perenawska (perenawska) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-12-29 17:17:00

Entry tags:

antaeus, argo, inactive - lyta braddock-worthington, lady devil, nicholas salem, perenawska, plot-"we are the champions"

Coming Together
The cold winter wind blew through the streets of New York and over rooftops. The cold and the wind was a sharp contrast to the warm Southern California weather she and Argo just stepped out of. She immediately spotted Nicholas.

"Are you okay?" she asked Argo. "Sometimes people do not react well to teleporting."

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	vicious_cycle 2009-12-29 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	The dark rider looks both of them over. "I'm sure he'll be fine. He is a god and all that." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-29 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	"It doesn't hurt to have manners, Nicholas. Something you lack on most occasions." Speaking of manners. "Argo, son of Hercules, this is Nicholas Salem. Ghost Rider." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2009-12-29 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Tis fine," Argo said. "Twas more pleasant than the passing from Olympus to this Earthly realm." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladydevil 2009-12-29 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	Eliza steps out onto the roof top. She tugs the coat he had slipped on to protect herself from the chilled air as she nods to the people there. She takes a moment before she introduces herself. "Elizaveta Romanov. When everyone is here I'd like to get started." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-29 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Nicholas Salem, the new Ghost Rider. Sorry for the lack of information before. When everyone arrives, provided we don't get any surprises meanwhile, we'll make everything clear." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-29 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Irina bowed deeply. "Irina Krylova, Winter Guard, your highness. It is an honor to meet you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ladydevil
2009-12-29 10:33 pm UTC (link)

"I don't..." Eliza sighs and shakes her head. "Please don't bow to me, Ms Krylova. I may be a Romanov but I'm not from this reality. I don't have a claim as far as I'm concerned so I do not wish to be treated like royalty. If anything, treat me as Lady Devil. An ally if there is anything to what you and Salem have to say."

That felt like saying too much. But really she just did not want to be treated like royalty. She knew who she was and wanted to be treated by what she could do herself.

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	sandcastlegod 2009-12-29 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Seriously, whose bright idea was it to meet on a rooftop in the winte-- Eliza! Hey!" Corey stopped muttering and smiled when he came up the ladder enough to see her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-29 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Trust me, in this case, silence and privacy are golden. We can't have anyone but the people meeting her listening in on this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-29 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	"This is not cold," Irina said. She looked at Eliza. "The Tsarina has acknowledged you as one of hers, therefore you are a member of the royal family. It is also my duty to protect you from harm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ladydevil
2009-12-29 11:29 pm UTC (link)

She can just picture it now. Going up to her mother and complaining that the Winter Guard insists on treating her like royalty. She can also picture her mother laughing just a little over the whole thing.

Also she knows her Mom isn't supposed to know about this meeting.

Eliza just sighs. "I understand that you feel obligated to protect me but I'm capable of looking after myself. I'll just do my best not to put myself into any unnecessary danger. But this life style doesn't exactly lend itself to me being safe all of the time."

She was going to go quite but then she saw Corey. She gives him a smile and a wave. "Hello Corey. I guess you gopt called here too."

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	vicious_cycle 2009-12-29 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	"We've got one more coming. As soon as she gets here, I'll explain so we only have to go over this once. If anyone's too cold though, I got some Southern Comfort if you want to share." he replies, drawing out a flask and taking a drink. He's used to warmer climes, even if somehow the cold doesn't bother him as much as it used to. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2009-12-29 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	His armor has been polished to a proper gleam. If he is going to go into battle alongside the scions of the mortal heroes his father did speak so fondly of, Argo was going to look only his best. "Fear not," he told them all, "the Son of Hercules stands with thee. By mine oath, I shalt do mine best to keep thee all from undue harm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2009-12-29 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	Corey blinked for a moment. The Son of... Oh, my god. Literally His right hand started to twitch down, almost into Shrine Position, but then arced up to reach gleefully towards Argo's wrist to shake. "Cornelius Drake," he said, grinning. "And I absolutely have to buy you a burger when we're done here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2009-12-30 12:04 am UTC (link)
	Argo took Corey's wrist gracefully, with firmness but care not to cause harm with his greater strength. "I shalt look forward to it, Cornelius," he told him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-30 12:06 am UTC (link)
	"I have sworn an oath to protect the royal family as best as I can. You are a member of that family and I will up hold my oath," Irina said to Eliza. "Like Nicholas has said, we are waiting for one more. Miss Worthington should be here soon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladydevil 2009-12-30 12:49 am UTC (link)
	"Then I hope Miss Worthington gets here soon." Eliza is going to fight the urge to be annoyed. She never wanted to be treated like a princess. But she has no choice in the matter. "Well Son of Hercules, what can I call you?" She might as well be friendly. Even if it is cold up here she can still distract herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2009-12-30 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"Thou mayst call me whatever thou doth desire, o' beautiful maiden," Argo said, putting on one of his charming smiles. "For as long and whenever thou wouldst desire. Though mine name be Argo." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2009-12-30 02:33 am UTC (link)
	Lyta touched down on the roof top, shivering just a little. She hated flying in the cold weather. "I'm here," she said, "Now...what the hell is going on? The letter was very...vague." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2009-12-30 02:37 am UTC (link)
	"Hi, Lyta. We're about to find out. Wish I'd known you'd got one, would've put 'with Lyta' on my 'gone into town' note." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-30 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"Each of you were asked to meet here for one reason. You are children of the former members of the Champions. Argo, son of Hercules. Eliza, daughter of the Black Widow. Cornelius, son of Iceman. Lyta, daughter of Angel. I am the daughter of Darkstar. Nicholas here is the new Ghost Rider and will explain the threat that looms over all of us and the world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2009-12-30 02:41 am UTC (link)

"I'm sorry for that, I truly am." he adds to Lyta. "But I think you'll understand when I fill in the blanks. First, I'm Nicholas Salem, aka Ghost Rider, aka Hell's chosen bounty hunter." He rings his hand with hellfire, a small demonstration without fully transforming.

"Except I turned down Mephisto's job offer, and for my trouble, got banished to a hell dimension. I just got back. The demon in my head knows a bit of why they felt they needed a new Rider though... Pluto and Mephisto blew a big score, and they're bitter. But one of Pluto's worshippers got handed a powerful mystical artifact, and they decided to make themselves feel better, they'd use it to try and take a whole lot of souls. The artifact lets them create exact duplicates of /anyone/ except for those who have been to Pluto's realm and escaped... or their direct descendants."

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	ladydevil 2009-12-30 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"Okay, then that means you called on us because you know we're safe then. Am I right," Eliza asks while letting one eye brow go up. She finds that this is hard to believe except for the fact she knows exactly what their lives are like because of their parents. At least she knows for a fact Mom, Anya, James, and Misha are safe. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2009-12-30 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Lyta folded her arms over her chest. "Fair enough." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2009-12-30 02:52 am UTC (link)

"You're safe, and we knew where you were going to be. Gee-Arr doesn't always have the best of reps. The Rider can tell the dupes apart from the real thing - they don't have souls, but the moment I change, Mephisto will be able to track us too, so we're on a tight schedule. Zarathos knows they've already created some duplicates, at least a few villains, possibly heroes, and some high powered politicians... so about half that party was a risk. We also called on all of you because, as children of the Champions, you're somewhat resistant to Pluto's enchantments."