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The "Heroes vs. Villains: Marvel" RPG Season II
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Michael Madrox
Genosha
On the mountain side
Michael looks up at the dim sky as he feels a drop of rain hit his arm. "Well isn't that just my luck." He and Sara quickly pick up their picnic stuff before the heavy rain can come and start to make their way down the mountain. They do not get far before the rain comes and so they take cover under a large tree that provides adequate protection. Seeing that the rain is not making its way through the leaves they set up their picnic once more.
"So what's your plans for the future?"
Michael looks up at Sara. Was this one of those trap questions girls like to get you stuck into? He simply smiles, "I plan to grow old and die with a pet duck named Boris in my lap. I will leave my belongings entirely to my left shoe and when I get to heaven I will ask God to help my cat win the lottery."
Sara throws a roll at Michael's head that he catches and takes a bight from with a goofy smile behind his chewing. He looks out into the trees as the rain falls heavy all around them and the sound is almost rythmical and oh so peacful. He listens as the rain hits the leaves and drops to the next,... he listens as the water runs down some nearby cliff and he listens to the distant rumblings of the thunder. Together it becomes a beautiful symphony of nature's own cleansing process. He then looks to Sara and holds out his hand. She smiles with a cuirous look and places her hand in his. He then stands and brings her up with him and holds her close. He then leads as they begin to silently dance under the branches of the large tree with the natural symphony surrounding them. There they remain for a long while. There is no war to think of, no responsibilities save to themselves. They simply enjoy this moment. For Sara it's a moment spent with a man that if she does not yet love she is quickly finding it. For Michael it is the absolute that his life has been claimed as his own. Up in these mountains he was upon his own cloud with his own angel there to guide him. Both secretly dream of what may one day come from them. A marraige, a family,... perhaps a little child. If it were a son Jamie would want him to be named after him,... if it were a girl Sara would want it named after her grandmother, Sandra.
The time passes and the rain continues on. The day begins to dim as dusk comes upon them. They gather their things knowing that their duties as councelmen and leaders will be calling them if they are not back soon. Jamie pulls Sara close and gently kisses her lips before they set out. They step from the shelter of the tree as he holds the blanket over their heads. They run down the hill, careful not to slip,.. and the laughter that Micahel feels escape his lips is unlike any laugh he'd ever released. But it is cut short as he has no time left to appreciate it.
"Michael! Sara!" Comes Arthur's voice. The sound surprises the two as it is much to early to be worried about them. Something must be wrong. They run toward the voice calling out where they are. Through some brush they can see Arthur as well as Marcey and Phillip. What is going on? They clear the brush and everyone then comes into view.
"What is it, what's wrong....." He stops all questioning when he sees him. The man who he left, deserted. There with his friends stands Jamie Madrox,.. his brother,.. or father.
"Michael is it?"
He isn't sure how to answer. He simply nods his head. "Yes."
Jamie nods, "Then Michael, we need to talk."
Genosha
On the mountain side
Michael looks up at the dim sky as he feels a drop of rain hit his arm. "Well isn't that just my luck." He and Sara quickly pick up their picnic stuff before the heavy rain can come and start to make their way down the mountain. They do not get far before the rain comes and so they take cover under a large tree that provides adequate protection. Seeing that the rain is not making its way through the leaves they set up their picnic once more.
"So what's your plans for the future?"
Michael looks up at Sara. Was this one of those trap questions girls like to get you stuck into? He simply smiles, "I plan to grow old and die with a pet duck named Boris in my lap. I will leave my belongings entirely to my left shoe and when I get to heaven I will ask God to help my cat win the lottery."
Sara throws a roll at Michael's head that he catches and takes a bight from with a goofy smile behind his chewing. He looks out into the trees as the rain falls heavy all around them and the sound is almost rythmical and oh so peacful. He listens as the rain hits the leaves and drops to the next,... he listens as the water runs down some nearby cliff and he listens to the distant rumblings of the thunder. Together it becomes a beautiful symphony of nature's own cleansing process. He then looks to Sara and holds out his hand. She smiles with a cuirous look and places her hand in his. He then stands and brings her up with him and holds her close. He then leads as they begin to silently dance under the branches of the large tree with the natural symphony surrounding them. There they remain for a long while. There is no war to think of, no responsibilities save to themselves. They simply enjoy this moment. For Sara it's a moment spent with a man that if she does not yet love she is quickly finding it. For Michael it is the absolute that his life has been claimed as his own. Up in these mountains he was upon his own cloud with his own angel there to guide him. Both secretly dream of what may one day come from them. A marraige, a family,... perhaps a little child. If it were a son Jamie would want him to be named after him,... if it were a girl Sara would want it named after her grandmother, Sandra.
The time passes and the rain continues on. The day begins to dim as dusk comes upon them. They gather their things knowing that their duties as councelmen and leaders will be calling them if they are not back soon. Jamie pulls Sara close and gently kisses her lips before they set out. They step from the shelter of the tree as he holds the blanket over their heads. They run down the hill, careful not to slip,.. and the laughter that Micahel feels escape his lips is unlike any laugh he'd ever released. But it is cut short as he has no time left to appreciate it.
"Michael! Sara!" Comes Arthur's voice. The sound surprises the two as it is much to early to be worried about them. Something must be wrong. They run toward the voice calling out where they are. Through some brush they can see Arthur as well as Marcey and Phillip. What is going on? They clear the brush and everyone then comes into view.
"What is it, what's wrong....." He stops all questioning when he sees him. The man who he left, deserted. There with his friends stands Jamie Madrox,.. his brother,.. or father.
"Michael is it?"
He isn't sure how to answer. He simply nods his head. "Yes."
Jamie nods, "Then Michael, we need to talk."
Spider-Man9X17
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batnkevlar said:
No, just a little new age teaser, JMS style
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Somewhere in upstate New Jersey...
"Charlie I really don't think we should've gone to the cabin this weekend. With everything that's happened at home I don't feel secure leaving the house open."
"Oh Sherry, you worry too much. Besides the kids seem hap..."
SCREEECH!
"Charlie, what's wrong? Why'd you stop?"
"There's a man in that ditch. We have to help him."
"Oh he's probably just some bumb, please dear just drive"
"Sherry I think he's bleeding we have to at least check on him"
Click... slam
The young couple approached the man. His face scarred and a shallow bullet wound in his left shoulder
"Good god, I think he's still alive... is that... Tony Stark?"
To be continued in Season III...
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[[OOC: Bah, life's been hell around here for the last month. Dealing with exams, family stresses, and flooding. Anyways, I'll be playing next season if I'm allowed and thanks for the all the great times]]
"Charlie I really don't think we should've gone to the cabin this weekend. With everything that's happened at home I don't feel secure leaving the house open."
"Oh Sherry, you worry too much. Besides the kids seem hap..."
SCREEECH!
"Charlie, what's wrong? Why'd you stop?"
"There's a man in that ditch. We have to help him."
"Oh he's probably just some bumb, please dear just drive"
"Sherry I think he's bleeding we have to at least check on him"
Click... slam
The young couple approached the man. His face scarred and a shallow bullet wound in his left shoulder
"Good god, I think he's still alive... is that... Tony Stark?"
To be continued in Season III...
[[OOC: Bah, life's been hell around here for the last month. Dealing with exams, family stresses, and flooding. Anyways, I'll be playing next season if I'm allowed and thanks for the all the great times]]
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The figure stood in the white room the had been given to him the day he arrived at this place. Before him was a large, fresh target, just like every day before that. On his shoulder was a quiver full of arrows that never seemed to deplete, and in his right hand a perfectly formed bow. The man took an arrow, positioned it on the bow string, pulled it back, and fired. The arrow flew perfectly straight, hitting the bullseye, a picture of a stocky, bladheaded man, head on as it did every time before. The picture still confused him, but it had also been there since that fateful day he arrived here in Heaven.
