"That is a lot of bad news ..."
Jaime put his hand on Rogues shoulder and smiled gently, focused almost entirely on her.
"but it's to early to throw in the towel. This is nothing we can't take care of."
He turned his head to speak to the rest of the group.
"That last part sounds the most dangerous, but I think I have an idea. Are Rocket and Tony inside?"
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!"I'll go with Ryder and Question over to the studio," Rocket said. "I got my own ride, so I'll probably be over there first."
And finally Blue Beetle, Storm, and the other people from the Xavier institute arrived. "And finally our heaviest hitting ace in the hole arrives!" Rocket said, looking very pleased. He he looked over at the academy student. "And you lot must be from that fancy school we've been hearing about, right? Pleased to meet ya, name's Rocket Raccoon, professional bounty hunter and mercenary. We need a quick rundown of names and abilities so we know how you guys can help us with curbing this little war that's on the horizon."
At Rogue's comment. "Don't say that, lass," Rocket said. "The only way we're officially screwed is if the badguys manage to pry that Scarab off Blue's back here, and I seriously doubt that's happening any time soon!"
Finally, at Jaime's suggestion: "Wait, you have a way of helping to dilute the water when Joker starts dumping the water?" Rocket asked.
edited 16th Sep '12 5:23:00 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!He caught the keys and said "If I scratch it I will install any weapon system you want plus repairs, my friend" Then he turned to Jack said "I say we stay a minute and help organize these guys before we go"
edited 16th Sep '12 5:32:03 PM by Sanojutsu
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.Jaime smiled and put his hands together.
"Rocket, good to see ya. Now, I'm not the smartest guy around, but I know a thing or two about outer space. It is very dangerous and very weird. Also, very awesome. Their are all sorts of giant, multidimensional octopuses, freaky radiation waves, scary green lights, black holes, supernovas, evil armies, and pirates and stuff. Whatever you can imagine, its out there. So, anybody who travels the universe, like you, has to have all kinds of sensors to prevent them from accidentally flying straight in to an invisible elder god or something like that. Can you set something up or do something that will let us know if there is some sort of change to New York's water supply, like say it gets poisoned or something, the instant it happens?"
edited 16th Sep '12 6:49:01 PM by luckybreak91
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!"Thanks," Rogue smiled back at Jaime and then looked at Sandman, also smiling. "I just feel like I'm in over my head here."
"It'd probably be best if us mutants sat that one out, if possible," Rogue replied, looking at Sandman. "There's other things we could do without needlessly risking the possibility of getting that stuff in our systems."
"If we get that stuff in our system, we'll be 'cured' same as any other mutant," Rogue pointed out to those gathered there. "And no one can predict what type of cure the Joker has in mind."
edited 16th Sep '12 5:40:01 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Scary green lights?" Rocket said to Jaime. "Huh. Must be Green Lanterns then. The G Ls and the Reach have a rivalry just as bad as the Kree and the Skrulls, and an experienced ring-slinger is the only known thing that can go toe-to-toe with a single Reach agent on equal footing. But anyway, yeah, I have a couple of toxicity sensors, but I don't think they're powerful enough to cover all of New York City so instantaneously. If I give you one, are you and Tony able to work out a way to jack up the power and sensitivity of it?" Rocket asked.
edited 16th Sep '12 7:21:23 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!Megan nodded and greeted Ms. Grey when she walked up with another one of the students she has seen around. She flapped her wings as she group took off and started flying. Megan followed behind Ororo since she seemed to know where she was going. Megan slowly started to grow a large smile as they flew through the air. This was as fun as she'd imagined. The sense of freedom alone was enough to lighten her mood.
Soon enough it seems like they had arrived, flying down towards a expensive looking place. Megan lowered down with Ororo and the others, but remained floating above the ground. A group came up to greet them and a person wearing blue armor that arrived at the same time as them. She blinked in confusion as people seemed to be calling Ororo by a nickname, Storm. Blue Beetle, Rogue, Magma, Question; everyone seemed to have a codename or something. Her confusion only multiplied as a talking raccoon wearing clothes walked up. She was completely dumbfounded by what was going on.
Jaime shook his head slowly.
