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[FarFlungDreamer]

Once he got into the fight (knocking out a man and spinning to fight one who had cornered another student) it was like back at the S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters all over again. When the man 'threatened' Steve or at least Bucky had thought he was. He was pulled over an edge that Bucky didn't even know he had.


It was a twenty story drop.


He dropped the man, a shot to his shoulder with his knife. It was a clean wound, not vital, and was thanked by the the student but he didn't really register it. He spun as another group fell on him, this student, and Chase, obviously looking to make a grab at Chase. It was their mistake as he roared into battle, and Bucky saw someone else come into the fray. An older man who looked quite like Chase and had similar weaponry. His father, maybe.


Unfortunately he couldn't get there to fight the source at its problem, the wing they were in tied them down with so many opponents pouring in towards Chase. @Twist It felt strange, and yet chillingly normal, as his mind seemed to slide into focus. His knife was put back away and Bucky found himself moving instinctively through his targets. Thoughts filtered away, and so did any emotions he might have, or doubts on not hurting them like he had the S.H.I.E.L.D agent.


It was only the fight. Only success of the battle, and his hand shot out to block a target. The cool metal wrapped around the sword the man in the red garb had produced and he raised his leg up to kick hard into the man's exposed stomach. The target fell backwards and he leapt deftly onto him, his metal arm pulling back and then down harshly into the man's face. Things cracked, but he paid no mind, the target was down and he swung up to his feet to the next one. He grabbed him by the neck, but before he could break it another came behind him and with a grunt he whirled the man in his arms around into the secondary target.


They fought back the group that had cornered them and moved out into the battle. One of the men, the one from before had come closer to the three of them, the one he'd deemed to be Chase' father. One of the pride. One of the ones the runaways were hiding from. He was the one to kill, a threat to eliminate. He started to head to the man, to end him, when a roar he hadn't been paying attention to got surprisingly close.


With a glance away from his new target, and over his shoulder, he saw the student from before charging towards him. He was fast, the student, and he only just had time to throw his metal arm up to protect himself. The mans... claws, for lack of anything better to call them, clashed with a huge force against it. He'd set his feet to brace for the impact, but he was pushed backwards by the force, his feet digging into the dirt.


Sparks flew off his arm as the claws slashed against his arm and he could feel them bite into the arm, but not slice through it. His knife slipped into his hand again and he summoned enough force to shove the man backwards. 


The attack broke the coldness that had settled over him, and it was clear to Bucky that the student was not in his right mind.


"I don't want to hurt you," He growled angrily, managing to dodge the savage swipe of this student. He got his arm back up in front of him before the claws could make it to his chest, and he threw his knife up to block the other set of claws. He didn't know what the yellowed claws were made of but his knife didn't do much damage to them. He didn't need a trail run to know they were still probably sharp and strong enough to pierce his skin, if they deflected his knife that way. He flipped back away from the man. 


He was fast up close, and Bucky didn't want to feel what claws felt like. Bucky needed to keep some distance between them. Not easy when he'd seemed to have locked onto Bucky. With a grimace he took out his gun and when the student charged, he fired twice, one to the shoulder, one to the leg, both non-vital areas. Unfortunately it made him madder and... did nothing? It was as if he hadn't been shot at all and he scowled as the student got up close again.


He threw himself to the ground, rolling out of the way of another swing of those claws towards his chest. He was low, now, and the one thing he had over his opponent was accuracy. Whatever state he was in, he was making wild swings, deadly but wild enough he could get out of the way of most of them or block with just enough time with his arm.


He was under the claws, for the moment, and Bucky threw the weight of his bionic arm into the man's leg, just where his kneecap connected, hoping he could take out one of his legs. If he could even break one of his legs, it might do more damage than a bullet wound. He... Bucky didn't want to kill anyone and if the flashes to an old life were anything to judge by, he couldn't exactly condemn someone enough to kill them, for being out of their minds. He'd been out of his own for a very long time but he wasn't seeing a ton of options if he couldn't put him down another way. @slachance6

 

[Scatterbrain]

Julia (Avengers Hall)


"On it" Julia replied. Concentrating, she reached out with her mind until she found Sersi. Quick heads up, there's more guys heading your way.


Joe (Maverick Dorm)


Two pairs of hulking legs dangled limply out of the ground, the rest of the super powered brutes completely submerged underground. Joe brushed his hands together, Pfft! Didn't even work up a sweat. He had hoped that Hulk Lite and Hulk Zero here would at least pose some challenge but he should of known better by now. He was the strongest one there is after all. Now where were they?


As soon as the fighting had started, Joe used the opportunity to break away from the others and return to his dorm room. He knew two ladies who wouldn't want to miss out on this would be waiting for him there and he loved watching them at work. However before he get enter the dorm he was blindsided by the behemoths. Now with them out of the picture, he could continue his search. He entered his room and started to look around. "There you are." Joe said, after a couple of minutes searching. He pulled out two violin cases from the cupboard. "Betty, Marlow. Time for you to make some new friends." he said, as he opened up the two cases.


@slachance6, @Jessy753

 

[sevenstars]

As Logan continued his barrage of attacks against his target, his mind began to race between his primal bloodlust and an attempt to come to his senses. Just a few more slashes and this guy would be overwhelmed, and more blood would be spilled by his hands! He looked like he was just about to lose his balance; he couldn't block with his cybernetic arm for much longer. Soon he would be another mangled corpse like the dozen others back by the library.


But wait... who was it? What was he doing? Logan fought his violent instincts for just a couple of seconds as he was able to stop fighting and take a look at his target. His face shifted from an amorphous blur to that of the same guy that was fighting alongside him just minutes before. Logan simply looked at him with confusion. He didn’t have time to say anything before he stabbed at him again, catching him by suprise. His former ally just barely blocked with his arm and almost fell to the ground.


