Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)
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				Title: <strong>Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackStone</strong> on <strong>15-08-2016, 09:38:06</strong>
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				It was the unpredictable and chaotic nature of the profession that had emergencies spring up at all hours of the night.&nbsp; It had been a while in coming.&nbsp; Ever since the original Justice League left Earth on a diplomatic mission, those that had been asked to come forth and take up their calling had been waiting for the other shoe to drop.&nbsp; It had been a quiet, if tense, two months.&nbsp; No matter how much the government, at the local, state, and national level, tried to keep it quiet, with heroes as high profile of the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman, people did begin to notice their lack of presence in the news and media.&nbsp; To many of the new members of the Justice League, it was a wonder it lasted as long as it did, but the other shoe had finally dropped and the flash alert calling all members, both active and reserve, to active duty, had finally gone out.<br><br>Maria was one of the reserve members, and it was decided to keep her in a support role at the Hall of Justice in case any of the front line heroes were injured.&nbsp; The nature of the emergency made that a prudent call, with prison breaks happening at four different super maximum security prisons that housed meta-humans.&nbsp; There was the factor of the unknown about what exposure to that many meta-humans with aggressive, even psychotic, personalities, would do to Maria, so for this mission she was put on back up duty, monitoring the situation from the Justice League's public headquarters, along with a few other heroes in turn, the young and the inexperienced such as the new Power Girl and Wonder Girl.&nbsp; It was something that they protested as well, but they both eventually accepted it with good grace.<br><br>It was a tense two hours as the League split up into four teams to head off the break out attempts, all happening in the dark hours before dawn.&nbsp; The fighting was furious, with several close calls to be had, but in the end the new League met its first challenge and survived with minimal casualties.&nbsp; That was not to say there had been no casualties which was why Maria found herself waiting in the Hall of Justice infirmary for those that had been wounded in the fight.&nbsp; It did not take long as the door to the infirmary opened and Kara Zor-el, the hero known as Supergirl, few in with one of the injured heroes in her arms.&nbsp; She herself did not look that well, her face pale and sweat pouring down her face, as if she had pushed herself to the max.&nbsp; One of the villains that had managed to break free was K-Man, a meta-human that could generate the radiation found in kryptonite, so it was more than likely Kara had been exposed, but if she was concerned about that, she did not display it on her face as she with a quick yet gentle grace, set the person she was carrying onto the examination gurney set aside for him.&nbsp; &nbsp;As she did, Kara spoke in a quick and clipped tone, as if she herself was in pain but keeping it in check.<br><br><strong>"Maria, we need your help with Chris here.&nbsp; &nbsp;One of the villains that got loose had flame powers and Chris suffered massive burns during the attack.&nbsp; His abilities cannot let him recover from damaged caused by fire.&nbsp; We need you to take the worst of it off if him if you can.&nbsp; &nbsp;Can you?"</strong>&nbsp; She asked, worry now entering her tone for the first time.&nbsp; &nbsp;The man on the gurney before Maria was the hero the world called Tempest, known to the League as Chris Knight.&nbsp; He was one of the more unusual members of the League as the time that she had mimicked Chris, she was not overwhelmed by his powers or personality.&nbsp; She could talk to his elemental spirits that were all about him, but they had told Maria that she had not been chosen, and while the spoke and carried on limited conversations with her, she could not command them.&nbsp; It was something novel and new and fascinating about the man and what he could do.<br><br>Right now though he was laying before her, his body contorted in pain as livid second degree burns covered his right arm and most of his chest, all the way up the side of his right face, his costume half burned away and in parts melted and fused to his body, a testament as to how hot and intense the flame was that he was exposed too as his costume had a layer of flame resistant beta cloth to it.&nbsp; &nbsp;His teeth chattered and he spit out a cry of pain that had him arching his back, and then he managed to speak.