Freelance Worrywart
—Stark Tower—
Wesleigh blinked and the space around them shifted. Useful person to have around, that Axel. She looked around at the sleek floors and luxurious furnishings of the tower, the circuit-board view of New York spread out beyond the windows, other towers pricking the sky.
"Tony?" she called, joining Axel. "You here?"
Paige jumped to her feet, thrilled. "Vocational Activities"? Do you mean going out and helping mutants? That sounds..well, dangerous. But awesome! Do I need a mask? or a codename? Or a cape?" She threw a few punches at the air. Then she sobered, thinking it through. "And what if we run into the military? Or mutants who just want to hurt us? I haven't been in a fight in years..."
TV Studio Building
After wandering the halls, Kate found Edge's office. She kicked the door open to get his attention and shut the door behind her.
She tapped her bow threateningly against her free hand. She was perfectly aware it wasn't as impressive as aiming an arrow at Edge would have been, but given that her arrows were all broken in half, this was really all she could do.
"Okay, Morgan. Tell me everything you know about Godfrey and how he got to where he is, or I'll...hit you with my bow and it'll really sting."
Toa of Anarchy
Over in the office, Morgan Edge was in the middle of an intense conversation over the phone. This was interrupted when Kate kicked the door open and the phone went flying out of the panicked mogul's hands like a bar of soap. After a second of being startled out of his wits, Edge took a good look at the teenage girl threatening him with a bow, and just buried his face in his hands.
"Oh my god, this isn't happening- You think I'm going to be threatened by some little rich girl with a Legolas complex?!" Edge slammed his hands on the desk and lined over in what was intended to be a threatening manner. "This is GBN, kid! My network pisses off bigger and badder people than you every day. Now, I don't know what you're trying to accuse us of, but it ain't gonna fly. Now get the hell out of my office!"
edited 21st Aug '16 1:46:00 PM by LizardOfAus
Studio
Kate slapped Edge across the cheek with her bow before jumping behind his desk and stepping behind the producer. She placed her bow around his neck and yanked it back.
"I'm not here to accuse you of anything. I'm here to interrogate you. Godfrey didn't get this far in showbiz this quickly without something up his sleeve. What's his secret, Morgan? Mutant powers? Alien tech? Magic? Any combination of the above?"
Toa of Anarchy
Edge cried out as he was smacked with the bow, wiping his cheek to check for blood, before suddenly being throttled with the same device. His expression turned darker, and the strangulation added a sinister rasp to his voice.
"All you need to know" he gasped, "Is that Godfrey and I have connections, those connections have connections, and it all adds up to more influence than you could BEGIN to fathom!"
There was the thumping of running feet from up the corridor, as what sounded like a larger group of guards came racing to the office doors.
In hardly any time at all, the bio-ship had arrived just outside the gates of Stark Manor. Jarvis was stepping outside to greet the group in his Edwin body, jacket blowing in the breeze as the ship descended.
"Welcome, Ms Morse and company. I'm afraid to say you've just missed Miss Dodds and Misters Access and Question. They have teleported to Stark Tower, to discuss matters with Mr Stark."
Superman was just about to exit the vehicle when he heard the news, and couldn't help chuckling. "Well, isn't that just the way?"
The Professor reached over to pat her arm comfortingly. "You needn't venture into such circumstances if you don't have to, or want to. But if you do, then as always, don't be afraid to call for help and support. My staff and I look out for our pupils, you understand."
He leaned back in his seat. "Now then, I wouldn't want to keep you for too much longer, Miss Paige. After all, you might miss the grand tour of the grounds!"
edited 21st Aug '16 1:47:39 PM by LizardOfAus
Studio
Kate took her bow away from Edge's neck and ran to the window. She doubted she could take on multiple guards. Maybe there was another way out.
She opened it and looked outside. "I'd even take a dumpster," she said to no one in particular.
Vampire Hunter
Rogue, Exiting the Bio-Ship
Of the passengers on the Bio-Ship, it was Rogue who decided to exit the ship and smiled at Jarvis. Jarvis might notice the lack of Rogue's jacket and her crossing her arms.
"Yeah, yeah... Let's cut to the chase," Rogue nodded to Jarvis, before asking her question. "Can ya get Power Girl's outfit for us?"
"Power Girl's... recovered from the events of last night, and... well, she'd like her supersuit back!" Rogue turned over towards the exit again. "Hey, Mars Bar! Does this ship have a private room or something that Power Girl can use?!"
