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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magic_hands
2012-12-10 05:45 am UTC (link)

"She can't respond at all," Martin corrects with a frown. Time freeze meant time stopped, even if the basic spell would last only a few minutes even if he didn't do anything. He could extend it a bit with some concentration but it was more reliable, if risky, to just put a new one on.

Since he's got a minute or so before he needs to do that, a small blue disc is conjured up near Bea for her to use as a support or hand up if she wants to stand. Still, he hopes the others hurry it up a bit.

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	no_relation 2012-12-10 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Jack waves a hand in front of Anya's webbed and armored head, even tapping it gently. "What do we do with her? Anyone got any permanent marker?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-12-10 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm on my way back with suitable toys and a can opener." Kelly calls over coms, coming back and checking Anya's power flow, trying to figure out if her EMP will shut her down - totally and entirely willing to get the nanites too as necessary. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-12-10 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	With Anya safely secure, Manny rushes over to Bea. "Are you..okay?" he says, trying to sound professional..and failing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-12-10 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll be fine," Bea manages. "This is probably around what a hangover feels like." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-12-10 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Jacque raises a good point, however," Adrienne agreed. "What do we do about zis?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2012-12-10 10:39 pm UTC (link)

Kelly comes back into view, running hard to try and make it before the spell wears off. She places a small pad under the outer armor behind one knee.

"Ok, in theory, that should send a data spike - tell her her stabilizers are in trouble. Given her fear of not being able to walk, I'm pretty sure that is set to divert power to the legs and jets. That should give about a quarter-second opening for me to drop this EMP grenade... no way it'd work in a fight... but with the right placement... and exploiting a phobia to make an educated guess... oh, and the base will have no power whatsoever for about an hour. Martin, give me a countdown to releasing her, timing is going to be critical."

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magic_hands
2012-12-10 10:47 pm UTC (link)

Martin is incredibly glad Kelly's doing something about knocking the Boss out since the rest seem to have decided to just stand there and tap her helmet. Seriously, this wouldn't last forever.

"Umm, about a minute and a half if I just leave it like this, I can extend it a bit but I can release it whenever before that if you need. It's more accurate timing-wise that way. How long do you need?"

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	charmedlife 2012-12-10 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Bea groggily grabbed her cell phone from the nightstand and handed it to Adrienne. "Get out of the building and put in a call to Doc Samson." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-12-10 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	"The spike is ready, grenade in hand. So any time - I just need to know /exactly/ when the spell is turned off, since the window isn't going to be terribly long. Just count it down for me. Oh, and just so people know, Anya won't be able to walk or anything for a while after this... don't panic. It'll come back about the time we get power back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ze_leaper 2012-12-10 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	Adrinne grabbed the phone from Bea, heading towards the door as fast as her legs could carry her. "Oui, Mademoiselle," she said. Once outside, she dialed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-12-10 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	That made things easier. "Okay. From five okay?" As he starts counting down slowly and out loud, he makes the effort to have a blue aura appear around Anya as long as the spell is on to give Kelly a visual cue on top of that. "Two...One!" The spell is released at that instant to let Anya continue where she'd left off at the time the spell started. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2012-12-10 11:06 pm UTC (link)

Kelly tenses - this has her full attention... which is usually a sign things are /really/ serious. This is going to be a total test of reflexes and split second timing.

As soon as he hits one, Kelly hits the data spike, pauses just a split second for the electronics to respond, then tosses the EMP grenade - shutting down everything electronic in the base, and possibly neighboring buildings... but who cares about them?

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	anyastark 2012-12-10 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	Anya struggled for a second when time resumed its normal flow and then the EMP grenade went off. Everything from below her waist went numb and the suit powered off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	no_relation 2012-12-11 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Jack looks around, trusting People Smarter Than Him to have control of the situation. "So... how do we know it works?" Having one of your teammates go nuts and attack you all was pretty standard stuff, but there generally wasn't one set way to restore status quo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-12-11 01:55 am UTC (link)
	"With the force field reinforcement gone, Manny ought to be able to get her helmet off now. Let's start with that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-12-11 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay," Many replied, convinced that Bea was okay. He took hold of the helmet. "This isn't attached to the skin or anything, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2012-12-12 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	"It'd be silly if it was," Martin pointed out but looked to Bea or anyone else who knew more about how the suit worked. Tech wasn't his thing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-12-12 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	"With the power off, its just metal, unless she's been messing with it more. But she'll have emergency backups before too long. Get it off, because that trick will only work once." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-12-12 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	"If you say so," he said, cautiously tugging at the helmet until it comes off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-12-13 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Anya blinked. One second she was trying to get Manny off of her and the next she was sitting on the floor without a helmet on and her suit wasn't working. She glared at each of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

charmedlife
2012-12-13 10:31 pm UTC (link)

Bea looks up at the others. Kelly was probably assuming Manny would go ahead and handle rendering Anya unconscious. Manny was clearly not comfortable with this at this point. The Kids should obviously not handle it. Kelly, once she noticed Manny wasn't doing it, could easily do the carotid artery thing or a dozen other ways at various levels of risk to long-term health, but...

Bea pulled a box out from under her bed, unlatched it, removed a sealed packet, and dragged herself over before tearing it open and pressing a cloth over Anya's mouth.
She managed a weak smile. "It's a healthier formula than choloroform," she explained to the boys, as if that were saying something.

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	magic_hands 2012-12-13 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	Martin shrugged, not really knowing much about chemicals. Though this situation had him think that maybe he should learn that sleep spell he'd seen in his spell book. It'd be good for things like this since he didn't know much about how to physically knock people out. "What's the plan now? Is she going to be okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-12-13 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Ooohhh, classic, Sis. No marks even. And she'll be fine, we just need to figure out what's scrambling her. After we get her out of the armor - too many risks there. Anyone want to help me undress a redhead?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-12-13 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"She has something on underneath, don't worry," Bea reassures Manny. "Martin, go check that Adrienne's getting the doctor to come at his next earliest convenience. If he thinks it's beyond normal deprogramming, I'll... call my dad or something. Later." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)