Problem one - no passport. Getting from Europe to the States was tricky enough before the miniature apocalypse that doubled the world's population, and after? Nothing doing. Still, it wasn't as if he was without recourse. Ted called upon his knowledge of the old Justice League International facilities, and a few weeks later, he'd used the ( Read more... )

It's a short line at the Seven-Eleven. Really, all Taskmaster wants is a few beers to make it through the night. He thunks the bottles down on the desk, holographic 'face' offering a smile to the guy behind the register as he moves to ring it all up ( Read more... )

It's a bad day for the Big CF. It starts with a museum break-in. There's mind control at work, of course, several homeless Homo Magi he had promised power. It's quick, so quick that police will barely have time to respond, let alone anyone else ( Read more... )

Benjamin Jacob Grimm has been walking the streets of this humongous city for days now, after popping up here outta nowhere.  He could've sworn he was in Philadelphia, but the place never seemed to turn into South Jersey no matter how far he went.  It's all a big flippin' town now.  Urban sprawl like nobody's ever seen ( Read more... )

The roof of the Baxter Building is not exactly where you'd expect to find an informal gathering like this. But, well. Captain America hadn't felt like turning this into a meeting like the last one, and he didn't want Sue working her fingers to the bone trying to supply everyone with food ( Read more... )

Pepper Potts wished she could say she was happy to be back in a big city. Although she wasn't so spoiled that she couldn't live for months at a time out of backpack (not even a suitcase... a backpack!), she wasn't about to lie and say that she didn't miss the luxuries of sushi restaurants, public wi-fi, hotels with 400+ thread count sheets, hair ( Read more... )

A motorcade arrives outside the Baxter Building, a motorcade with a pair of black, armored limousines bracketed by police cars and Secret Service SUVs. A blonde woman exits the back of one limo, buttons her suit jacket, straightens her skirt and then marches to the back of the other limo. By the time she arrives, an agent has opened the door, and ( Read more... )

What is a Nate Grey?

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Those heroes interested in convening as a sort of postmortem for the fight are invited back to the Baxter Building, which is well-equipped for large gatherings...and secure ones, too. Although Sue is still working with Roberta to get the place ship-shape, the team's headquarters is clean and spacious and smells of fresh-baked goods. Soon enough, ( Read more... )

Dressed in a dark blue suit and a silver tie atop a crisp white shirt, a flag pin discreetly on one lapel, President Luthor addresses members of the media on the White House lawn because the weather is just that nice. He regards the White House press corps with an amiable expression and begins his comments cheerfully ( Read more... )