The man smiled with satifaction at his perfect shot, oulling his purple hood off of his head to reveal a mess of blond hair.
The man named Clint Barton sat down on a chair in the croner of the room to rest. He closed his eyes and leaned back. He had barely gotten comfortable when his body started to tingle. He looked at his hands, just in time to see them vanish. He hardly had time to wonder what was happening when he vanished into thin air, transported to parts unknown
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"Alicia, I'm so glad you could make it on such short notice," Sue said, opening the door.
"It's no problem, Sue. You know I love babysitting the kids, and I hear there are two new little ones around here."
"Yes, our little Johnny is a daddy. It's amazing, he's grown up so much these last several months, taken so much responsibility."
"It was bound to happen someday," Alicia chuckled, sitting down on the couch.
"Auntie 'Licia!" Franklin yelled, running into the room. "Are you here to visit us?"
"For a bit, dear. Your mommy and daddy have some work to do, I believe."
"Yeah, and I better get going. You know how Reed can get when he discovers something new. Help yourself to anything in the fridge while we're gone. The new security systems are set up to move you and the children automatically if anything happens, but I'm sure you'll be all right."
Sue leaned down and gave Franklin and Val a hug and kiss.
"You two be good, and listen to Auntie Alicia. We'll be back soon. I love yuo both."
"Bye Mommy. Love you too. Bring me back something nice."
"Tell me again why you had to drag me out of bed before noon," Johnny yawned, zippering up his uniform.
"I've discovered a new dimension, but much, much more. It's a vast universe, much like our own, in fact in many ways identical. I've pinpointed a galaxy identical to the Milky Way, a mirror image of our solar system. Another Earth, it geological structure identical to ours down to the smallest atom. And most amazing, I've picked up trace detections of familiar life forces."
Johnny stared blankly.
"Soooooo...?"
"Johnny, this is monumental. A naturally occuring mirror universe. Created by a greater cosmic force, not some nut job, as we've all seen before."
".....Sooooooo.....?"
Reed sighed, shaking his head as he turned back to the teleporter.
"We all ready?" Sue asked as she and Ben entered the lab.
"Just some last second adjustments while I set the coordinates. Everybody here?"
"Not yet. I think Frankie's coming along," Johnny said.
"Frankie...?"
"Yeah. I'm done letting you guys steal all the fun," Frankie stood in the doorway, her pose resembling something from a modelling add. She was clad in her familiar golden-yellow "bathing suit' uniform, complete with matching yellow opera gloves and knee-high heeled boots.
"Damn, girl," Johnny whistled, looking his wife over. It had been a long time since he saw her in her uniform, and he like what he was seeing. He put his arm around her waist as she joined his side.
"So, what exactly do you know about this new universe?"
"Nothing at all, which is why we're going to explore it."
Reed flipped on the teleporter.
"Business as usual, huh?"
"Would you have it any other way?"
Johnny looked around at the people around him. Teamates, adventures, friends, but most importantly, family. They were there when he woke up each morning, at his side when things got rough, there to pick him up when he fell, and ready to just share a quiet evening at home. They were what made crawling out of bed each morning worth it.
Johnny smiled.
"I wouldn't change it for the world."
Johnny stuck his hand out like som many times before. Frankie placed her hand on top of his, followed by Ben, Sue, and Reed.
"All for all," Johnny said, as they raised their hands into the air. The teleporter crackled to life with full power, and five heroes stepped through, ready to explore a brand new world as they always did: Together.
THE END.
The man smiled with satifaction at his perfect shot, oulling his purple hood off of his head to reveal a mess of blond hair.
The man named Clint Barton sat down on a chair in the croner of the room to rest. He closed his eyes and leaned back. He had barely gotten comfortable when his body started to tingle. He looked at his hands, just in time to see them vanish. He hardly had time to wonder what was happening when he vanished into thin air, transported to parts unknown
_________________________________________________________________
"Alicia, I'm so glad you could make it on such short notice," Sue said, opening the door.
"It's no problem, Sue. You know I love babysitting the kids, and I hear there are two new little ones around here."
"Yes, our little Johnny is a daddy. It's amazing, he's grown up so much these last several months, taken so much responsibility."
"It was bound to happen someday," Alicia chuckled, sitting down on the couch.
"Auntie 'Licia!" Franklin yelled, running into the room. "Are you here to visit us?"
"For a bit, dear. Your mommy and daddy have some work to do, I believe."
"Yeah, and I better get going. You know how Reed can get when he discovers something new. Help yourself to anything in the fridge while we're gone. The new security systems are set up to move you and the children automatically if anything happens, but I'm sure you'll be all right."
Sue leaned down and gave Franklin and Val a hug and kiss.
"You two be good, and listen to Auntie Alicia. We'll be back soon. I love yuo both."
"Bye Mommy. Love you too. Bring me back something nice."
"Tell me again why you had to drag me out of bed before noon," Johnny yawned, zippering up his uniform.
"I've discovered a new dimension, but much, much more. It's a vast universe, much like our own, in fact in many ways identical. I've pinpointed a galaxy identical to the Milky Way, a mirror image of our solar system. Another Earth, it geological structure identical to ours down to the smallest atom. And most amazing, I've picked up trace detections of familiar life forces."
Johnny stared blankly.
"Soooooo...?"
"Johnny, this is monumental. A naturally occuring mirror universe. Created by a greater cosmic force, not some nut job, as we've all seen before."
".....Sooooooo.....?"
Reed sighed, shaking his head as he turned back to the teleporter.
"We all ready?" Sue asked as she and Ben entered the lab.
"Just some last second adjustments while I set the coordinates. Everybody here?"
"Not yet. I think Frankie's coming along," Johnny said.
"Frankie...?"
"Yeah. I'm done letting you guys steal all the fun," Frankie stood in the doorway, her pose resembling something from a modelling add. She was clad in her familiar golden-yellow "bathing suit' uniform, complete with matching yellow opera gloves and knee-high heeled boots.
"Damn, girl," Johnny whistled, looking his wife over. It had been a long time since he saw her in her uniform, and he like what he was seeing. He put his arm around her waist as she joined his side.
"So, what exactly do you know about this new universe?"
"Nothing at all, which is why we're going to explore it."
Reed flipped on the teleporter.
"Business as usual, huh?"
"Would you have it any other way?"
Johnny looked around at the people around him. Teamates, adventures, friends, but most importantly, family. They were there when he woke up each morning, at his side when things got rough, there to pick him up when he fell, and ready to just share a quiet evening at home. They were what made crawling out of bed each morning worth it.
Johnny smiled.
"I wouldn't change it for the world."
Johnny stuck his hand out like som many times before. Frankie placed her hand on top of his, followed by Ben, Sue, and Reed.
"All for all," Johnny said, as they raised their hands into the air. The teleporter crackled to life with full power, and five heroes stepped through, ready to explore a brand new world as they always did: Together.
THE END.
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Sabretooth watches the crowd gather behind Micheal as he starts talking to Jamie from his vantage point in a large tree, he was easily able to find Michael and Sara but they were having a romantic moment so he left them alone and just kept watch.JewishHobbit said:
"I'll keep watch from here, if anything goes down I'll put a stop to it."
