The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
Fuegogrande: "Fuegogrande" player of The Ranger, Ion, Rhia, and Null
Neopolitan: "Aly" player of Rebecca Grey, Stephanie Graves, Marisol Cervantes, Vanessa Bookman, Chrysanthemum Van Hart, Sabine Sang, Eupraxia
Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
Got a plot in mind?
MRO plots are player-created the Mods facilitate and organize the big ones, but we get the ideas from you. Do you have a plot in mind, and want to know whether it needs Mod approval? Check out our plot guidelines.
It had been a good week since Arielle's successful assassination of the french president. A job that was easy because she had no emotional attachments to the president whats so ever, as was with case will all of her past targets. Unfortunately for her next mission, things wouldn't go as smoothly as it had in the past because now she was in charged with the task of killing Cold Steel on Abyss' request. And now Arielle found herself at the inside the institute, a place she hadn't been to in years. Walking down the halls alone brought back memories of her adventures with the X-men. They were her family and she never thought that she would find herself killing one of them, especially Sam. The closer she came towards his Office, the more her heart seemed to race. Would she really be able to bring herself to murder him in cold blood? No pun intended.
She saw that the door was open and she peeked in to see if anyone was present and she spotted the Ice Elemental sitting at his desk apparently doing some paper work and it looked like he was a bit tense from the way he held his head. "Well,, he's still sexy as hell..." she chuckled a bit, feeling bad for the poor guy. Back when she started her X-men training , she had taken a position in the office, helping Sam and Shawn with the files to ease their work load. Now the poor guy look like he was about to burst a nerve from the look of the stacks of papers on his desk. She decided to take a deep breath and entered, giving a light knock on the wall to get Sam's attention.
"Well, I know it's been awhile, but I'm just going to cut to the chase. You still got it boy. Still got the girls chasing after you?" she asked with a smirk as she walked over and sat herself on top of Sam's desk with her legs crossed and her hands sitting in her lap.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 7, 2009 19:13:39 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
color=48D1CC
4,370
105
May 15, 2024 15:20:02 GMT -6
Wishing he didn’t spend so much time stalling on his own homework along with helping his son not do his own, Sam sat behind his desk of papers of new residents. Sure he got his old job back but with everyone being so busy he was trying to play catch up. Through the files on his desk he didn’t look up as his door slowly swung open. At first he thought it was his son and Chelsea seeing as they always came down around this time wanting snow cones, it had become a scheduled deal with them. Sammy finishes his homework, Sam stalls, Sammy and Chelsea come down for cherry and blueberry flavored snow cones then Sam stalled.
He was about to say something till he heard a familiar voice one he hadn’t heard of in a long time. “Ari?” Sam asked smiling as he added his signature to the last batch of paper work for the day. Now looking up and seeing an aged yet still beautiful Arielle sitting on his desk. She still did look good and from the way she was talking not a lot about her personality has changed.
It had been a few years since he had heard from her. Sam wasn’t really sure what she had been up to since he last talks to her but wouldn’t be totally surprised if she settled down somewhat. She was quite the man killer. “Not as many as you would think, only got my job back and as far as girls go, I was locked up for two years in a state penitentiary, but you know seeing as you haven’t really called here to check up on me you wouldn’t know that would you.” His eyes didn’t change but he gave Arielle a small sarcastic smile. “It’s good to see you again Ari,” Sam said as he got up and gave her a hug.
A small tune could be heard as a boy and his dog were walking down the hall, Sammy was playing a song on the harmonica that his dad had taught him. It was around four in the afternoon and Sammy had finished up his math homework but had yet to start on his reading something that he did not like to do, but Sammy like his father prolonged the work until it piled up a habit that his father had been trying to break.
The reason Sammy was going to see his dad was because not only did Chelsea his black lab not have enough food but Sammy was also getting hungry to and he wanted to see if they could make some of the cheery blueberry snow cones that they all loved so much. Approaching the door of his dad’s new old office Sammy noticed that the door was already open. Sammy stopped his harmonica playing as he walked in and spotted a pretty lady sitting on his daddy’s desk. “Umm dad…” Sammy added in a small tone as he looked to his dad hoping he wasn’t interrupting anything.
