Damn passive mutants.
I am not a slacker! ...okay, so, I am a slacker, but I finished 'Wrath' anyway, and am three pages into Envy, and a few paragraphs into Pride. Pride is an iffy thing, because it contains boyfriend abuse. Boyfriend abuse is wrong, but between Jason's oh-so-canon sadistic streak and Tommy's sudden co-dependent nature I can't seem to help from giving the whole thing a dark, violent and abusive flavor. I tried to fix it, I tried to have Tommy stand up for himself but he's refusing to do anything of the sort. I tried to lecture on not being a passive wuss who lets the creepy man with the wavy knife and tendency to blow people up knock him around because hey, power to blow stuff up all on his own.
He just doesn't care. *sigh* I don't know why. Tommy doesn't seem passive so much as 'if you hurt me I'll put forth a really good effort to kill you' but...yeah. I don't know, but I will figure this out. And, for fun, the start of Pride
He looked like Tommy, though a bit shorter, less muscular, and a bit darker on all fronts. Tan skin, black hair, and narrowed dark eyes that crackled with blue energy. If Jason had seen him somewhere without Tommy near by he might have never been able to connect the two in his mind because if those difference but actually standing in front of him with Tommy wearing the same expression of suspcious annoyance it was obvious.
There were six of them all together, the Young Avengers as dubbed by the media, and the ones who'd broken Tommy out of jail. Tommy had mentioned one was a witch and would be able to find him sooner or later; Jason supposed that now was 'sooner'.
"Tommy." Jason said, turning away from the blond's double. Tommy blinked once then looked up at him, head tilted slightly. "Friends?"
Tommy snorted lightly then shrugged. "Not really, no."
That was good to know. These kids were between them and Song, and Jason wasn't at all inclined to let those stupid enough to get in his way survive the expirence. He'd finally gotten all the information about Song's plans, gotten Tommy's aid in finding out how the man was connected to the 'Mutant Solider' projects, and now all that was left was to get rid on him so he could move on to taking out the higher ups.
"You have to come back to Avenger's Tower with us." The boy who looked like Tommy said, voice strangely soft compared to the energy crackling around him. "You...Cap and Ironman think you have something to do with those scientist disapperences and if you don't come in with us they're going to track you down."
Jason snorted, recalling his first conversation with Tommy. Sure, leaving behind nothing seemed like a good idea when you couldn't be connected to all of your victims and weren't known to have the ability to vaporize things at a whim, but since Tommy could be and was known for that it was pretty telling. "I told you that blowing them up would come back to haunt you. The lack of evidence is kind of telling."
The green skinned blond boy made a noise that was somewhere between distressed and panicked. "You didn't kill those people did you?"
Tommy's eyes slid over to Jason, anger plain. "Thanks, Jay. Would you like to sign a statement so they can put me away, or do you think you can shut up now?"
Jason frowned but Tommy's double spoke first, frowning intently. "Look, you *have* to come back. If they have to find you it's going to be so much worse than it already is for you. I don't want you to get in any more trouble."
Tommy stared at him for a moment, green eyes wide and bright, before looking up. Jason followed his gaze up and saw that the blond was staring at the apartment that belonged to Song intently. The explosion made a noise like an ear splitting roar and blew out the outward wall in a shower of glass, brick, and blue light. The debris arched down towards the street where pedystrians were shrieking and cars were already swerving away to avoid it.
Jason had to admit he was impressed. He hadn't known Tommy's power could be used long range, let alone from six floors down.
He just doesn't care. *sigh* I don't know why. Tommy doesn't seem passive so much as 'if you hurt me I'll put forth a really good effort to kill you' but...yeah. I don't know, but I will figure this out. And, for fun, the start of Pride
He looked like Tommy, though a bit shorter, less muscular, and a bit darker on all fronts. Tan skin, black hair, and narrowed dark eyes that crackled with blue energy. If Jason had seen him somewhere without Tommy near by he might have never been able to connect the two in his mind because if those difference but actually standing in front of him with Tommy wearing the same expression of suspcious annoyance it was obvious.
There were six of them all together, the Young Avengers as dubbed by the media, and the ones who'd broken Tommy out of jail. Tommy had mentioned one was a witch and would be able to find him sooner or later; Jason supposed that now was 'sooner'.
"Tommy." Jason said, turning away from the blond's double. Tommy blinked once then looked up at him, head tilted slightly. "Friends?"
Tommy snorted lightly then shrugged. "Not really, no."
That was good to know. These kids were between them and Song, and Jason wasn't at all inclined to let those stupid enough to get in his way survive the expirence. He'd finally gotten all the information about Song's plans, gotten Tommy's aid in finding out how the man was connected to the 'Mutant Solider' projects, and now all that was left was to get rid on him so he could move on to taking out the higher ups.
"You have to come back to Avenger's Tower with us." The boy who looked like Tommy said, voice strangely soft compared to the energy crackling around him. "You...Cap and Ironman think you have something to do with those scientist disapperences and if you don't come in with us they're going to track you down."
Jason snorted, recalling his first conversation with Tommy. Sure, leaving behind nothing seemed like a good idea when you couldn't be connected to all of your victims and weren't known to have the ability to vaporize things at a whim, but since Tommy could be and was known for that it was pretty telling. "I told you that blowing them up would come back to haunt you. The lack of evidence is kind of telling."
The green skinned blond boy made a noise that was somewhere between distressed and panicked. "You didn't kill those people did you?"
Tommy's eyes slid over to Jason, anger plain. "Thanks, Jay. Would you like to sign a statement so they can put me away, or do you think you can shut up now?"
Jason frowned but Tommy's double spoke first, frowning intently. "Look, you *have* to come back. If they have to find you it's going to be so much worse than it already is for you. I don't want you to get in any more trouble."
Tommy stared at him for a moment, green eyes wide and bright, before looking up. Jason followed his gaze up and saw that the blond was staring at the apartment that belonged to Song intently. The explosion made a noise like an ear splitting roar and blew out the outward wall in a shower of glass, brick, and blue light. The debris arched down towards the street where pedystrians were shrieking and cars were already swerving away to avoid it.
Jason had to admit he was impressed. He hadn't known Tommy's power could be used long range, let alone from six floors down.