By now Logan realized that something was trying to control his mind, and was doing a damn good job at it. Every swing of his claws felt so natural and so satisfying, especially when it was against somone that he recognized. The only pain that he felt was the sharp mental agony whenever he attempted to act on his own accord.


Maybe...I’ll try… to move… away… from him... he thought to himself with all of his willpower. He took a quick look back towards the rest of the goons, which sent an intense shocking pain through his brain and down his spine that blurred his vision and forced him to turn back around almost instantly. The fight was definitely going in the students’ favor, though. The hot girl in the green outfit and a guy in a red suit of armor were there at least, probably plus some others. He didn’t want to risk endangering them; at least he knew that this guy was able to defend and could probably do it for a bit longer..


Logan turned back toward the guy with the metal arm. He noticed a couple of figures near the Avengers hall, and got a telepathic shock just by looking at them. His only hope was that they were some of the attackers, and maybe one of them had sent him into his rage, and that he would be able to attack them if he got close.


Logan tried to speak to the student that he was attacking, but no words came out. He had already expended the remainder of his willpower, and had to revert to the animal he had become. He was somewhat conscious of his actions now, but still had no control over them. He continued to slash and stab at the student as he began to run away. He seemed to have the same idea as Logan, since he was running toward the two figures.


This guy wasn’t slow, but Logan was faster. As he was sprinting with minimal concern over defense, Logan was able to cut a gash across his back. His “enemy” reeled in pain and resumed his defensive stance, the two figures not far behind. Logan attempted to pounce on him claws first, but dodged out of the way just in time. Now the two figures came into his focus.


There was a man and a woman, both with glasses and scientists’ lab coats, carrying a plethora of high-tech gear. The woman took out a pistol and fired an orange ray at Logan. The ray cut a hole clean through the side of Logan’s stomach, but it barely fazed him due to his rage. He simply snarled with contempt as he advanced to engage them at close range. In the corner of his eye, Logan could also spot a girl with a bow and arrow.


@FarFlungDreamer @Twist @Ilikepie






Now that Tony had arrived with his armor, Sersi was too excited not to join the fight. She wasn't sure who was in danger, and could detect more hostiles near the Avengers Hall - probably much more powerful than the people in front of her. Julia was also sending her messages saying that there were more poeple coming. These guys would be easy, though. She told herself not to do anything too horrible to anyone there. She was always excited to show off her powers, but tried to make sure not to be too sadistic with them.


“You ready?” she asked Tony, looking at his armor. “You made that yourself? That’s awesome! It can fly too? Come with me, then.” @Jessy753


Tony nodded as Sersi opened the door and flew above the campus to get a better view. There seemed to be about ten living attackers by the library, although there were at least that number of corpses. Chase and Molly still seemed to be fighting them. There were a couple more people she knew scattered around the area, including Logan who seemed to be fighting Bucky. “I’ll handle this,” she said, pointing at the crowd of thugs.


Sersi slowly descended into the battle, revealing her flawless and supernaturally captivating form to the masses. She had transmuted her skin so that she literally glowed in the winter night, and focused her allure as much as she possibly could. Every male henchman and even a couple of women that were next to her simply stopped and stared at her.


"Well, boys," she teased. “I don’t think this is what you came for. Sure, pay no attention to the people you’re trying to capture. Look at me.” She laughed. “Now get lost”, she commanded, but they simply continued to drool over her.


Sersi sighed. "Well then, if you're just going to stare at me like a bunch of pigs, you should look the part." She snapped her fingers, and a cloud of golden mist encircled everyone around her as they almost instantly turned into a confused mass of swine.


She laughed with satisfaction. "Now, if you all promise to play along and never attempt to disturb anyone here again, I'll turn you back into your slightly less pathetic human forms. Alright?" The pigs began to squeal madly, obviously signifying 'yes'. She snapped her fingers again, restoring them to their original forms, and was greeted with panicked apologies as all of the thugs ran away.


Well, all but one at least. Sersi felt something hit her from behind. She cried in pain for just a second, but realized she wasn’t seriously injured. She turned around and realized that one particularly brave - correction, stupid - henchman had the nerve to open fire with a pistol. The bullet didn’t even break the skin. She smiled with amusement as she saw the look of fear on his face, before telekinetically plucking the gun out of his hand and turning it to sand. Then she turned him back into a pig, and not just any pig, but a hideous oversized two-headed pig with two tiny chicken legs and a terrible skin condition. “No second chances this time,” she said as she flew away from the site of the battle.


@Twist @anyone else who was in the area who might have been temporarily turned into a pig

 

[Twist]

"Where are you fools going?!" snarled Robert Minoru in complete anger, as the Prides minions fled. "Get back here and...."


WHAM!


His words were cut off as Pepper slammed her tablet into the back of his head, sending him crashing into the ground. "No one causes trouble in my Campus and get's it away with it!" said Pepper proudly.


She looked over her tablet, it's screen now broken and case chipped. "I should have saved my work first" she muttered, before sighing.


She gazed around the Campus, trying to see if any of the students needed help but they were all holding their own which made Pepper smile. But before she could even think how happy she was with how this was going, the scarlet clad sorcerer rose once more intent on getting his revenge. Energy crackled around him as he went on the attack, jumping at the unknowing administrator.


However a black clad frame intercepted him, knocking him out of the air and with brutal efficiency that could only come from years of experience Robert was finally put down and out the fight. Jumping to his feet, Nick walked up to Pepper and stood beside her. " Two down but it looks like the rest are soon going to follow." His tone changed becoming slightly softer as he looked at Pepper "You alright?"


The scrappy student liaison nodded "Good to hear. It's nice to see you can defend yourself but could you do it without damaging school property" the Director said, his voice quickly changing to his usual tone as he looked at the broken tablet. The director disappeared again before Pepper could respond but it allowed her to see the Runaways putting the Hayes on the back foot so it would like the day was almost won.

 

[FarFlungDreamer]

The hit to his knee made him stumble but hardly anything more. Any regular man and he would have dropped him instantly, the pain threshold would have taken at least a few minutes to recover from. This man jerked around within thirty seconds from the wound. Still, he seemed to falter between confused looks and focused attacks.