"Oh dear..." Arielle said, not knowing how to respond to Sam's mentioning of being locked up in prison for two years, then she felt even more guilty about the not calling him statement.Though she felt a lot better when he stood up and hugged her and all she could do was smile and return the hug, with a friendly kiss on his cheek.
"It's been hectic with me for the past few years too, you know..." she said looking back at him and she smiled. "I should have...but I'm sorry. I got so wrapped up in my own life, I kind of left you and the other X-men behind..." she said masking the real truth about how she had became a killer for hire. Something she was sure Sam wouldn't be too thrilled about her doing. For some reason she always held his opinion higher than others. She really respected him a lot...another reason why she would have a hard time killing him. Then, she heard a small voice in the room and at the door was a...little Sam? Arielle blinked a few times and began to look back and forth between Sam and the child.
"You..." she covered her mouth to conceal her snickering, but she couldn't help it as she erupted in laughter. She really couldn't believe it. "Sam Johnson, the playboy...has a kid! Oh god, this is too much..." she added again, though her laughter ceased and her face took a more serious tone. "You have a child..." she said, realizing that this would just be another reason to add on to the list of why not to kill him. He had a freakin kid. She looked at the little boy and hopped off the desk, slowly walking towards little Sammy and crouching down eye level, though she kept her distance. Being a mother herself, she knew how children could easily be startled by strangers.
"Sam, he's beautiful. He looks just like you..." Arielle said giving little Sammy a warm smile. "Your dog is beautiful too. They're both so sweet." she said standing back. "Don't mind me little one. I'm just an old friend of your dad," Arielle said digging into her jacket pocket and handing the little Sam a $5 bill. "Just a little present. It's so good to see you," she said standing back up and turned back to Sam. "So when did this happen? And who's his mother?" she asked with a sly grin.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 8, 2009 12:24:18 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
color=48D1CC
4,370
105
May 15, 2024 15:20:02 GMT -6
Sammy didn’t know who she was but he didn’t like people he didn’t know getting to close to him especially pretty ladies…Sammy took a step back as his tail wrapped around his left leg. Chelsea his dog took that as a sign to protect her boy. Taking a few steps foreword slowly with her tail wagging Chelsea sniffed the air that surrounded the women and slowly approached her. She certainly didn’t seem dangerous but then again she did smell like something.
Sammy looked at the five dollars and didn’t take it. Instead he looked at the lady lifted himself into the air and flew around Arielle to land behind his dad where he would be safe. Chelsea followed and ran over to Sam’s legs and sat down staring at Arielle.
Letting out a small laugh as his son was holding on to his belt Sam said, “Sammy is kind of shy, think the only other adult that he warmed up to so fast was Lee and well Alice was there right?” Sam asked Sammy as Sam put his hand on his son’s head. “Arielle this is Sammy, Sammy this is my old friend Arielle, she used to work with me on the X-men.”
The mention of Lee and Alice made Sammy smile, letting go of his dads belt Sammy walked from behind his dad to the open. Lifting his hand Sam gave a small wave as his tail un-wrapped his leg and gave a small twitch. “You were a hero?” Sammy asked as he grabbed his dad’s sleeve while looking at Arielle.
Nodding Sam said, “Well she tried,” grinning in Arielle’s direction and laughing slightly Sam, said, “You caught us around snow cone time, you’re more than welcome to join us.” Lifting his arm Sammy still hung to his dad’s sleeve but instead of pulling it down he went with it. “Why don’t you and Chelsea go get the cheery and the blueberry flavoring set up me and Arielle will meet you in there okay?” Sam felt the weight of Sammy disappear as Chelsea and Sammy bolted out of the room and head straight for the kitchen.
Looking to Arielle as Sam waited till Sammy left the room he said, “His mother was a friend of mine, she died of cancer not to long ago.” He hid behind a sad smile, “Only met Sammy for the first time a few months ago, she hid him from me all his life, not even so much as a call or a letter.” Shrugging as Sam passed Arielle Sam walked out of his office and down the hallway, “But, I think I am doing a good job with him, kid is smarter then me at math, and despite being shy he has my hero personality, he ended up giving a bully a black eye, the bully was bugging Alice and Sammy jumped up and popped him in the eye!”
Letting out a small laugh he looked at her and straightened his face, “Of course I told him it was wrong,” Sam lied, “But I got him in a few of Shin’s classes and in our spare time I teach him what I know.” Grinning again Sam said, “Fast learner though, and before you ask I don’t know how he has a tail,” he let out a small snort and then said, “So what have you been up to since you left?”
