<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bf/Husk3.jpg)</div><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong>         Paige Elisabeth Guthrie<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong>            Husk<br/>  <strong>Affiliation:</strong>   Resistance<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong>     Shinto Shrine - Tokyo Burbs<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong>           Iron Man, Domino<br/><br/><br/><br/></span></span><hr/><br/>“...and Husk try not to run around naked!" Husk paused for a moment in surprise and indignation, one arm still struggling with the tank and her other fumbling to get her com in her ear so she could finish getting dressed.<br/><br/>“How did…I’m not…Don’t call me Hayseed!  Arrgh!” She punched her arm free of the entangling strap and finally got the com in a comfortable spot with a huff of exasperation.<br/><br/>From the small amount of information Domino had given her she had oh…about a million questions of her own, but she held off from asking them for the moment.  Instead he dropped to the gravel path and pulled on her soft boots and shrugged the half jacket she pulled out last over her shoulders.  “Affirm…” She was replying when she was cut off by the incoming message from Iron Man.<br/><br/>“SO, even though I'm apparently not really Tony Stark, I've got location locks on both of you. You two are a good ways apart. Now if I were really Tony Stark and I AM I'd be more than happy to give you a hand. Domino, if you look out a window and look up and to the East you'll see me way far up. Now if you want, I can swing down and pick up Husk was it? Or if you don't want the help of the world's smartest man, well I can just leave you two to it. I'm sure you'll do fine fighting the world on your own.“<br/><br/>‘Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit. Iron Man.’ She thought surprised to hear his voice over the com.  Husk had only met the man once at the Xavier Academy and like any young woman had come away both impressed and put off.  Tony Stark was gorgeous.  He was also pompous, arrogant and a frickin’ genius.   Her momentary surprise gave her no time to respond before Domino chimed in.<br/><br/>"I would ask you to be a gentleman and drop by and get Husk but then we both know you are no Gentleman. Get her out of the line of fire, someplace safe, I figure I have maybe 3-5 minutes before the local badasses come calling. we will be ready!... oh Stark ...thanks!"<br/><br/>What was her former instructor talking about, safe place?  She was a freakin’ X-Woman.  She had faced down Phalanx, Onslaught and Proteus and come away standing.  Sure Proteus had possessed her, but damn it she was here and that freaky bastard wasn’t.  Paige wasn’t going to wait around and argue.  If Iron Man was tracking her com she had to assume the enemy was as well, just as Domino had pointed out.  As soon as she was clothed enough not to drawn any undo attention Paige slipped out the fence surrounding the shrine and moved down the street.<br/><br/>The street was deserted by the looks of it.  There was no obvious damage to the area other than some cars that looked to be abandoned.  This area was a ghost town.  The wrongness of the scene sent a shiver down her spine.  There were no lights on in the surrounding homes and the power appeared to have been knocked out for blocks.  As creepy as the scene was the street offered plenty of cover to move about unnoticed.<br/><br/>“My position for the moment is secure, but a lady never turns down the offer of help from a gentleman.” She replied sweetly.  “But pull that get her out of the line of fire crap again and I’ll bop your head quicker than you can blink.”<br/>