&nbsp; <strong>"No!&nbsp; Not me...not first...Kara!&nbsp; Use your powers...on Kara...first!.&nbsp; Then me...that way...you...you won't be...in pain...pain...from the burns...treat Kara...first!"</strong>&nbsp; <br><br>Chris then cried out again in pain, and all about the three heroes, the stench of cooked human flesh was starting to reach nauseating levels.&nbsp; The pain the man must be in.&nbsp; Maria could do as he suggested and it would likely be the safer route for her, but how much longer could Chris survive with the pain before the shock from it alone caused his vitals to crash and his organs to fail and shut down.&nbsp; Already they were dangerously close to that from the information on display from the med-bed before Maria.&nbsp; However, if she did as Kara suggested, the Maria would be the one that could suffer severely from the transference of pain into her body, causing her own body to go into shock.&nbsp; Another cry of pain echoed in the room, highlighting to all in the room that time was not something on their side.&nbsp; Something had to be done, now!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MissRoziel</strong> on <strong>15-08-2016, 11:51:50</strong>
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				Maria hadn't argued about staying in the tower.&nbsp; while absorbing and weakening their enemies would have been useful, far more useful was a healer. so when she'd been tasked at the tower she'd been agreeable.&nbsp; the mass break out was a huge problem because not only had standard criminal gotten out, your muggers, your thieves,&nbsp; but also some pretty nasty metas, ones who had no problems with Murder and Mayhem on a grand scale.&nbsp; ones who saw the missing Justice league members as an open door to do what ever they wanted.&nbsp; it was up to these Heros now to quash that ideal.<br><br>She was just finishing another patient when Kara brought in Chris, a elemental controller, whose power had been unique.&nbsp; the spirits he communicated with worked on a level more like magic then straight out mutation of genes, and as such with a mind of their own, knew she wasn't Chris.&nbsp; they would speak with her, but they didn't let her use them.&nbsp; of course that was fine with her.&nbsp; one less power trying to take over?&nbsp; no problem at all.<br><br>"The thing about having two hands Is neither of you are leaving with out being healed." she said shortly. in the brisk tone of a doctor. she reached out grasping bare skin on both heros.&nbsp; bare skin contact was vital for her powers.&nbsp; her eyes glazing slightly as she dove into their bodies.&nbsp; handling two was always slightly more difficult.&nbsp; it required splitting her attention, as she 'traveled' through two different bodies, located the damage and began to heal it.<br><br>Slowly the burns on Chris began to ease, first simply the sensation of pain was fading, then the actual burns seemed to be fading, becoming less and Les while at the same time, the Kryptonite radiation like sickness effecting kara was lessening. easing the strain on her body, pain seeping away.&nbsp; Two different pains, both intense.&nbsp; Sweat beaded on her brow as she focused. just a bit more,&nbsp; Enough to make them comfortable.&nbsp; Her powers allowed her to control how much or how little of an injury she absorbed.&nbsp; flowing in was Karas strength, and her weaknesses,&nbsp; what Normally wouldn't have bothered Maria made her want to puke as the effects of the radiation hit her,&nbsp; satisfied however she'd taken the worst of Karas pain she released the young woman and focused her whole attention on Chris who needed a bit more focus. <br><br>As he burns faded they began blooming across her own skin lessened but still hot and angry.&nbsp; she stepped back once she'd taken the worst f his burns staggering slightly bracing herself on the gurney no god she needed to stay in good condition to help, as the battle as getting fiercer they needed her skills more then ever.<br><br>"You'll both be ok, But if your hurt to badly again come back." she ordered strictly clenching her fist She didn't even feel the metal bend under her hand. the Kryptonian strength so much that it was like&nbsp; squeezing fabric "O-oh...&nbsp; Right ." she said surprised and embarrassed.&nbsp; Super strength was one she always had difficulty with simply gauging the strength and how careful she needed to be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackStone</strong> on <strong>26-08-2016, 04:19:15</strong>
