How Many Warehouses Are Even In Queens Honesty, Early Sunday Morning

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The problem with waiting for HYDRA to make the first move was that, once they did, it was a scramble to get into action. Especially when Clint's team was occasionally a little hard to find to call for back up. Stupid magic.

Luckily for Tony, he could make sad eyes at a few people on the island to help keep him alive to stop whatever the hell the Red Skull was planning this time.

He took a quick scan of the warehouse (it was always warehouses) to see what sort of opposition they'd be running into and was a little disturbed and distrustful over how few guards they had.

[Expecting two for all the slowplay!]

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Before the Fight

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"Keep your eyes open," Tony said with a sigh. "Nothing about this looks good."

Or maybe he was just antsy about being in Queens. Where was the other other Spider-based hero when you needed him?

Re: Before the Fight

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Nothing's really triggering my spider-sense yet," Jessica noted. "And yet I'm not encouraged by that. There has to be more to this, right?"

Re: Before the Fight

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"It's HYDRA, there has to be." Because in no universe was this group not slippery and the absolute worst.

Re: Before the Fight

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Steve's jawline clenched under his cowl. "There's always more to Hydra," he muttered. "Cut off one head, yada yada."

Re: Before the Fight

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully this will be more like a stab to the heart. Let's see what they do with that," Jessica suggested.

Re: Before the Fight

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"Crawl back to Zemo?" Tony suggested, taking a breath and nodding to himself over the readings. "Barton and his team will be running back up because someone doesn't understand voicemail. We ready to run solo?"

Re: Before the Fight

[heroic_jawline]

Steve nodded. "At least for a little bit."

Because he was all about teamwork! Most of the time!

Attack!

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There were only a few HYDRA foot soldiers guarding the building rather than the usual mass numbers that were usually employed. The reason why became clear once inside where it looked like they were going through a goth phase with an abundance of candles and a familiar body on... well, it certainly looked like an alter from here.

So. There was that. Oh, and of course there were a few people who might not enjoy being interrupted.

Attack! - Red Skull

[manyheaded.livejournal.com]

"The ritual is nearly complete," the Red Skull shouted in his usual level of drama queen. "You won't be able to stop me, Avengers!"

Re: Attack! - Red Skull

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Steve rolled his eyes. "Honestly?" he called back. "I've stopped you once already."

And punched Hitler a few hundred times!

Re: Attack! - Red Skull

[manyheaded.livejournal.com]

Wow. That was just rude. He was gloating in a villainous fashion here.

Schmidt glared at the 'Captain America' addressing him. "You can't fool me with another fake."

Re: Attack! - Red Skull

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"Not a fake," Steve said, planting his feet and holding up his shield. "Just a different reality."

And when did that become almost normal to say?

Re: Attack! - Red Skull

[manyheaded.livejournal.com]

It was Marvel, Steve. Nothing was ever normal.

Schmidt went with the most mature response to that by shooting at him. Because that's how he rolled. "Attack them!"

You know, the few HYDRA soldiers he'd kept for this sensitive procedure of body stealing.

Attack! - Amora

[howenchanted.livejournal.com]

Aaaaand Amora was constantly surrounded by incompetent idiots. She rolled her eyes, quietly withdrawing from her position next to the Red Skull so she wouldn't need dirty her hands with such trivial matters.

Re: Attack! - Amora

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

The Skull fight was personal for Cap and Tony. That left Jessica as the person free to cut off the lady trying to slink away.

She did so with a giant web in Amora's path. Branding. "Leaving so soon? Don't be rude, we just got here."

Re: Attack! - Amora

[howenchanted.livejournal.com]

Great job at branding! Unfortunately it just made Amora pause and flare up into flames as she burned it away. "Now, now, little spider. Don't you need to help your friends?"

Re: Attack! - Amora

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

Ugh, fire people. It was bad enough when Amora just looked to be a magic person. "I think they've got things covered over there. It leaves me to pick up the scraps."

Taunt the magic fire god lady, Jess. Tactical brilliance.

Re: Attack! - Amora

[howenchanted.livejournal.com]

"Scraps?!" And that flaming hair thing just got more... flaming.

After the Fight

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Tony	It seemed the ritual that Amora put together was actually working for the Red Skull. And it was messing with the readings in the armor enough to pull Tony away from the fight. "I hate magic," he informed JARVIS as the alter and Steve started to glow a little.
Steve	Yeah, yeah. They all sort of hated magic, Tony. Join the club today. The glowing only stopped the moment there was a sudden gasping for air and Steve, the one from this world, shot up to a sitting position. "What--Tony?"
Tony	Oh. Oh shit. Tony froze up before shooting at the nearest HYDRA goons on autopilot and rushing forward to Steve's side. "Steve, are you--" Yeah, ask the guy who had just been dead if he was alright. And ignore the ongoing fight with extra-dimensional teammates too.
Steve	The air seemed to go out of Steve's lungs as soon as Tony got close to the alter. He put a hand to his chest, feeling the skin split into a y-incision over his chest and open into a hole where he'd been shot. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out and he collapsed like a puppet with it's strings cut.
Tony	Tony tried to keep him upright even as the color drained from his skin and light faded from his eyes. "No. No, no, no. JARVIS, give me life signs!" "I'm sorry, sir," JARVIS said in a more hesitant tone than he generally employed.

Re: After the Fight

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry, Tony," Jessica said, but maybe not for the same reason JARVIS was sorry. "But I have information you need to hear."

Re: After the Fight

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Tony pulled away from the alter, having JARVIS send another message to Barton to update him on what happened here.

"Go ahead."

Having on a helmet was awesome when you were emotionally shattered.

Re: After the Fight

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"While I was fighting the magic lady, she said that her 'master' was coming for this world," Jessica explained. "I zapped her and it seemed to snap her out of some kind of possession for a moment. She seemed terrified and told me that I need to find Thor or more worlds will fall. I think this world really needs Thor."

"Especially now." She knew how much more difficult this stuff became when you didn't have Captain America.

Re: After the Fight

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Damn it, Thor. Hell of a time to disappear to Asgard.

"I'll keep trying to get him," Tony said, listing his hand like he wanted to rub his forehead before dropping it again. Armor and all. "Her master?"

Re: After the Fight

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"No clue. All I know is that I pissed her off and she turned fiery. When I stunned her, the fire disappeared for a couple seconds. I'm guessing that's a clue," Jessica offered. "But whoever it is, it sounds like she wouldn't have been here doing this to Cap if it didn't serve her master's purpose."

OOC

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I guess it needed this. Because reasons.