Bucky couldn't help but feel for the man. It seemed very familiar to him, unfortunately. It made it harder to fight him, but he also knew that when you were that focused, people died. He wouldn't be one of them. His opponent looked back and forth, and the confusion twisted his face clearly. He jerked back finally and rounded another attack on him. He slashed low, his body seamlessly falling into a crouch, and Bucky barely had time to push up off the ground into the air and twist to land on his feet again. His boots barely thumped to the ground before he'd swung around. His claws came chest high this time and he jerked backwards, bending far enough he almost fell off balance.


Too close.


Bucky's eyes darted around, he needed a new strategy. As he looked behind him for a moment, he found his distraction. Fighting like this, with no kill shot, he'd wear out quicker than his raging opponent. He flipped his knife in his hand to change the angle and with his metal arm he quickly threw a punch with the knife. The slash across the man's forearm did nothing but piss him off more.


Which was what he needed. Bucky tucked his knife into its sheath and turned to run. If he got close enough to his real targets, the ones who were clearly in command of the fight, Chase' parents, he could end this fight and take a good chunk out of the bigger one. Or rather, this man could.


He grimaced, losing his breath for a moment, as the claws raked across his back. They'd punctured his bulletproof vest and he felt it dig into his skin. Bucky staggered from the strength of the impact, but took in three even breaths, pushing past the pain that threatened to steal his focus. It came easier than it should, and again, he decided it must be from the darker parts of his mind. As he forced the feeling of the pain fade out, and instead focused on his movements and the needs of his mission, he twisted around to face the man.


His opponent let out a guttural snarl, his teeth bared and the Soldier backed up a few paces. He took a chance and glanced back to see where he lined up and then took three quick steps to his left. Like an animal might, the man crouched lower and followed Bucky's movements. He was circling him, Bucky realized, waiting for a lull to leap into an attack.


With a growl the man charged, and leapt into the air with both his arms outstretched, foot long claws coming headway for Bucky's chest. He waited another second and then he dropped down to the ground and pushed off his right leg hard to twist out of the way. The man landed with another snarl. But Bucky stayed completely still on the ground about two feet away from his opponent. With any luck the other man would look ahead and see a new target, with Bucky being still... if he were really acting like an animal and not a man with a vendetta against him.


As it would turn out, Bucky didn't need luck, because the scientists saw him and fired at him. Bucky winced as the beam hit the man and blew a hole through his stomach. With a grimace from his back pulling painfully, he got up, pulling the gun off his hip to finish them off. But much to his surprise, it was not the end of the man... instead he'd only staggered. Instead of falling down to his death, he shook his head and with a inhuman snarl he charged at the two. 

It was with a smirk he saw his plan work. The man was off of his track and onto that of the enemy. He glanced across the rest of the battlefield and saw a mass fleeing, others falling to the powers these people displayed, and the runaways who fought for their freedom galavant. Bucky jumped back into the fray, beating down whoever else had continued to fight under the orders of their leaders.



Until they too, began to fall. The man did indeed take out Chases' parents. He'd thrown his arm out and knocked the woman unconscious, and then tackled the man. Who was taken out, whether he was maimed or not he hadn't time to pause and see. Eventually, the leaders gave the call to retreat and the rest of the group fled with the others. Bucky looked around as the students and Nick Fury even seemed to let them. He decided maybe that was how he should act as well? His instincts roared to get a position up by the top of the gate and pick as many off as he could before they got away. To eliminate the threat completely, but he had to ignore those instincts. Or else he would only ever be a weapon. Just because he was his own weapon now, did not mean he wanted to be one at all.


From the bodies around him, he wondered if that were to ever happen.


He also noticed that with their enemy gone, the man with the claws seemed to have calmed. He stepped carefully towards him until he was sure he was within his right mind, and then he circled him and kept his distance. "You all there now?"

 

[Scatterbrain]

Joe (Campus Quad)


Joe came bursting out of Maverick Dorm, twin tommy guns in hands. He finally had an opportunity to use them and he was not going to let them go to waste. Racing towards Avengers Hall with a wide grin on his face, he fired wildly into the air. If anyone asked he was attempting to intimidate the trespassers but really he just wanted to show off his two best girls.


"What the..?" Joe ground to a halt, as a pig came running out in front of him, followed closely by more pigs. He looked around and could see pigs and some mooks all bolting away from the campus and within seconds the campus was empty aside from him and his fellow students.


"Damn it!" Joe exclaimed. Finally an opportunity to just let loose and he missed it. He fricking missed it. He had enough of this place for one day and so he headed back to Maverick Dorm, grumbling as he went.

 

[Twist]

Nick watched as the Pride's minions fled in all directions. With their bosses down they had no reason to stay and Nick knew that they wouldn't come back after everything that happened here. "Okay everyone. Show's over. Get back to your dorms!" bellowed the Director at all the students present. He didn't want any of them in the way as the faculty cleaned this mess up, Hank already on the scene with his Pym particles. Soon it would be like this whole event had never happened. He would make sure the Pride would be kept safely locked away from the students but not before Madame Hydra or himself had a word with them.


The hostile headmaster looked around hoping to find Pepper, who he could see was heading his way. "Pepper make sure all the students are fine and in their dorms while I get this sorted"


She nodded and he left her back to her own devices.


Pepper reread the letter she had received as it was hard to read, being a composite of notes and sticky labels and consisting of scribbles and poor grammar but she got the message. The perky postwoman walked up to the Winter Soldier, who was helping up Logan, who did seem rather worse for wear. She tried to help them but they were both to macho let her. She shrugged before handing over the letter. "It's from your friends" she said rather softly.


She debated whether to stay or not but decided against it as the mysterious military man probably would prefer to be alone. His eyes skimmed over it as she slipped away to check on the rest of the students.


