nextgen_deviant (nextgen_deviant) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-12-04 10:44:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, bea dayspring, crosshairs, inactive - elodie lebeau, martin baum, plot-"absolute power", team - thunderbolts

Beneath The Streets
The subway tunnels and other tunnels underneath to the streets of Boston were home to some homeless people along with other non-human things. Deviants, a race of genetic 'failures' created by the Celestials, also lived in the dark places under the city of Boston. The small group hid from humanity and from their ancient enemies, the Eternals. Once they numbered millions on the surface and subjugated the ancestors of modern man, but the accursed Eternals and Celestials decimated their numbers and drove them into hiding.

Gruck moved about in the almost total darkness. He and his fellow deviants had moved into a new section of abandoned tunnels and were busy exploring. Gruck's foot struck something and he stopped to inspect it. He turned the object over in his hands and used a clawed hand to brush away some of the dirt crust enveloping the object. Light burst forth from the small cleared path and Gruck's yellow reptilian eyes widened. Blue light illuminated the tunnel.

The other deviants around him stopped and started at the object in Gruck's hands. Gruck pulled the gem in closer to his body and glared at each of his fellow deviants. It was his and he had been the one to discover it and he would be the one to keep it. He could feel the power coming from the gem and he wanted it for himself. He could read the thoughts of the deviants around him. This was the gem's doing. With his mind Gruck pushed his thoughts out to the other deviants and for a moment he felt resistance, then submission.

The other deviants dropped to their knees in front of Gruck.

Gruck smiled. The gem gave him power over the other deviants and he knew what he was going to do.

Over the next few weeks the numbers of deviants beneath the streets of Boston grew as those under Gruck's power brought more deviants into the city. Gruck's power grew with each use of the gem and he was able to control more and more deviants. He didn't stop there. He expanded his control to the humans that were also living under the streets.

When Gruck thought he had enough he led them to the surface. It was time to reclaim the surface for the deviants and enslave humanity.

Chaos reigned on the streets of Boston from the Back Bay to Beacon Hill.

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goesbothways
2011-12-04 05:46 pm UTC (link)

Just because she's moved to Boston doesn't mean Kelly has stopped working for the redhead, or quit working as a mercenary in general. It just meant that she was more careful about her jobs and made sure nothing conflicted with her time as a TBolt, and didn't take anything likely to draw her teammates' attention. It had been a bit harder since she'd begun trying to flirt more with that Elodie chick - but that had been time well spent so far, and she thought the girl might be coming around to the dark side.

Still, when one of the Kingpin's informants disappeared, she was more than happy to take a look. What she found did not please her at all.

Fuck it, she could tell the others she was patrolling. Yeah, that's it.

"This is Crosshairs to TBolts HQ. We have a riot downtown."

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magic_hands
2011-12-04 06:02 pm UTC (link)

Today it turned into a splitting headache. A week or so ago it had been a tingling feeling at the back of his head which had over the past few days morphed slowly into the headache. Today was definetly the worst though. With the nature of his powers he wasn't the best at detecting magical disturbances, but this was one for sure. Which gave him a bit of a problem. Dr. Strange and Wong were out doing some magical dimension stuff and Marlow was across the country. Which meant he'd need to go check this out himself...

Donning his lucky top hat Martin briefly waves one of his magic discs to teleport him closer to the disturbance. His head was making magic harder than it should be.

He's teleported high above the street, letting the disc hover in place while he looks down at the chaos.

"...I need to get better at detecting this stuff earlier..."

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	anyastark 2011-12-04 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	Anya was asleep when the call came in. She had been working in her lab and had fallen asleep at the computer again. It was a common occurrence, but not one that had been happening recently. The company kept her busy and out of the lab a lot lately. "Acknowledged," she said as she jumped up and started running to get her suit on. "What exactly is going on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2011-12-04 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Beatrice was pretty aware of her sister's side jobs, but didn't mind as long as it wasn't anything two-timing.... well, not two-timing anyone who was in the right, anyway. Wasn't that far away from Kelly, though. Kelly was her responsibility. And she lets the realization hit... "...Ladies and gentleman, we have Deviants." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2011-12-04 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	"And, you know, not the fun at parties kind of deviants either. Wouldn't have known that, but kind of fits. I can say, riots, general chaos, Red Sox lost another series kind of chaos down here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2011-12-04 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Martin makes the disc he's standing on lower itself closer to the crowd. Right now it looked like a bunch of swarming ants, but as he moves in closer he can see that they're under the influence of something and that his headache is getting worse. Whatever it is, it's close. But he has no idea what he can do about all this by himself... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-12-04 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Alright. Let's get out there and deal with them." Anya slipped into her armor and took off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2011-12-06 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Bea catches up with Kelly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_deviant 2011-12-07 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	Gruck directed his growing army to grab humans and bring them to him. With each human's mind and will that he took over he grew more powerful. They were pawns to be used and enslaved. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2011-12-08 01:37 am UTC (link)

Kelly calmly sets herself up on a rooftop and assembles her sniper rifle, and then lines up her non-lethal selection of grenades, mostly knockout gas and stunners.
She launches a trio of grenades to get a good spread on the gas, then crouches at the edge of a building, starting to aim headshots at the ugly, non-human things, figuring they count as killable monsters she's nont going to be read a riot act for if a few don't pull through this fight.

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magic_hands
2011-12-08 01:46 am UTC (link)

Martin lets the disc swoop him even closer to the crowd when he starts seeing people being grabbed. Well it was now or never.