Arielle let out an audible awe as she watched little Sam fly over to his father with his tail. Now that was an ability she hadn't seen yet...except for when she watched her son play with Tails on Sonic the Hedgehog. She chuckled and waved good bye to the little boy and the dog as they exited, but her face turned serious again when she heard Sam's little sob story about Sammy's mother.
"God damn it..." she sighed aloud after Sam had finished speaking. Not only did Sam have a kid, but he was the only parent little Sammy had left. If there's one thing that did wrench her heart, it was the lost of family, since hers had been killed. She looked back over to Sam, her brown eyes meeting his ice blue ones when he asked what she had been up to.
"There's no use in lying to you Sam..." she began taking a seat back on his desk. "Even if you might not like what you're about to hear, but, I...just can't lie to you..." she said looking back at him. "Besides getting married and having children myself. Yes, As hard as it is to believe I settled down. Though that's the only good thing I have to say about whats been happening with me. The reason why I left...besides starting a family, well...it's my job also. I know you probably would never think of me as a killer, but it's what I do to pay the bills...I'm an assassin for hire. I know you're wondering how I got into it, but it's a long story, but the point is, my job brings me here to you..." she paused to reach in her pocket and revealed the black card she was given as payment for Sam's death.
"It seems our old buddy Abyss doesn't take kindly to your goody goody act. You know, your ideals about how mutants and humans can get along and live in peace...so he of all people. hired me to come and spill your blood." she sighed and look back at Sam with saddened eyes. "...But I'm going to have to decline his request. I've killed well over a hundred people in the past few years I've been absent from the X-men. It's sad because each time I did so, I didn't feel any remorse..until now. Number one, even after all these years, I know we haven't seen or talked but, I don't have one hateful thought in my head about you. Even after all this time, seeing you now just reminded me of how much I love you and how you were one of the best friends and best men I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Those 10 years ago when I first arrived at this place, you were the first one who helped me settle in and showed me kindness and from then on you've been nothing but good to me. So, no pun intended but, hell would have to freeze over first before I would ever harm a hair on your head. And to see that you have a son now, I'm definitely 500% sure that I can't go through with it because I know that since your son doesn't have his mother, he definitely needs his father. Just thinking about how devastated that kid would be if I killed you, it just made me thing about how devastated all the families of the people I've killed were when I took away their loved one and it seems that I'm no different from the men who killed my family..." she sniffed and dug into her jacket pocket to fish out a tissue and wipe her eyes that were now stinging with tears.
"So now you know what I've been up to. I know it's not what you would approve of, but I'm sorry. Forgive me. Then again if you are angry, join the freakin club considering I just murdered the French President and now the whole country is PO'd..." she sighed, lowering her head.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 8, 2009 15:34:50 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
color=48D1CC
4,370
105
May 15, 2024 15:20:02 GMT -6
Stopping short as he saw Sammy and Chelsea turn into the kitchen Sam turned back around and spotted Ari back on his desk looking like she was just bested at something she was good at. He looked to her and wondered what happened, from all the times he knew her she never looked this down. He let her speak without interruptions. He knew that Sammy and Chelsea would play around till him and Ari came to the kitchen.
After her long speech Sam didn’t really move as he leaned his back to the doorframe. He sighed and said, “You were one of the good ones,” Sam said, “You sure it was the original Abyss or one of his clones?” he didn’t think the original abyss would be the one to put the hit out on him one of the clones were more then likely the ones of the guilty party.
He wasn’t mad he should be but he wasn’t the old Sam would have freaked out and tried to kill Ari then go to the person that hired her but this Sam the father the former con, had no such urge to. He noticed her crying and he walked over to her and hugged her and recited what his friend who still was locked up for life, Kevin had once told him, “Even in the darkest of suffering a man can sleep,” he gave her and extra tight squeeze and continued, “but for the man who inflicts the suffering his mind cannot rest,” he let go of her and said, “Two years I was in prison and it’s been two years since I even had the thought about killing someone.” He took a step back from her and said, “I know it wasn’t easy telling me but thank you, I don’t hold any form of anger or hatred towards you, or Abyss…”
Walking to the exit Sam said, “Come on Sammy is waiting for us, if you want we can continue this conversation there.” Exiting the room Sam asked Arielle, “So a family of your own? Congrats, got kids? Who’s the father?” Sam asked trying to change the subject to something that didn’t involve him talking about him getting killed or killing someone him. He knew full well that he would have to talk to Abyss a little later when he finds out that Arielle didn’t really succeed in her job or come close to it.