@FarFlungDreamer


The note read.....


Dear Mr Metal Arm,


Sorry we couldn't say goodbye but Chase said it would be best if we left as quick as possible as he doesn't trust the teachers here, they remind him of our parents too much but I said he hasn't even met them yet but he was like WE'RE NOT STAYING and I was like YEAH HU and he was like NO and I was like YEAH HU but Nico agreed, so.... They did let me write this letter to you though (well Nico did but she gave Chase this really scary look so he agreed too. YAY!). I did ask why you couldn't come and she said it would be better if we left without you as this place seemed like a home for you or something (she said it way better and I tried to get her to write it but she got embarrassed and forget it). Anyway it was really nice having you around as you always made me feel safe when I was sleeping or let me get ice cream when no one else was looking so don't feel sad about your arm or your memories cus your really nice inside (much better than Chase) and I'm sure Santa will give you some really cool presents, maybe a unicorn, or a cupcake oven, Ohhhh I could so eat a million cupcakes right now. Well Chase is poking me so I think I have to finish this now so bye bye.


P.S Try to make some new friends (like that one you were playing stabby tag with, he is hot!)

 
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[sevenstars]

As he finished fighting off the pair of techies with Bucky's help, Logan seemed to become more and more conscious of himself. He couldn't tell that one of them had sent a message to the others telling them to retreat, but he could tell that whatever was fueling his rage was losing its influence. As he made his final assault that knocked the woman out cold and caused the man to barely flee, he realized that he was feeling himself, controlling himself, which was not the case before. Coming to his senses, he decided to retract his claws and let the woman live.

Then the fatigue kicked in. In just a few seconds, Logan realized how tired he really was. And his healing factor usually prevented him from ever being tired. But he had just been fighting with all of his possible strength and energy, and had taken dozens of blows and was still healing from his open wounds. It was only a matter of seconds before he collapsed into the snow. 


Logan woke up on a couch in a lounge with high-tech furniture and metal walls. He figured it must be the Maverick Dorm. The guy with the metal arm nearby. He could vaguely but not completely remember what had happened back there.


"You alright?" he asked. "You were pretty out of it." 


"I... guess," Logan replied. He still had a massive headache and some of the spots where he was hit didn't feel great, but compared to before he was fine.


"Everyone's gone now. The woman you knocked out was taken to jail. You played a big part in driving them out."


Logan laughed. "You kidding? I almost killed you. You probably were way more important than me."


"Maybe. But the Runaways are gone. I was supposed to attend here before but didn't, but I've decided to stay now."


"That's great," Logan said with a smile. "You can stay in my dorm until they set you up with one of your own if you need to." Even though he'd been attacked his first night, this place seemed like it could suit him already. And this guy in particular seemed really relatable to him, from what he knew so far. He'd been running for a long time, and he'd finally found somewhere safe. He put out his hand. "I'm Logan. You?"


"Bucky." He took it.


"Well, Bucky," he replied. "This is gonna to be a night we'll remember." Logan was too tired to keep talking, so he went to his dorm room and fell fast asleep.


@FarFlungDreamer






Sersi levitated away from the thugs with a satisfied smile as they fled in terror. One still had a pair of little pig ears and tail, which she laughed at. "Piece of cake," she said to Tony with confidence.


She could tell through her telepathy that Fury wanted them all back in their dorms, and she decided that she should obey. She wasn't quite ready, but she didn't want to get in trouble on her first day. Besides, Fury certainly didn't look like someone to cross. So reluctantly, she made her way to the Avengers dorm and joined the others that were settling down there. "Quite a first night," she said with amazement as she began to get ready for bed.


 

 

[FarFlungDreamer]

The man shook his head again and after only a few moments he'd slid down and passed down in the snow. He made a face and glanced down, but supposed he ought to help him. He had started to crouch down to pull him up when Potts trotted over to him. She leaned down to help him but he waved her off, he could do it and she was small. She shrugged and then to his surprise handed something to him.


Oh... "Thanks," He muttered, feeling odd as he took it and read it. 'Mr Metal Arm' yeah this was definitely from Molly. He read, smiling throughout it at the little stuck together note. He could hear Molly's young voice like she was speaking the words. A home? He didn't know he could feel at home again with such a war going on. His face was surprisingly emotional as he continued on, shocked. It felt like he must be reading about somebody else. He smiled again, he did buy her that ice cream when they others weren't looking. She was so young to be on the run he hadn't been able to help himself. A watery smile touched his face as she wrote that he was nice inside. It was a simple, childish way to put something... but it meant more than the little girl would ever even know that a kid of all people saw something like that in him or that he of all people made her feel safe. In a time when he sure as hell couldn't see it. 


He read it over again and then set it against his leg. They left... and he realized he would miss Chase, Molly, even Nico and the others. Bucky glanced around at the facility around him, he decided that the wise little girl was right. It was time for Bucky to stop running. Starting with friends, non-existent stabby tag aside. Although he chuckled at the way she'd put it and shook his head as she wrote he was hot.


More than anything Molly's words gave him courage and he folded the note up to safely tuck away to keep. Then he ran quickly to catch up to Potts.


"Hey," He called and stopped, standing awkwardly. "The man I was with before, Steve Rogers, do you know which building I can find him in?"


She looked at him with a frown. "Actually... he left."


"Why?" He asked, a little stunned as his chest fell heavily. Where would Steve have gone off to?


"To find you," She told him and his gaze dropped instantly, clenching his eyes closed. Dammit Steve... Bucky wasn't sure why he'd thought anything different would have happened. Stubborn Steve would never just let his friend walk off. He heaved a sigh and Potts patted him on the arm sympathetically before she departed to check on some of the others.