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SonnyBlack said:
Wilson: "I'll have respectfully decline your girls Legion. I have been away for a long time and now that I have my diplomatic immunity, I would like to get back to Fisk Tower to see how things have progressed in my absence. Not to mention, I want to get home to my darling wife Vanessa. It has been a pleasure working with you. We should go into some business together. I'll be in touch."
And with that Wilson left Legion's office headed back for Fisk Tower. While in the limo to get there, he pulled out his cell phone and called up the Hobgoblin.
Wilson: "Hobgoblin, this is the Kingpin. I have returned from the Middle East. Meet me at Fisk Towers to discuss our next move."
OOC: Thats it for the Kingpin until season 3
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(As the party died down Legion was left alone in his penthouse suite with only his thoughts)dtorn4 said:
<Thinking> ever since waking I got everything I wanted, why Im I still not satisfied? Could it have to do with my father? I guess I have been a little hard on him I mean he does love me and tries to look out for me.
(Presses button)
Legion- Ready the car Im going to the Institute
..Later that day
(Inside the Institute)
Professor X- Welcome back David Im glad you decided to return.
Legion- Thanks Dad Im glad to be back.
Professor X- David, there is something I wanted to ask you.
OOC: Done with Legion for season 2
JewishHobbit
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Jamie and Michael Madrox
Genosha
On the Mountain Side
"Jamie,.. I...."
"Michael, what's going on?"
]color=sienna]"Yeah "Michael", tell me. What is going on around here. I sent you to help Forge keep an eye on Genosha, figure out why Juggernaut came here. But instead I find out you trashed Forge's lab and have taken over the island. What is going through your head?!"[/color]
"Now listen Jamie, I know your past with Dupes who go on their own, but I promise I'm nothing like them. I don't have any bad intentions I swear."
"I've heard it before, but one of my dupes don't just go rogue with no reason. We're a unit man, we work together, it's how we do our job. If you went rogue then that means there's something wrong with you and you need help. Now why did you leave your mission?"
Michael looks around him to those who've come. Sara remains beside him and behind Jamie stands Arthur, leaving an unseen scowl to the back of his head. Behind Arthur is Pastor Ryan and his wife Marcey and beside them are Sara's parents, Phillip and April. Everyone who's become his family has gathered. "I came for this,.. I came for these people. You have no idea what it's like to be a simple dupe,.. someone who's not even real. I wanted to know what it was like to BE real. So I left. But I'm not like the guy who joined Sinister or the one who tried to drown you. I didn't develop any hatred or whatever self loathing problems you have inside. I inhereted your low self-esteme but I also gained your determination. And the combination of the two made me trully understand how unimportant I was to the world and gave me the motivation to change that. I never ment anything by it, no harm to you. I trashed Forge's equipment because I was afraid he'd turn me over to you. That he'd have me reabsorbed,... but look around Jamie."
"Quite the motivational speaker Mr. Dupe. Now tell me,.. what am I looking at?"
Michael opens his mouth to answer but Pastor Ryan beats him to it, "You're looking at his home. Michael's not only built that for himself but for all of us. Since he's been here he's built a family in us. He's built himself something different from the path you've chosen. You're looking at his life, he's moved on without you Jamie."
When Ryan finishes Phillip begins, "We know what you've come here for Mr. Madrox and we hope you'll reconsider. But as you can see Michael is no more a simple dupe than you are. He's grown and developed. He's his own man. My wife, April here, you see she's a telepath, that's how we knew you planned to reabsorb him,.. but she's also scanned Michael over there and he's clean, no negative intents at all. He's become man enough to have gained a female's attention, maybe her love. He's even reached out where I doubt you ever would have. That Creed fella was bad news but Michael talked him out of destroying this whole country and you know what? He gave him a second chance, and old Creed,.. well he went and took it. Tell me Mr. Madrox,... when was the last time you ever changed a fella just by being you?"
"Creed? Victor Creed? As in Sabretooth?"
"Yeah, he came in here a few days ago wanting control and I offered him an alternative. He accepted it. I don't know what will come of it but I'm hoping for the best."
"Man, Sabretooth's a wanted criminal on several continents. He was an accompliss in the death of the President Kelly. You should have turned him in to Shield or the U.N.!"
"Last I heard, Madrox,... you started out against the book yourself." Comes Arthur's words from behind him, his face still angry.
Jamie snapped a look at the old man, realizing that he isn't liking the fellow much. He then takes a look at the others, his eyes resting on April Brooks, "You're the telepath?" She nods. "You still say he's clean?" She took a moment, staring at Michael, and then nods again. Jamie turns back to face Michael. He simply stares at this "dupe" and shakes his head incredibly.
"Jamie would you like to talk alone?"
"Madrox I'm not sure if that's a good..."
"No, it's okay Arthur. Jamie has the power to destroy me but he isn't a bad guy, never was really. We're just gonna talk."
Jamie nods and walks toward him. As he goes he feels a hand on his shoulder pulling him back a bit. Arthur whispers over his shoulder, "If you so much as bruise him I promise you won't make it off this island. He's like a grandson to me, remember that." Jamie pulls away and joins Michael. They both turn and walk off into the woods alone to talk.
Genosha
On the Mountain Side
"Jamie,.. I...."
"Michael, what's going on?"
]color=sienna]"Yeah "Michael", tell me. What is going on around here. I sent you to help Forge keep an eye on Genosha, figure out why Juggernaut came here. But instead I find out you trashed Forge's lab and have taken over the island. What is going through your head?!"[/color]
"Now listen Jamie, I know your past with Dupes who go on their own, but I promise I'm nothing like them. I don't have any bad intentions I swear."
"I've heard it before, but one of my dupes don't just go rogue with no reason. We're a unit man, we work together, it's how we do our job. If you went rogue then that means there's something wrong with you and you need help. Now why did you leave your mission?"
Michael looks around him to those who've come. Sara remains beside him and behind Jamie stands Arthur, leaving an unseen scowl to the back of his head. Behind Arthur is Pastor Ryan and his wife Marcey and beside them are Sara's parents, Phillip and April. Everyone who's become his family has gathered. "I came for this,.. I came for these people. You have no idea what it's like to be a simple dupe,.. someone who's not even real. I wanted to know what it was like to BE real. So I left. But I'm not like the guy who joined Sinister or the one who tried to drown you. I didn't develop any hatred or whatever self loathing problems you have inside. I inhereted your low self-esteme but I also gained your determination. And the combination of the two made me trully understand how unimportant I was to the world and gave me the motivation to change that. I never ment anything by it, no harm to you. I trashed Forge's equipment because I was afraid he'd turn me over to you. That he'd have me reabsorbed,... but look around Jamie."
"Quite the motivational speaker Mr. Dupe. Now tell me,.. what am I looking at?"
Michael opens his mouth to answer but Pastor Ryan beats him to it, "You're looking at his home. Michael's not only built that for himself but for all of us. Since he's been here he's built a family in us. He's built himself something different from the path you've chosen. You're looking at his life, he's moved on without you Jamie."
When Ryan finishes Phillip begins, "We know what you've come here for Mr. Madrox and we hope you'll reconsider. But as you can see Michael is no more a simple dupe than you are. He's grown and developed. He's his own man. My wife, April here, you see she's a telepath, that's how we knew you planned to reabsorb him,.. but she's also scanned Michael over there and he's clean, no negative intents at all. He's become man enough to have gained a female's attention, maybe her love. He's even reached out where I doubt you ever would have. That Creed fella was bad news but Michael talked him out of destroying this whole country and you know what? He gave him a second chance, and old Creed,.. well he went and took it. Tell me Mr. Madrox,... when was the last time you ever changed a fella just by being you?"
"Creed? Victor Creed? As in Sabretooth?"
