stands_for_hope: (lois: watching)
Clark Kent ([personal profile] stands_for_hope) wrote2014-06-02 11:50 am
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The Metropolis Dork Squad, Captain America, and the Falcon in... Angst, Death, and Taxes

[continued from here]

The day had arrived. The trap had been set.

They'd gone to Lois's apartment the day before and made their intentions clear, hoping that with a short period of time, the HYDRA forces wouldn't be able to pull together anything that was too hard to handle.

Jim's paycheck had come in, so he'd treated a rather delicious dinner for the three of them, which had been followed up with some surveillance work, a couple of flights over the various buildings to scout for good positions (both to look for snipers and to drop Lois), and a watching of The Incredibles since there weren't any good games on.

Lois hadn't quite gotten Jim into a french braid with flowers, but she had managed to twist up a few smaller braids and tuck the remainder into a pony tail to keep the worst of it out of his face. If Lois was happy about it as much for it's utility as to give Jim a firm, physical reminder of the people who cared about him... well, she wasn't about to say it out loud.

Clark was with them until roughly half an hour before and informed them just before he left that Captain America was on the ground, apparently sketching one of the ruined and as yet unrepaired buildings on a bench nearby with large 'easel case' while the Falcon was half a mile away on a rooftop. Thankfully, while a good portion of the surrounding area had been destroyed during the attack on Metropolis, this neighborhood was semi-functional (if largely empty during the weekend) so he wasn't entirely out of place.

That just left Lois, her HYDRA pin tucked in place at her collar, and Jim in the empty office room, doing their best to psych themselves into believing this would work.

...and Clark going to investigate the singular figure hiding out on one of the higher rooftops nearby.
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Steve laughed and his smile was soft and warm as he shoved him back.

"Jerk."
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[personal profile] ikilled11ofthem 2014-06-14 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
There was a soft click from Clint's phone. It would've been stupid not to get a picture of this. "Nat's gonna be sorry she missed this," he murmured, sliding down in his seat and starting to text. She'd get the picture at least.
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Jim rolled his eyes, glancing around at everyone. "I didn't sign up to be center ring, c'mon."
kolodnoykovki: (Then the pain will go away)

[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Jim looked from each to the next, then back at Steve before shaking his head. "So you stick the guy who's been in a freezer for seventy years, on and off, on the front burner instead. Nice. I'm not a frog - I will notice when the water starts boiling."
kolodnoykovki: (Nothing could take my mind off)

[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
"S'handy, though. The laser thing. Kept me from breaking a beer bottle once."

"Hey," Clint said, looking across at Clark like he'd just come up with the answer for an unasked question. "There you go. The reporter thing ever falls through, you can go into glasswork."

Jim snorted.
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," Jim said. "I... kind of expected it to end up melted and crushed because we hated it, but next thing I knew..."

But he liked it. It meant a lot. It meant that, even though it took decades, he had family. He had a brother. Sister-in-law (niece).

He wasn't alone.

"Gonna have to get a box for it or something 'cause I'm not wearing it on the site. It'd end up stuck in a wall."
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[personal profile] ikilled11ofthem 2014-06-14 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Monarchs against who?" Clint had to step in, to defuse the possible situation. He knew how seriously people could take their teams.

"You get started with the game," Jim said. "I need to go get that tablet."

And, very carefully, he tapped a corner of the design Steve had painted, testing to see if it was dry or if he'd need to go sleeveless.

Clint looked at him for a second before asking, "Need a gun? Just in case?"

Jim shook his head. "I'm armed."
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's dry, dry enough in fact that the shellac has left a smooth, slick surface over the design.

Steve, glancing at the TV just the once, turns to look at Jim.

"We can get there faster if we take my bike."

Clark looks a bit abashed as he'd let everything that'd happened make him forget about the tablet, but Lois shook her head in his direction and 'pinned' him as best she could by sitting him on the little love seat in the room and settling in his lap. Clark had done quite enough flying around. The other superheroes could go do things now.
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. It was dry. He pulled the prosthetic-covering sleeve back up into place, and his T-shirt sleeve over that. Now he just looked like a usual amputee. But Steve's offer had him just a bit on edge - something else that was defused when Clint said, "You two do that and I'll go get some dessert, then we can have a code-cracking party when you get back."

Jim took a breath but then nodded once. "All right. Let's go."
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve held his hand out to Clint.

"The signal blocker?"

After all, they didn't want to lead HYDRA or anyone else straight to the little hotel room.

Trying out an easy smile he was doing his best to feel, he looked past Clint to where Sam had joined Clark and Lois on the couch to watch the game. A bit of a lean told him the answer to the question that had gotten ignored earlier.

"And apparently, it's against the Brewers."
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Clint handed over the signal blocker after giving it a few taps. "It's set to block everything right now," he said. "When you get it back here, I'll set it to block location data only so we can get into their network." A little flip and a cover latched over the device's screen. "Don't turn this off. We'll see if I can't kill everyone with chocolate when you get back."

Jim watched the little device but couldn't place having seen anything like it before. He ended up shaking his head, but then heading for the door. "You be in charge of that. You're probably better with it than I am."
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve stashed it in his jacket pocket, snapping the button over the top of it to make sure it stayed put. Clint got a little nod of confirmation, but he just shrugged at Jim as he followed him out the door.

"I've never used this particular model," Steve said as he trotted forward to lead the way towards where he'd parked his bike, "but it doesn't look too different from the ones I have."

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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"They never gave me the tech," Jim answered, "unless it was just something to plug in and go. They usually just gave me guns."

Steve's motorcycle, at least, was easy to spot. It was the only motorcycle on the lot. He wasn't too happy with the fact that he was going to have to hold on to someone he still wasn't really sure of, but he could put up with it.
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"So I saw," was all he said about that, making his way over to the bike. He took the time to dust off a few of the parts (needlessly, as she was in pristine condition) before slinging his leg around it and settling down.

"I'm assuming it's stashed somewhere near where everything went down, across the bridge?"
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Other side of town," Jim answered, "parking garage on an alley near the hospital, bottom floor in a junction box." He climbed on, striving for casual and managing to strike awkward instead.
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve looked over his shoulder.

"Shouldn't take too long. I've uh... done some riding around town. I know where the hospital is. So just tell me where to go once we're in the area."
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim nodded. "No problem." That much, he could do. And road noise meant he could be quiet until they got there. He'd need the time to stop feeling like climbing a wall and defending his right to privacy on the roof.
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve didn't say anything as he started the bike and kicked up the stand, and he certainly didn't say anything as he pulled out of the spot and pulled out of the parking lot.

In fact, it seemed like Steve was content not to say a thing as they drove, the motorcycle serving to get them from point A to point B and the company merely the most convenient pairing that wouldn't have one of the going off entirely on his own.
Edited 2014-06-14 23:25 (UTC)
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[personal profile] kolodnoykovki 2014-06-14 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It was time well-spent to help him settle his nerves, to keep himself from being on edge and ready to react badly. Everything had gone too smoothly. Too well. It left him waiting for something to happen. Anything. He just wasn't sure from what quarter.

"Turn right at the next light," he said eventually. "Then left two lights up. The alley is the next right past that."
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[personal profile] justakidfrombrklyn 2014-06-14 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Can do," was all he said as he got to the next light, turned as instructed, and followed the rest of the directions until they could park in the alley. He put the kick stand down as soon as the bike was turned off and waited for Jim to get up with quiet patience. It was a far cry from the slightly antsy man from earlier.

"Signal blocker still fine," he reported with a faint smile over his shoulder.

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