dont_bug_me (dont_bug_me) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-07-06 20:48:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, inactive - beetle, inactive - elise von strucker, inactive - victor mancha, plot-"infestation", team - thunderbolts

Bug Bites
Sydney seriously could not remember a time when she had felt lower. Her first feel outing with the Thunderbolts and she'd barely had time to do anything before both her armor and she herself had been taken out of the fight. At least the SWORD medics had been able to patch her up and given her an otherwise clean bill of health. The other T-Bolts had checked out fine too, before being given a clean bill of health, and the SWORD troops, after bringing in a piece of heavy ordinance, had routed the rest of the bugs (though not without a few injuries of their own) and confiscated the ship.

Now, a couple days later, Sydney was hunched over a table in the lab, working on designs for her suit.

She had to be better. She had to have some kind of purpose here. Because right now? She wasn't seeing it. Not with Stark here. Who needed her second-rate gear when there was genuine Stark-tech around?

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	einszweidrei 2010-07-06 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Elise knocked on the door to the lab. The bug bite had been nasty and Elise had been so caught up in obliterating the monsters that she really hadn't looked after Sydney. She wanted to rectify that now. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-06 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Sydney looked up from her work and pushed back from the table a little. "Hey. C'mon in." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-06 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"What are you working on?" Elise came in as given permission and moved over to the lab table. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-07 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"Trying to fix my suit," Sydney replied. "The damn bugs took a big chunk out of it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-07 12:46 am UTC (link)
	"The bugs were evil, it is true. I think that perhaps their bite on you was a targeted attack. I did my best to watch them as they assaulted us. They were very much attacking with a strategy." Elise nodded. "They were attempting to take out major threats first." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-07 01:07 am UTC (link)
	She nodded, mulling that thought over. "Makes sense. A lot of insects have an electrical sensitivity. Me and Victor were throwing off a lot of it." She scratched at her shoulder and around the bandages there. "Ngh. Damn think itches." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

einszweidrei
2010-07-07 01:11 am UTC (link)

"Indeed. So it would be natural for them to take out the greatest threat and leave the lesser ones for last. This is probably why the rest of us were uninjured. They needed to take you out of the fight because they felt they could deal with us. I imagine Victor was probably next to be bitten."

Elise frowned at her scratching and got up to get the lab's first aid kit.

"You probably need your bandages changed. Perhaps a little bit of air to the wound will help with the itching as well. It is something that..." her voice dropped. "my mother taught me."

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	dont_bug_me 2010-07-07 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks," Sydney said, and meant it. She didn't ordinarily like relying on people for things--her father's running out when she was small had certainly cemented the notion that people were unreliable--but she appreciated the help. Most of this team was damaged goods and needed each other. She scratched again. "Guess I'm lucky this is the worst of it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-07 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"I think some others got it worse. Our team was quite fortunate." Elise was precise as she lay out the supplies, her blue eyes focused as she arranged everything and then carefully put on gloves and began to undress the wound. "You should be proud of your armor." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-07 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks," she said again. "I am. My uncle built the first generation of it, but I've been improving it ever since." Underneath the bandages, however, was a sight that could probably not be called an improvement. The skin was a distorted, grayish color, the same color as the skin of the bugs. Hard, chitinous material was creeping in at the edges of the wound. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-07 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	Elise frowned at the sight of the wound. This certainly didn't look right. "Sydney...are you feeling well?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-07 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	That... definitely wasn't right. She hadn't actually seen the wound, having been way out of it when she'd been treated. "Just... tired," she said. "But that... that's... what is that?" Her voice was rising, a little bit of panic setting in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

einszweidrei
2010-07-07 10:11 pm UTC (link)

"Remain calm. It just looks unusual, but it IS a bad bite. I do think that we should get someone else to look at this, though. It might be getting infected. Really though, stay calm. I've seen worse."

She carefully covered the wound with clean bandages and then bagged the spoiled ones in a ziploc just in case there were enzymes on them that needed investigation.

"Would you prefer me call a doctor or get a teammate in here?"