"Yeah, he came in here a few days ago wanting control and I offered him an alternative. He accepted it. I don't know what will come of it but I'm hoping for the best."
"Man, Sabretooth's a wanted criminal on several continents. He was an accompliss in the death of the President Kelly. You should have turned him in to Shield or the U.N.!"
"Last I heard, Madrox,... you started out against the book yourself." Comes Arthur's words from behind him, his face still angry.
Jamie snapped a look at the old man, realizing that he isn't liking the fellow much. He then takes a look at the others, his eyes resting on April Brooks, "You're the telepath?" She nods. "You still say he's clean?" She took a moment, staring at Michael, and then nods again. Jamie turns back to face Michael. He simply stares at this "dupe" and shakes his head incredibly.
"Jamie would you like to talk alone?"
"Madrox I'm not sure if that's a good..."
"No, it's okay Arthur. Jamie has the power to destroy me but he isn't a bad guy, never was really. We're just gonna talk."
Jamie nods and walks toward him. As he goes he feels a hand on his shoulder pulling him back a bit. Arthur whispers over his shoulder, "If you so much as bruise him I promise you won't make it off this island. He's like a grandson to me, remember that." Jamie pulls away and joins Michael. They both turn and walk off into the woods alone to talk.
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Thats not good if he gets Micheal by himself there will be no one to stop Jamie from absorbing him!"
Sabretooth jumps from tree to tree keeping up with them and with his heightened sense of hearing hears everything they're saying.
Sabretooth jumps from tree to tree keeping up with them and with his heightened sense of hearing hears everything they're saying.
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Jamie and Michael Madrox
Genosha
Somewhere in East Boofoo
Jamie and Michael walk "alone" in the wilderness, oblivious to Sabretooth watching them. Fortunately for Sabretooth, Jamie has no more ill-intent.
"So, you've done well here."
Michael nods, "I'm trying to. You know I never even asked to be put in charge of this place? They kinda nominated me."
"They nominated you? To run a country?"
"Yeah, right after Magneto was put down I kinda head a show down with Nate Gray and Juggernaut and I guess it got some people's respect. They grew to trust me and depend on me. It scares the daylights out of me nowadays but it's kinda grown on me to tell you the truth."
"I would imagine it would scare me to death being picked to lead a nation. So when you left to..... be your own man, did you find what you were looking for?"
"Yeah, yeah I did. I have a home now, people I can call friends and family, kinda like what you had with X-Factor. And then there's Sara."
"Yeah, tell me about Sara, she your girlfriend?"
"Yeah, for a while now. I know she's quite a bit younger than me but there's just something about her."
Jamie smiles while shaking his head, "Well how about that. I have zero luck with the ladies and my dupe goes and gets a cutie on his first try."
Michael stops as Jamie keeps walking a few paces before stoping himself looking back. Michael looks a tad bit angry, "Don't you understand yet? I don't want to be a "dupe" anymore. I'm Michael Madrox. To everyone here, everyone, I'm Michael Madrox. I'm not just another dupe to them. I've spent months here building a life, I'm NOT just a dupe now."
Jamie simply stares, "But you are a dupe. Listen, I can see all the good you've done here, it really is amazing. But you can never forget your roots alright, or it'll come back and bight you in the butt."
Michael squints his eyes, "You sound like you understand?"
Jamie nods, "My every instinct goes against it but my gut tells me that you aren't like the others. So I'm deciding to let you go, but know that if any harm comes from this that I will not be reabsorbing you and you will take the blame."
"A part of being real is taking fault for your own problems."
"Alright then." and with that Jamie holds out a hand. Michael looks at it hesitantly but then takes it. A truce among brothers is made and smiles are exchanged. "Jamie, thank you."
The two men start to head back to the others. "So Michael huh? Where the name come from?"
"I saw a family murdered on my way here and it really had an effect on me. I chose one of the two kids names to honor them I guess. How'd that case go with that woman who's fiance was killed?"
Jamie thinks back over the past few months and simply shakes his head, "There's just too much to cover, we'll talk about it later when we have more time."
They walk until finally they return to where the others are. Arthur and the rest stand to their feet as they can see a breath of release come from Marcey in the back. Sara runs to Michael and puts her arms around him.
"Everyone can relax, Michael's here to stay. He wants to be a man of his own and I respect that. I'm giving him his shot. If he doesn't want to be a dupe any more then I'll say it here and now that he isn't any longer. He's Michael Madrox, he has a family here and all that." He then looks back to Michael and smiles, "And don't mess it up or I'll be back for you."
Michael smiles back at him, this brother, this family. He holds Sara close and looks out over his friends. Then something catches his eye, something he didn't notice before. In the trees nearby, there is something shining. A spark of light catches his eye. He stares at it when he realizes what it is...... A GUN!!!
Genosha
Somewhere in East Boofoo
Jamie and Michael walk "alone" in the wilderness, oblivious to Sabretooth watching them. Fortunately for Sabretooth, Jamie has no more ill-intent.
"So, you've done well here."
Michael nods, "I'm trying to. You know I never even asked to be put in charge of this place? They kinda nominated me."
"They nominated you? To run a country?"
"Yeah, right after Magneto was put down I kinda head a show down with Nate Gray and Juggernaut and I guess it got some people's respect. They grew to trust me and depend on me. It scares the daylights out of me nowadays but it's kinda grown on me to tell you the truth."
"I would imagine it would scare me to death being picked to lead a nation. So when you left to..... be your own man, did you find what you were looking for?"
"Yeah, yeah I did. I have a home now, people I can call friends and family, kinda like what you had with X-Factor. And then there's Sara."
"Yeah, tell me about Sara, she your girlfriend?"
"Yeah, for a while now. I know she's quite a bit younger than me but there's just something about her."
Jamie smiles while shaking his head, "Well how about that. I have zero luck with the ladies and my dupe goes and gets a cutie on his first try."
Michael stops as Jamie keeps walking a few paces before stoping himself looking back. Michael looks a tad bit angry, "Don't you understand yet? I don't want to be a "dupe" anymore. I'm Michael Madrox. To everyone here, everyone, I'm Michael Madrox. I'm not just another dupe to them. I've spent months here building a life, I'm NOT just a dupe now."
Jamie simply stares, "But you are a dupe. Listen, I can see all the good you've done here, it really is amazing. But you can never forget your roots alright, or it'll come back and bight you in the butt."
Michael squints his eyes, "You sound like you understand?"
Jamie nods, "My every instinct goes against it but my gut tells me that you aren't like the others. So I'm deciding to let you go, but know that if any harm comes from this that I will not be reabsorbing you and you will take the blame."
"A part of being real is taking fault for your own problems."
"Alright then." and with that Jamie holds out a hand. Michael looks at it hesitantly but then takes it. A truce among brothers is made and smiles are exchanged. "Jamie, thank you."
The two men start to head back to the others. "So Michael huh? Where the name come from?"
"I saw a family murdered on my way here and it really had an effect on me. I chose one of the two kids names to honor them I guess. How'd that case go with that woman who's fiance was killed?"
Jamie thinks back over the past few months and simply shakes his head, "There's just too much to cover, we'll talk about it later when we have more time."
They walk until finally they return to where the others are. Arthur and the rest stand to their feet as they can see a breath of release come from Marcey in the back. Sara runs to Michael and puts her arms around him.
"Everyone can relax, Michael's here to stay. He wants to be a man of his own and I respect that. I'm giving him his shot. If he doesn't want to be a dupe any more then I'll say it here and now that he isn't any longer. He's Michael Madrox, he has a family here and all that." He then looks back to Michael and smiles, "And don't mess it up or I'll be back for you."