Having prepared for a few more discs to conjure up just in case he uses one to pick up a few people and move them away from the monsters while a thrust of his palm flips another disc vertical and sends it smashing into the crowd of rioting monsters. His time freeze spells won't be useful in such a crowd so he'll have to make do.

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	anyastark 2011-12-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Iron Girl arrived on the scene and did a quick assessment. "Take out the deviants, but not the humans," she said as she unleashed a repulsor blast at a pair of deviants. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2011-12-08 04:37 am UTC (link)
	It's not an easy feat, getting all the of the rampaging and/or brainwashed humans out of one's way when one is trying to deal with the devaints. Bea wrestles a few to the ground in the most efficient way possible. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2011-12-08 04:43 am UTC (link)
	"Hey SweetBea, let me know if you need any covering fire. I have more gas grenades, if you have your gas mask handy. Might make your job easier." Kelly calls over coms. "And for the hot chick in the heavy metal bondage gear - if your sensors pick anything up, just relay coordinates, I've got you covered." she adds, continuing to play situational sniper. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2011-12-08 04:57 am UTC (link)

So far Martin has managed to clear an area behind him to place the humans he's moved out of the deviants way. The problem begins when he has too many to protect so he can no longer keep pushing the deviants away. He's got two of his discs he's expanded and is using as shields to keep the groups coming at him and the humans at bay. But right now he's no longer pushing them back, he's barely keeping the shields intact.

Stupid headache was ruining everything.

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	nextgen_deviant 2011-12-10 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	Gruck instructed all of his followers to attack the people who dared to try to stop him. Deviants and humans started toward the heroes. Gruck used the gem to try to convert the heroes to his cause. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2011-12-10 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	For a few moments, Kelly struggles with the control, blinking and shaking as if trying to clear her head. Thankfully, with her brain, its hard for anything to keep hold long - and it mostly serves to piss her off. She settles back down on the rooftop in sniper position, trying to find targets of opportunity and firing. "Crosshairs to TBolts, who's still with me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-12-11 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Iron Girl faltered and touched down on the ground not from Gruck. She wanted to go over to him, do whatever he wanted. Anya shook her head to try to clear her mind. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2011-12-12 12:11 am UTC (link)

Martin is having a hard time keeping up the shields from Gruck's pressing army, so when he starts to feel someone else's magic start trying to invade his mind he gets annoyed. It's hard to explain the feeling of another's magic in your space but it's...uncomfortable. Between his mutation that constantly lets magic leak out of him and the fact that being annoyed just makes more leak out...it's harder to affect him with magic manipulation.

His frustration causes a spike in the power he's putting out and with one last push the shields break as he sends the nearby deviants flying back and at the same time clears his mind a bit. The headache is still there though.

He needs backup now. With a wave he conjures up new discs, one to carry him closer to the source and another to deposit the few humans who aren't still affected on a nearby rooftop.

How did that telepathy thing go again? He really should practice it more...

HELLO? OOPS- TOO LOUD sorry okay that's better. Umm if there's any superheroes out there...there's a magical disturbance that's causing a riot and the source is right by...umm actually right by the Iron...person?

He really needs to get caught up on all the superhero names, too much time living with Dr. Strange tends to isolate you.

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	goesbothways 2011-12-12 09:21 am UTC (link)
	Crosshairs waves to the flying guy when he reaches the rooftop, evacuating people. Telepathy more or less causes a buzz in her head, she gets the basic idea, but trying to keep up a telepathic link with her would worsen any tepe's headache - if not quite as bad as trying to read her mind. "Hey, you look like the evac crew. Something about magic, you said?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2011-12-13 02:39 am UTC (link)
	...Okay, how did magic jewels get in my head? Nothing gets in my head. Not even Dad gets in my head.... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-12-13 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Anya shook her head again in an attempt to shake off the gem's influence, but it was useless. Her mind was overwhelmed and she had only one thought and that was protect Gruck from the invaders. She turned and headed right for Crosshairs firing her repulsors. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2011-12-13 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	The first shot tags Kelly head on, sending her flying away from her sniper position and into a chimney, with a smoking hole in her side. "I'd be cursing you right now... but that was really sexy. You're still getting a spanking later though, boss." she grunts, as she pushes back to her feet, feeling her kidney knitting back together. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2011-12-13 11:24 pm UTC (link)

Martin waves cheerfully at the woman on the roof, secretly glad that someone had heard his telepathic shout-out, he really wasn't in the condition to listen or search for any feedback.

The guns make him pause but it's not like there weren't superheroes with guns around and he needed help. "Yeah! I mean it's kinda new magic. Not in the sense that it just popped up but like whoever is using it didn't have it before..." Oh it's hard to explain magic to people. "I mean the...flavour is different if it's a person's magic or a thing's magic and I they're using whatever it is to-ah!"

The exclamation comes just as he narrowly dodges the repulsor blast and sees the woman go flying back. Martin conjures up one of his magic discs to act as a shield for the next round of attacks and directs the one he's standing on to fly over to the chimney.

"Well I was going to say they're using it for mind control but it's kind of-are you alright?!" There a smoking hole in her side and she's getting up? Okay that was impressive...

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	nextgen_deviant 2011-12-14 12:09 am UTC (link)
	Gruck was happy to see the armored girl attack one of her teammates. His deviants and humans brought more people into the street and Gruck swayed them to his caused with the gem. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)