Tony glanced at Rogue, then at the battered shield in her hand. "Huh. So that's where the old man was keepin' those old things. Hey, like I said, whatever you guys need. I can always build new prototypes. And...rocket to the gut? Holy crap." He looked to Power Girl. "You kick ass."
Now he shifted his attention to Storm. "Yeah, you're a terrible liar, kid. We'll figure this all out, okay? Right now we have this...mess to clean up, but after that, we'll figure this out, I promise. And Tony Stark keeps his promises." Tony straightened back up, getting to his feet, then approached Storm, holding out his unarmored arm to her, offering her a hand.
Easing back into life one step at a time"My first time, too," Power Girl said, flashing a grin and thumbs-up at Tony - then doubling over with a wince at the pain that movement caused.
Rogue noticed Power Girl and went to her side. Rogue was somewhat worried about both Storm and Power Girl.
"We oughta take ya in to the— Oh, that might be a problem," With all the talk of secret identities, Rogue remembered that no one knew who Power Girl was or was supposed to know. "If we take Power Girl to the hospital, they might find out who she really is... Storm, too."
Rogue frowned a bit at this, since they needed a medical doctor who they could trust.
edited 29th Sep '12 11:34:21 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Not like they can do anything for me, anyway," Power Girl said to Rogue. "Thick-skinned, remember? Just give me... oh, I don't know, an hour or something."
As if on cue, another explosion in the very distance flared, causing the officers in the area to tense up. Thankfully, none of the mercenaries seemed to be approaching the cordoned-off city block... yet. "Or not. Give me 10 minutes or so, then; I heal pretty fast, and that should be enough for me to at least get up and fight."
edited 29th Sep '12 11:42:07 PM by Demovere
Storm glared at Tony, sparing a brief and impressed glance at Power Girl before trying to focus her attention on the older man.
After a few minutes of annoyance and something that looked strangely like fear fought across her face, her expression crumpled and she grabbed his hand, looking for a second like she was about to try and pull him into a hug.
But she didn't.
Avatar from http://x0whitelily0x.livejournal.com/7486.htmlTony smiled as much as he could, squeezing her hand slightly, then reaching out with his other hand and carefully putting it on her shoulder...not quite a hug, but a reassuring gesture nonetheless...
...and then there was an explosion somewhere in the distance.
"Okay...that'd be my cue." Tony nodded once more to Storm, then pulled away, the faceplate on his armor sliding closed. "All right, listen. You girls stay safe, try to keep out of the fighting unless it comes to you. I'll help hold the line if you can protect these folks if I slip up. If you need me to come back, just signal me. And JARVIS is hooked into the communicators so he can help you too."
Easing back into life one step at a time"The bats! Oh God, they're everywhere! Get them off me! Help me! The bats!"
"Nigma's finally lost it," The orderly said. "Get in there and calm him down."
The guard stepped into the Riddler's cell and slowly made his way towards the madman, who was sobbing in the corner under the window.
As the guard got closer, Riddler heard the sound of handcuffs.
Perfect.
The Riddler turned around and threw the paper ball that used to be the crossword at the guard's face and distracted him. He then kicked the unfortunate guard in the stomach and smashed his head into the window, breaking it. He finished off by quickly handcuffing the stunned man with his own handcuffs and holding a shard of broken glass to his throat.
"Open the door," Riddler said to the shocked orderly. "Now."
edited 30th Sep '12 3:44:00 AM by PurpleDalek
"you drive," Jack said to Question, "I'll call in. I'm betting they could use some good news." He got on the communicator and said, "Good news, I'm with Question and we have Joker in custody and are bringing him to the cops. Question was shot but seems to be minor. Some bad news, Sandman got shot too and is missing. Has anyone seen him?"
Trump delenda estD'aww.
Storm nodded once, a tiny but genuine smile making its way onto her face at the gesture. She glanced over at Rogue and Power Girl.
"Got it," was all she said.
Would it make sense for Storm to have been taught martial arts at the Academy?
Avatar from http://x0whitelily0x.livejournal.com/7486.htmlDanger Room? Probably, heh.
Tony nodded again, and the repulsors in his boots fired, and he was in the air and shooting off in a hurry, going to rejoin the fight.
