rogue_star (rogue_star) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-02-10 23:30:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, plot-"from hell with love", plot-"return of lady mandarin", sarah rogers

The Valley of Spirits
From the tales of James Rhodes, and the Lady Mandarin armor, Sarah figures out where she's at. The Valley of Spirits, and within it, the palace of the Mandarin. For most, its a forbidden place, and for anyone, a foreboding one. Were it not for it being Anya, she'd likely hesitate here before encroaching further. "Oh Anya, what have you gotten yourself into?" she whispers.

She's gotten herself as patched up as she can. Her jaw is reset, though that was painful. Her rib is wrapped, her leg and forehead bandaged, both bandages already soaking through. Tomorrow, she's going to be one big bruise, if she even lives that long.

At her best, she's driven Temujin off, but he wasn't to be taken lightly. And this time, he has help, she doesn't, and she's definitely not at her best.

Still, she's healthy enough to announce her presence by taking Mjolnir to the front gates, turning them into splinters. Sure, she could be stealthy, but he probably has this place rigged with all manner of traps and security, and she doesn't want to be the one who gets surprised. So she sets to just demolishing things as she goes, to force Temujin to come to her or need a new castle.

"Release Anya, you bastard!"

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	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-11 12:17 pm UTC (link)
	And get his attention it did. "Now why would I want to do that?" Temujin stepped into the light, sending a heat blast straight at the intruder. (Reply to this)(Thread)

rogue_star
2010-02-11 03:02 pm UTC (link)

Her 7th sense kicks in just in time to help her block the shot. He has to see she's moving slower than last time they fought though, and her injuries aren't exactly hidden. Still, its something, though she can feel the heat radiating around the edges of the shield.

"Because we've already seen what happens when we get into a fight. Last chance, let her go, or I tear you and this place apart."

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	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 02:55 am UTC (link)
	"Not a chance, child." He sent an electrical blast straight at some of her exposed injuries. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2010-02-12 02:58 am UTC (link)
	The shield isn't as helpful against electricity, and it hits before she can bring the hammer about. "Agh!" Wincing, she tries to close the gap between them. "So much for the honorable warrior you claimed to be." she snarls, lunging shield first at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"You seem a little on edge," he said, dodging out of the way. "My love?" A grin crossed his face. "You have a visitor." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-02-12 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Lady Mandarin had been watching the beginning of the fight from a distance. When addressed, she flew to a spot behind her lord. "This one," said the mechanical voice, "has been a thorn in our sides for sometime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2010-02-12 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"There isn't going to be an 'our' much longer, Temujin. I'm taking Anya home, and I'll go through if you insist." She flings the hammer, rushing at him after it, wary of Anya in the background. "Great, another double team." she mutters as she goes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 03:10 am UTC (link)
	The hammer made contact with his stomach, knocking Temujin to the ground. "Get her," he snarled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-02-12 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"There is no Anya. Only the Lady Mandarin exists," she said an opened fire with a double repulsor blast. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2010-02-12 03:18 am UTC (link)

Sarah is taken aback. When they first met, much as he was a slime, Temujin purported some sense of honor and discipline. To not only permit a double team like this, but command one? He's definitely gone further around the bend than she remembers.

Even watching for Anya, between surprise and injuries, both barrels catch her in the chest, sending her flying back. She crashes into the ground, digging a furrow as she goes.

Forcing herself back to her feet, she collects the hammer... and pauses.

She knows she could take Anya out in a second. It'd just take a lightning strike. So easy, just one... one of the weaknesses of a powersuit compared to that level of overload...

And finds she can't do it. What if it overloaded the nanites? What if the backlash of overload killed or seriously hurt her? Much as she knows she's in dire straits, Sarah can't risk killing her fri... her fr... her love.

She'll find another way.

She lifts off, finding flying almost easier than walkinbg, charging at Anya shield first.

