Cassie left the house early that Saturday. Early enough that everyone else was asleep. If she waited she'd just get yelled at or have to do some awkward explaining to Sarah- and they were awkward enough as it was. So she just wrote a note on the fridge that said "Out- Cassie" and walked to the store. Once she got there she bought a dozen flowers- ( Read more... )

When she had left that night, she'd made herself look good. A quick make-up job (she always tended to underdo do that, anyway), a squirt of perfume, and her favorite dress. She'd even begged a fancy pair of clip-on earrings off of Cassie. Someone wanted to look special ( Read more... )

Newest Avenger UnveiledOld New York - While he had already made his debut along America's southern border, the Avengers formally introduced the world to their newest member: Nathaniel Richards, now known as Iron Man 2.6. Though, in a stunning revelation, he was formally known as Iron Lad, one of the founding members of the Young Avengers ( Read more... )

Just on the US side of the US/Mexico border, a war had broken out at what was usually a rather quiet border crossing. A routine security screening erupted into chaos when a group of weapons smugglers were about to be caught red handed, and decided to fight their way out, rather than go to jail ( Read more... )

The honeymoon period after Cassie's sudden return had come to a sudden end. She'd worn it out by sneaking out too many times, bringing Sarah over, and other smaller things. Even the fact that she was now the breadwinner of the household had gone over badly. While her mother and Blake were relieved that they didn't have to worry about living ( 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... )

Cassie found herself lost in the streets of Old New York City after running into Iron Lad, or at least the person who had been Iron Lad. She just found out Jonas was dead- no, broken. He could be fixed. They could bring him back. They could. She could. And she would she just needed ( Read more... )

While the world itself had done a lot to recover from the merger, there was still a great deal of work to be done. That's why STAR Labs and Project PEGASUS, in conjunction with a number of research and technology firms, put together The World of Tomorrow. Housed at the Discovery Times Square Exposition Center in Old New York City, it featured the ( Read more... )

Cassie usually wasn't much of a mall person. Sure, it was great if you were looking at Gamestop, Electronics Boutique, RadioShack, places like that, but shopping for clothes ( Read more... )

Captain America settles down at a table in the Baxter Building. He sets a steaming mug of hot chocolate down and leans back in his chair, tapping a stylus on his lower lip. He's got a PDA in hand, with a short list of things to accomplish that day. At the very top of the list was to discuss the Stark situation with Blue Beetle and Reed. Under it ( Read more... )