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				It was a picture of opposing and attracting forces, of ying and yang, taking place within Kara Zor-El.&nbsp; There was both fatigue and relief on her face as Maria touched her.&nbsp; Fatigue at her powers being pulled from her and Kara becoming human, at becoming as vulnerable as other humans, yet at the same time relief from the pain and more caused by the kryptonite poisoning that was still present in her body.&nbsp; She new it was only going to be temporary, from her past experiences with Maria.&nbsp; It was not the first time Maria had used Kara and her power to offset the injuries suffered by someone else.&nbsp; It was the shock and pain that likely had made both of them over look the fact.&nbsp; &nbsp;Despite the lack of pain and nausea now in her body, Kara had to sit down, and stumbled towards a seat and sat down in as if she had been a puppet with her strings cut.<br><br>It was a miraculous thing, to see Maria's power in work.&nbsp; Despite the kryptonite that was now raging through her system, a small amount but still more than enough to be beyond a nuance, Maria managed to get back to the medical table that had Chris on it, and to lay a hand upon his bare and blistered shoulder.&nbsp; As she did, the blisters, and the blackened skin that marked third degree burns about his chest and arms.&nbsp; &nbsp;They disappeared to be replaced by pale yet healthy skin.&nbsp; It did not quite match the natural tan color that was his normal skin color, giving a hint that there likely was to be some scarring, but the pain and more drained away from Chris, sending him into the black abyss of unconsciousness.<br><br>Before she had stopped touching Chris, the spirits that were about Chris, the ones that Maria could only "feel" and hear when she had taken on his abilities were in the room.&nbsp; &nbsp;There were four of them present, and each of them had names.&nbsp; <em>Arturus</em> was the elemental fury attached to water, <em>Brutus</em> was the earth spirit, <em>Daria</em> the elemental fury that was associated with metal, and finally <em>Invidia</em> the elemental spirit that Chris used to call upon for air.&nbsp; Of the four, it was <em>Daria's</em> presence that was the strongest at this time, which was not much of surprise, given the amount of metal present in the Hall of Justice, and it was <em>Daria</em> that spoke at Maria now.<br><br><em><strong>"Water...he will need water to recover.&nbsp; Put him in a tub of water Soulfriend.&nbsp; Let my brother's strength flourish and save he that is friend to us both.&nbsp; Hurry, there is not much time left for us to save him.&nbsp; Water, hurry, go!"</strong></em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MissRoziel</strong> on <strong>27-08-2016, 23:20:51</strong>
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				Maria was a picture of focus and and calm, despite what roiled through her system she had her attention fully focused, first on healing Kara, next on Healing Chris, "Someone bring a tub of water, quickly His abilities will help him recover when I have to stop." she ordered clearly two nurses ran off quickly to arrange the tub.&nbsp; Maria kept contact with him even as he was lifted and eased int the tub.&nbsp; Only once was was settled into the water (Lukewarm to prevent him from going into shock.) did Maria release him and sag back Pale and a little drawn burns blooming over her skin not half as bad as his, as she hadn't taken them completely, but she'd reduced the major damage and she had no doubt his spirits would do the rest.<br><br>"W-whose next?" she asked standing but her knees trembled and buckled she leaned against the tub Sighing softly before the nurse could say a word she lifted a hand "No I know rest I'll rest, not to long though, and if someone comes in badly hurt I want to be told at nice." she said firmly.&nbsp; the nurse nodded hurrying off&nbsp; Maria leaned her head back on the edge of the tub then looking over at Chris and smiling faintly.<br><br>"Least you guys can help him when I have to stop." she murmured softly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackStone</strong> on <strong>05-09-2016, 15:14:30</strong>
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				Kara's strength and some of her powers were slowly returning as by the time they had brought out the "healing tub" as Chris called it and had it present here in the infirmary not only here in the Hall of Justice but also up in the Watchtower, and had lowered Chris into the tub in such a way that he would not drown, Kara as not feeling quite as human as she had just a few minutes before.&nbsp; It was because of such she was about to catch Maria and hold her up easily enough when she started to buckle.&nbsp; &nbsp;She then carried the very capable nurse and member of the team to the healing tub as well, easing her into its heated waters, knowing that if her powers were coming back, then Chris' might be as well, and of anyone present, he could do the best for her.