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 Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:42 pm
Oracle turned her head to address Iceman, "There's a girl out here who had been stabbed in the gut. That's what showed up on the security monitors. Help me look for her."
Barbara continued to wheel her way over to where X23 was with a first aid kit and other things in her lap.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:45 pm
X23's heightened hearing allowed her to hear what Oracle said as she got closer. Why do they care? she asked herself with a huff. And have they never heard of a healing factor? Ugh...
She shook her head and walked to Oracle and Iceman, distrust etched on her face quite clearly. "I don't need help," she said gruffly before pointing to the holes in her suit which showed her tanned skin-- the areas were already fully healed.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:38 pm
Oracle blinked hard at X23's response, staring at the already healed wounds and secretly wishing she had had that ablity so she could walk again, "At least..... You have the advantage of ... rapid healing."
Reflexively, Barbara's hand over her stomach where Joker had shot her a while ago. That pain was forever etched in the redhead's memory. Adjusting her glasses, Barbara addressed X23 again, " What happened out here then?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:45 pm
X23 closed her eyes, thinking back to what had happened earlier... the pain of his claws piercing her stomach, the kick to the head...
"He lied to me! LIED!" X23 spat furiously, turning away. "Fed me a bunch of bullshit about... about living a normal life, about having a choice to live like a normal person... then he stabbed me and kicked me in the damned head!"
She stopped herself. That was arguably the most she had ever spoken to anyone, she realized. It felt... scary, and yet refreshing at the same time... and then she decided that since this woman had bothered to ask, she should know the whole truth.
"I... am X23. I was created by HYDRA to be a clone of Wolverine and to be... the perfect weapon. I have no family, no friends... all I have is me and the desire to kill Wolverine... it's his fault! All his fault!"
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:58 pm
More cloning technology. Wonderful..., Barbara had a good idea what this girl was probably going through with everything she's heard about Konner Kent. With a heavy sigh, Barbara Gordon addressed the young woman, "I'm sorry that you went through that. You have every right to be angry, but what you do is your choice, not anyone else's. And I wouldn't advocate trying to kill anyone. It won't help. Trust me, there's a particular insane clown that put me in this wheelchair, and .... I've had visions of killing that @##%@# numerous ways. But, it doesn't solve anything. If you'd like, you can come in and get some food and drink, and we'll talk about it. And...."
A slight smile formed on Barbara's face, "I can help you give yourself a name, and build a background of your choosing on different national databases. Besides, I've had my fill of secret organizations doing whatever they feel like. Let me help you."
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:04 pm
X23 stopped. This woman's tone indicated she knew something about what X23 had been going through... and she was... offering to help her? She wasn't acting like Wolverine, making up lies about living a normal life... she was wanting to help X23 make her own life.
"You... you'd do that?" she asked softly, unsure what to think. Part of her wanted to blow the woman off, but... deep down, she wanted to accept, if only to choose her very own name, the most basic thing that HYDRA had taken from her.
"I... O-okay. I'll... I'll come with you..." she said in that low tone, her mind whirling.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:16 pm
Barbara nodded, "Good. Just follow me and Bobby back inside, and Nightshade still has some chill and sloppy joes plus anything you'd like to drink. By the way, my name is Barbara, but my friends call me 'Babs'."
Oracle began to wheel her way back into the basement access she wheeled out of.
(Oh dear, X23 could become the next Batgirl... xd )
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:21 pm
((Funnily enough, I can see that happening. She already has enough martial arts skill to kick the crap out of Bruce and Terry at the same time... LOL PWNAGE)
X23 simply nodded and walked alongside Barbara. The woman was so accommodating... she wanted to remain cautious, but she could sense that for some reason, this woman meant no harm or foul play. And that scared her as much as it intrigued her. She gave Iceman a glance and a curt nod, and continued following Barbara.
"What happened here? The HYDRA databases said that Institute would be intact..." she asked Barbara, looking around at all the rubble.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:29 pm
As they rolled past the remains of a Omega-class sentinel who's legs were sticking out underneath a Soviet-era satelite, "And on any other day, that would seem strange.... I think the best answer is: a lot. As I understand it, some interdimensional being wrecked the mansion here. You would have to ask Professor Xavier about it."
The trio moved into the basement of the facility, and the door closed behind them. It wasn't long before they came up on the makeshift kitchen that Nightshade utilized.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:38 pm
"Xavier... he's alive?" X23 asked, looking at the makeshift kitchen emotionlessly. "I smelled multiple scents, but I didn't recognize any except Wolverine's..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:46 pm
"I've met Charles Xavier just a little while ago. There are a number of X-Men and Titans that rolled in. A vigilante named Nightshade had found this place abandoned and got the basement levels up and running over some weeks appearently. Let's dig in, I think we've all had a long day."
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:53 pm
X23 sat down looking at the sloppy joes with mingled curiosity and disgust. It looked like the slop HYDRA had regularly given her as food, but smelled different...
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:02 pm
"The sloppy joes show be okay, but I know the chill is really good. Nightshade made it from scratch; home recipe as I understand it," Babs chirpped up.
(I'm going to go for a while. Catch up later.)
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:45 pm
X23 simply nodded and looked around, spotting Iceman again. She felt a brief, very brief, urge to talk to him, but she quickly suppressed that urge. She had no friends, didn't know how to make any, and besides... she didn't need friends in the first place. Right? Her existence, her life, had proven that one could live without friends...
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:56 am
Outside the Xavier Institute premises, a large rumbling noise was heard. It was the sound of motorcycle engines becoming louder and louder as they approached the institute. The driver, a man powerfully resembling the hero, Wolverine, stopped as he came upon the main gates. His cold and eerie eyes gazed in awe at the site of this building. He smiled underneath his helmet as he pulled in the motorcycle ever so closer to the main entrance.
"I am here..." he uttered as he pushed on the brakes and slammed his foot on the hard pavement below him.
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