"If Access is on a case, we'll need to be quick to catch up with him," Rogue noted to Jarvis. "I'm also sure Mr. Stark would like to know that Power Girl is safe and sound after what happened last night."
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"Hey, I'm not crippled or anything, you know," came Power Girl's voice from the cloaked bio-ship's open landing ramp. The blonde, a faint smirk on her lips, headed down a little slower than one might expect, one hand still keeping the front of Rogue's borrowed jacket closed. "I can go get my gear myself. It's still in one of the guest rooms, right Jarvis?" she asked the android.
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Screw the Lion!
"We gotta stop by the hotel to pick up my jetpack!" Rocket said as he walked outside, if only to do some stretches. "Out of curiosity Jarvis, did Access say why he wanted to talk with Tony?" the raccoon asked the robot.
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Stark Manor
Darwin clapped his hands together as he trotted behind the group, a matching expression of total seriousness on his face. "I'm just here to steal more of Iron Man's Oreo-O's.
"I swear to God, I leave it lying around and it's gone the next day.
"But, uh, pertinent question. Access was here with... Question? Who dat? Something up?"
Toa of Anarchy
Looking out the window, Kate might have been instantly struck with a sense of vertigo. The walls and windows going down were almost a completely smooth surface, leaving little to prevent a 35-storey drop with nothing but a couple of trees, some shrubbery, and the LED ticker-tape circling the building to come between her and the concrete pavement.
"Long way down?" coughed Edge, massaging his adam's apple. "You know what, I've changed my mind. Why don't you stick around a little while? Have a chat with me and the fellas, you know?"
"Right this way, Ms Power Girl." Jarvis graciously gestured to invite PG in. "I'll be sure to let Sir know that you've made a full recovery."
As the heroes were escorted to the door, Rocket and Darwin asked about the three sleuths. "Mister Access stated that he and his group were on a personal investigation, but an important mission nonetheless. He was inquiring after the Hellfire Club."
In Tony's workshop, the intercom came on with a message from Jarvis. "Sir, Misters Access and Question and Miss Dodds are here to see you. On a side note, Miss Power Girl is visiting Stark Manor, and seems as right as rain."
Screw the Lion!
"The Hellfire Club? Now there's something that's worth looking into!" Rocket said, having legitimate enthusiasm. "I was actually investigating a little bit on them whenever I had free time!"
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Studio
Kate pulled her head back from the window. "Is this going to be the kind of chat where I get punched a lot?"
She glanced out the window and tried to judge the distance to the LED ticker and its sturdiness.
STARK Manor
Darwin turned to Rocket, watching for his reaction with a placid expression on his face. When he noted the Racoon's excitement, he nodded his head.
"So do we wanna go help with that or... what else do we have on the itinerary? There's the split with the Morlocks, the fake mutants- fake mutants, right? -that showed up at the gala- gala?- gala, I heard about these serial killers showing up, is that a thing?, there's whatever the hell is up with the new girl who tried to kill Big L. Anything else I'm missing?"
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Bio-Ship
Megan exited the ship after everyone had left, letting her cape cover her frame. "Uhm." She muttered, idly scratching a cheek. "I'm going to have to say... no? There's something in the back of the Bio-Ship, but I've never looked there. And I think it might not be a good idea to look into it right now. Wouldn't want to unleash anything bad on Mr. Stark's backyard!"
When she passed by Jarvis, Megan didn't hold herself back, promptly launching into a full blown hug for the butler. Pleasantries done, she turned her attention to Darwin. "Big L?" She asked out loud, almost one hundred percent sure it was just Darwin's way of referring. Darwin's way... That reminded her of something. "Well... we could visit Dr. Fate. You know, for that thing we talked about?" She said, lowering her voice in an attempt to sound sneaky.
"Right, it'd be good to know how well that works out too, I suppose," Darwin said, waving a hand idly. "And I met Lex Luthor. He has a big L on whatever building is his, right? That seems like the type of thing he would do."
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Power Girl nodded a silent thanks to Jarvis. "You know guys, I'm starting to feel kind of guilty about possibly leaving New York, even for a while, while all this - well, workload - is piling up around us," she said to the others, heading up the short flight of stairs to the manor doors. "I mean, I want to confirm this whole... thing with me, yeah, but - "
The blonde lifted her shoulders to take another deep breath, and the telltale sound of another creak from under her borrowed jacket quickly made her stop halfway. "- but that can probably wait I should go change now before I burst out of this thing be right back." Deep red was visible on her cheeks as she turned around and shuffled inside faster, soon turning a corner and out of view.
