Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-12-02 19:16:00

Entry tags:

adrienne batroc, anya stark, armadillo jr., bea dayspring, crosshairs, guardian, martin baum, plot-"eve of destruction", sunny saldano, team - thunderbolts

It was a day full of meetings and scheduled phone calls. As always. Anya looked at the clock and had twenty minutes before her next meeting. Just enough time to head down to the cafeteria and grab something to eat. She was starving and needed some caffeine. She had too much blood in her caffeine stream. She hated it when that happened.

She stood up and left the office heading for the cafeteria.

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	soft_inside 2012-12-04 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Mann probably ran faster than he ever had by way of his legs. He saw Kelly, he saw Anya, ..and he saw Bea. He turned to Anya with fire in his eyes. "¿Qué demonios sucedió!?" Manny was so mad he didn't even bother with translation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-12-04 03:00 am UTC (link)

Invisible Martin hears Manny's shouts and his disc zooms down the hall the their source to see...okay this made no sense.

Being invisible to everyone here gave him time to process but...it was hard to wrap his mind around this. On one hand, Anya was the boss and would never do anything bad as far as he knew...but why was she in armour? He recalled her mentioning once there was someone from her past that she didn't want bothering her. Mind control? Because while Anya would never do anything bad, he couldn't see Bea doing something like that either. Especially not something that warranted getting blasted.

Taking advantage of the extra time invisibility gave him before he'd be noticed, Martin stops and concentrates. He didn't read teammates minds as a rule (probably smart given who some of his teammates were) but these were special circumstances. So he concentrates and probes her mind telepathically, trying to read what was there and pick up the reasoning behind this. He hoped there was no mind control. That stuff sucked.

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	no_relation 2012-12-04 03:33 am UTC (link)
	Jack comes scurrying around a corner, clinging to the wall as he surveys the hallway. Gunshots going off without the sound of Kelly laughing meant something was seriously wrong. He can't see around the next corner, but he can see Manny. "What's going on? I heard shots!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-12-04 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Anya didn't think. She open fired on Kelly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-12-04 07:11 pm UTC (link)

Reading her mind, what Martin picks up is a clear message: Destroy the Thunderbolts. Then destroy the other heroes.

That...wasn't Anya. Not normally. Something was wrong, very wrong and he couldn't even be sure of the cause. Mind control? Alternate dimension? Magic puppetry of some sort? Demon possession? No way to know right now. But he had to tell the others.

Still invisible, a message goes out to his teammates. Something's wrong with Anya. Her thoughts say she wants to destroy us, something probably happened to her, dunno what though.

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	goesbothways 2012-12-04 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Kelly goes diving and rolling out of the way, her arm blackening and blistering a little with a skimming shot, already starting to repair itself. "She's trying to kill us? Oh man... that's hot." Her pistols won't do much, she knows, but she fires anyway, working on keeping Anya's attention on her for now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-12-04 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	Manny heard Martin's message. He really had. However, right now he was seeing red. He ran at Anya, roaring like a primordial beast, to tackle his brainwashed boss. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-12-05 01:06 am UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't say it's hot. More like infringing on your schtick, isn't it?" Jack offers, bouncing away one wall and hurling webbing at Anya in mid-leap before landing across the hallway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-12-05 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Anya didn't flinch when Kelly shot at her. Her suit would protect her from mere bullets. It did distract her and she didn't see Manny coming at her. He collided with her and they went through a wall. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ze_leaper
2012-12-07 04:07 pm UTC (link)

Adrienne had been... out. And certainly not stealing large sums of money from a widely known to be corrupt local executive and redistributing the money to more worthy sources like local charities and a keeping a reasonable finders fee for herself.

She had definitely not been doing that.

But she was still surprised when she returned to the firehouse to find out that for some reason everyone was fighting.

"What in ze name of...?!"

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magic_hands
2012-12-08 01:37 am UTC (link)

Martin just blinks at Manny's roar. That had surprised him. Though he thinks Manny will feel bad about this later, still, nothing could be done about that now. He barely gives Adrienne a glance but catches her up on the situation telepathically. Not that there was much they knew so far.

The cloaking spell would be good for another couple of minutes. He couldn't time freeze Anya while Manny was tackling her since he'd hit Manny with it too. In fact, as long as Manny was grappling with her it limited most of his spells. A sigh seems to come from empty air and Martin instead focuses on creating a barrier around the area to prevent any escape attempts from Anya and keep most of the damage in.

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	goesbothways 2012-12-08 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"Hardly, my schtick is killing people, not trying to do so. There's a subtle but discernable difference." Kelly responds cheerily, bouncing after Manny and Anya. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-12-08 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	Manny tried to grab her arms, in an attempt to twist her arms behind her in an arm-lock. "You hurt, Bea! Wake the hell up!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-12-08 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	As soon as Manny manages to hold back Anya, Jack sends a mass of webbing at her helmet, trying to interfere with any sensors. "Subtle? I thought this team had a policy of checking subtle at the front door?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-12-08 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Anya routed more energy into the suit and increasing the amount of strength it provided. With it up at full power, she tried to break free of Manny's grasp. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-12-08 05:38 pm UTC (link)

Now that Manny is in a way giving him a clear shot, Martin can target his time freeze spell at Anya alone. He mouths the incantation and a characteristic blue seal might appear on the Boss before spreading across her to stop her in time. He hopes Manny can keep a hold of her so the spell targets properly.

I'm trying to freeze her. Can someone knock her out please if it works? That's only going to last a few minutes

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ze_leaper
2012-12-08 06:01 pm UTC (link)

Well, this had gotten... interesting. She had heard, of course, of American super-teams who spent a great deal of time fighting with themselves, and she had even seen some signs of it with this team, especially between Martin and Jack. But she had not expected to be witness to something like this.

Lacking the offensive capabilities to hurt a power-armor user, Adrienne instead focused on staying out of the line of fire.

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	goesbothways 2012-12-08 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, put her out and I'll k.o. her. And Bea is going to be fine. She's tougher than she looks. And I totally volunteer to give Anya her post-team-infighting spanking." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-12-09 12:08 am UTC (link)
	There's eventually some quiet cursing in Askani. "Kelly, not in front of the kids," Bea mutters as consciousness is sinking back in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-12-09 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Manny struggles to hold Anya in place, that suit gave her more power that he thought. So out of desperation, Manny latched around her and went dead-weight, forcing her to compensate for his considerable bulk and weight. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-12-09 01:59 am UTC (link)
	"Okay, is there a plan for a teammate going crazy like this?" Jack looks around, not sure what to do now that Manny seems to have Anya pinned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-12-09 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"Several, a number of which require Bea, and then there's a few of them which rely upon noble sacrifices or mass property destruction. I thought I'd give people a chance to improvise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-12-09 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	Anya went still as Martin's spell took effect. Time for her slowed while it stayed normal for everyone else. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-12-09 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Does... does zis kind of thing happen often?" Adrienne asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2012-12-09 06:30 pm UTC (link)

Martin focuses on keeping the spell up. If he did that it'd last longer, though he knows this isn't a solution. He can redo the spell every few minutes but it wasn't going to solve the problem and would be taxing on his concentration which meant eventually there'd be a slip up.

His cloaking spell fades and for the first time this fight, Martin is visible to all of them. I don't know, this is the first super-team I've been on. Anyone going to knock her out? Just so you know, I can't do healing spells so...yeah. And now would be a good time you know....