Young Avengers fragment
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tsaikoSome people expressed some interest in the story behind the second drabble in this post. And since I can be suckered into writing just about anything, I thought I do a bit more in that universe.
The first time Billy heard Teddy's voice after Teddy had died was during a battle.
Billy was fighting some third-rate super villain wannabe that called himself the Exterminator, but which Tommy referred to as "The Orkin Man." He had tried to break into a bank and failed. Spectacularly. Which was pretty normal up until the Exterminator had taken hostages and four other third-rate super villain wannabes had shown wanting to rob the same bank. Then all Hell had broken loose.
"I will squash you like a bug, you pathetic user of magic," the Exterminator yelled as he attempted to spray Billy with some sort of violently yellow goo
"Seriously? User of magic? You need to work on your dialogue." Witty banter helped him think, helped him concentrate on something other than the fact that he was in the middle of battle. Billy easily threw up a shield. The goo caused the pavement to bubble and hiss. "Glad I blocked that."
"You can run but you cannot hide from the Exterminator."
"Except I am standing right here." Billy did the lightning thing because it was safe. Even after years and years of practice, sometimes his magic would act like a petulant child and refuse to do what he wanted. His lighting at least behaved. Most days.
He was concentrating so hard on the Exterminator that Billy totally didn't realize one of the other villains had crept up on him until it was almost too late.
WICCAN! Behind you!
In the seconds before Billy's brain caught up and realized that the voice shouting at him sounded just like Teddy, his body has already reacted to the command. He ducked down just in time for something large to whiz over his head. Billy didn't bother to even look behind him. He just pulled lightning down. It was satisfying to hear someone yell behind him.
After that, the fight ended rather quickly. The Young Avengers subdued the criminals and turned them over to police. It was only when everything was over than Billy realized his hands were shaking.
"Wiccan, are you okay?" Eli asked. "That was a close call."
"Yeah, it's fine. Adrenaline." The smile Billy gave felt weak, and no one looked convinced, but no one called him on it either. Teddy would have called him on it, but Teddy was dead. Had been for over two years since last month. There was no reason to think he'd heard him. Billy hadn't moved on, but he had accepted the fact that Teddy was gone.
That didn't stop him from repeating the words over and over in his head, like a broken record.
The first time Billy heard Teddy's voice after Teddy had died was during a battle.
Billy was fighting some third-rate super villain wannabe that called himself the Exterminator, but which Tommy referred to as "The Orkin Man." He had tried to break into a bank and failed. Spectacularly. Which was pretty normal up until the Exterminator had taken hostages and four other third-rate super villain wannabes had shown wanting to rob the same bank. Then all Hell had broken loose.
"I will squash you like a bug, you pathetic user of magic," the Exterminator yelled as he attempted to spray Billy with some sort of violently yellow goo
"Seriously? User of magic? You need to work on your dialogue." Witty banter helped him think, helped him concentrate on something other than the fact that he was in the middle of battle. Billy easily threw up a shield. The goo caused the pavement to bubble and hiss. "Glad I blocked that."
"You can run but you cannot hide from the Exterminator."
"Except I am standing right here." Billy did the lightning thing because it was safe. Even after years and years of practice, sometimes his magic would act like a petulant child and refuse to do what he wanted. His lighting at least behaved. Most days.
He was concentrating so hard on the Exterminator that Billy totally didn't realize one of the other villains had crept up on him until it was almost too late.
WICCAN! Behind you!
In the seconds before Billy's brain caught up and realized that the voice shouting at him sounded just like Teddy, his body has already reacted to the command. He ducked down just in time for something large to whiz over his head. Billy didn't bother to even look behind him. He just pulled lightning down. It was satisfying to hear someone yell behind him.
After that, the fight ended rather quickly. The Young Avengers subdued the criminals and turned them over to police. It was only when everything was over than Billy realized his hands were shaking.
"Wiccan, are you okay?" Eli asked. "That was a close call."
"Yeah, it's fine. Adrenaline." The smile Billy gave felt weak, and no one looked convinced, but no one called him on it either. Teddy would have called him on it, but Teddy was dead. Had been for over two years since last month. There was no reason to think he'd heard him. Billy hadn't moved on, but he had accepted the fact that Teddy was gone.
That didn't stop him from repeating the words over and over in his head, like a broken record.
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