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	dont_bug_me 2010-07-07 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Let's... let's just get a teammate for right now," Sydney said. She didn't like doctors on a good day, let alone a bad one. It was strange, actually. It didn't hurt. But it didn't feel... right either. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-09 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Alright." Elise pulled her communicator from her pocket and quickly sent out an all-team alert, non-emergency and waited for someone to respond. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-11 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	Anya got the alert and came rushing into the lab. Sure it was a non-emergency alert, but she still wanted to know what was going on. Non-emergencies could quickly turn into emergencies. "What's up?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-11 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Great. Stark. Just who she needed to see her even lower than ever. "Looks... like the bite was... worse," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-12 01:24 am UTC (link)
	"That's not good," she said. This was definitely something to worry about. "Let's get you looked at. Ready to go into SHIELD medical?" It was the only place Anya could think to take Sydney. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-12 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Sydney frowned. "Ugh. You mean you don't have some fancy-pants Stark-analyzer on hand?" Not that she was that fond of SHIELD in the first place. Too much police power, not enough oversight. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-12 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"I've put the dressings in this bag for further analysis. Perhaps those can be run through something separate?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgenrunaways 2010-07-12 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Victor shows up as well. "I never expected a NON emergency alarm around here. What's going on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-12 03:07 am UTC (link)
	"Guys, I'm telling you..." Sydney started to say, before she promptly passed out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-12 03:09 am UTC (link)
	"She's still having some effects from the bite," Anya explained to Victor. "Can someone contact SHIELD and have them send medical team?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgenrunaways 2010-07-12 11:06 am UTC (link)
	"Syd!" Oh crap. Teammate who'd just been bitten by an alien passing out. There was at least a one in five chance of her going all Doctor Smith and destroying them all. Not that that needs to be voiced right now. "On it." He rushes off to the comm room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-14 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"If the way the wound and the dressing look are any indication I would say she's having something worse than just an ill effect. This looks a bit more like organ rejection, in a sense." She didn't really want to have to explain how she knew that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-14 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Anya nodded. "Which is why it may be best to have her looked at by SHIELD. I don't think a regular hospital can deal with this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-14 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	"With all due respect to SHIELD, I'm not certain this is something that they will quite know what's going on with this." Elise was still investigating the dressings. "I think we should get some data collected on the dressings and do some investigating of our own. Of course...Sydney needs medical attention immediately." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-15 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Exposed to the air, the chitin-like material seemed to be growing and spreading faster across her shoulder and arm... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-15 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"Oh this isn't good," Anya said as she watched the chitin spread. "Where the hell is Victor and that SHIELD team?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgenrunaways 2010-07-15 02:45 am UTC (link)
	"SHIELD team is apparently taking their damn sweet time because teleporters didn't make the budget this year. Cabrones..." Victor hissed as he returned, eyes widening as he sees the change spreading. A hand crackles with energy. "Someone tell me right now if this is an amputate situation or do we try to reverse the whole thing later?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-16 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Elise grabbed the gauze and an athletic wrap from the first aid kit, cursing the whole time. "We are not taking her arm. We're going to wrap her arm entirely to keep air from it. It was slow-growing until air hit it. So we starve it, like a fire, until SHIELD gets here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-16 12:48 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, we're not chopping arms off," Anya said. "That sounds like a plan. Let me help." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-16 01:04 am UTC (link)
	The spread was faster now, working down her arm and over the rest of her body... and even past that. It was a little like a cocoon was starting to weave itself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-16 12:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh this is not good!" Anya said as she watched the thing spread. "Where the hell is SHIELD!?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nextgen_shield 2010-07-16 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	The S.H.I.E.L.D. medical team arrived on scene and carried a stasis chamber between the four of them. The stopped next to the Thunderbolts. One opened the chamber while another stepped forward. "Agent Connors," he said as he introduced himself. "We brought a stasis chamber with us and are prepared to take the individual into S.H.I.E.L.D. medical." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dont_bug_me 2010-07-17 12:17 am UTC (link)
	By this point, there was a full cocoon covering Sydney. It was shiny and black, like the carapace had been, and looked highly resistant. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	einszweidrei 2010-07-17 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"I somehow doubt a stasis chamber will do much at this point. Thanks for being expedient." Elise had never been a fan of SHIELD... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_shield 2010-07-18 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Agent Connors directed his men to get the cocoon covered girl into the stasis chamber. He removed a few cards from a pocket in his uniform. "These will allow you access to SHIELD Medical if any of you want to come with us." He offered the cards to them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-07-18 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"Of course we do," Anya said as she snatched the cards out of his hand. "Let's go Thunderbolts." She started passing the cards out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgenrunaways 2010-07-19 01:47 am UTC (link)
	Victor takes a card for himself, but he's not exactly cool with SHIELD to begin with. This whole situation reeks of the sort of thing where people end up experiments under the jurisdiction of those 'in charge'. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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