franklen_four:

He was young again, as if the sands of time had recoiled into the peak of the hourglass.  He sat on the floor with a teddy bear hugged tight against his chest.  The fear made him tremble and pale.  All he saw was the world around him fade slowly, and the void of darkness just got closer and closer.  And in his youth, Franklin could do nothing to stop it.
 

( The Truth )

mishaloganovich:

After the Empress, and Tessa showing up, and getting changed into and out of a female, a ball game was just the normal sort of activity that Misha needed. It was time for all real Mets fans to come together for the season opener.

Misha presented himself at the reception desk in the Baxter Building and asked for Andrea to be told the Dork of Russia was there.

nextgen_parent:

Namor allowed Kassia to rest while he waited for Marinna and considered his plan. The idea he'd come up with was a more cunning plan than any other he'd ever engineered, and it was worth mentioning that he considered not following through upon it for Kassia's sake. She'd been hurt enough as it was, and he'd lost enough time with her. What time was there to waste upon vengeance on the one responsible for taking her from him? Perhaps it would be best to let bygones be bygones and allow Kassia's mother to live with the knowledge that Namor could strike at any time, and never know when or how the day was coming.

But if Emma Frost possessed even THAT scant knowledge, she would attack him first, likely with Shaw's aid.

And Namor's decision was made.

"Paras, you are to arrange a meeting with Victor Von Doom for me, to take place after my meeting with Marinna. Neither of us need travel; I will speak with him from the war room. Word of this is not to be breathed to anyone, not even Marinna. Are we clear?" he says.

"Yes, my King. And speaking of the Princess...she has arrived." Paras says.

"Usher her to me, then leave us." Namor says, sitting down upon the throne.

notyetqueen:

Ruby rubbed the back of her head, getting up on her feet slowly. She should have gone into ruby form if she knew that she was going to trip through...a portal. That was what she'd had tripped through, right?

How else would she have gotten back to front yard of the Institute.

Anastasia looked around. Though it looked exactly the same, something felt....off. Like this wasn't the same place that she was used to. It didn't feel like the home where she grew up.

BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!

The alarms were going off?

Anastasia went straight into ruby form.

Yeah, something didn't feel right here at ALL.