He turned back, the overwhelmed lost feeling had returned. He'd only ever had Steve, he was the only friend Bucky had ever had... especially after everything that had happened. Bucky's head hurt a little, like it seemed to do when he was remembering something. But he just had this wrong feeling and saw a flash of deep red in his mind and a pretty, soft smirk... @Jessy753 but that was all. Bucky shook it, because flashes came and went often enough without him being able to decipher them. But as he trudged back through the snow he spotted the boy he'd left earlier still passed out. Molly had said new... but he found it hard to imagine. But he knew he had to stop running whether Steve was here or not, and Bucky decided he'd try and find a way to get ahold of him.


For now he should get this guy out of the snow. He was pretty heavy as Bucky hefted his arm up over his shoulder and put his arm around his chest to keep him mostly upright. He was all dead weight unconscious, though and it wasn't a fun walk to the dormitory he'd left behind. It was still there, as he'd left it that night, plain and devoid of much personality. Bucky put him down on the couch and then went back out to retrieve his backpack from Club A. It had everything that he needed, and his notebook more importantly. He wanted to put a note about the red and the smirk, unimportant maybe or it could be important. He recorded everything just in case it was and usually asked Steve if he knew about it. If not, he assumed it was from his time being Russia's pawn.

 

[Jessy753]

Natasha Romanoff
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Natasha looked around the students were leaving. Some pigs came her way but she decided that it was none of her business and she simply didn't care where those animals suddenly came from. Instead she slowly but surely made her way to Maverick Dorm. She looked around taking her time until she saw the ginger girl nearby. She seemed to busy herself with getting the students back to their dorms. Natalia looked at the mess of dead and unconscious people around. It took her longer than necessary to get to the dorm. @Twist


She passed Club A and spotted the man to the voice she had heard earlier. Again she went pale and watched him from afar. He seemed to look for someone or something inside the room. Natasha had no idea what to do but the panic rose again. It was odd to see him again after all this time. Her old partner... Many scenarios of why he was here at the Avengers Academy went through her mind. But all of them seemed to end one way. He was sent to get her back to Russia. Despite of Fury's tries to convince her that she was secure at this campus, she didn't think so. The Russian government would send for her and this was their way. Most likely the Winter Soldier wouldn't even remember her anymore.  @FarFlungDreamer





Quickly before he was able to spot her, Natalia made her way to the Maverick dorm and into her room. She sat down on the bed thinking over what had happened all over the day. It was strange belonging here in a way it felt like being back in the Red Room. Just that she was free to leave the room whenever she wanted and stayed inside the campus. But she didn't intend on doing so. Fury had secrets to be uncovered and perhaps she could use some as her life insurance. @Twist

Tony Stark
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Tony heard the hot assistant speak and landed. He nodded at Sersi and smirk appeared on his lips as his mask opened automatically. "You're little magic trick wasn't that bad either, darling.", he told Sersi with a smirk. He grinned at her and slowly made his way to the Avengers Dorm. He walked slowly instead of flying wanting to walk back with her. "The pigs were a nice touch.", he spoke. @slachance6

 

[FarFlungDreamer]

Bucky stretched as he got out of the bed and heard his muscles click in his spine and his shoulders. He didn't like these beds very much, he always sunk into it and he didn't know why it bothered him, but he just wasn't used to it. A younger part of him wondered why they bounced so much but he knew the world had evolved. Maybe if he moved it to the floor tonight. He shook off the last of the sleep. Bucky's gaze landed on the small book on his stand and picked it up carefully. He'd been up a few hours after he'd fallen asleep and he went to the marker he'd left so he could go through the new addition to the page.


It was less gibberish last night, but he wished it weren't. The fight must have drug these memories forward, or perhaps the state he'd fallen into during it. Just as he'd suspected, they weren't pleasent to receive. He thought through the hazy memories of a man who had handled him between missions... there were... two... two prominent ones. He couldn't exactly be sure, but he supposed there would be many over the decades. At least he remembered that the memories of the cold were from being taken out of the ice.


Eventually he got tired of looking over the facts and adding the few that filtered through. He put the notebook away with a heavy sigh and got showered and dressed for the day.


Bucky needed to focus on the now, and he knew he did. If he was going to be successful here at this school, or just keep his head above the influx of the Winter Soldier's memories alone, without Steve here, he needed to make his best effort to do that. Thankfully the guy from yesterday, Logan was still here and that was a good distraction. There had been a knock on his dormitory door and he tensed as he let his hand lower to brush against the knife hidden under his shirt.


An overreaction, clearly, as he opened the door and simply found a note. There was to be a orientation breakfast in Club A for those who wished to join in before classes started. That was another thing he ought to do, stop in later and find Miss Potts to figure out that schedule for himself. Steve had handled all that before...


No time like the present, Bucky decided. "Hungry?" He asked Logan and passed him the invitation. @slachance6


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Bucky looked around the campus, rather amazed that any evidence of the fight from yesterday was completely gone. Fury had his resources, at least. The clubhouse was also completely restored from whatever party had happened there. He honestly hadn't paid it or the rooms occupants any attention on his quick march down to the bottom floor to find Chase and Molly.


He missed them a little, but he moved past it as he took a seat. He left for Logan at the table in case he wanted to sit there, and hesitantly left his bag on his seat to go up to the buffet that had been set up in front of the bar.  A few people were already there and he walked up behind them. A picked up a plate and walked up along the right side of a girl there.


She was a damn pretty dame, he thought. She wasn't all spiffed up, but her red curls seemed to fall around her figure just right. He stepped up on her right and was amused with himself at such a random line of thought over a complete stranger. Sure, normal enough for Bucky... according to Steve, but honestly he usually felt like too much of a mess to pay any attention to women. But he did feel energized being near this one for some reason. So odd... but she was gorgeous girl. That surely made sense, right? Not that he did anything with it, he didn't even glance in her direction. Bucky just reached forward with his gloved hand to scoop from the container of eggs that were mostly in front of her, onto his plate. The gloves were too small for him, though, and the metal peaked out between the glove and his long sleeve a bit.


