the best of the vanished marvels have gathered inside your door.

Oct. 26th, 2014 07:36 pm
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For about ten minutes after Steve first rises, everything is normal. He gets out of bed, gets dressed, and heads out for his morning run. When he hits the streets, the realization that all is not well sinks in quickly enough. Even at dawn, the streets of Darrow are never so quiet. It reminds him of when he first arrived in the city, when it was still deserted. And as soon as he makes that connection, it's like he already knows. He spends the next hour hoping that he's wrong. He visits the boardwalk, which even at this early hour would attract a few joggers, but there is no one in sight. No traffic in the streets. The lights are on at the 24-hour gym, but there is no one at the front desk to stop him from going inside without a membership, and the rest of the building is empty as well. He checks one establishment after another, cutting between alleys where trucks would be making their morning deliveries, eventually grows desperate and begins to knock down the doors of private homes. Then he runs, fast as he can, back to Ocean View.

He nearly breaks her door down, but Lucy answers. He stays long enough to reassure himself that she is real, that he hasn't lost her, and to explain as best he can what is happening. Then he has to pull himself away; there are other people to check on. On the way back to his apartment, he starts calling friends. He doesn't care who he wakes up, there are voices that he needs to hear. Finally, he sends a group message — Bruce, Natasha, Sam, and Tony all get a wake-up call to action. He sits on his couch and waits for them to arrive, and hopes that this meeting will go better than the last.
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a promise.

Jun. 23rd, 2014 06:09 am
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The Avengers Initiative was founded on the idea that a group of extraordinary people could unite to combat the foes that no individual could face alone. There was a need for them, when they first came together that day in New York. And there is a need for them now, here in Darrow. Perhaps not immediately, not today, but eventually that time will come. The events that took place here a couple of weeks ago impressed that need upon Steve.

He doesn't know what will happen next. But he's lived in Darrow for long enough to know that there will be something. There always is. The best that they can do is be prepared. And for that to happen, they need to get organized. He doesn't call them together right away, however. He figures they could all use time to themselves. He needs it, certainly, to get his bearings back after losing his abilities. He imagines that Banner will need time to readjust as well. And although neither would ever admit to it, he suspects that Stark and Romanoff could use the extra time to settle in.

After enough time has passed, he reaches out. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, reads the text message, because he couldn't resist. Below the call to action are instructions to meet at his place.

Eventually, there are three Avengers trying to make themselves comfortable in his living room. He jumps right in, no point in keeping them waiting. "I called you all here today because it's become clear to me that there is a need here in Darrow for the Avengers. By now we've all seen for ourselves the sorts of strange things that occur in this city. I want us to come together, to get organized, and to be prepared the next time that something happens."
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