Michael smiles back at him, this brother, this family. He holds Sara close and looks out over his friends. Then something catches his eye, something he didn't notice before. In the trees nearby, there is something shining. A spark of light catches his eye. He stares at it when he realizes what it is...... A GUN!!!
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Sabretooth sees the gun seconds before Micheal, he jumps from the trees and lunges at the gunman. One shot goes off before he can tackle the man, he grabs the gunman by the throat and squeezes untill the guy goes unconcious. He hears a scream and turns around to see Sara leaning over Micheal, a puddle of blood slowly growing around him.
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Jamie and Michael Madrox
Genosha
The Mountainside
The sound was sudden for those who did not see the glint of the gun,.. for all save Michael Madrox. It was like slow motion to him. He saw the glint of the gun and he reacted before he could truely think. The glint he had seen was just over Jamie's shoulder and so he quickly tackled Jamie to the ground,.... but the gun fired. The sound of air being cut, of burning steel, and of dull impact. As Michael and Jamie fell to the ground Michael feels the biting pain hit his neck and travel through his body though he isn't sure if it exited. He feels the shock of the impact as he hits the ground on top of Jamie and it causes him to realize the pain and he knows he's been shot.
He feels the warmth from his neck and the throbbing in his ears. He hears voices but he can't place them, it's happening so slowly, but yet so quickly as well. He has only a moment's regret but quickly takes it back. He isn't stupid, he knows what he did and he'd do it again. He tries to think of his family but only Sara's face comes to mind. Poor poor Sara, they were just becoming so happy. Hopefully the God that Pastor Ryan talks of so much will help her through this,.. he'll be there to watch over her.
He feels his heart slowing and his eyes grow dim as he feels himself being rolled over onto his back. He sees the hazy figure atop of him and thinks it's Jamie but he can't be sure. People are yelling, there's confusion. He wonders what everyone thinks, how he'll trully be remembered. But in those last few seconds he thinks back over his short life and he thinks he smiles. He had made goals and have well passed them. He is Michael Madrox through and through. He has done well.
Then he feels a coldness and he cannot help but to grow nervous. It's coming, death. He thought he'd be more frightened but he's not, he's just cold. He thinks of the family in the airport, the one that was murdered, where he got his name from. He never thought he'd see them again, he might though, he just might. He thinks of all the lives lost in Genosha, all the bodies that he helped clean up. Things are getting brighter now. He thinks of his days.... of Jamie's days really. But the ones he remembers fondly and he thinks of friends that's been lost along the way and he feels happiness in that he'll finally see them again. The coldness is gone and the darkness is just passing. He feels a sensation of joy and he cannot help but to smile. He feels all the wars pass and the hatred and anger, it all passes away. He sees something ahead, something.........
BANG
"MICHAEL!" screams Sara as her love falls atop his creator. She runs to him just as the others do, nearly all of them. Phillip and Arthur rush into the forests after the attack as the others croud around the Madrox's. Jamie is the first of the two to move from under Michael. Pastor Ryan helps him roll Michael onto his back as Jamie slides out from under him. Michael's neck is wide open and bleeding heavily though it is the only wound. Jamie's head is throbbing as well but it is passing.
"Michael oh michael! Help him,.. somebody help him!" Screams Sara, draping herself over his body, the tears flowing freely.
Jamie looks over him and a thought rushes through his mind, but he is conflicted. He hears Sara's cries and he knows that he can help, but should he. He hears Pastor Ryan and Marcey's prayers. He looks over his shoulder toward the woods as Arthur and Phillip rush toward them, Sabretooth close behind with a robed man in arm. The assassins of the Church of Humanity. He had thought with Vincente Marquise's fall the order for all of his Dupes to be killed would have been dropped, he was wrong. Why did he have to be wrong?! He looks over Michael as his eyes glaze over more and his breaths come slower and almost haggeringly. These are his last moments, now is the time,........... it passes. The breaths become furthur apart until finally they are gone. Sara lies draped over the deceased Michael Madrox as her mother and father try to comfort her. Arthur curses under his breath.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." says Pastor Ryan softly, quoting a passage from the Holy Bible.
Jamie stands, Michael's blood running from his own neck down. He looks to those around him and shakes his head. His eyes are met by Pastor Ryan alone, but it is a look of knowing. He knows what Michael could have done, that he could have absorbed Michael before he died, but did he understand why he didn't. Nothing is said of it. Instead the pastor speaks to them all.
"Come. Let's get him to the church. Keep him unseen if we can until we get him cleaned up and prepared for a viewing. I'll address the nation and the United Nations of Michael's sacrefice." Sabretooth lifts Michael's body as Arthur sets out ahead to search for any sign of a stray eye. Phillip and April comfirt their daughter Sara, all of whom follow Sabretooth. Pastor Ryan sends Marcey ahead to clear the church of stragglers and to prepare it for their coming. Pastor Ryan then notions for Jamie to remain behind. When all clear Jamie and Pastor Ryan remain, along with the body of the deceased Church of Humanity member. Though Pastor Ryan is sad at the man's death Jamie find's no remoarse in his heart. After a few moments the silence is broken.
"Jamie, you could have saved him, absorbed him. Why didn't you."
Jamie looks the pastor in the eye, "Because it isn't what he would have wanted. He was his own man, not a dupe, not any more. I hate it as much as you but if I absorbed him it would have negated everything he's worked for up to this point, he would have just been another dupe. I would have gained all of memories and we would be one again. No,.. I didn't absorb him because he's lived as a man, as Michael Madrox,... and he is complete in dieing a man. Not a dupe, a man. I don't know if it was the right decision but it's the one I made."
Pastor Ryan simply looks at Jamie, reading his face and he can plainly see the remourse within it. He knows Jamie had no ill intent. Finally he simply lies his hand on Jamie's shoulder, "It was the right decision. A damning one and one I do not hope to make in my lifetime, but it was the right one. You provided a dieing man his last wish, to die a man. Now can you do me a favor before you leave this mountain. Can you please bury the man who fell from God's sight and murdered our brother?" and with that Pastor Ryan turns and leaves Jamie alone.
Jamie walks over to the Church member who bleeds from his gut, a wound given by Sabretooth,.. Sabretooth, who's avenged Michael's death, who's turning his life around because of all Michael's done. Jamie thinks over all he's done and all the Church has done. He thinks of Michael and how in such a short time he had managed to accomplish more than Jamie could ever have dreamt of. He thinks of this man before him and how he cut that glory short, on an order from a fallen regeme. The anger builds and Jamie kicks the man's corpse, the blood splashing onto his boot. He swears as a hand touches his shoulder. It is the hand of a dupe, one created from the impact of the kick. Right now having a dupe around just doesn't feel right. He reabsorbs the dupe and picks up a rock and begins to dig into the ground. He will dig this grave and in burying this Church member he will be finally burying this stage of his life, this nightmare with the Church of Humanity. And when he is done he will bury Michael Madrox,..... and on that there will be much to reflect on. If it were not for the grim time he could have laughed. Who would have thought that Jamie could have learned so much from Michael? He digs. He digs.
Rest In Peace Michael Madrox, You've Done Well.
Genosha
The Mountainside
The sound was sudden for those who did not see the glint of the gun,.. for all save Michael Madrox. It was like slow motion to him. He saw the glint of the gun and he reacted before he could truely think. The glint he had seen was just over Jamie's shoulder and so he quickly tackled Jamie to the ground,.... but the gun fired. The sound of air being cut, of burning steel, and of dull impact. As Michael and Jamie fell to the ground Michael feels the biting pain hit his neck and travel through his body though he isn't sure if it exited. He feels the shock of the impact as he hits the ground on top of Jamie and it causes him to realize the pain and he knows he's been shot.