Arielle's eyes widened as she found herself being hugged by Sam. It definitely wan't the reaction she expected. She expected for a battle to break out, but it seemed that he was willing to forgive her. His quote did touch her. In fact, it hit a nerve and she looked back at him, wiping her eye again. She could tell that he had changed and grown up quite a lot. She then slid off the desk and followed Sam out the office. During their walk down the hall, she answered his questions about her family.
"Yeah, I have children. Lucky me to get pregnant with twins my first pregnancy as well. They're a handful, but I love them to death. Sammy looks around their age." she said. Then he asked who her husband and the father of her children were. She coughed into her fist, feeling a bit nervous. She had just confessed to being hired to kill him, should she really tell him that she married? Ah, hell. Might as well.
"I'm married to...Aiden and he's the father..." she said in a low tone, knowing how Sam never liked the Weretiger shifter. "Again, I know you probably don't approve, but...you can't really help who you love." she sighed. "So, you mentioned Shin? How is he and everyone else? Streak? Ghost? Koga? Nathan? Raina? Are they all alright?"
Abyss sat in a lush top floor loft in the middle of his city. Sure the X-men were still about but the Order had spread like an all consuming wild fire, mutants had finally realized they had, had enough and were easily riled and thus easily turned to order purposes. He tipped back a beer and laughed at the newest continuation of the fourth trilogy of Star Wars. Some mutants said it was offensive that the aliens, very well could have been from there own planet. But he looked at it in a different light, this was a movie that he didn’t have to stare at only human mugs. There was a large amount of mutant looking humans. The day outside was a beautiful one at that. He had retracted his sky light opening most of the roof.
He sat the beer on the marble table and hit the power on his media player turning off the movie mid stream and sighed slouching forward his elbows on his knees. His assistant came over to him and pulled off his suit coat then loosened his tie. From there she stepped up on the coach behind him and massaged his massive shoulders.
She was amazing; she always seemed to sense the wants and needs of those around her, beyond that she was simply beyond the perfect assistant. Lisa had finally given in to running around with him and relinquishing her desk job to anther competent candidate, that she trained thoroughly.
“thank you Lisa.” He said quietly as she dug into his shoulder with her elbow.
“you looked like you could use it.” she said back just as quietly. There had been a certain spark between them that they carefully avoided and encourage through contact like this but left off as taboo.
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 27, 2009 11:35:12 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
color=48D1CC
4,370
105
May 15, 2024 15:20:02 GMT -6
“Aiden?” Sam asked remembering full well their first meeting outside of T.A.T wasn’t the best one. “To each their own…” Sam sighed as he remembered Leila and what kind of person she turned out to be, and even though he may have loved her unless she would change Sam could never be with her. She killed humans and ate babies while Sam saved and made babies.
Brought back at the mention of the mentioning of everyone else Sam went into deep thought, “Lost track with everyone when I did time… but as far as I know, Streak and Raina are around from time to time, Shin has been teaching the kids karate…” scrunching up his face he thought to himself then put the words out delicately as he could, “Seraph like you has been doing some not so nice things, after him and Ali split he went off and joined the order and the last time I spoke with him he went off to Australia…” Sam looked away from her as they entered the kitchen, “On a lighter note Ghost as of now is off doing dangerous things in Europe and from what I read somewhere in Russia…” Sam neglected to mention the place he read about his old friend was in some classified files that he “obtained” by visiting a few of his online sources that he would like to remain unanimous.
“Sammy, why don’t you bring a few snow cones to Uncle Kevin?” Sam watched as his sons face lit up, “I’ll make it a class two mission, just remember stay close to the guards okay? If one of the inmates says he has candy for you just keep walking, Fredrick, Evan and Kevin are the only ones I want you to talk to while I am not there got it?”
Watching Sammy jump up and down excitedly Sam said, “I’ll have my phone on me but I’ll be in a meeting, remember those are for you and Kevin!” Raising his hand Sam made two large snow cones, which Sammy quickly covered in cherry flavoring and as fast as they were made they were gone, off flying out the window with the child.
