Tony, meanwhile, was busy with his private vault. Once he eventually returned home, there would be at least two callers on hold.
On the other end of the phone, a woman with red hair sat at her desk in the office of the Vice Principal. As Storm went on, she ticked the various boxes listed on the many pages in front of her, and mused to herself how Ororo could be quite talkative for such a quiet young girl. Her mind wandered for a moment, then her mind picked up a coffee mug and brought it to her lips.
"It sounds like you've been having a very active day, Ms Munroe. And I'm sure Mr Summers would be very curious to know if you managed all this from District X, where you were meant to visit." She said this in a wry, humorous tone.
edited 20th Jul '12 12:05:03 PM by LizardOfAus
And a Strange Figure Emerges.As she was about to enter, Anna Marie turned to see Blue Beetle behind her.
"Oh, umm, Blue Beetle... I thought ya were going to bury that, err... alien beetle thing," Anna Marie said. She didn't see it on his person, so he might've actually done so.
Anna Marie looked off to the side. From Blue Beetle's reaction to it, it was likely the same species as the alien that has bonded with him. She wondered if she should ask about the connection. After all, Rocket said that it was very dangerous.
Wizard Needs Food BadlyThe Blue beetle gave a solemn nod.
"I gave him a viking funeral. I sent him into the sun."
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!"Err, huh..." Anna Marie was surprised. She figured she ought to ask. "So... what's preventing ya from being like whoever wore that?"
"That and your alien must be the same species..." Anna Marie asked Blue Beetle. "...right?"
edited 20th Jul '12 1:32:50 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Yea, yea they are the same species. You see, a long time ago my little buddy here got horribly damaged, too damaged to fully take me over. It also really screwed up his memory. We became friends and I am currently trying to teach him morality, free-will, how to be a good person and all that stuff. It is going surprisingly well."
What do you mean, "surprisingly well"?
"Well I'm sorry that I was surprised that the voice in my head that kept telling me to kill things turned out to be a good person."
edited 20th Jul '12 1:40:42 PM by luckybreak91
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!"Uh, I ain't sure saying that in public is a good idea, Blue Beetle," Anna Marie replied to Blue Beetle, not being able to hear the scarab. "So... ya have any reason to, er, come here?"
Wizard Needs Food BadlyBlue Beetle quickly thought up an excuse for why he came here, figuring that she might get offended if he said he wanted to make sure she got home safe.
"I wanted to see how you both were dealing with all this alien stuff, it's not exactly something most people are used to dealing with. I also figured that now would be as good a time as any to take a look at the academy, and thought that I might as well ask Storm to show me the way. Do you want to come?"
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!Tony, once he was allowed into the bank, had been lead down a couple levels to a large vault, looking as though it could have survived a missile blast. He had a strange key to allow himself in, and after shooing away the bank escort, he vanished into the vault.
It was probably three hours before he finally emerged, sans the metal suitcase he had been carrying, sauntering his way out as though he owned the place (did he? Honest-to-God, he couldn't remember half the shit he owned in this town) and back to his car, making his way rather happily back to the Stark Tower. Workplace, home, laboratory, he would never leave it if he didn't have to. Though at least for now, it seemed Pepper was doing a fine job as a CEO and for the most part, he was only needed to nod yes or sign whatever paper she shoved under his nose, and he kept busy with research and development. It really worked out best that way.
Of course, she still would fling things in his direction just to annoy him, so seeing the two blinking lights on his phone was just one more thing in the day. He grumbled a bit, thinking over just ignoring them, but finally sat down and lifted the cell, tapping a couple of buttons and picking up the first call.
"Stark."
Easing back into life one step at a time"Well, I was going to think on it for a while," Anna Marie replied to Blue Beetle's question. "The academy sounds interesting, but I ain't sure if I should go there out of the blue."
"I don't really care much for the alien stuff, though," Anna Marie shrugged and looked nervous. She had wanted to avoid contact people, but everyone and everything kept coming to her, since the robbery.
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Uh, hello, Mr Stark! It's Reed! ...Richards. Reed Richards."
The nervous voice on the end of the phone was, of course, Dr Reed Richards Ph.D. He was already well known for his bold theory that mutations found in 'metahumans' were caused by cosmic radiation, and had announced he would undertake a voyage into deep space to prove it.
The first time he'd called Tony was about a week ago. The government had made the slightest statement about cancelling the project, and a panicked Richards had immediately started asking around for extra funding. Now, had Tony supplied some of said funding?
And a Strange Figure Emerges."Richards! I was just thinking about you." Tony rolled his eyes vaguely, drawing up a screen from his desk and pulling up some emails, casually flicking away some of them as worthless drivel, about half-paying attention to the call. "Did you get the wire transfer? Wasn't too hard to convince the board that it might be a good idea to get in on the ground floor of your research."
Easing back into life one step at a time"You're right, I should probably call first."
The Blue Beetle extended his hand for a handshake.
"See you later."
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!Anna Marie thought for a moment and decided to shake his hand. After all, he was completely covered up by the alien symbiote.
"See ya," Anna Marie smiled a bit.
edited 20th Jul '12 3:17:33 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly"Huh. Well, I guess you have a point there. But, uh, sure, all right, I'd love a front row seat. Just send me the when and where and I'll be there. Don't be surprised if I bring a date, though. Chicks dig rockets." Tony grinned a bit, still idly going through things on his computer, tossing aside messages and emails with barely a second look. "Just don't bring any little green men back with you when you come back down, all right?"
Easing back into life one step at a time"Just Another Really Very Intelligent System, that's my JARVIS." Tony chuckled, the tone darn near sounding affectionate as he spoke of the computer. "You like the specs? He's still got a few quirks, like this sarcastic tone I think he learned from me, but overall, he's pretty much the best thing I've ever created, in my personal opinion." He paused a moment. "Well...second-best."
The screen in front of him flickered a bit, as though in a warning, and he practically patted at it, grinning mischievously as he did so.
Easing back into life one step at a time"Hmm. Tell you what, give me first look on any weird tech breakthroughs you might happen to make with your space project, and I'll send you the basic version of his software to work from. You can't have JARVIS, he's my pet computer, but you can add your own personality software and any special qualifications to it and name it whatever you want, and it should be just as functional and possibly less British."
Easing back into life one step at a timeAs Rogue smiled at him and shook his hand, Jaime gave a big smile and under his armor a blush came over his face.
Warning temperature rising.
Wow. She is really pretty when she smiles.
Distracted by Rogue's smile, he held her hand for a couple seconds longer than he should have before he let go.
"See you later."
After saying goodbye one more time, Jaime flew off into the rest of the city.
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!

Before leaving the raccoon's residence, Jaime and Khaji Da took a moment to read through and memorize the paper Storm gave them. When they were done he left the paper on the table, said goodbye to everyone, and flew into space. He flew farther and stared upon the sun, where he promptly threw the dead scarab. With the funeral done, the Blue Beetle flew back to Earth and decided he should check to see if Storm and Rogue got home properly. Using his ability of being able to track down anyone he has met previously, he caught up with Rogue and Storm right when Storm flew away.
Tv Tropes Powers. Activate!!!!!