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The carnage in the hotel ballroom disappears in a gut wrenching wave of nausea and blurryness. When she can see again, she's on her knees, surrounded by her fellow Exiles.

Raven braces herself for the worst. Zombies roaming the streets, the sun blotted out by swarms of locusts, a world where every restaurant is non-smoking. She opens her eyes and sees...a suburban strip mall.

A Best Buy anchors one end. The other end is held down by a Dick's Sporting Goods. In between, there are a couple of ethnic restaurants, some clothing stores, and, to her immense relief, a Cox Smoker's Outlet.

Date: 2007-10-11 03:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
"Aw, crap. Mephisto's bad news."

Date: 2007-10-11 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Tell'n me. Daddy got clear of the cancer and then the bastard made him fall off the bike. Zarathos pointed it out to me. 'Cause I make a deal to have Zarathos ride me separate but guess he could that without Mephito's say or something - cause he was gonna take Z and have Johnny be his jailer or replace his soul or someth'n." She blows the bangs out of her eyes. "Details are a little fuzzy after the four of us got to the graveyard."

Date: 2007-10-11 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
He frowns. "Magic's always been a bit hazy to me... I was never all that close to Doctor Strange... but it sounds like Zarathros made Mephisto break a deal."

Date: 2007-10-11 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Who's Doc Strange? And what's the problem with the Prince of Liars bust'n a contract?"

Date: 2007-10-11 04:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
"Not positive... but I'm not sure it's even possible. We should talk to the others. As for Strange... he's the Sorcerer Supreme. At least in my world."

Date: 2007-10-11 04:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Like head magic guy for everything?"

Date: 2007-10-11 04:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
"Something like that," he nods. "Let's go get some food in you, huh?"

Date: 2007-10-11 05:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Still feel sick. But -" There's something about Buck. He and Morph are the nicest guy on this crew she's stuck with. It wouldn't do to let him down. "Morph gonna be there?"

Date: 2007-10-11 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
"Probably. Sarah's getting some shopping done, but she may join us later, too."

Date: 2007-10-11 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Nice lady." She gets up. "Bucky?"

Date: 2007-10-11 05:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Why are they all bother'n with me? God, this Broker guy, on down..."

Date: 2007-10-11 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
He shrugs, chuckling.

"That's one of those questions that I think we all ask ourselves at some point in time or another." He pauses. "Well, for God, anyway... I've never asked about the Broker guy, myself..."

Date: 2007-10-11 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
He shrugs. "It's what I do." He pauses. "It's what he would have done, too."

Date: 2007-10-11 06:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
"Yeah." He looks downcast for a second, but he covers it with a grin. "It was weird to see him in that last world. But even though it wasn't my Cap... it was still nice."

Date: 2007-10-11 06:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uneasy-rider.livejournal.com
"Come on." Roxie looks like she's got her bravado back. "Let's get something spicy and figure out what we gotta go blow up."

Date: 2007-10-11 06:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wwii-hero.livejournal.com
"Sounds like my kind of woman," he winks, but the flirt, while friendly, is joking. "Let's go."

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