Looking back to Arielle Sam smiled and said, “Now let’s go pay my old buddy Abyss a visit, odds are he is at his place…” motioning towards the window Sam smiled and said, “Meet you there…” and with that he activated his newest mutation the power of steam and focusing his power through his hands and feet Sam took off with a small explosion of heat on the ground below him. --- It had been about ten minutes for Sam to fly there and was sure that unless Arielle had a fast way to travel it would take a while for her to get there. “This count as over time or is this considered one of the many benefits of being one of Abyss’s many assistants?” he asked allowed as he poked his head down through the sky light and let himself coast down to the ground only to land a little shakily, “Sorry if I was interrupting…” slightly smiling finding it amusing that abyss would have a human so close to him. “Long time no see old friend…”
Posted by forecast on Apr 27, 2009 23:16:18 GMT -6
Guest
Arielle let out a soft sigh after hearing Sam's reaction to her being married to Aiden. Even if a decade had passed by, she could still remember the night of her first date with Aiden and how he and Sam would have torn each other apart had it not been for Ghost and herself intervening. "Well...nah, I won't go there..." she stopped herself. I mean she had just confessed to the huy that she was there to spill his blood. It probably wasn't the best time to make a wise crack about a certain dolphin shifter who joined the dark side behind his back. They didn't have cookies either/ Lying sons of bitches feasting on the flesh of infants. Just so wrong. Arielle remained quiet while Sam ran down the list of who's doing what these days. She grinned and shook her head at the mention of Shin teaching the kids martial arts and how to train a Squirtle into a big strong Blastoise while he was at it. Ari was rather surprised of the news about Nathan however. He was always one of the good guys. Must have been one hell of a break up. Then again, who was she to judge with all the skeletons in her closet....literally.
>>>Looking back to Arielle Sam smiled and said, “Now let’s go pay my old buddy Abyss a visit, odds are he is at his place…” motioning towards the window Sam smiled and said, “Meet you there…” and with that he activated his newest mutation the power of steam and focusing his power through his hands and feet Sam took off with a small explosion of heat on the ground below him.
"...I thought you were Ice man? What the hell? Really, steam?!" she cried watching him explode into the air. Well it was a good thing she came clean. Either she was going to become a human ice cube of be vaporized into steam had she fought Mr. Johnson. "Well you're not the only one who can fly now" she said activating her own little favorite gift. It started as her eyes switched from brown to ruby pink, and her bronze skin shifted to a pale blue and her hair white as silk. Her clothing dematerializing revealing her almost nude figure, patches of deep blue scales forming bathing suit design over her body to keep her lady parts covered and finally translucent light blue, fin-like wings appeared from her back completing the transformation. Yeah, everyone can't shout Moon Prism Power and have a fancy elaborate henshin scene, sheesh.
Now in her sea nymph form, Arielle flapped her wings and took off into the sky after Sam. Though, while he was going at least 60mph tops, Arielle couldn't go past 20mph. "Damn it all...like he couldn't wait...why he gotta go so fast for?" Arielle cursed under her breath as she continued her flight towards Abyss' home.
Abyss had a stone in his hand and set it back in place on the table with the others. As he saw and heard the voice that went with the sound on the roof.
“This count as over time or is this considered one of the many benefits of being one of Abyss’s many assistants?”
“Heh. She knows how many assistants I have better than I do, but no she does as she pleases in her freetime of course.” Abyss said as he moved his shoulders back slightly. Lisa stopped almost immediately, reading the silent signals that she picked up on so well. She stepped down from the couch put her shoes back on and went to a pda. She stapped tapping the screen canceling one Card givin outto a failed assassin. She then went and set at the bar for a moment and got out a trio of glasses.
“Sorry if I was interrupting…”
“Its alright. It wasn’t going any further than relaxing my shoulders any how.” He said.
“Long time no see old friend…”
“Too Long Sam.”
“Would you like anything to drink Sir, Mr. Johnson?” Lisa said in a slightly friendly tone than she might have if she were on the clock. She had already poured herself a glass of wine and sipped it. Subtly signaling Sam that it was fine to drink.
“So, how has your day been?” Abyss wanted to hear the fun details that signaled miss Arielle’s end.
