Suspiciously Quiet

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[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."

[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."

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like my kind of woman," he winks, but the flirt, while friendly, is joking. "Let's go."