True to form, Jarvis did not bat an eye at Power Girl's little predicament, instead turning to the others with a warm smile. "Would any of you like some refreshments?"
"Mr. Stark will be out shortly," JARVIS spoke to Access and his entourage, the AI's voice echoing through the rather quiet penthouse. It took a few minutes, but soon a wall panel off to one side audibly clicked, sliding outward and to the side. Tony emerged, clad in his typical-as-of-late choice of white tank top, slacks, and loafers. The arc reactor in his chest glowed faintly, and one of his hands had a glass filled with an unknown greenish sludge.
"Man, I feel like I'm back running the company, what with all these things popping up for... for us to handle," he remarked, heading over to the standing bar. "Well make yourselves comfortable, lotsa couches - JARVIS, get a link running to the manor, will you?"
"At once, Sir." While Tony took a big gulp out of his strange drink, a flatscreen monitor slid out of a hidden alcove, powering on and displaying Stark Manor's main hall from a hidden ground-level camera as those there filed in. He did catch sight of a certain blonde heading up the stairs in one corner, and he couldn't help but sigh very, very deeply in obvious relief.
edited 23rd Aug '16 9:49:53 PM by Demovere
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Vampire Hunter
Rogue, Stark Manor
"They are fake mutants," Rogue pointed out to Darwin. "And wow, that's a lot of things that we have to deal with."
"Hey, Access!" Rogue activated the Justice Avengers communicator to talk with Access, "Rogue here... Me, Rocket, Darwin, Miss Martian, Superman, and Power Girl are over at Stark Manor... We are retrieving Power Girl's costume."
"Power Girl's up and about," Rogue added for Access's benefit. "So what's this Hellfire Club business about?"
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Freelance Worrywart
—Stark Tower—
Wesleigh shrugged off her jacket and looked at Axel as his comm chirruped. She still didn't have a communicator of her own. It had almost been non-stop movement since she got back to the Wake, one more thing on the to-do list.
She drifted over towards the bar, looking at the camera feed to the manor. She recognised a few faces from the ball, particularly Power Girl, the poor woman that had suffered the brunt of Luthor's mercenary platoon. She stopped by the bar.
"Know much about Hellfire yourself, Tony?" she asked, still looking at the manor feed.
"Rarefied circles and all that."
Screw the Lion!
"You should see my to-do list," Rocket quietly said in response to having stuff to deal with. "Just some bacon if you can manage," the raccoon asked.
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Toa of Anarchy
"Could be, could be not," said Edge, taking a step or two closer. "Still, unless you've got some kind of arrow to slow your descent, then I'm betting the other option is gonna be far more brutal. So what do you say?
On the one hand, the ticker tape looked pretty securely connected to the wall, and on closer inspection there were about a hundred window ledges straight down to grab hold of. On the other hand, the distance to ground floor would be almost lethal if one wrong move was made. Looking around, there was a relatively shorter drop, that being a smaller office block jutting out of the corner of the building about twenty feet right, and fifty feet down.
Studio
"Why, Morgan," Kate said, slipping her bow over her shoulder, "you know just how to make a girl feel special. But, I'm afraid I'll have to decline."
And with that, Kate jumped out of the window and onto the nearest ledge, keeping one hand on the window for balance. She let go and slowly made her way towards the office block, inch by inch.
Paige nodded at the Professor's suggestion of a tour. "You're right, I don't have to decide everything today. And I've likely made enough of a fool of myself for the time being." She smiled. The young woman got up and walked to the door, then turned and looked back at Xavier. "Even if I'm terrible at being a mutant, I promise I'll be as good a student as anyone here. And I'll keep an eye on Sam." She opened the door to the Professor's study and walked out with a final wave.
Stark Manor
"OK then" Access said. "Shall we go? Jarvis, please let Mr. Stark know we are coming."
The young hero then waited a few moments to give Jarvis the chance to contact Stark.
"OK, he should be forewarned by now" he told Question and Sandman. "Get ready again for teleportation. Here we go!"
-*POP*
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-*POP*
The three of them appeared in Stark Tower, in the penthouse.
"Hello, we are here. Jarvis? Stark? Anybody?"