Fic: Around the Marvel Universe in 31 Days #2.25

Aug 19, 2013 23:35


Title: Around the Marvel Universe in 31 Days
Author: JoeHundredaire (joehundredaire@tthfanfic.org)
Rating: PG-13/FR15.
Disclaimer: Right, I actually went and checked to be sure this time… Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, and all associated characters belong to Fran and Kaz Kuzui. With a myriad of writers, artists, and editors, actual rights are a nightmare when you go near a comic book universe. Suffice it to say that Marvel Entertainment LLC owns all of the property printed in their comics, along with the television and movie adaptations of said same property. Not mine, don't sue, and so forth and so on.
Summary: Dawn decides to disregard the Scoobies' advice and have a heart-to-heart with a vengeance demon. Adventures ensue.
Joe's Note: So, considering this fair warning that I'm more than likely going to go back through all of these and streamline the finished product in September or October. Because yes, I realize this piece has Dawn showing awareness of post-human naming conventions when she doesn't in Lorna's chapter… but I couldn't really help myself.

     "So, my last sister dated a broody vampire named Angel and one of my Facebook friends cosplays as Angel from Borderlands… but I never thought I'd get to meet a real angel."

"…seriously? The professor didn't warn you about me?"

Dawn chuckled as she put the sneaking out skills she'd honed on Buffy, Willow, and Tara to good use, carefully climbing out the window of the guest room Jean had shown her to and then making her way along the roof to where the winged blond was perched. "Oh, he did. But I mean… your primary mutation is a pair of giant white feathered bird wings, and you picked Angel as a codename? You're kinda asking for it." As Warren Worthington the Third pondered that, Dawn moved to sit on the edge of the roof beside him. "So…"

Jumping slightly, Warren stuck his hand into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. Reading the message on the screen, he chuckled. "So, is it true that my girlfriend has a new little sister?" Dawn's jaw dropped and he tilted the screen enough to show her an iMessage conversation between him and… who the hell was 'Robert Drake' and how did he know her secrets already? Not that she particularly cared, given she intended to spread it far and wide in due time, but it was the principle of the matter. "When she gets excited, Jean's telepathy goes from a sniper rifle to a shotgun. She probably just meant to share a juicy bit of gossip with Scott… but evidently the whole living room heard."

"Oh. Well. Remind me to give her a telekinetic wedgie or something as soon as I figure out how to be telekinetic. But yeah, I'm Emma's dimension-hopping fraternal twin sister. Sorta. Kinda." Dawn reached out and snatched Warren's iPhone away, pushing the Home button and then opening up the Photos app. Given that the blond had specified a new 'little' sister, he clearly wasn't dating Emma or the smallest Frost, and 'girlfriend' likewise eliminated the sole male in this generation of Frosts. Surfing through the camera roll, she quickly found pictures of Warren with one wing curled around the shoulders of a blonde slightly older than the one McCoy had shown her. Jackpot. And… huh. "They're a ridiculously pretty family, aren't there? Makes me feel like a hell of an ugly duckling, let me tell you. That's…" Dawn paused, racking her brain. The good doctor had listed off a handful of names and ages, but she hadn't expected to need them again so soon. "Adrienne, right?"

Warren nodded. "Adrienne. I was hoping to be assigned as your shadow for tomorrow for obvious reasons, but the professor shot me down. Chances are it's because he forgot we live in a digital era these days, and thinks that my visits are the only times she's working on me to come out as a mutant and join her at Harvard next year." Pausing, he tilted his head to the side. "On the other hand, he's a telepath and so he should know otherwise. Hmm…"

That certainly put an interesting spin on things, Dawn mused, especially when combined with the revelation that Jean was far from the psionic master that Dawn had believed her to be. Not to mention… juvenile much on Xavier's part? Especially for a man of his advanced age, with the maturity said age should have brought? The brunette shook her head and went back to wandering through Warren's photos, quickly tracking down images of her little sister-to-be, her twin, and her older brother. "Can you tell me about them? You know, beyond the kind of stuff I'd track down on Google? It doesn't have to be really personal, but I'd like to know a little something about them going into tomorrow and you're the only person in the mansion who isn't all 'grr, Frosts'."

"That's because I'm the only person Emma won't fuck with. She and Adrienne have had an uneasy truce ever since…" Warren trailed off, shuddering. "Let's just say that you never, ever want a psychometrist pissed at you. They have a way of finding every last dirty secret you have. Literally." Considering most of her dirty laundry was an entire dimension away, Dawn would… take that advice very seriously. Because while nothing she'd done up until this point would make effective blackmail, that wouldn't stop her sister from using future missteps against her. "As for the family, I don't want to say anything about the parents because I'm meeting them as The Boyfriend. They'll probably treat you completely differently, and I don't want to prejudice you. Christian's been away at college most of the time I've been seeing Adrienne, so I don't know him very well. Cordelia's definitely the baby of the family and acts it; bring a cupcake or two when you show up and she'll love you until the sugar high wears off. Buy her another, and she'll love you again. And while I love her to death, Adrienne is a Machiavellian little bitch and so she'll probably just sit back and watch and wait. Figure out how you fit into the family, figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are, and then go from there."

Dawn nodded, filing all the information away for future usage. Especially the bit about Cordelia; given how much Dawn enjoyed puttering around in the kitchen, she'd likely be the easy Frost to sway to her side. There was someone missing, though. "What about Emma?"

Curling his fingers around the upper half of his phone, Warren carefully slid it out of Dawn's grasp before letting out a harsh bark of laughter. "I'm the wrong person to ask there, because to be exceedingly blunt? She's a fucking hellspawn. Even if she's not dumb enough to try messing with my head anymore, she's not any more pleasant to be around now than she was before Adrienne slapped her down and so I avoid the little bitch whenever I'm at the house." With that, he brought the conversation to an abrupt end as he tipped forward, plunging over the edge of the room. Spreading his wings wide, he used several powerful beats to gain altitude before gliding off toward the lake.

A sigh escaped as Dawn clambered back to her feet. Standing on the edge of the room, she pulled the envelope Xavier had given her out of her back pocket and frowned down at it. Maybe this road trip of hers wasn't such a… oh, fuck it. If she could survive Buffy of all people, how bad could Emma be?

!2013 august event, author: joe hundredaire, fandom: x-men

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