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Independent 616 Captain America || Written by Stevie

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02.10.2016: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We played by OUR rules, not yours -- and the Avengers' rules have always been about saving lives -- whatever it takes
" Happy Birthday Pops! " Ilana holds up a star spangled cookie cake, glowing with sparklers in place of candles.

@prodxgaliron

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★— OF COURSE Ilana would have been the one to remember — and in Tony’s absence, be the one to come prepared. It was as if she knew him, better than he knew himself, in particular; his weakness for cookies. His mother always used to say ‘An Apple A Day’ but his eyes would be on the cookies, since they were a rather rare treat at the time, and his sweet tooth was something that he couldn’t fight no matter how strong willed he was famed for being. 

❛   Did you MAKE this yourself? Now– Don’t tell Tony this, but it seems like someone else in the family got the baking gene. ❜

He held the cake closer, amazed by the sparklers that glittered all different colours; the display being small, yet not any less awe-striking. The fact that anyone would pull out the stops for him was something that he would always hold close to his heart. 

❛   You’ve gotta help me finish this now, before Bruce gets back and feels peckish. Thank you, Kiddo, this whole thing means a lot to me… . ❜  



'Subhuman', blasting. Head, banging. Ilana continues to excitingly air guitar and mimic the sound of screaming in the car.

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— Steve’s expression was entirely deadpan, and at that moment he really did have a flashback to the first time that he’d visited Tony’s lab with similar music blaring. Suffice to say, it wasn’t his genre. Lips pursed to one side as he tried to endure it momentarily, but the hard beat of the drums was giving him a headache.

❛   Hate to ruin your fun, kiddo, but y’mind changin’ the tune? You got something a little calmer? S’gonna be a long trip…  

He was GENUINE in that he didn’t want to ruin her fun, especially since this was the most he’d seen her emote in a while. But there was only so long her could tolerate that type of music for.



Comes out of the woodwork just to give a tight squeeze of a hug ( ; 3; )

@prodxgaliron

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★—     ❛ I wouldn’t be anywhere without you kiddo - just remember that. 



@prodxgaliron​ // CONT. 

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             ❛  Do I have to have a REASON?   

DESPITE what he had said, there was a reason — actually, several. But it was first and foremost GRATITUDE. GRATITUDE that he was there with her, that she was still alive - that he was able to spend this time with her. 

            ❛   I ain’t been around as much as I want to, and I know Tony hasn’t either. So I thought I’d treat you to a day out, no villains,no badguys or secret missions. Just me and you, what do you say?   


" Happy birthday to the coolest Pops!" Lana squeezed from behind, a weak attempt at lifting the man but hey- she gave it a shot at least.

@prodxgaliron

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ARMS wrapped tightly around him – glancing over his shoulder trying to figure out where this voice was coming from of course, it was UNMISTAKABLE who it could’ve been — Lana was trying her best to carry him, but his feet weren’t moving —- after one or two confused blinks he laughed, turning around and hoisting her into his arms to give her a hug instead.

 ❛    You’re going to need to do more training with me and your father. Or try next time with your suit — but thank you, kiddo. That ‘coolest’ thing better not be another Ice joke, if it is, I’m comin’ after your father for it.  



prodxgaliron:

I can get control of’em. Should be able to withstand the heat 
down there— but for how long is the question. 

Glowing eyes analysed the behavior the insects acted on.
Crawling and festering—whether they were 
mystical by nature or some breed of space bugs they seemed to act in the same manor as well— a bug
 The idea of tossing an explosive down in there may have been a quick 
thought but the risks counted too high, tremors could impact the city, if they weren’t 
careful who knew what could happen with the heat from the earths core. If these bugs 
were still bugs then— 
I’ve got an idea, I’m not sure it’ll work but if it does it’ll 
give us time to reconnect with the others.—–I don’t know about you but, I can’t tell 
what makes me more nervous, Pops with Carol, Pops with Robbie, or Robbie with Strange.
—Things aren’t exactly acting as a Dream Team.
 