He feels the warmth from his neck and the throbbing in his ears. He hears voices but he can't place them, it's happening so slowly, but yet so quickly as well. He has only a moment's regret but quickly takes it back. He isn't stupid, he knows what he did and he'd do it again. He tries to think of his family but only Sara's face comes to mind. Poor poor Sara, they were just becoming so happy. Hopefully the God that Pastor Ryan talks of so much will help her through this,.. he'll be there to watch over her.
He feels his heart slowing and his eyes grow dim as he feels himself being rolled over onto his back. He sees the hazy figure atop of him and thinks it's Jamie but he can't be sure. People are yelling, there's confusion. He wonders what everyone thinks, how he'll trully be remembered. But in those last few seconds he thinks back over his short life and he thinks he smiles. He had made goals and have well passed them. He is Michael Madrox through and through. He has done well.
Then he feels a coldness and he cannot help but to grow nervous. It's coming, death. He thought he'd be more frightened but he's not, he's just cold. He thinks of the family in the airport, the one that was murdered, where he got his name from. He never thought he'd see them again, he might though, he just might. He thinks of all the lives lost in Genosha, all the bodies that he helped clean up. Things are getting brighter now. He thinks of his days.... of Jamie's days really. But the ones he remembers fondly and he thinks of friends that's been lost along the way and he feels happiness in that he'll finally see them again. The coldness is gone and the darkness is just passing. He feels a sensation of joy and he cannot help but to smile. He feels all the wars pass and the hatred and anger, it all passes away. He sees something ahead, something.........
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BANG
"MICHAEL!" screams Sara as her love falls atop his creator. She runs to him just as the others do, nearly all of them. Phillip and Arthur rush into the forests after the attack as the others croud around the Madrox's. Jamie is the first of the two to move from under Michael. Pastor Ryan helps him roll Michael onto his back as Jamie slides out from under him. Michael's neck is wide open and bleeding heavily though it is the only wound. Jamie's head is throbbing as well but it is passing.
"Michael oh michael! Help him,.. somebody help him!" Screams Sara, draping herself over his body, the tears flowing freely.
Jamie looks over him and a thought rushes through his mind, but he is conflicted. He hears Sara's cries and he knows that he can help, but should he. He hears Pastor Ryan and Marcey's prayers. He looks over his shoulder toward the woods as Arthur and Phillip rush toward them, Sabretooth close behind with a robed man in arm. The assassins of the Church of Humanity. He had thought with Vincente Marquise's fall the order for all of his Dupes to be killed would have been dropped, he was wrong. Why did he have to be wrong?! He looks over Michael as his eyes glaze over more and his breaths come slower and almost haggeringly. These are his last moments, now is the time,........... it passes. The breaths become furthur apart until finally they are gone. Sara lies draped over the deceased Michael Madrox as her mother and father try to comfort her. Arthur curses under his breath.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." says Pastor Ryan softly, quoting a passage from the Holy Bible.
Jamie stands, Michael's blood running from his own neck down. He looks to those around him and shakes his head. His eyes are met by Pastor Ryan alone, but it is a look of knowing. He knows what Michael could have done, that he could have absorbed Michael before he died, but did he understand why he didn't. Nothing is said of it. Instead the pastor speaks to them all.
"Come. Let's get him to the church. Keep him unseen if we can until we get him cleaned up and prepared for a viewing. I'll address the nation and the United Nations of Michael's sacrefice." Sabretooth lifts Michael's body as Arthur sets out ahead to search for any sign of a stray eye. Phillip and April comfirt their daughter Sara, all of whom follow Sabretooth. Pastor Ryan sends Marcey ahead to clear the church of stragglers and to prepare it for their coming. Pastor Ryan then notions for Jamie to remain behind. When all clear Jamie and Pastor Ryan remain, along with the body of the deceased Church of Humanity member. Though Pastor Ryan is sad at the man's death Jamie find's no remoarse in his heart. After a few moments the silence is broken.
"Jamie, you could have saved him, absorbed him. Why didn't you."
Jamie looks the pastor in the eye, "Because it isn't what he would have wanted. He was his own man, not a dupe, not any more. I hate it as much as you but if I absorbed him it would have negated everything he's worked for up to this point, he would have just been another dupe. I would have gained all of memories and we would be one again. No,.. I didn't absorb him because he's lived as a man, as Michael Madrox,... and he is complete in dieing a man. Not a dupe, a man. I don't know if it was the right decision but it's the one I made."
Pastor Ryan simply looks at Jamie, reading his face and he can plainly see the remourse within it. He knows Jamie had no ill intent. Finally he simply lies his hand on Jamie's shoulder, "It was the right decision. A damning one and one I do not hope to make in my lifetime, but it was the right one. You provided a dieing man his last wish, to die a man. Now can you do me a favor before you leave this mountain. Can you please bury the man who fell from God's sight and murdered our brother?" and with that Pastor Ryan turns and leaves Jamie alone.
Jamie walks over to the Church member who bleeds from his gut, a wound given by Sabretooth,.. Sabretooth, who's avenged Michael's death, who's turning his life around because of all Michael's done. Jamie thinks over all he's done and all the Church has done. He thinks of Michael and how in such a short time he had managed to accomplish more than Jamie could ever have dreamt of. He thinks of this man before him and how he cut that glory short, on an order from a fallen regeme. The anger builds and Jamie kicks the man's corpse, the blood splashing onto his boot. He swears as a hand touches his shoulder. It is the hand of a dupe, one created from the impact of the kick. Right now having a dupe around just doesn't feel right. He reabsorbs the dupe and picks up a rock and begins to dig into the ground. He will dig this grave and in burying this Church member he will be finally burying this stage of his life, this nightmare with the Church of Humanity. And when he is done he will bury Michael Madrox,..... and on that there will be much to reflect on. If it were not for the grim time he could have laughed. Who would have thought that Jamie could have learned so much from Michael? He digs. He digs.
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Rest In Peace Michael Madrox, You've Done Well.
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Sabretooth puts Micheal's body where Aurther told him to put it and then leaves the church, Joan comes running up to him.
Joan: "Whats going on what happened!"
Sabretooth: "I'll explain later."
Sabretooth leaves her standing there as he heads back into the forest to search for anymore of the robed assassins if any.
"If only I had noticed the gun sooner I could have saved him. No more bloods going to be spilled here, I'll make sure of that!"
Two hours later.
Sabretooth returns to the citadel, Joan sees him and runs into his arms crying.
Joan: "Paster Ryan just told me what happened."
Sabretooth dosen't say anything and just holds her.
Joan: "Whats going on what happened!"
Sabretooth: "I'll explain later."
Sabretooth leaves her standing there as he heads back into the forest to search for anymore of the robed assassins if any.
"If only I had noticed the gun sooner I could have saved him. No more bloods going to be spilled here, I'll make sure of that!"
Two hours later.
Sabretooth returns to the citadel, Joan sees him and runs into his arms crying.
Joan: "Paster Ryan just told me what happened."
Sabretooth dosen't say anything and just holds her.
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Jamie Madrox
Genosha
The Citadel
The body of Michael Madrox now rests within the church as the news is spreading. People come to see the body now that it has been prepared and is resting within the church in a casket that had been quickly made by Phillip. For the comfirt of the people Jamie remains out of sight. He sits in a balcony overlooking the visitation and sits far enough back so that if anyone were to see him they wouldn't realize he looked identical to Michael. He has been sitting here for several hours, thinking. He started by thinking about the X-factor Investigations but it's since swung over to Michael himself. His thoughts are interupted.