"By the way, that was a little unintentionally chauvinistic of me," his voice abruptly came back through the communicator. "Didn't mean to imply anything with that 'get behind me girls' bullshit. Trust me, if one of you ladies could fly this tin can safely, I would happily let you." His voice was relatively light, trying to joke a bit with Storm, apparently.
Easing back into life one step at a timeStorm snorted. Apparently she was starting to recover; her response of
"Right, like the first time I rescued you from your own idiocy?"
had almost the usual levels of good-natured scorn in it.
Turning to address Rogue and Power Girl, she added,
"Also, I know a little bit of martial arts, so I'm not completely useless, unlike I...have been for the past, what, ten minutes?"
A brief shadow passed across her face despite her self-deprecating tone.
edited 30th Sep '12 10:24:00 AM by IchigoNeko
Avatar from http://x0whitelily0x.livejournal.com/7486.htmlAfter the cell door was opened, Riddler slowly advanced towards the orderly whilst using the guard as a human shield.
"Chameleon. Where's he being held?" Riddler asked.
"Cell Block D," The terrified orderly answered.
Riddler quickly slit the guard's throat and then hacked at the orderly's throat with the shard of glass. He then dressed himself in the guard's clothes, stuffed his victims' bodies in the closet opposite his former cell and walked off down the hall, taking extra care to hide his face with the guard's hat and sunglasses.
There was a definite grin evident in Tony's voice when he replied after Storm spoke to the others.
"Now, technically, the first time you rescued me, that wasn't my fault. I was just going to a board meeting when Whippet jumped me. ...I'll give you the second time, though, that...that was on me, yeah, I admit that. No more drunk flying, definitely. You know...for the rest of today."
The women would hear another boom in the distance, before Tony spoke again in a slightly chagrined voice. "Ohhh, I hope that wasn't something important. My checkbook is going to take a beating after this."
Easing back into life one step at a timeRocket continued to bob and weave in the air, dodging bullets coming from both the mooks below and the snipers perched nearby while firing his laser pistols on them. It was them Tony showed. "Great timing here T - Iron Man!" Rocket said. "There's snipers around here, can you take them out for me?" the raccoon asked.
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!Tony looked away from whatever vehicle it was he'd just blown up, laughing a bit. "Rocket, my very favorite space raccoon, glad to see you're still kicking around too! Snipers? Hell yeah, so it's perfectly justified to shove repulsors down their throats."
Iron Man was in the air within a couple seconds, flying a bit on his side to keep his uncovered arm protected, but the awkward angle didn't seem to stop him from going up and around at a fast clip, blasting along rooftops, blasting at any crouching morons or hidden dumbasses he could find. "You know what, I think I'm starting to like beating up bad guys."
Easing back into life one step at a timeStorm snickered.
"I bet the first one was your fault, too. Somehow. And next time you go drunk-flying and crash, see if I rescue you then. ...Idiot," she added for good measure.
"Don't get shot~!" she finished, almost cheerfully, before letting him get back to work.
edited 30th Sep '12 10:50:30 AM by IchigoNeko
Avatar from http://x0whitelily0x.livejournal.com/7486.htmlBane's base
An Intruder?...
Bane had heard of Batman before, Batman had got himself tangled with the Joker a couple of weeks before in a bank robery or other- in was not unlikely that Batman would join in to resist his war but the thought of Baman coming straight for Him had not yet occured.
Just to be sure Bane gave the order that some of the armed men with him right now scour the operations centre for intruders- to be truthful Bane himself did not expect too much, this showed in the rather confused expressions on the men who were doing the scouring- this was going to be a piece of cake for Batman as these people had no idea what they were searching for or what they were up against.
"The Joker-THE JOKER?? I threw that motherfucker off the top of the Empire State Building, how the hell is he still alive-??" There was a pause and the sound of a throat clearing. "Um, I mean, oh, the Joker. Uh. Yeah, I might have something that would hold him, but, um, I'd rather not put him in a building with weapons if at all possible."
Easing back into life one step at a time

"Power Girl took a rocket to the gut!" Rogue stated... It would be obvious from the taser baton and the prototype shield that Rogue and Pixie had raided his father's stash of weaponry, and that, the shield, at least, had seen its share of combat. "Er, ya don't mind us borrowin' your stuff?"
"Um, Storm sprained her ankle because the depowerin' pulse caught her in mid-flight," Rogue looked depressed. "The rest of us are fine, though Storm, Sunspot, and I are without any powers."
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