wwii_hero (wwii_hero) wrote in exiles,
@ 2009-10-01 16:52:00

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Moscow:
He's been delivered to Moscow to see what he can find... to see if he can get in touch with Wanda. He moves silently around the Kremlin.

He's broken into the Kremlin before. But a new universe means new security. He's going carefully.

It will take a particularly sharp eye to spot him.

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exiles_hero
2009-10-02 01:19 am UTC (link)

By chance, or fate, Natasha Romanova, the Black Widow, was in Moscow. She had just reported to Princess Wanda about recent events in China and the recent movements of the Mandarin and was on her way out when the hairs on the back of her neck stood up.

She stopped walking and looked around. Something was off. She charged up her Widow's Bite and slipped into the shadows. It was time to find out what was going on.

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	wwii_hero 2009-10-02 01:28 am UTC (link)
	Bucky pauses. There's something off. His instincts are screaming danger. He steps around a corner and pauses. He's in the shadows... hard to spot... but he knows his spotted the very instant that she knows he's spotted her, too. The stun blasters are up and firing instantly, even as he's dodging, knowing that the Widow's Bite could be firing back simultaneously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-02 01:33 am UTC (link)
	Instinct saved her as she dodged to the side, missing the stun blast. Whoever this was, they were good. She had almost noticed him a second too late. She fired back at him before taking cover behind a large column. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-10-02 04:13 am UTC (link)
	He feints for cover, then rolls closer. It's a gamble, but one that he believes will win out. He needs to keep this quiet. And he knows who this is. And she's better at range than he is. Close up? They're about on par... but he knows her. She doesn't know him. That will hopefully give him an edge. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-02 04:23 am UTC (link)
	She heard him move closer and she let him come. With her back to the marble column, Natasha started to move up it. Her uniform allowed her to cling to walls and ceilings like a spider and she took advantage of it. When he reached her position he wouldn't find her there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-10-02 04:27 am UTC (link)
	He's not thrown. He knows exactly where she's going. Bucky may not possess wall-climbing equipment, but he does have the athletic skill to scale a wall or column. He jumps up, pushing up and off a wall to do the same to the column, scaling it just as quickly as she does, getting there almost as quickly as she did. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-02 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Natasha heard him moving, but he did not appear below her. She listened carefully and eventually realized that he was on the other side of the column she was clinging to. Oh he was good. She would give him that and it made her wonder about the identity of the intruder. If anything the Widow was patient and waited to see what his next move would be. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-10-02 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Clinging to the side of the column, he pauses, listening, and realizes she's waiting for him to make a move. Far be it from me to let a lady down... Fingers digging into a ledge above him, he swings around the column at what might be an awkward angle if he were a less agile acrobat. He comes at her from an unexpected angle, hoping to knock her down with him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-02 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention and she turned in time to see him coming at her. She fired a blast from her Widow's Bite before launching herself off of the column. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Wanda answered quickly. "Come in, Tasha." She stepped back to give the Black Widow time to enter. "What is it? Good news?" The smile hadn't escaped her notice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"A request for an audience," she said as she stopped a few feet inside the door. Natasha was a baseline human after all and knew her place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 12:34 am UTC (link)
	Wanda closed the door behind Natasha, just in case. "Granted." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 12:36 am UTC (link)
	"Not for me, your Highness. It's a request for a friend." Friend may be exaggerating a bit, but it worked more or less. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Now that was odd. "A friend?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 12:47 am UTC (link)
	"A friend," she said. "It's long and complicated, but you should listen to what he has to say." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 05:16 am UTC (link)
	"I am more than willing to give any friend of yours a chance to speak." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-10-08 05:50 am UTC (link)
	It's a short time later. It's hard sometimes to see an old dead friend. It's harder to see them as a noblewoman who's never met him before in her life. But he doesn't let it slip. He knows how to deal with royalty. He kneels. "Highness," he says respectfully. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-08 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Highness, this is James," Natasha said with a bow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-09 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Wanda lifted a hand as a signal to rise. "Whatever you have to say, speak and I will listen." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-10-09 12:39 am UTC (link)
	"I have a lot to tell you, Highness," he says. "I will ask that you keep an open mind." And he begins to explain everything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-09 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Open minded or not, everything he was saying was difficult to believe. "Tell me," Wanda said, glancing to Tasha. "If you have any reason for me to believe you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-09 01:35 am UTC (link)
	"His counterpart in this world died many years ago," Natasha said quietly. "I knew him well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wwii_hero 2009-10-09 06:03 am UTC (link)
	"Only one thing, your highness," Bucky says softly. "Because the Wanda I knew was a hero despite everything in the world going against her. Because despite being a mutant in a world that hated and feared her... she believed that tomorrow would be better. And I have to put my faith that you believe that, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exiles_hero 2009-10-10 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"I see. And you would like me to play the hero as well?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)