Seanna sat Denis down in the jet. "I taught out there for about a year. I could try to remember my way around if you want a tour, but I can't make any promises." That was about 2 years ago. She was born and went to school in Maine, but she moved when she got a job offer in Lorain. "Where exactly is the lab?"
"It's why I'm here, I think" Spider-Girl said cautiously. Flying was not at all as exciting as everyone had said it would be. It was not really any different from web slinging. She unstrapped herself and jumped up to crouch in her seat "I'm so excited I could end up climbing these walls" She said, only to a second later crawling up the side of the interior wall of the X-Jet, smirking behind her mask. She crawled across the roof and stopped above Santo "You're awfully cute for a rock, Rocky. Too bad you think with your ... " She paused and crawled down the wall some to get closer, simply to have a better view of his legs "Fists ... How do you pee?"
Santo smiled when she called him cute for a rock, he knew he stunning good looks were noticeable even behind the rocky exterior. He watched her crawl down the wall and stare down at his crotch, he smirked as she soon asked a question he was surprised wasn't asked more often. Although he didn't know how it actually worked he knew what happened he just assumed it could be explained by what beast said about him. "Well when I have to pee, or get in a certain mood. It just appears, made out of some smooth marble like substance. If you want to see I can bring it out, although i'm not sure the others would appreciate it." Tonight seemed to be made for him, they get to go on some mission and the new girl thinks hes cute.
"Afraid I'm a little more into ... organic ... stuff. You should see someone about those cracks of yours. Back home, we had an excellent elemental master. Oh the wonders he could do to you" She said and stood straight out on the wall and ran her index finger over a crack Santo had along his shoulder "Then again ... organic people are not always everything they are ... cracked up to be" She said with a snicker and as if gravity did not rule her, she jumped from the wall and landed on her feet on the floor at the middle of the X-Jet.
Originally posted by Q'Anilia
"Ants, all of you. Pathetic little insects. Monsters, that is what you are. How can you not see?" They could not hear her, for she levitated almost ten thousand feet up in the sky. Yet she could feel each and every one of them. She felt everything, if she only tried to. In a white negligee, dirty and worn did Malice, Rose Red look down on the sad human race. How could they be so blind, so ignorant. Maybe they just does not care, maybe they expect others to deal with their problems. No, that could not be it. Others had tried, but was rejected, hated. Because they were different. Humans. She hated them. She hated them all.
She floated around in the sky, circling the little land known as Japan. So many people, so little room. What a point of initiation.She hated them so. Why could they not understand. Why did they have to be such racists. Why so selfish. Malice would unite every living being on this planet, or destroy them trying. They needed to realize how much they needed mutants, how badly they needed help "Whimpering little creatures. May the devil take your souls"
It was so beautiful to see his creation work so beautifully, she was near perfect. Malice was almost the greatest telekinetic he's ever seen. She was sure confident in her powers, she truly believed that the world she looked down upon were ants. Did that make her God, or just an ant with a higher vantage point? An ominous voice echoed through her mind and although it has been so long since that fateful day, it would always be a voice that she'd never ever forget. *How beautiful, you want them all to share your same fate my lovely Rose.* He couldn't be seen, he had no physical body at the moment but the fact that she could hear him at such high altitude should be enough reason to catch her attention.
"Your voice should anger me, fiend. Your words should have me hate. Yet, I feel only benumbed. I am no fool, you devil. I see your face every night, I hear your voice every night. I see your face when I close my eyes, I hate you so, yet I have only two questions for you. Who are you? Why me?" She sensed his words. She closed her eyes and breathed in frustration. Her voice was calm when she spoke, yet stuffed full with hate and anger. It was as if she spoke via emotions, rather than by using her mouth. Yet, it moved as if it was the mouth of any other ant.
In the distance, far in the distance ahead of her, an airplane came her way. A fine Boeing 747. A magnificent aircraft. And an annoyance. She stared at the airplane for a moment, waited a few seconds and then witnessed how the wings simply snapped. Parted from the airplane. She looked down as it fell towards the ground "There is only hate, demon. Ten years of hate. Just hate" She said. Rose Red wanted to cry, but Malice was cold as ice. The tears froze before they even left her body.