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 28, 2009 14:10:09 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
color=48D1CC
4,370
105
May 15, 2024 15:20:02 GMT -6
Normally Sam would have been a little more discreet and would have used a door but seeing as how one of his friends and his sons godfather had put a hit on him Sam felt it only right to forgo the formalities of a door and the waiting room. Lifting himself up Sam flipped into the room through the skylight and activated his mutation of steam slowly landing on the ground smiling all the while.
“To long indeed,” Sam said to abyss as he debated giving his friend a hug but then decided against it knowing full well that Abyss could kill him with a flick of his wrist but then again Sam couldn’t understand why Abyss didn’t do so in the first place. Sam knew that Abyss and him haven’t seen eye to eye on every single thing regarding mutants and humans but it didn’t mean that their friendship couldn’t be forged over some mutual understandings.
Shaking his head to Lisa who was at the bar Sam smiled and said, “Just water for me, 2 years and six months clean today…” Sam said with a smile, “But thank you Lisa, and I told you before, you can cut the formalities, Sam is fine.” He didn’t mind Lisa; she was from what Sam could tell more than adequate as an assistant, but other than that Sam didn’t know what to think of Lisa from what he could tell Lisa was colder than he is.
Again Sam wasn’t worried about something like a tainted drink to bother him if Abyss really wanted him dead Sam was positive that the jolly red giant would have been a little more forward about it. Sitting down on a seat opposite of abyss Sam smiled and said, “My day was interesting so far.”
Smiling and taking a sip from the water that was placed in front of him in a wine glass Sam looked to Lisa and said, “Thank you” looking back to Abyss Sam smiled some more and said, “Well met an old friend of mine… Arielle you remember her right?” grinning now Sam shrugged and said, “She was under the impression that you wanted me dead, so I had to come here after have a nice talk with her to confirm this.” Sighing and setting his glass down Sam said, “Never pictured you one hire someone to kill me, you were always more of the type to do it yourself…” Sam’s eyes at this point were fixed on Abyss’s waiting for him to respond.
20 minutes had elapsed so far as Arielle continued her flight towards Abyss's home. The whole time her body was tense with anticipation for what the next events of her day would become. Would Sam talk some sense into his 'buddy' or would a battle break out? She prayed that it wouldn't be the latter because Abyss was not someone she felt like tangling with, especially on an empty stomach. Perhaps she should have asked Sam to make her a snow cone like he had for his son.
Not too long, Arielle found herself hovering over Abyss's place and already she saw the big red and ice boy engaging in a chit chat. She took it as a safe sign to let her presence known and gently gliding down, landing and taking a seat on the giant's red shoulder, dangling her feet in the air and gently flapping her fairy wings on her back. She was probably insane for doing this, especially after having double crossing him. Okay, not probably, she was insane knowing that one smash would end her. Good thing she learned to automatically go liquid at any moment.
"Hey....we match!" Arielle laughed noticing her blue skin and Abyss's red. "Anyways...well I suppose you already know I couldn't go through with the job. Not even the amount you paid me, well nothing in this world would be enough to bribe me into killing one of my best friends...at least I still think we are cause I mean, it has been ten years and all, but that's not the point!" Arielle paused as she tucked a few strands of her long white hair behind her ear and continued. "I know I've been a cold blooded killer, why should I be caring now? Well... killing political figures is way different than killing Sam. It'd be like killing a family member, and I can't do that. So come on, Abyss. Can't we just talk it out?" she asked politely. It was then she noticed that there was a forth person in the room. Lisa. "Oh, you got yourself a lady friend huh?" Arielle winked tapping her finger on Abyss's head. "And here I was felling so special when you had made a pass at me in Paris. Oh, woest me." she said with a chuckle.
~~“Just water for me, 2 years and six months clean today…”
“Clean. I suppose that’s not too bad a run, A shame I couldn’t get you to take a little sip on such an occasion.” Abyss gave a sigh and caught up on one of the many disagreements between them. what a waste it was to be clean.
~~“But thank you Lisa, and I told you before, you can cut the formalities, Sam is fine.”
^^“Water it is, Mr.Johnson.” she said this mainly because she thought it bothered him, she saw the question in his eyes of why she a human was working for one that wanted the humans dead. Quite frankly she had her money on the winning horse. And when the rest of the humans were dead, well maybe she would hav earned her x-geneless keep.