"Hello." Jamie looks up to see the pastor's wife, Marcey Robinson. She is holding a glass of water, offering it to him. He takes it and thanks her. "May I sit?"
"Yeah, go ahead."
She does. "So how are you?"
Jamie smiles, "Well I guess if I lie to you in here then I'll pretty much be struck by lightning right?" She smiles. "I'm not doing that great. I thought I was getting my life together, trying to anyway. I had set up my own buisness helping people and even had my two best friends working with me. But that buisness went down in Magneto's attack and so did one of my friends. I realized I wasn't ment to be happy, to have my life in order. Then I came here and met Michael,.. I met an excention of me and in just a few months he had already accomplished more than I have in my whole life. It's wierd but in just my time here I've been inspired and wanted to talk to him more and learn how he did it,... but then."
"His death wasn't your fault."
Jamie nods, "I know,... but. I just wonder if I hadn't come here if that guy would have gotten to him."
"If you hadn't gotten here to cause the ruckus you did then Michael and Sara would have been alone up there and most probably Sara would have been killed to."
Jamie hadn't thought of that. He looks down to the girl who stands by the casket as the people pay their respects. "How is she?"
"As good as can be expected, but she's young. She'll never forget him but she'll be able to find love somewhere else. I think it'll be easier for her being that I don't think they really fell in love yet, thought they were getting there. But she has all of us to take care of her."
Jamie nods. A little time passes before he speaks again. "So with Michael gone who's going to lead Genosha?"
"We haven't really discussed it yet. But for now my husband and the rest of the councel will be running things until we figure out what to do next. We'll be talking to the people about it, getting their opinions. Sabretooth's offered to help out where Michael left off if needed."
"Be careful with that one. I know he's trying to turn it around but you never know with that guy. I hope you guys do a good job on him but I've just had to long a history with him."
"Everyone can change Jamie, that's what my faith is all about. And how about you, what will you be doing when you leave here."
"I'm leaving after the funeral this evening, going back to New York. I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing after that but I have a few ideas. I'm going to try to do what I haven't been able to in so long. Make something of myself. Maybe try to reopen X-Factor Investigations, who knows. I haven't thought it through yet."
Marcey stands, "Well we'll be sad to see you go, but I think it will be best for you. Keep in touch will you?"
Jamie nods as she turns to go. He returns to his thoughts as the visitation preceeds.
Genosha
The Citadel
The body of Michael Madrox now rests within the church as the news is spreading. People come to see the body now that it has been prepared and is resting within the church in a casket that had been quickly made by Phillip. For the comfirt of the people Jamie remains out of sight. He sits in a balcony overlooking the visitation and sits far enough back so that if anyone were to see him they wouldn't realize he looked identical to Michael. He has been sitting here for several hours, thinking. He started by thinking about the X-factor Investigations but it's since swung over to Michael himself. His thoughts are interupted.
"Hello." Jamie looks up to see the pastor's wife, Marcey Robinson. She is holding a glass of water, offering it to him. He takes it and thanks her. "May I sit?"
"Yeah, go ahead."
She does. "So how are you?"
Jamie smiles, "Well I guess if I lie to you in here then I'll pretty much be struck by lightning right?" She smiles. "I'm not doing that great. I thought I was getting my life together, trying to anyway. I had set up my own buisness helping people and even had my two best friends working with me. But that buisness went down in Magneto's attack and so did one of my friends. I realized I wasn't ment to be happy, to have my life in order. Then I came here and met Michael,.. I met an excention of me and in just a few months he had already accomplished more than I have in my whole life. It's wierd but in just my time here I've been inspired and wanted to talk to him more and learn how he did it,... but then."
"His death wasn't your fault."
Jamie nods, "I know,... but. I just wonder if I hadn't come here if that guy would have gotten to him."
"If you hadn't gotten here to cause the ruckus you did then Michael and Sara would have been alone up there and most probably Sara would have been killed to."
Jamie hadn't thought of that. He looks down to the girl who stands by the casket as the people pay their respects. "How is she?"
"As good as can be expected, but she's young. She'll never forget him but she'll be able to find love somewhere else. I think it'll be easier for her being that I don't think they really fell in love yet, thought they were getting there. But she has all of us to take care of her."
Jamie nods. A little time passes before he speaks again. "So with Michael gone who's going to lead Genosha?"
"We haven't really discussed it yet. But for now my husband and the rest of the councel will be running things until we figure out what to do next. We'll be talking to the people about it, getting their opinions. Sabretooth's offered to help out where Michael left off if needed."
"Be careful with that one. I know he's trying to turn it around but you never know with that guy. I hope you guys do a good job on him but I've just had to long a history with him."
"Everyone can change Jamie, that's what my faith is all about. And how about you, what will you be doing when you leave here."
"I'm leaving after the funeral this evening, going back to New York. I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing after that but I have a few ideas. I'm going to try to do what I haven't been able to in so long. Make something of myself. Maybe try to reopen X-Factor Investigations, who knows. I haven't thought it through yet."
Marcey stands, "Well we'll be sad to see you go, but I think it will be best for you. Keep in touch will you?"
Jamie nods as she turns to go. He returns to his thoughts as the visitation preceeds.
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Sabretooth stand by the doors of the church watching Joan and Alice place flowers on Micheal's casket.
"Thank you for giving me a second chance. Rest in peace my friend"
OOC: Thats it for Sabretooth for season 2
"Thank you for giving me a second chance. Rest in peace my friend"
OOC: Thats it for Sabretooth for season 2
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OOC: Seriously... when's the third season starting? I'm itching to get started on my Black Knight stuff.
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TheCorpulent1 said:
OOC: Same here, my Cap's shaking in his buckineer boots to get some action.
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OOC: Season II should end later today.
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Jamie Madrox
Final Post
Jamie turns the car off. He had left Genosha after the funeral. He had said his goodbyes and even gave Sabretooth a friendly nod. The flight went quickly but that happens when you're lost in thought. Now he's just parking his car and about to go into the Hotel he's been staying at until he gets a new place. He's been thinking about all Michael's accomplished and how he's not come anywhere close. He's decided he wants to do something to make a bigger differance, if only X-Factor hadn't burnt down. Maybe once they get Mutant Town rebuilt he can reopen, it may be a while but they've already started. But it just doesn't seen right, not without the whole team there. Rahne would be there but Guido,.... it just wouldn't be the same. He then thinks of the X-Men. Charles had offered him a place with the team and Bobby has twice. His thoughts are on this as he makes his way back up to his room. When he comes in he sees his cell phone still on the charger. He picks it up.
"21 missed calls? 13 messages?" He's never that popular. He runs through the numbers and he can see that the majority of them are from the same number, Rahne's. He listens to the messages. The first is a salesperson but the second makes him week in the knees as he falls to the ground.
"Jamie! Guido's Alive!"
The following three messages were the same. He quickly quit listening to them and dial's Rahne's cell number. "Rahne, it's Jamie! Guido?"
"He's alive Jamie, he's alive." Tears can be heard over the phone, "Bless the saints Jamie I don't know how but he's alive."
Jamie's eyes fill quickly and he finds himself speachless as he begins to sob. Finally he manages, "Where?" She tells him and he quickly hangs up the phone. He gets to his wobbly feet and rushes down the stairs to his rent-a-car as quickly as possible. How could Guido be alive? He burnt to death and fell through a callapseing building? He saw him die, how can he be alive? Time passes until he reaches the hospital that Rahne had told him. She's waiting for him. As he parks the car in a no parking zone she rushes to him and hugs him.