Santo sighed as she said she wanted something more organic, although it was no surprise to him. That notion wouldn't stop him though since he always would try to flirt anyway with women of all kinds. His face lit up again when she spoke about how they aren't all they are cracked up to be. He shook his head when he got the joke. "That was lame" he said as he raised his legs up putting them on the seat infront of him and waited for it to be time to leave the jet and go talk to this human.
April crawled up at the back of Santo's seat and sat just above him, at the top of the back of his chair. She leaned slightly over his head and looked at him somewhat upside down "So stones do have feelings. That's centuries of legitimate science out the window. Maybe there is hope for you after all" She said and tenderly patted him on the head. She jumped and turned, landing on the roof on all four, hands and feet attached to it. She crawled forward towards the front of the jet "I hope it's time for extraction soon. I fear Mr. Balboa is growing bored. Did my best, but he's just not my crowd"
Originally posted by DangerousBeauty
Seanna sat Denis down in the jet. "I taught out there for about a year. I could try to remember my way around if you want a tour, but I can't make any promises." That was about 2 years ago. She was born and went to school in Maine, but she moved when she got a job offer in Lorain. "Where exactly is the lab?"
"You've worked here before? That's great news my dear. Does the name Archibald Stevens ring a bell to you? How is the security of this place?" Already Seanna was proving her usefulness to the team, unlike a certain teenager who was trying to hit on someone from the future, however he couldn't give him that reason to stop flirting around with her so he gave him something to do. "Hey kid, I know you of all people have a cellphone, let me see it real quick." [i]He landed the ship on the roof of the building, turned the engines off and cloaked the jet. He was about to get up but there was yet another accident happening around the world, there was a 747 that lost it's wings and it's divebombing into the ground. Nate grabbed the plane and safely carried it to the nearest airport. Those lives would not be lost while Nate was around. *Now I think a better question to ask first is, what was that and who did it? How was he able to save a life that you could've sworn you took? In short, it's time for you to live up your other end of the deal my malicious Rose.*
Malice roared furiously as she watched the aircraft saved in its fall "It is all well" She said calmly as the airplane was then compressed into a cube. Yet, the dark voice was right. That was someones doing and that someone had powers that seemed to rival her own. She started turning her head and slowly moved around in the air, trying to locate the origin of the save. She looked over her shoulder then "Where is he. Let his fall be the beginning of the end. Humanity will pay for his heroism" Malice looked up in the sky and at great speed flew even higher up into the air, almost to the border of the atmosphere "Tell me, demon. Tell me what I want to know. I have given you delight. I have given you hate. Give me his name and place. And give me yours. I have earned your name"
Santo did have a cellphone although he wondered who Cable had to call, he reached in his pocket and grabbed it. He pulled it out and got up from his seat, he walked over to Cable and held the phone out towards him. "Yea here you go." He hoped the phone call was quick so they could get this show on the road. He wanted to go beat up some humans to show how awesome mutants really are. So he just waited the whole time staring at Spider-girl, he wondered what she looked like under that suit.
"His name is Nathaniel Christopher Summers, also known as Cable. He's a mutant and I've cured him of his disease so that he may do what you are unable to do which is save everyone. He's not bitter and filled with hate like you. He's not selfish like you. Your parents were as good as dead, I gave you a brief moment with them alive and kicking and how do you repay me? A decade of hatred, hatred towards me, the reason why you breathe. I protected you from that crash, not God or any angel! As for who I am, the title demon doesn't quite suffice. You may call me...* He forced her down to the ground and his mouth head formed behind her and an echoing growl of a whisper rang through her skull. "Mephi...stopheles...."
The scenery changed around them and she was in Hell, well her mind was. At the time her body was completely comatose but it was safe from any would be attackers. What stood before her was two demonic crosses with that were occupied by her parent's souls that were burning for the rest of eternity. They saw their daughter and called out her name. "I will set their souls free from my torment forever if you trade me the price of every last soul on the place you call Earth. You can achieve this by finding the mutant known as Cable. Don't get too hasty my delicate Rose. He'll kill you right now if you fight him unprepared, he'll kill you regardless but if you stalk him and learn a bit about him then maybe you'll make this battle look more entertaining for me. Can you do this?"