He pulled his arm back and got a bit of sausage that was in front of him. @Jessy753

 

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Logan rolled out of bed at seven-thirty in the morning. He didn't generally need much sleep; his healing factor helped keep him functioning much longer than most people. Last night, though, he had just drained his energy and was genuinely tired. Still, he was able to awaken quickly since he'd gotten a decent amount of rest. After changing out of his ruined clothes into his only spare set, he opened his door to find Bucky already awake. He told him about the note saying that there was going to be an orientation breakfast before classes. Seemed alright; Logan still hadn't gotten really met anyone besides Joe and Bucky, who he was either fighting or planning on fighting.


"Hungry?" Bucky asked.


"You bet," Logan replied. He was ravenous, in fact; he always grew hungry every time he needed to regenerate, and he probably regrew a decent fraction of his body in that fight last night.


He followed Bucky to Club A and found a seat next to him. He quickly rushed to the buffet and helped himself to a massive plate of eggs, bacon, sausage, toast and potatoes that dwarfed everyone else's. Still not far from Bucky, he decided he should probably apologize for the whole incident last night.


"Sorry I almost killed you last night," said Logan awkwardly. "I swear I was being controlled by something, but I'm not sure who or what it was."


@FarFlungDreamer




Sersi had gone to bed soon after she returned to the dorm and woke up somewhat early, since Eternals can generally get by with less sleep than humans. She looked around her new home: a decent little room all to herself, but certainly not as fancy as her place in Asgard. She would spice it up later, but not now. For now she saw a note saying that there would be an orientation breakfast before classes, and there wasn't really any reason not to go. There were certainly some students that she hadn't met yet. She knew that she would be early, but decided to teleport into Club A.


She was correct, there were only a few students and a couple teachers there. The place was remarkably cleaned up from the attack last night. Sersi realized that she could have made the job a whole lot easier with her powers, but decided not to tell anyone. One thing that she didn't want to be known as was a teacher's pet. 


After getting a plate of eggs and bacon, Sersi decided to look for any of the guys she met at Asgard, especially Strange. If they weren't there, she'd take an empty seat and wait for them.


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Natasha Romanoff
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The first thing Natasha had done before going to bed was pulling the mattress of the bed. She slept slatted frame of the bed with blanket and pillow. It was by far more comfortable than those way too soft mattresses the Americans placed on their beds. It cause her to wake up with a hurting back but at least she had fallen asleep. Otherwise she would've turned from side to side, awake all night by the feeling of continuously sinking into the soft mattress. Thus enjoying sleeping like that.


Like every morning the redhead awoke early. She started off by jogging around the campus and taking a shower. By the time she was ready for her first (forced) lecture, she noted an invitation to some sort of breakfast on her door. She rolled her eyes as she preferred being on her own but went anyway. She walked to the  bar to fill her plate with some fruits and a yogurt. She minded her own business until a familiar dark haired person appeared on her right. She seemed to be casual about it but in truth she was watching his left arm. He wore a glove and still she knew what was underneath it. She had touched the metal a million times. Even spared with the man and felt the fingers wrap around her wrists and neck.


Was he warning her? Did a small part of the Winter Soldier remember her? She had no answers but relieve washed over her as he turned around to walk back to the table. Her heart was pounding fast against her ribcage. She was sure that Russia had sent him to kill her. They definitely weren't pleased with her leaving. So this was her last torture before stopping her. To see if she would fight her old teacher and...and who would win in a fight. @FarFlungDreamer

Tony Stark
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Tony arrived at the Club for the breakfast looking like he hadn't slept all night. His hair was a total mess and he had bags under his eyes. Like most nights he had spent the whole night tinkering on some kind of invention instead of sleeping. But unlike his usual schedule, he wasn't able to sleep in the morning to the early afternoon. In fact he needed to somehow figure out to stay awake for a few days straight. Perhaps that could be his next invention. A machine that kept people awake without crazy side effects.


Somehow he made it to the coffee machine without bumping into anyone and already poured himself two cups of black coffee. He walked over to the two boys at the table and sat down to the only two guys. His gaze shortly moved to the pig lady from yesterday before he focused back to Logan and James. Even though he had no idea who they were. "The campus is strangely cleaned up, isn't it?", he spoke to them wondering for a moment if Rictor would appear. He noted how Tony hadn't seen the Mexican since parting ways to fight the bad guys. He sipped on his hot coffee - desperately hoping that the hot liquid would wake him.


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He grabbed a piece of toast and some fruit. Oranges and plums (because they were a remedy for bad memory) and so he decided to take one of those. He turned then and Bucky's eyes immediately searched for his bag, but he saw it hadn't been touched. He let the paranoia go and went back up to Logan and took his own seat.


A loose chuckle left him as he looked at Logan's plate. Well, after yesterday's fight who wouldn't be hungry? He glanced at his own, he likely should eat more... but the small portions seemed to be what he felt he should do. Maybe it was his days in the army, maybe somewhere on the darker side of things. Bucky didn't give a damn, right now, he just sat to eat 


He forked some of the sausage into his mouth and chewed thoughtfully as Logan suddenly decided to apologize. That seemed a little ironic somehow.


"I'm the last person you'd need to apologize about that sort of thing Logan, trust me," He said and tried to pull up a smile, but his lips only tightened and raised some. It wasn't a happy subject, but it seemed to him like Logan would get it. "I understand," He said, though, so he wouldn't feel upset over it. His back hurt this morning but the pain wasn't intolerable to him and Bucky was rather convinced he deserved much worse than a few deep cuts. "It was likely the Runaways parents, they have many powers." He explained with a shrug and dug into his eggs.


Someone came and sat with them, and Bucky felt he had inadequate information for all this. Steve was supposed to be the one here doing all the introducing and keeping the focus off him. But Bucky realized he couldn't blame anyone but himself for Steve's absence. He'd had to deal with the consequences.