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	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 03:26 am UTC (link)
	Honor doesn't matter right now. This girl has been a thorn in his side before and she's not going to take away his love from him again. Not for a second time. A heat blast is sent at Sarah's exposed back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-02-12 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Lady Mandarin hesitated for a moment. The girl was down. There was no honor in blasting someone when they were down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2010-02-12 03:31 am UTC (link)

That pesky 7th sense kicks in again. One of the reasons she's willing to occasionally leave her back apparently unguarded. She whirls about, blocking most of the fire blast, though a good bit of it still streaks across her right arm, leaving a terrible burn in the flesh.
She uses the momentum of her turn to swing an elbow at Lady Mandarin's chest, trying to keep in close to L.M. for the moment. Anya is good, but nowhere near her equal in hand to hand. Unfortunately, there's two of them.

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	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 03:33 am UTC (link)
	Temujin doesn't care about honor much right now. He just wants this girl out of his way, as he charges at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-02-12 03:38 am UTC (link)
	The elbow connected and Lady Mandarin went flying backward. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2010-02-12 03:41 am UTC (link)

With Anya out of the way, and Temujin charging, a horrible idea strikes Sarah. One she normally wouldn't contemplate, but well within her father's instructions.

She shifts into martial arts stance, trying to urge him in and turn this into a hand to hand fight. He's good - very, very good. But she's Captain America's daughter.

For the briefest of moments, she intentionally leaves her guard high, daring him to swing at her exposed stomach or the injuries to her leg. This had better work - after recent fights, she's running out of options.

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	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Temujin took the bait, swinging his fist at her stomach, a blast of electrity prepared to knock her out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2010-02-12 04:03 am UTC (link)

The fist strikes the hammer, which she's been concealing behind the shield. Most people just note its protective qualities, and forget it can also be used to conceal her tactics. Mjolnir absorbs the electricity nicely, before she slams the shield down on his wrist, possibly breaking it between the ground and the shield edge. Mjolnir follows a moment later, once she has his hand pinned, enchanted Uru crashing down atop the Makluan rings.

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	anyastark 2010-02-12 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"NO!" Lady Mandarin yelled and sent a repulsor blast at the Rogers girl. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2010-02-12 04:15 am UTC (link)
	The fist made contact with the hammer. Temujin's eyes widened when he realized what the girl did. "You bitch," he snarled at her as the rings cracked, causing an explosion to send him flying backwards, knocking him out cold. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2010-02-12 04:18 am UTC (link)
	She's struck in the back by the repulsor blasts, negating any chance she has to even roll with the explosive force. She has a brief impression of the smell of charring flesh as his hand is disintegrated in the explosion, and then the world goes dark. Her smoking and unconscious form goes rolling to a stop in front of Lady Mandarin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-02-12 04:21 am UTC (link)
	She just looked down at the body at her feet. A voice in the back of her mind told her she should feel something, but there was nothing. She rushed to her lord's side to help him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_zodiac
2010-02-12 04:29 am UTC (link)

Betraying Temujin would have been bad form. He was just going to assess Libra's words for himself, and plot for later. Now, he doesn't have to.

Wen steps from the shadows. It was easy to conceal himself in the blonde girl's ruckus.
"I am in your debt." he offers to Sarah.

The moment Lady Mandarin turns around, he speaks calmly, "Meng mei." Or simply 'sleep' - Virgo's command word, implanted for just such emergencies.

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	anyastark 2010-02-12 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Lady Mandarin's eyes closed and she fell to the ground. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_zodiac
2010-02-12 04:37 am UTC (link)

He's on the phone a moment later.
"Yes... Libra? The situation is as you stated... its been taken care of. Yes. There are three Americans here, as well as Temujin... I will be sending them in current condition to San Francisco, what happens to them after that is your concern, not mine."
He pauses for the response.
"Very well, he will be sent as well. As agreed, I will be taking possession of the remaining rings.... yes, I said remaining. It is no matter, half the power of the Mandarin is satisfactory. I will be some time in getting things in order here, but you have your deal, and your Americans."

After the response, he hangs up, moving to Temujin and removing the remaining rings. The other hand is a charred stump, nothing salvageable. Ah well.
Now he has a great deal to do.

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