<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Justapoorboy.jpg) </div><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong> Dr. Robert Bruce Banner<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong> The Incredible Hulk<br/>  <strong>Affiliation:</strong>  Humanity, mostly<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong>   Los Angeles, near Wilshire<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong> Thor, NPCs, Rogue, Domino, Power Princess, Wolverine, Mid-Knight<br/></span></span><hr/><br/>Bruce smiles a little with Thor’s greeting, and he just nods to him.   “Well, by Odin’s beard it’s good to see you too..”  Yes there were parts of this life he did miss. Mostly the friends he had made, despite everything he has done. Despite the lives he has ruined, they still had faith and friendship for him. He looks towards the others for a moment, or perhaps he looks around himself to make sure there were no immediate dangers. He finds himself doing that a lot. Thor then starts to speak of the danger, and he once more has Bruce’s attention.<br/><br/>So it was some being that caused all this. Once more Bruce’s gaze wanders as Thor speaks, taking in the utter destruction and desperation around him. He has seen so much devastation since this started… it’s been hard to not step up and do something. But he knows he can’t. He won’t. He doesn’t really answer Thor yet, as a very attractive woman seems to catch his attention. Hey he’s still a man. He keeps that same small smile on his lips as he reaches out to gently shake her hand, nodding a little to her. He shakes her hand for barely a second, in fact barely touching her gloved hand.   “It’s nice to finally meet you, Rogue. Dr. McCoy and I have had many talks about tactile attribute and psionic transfer. I’m a great admirer of his. I’m thankful for the welcome here.”<br/><br/>Then his gaze moves to Thor, giving his old Asgardian friend the ‘I’m sorry to have to tell you this, buddy’ look. “I’ve seen a lot of destruction making my way down here. But I just don’t think I can do that, Thor. Enough people are in danger as it is.”   He has a helpless look on his face as he looks up to Thor, shaking his head a little.   “I’m sorry, I just can’t..”  as if trying to convince himself also.<br/>But it’s then that the whole building is rocked by Ogre’s initial attack. Bruce gasps as he is almost knocked off of his feet, his hand pushing against a near wall to keep himself upright. He takes a deep and sudden breath in, keeping his heart rate in control. Calm.<br/><br/>~If we don’t help them, they’ll all be murdered. Live with that.~<br/><br/>He shakes his head quickly as he takes a step back, scowling as he looks in the direction of the newly arrived enemy troops. Mutants and mutates it looks like, all of them. Towards Jake he looks a moment, and then towards the oncoming enemy.    “Yes.. to safety..”   he says absently, seeing the dark armor forming around Jake. Now normally it would be something of a fascination for him, but at the moment he has other things on his mind. Like keeping his mind.<br/><br/>~Puny Banner… we could end this here and now. You know they need you.~<br/><br/>“No”  he whispers through gritted teeth as he looks towards the group he had came here with. Then back to Jake he looks as he speaks   “Listen to me.”   Jake would be able to hear the strain in his voice as the battle rages around them.   “Behind the museum, north of here, there’s small exhibits. Lots of trees, small groupings of forests. Plenty of places to hide there.”  He starts towards the back of the museum, motioning his friends to follow. He speaks to them in fluent Spanish    “Come, my friends. We’re going somewhere safe. He’ll keep you safe.”   He says as he motions to Jake. The group glance at Jake, then look back to Bruce as they start to move, following the doctor. Wondering how this doctor seems to know so much about the museum. Bruce has been here a few times, and with his intellect.. well that’s enough times to have memorized the layout of the place.<br/><br/>As Bruce leads the group, he seems to almost sway and stumble a few times. This is the first time in a long time he’s actually been in the presence of a major battle. It’s easy to keep<em>the other guy</em>in check under nominal conditions. But now.. with the explosions, the danger, the threat to those around him.. he’s not sure he can do it.<br/><br/>~You can’t do it. You know you want to, Banner. They are the enemy attacking you, they deserve death. They killed Betty.~<br/><br/>Bruce closes his eyes tightly, trying not to think about that. Hoping beyond reason that somewhere, somehow, Betty is safe. He can never see her again, but he would take comfort in the face she’s alright..<br/>