"Seriously, no one else runs into those things? That's ... I suppose its for the best, but its sort of annoying. I usually run whenever alien armies start shooting at me. I cant really think of a way to stop them without killing them, and I figure my rep is bad enough they probably think there just defending themselves. I think me and Tony should be able to figure something out, if we have any trouble well just make Reed Richards help."
edited 16th Sep '12 6:20:49 PM by luckybreak91
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!Tony had been quietly listening to the conversations about the situation all this time, all the while just steadily working over his pot of coffee, having actually finished the thing off within a few minutes...apparently, alcohol wasn't his only liquid vice. Finally, after some decisions had been made, and people were starting to move, he reached into the pocket of his slacks, taking out a slim, clear bit of plastic, tapping it and causing it to light up like some sort of tiny PDA, and began tapping at it, a faint smirk coming to his face as he did so.
"You guys give me a few minutes...I'm coding you in."
Easing back into life one step at a time"Sugah, no one else has a alien beetle from ancient Egypt that could crack the world embedded in their spines," Rogue pointed out to Jaime. "The Scarab and the Raccoon are the only two aliens we know of."
edited 16th Sep '12 6:52:50 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlyTony just kept tapping. "Stark Tower and this mansion aren't the only places I have in this city, you know. I have safehouses and caches hidden all over the place. Well, technically, Howard did...the man was a child of the paranoid 40's, after all...so I'm fixing it so that the people in this room can access those spots whenever we need them. JARVIS is installing himself in all of them that he can access as we speak."
Easing back into life one step at a time"Here then," Rocket said, pulling out a long wand like device with a big red button on it and a dial on it. "This thing can tell you the exact composition of any body of water stretching out to a five mile radius,no matter the formation. Just push the button," he explained, pointing to the button. "However it needs to be recharged periodically and you have to dry out the end after every use," he said, pointing to the ball end of the rod. "Hopefully you and Stark can improve on it," he said, passing the device over to Jaime.
"And by the way, after this is over I can download some things about what's the major current events and organizations in the cosmos," Rocket offered. "There's even a few races that are so hated out there you can actually earn some very positive street cred for shooting them down on sight. May even make people forget you have a Reach Scarab on your back!"
Then Tony explained more about coding them all in: "Blimey, that's sweet!" Rocket said. "Think you can download that directly into my PDA?" he asked, typing on his PDA is get it ready.
edited 16th Sep '12 7:16:53 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!Jaime reached over and took the device.
"Thanks, I appreciate it. I've been meaning to ask you some questions about that sort of thing anyway."
He began to walk into the manor.
"Mr.Stark, do you wanna do some science? I can be your super space cyborg assistant."
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!Tony shrugged a shoulder. "If he can, he will. JARVIS, take a stab at that, will you?"
Stabbing away, sir.
Tony finally put his PDA away, straightening and popping his knuckles. "So where do we need me? Say the word, I'm good to go. Just finished a new armor and everything." He nodded to Jaime. "We need science, I can science. We need scouting, I can scout. What's the call?"
edited 16th Sep '12 7:22:54 PM by MystyGlyttyr
Easing back into life one step at a timeStorm blinked as she looked around the group of people, her mouth curving up slightly as she listened to the strategy session going on around her.
In response to Rocket's question, she gave a small nod.
"As the Beetle has said, I'm called Storm. Except for Professor Grey," she capitulated, nodding towards the older woman, "I, along with Magma, Cannonball, Sunspot, and Karma are members of a group called the New Mutants, helping to protect the city as best we can."
There was a certain amount of pride in the teen's voice as she introduced the team, giving a quick rundown of everyone's powers and finishing with,
"So where do you need us? I'm not sure what the Professor wants to do, but I'm probably decent for infiltrating, as is Magma—I'm quiet and Magma can melt through doors."
Storm smiled slightly as she caught sight of Tony in the back.
"Oh, hi Mr—Tony," she corrected herself.
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"No. We have a plan. We have tools. We have each other. Have faith, pessimism does not suit you, Miss Rogue."
Gimme yer lunch money, dweeb.The Sandman leaned back against the wall.
"Now as I see it we have a number of tasks ahead of us: We must contact Batman. We must infiltrate Big's abode. We must deal with water pollutants. We must hunt down Man-Bat and stop his uprising. And we must control the chaos and fighting amongst the Mutant and Anti-Mutant protestors. Have I missed anything out?"