Rose shuddered at the name. It did not surprise her though, nor did his speech about saving her from the accident. She stared at her parents intently where they hanged. Tears ran down her cheeks, yet she remained calm, focused "You request genocide and destruction, and a battle against this Cable? Consider it done. Should I succeed, they do not deserve to live anyway. Keep your end of the deal and I will keep mine" She looked around, seeking a way out "I am no fool, Mephistopheles. I do not go unprepared. Not anymore. Now remove me from this Hell. It is not my time just yet"
Spider-Girl stood straight on the roof of the yet and looked from an upside down position at Santo "You should take a picture. It last longer" She said and placed her hands behind her head. She looked then at Cable. For what reason did he need a cellphone. He was like a super telepath. She looked back at Santo "Can I help you, Rocky?"
Santo scratched his head lightly, the friction making a loud scraping noise. He looked away but since he had no iris or pupils it was hard to tell what exactly he was looking at. After a brief second he looked directly at her once more "actually yea, I was wondered what you looked like under the mask." he doubted that she would take it off, but there was no harm in asking. Unless of course she randomly got defensive and attacked him.
"I'm a redhead. Do what you want with that information" She said and jumped, flipped and landed sitting in one of the available chairs. She looked briefly at Cable as he worked with the phone, before looking back at Santo "Do you have a catchphrase, Rocky? I mean like 'It's clobbering time' or 'Rockslide smash'?" She asked then and tilted her head at him. It felt as if most weird guys did "Go, go Rockslide fist" She mumbled quietly to herself, trying to feign her voice according to each reference "Rock-on" She then paused and looked up at the roof "You seem like a guy with a catchphrase"
Santo knew she wouldn't take off the mask so soon, he would have to try again later. He glanced back at Cable to see what he was doing with the phone before thinking about the question. Truth be told he always wanted a catch phrase but could never think of a good one. "Actually i wanted one, and I've tried out all of those and many more. Now I'm thinking I might just be too awesome for a catch phrase, just come in there all silent like and punch the bad guys in the face. Because that's just how I roll" he nodded his head
Nate used his cellphone to call Professor Stevens, who's number he received from the sisters. He spoke towards Santo and April who was allowig herself to get too close to people in the past while the phone rung. "You don't think you're getting a little too close to old people now? I'm not trying to be nosy, Uncle Nate is just trying to protect everyone and you don't really want to have an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a close friend. You know it makes it that much harder to fight them the moment they're ordered to attack you."
Back in Hell Mephisto continued listening to Rose, her dedication and conviction was strong. She knew what she wanted to do and if she played her cards right then success wouldn't be too far behind her. "I know you aren't weak anymore my darling. I've made you strong, I've made you the efficient killer you are today. Now go and bring me my souls. I'll see you in your dreams again tonight." He allowed her to wake up back on the ground where he left her. The Devil sat back on his throne and watched from her eyes the start of the search for Cable.
Meanwhile once everyone was on the ship they began to take off. Gladiator ordered them to leave and Scott knew that Terrax and Vulcan were no match for Gladiator as long as he remained confident. Gladiator was too fast for Terrax, he appeared right behind him and shot his heat vision in the back of his head. "That is twice you have tried to harm the Praetor of the Imperial Guard, I hereby sentence you to death herald of Galactus."
Vulcan was still recovering from his wounds, he was far from down and nowhere near being out but he looked at Emma the betrayer and decided to address her. "So your name is Emma? I love how you work, and you're smart enough to ditch the X-Men. Would you like to join us?"
"Emma Frost, but I answer best to White Queen. Given my current options, I can not see any better choice than to join you. You seem cerebral enough" Emma said and looked at him. She looked at Gladiator then "Although I am but a bug in the face of Gladiator. I hope you two know what you are doing" She assessed. She looked at the X-Men as they fled the scene, shaking her head. How swiftly they lost faith in Emma, even Scott. Fortunately for all of them, she was in her Diamond form, or their distrust would probably anger her. Although this showed just how far ahead the group thought. What a sad crowd of heroes.
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Tempo lifted her head. He was here now, and it was time to move. If she waited any longer, things could end up very badly. With a yellow blur, she raced from her position and jumped, took flight and focused her gaze on Gladiator as she neared the battle. Flying over their heads, she targeted Gladiator with her powers, took a deep breath and began channeling, slowing him down ** It is time for a change of pace, champion ** She thought to herself and stared at him.