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><strong>"It is okay Maria.&nbsp; &nbsp;Rest there and catch your breath and wait for Chris.&nbsp; He and I were really the only seriously wounded during that fight.&nbsp; Everyone else has been treated at the Watchtower.&nbsp; Chris told me that only you would have a chance of restoring him without major risk to himself, and he also said I needed to be here with the both of you, so where we are.&nbsp; I will let the rest of the team know, and to see if there is any civilian injured we need to take in.&nbsp; Wait there, I will be right back."</strong>&nbsp; With that, Kara Zor-el rushed off.&nbsp; Again her powers were not quite at their peek yet as it only looked like she was moving seventy miles an hour, easily visible with the naked eye.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>After she left, the spirits continued to speak to Maria to keep her conscious, and because as she found out when she last had Chris' ability to communicate with the Elemental Furies, they did like to chat in their own way, admittedly fascinated that someone else could communicate with them.&nbsp; This time is was <em>Arturus</em> that replied.&nbsp; He sounded very different than <em>Daria</em>, with an voice that was full of deep resonates and pulses and echos, like the after sound a whale sound made in the ocean, as opposed to the near metal on metal sound that was oddly melodic instead of jarring when <em>Daria</em> was communicating.&nbsp; <strong><em>"Fear not, feat not, Threadsister, soulfriend.&nbsp; He wakes, slowly but he wakes.&nbsp; Aiding him to it, guiding him.&nbsp; Soon he will do the same.&nbsp; Soo..." </em></strong> <br><br>And just like that, the sound, the slightly deep and distorted voice faded away upon the air, as if it had never been there to start.&nbsp; There was a slight shudder and thrashing in the pool, and the warm water sloshed over and got some of Maria's hair wet by accident.&nbsp; It did not last long before Chris's eyes, with their rich and deep ice blue color sparking like he had some form if inner fire or power himself, opened and gazed upon Maria.&nbsp; &nbsp;He was silent for more than few heartbeats, opening his mouth and getting water into it that he sputtered out unconsciously before his slight dry voice found a single word.<br><br><strong>"Ouch..."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MissRoziel</strong> on <strong>05-09-2016, 15:46:36</strong>
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				Maria flushed faintly as Super girl picked her up "I apologize, I should be more mindful of my limitations." he murmured she always felt embarrassed when other people tried to take care of her, she was so used to being the care giver, the nurse, the confidant, the mother figure.&nbsp; so when she got to a point, like now, where she needed help herself.&nbsp; well it was a bit embarrassing.&nbsp; she wanted people to feel confident in coming to her for help.&nbsp; if they saw her weak they might think she couldn't handle it.<br><br>"If any Civilians are badly hurt, bring them to me, Healing normal people is much easier the meta humans." she said with a chuckle, and indeed it was, there was no power to sift through, no fight against Marias abilities.&nbsp; the human body accepted the healing with out struggle.&nbsp; Arturus was speaking and Maria smiled faintly his voice had a melodic tone of some great deep sea creature and reminded her of the Music she liked to play if she was having a difficult time sleeping.&nbsp; soothing.<br><br>As chris roused she looked over shifting to sit up fully in the water to reach out and pass a hand slowly over him, close enough to under stand, but not making contact so that she didn't draw any of his rebuilt strength away. "Ouch is right, you took a pretty bad hit, are you feeling any better?" she asked moving to climb from the tub drawing on her gloves her back to him a moment, She was soaked. worse, she'd been wearing a white blouse.&nbsp; modesty had her hding how the wet white cloth clung to her body showing off her form, and the plain serviceable white bra.&nbsp; she drew the white lab coat close and buttoned it up before turning back to him and smiling.<br><br>"The idea is to move away when bad guys are shooting fie at you." she teased gently her tone friendly and warm.&nbsp; she was glad he'd woken.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ghosts of the Past, a DCU tale (Blackstone and MissRoziel)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackStone</strong> on <strong>14-09-2016, 10:06:40</strong>
