littleladylord (littleladylord) wrote,
@ 2012-06-08 20:27:00

Very AU: Exiles Road
She fell in the sand with a WHUMPH, and followed the smell of coffee and muffins to a man who couldn't be haggled with. He told her horrifying stories about her father turning into a bigoted monster, and said the only way to stop it was to work with his people.

Cindy wasn't happy about any of this, anything was better than letting that happen to Daddy, to the world, if by some chance this guy was for real. So. Okay. Here she was, standing on some bizarre street, surrounded by bizarre people.

And.... wow.

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	littleladylord 2012-06-09 08:08 am UTC (link)
	And Cindy listens. Finally, "Why not?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2012-06-09 08:13 am UTC (link)

"I try not to think about it too much... but ultimately, I'm not the same person I was. I wouldn't fit back into that world. Its been five years and some of this. Maybe there's somewhere I could do some good if this ever ended, or maybe eventually my world just can't be fixed due to whatever has kept me doing this so long... much longer than anyone else so far... but I can't go home."

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	littleladylord 2012-06-09 08:16 am UTC (link)
	"I get what you're saying." A pause. "But hey, no need to give up hope on your world getting fixed, even if it's not fixed for you. If I didn't think I'd stop the whole genocide thing, I'd go crazy..." she shrugs. "Even apart from the whole issue of going home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 08:21 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I still plan to save my world. Besides, if there wasn't hope, I'd disappear. With what happened there, I was never born. Should we fail anywhere along the way, I go poof. But that's beside the point. We'll fix the whole genocide thing, and get you home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 08:24 am UTC (link)
	"I will take your word as an expert on getting badass things done, then," Cindy says with a thin smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 08:27 am UTC (link)
	She can't help but chuckle at that. There's a bit of a wince at the added movement, but overall, she seems to think the bit of lighter mood is well worth it. "I do my best. And I do promise - I'll do my best to get you home safe as soon as we can... as much as I'm going to miss the better food and nicer hotel rooms. And having you around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 08:29 am UTC (link)
	A bracing hand on her side at the wince. "We got time. And a lot of other people to worry about." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 08:33 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks. It'll be alright though. As long as nothing is broken, everything should be healed within a day, maybe two. Yeah... never know how much time, but probably some. Thanks for all the hard work, by the way. Does amazing things for morale." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 08:35 am UTC (link)
	"I may not be the best at the shining armor stuff, but you should see me with a clipboard. And whoa. That's a heck of a healing rate." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 08:37 am UTC (link)
	"Not a real healing factor... just... four times normal, or so. There'll probably be some scarring and light burns for a while, but tonight and rest tomorrow, and I should be serviceable again. Full breaks still take about a week, so I'm hoping nothing is fractured or broken again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I don't think anything's broken." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Ok, so not too bad. Rough night trying to get any sleep with those... but should at least be able to move by tomorrow, if needed. Hoping the others can make some progress on the investigative side for a bit without me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. They're doing fine. Just relax and, y'know, let the world turn without you tonight." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	She smiles. "Yeah, I've gotten that talk before. From my other-world grandmother, if you can believe it. Its always hard, but I think I could manage to be a good patient, if you don't mind waiting on me a little?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Otherworld grandmother. Gotta be weird. But yeah, I don't mind at all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, it gets way weirder than that. Think you can order us pizza or Chinese or something, and I'll try and explain the whole thing with the first team, with not-Grandma and my not-cousin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	"That's....gonna be interesting. I'm on it." And soon, there's some beef and broccoli and bourbon chicken arranged. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2012-06-09 07:10 pm UTC (link)

"Wow, its kind of like when Spider and Layla hacked some accounts all over again... beds, real food... uhm, so anyway... my father's side of the family is /really/ straightforward. Iconic American patriotic hero, leader of Earth's best known super heroes... but that's another story. My mom... uhm... ok, so her body was born a mutant with the ability to steal people's powers - but also got their memories and parts of their personalities, temporarily. She used to be a supervillain - and accidentally totally stole all the powers and memories of a woman named Carol Danvers, who'd had a colorful history - and dealt with tragedy and stress much better than Anne-Marie. For a long time, she was just Rogue... herself, but with Carol's powers. Until a cosmic being took a lot of Earth's biggest heroes and villains to Battleworld - where I'd be born later. He had them fight it out... things went wrong, and they were stranded there. Eventually they made peace, but all the death and destruction kind of drove Anne-Marie crazy... Carol semi-emerged, and the two minds kind of became one. Not entirely in tune with her old friends, but aspects of her there.... so anyway...

Anne Marie had been adopted and raised by a woman named Mystique, usually a super villain. Sure, Anne Marie turned against her and became a heroine eventually... but still regarded Mystique as her mother.

Mystique also had one genetic son, who, in most worlds, she abandons just after his birth, and he grows up never knowing who his mother was. She didn't want to abandon him - but he was born looking like some kind of black, fuzzy demon, in a very religious area. She hid him, and led others away.... in some cases. Just flat out abandoned him in others or put his basket in a river.

So anyway... among the first Exiles team was a not-Grandma Mystique from a world where she never abandoned her son, still adopted Anne-Marie, and all three of them were SHIELD agents - big, international peacekeeping organization... so heroes, if kind of... spy-like ones. And much more inclined to consider us her granddaughters.

The other half of 'us' was Nocturne. Teenage daughter of Mystique's son, Kurt. Which, in that Mystique's eyes, made us cousins. Which... in my world, at the time Battleworld happened, they were both there, but weren't aware of any connection like that... Kurt was one of my teachers, but didn't know who his parents were at all. Just that he'd been abandoned as a baby.

So... yeah, weird connections and history."

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	littleladylord 2012-06-09 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow. That's gotta be a weird circumstance to be in. SHIELD sounds a lot like my Auntie Wall. 'Saving the world, just don't tell the more straight-up heroes how we did it.' sort of thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that's pretty much exactly it. My dad and their director go way back - to the 1940's, actually. They don't always agree, but usually manage to get along." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow. That is way back. I'm glad they get along. A lot of really good people hate Auntie Wall, and I always think that sucks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	"That is unfortunate. A lot of people aren't terribly fond of Nick Fury either... I only know him through stories. He was dead by the first time I got to Earth, along with most of the heroes who hadn't been taken to Battleworld." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah... from what you've said, your facet of reality was pretty bad off even without the change." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2012-06-09 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Earth, yes. America was patrolled by giant robots out to kill anyone who wasn't entirely human. Apocalypse had taken over a lot of Africa... but... Battleworld, anyway, was beautiful. The peace had set in before any of us was born, great people, great teachers. Some tension... but until I was about fourteen, it wasn't bad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2012-06-09 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	"What happened then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)