(Just before the explosion) Storm, while flattered, puts her hands on her hips and gives the young man her best motherly smile.
"Son, aren't you a little young for me?" (I realize she's probably not that much older than he is, but he seems young to her. ;-) )
When the commotion starts, Storm uses air currents to A) Keep anything from hitting them and B) help as much as possible of the falling things have a soft landing.
She also looks around for more info about the source of the disturbance.
The noise appears to be caused by lots of Kree fighting each other with a really remarkable assortment of weapons for civilian workers.
Scarlet Witch tries to clear the rage from Drax's and Mar-vell's minds (hopefully it's similar to what she experienced before). "It may be the red stone of rage--which Thanos gave to The Red Skull!"
It is easy to wipe the rage from Captain Mar-Vell, but Drax is deeper into the screaming-wrath place. Drax crashes into the Genetic Archive, coming to a halt facing Storm and Star-Lord across the glass-littered atrium.
"Hey, Drax," says Star-Lord with relief. "Help us find that power-mist so we can get out of here. Sounds like the whole city's coming down!"
"Tod auf der Stellenherr!" roars Drax, and attacks Star-Lord with knives in each hand.
Star-Lord is too startled to defend himself.
(meanwhile)
Mar-Vell tells the Scarlet Witch:
"My cosmic awareness tells me Thanos' agent is sending enraged pawns to search out his goal. Drax, and I, were to be two of them. And his goal is ... there! Within the Genetic Archive itself!"
"But the agent himself is over there. In that double-domed observatory."
Scarlet Witch looks a bit worried in the direction of Storm, Star-Lord and crazy Teutonic Drax. But Storm is one of the most experienced members of the X-Men. And Star-Lord is just a young man like her brother. Albeit one with gorgeous purple eyes (if she saw that).
ReplyDelete"I suppose we should seek out the source. It won't do any good to calm the green man if he or others will simply be reinfected."
She adjusts her gloves, whips her hair over her bare shoulders and rides a wave of crimson to the observatory. Quickly.
Storm grabs Star Lord and flies upward with him, out of range of the madman with the knives.
ReplyDeleteShe does not attack, however, because the purple-eyed one seems to know the guy--and she's seen unaccountable rage against friends before, recently.
She says aloud, "There is a red stone that makes people go into unexpected rages against everyone. Thanos had it. I believe he gave it to the Red Skull.
"It may be what is affecting your friend. If he is your friend."