"How is he alive? Where is he?"
"He's upstairs, but he's sleeping. The doctor's said his mutation saved him. They'll explain to you, come on."
They rush up the steps and finally come to a room. Jamie's hearts beats quickly as they enter the room and there, in the bed, sits Guido. He is asleep, his chest raising and falling silently.
"Is he in a coma again?"
"No, he's weak but he's aware."
"Hello there." Comes a voice from a doctor that Jamie hadn't noticed.
"Hi, how'd he..."
"Jaime I'd presume, we've been trying get ahold of you. He's been asking for you. And how did he live through what he went through? Well, think of it this way... when he fell he absorbed a lot of kinetic energy. That made him stronger, larger, more durable. It halped him survive the fall. And when I've seen him punch moving cars and such on television while he was a member of X-Factor, I never once saw his hand break or even his skin break. He has stronger skin than normal and when he's absorbed that energy it seems to make it even stronger. He didn't even have a broken bone."
"But the fire?"
"Yes, the fire is the only thing that really got to him. In the beginning from when Rahne here says he was on the building saving your life, it had burnt him horribly. But once the building collapsed he became stronger and his skin became more resistant to the flames. By his luck he fell in a place where the flames had been snuffed so no more flames got to him when while he was unconscious. When he woke up he released all that stored energy by breaking his way out of the rubble. He aparently passed out in the street where we found him. So right now he's suffering from burns more than anything, but he'll be okay in a few weeks."
Jamie shook his head, he couldn't believe it. As the doctor leaves the room he and Rahne walk to Guido's side. He's asleep and his body is red and black all over, but he's alive.
"Does he feel the pain."
"No, they have him so drugged up he doesn't feel much of anything. But he will when the medication wares off."
Just then Jamie bends closer to Guido as his eyes start to open. "Jaimster?" comes his wobbly voice.
"It's me Guido, I'm here man."
"Hi." It was simple but Jamie would take it, just to hear his friend's voice again.
"You scared me to death man. How you feeling?"
"Like a fish in an eskimo camp."
Jamie didn't even care that the line didn't make much sense, he was just happy to see him alive. "Just rest man, just rest. We'll talk more when you're better." and with that Guido nods and his eyes close again. Jamie stands and wipes the tears that come to his eyes. Rahne puts her arms around him as he cries into her shoulder. Guido's alive... he's really alive. After all that's happened, all the tears, he's alive.
The days pass and Jamie doesn't care that he has no home to go to, he doesn't care that he has had the past few months from hell. He just doesn't care. He and Rahne and an occational visit from any number of friends sit with Guido as he recovers. A few weeks into his recovery his humor returns and oh how Jamie missed it. Even Jessica Howe came down from her hiding to visit him and thank him for saving her life. Jamie's never seen Guido blush so much in his life. The days pass and life moves on,.. but it will always be with the three of them, Jamie, Rahne, and Guido,... together, best friends and partners.
Final Post
Jamie turns the car off. He had left Genosha after the funeral. He had said his goodbyes and even gave Sabretooth a friendly nod. The flight went quickly but that happens when you're lost in thought. Now he's just parking his car and about to go into the Hotel he's been staying at until he gets a new place. He's been thinking about all Michael's accomplished and how he's not come anywhere close. He's decided he wants to do something to make a bigger differance, if only X-Factor hadn't burnt down. Maybe once they get Mutant Town rebuilt he can reopen, it may be a while but they've already started. But it just doesn't seen right, not without the whole team there. Rahne would be there but Guido,.... it just wouldn't be the same. He then thinks of the X-Men. Charles had offered him a place with the team and Bobby has twice. His thoughts are on this as he makes his way back up to his room. When he comes in he sees his cell phone still on the charger. He picks it up.
"21 missed calls? 13 messages?" He's never that popular. He runs through the numbers and he can see that the majority of them are from the same number, Rahne's. He listens to the messages. The first is a salesperson but the second makes him week in the knees as he falls to the ground.
"Jamie! Guido's Alive!"
The following three messages were the same. He quickly quit listening to them and dial's Rahne's cell number. "Rahne, it's Jamie! Guido?"
"He's alive Jamie, he's alive." Tears can be heard over the phone, "Bless the saints Jamie I don't know how but he's alive."
Jamie's eyes fill quickly and he finds himself speachless as he begins to sob. Finally he manages, "Where?" She tells him and he quickly hangs up the phone. He gets to his wobbly feet and rushes down the stairs to his rent-a-car as quickly as possible. How could Guido be alive? He burnt to death and fell through a callapseing building? He saw him die, how can he be alive? Time passes until he reaches the hospital that Rahne had told him. She's waiting for him. As he parks the car in a no parking zone she rushes to him and hugs him.
"How is he alive? Where is he?"
"He's upstairs, but he's sleeping. The doctor's said his mutation saved him. They'll explain to you, come on."
They rush up the steps and finally come to a room. Jamie's hearts beats quickly as they enter the room and there, in the bed, sits Guido. He is asleep, his chest raising and falling silently.
"Is he in a coma again?"
"No, he's weak but he's aware."
"Hello there." Comes a voice from a doctor that Jamie hadn't noticed.
"Hi, how'd he..."
"Jaime I'd presume, we've been trying get ahold of you. He's been asking for you. And how did he live through what he went through? Well, think of it this way... when he fell he absorbed a lot of kinetic energy. That made him stronger, larger, more durable. It halped him survive the fall. And when I've seen him punch moving cars and such on television while he was a member of X-Factor, I never once saw his hand break or even his skin break. He has stronger skin than normal and when he's absorbed that energy it seems to make it even stronger. He didn't even have a broken bone."
"But the fire?"
"Yes, the fire is the only thing that really got to him. In the beginning from when Rahne here says he was on the building saving your life, it had burnt him horribly. But once the building collapsed he became stronger and his skin became more resistant to the flames. By his luck he fell in a place where the flames had been snuffed so no more flames got to him when while he was unconscious. When he woke up he released all that stored energy by breaking his way out of the rubble. He aparently passed out in the street where we found him. So right now he's suffering from burns more than anything, but he'll be okay in a few weeks."
Jamie shook his head, he couldn't believe it. As the doctor leaves the room he and Rahne walk to Guido's side. He's asleep and his body is red and black all over, but he's alive.
"Does he feel the pain."
"No, they have him so drugged up he doesn't feel much of anything. But he will when the medication wares off."
Just then Jamie bends closer to Guido as his eyes start to open. "Jaimster?" comes his wobbly voice.
"It's me Guido, I'm here man."
"Hi." It was simple but Jamie would take it, just to hear his friend's voice again.
"You scared me to death man. How you feeling?"
"Like a fish in an eskimo camp."
Jamie didn't even care that the line didn't make much sense, he was just happy to see him alive. "Just rest man, just rest. We'll talk more when you're better." and with that Guido nods and his eyes close again. Jamie stands and wipes the tears that come to his eyes. Rahne puts her arms around him as he cries into her shoulder. Guido's alive... he's really alive. After all that's happened, all the tears, he's alive.
The days pass and Jamie doesn't care that he has no home to go to, he doesn't care that he has had the past few months from hell. He just doesn't care. He and Rahne and an occational visit from any number of friends sit with Guido as he recovers. A few weeks into his recovery his humor returns and oh how Jamie missed it. Even Jessica Howe came down from her hiding to visit him and thank him for saving her life. Jamie's never seen Guido blush so much in his life. The days pass and life moves on,.. but it will always be with the three of them, Jamie, Rahne, and Guido,... together, best friends and partners.
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