Dawn Roberts (im_a_librarian) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-11 20:55:00

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Seeing as how she was in Greenwich Village fairly frequently these days, which was really only a hop, skip, and jump away from Westchester County for someone who could, you know, teleport, Dawn wondered why she hadn't looked up her cousin before now.

Granted, David was almost ten years younger than her, but he was family all the same. And Aunt Catherine was always great. Besides, the Defenders were getting more and more exposure these days and now that her parents knew about what she'd been doing with her life lately (boy, that had been an uncomfortable, but eventually all right Thanksgiving), it was only a matter of time before the rest of her family found out.

So she'd phoned again and shown up at the Institute.

She rang the buzzer.

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smallestbear
2010-12-12 12:55 am UTC (link)

He had been pleasantly surprised by the call. He didn't want to admit he already knew about her being on the Defenders due to the Rate the Babe thing. But hey, she knew about the version for the girls probably, right?

Either way he was at the door to greet her. He had just gotten out of the shower since he had been training either. He can't help but blink just a touch when he first sees her.

"Hey Dawn."

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	im_a_librarian 2010-12-12 01:16 am UTC (link)
	"Hey yourself, David," she said. Damn. She didn't remember David being quite so short, but then again, she hadn't been quite so tall the last time she'd seen him either. "So, ah... I've probably got some explaining to do, huh?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-12-12 01:21 am UTC (link)
	He can't help but chuckle. Sure he had gotten taller but so had she. He's still smaller than Misha though. "Yeah, I guess you do Miss Defender." Oh yeah he knows. "But I guess I do too. Mom didn't tell you guys about me being well.... A mutant." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	im_a_librarian 2010-12-12 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"So... you... ah... heard about that?" Dawn flushed. "It's a long story. Really weird too. And I'm still sometimes sure I actually got hit by a car and this entire thing is really a coma dream, because honestly, that makes more sense." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-12-12 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. Kinda hard to miss." He wasn't going to say how. "Can't be any weirder than how I met Dad. Did you find an ad?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	im_a_librarian 2010-12-12 02:36 am UTC (link)
	"I wish," Dawn said. "Well, to start with, I got kidnapped by a cult who was going to sacrifice me to their god. And it ran downhill from there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-12-13 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"Seriously?" That actually made him growl on a level that Dawn hopefully won't pick up on. He has started to get a Logan level of grumpy when people he loves are hurt and Dawn is family. "Hope they were... Dealt with." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	im_a_librarian 2010-12-13 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah, pretty badly, actually. See, there was this Asgardian goddess, from the Defenders. Dark-haired pale chick? Named Asleif, anyway. Sorceress. She got wind of what was going on and kinda... slaughtered them. Except she kind of got into a duel with the leader..." She looked down. "I was kinda... collateral damage in all that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-12-13 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	David can feel his blood burning. The idea of Dawn being hurt seriously bothered him. "What happened to you? Exactly. You seem fine now. Better even. Like you got more confident or something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

im_a_librarian
2010-12-13 06:35 pm UTC (link)

"Well... after I got hurt... really, I was probably knocking on death's door, near as I can tell, Odin, big head-honcho god, merged her--Asleif's--spirit with mine, so I'd live. But I was pretty messed up after that. Conflicting memories, all kinds of stuff like that.

But I ended up sleepwalking to the Defenders compound and the helped me figure out what was going on, and then I started being, basically, able to turn into her. And I kinda helped save the world from some big fire demon guys.

Only then, I got hurt in the fight, probably dying again, only Asleif kinda... came to me, and helped me put myself back together. And afterward, we were separated again. Only she wasn't going to stay. But she wanted her siblings and this little girl, Zoey, looked after. So she kinda... put some kind of whammy on me, so I look like this.

And I'm magic now, too. Apparently I always was. She just kinda woke it up.

And then I helped save Doctor Strange and now I'm his apprentice."

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smallestbear
2010-12-19 02:01 am UTC (link)

".... You've had a very weird year," he says after a long moment. "But I'm glad you're alive. And I heard from Doctor McCoy that the Defenders are a solid group. Doc Strange used to be with them at one point I think."

He wasn't sure what to say really though. "Me being a mutant and one of the X-Men seems smaller in comparison, actually. But I... You know. I'm just glad this Asleif saved your life Dawn."

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	im_a_librarian 2010-12-19 02:43 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, they're good people," she agrees. "Even if I feel a little over my head most of the time." Dawn nods. "Yeah, me too. How'd this whole X-Men thing start up for you, anyway?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-12-19 02:53 am UTC (link)

"Well I would too. I mean you do fight along side honest to goodness gods, Dawn," he says with a short chuckle. Her question though brings a serious look to his face.

"It started when I was fourteen. One day all of the sudden... my senses started going nuts. I couldn't go to school because everything was making me react really badly," David explains. Then he talks about how the Russians started looking into the Romanov family.

How his Mom saw Logan on TV and recognized him. Realized who he was and thought maybe he could help David.

"Dad pretty much insisted I start training. So I could defend myself. Mostly it's Misha and I. And all kinds of crazy stuff has happened. I even got to meet the new Alpha Flight. Not in the best manner though. Misha and I got abducted by Weapon X. They were going to use us as lab rats. Maybe even brainwash us."

He shakes his head. "The X-Man things just sort of fell into place. We helped the Shi'ar Prince with a problem. Have fought robots sent to attack us. And we've had to defend ourselves from all kinds of nutjobs who hate us for being different. To be honest I actually like it. I can help people. I'm a natural tracker.... Plus you know. There's a girl."

What. He is a teenage boy.

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	im_a_librarian 2010-12-19 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Dawn tried to keep her face impassive, and utterly failed at all the horrors David had endured. "Jesus, David, that's just... that's just awful. I don't know if I could still be up and walking after all that." She smiles at the last part. "Oh yeah? Why am I not surprised?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-12-19 03:42 am UTC (link)

David somehow had been able to stay sane. It probably had something to do with working with his hands as much as he could. It had been pretty clear to Logan that was how David dealt with his feelings, he built and tinkered with things.

"Well I'm not going to let them win. If I didn't get up, that meant that they were right. And they're not, ya know? I figure I live to defy idiots like that. Plus I uh... Build things. To help deal."

He laughs and shakes his head. "Because I always had a weakness for girls? If I think it would help them, I'd do anything."

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	im_a_librarian 2010-12-19 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"Go with what works," Dawn agrees. "Beats the heck out of me babbling like a loon whenever I get worked out." "You really do, don't you. So. Tell me about the lucky lady." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smallestbear
2010-12-19 04:11 am UTC (link)

"You've always babbled when you were nervous," David recalls fondly.

"Well, her name is Rachel. She's... Cool. In a very non-conventional way. She's nice to everyone no matter where they come from or who they are. She likes planes and cars." He can't help but grin. "I was working on rebuilding a Mustang. She helped me with the wiring when I had trouble with it."

He smiles like a boy who is very smitten. "And she's brave. One of the bravest girls I've ever met. It's... Awesome. Ya know? To see just how honest she is and how willing she is to do the right thing."

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	im_a_librarian 2010-12-19 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Oh, the boy is definitely smitten, at least as far as she can tell. "She sounds like a great girl," she agrees. "She your, ah, girlfriend then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shield_maiden 2011-02-04 05:51 pm UTC (link)
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