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—   EXPLOSIVES would be his last call to action – considering how much it would compromise the ground below– which already seemed to have weak, cracking foundation. The buildings would collapse – and MORE destruction would be on the horizon. 

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Now that was something he didn’t particularly WANT to address —- the heaviness in his heart became far more prevalent, and he groaned at the thought of Tony and Carol together. He had HOPE that their relationship would remain stable, but something told him, considering how FRESH this incident was —-it was would be scary. Robbie and Strange — would be a strange combination, but he could see how that could go wrong, with his tethers to Stephen being very loose. 

  ❛    The drones sound like a good idea for now, get them to scout the city. And —- well, I’m hopin’ that they all come out in one piece. The thing about teams is OVERCOMING the difficulties and surpassing all of them to fight effectively, and I’m hoping they can put grudges aside.


prodxgaliron:


She had to have gone on for a solid minute in a tangent of mindless rambling, midst turning giant bugs into piles of well— crunchy goop. Would it have been inappropriate to jukebox some bug crushing music?  Not this time.❝  One second there cap!  —Snapping back to, at the spread of the creatures in the streets the girl acted fast. darting to cut off the swarm with an evacuated bus. Gauntlets pulsed maximum power leveling the hoard to nothing more than slime and half a pair of legs. 

A moments tension released with a exhale resuming a dash to the rooftops to snag the spangled hero.  In a swift scoop Prodigy picked the man up and took them both above– gazing to the chaos that broke havoc amongst the city.   What’re we going to do Cap…. voice shifted into a serious mumble. 

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—   CHAOS INCARNATE —- as he stood upon the rooftop alongside the armoured hero, all he could see was green GOOP and creatures that were spawning quicker than they were being killed —– 

    ❛ We need to cut this thing at the ROOT. 

But that was easier said than done — considering the root was the CORE of the Earth — what had caused these things? What had come to BE in that place, to erupt now? Why NOW of all times? What had DONE this? Steve’s first instinct was to think it was an intergalactic threat, but HOW could they have gotten here in the first place? 

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   ❛    Somethin’ tells me we need to dig, try and get to these nests and take ‘em out. You got any suggestions? I’m all ears —– You don’t have control of Tony’s drones, do you?.


“ I know we’re in the middle of saving New York from these swarm of bugs but I feel like there’s some artistic commentary to be made here— oh and there goes the Statue of Liberty.... ON IT! “

@prodxgaliron // needs pest control 

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—   BATTERING THE BUGS —- green SLIME of their innards splashing over his shield after he’d rammed them into a few rocks. There was no doubt that he would most CERTAINLY need a shower after this —— but there they were, fighting side by side whilst the rest of the team had split. The most unnerving part of the situation in particular was that they didn’t know HOW far these bugs had spread —— or whether this was just the first wave of them. 

Her commentary was going on in the radio, all the while the Captain maintained his focus until she mentioned the statue and his eyes DARTED toward Lady Liberty, azures shooting open as he noticed them climbing. He KNEW Carol wouldn’t be too pleased as some unwanted house guests —- so darted to the nearest rooftop, after scaling the walls by grabbing onto pipes, holding up his hand. 

      ❛ C’mon kid, I’m going to need some ASSISTANCE..! 



“ Where are we? “

 // ACCEPTING.

@prodxgaliron

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ROARS filled the sudden silence. The hairs on the back of the Captain’s neck stood on edge as he instinctively raised his shield, taking a step closer to Lana in a protective stance. 

Oh, he’d been here before and remembered it so VIVIDLY—- from the pungent smell of artificial STEAM to the TOXIC smell that came from the pollution filled rivers. A CRIMSON BOOT shifted in the dirt, kicking up some of the dust whilst he seemed to canvas their surroundings, giving them one last stare before finally coming to the conclusion as to where they were.

 Out of all of the places they could be – why HERE – he had thought that this world had been destroyed, and had collapsed, leaving behind with it the dark memories that had embedded themselves into his psyche. 

         ❛   HERE…. —-   There was a large part of him that didn’t want to admit it, there was a HUGE part of him that dreaded it, given how long he had previously spent here.          ❛   This is Dimension Z.



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