"Fury certainly has his limitless resources," Bucky voiced his earlier thoughts, towards the new man. He didn't exactly trust Fury, he knew Steve did... but Steve's trust wasn't hard to gain. But it might just be Fury's position he didn't trust. He looked the guy over before trying to decide what Steve would do. "I'm Bucky," He said and set his fork down and put out his left right hand to shake the other guy's hand. 

 

[Scatterbrain]

Julia (Club A)


Julia awoke the next day to a knocking on the door. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she grabbed her sunglasses from the side table and put them on before sliding out of bed. Walking to the door in her pyjamas (which consisted of a white t-shirt and a pair of shorts) she felt a piece of paper underfoot as she approached the door. She stepped back before leaning over and picking up the now slightly crumpled note. She knew what it was going to say, she had foreseen it earlier, there was a orientation breakfast being held at Club A for the students. Putting the note to one side, Julia had a quick shower and got dressed before putting on her coat and heading out the door.


Arriving at the Club, Julia approached the buffet table. She was still getting use to operating without her eyesight so she had been training herself to identify foods by smell, starting with her favourites of course. She was by no means an expert so thankfully there was a robot attendant at the table to help her out.


"Bzzt!... Welcome.... Bzzt!...How may I help you?... Bzzt!"


"Um, Hi. I would like some salad, a couple of eggs and some orange juice please." Julia replied.


The robot set about picking out Julia's order from the table before placing it on a tray and handing it to her.


"Bzzt!.... Please enjoy....Bzzt!"


Walking over to the table she could sense some people, a few she recognised. Julia settled down next to the girl she had teamed up with with last night. "You really were something else last night. I don't think I've seen anyone move like that before."


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Joe (Club A)


Joe was in a rather foul mood as he headed towards Club A. His bed was cramped and uncomfortable compared to the one he was used to in his suite at the Colosseum Casino back in Las Vegas and the fact that he practically missed all the action from last nights events still preoccupied his thoughts. He did however have his open challenge at the Arena of War today to look forward too which helped soften his mood somewhat. He planned to get some practice in at the Robo Dojo before the big event but decided he might as well take advantage of the free breakfast on offer whilst he could. A physique as perfect as his required the proper nourishment.


Once he had arrived at the Club, Joe headed straight for the buffet table.


"Bzzt!... Welcom..." The robot was cut off as Joe placed his hand over it's face and pushed it backwards away from the table. Grabbing two trays, he placed as much food on them as possible before heading towards his fellow students. Sitting down next to Logan, Joe started shovelling food into his mouth.


"You guys better enjoy this whilst you can." Joe said to the group, still piling food into his mouth as he spoke. "You'll be eating through straw's soon enough. You know if any of you are man enough to take me up on my challenge." Joe mocked, before letting out a bellowing laugh.


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[SIZE= 20px][COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Natasha Romanoff[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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Natasha sat down away from the Winter Soldier and that other guy. Soon Stark simply planted himself next to them and she sat tensed. The redhead mixed her fruits with the yoghurt as she kept on watching the man from the corner of her eyes. She seemed comfortable sitting on her own. She was used to being alone. The only thing that kept her on the edge was the new guy who appeared on the campus sometime the day before. In fact all she wanted to do was exit the Club as soon as possible and keep as much space as possible between him and her. @FarFlungDreamer


She dipped her spoon into the yoghurt and was about to place it inside her mouth as someone sat down next to her. Tasha was suprised that someone chose to sit next to her because she was definitely not used to people searching to converse with her. Apparently Fury had stayed quiet about who she was and had done. It surprised her but also gave her a sense of anonymity so she was able to find out what the people wanted without them knowing about her abilities. [COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]"Good morning...", [/COLOR]Natasha greeted the girl and glanced at her. She listened to her speak about her fighting style and grinned a bit to herself. It wasn't often that people lived long enough to comment on it and she found it strangely satisfying. [COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]"I.. Well, I dance ballet.", [/COLOR]she answered like it would explain her combat moves and continued [COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]"So, you're able to do telepathy or how did you know about the thugs?" [/COLOR]She looked curiously at the girl with a smile while still keeping an eye on the Winter Soldier. @Scatterbrain

[SIZE= 20px][COLOR= rgb(165, 42, 42)]Tony Stark[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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Tony sipped on his coffee and crinkled his mouth over the taste. It was cheap coffee. Obviously. One would think that Fury would be able to at least purchase some decent coffee. The billionaire basically lived on the hot liquid so he definitely needed Jarvis to organize some good coffee for the campus. Still given the fact that the coffee was the only thing that managed to actually wake him up, he kept on drinking. He glanced at the newbie over the rim of the cup as the guy talked about Fury. He had no idea what he was talking about but Tony listened to it anyone. [COLOR= rgb(165, 42, 42)]"Fury doesn't have limitless ressources. He only acts that way. It would take me only minutes to hack his system and get all of his dirty little secrets.", [/COLOR]Tony spoke sure of himself and continued[COLOR= rgb(165, 42, 42)] "I'm more interested on why he chose to build this school? Of course the guy is only selfless and wants to help." [/COLOR]The last part was dripping with sarcasm.


He glanced at the guy's hand as soon as he extended his hand to introduce himself. He rose his eyebrow and was almost offended by the fact the guy didn't seem to recognize him. But yet many people seemed to have lived behind a rock before Fury picked them up to attend this ridiculous academy.[COLOR= rgb(165, 42, 42)] "Tony Stark.", [/COLOR]he nodded towards the guy and looked at his hand. He seemed to hesitate but then extended his hand as well and shook Bucky's hand having his AI's voice in mind to behave properly during the first few days. He pulled his hand quickly away again and cleaned his hand with a napkin almost instantly. @FarFlungDreamer


[COLOR= rgb(165, 42, 42)]"And you will be choking on all that food soon enough, if you keep on cramming it into your mouth.", [/COLOR]Tony spoke disgusted to the guy who had chosen to sit down to them. He watched disgusted as it seemed like the guy spoke without even swallowing his breakfast. He continued drinking his first cup of coffee and emptied the mug with three or four big gulps. He placed it down and eyed his second cup, which he had brought along. @Scatterbrain

 

[FarFlungDreamer]

He nodded politely and then stopped mid-nod. "Are you related to Howard Stark?" He blurted without thinking. He'd known Howard. The memory sprang up quickly. Yeah... he'd met him a few times during his time as a Howling Commando when he'd visit them. He and that dame Steve was head over heels for, Peggy, grouped with them sometimes when there was a new weapon or gadget that Stark had created for the army, or specifically Steve. He'd been one of the guys to turn Steve into a super soldier, from what Steve had let on about the subject to Bucky. Bucky had never been overly fond of him, but Steve, as usual, got along with everyone. But he had valued Howard's friendship and that had meant Bucky valued it to a degree too.


