'd never laid eyes on them. Do you understand me?" he asks.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-01 03:07 am UTC (link)
"I didn't do anything!" Cecelia protested. "You're hurting me Avery!" His fingers dug into her shoulders and they hurt.

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-01 03:12 am UTC (link)
Avery takes a deep breath and gets a grip on his temper, which has admittedly been shorter since Sydney's accident. She got hurt because of him and if Zoey had been with her...Avery doesn't think about that, because he doesn't want see what might have been.

"Stay away from my family, Cecelia. You don't have a place in my life anymore. That's what happens when you cheat on someone. You give any say in their lives." Avery says.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-01 03:43 am UTC (link)
"I didn't cheat! I was setup! Why won't you believe me, Avery? I wouldn't cheat on you. I love you too much to do that."

"Please Avery. I'm your family. I have been since they day we got married. I love you and I would never hurt you."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-01 04:18 am UTC (link)
"You were /set up/? What, did I walk in after all your clothes jumped off of you and you tripped and landed on the naked man in our bed? Cecelia, I was born at night not last night." Avery says.

"Besides, who would set you up? Why?"

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-02 12:50 am UTC (link)
"Adrian. It was Adrian who set me up. You know he would do something like that."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-02 01:08 am UTC (link)
That stops Avery cold.

Adrian couldn't wait to tell Avery about Cecelia's infidelity, practically gloating over showing him all the of the evidence he'd found. Years after, Adrian still felt like Avery wasn't as grateful as he should have been.

"Why? Why would he go to that kind of trouble?" Avery says.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-02 01:33 am UTC (link)
"I don't know, Avery. I don't know why that man would want to hurt you."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-02 01:36 am UTC (link)
This was too much. He needed to talk to Sydney about this.

"What I said before still stand, Cecelia. Stay away from Sydney and our daughter. Our marriage is over. I don't love you. I thought I did once, but...if Sydney wouldn't have left that day, I wouldn't have come back to Boston to marry you." he says.

Avery turns and heads for the door.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-02 01:40 am UTC (link)
"I can help you, Avery," she said playing one last card. "Adrian is hiding something and I know what it is. Let me help you like a wife should. We make a good team."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-02 02:23 am UTC (link)
"What do you know?" Avery asks simply. "You tell me that and maybe I'll consider that you don't know what I'm talking about."

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-02 02:34 am UTC (link)
"Adrian has a Post Office box. He doesn't tell anyone about it, but it has to be important. I don't know what is sent to it, but it bothered Adrian that I knew about it."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-02 02:35 am UTC (link)
"Do you know /where/ it is?" Avery asks.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-02 02:36 am UTC (link)
"I do. Let me write it down for you," she said and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen from a nearby drawer.

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-03 01:35 am UTC (link)
Avery waits for Cecelia to write down the information, not sure how to deal with this. He /knew/ she was behind what happened to Sydney, but without more proof, his accusations were baseless.

"Why did you do it, Cecelia?" Avery asks again.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-03 01:42 am UTC (link)
"I was drunk, Avery. They intentionally got me drunk to set me up."

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-03 01:50 am UTC (link)
"I meant why did you hurt Sydney?" he asks quietly.

"She told me about your meeting in New York. You threw a drink in her face. She never did anything to you. If you want to be angry at someone, be angry at /me/. Attack me, Cecelia.

Sydney is off-limits from now on, though." Avery says.

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[info]nextgen_citizen
2011-06-03 01:58 am UTC (link)
"I didn't do it," she protested. She was not happy the attempt failed, but she was never going to admit it to Avery.

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[info]word_of_law
2011-06-04 02:05 am UTC (link)
Avery takes the information from Cecelia and turns to leave. He can't stand being near her one more minute.

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