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Still

Aug 28, 2011 13:13

Characters: EVIL!ALEX; OPEN
Date&Time: August 17/night; after THE BREAK UP
Setting: NYC
Summary: What is this new feeling? Oh yeah, heartbreak.
Rating: ;_;
Status: open.

( She's the kind of girl you want so much
It makes you sorry
Still you don't regret a single day. )

au!hank mccoy, au!alex summers

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donotmockme August 29 2011, 00:49:44 UTC

Hank had needed a break, a time out as it were. The 'Fantastic' Four were holding their own celebrations and plans. The ability to alter dimensions now existed, and there was even some form of speaking terms between Victor VonDoom and Reed. It was cause for celebration, but all Hank could think of was that alternative that Sean had spoken of ( ... )

everambient August 29 2011, 00:59:43 UTC

He recognized Hank's voice without even looking at him, keeping his cold gaze on the Statue of Liberty. Without saying a word, he powered up his palms, gathering the energy into a red ball of plasma that slowly turned blue, then threw it towards the statue. It left a gaping hold through her chest, right where her heart would be. Sirens went off in the distance, wailing in the night--a sign that the authorities had noticed the damage right away.

"What the hell do you want?" Alex asked him, still keeping his gaze on the statue.

donotmockme August 29 2011, 01:10:07 UTC

"I thought it was time you and I spoke." Hank admitted, and in all honesty, he jumped at Alex's outburst against the Statue.

He had heard, through the rumor mill, about the battle that had taken place at the mansion. 'Soldiers' on both sides had their say about it, though admittedly it was more the 'enemy' than those on the side of Erik Lensherr and his 'X-Men'.

He knew that many people had died, and that 'their' Alex had come back. He was still unsure if this was truly a good thing.

everambient August 29 2011, 01:21:32 UTC

"Gee Hank," Alex commented sarcastically, finally turning to look at the other mutant, "nice timing. You run off and join a merry band of costumed freaks when I offer to let you help me take down our biggest target ever, and now you want to talk? Whatever could we possibly have to talk about, you and I? The fact that you turned your back on us maybe? Or even the fact that you personally insulted me by doing it?"

"You know, I always knew you were a pacifist, but to wait until the fucking smoke is cleared, until your friends have been slaughter, and then walk back to our side?" He scoffed. "Well that just makes you a goddamn coward."

donotmockme August 29 2011, 01:28:52 UTC

"The President of the United States is not a target." Hank retorted, too quick, too bitter for his own liking. He stopped himself, counted to ten and turned back to face the excitement unfolding beyond. Newspapers would be written tomorrow, theories as to why the aging beauty had exploded, and funds would be raised to repair her. Make her better than new. Tonight however, was just chaos.

"I am not returning to any side. Or even claiming one now. Which is perhaps something you should consider for an option yourself?"

everambient August 29 2011, 01:41:48 UTC

"Are you here to set me back on the right path?" Alex asked, his deep voice echoing a bit with irritation. "Help me find my way back to the light? I just had a couple of weeks of that shit, Hank, and now that I'm home I would really just rather skip that part alright ( ... )

donotmockme August 29 2011, 02:00:18 UTC

"How did they die?" Hank asked, his own voice almost painfully calm. "Was it a desire for becoming better men? For knowledge? Peace? You created the war that killed them Alex, just as did they. Mohandas Gandhi once said that 'Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.'"

He paused, pulling a tissue out to clean his glasses, "The only ones who survived that battle intact, are the ones who did not fight in it. My 'costumed freaks' of friends are in tact, as are countless others who did not heed the call. Think on that."

everambient August 29 2011, 02:09:15 UTC

He reached forward, grabbing Hank's shirt to pull him in close so that he could glare at him eye to eye. "They didn't choose that fight, it was forced on them. Because of him, that other me, the one that ruined everything."

Alex rested his forehead against Hank's, closing his eyes as if internally struggling with what he was about to say. "Do you know what it's like to realize that I am the reason that they're both dead?"

donotmockme August 29 2011, 02:15:17 UTC

The term 'bro hug' would not become common place for another fifty years, but there was little better suited for what Hank offered his one-time friend. His hand clenched into a fist, he brought it around to squeeze at Alex's back tight.

"You're going to have to learn forgiveness Alex." Hank warned him. "Otherwise this will destroy you."

everambient August 29 2011, 02:20:54 UTC

Alex let go of Hank's shirt and shoved him away from him. "Forgiveness?" he asked quietly, staring at Hank in disbelief. "Hank, I almost had a family, a daughter--and don't you fucking ask me how I know she would have been a girl, but she would have--and now that chance is gone because Lorna and my little girl are both dead. The kind of dead you don't possess a redheaded telepath to overcome, Hank. The permanent kind!"

donotmockme August 29 2011, 02:25:23 UTC

"You've already heard my suggestion Alex." Hank held both hands up in surrender, he wasn't going to fight a grieving man. No matter how much it might be something Alex wanted.

"I have no stronger words for you than that."

everambient August 29 2011, 02:32:37 UTC

"I never asked you for anything," Alex pointed out, and then his tone softened a bit as he continued, "What am I supposed to do now, Hank? I've lost everyone I care about, and I can never face Erik again. Not after the damage that other me has caused this world. For the second time in my life I...I don't know what my purpose is."

donotmockme August 29 2011, 10:20:57 UTC

"In books and films, this is usually when the hero goes off on some quest. Something to give them a purpose until they find one to live for. I'm not saying you should, but it is an option."

He turned to regard his one-time friend with an almost sad expression. "Did you learn anything different in that other world? Even something that has no reason to help you now?"

everambient August 29 2011, 16:34:33 UTC

"I'm not the hero, Hank," Alex reminded him bitterly. He sighed, looking up at the helicopters that were now surrounding the statue, trying to find the source of it's defacement. "I learned..."

What had he learned? Way too much, and none of it good.

"When Erik comes to you looking for me--and he will," Alex concluded, since Hank was the only one of their former friends he wouldn't kill on sight, "tell him I'm in Alaska. He'll know where."

donotmockme August 29 2011, 16:46:48 UTC

"Alright, I will. But I want you to take my card." Hank replied, pulling out his wallet to dig out a business card to press into Alex's hand. "And if you need anything, anything don't hesitate to call. We may not share a 'side' but you're still my friend."

That was a promise that was rather weighty to say these days, but it was one that Hank knew to be true.

everambient August 29 2011, 16:56:49 UTC

Alex looked at Hank for a moment, as if trying to figure out if he was lying or not. He finally decided that Hank meant it. Despite everything that had happened between them over the years, the alliances they'd made and enemies alike, Hank meant it.

Havok took the card, then extended his hand for Hank to shake. "Thank you," he told the other mutant. It wasn't something he said a lot, but he meant it.

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