A new home?

[wicked]

Wicked sat on a stone wall and looked down at the grass below her feet. She had her fighting attire still on. She had it since she was found by Captain America. A black top, black leather pants. Military boots and her hair up in a ponytail. Her pale face had a somewhat sad look. She looked up and at the horizon. She hadn't been able to really talk with Logan yet. She wasn't sure if she even wanted to. She moved her hair back and looked up as someone approuched.

[Magneto]

The person’s name was Magneto, former mutant master of magnetism and a lord who will soon regain his powers once more. The beauty of Latveria was starting to weave it’s way into Magneto’s mind. Jealousy was one of the emotions that he was holding. Doctor Doom was really powerful if he could control a nation as lavish as this. And yet, peacefulness entered his mind too, making Magneto wonder whether all this “ruling the world” business was worth it.
Here he felt content and happy. So why not……..stay?

His eyes caught the pleasant presence of Wicked. There was something strange about her. Something which fascinated Magneto but also made him curious about her. During their journey to Latveria, Magneto had tried his best to strike a conversation with her on their transport but couldn’t even begin a sentence.

“Forgive me. Am I bothering you in any way?”

Magneto was finding this whole place’s tranquillity eerie which made it all the best talking to her.

[wicked]

Wicked looked up. Her brown eyes looking in his. "No." She replied. Her voice less confident as when she first spoke to Doom and Magneto, then again now she didn't need to sound that way. She moved a strand of hair back and kept her eyes on him. To her Hiro her ghost companion was still there. Not to be seen for others. She could make him visible, but found it unnessisarily at the moment.

[Doctor Doom]

Doctor Doom stood nearby on a lonely hillside, watching his new ally stride through the fields. Magneto had been different since they came to Latveria. He seemed more at peace, more tranquil. Doom hated it. He had intended their return to show Magneto what could have been had he not failed to protect Genosha; intended to make him more angry. But it had failed.

He strode towards them, as he did, some peasants scrambled fearfully out of his way and he stopped. It did not make sense. Magneto was happy and Doom did not, but Magneto was NOTHING! He had lost his powers, lost his dream, lost his children!

Doom looked up and suddenly he wondered... was it jealousy he felt? Was he jealous that Magneto could still find contentment, find happiness. Sometimes guilt did creep up on Doom. He had nightmares sometimes, about the people he had killed, the lives he had destroyed... he had had them more and more frequently since his return from Hell.... And now all about the same thing. Valeria. His sweetheart, the love of his life, whom he had held so close... and whom he had sacrificed for superior powers. He clenched his gauntleted fists. Once he had intended to share this land with her, and then he had destroyed her for powers which had not let him win...

NO! He was Victor Von Doom! He was all powerful! He was ruler of Latveria, and soon of the world! He was DOCTOR DOOM! He was.... he was.... He was in the country that belonged to him, the country where he could have anything he wanted....

and had no-one to share it with.


And standing on a hillside in his own country, Victor Von Doom had never felt so totally, utterly alone.

[Echo]

Echo had recently become quite bored with the new turn of events, it seemed like it was all the same. A squabble here, hurt pride there, and someone dies.
Frankly she was getting sick of it, and was starting to not care who won... just as long as the fighting stopped.

The mercenary strode up the side of the grassy slope, relishing in the slight burn in the muscles of her legs.
Reaching the top, she stopped short as she spotted none other than... Doctor Doom. She walked up behind him and stopped.

"Funny... never expected a character such as yourself to be here enjoying the sunset."

[Doctor Doom]

"I was enjoying nothing." snapped Doom. Then something seemed to occur to him and he whirled around, raising both arm cannons. "WHO ARE YOU?" he roared. This seemed to be happening more and more lately. "Magneto!" he shouted back at his ally to alert him to their new guest. "Call the guards!"

Then he returned his attention to the newcomer. "I do not know who you are or why you are here but you will tell me right now!" he was beginning to get a vague sense of deja vu as he delivered his threat.

[Echo]

Maya watched him sardonically. "You think he's going to hear you- or even care?" She held her hands up as a sign of not wanting to fight.

Echo could probably get out of the way before she was blasted by his little cannons, thanks to Quicksilver, but she preferred to at least try to keep out of trouble.

But... she squinted at the man, trying to place him. "You seem familiar, have you threatened me before?" Then she remembered. Doom.

[Doctor Doom]

"Doom has threatened ALL EARTH before!" said Doctor Doom, not able to resist the oppurtunity to brag. "But you..." then he placed her, stepping backwards. "You! You are one of the New Avengers!" He triggeered a switch on his wrist that would bring the guards running. "You have made a grave mistake in coming here!"

[Echo]

She watched him as he bragged, then frowned and crossed her arms over her chest, watching him as if he was a small child.

"I am not! Times are very muddled right now... you never know who's with who. Play it safe."
She saw him activate the alarm, then zoomed off, out of sight.