Strange to get thrown back that far... he wondered how old Howard would even be... if he were even alive. The thoughts prompted him to frown, but Tony wiping his hand off like he'd stuck it in the mud had Bucky snorting instead. @Jessy753


Someone else approached the table, but with two trays and it was the behemoth that had protected his... this, group earlier yesterday when he'd come in thinking he needed to save the runaways.


He raised an eyebrow at the threat, or supposed threat. He laughed so it didn't seem disarming, but then again, that could be the whole point to it. "Challenge?" He asked suspiciously, he didn't want any part of it. But he should know about any potential threats. He glanced at Stark... well he certainly talked like Howard. @Scatterbrain

 

[Scatterbrain]

Julia (Club A)


"It's sorta a bit off both. I do have telepathy but I knew about the thugs because of a thing called "Prescience", at least that's what I think it's called. Basically I have visions of the future some times but they aren't always accurate." Julia said, scooping up some of her salad with her fork. "I'm still getting the hang of these powers. To be honest I didn't have them until very recently so I'm hoping by coming here I might finally get a handle on them." She said before popping the fork into her mouth. She chewed it thoroughly before swallowing it. "So why are you here? From what I've seen you so far you hardly look like the type who needs training." Julia asked as she cut into one of her eggs.


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Joe (Club A)


"A guy's got to eat you know...." Joe replied, not letting the kid's comment stop him from enjoying his meal. "..and don't try and change the subject." Joe looked over the kid. He was scrawny and probably had never been in a fight his entire life. "You're just scared because you know you wouldn't last five seconds in a fight with me." Joe let out another bellowing laugh before the kid from last nights event's spoke up. Finally someone who was interested. Joe was beginning to worry that no one had the guts to face him and he really needed to let off some steam. "Yeah. I'm holding an open challenge at the Arena of War later today. Just a one on one no holds barred fight with yours truly. I'm taking on all comers.." Joe turned to look at the ladies who were also eating breakfast. "Ladies are welcome too. I'm an fair and equal kinda guy that way." He said, winking at them before turning back to the guys. "You're welcome to have a go even though I'm surprised Fury let you stay considering that fiasco you and your friends caused." He said, taking a big slurp off his milkshake.


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[FarFlungDreamer]

Oh. A spar. That was no threat, then. Bucky didn't know if a spar was a good idea, but he did know if he were going up against anyone it would be safest against Logan or this guy. The man turned and made a comment towards the redhead from earlier and another girl. He looked between them both steadily before his gaze snapped back to the grey behemoth who was talking to him again. 


"We worked it out," He said cooly, although Fury hadn't said much to him. Bucky didn't feel like correcting anyone that he'd been here before and left. Then he'd need to get into those sorts of details and he wasn't comfortable sharing any of those. "What's the purpose of your fight?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.  @Scatterbrain

 

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Natasha Romanoff
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Natasha looked at the girl and tilted her head to the side listening interesting to what she was able to do. "So, one's future changes?", she asked curiously thinking about what Clint Barton had told her sometime ago. She wouldn't need to stay bad and be a puppet for someone's government. She could make a name for herself apart from that business. But yet the Winter Solider proved something else. He didn't seem to recognise her. Of course he didn't but he still seemed casual around people. Maybe she needed to test him to get to know his true intentions but that might be a suicide mission. So better keep her distance from now and observe. @FarFlungDreamer @Scatterbrain (Julia)


She watched him from the corner of the eyes even while talking to Julia. "Well, good luck. I'm sure you can find a teacher around her. Many students seem to have special talents.", she spoke with a gentle smile. Natalia stayed quiet unsure of what she should reply on the reason why she was here. She had mentioned last night that this was more a prison than a school. She had learned what she needed to know from a very early age. So yes, she didn't need to be schooled on how to fight or any of that nonsense. "Well, you could say I did some really bad things in my life and I was given a choice so I went here to change my life.", she spoke calm and looked at Julia. @Scatterbrain (Julia)





The red head turned to the boy who seemed to desperately try and get people to spar with him. "Darling, you don't want to spar with me.", she simply said and continued "Where I'm from - the winner has to kill the loser once the sparring round is over. I believe you want to keep your pretty head on your shoulders, don't you?" She sounded bored but had no need to actually fight for exercise. She preferred dancing ballet and wanted people to underestimate her ability to fight. @Scatterbrain (Joe)

Tony Stark
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Almost instantly Tony rolled his eyes. Why was the first thing people asked him if he was related to him? It got on his nerves a lot. He tried to make a name for himself even in MIT but apparently that was for nothing. He scowled at the memory of the guy who had killed his mom but nodded "Yeah, he was my father." He drank some more and dwelled over what had happened as his facial expression turned darker at that thought. @FarFlungDreamer


"Actually I'm not scared. Just some people prefer to use their brain instead of muscles.", he spoke sipping some more of his second cup of coffee and emptying with a few gulps. "I really need Jarvis to get new coffee machines...", he muttered under his breath and looked into the empty mug with a frown on his forehead. Tony looked back at the grey guy and wondered if his suit was able to take him on. Perhaps with a few modifications? He should defenitely work on some upgrades. Just for the fun of it and potential threads. @Scatterbrain (Joe)