~~ “My day was interesting so far.”
“was it now?” Abyss retuned waiting for the accusation.
~~“Well met an old friend of mine… Arielle you remember her right?”
“You don’t say? Seeing as you aren’t too broken up, I am guessing she caved? Good for her.” there it was.
~~“She was under the impression that you wanted me dead, so I had to come here after have a nice talk with her to confirm this.” “Never pictured you one hire someone to kill me, you were always more of the type to do it yourself…”
He laughed at Coldsteel as if he had just been caught on some prank show. “yes, I definitely intended for that to go all the way through, send the water girl after ice and steam. That is bound to succeed.” He rolled his eyes.
“She used to be one of yours and honestly she needed to find out who she is, she just took out the French president for goodness sake. one of yours. What is the world coming too? She needed one of two things. To find you and decide that she couldn’t do it. or to try and fail.” He paused to make sure cold steel was with him.
“first scenario, this one. Maybe she finds her path again. The second one, you stop an old friend from becoming something the old her would have despised.” He then shrugged finally. “ Third scenario and the most one in thousand chance. If she succeeded. Maybe I could raise the boy with some common sense in his head about who he is.”
~~ Arielle caught up and came in not too much later as Abyss was sizing up whether Cold steel was buying what he was selling or not.
**"Hey....we match"
“Mmm, I like you in blue. It looks good on ya.” He said gently running his fingers on her ankles in case she wanted to stop flapping and might fall backwards.
**“Anyways...well I suppose you already know I couldn't go through with the job. Not even the amount you paid me, well nothing in this world would be enough to bribe me into killing one of my best friends...at least I still think we are cause I mean, it has been ten years and all, but that's not the point!"
He smirked at her and then wined at Coldsteel with the eye that Arielle couldn’t see.
**"I know I've been a cold blooded killer, why should I be caring now? Well... killing political figures is way different than killing Sam. It'd be like killing a family member, and I can't do that. So come on, Abyss. Can't we just talk it out?"
“there is no need, Your card has been canceled, the money you spent, you can consider as a bonus for having a beating heart in your chest, still. Quite honestly I sent you on a mission to kill yourself or remember who you are. You certainly didn’t seem all that decided in France.”
**"Oh, you got yourself a lady friend huh?" "And here I was felling so special when you had made a pass at me in Paris. Oh, woest me."
He ran his hand up her leg and scooped her legs up and set her feet toward the couch and patted the seat next to him. Lisa came around the Sofa and set on the other side of Abyss handing Arielle a glass of wine. And Abyss as well.
^^ “Oh, he was hitting on you?” Lisa asked in a tone that said she was sure he was. “Let us know if you’ve changed your mind about that too. Maybe we can work something out.” Lisa laughed internally who did this girl think she was? Was she trying to get on her nerves, truth be told she wouldn’t mind sharing some of the attention. Abyss certainly wouldn’t either. She was pretty sure the other boys felt like they had to try and catch up with Venus. Which was simply not possible.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 5, 2009 14:03:19 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
color=48D1CC
4,370
105
May 15, 2024 15:20:02 GMT -6
Blinking and sighing was all Sam could do as Abyss continued to surprise him a little more, Sam took a sip of his water to clear his throat as he continued to wait for Abyss to explain further why he had hired Arielle. Knowing Abyss for several years Sam didn’t honestly think that Sam killing Arielle and vise versa in the cards at all. Paranoia told him that Sammy was his true goal but that didn’t make much sense to Sam, if Sam was out of the picture Sammy was supposed to go live with Sara…
Witnessing Arielle landing next to Abyss and Lisa shooting Arielle a look Sam simply continued with the topic at hand, “I would appreciate it greatly if you called off the bounty and all future bounties as well,” he paused taking a sip of water and continued, “It turns out Sammy isn’t my only child and seeing as I have only had been reunited with them I would hate to have to look over my shoulder to make sure no harm had come to them.”
He frowned slightly and continued, “Most bounty hunters don’t care who gets in their way and seeing as not only myself and my son live at the mansion, it is an accident or kidnapping waiting to happen.” Taking a sip of water and leaning forward Sam’s frown faded slightly as he was about to make his point, “And seeing you are all about mutant superiority and such I don’t think you would want the death of a mutant child none the less your god son to be on your conscious, to me it just seems like it is counter productive to your goals…”