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				People thought that because Chris was paired so often with Kara that he and she had a thing going with one another.&nbsp; &nbsp;The fact that they had been seen in public together in their civilian identities.&nbsp; In reality they were merely good friends.&nbsp; Kara's romantic interest lay elsewhere, and it was something Chris respected.&nbsp; Plus even though she acted more mature than her age, in the end she was still not much more older than eighteen years old, twenty at the most and that was a bit too young for Chris' tastes.&nbsp; So no, while close they may be and compliment each other well out in the field with their combat experience, they were not romantically involved.<br><br>Chris in the past had tried to date someone that was not a meta-human, but in the end found trying to do so to be very difficult, and only lead to either random one night hook ups, or let their own emotional wounds on him, opening up past scars thought closed.&nbsp; &nbsp;Because of such, it was not much a wonder at all that Chris did start to look upon the very broad circle that was the Justice League, and in particular more often than late, Maria Langely.&nbsp; &nbsp;Now here she was, and the first though that went through Chris' mind that was not preoccupied with the throbbing pain his still healing injuries were screaming at him, it was the fact that here was the object of his keen interest these days, practically nude with how her wet clothing was clinging to her form.&nbsp; All Chris could do was stare and not say anything, all the while <em>Arturius</em> was actively healing and restoring what damage there was left over.<br><br>At her words, Chris gave a weak smile, yet his chuckle sounded louder and more steady than his singular spoken word of pain mere moments before.&nbsp; It only took a moment to recall what happened when Kara had flown him to the Hall of Justice as fast as she could while not injuring him more.&nbsp; With his mind not being overridden by pain, Chris was able to connect the dots together as to why Maria had been put in the healing tub with him.&nbsp; It was not the first time Chris had used tub to have <em>Arturius</em> use his gift.&nbsp; &nbsp;As Maria was climbing out of the tub, Chris reached out, and save for some muscle soreness and fatigue, there was nothing wrong with her, nothing that <em>Arturius</em> could resolve.&nbsp; Still after the plate she had been handled, being sore and tired was a blessing.<br><br>Chris moved up in the tub and took a good look at his clothing and frowned.&nbsp; The beta cloth treated material had seen better days and it was clear it was going to need to be replaced.&nbsp; Grunting from the shadow and ghost pain that his body was telling him was still there, Chris stripped out of the soaked top.&nbsp; &nbsp;He balled it up and dropped it over the side, as he did so, the water from it was drawn out of the fabric so when it hit the ground, the tunic was completely dry.&nbsp; &nbsp;Chris then moved his gaze back over to Maria as she drew over the lab coat upon her person, the water was sucked and drawn out of her wet cloths before it could cause even more than a few damp patches on it, and even those were gone as between <em>Arturius</em> and <em>Invidia</em> the water pooled into floating globe of water and wobbled in the air and then dropped back into the tub with a splash.&nbsp; &nbsp;That caused Chris to look up in the air with a mock glare before turning his features back towards Maria.<br><br><strong>"Ducking!&nbsp; Yes I have heard people speak about that concept of fighting.&nbsp; I think in the future I will keep that in mind, especially those that use fire."</strong>&nbsp; That caused Chris to shudder a bit, but he continued his relaxed and easy tone with Maria.&nbsp; He suspected that among the others in the League, she felt the most easy around him.&nbsp; &nbsp;It was perhaps because when she had used her abilities upon him, they did not overwhelm her.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sure the spirits might be a bit chatty with her, but other than that.&nbsp; He had seen her take over some of the criminal meta-humans, and knew there had been times the League was a hairs breath away from needing to restrain her before she hurt someone.&nbsp; It was in part why he suspected that she preferred the support roles and not out in the field.&nbsp; Chris could respect that, and it was not like her skills were being wasted in that capacity, as was clearly evidenced today.<br><br>No, the big mystery was why Chris had not taken the next step with Maria.&nbsp; &nbsp;He did not know what was holding him back.&nbsp; Even Kara had called him an idiot on more than one occasion for taking Maria out for coffee, dinner, or whatever passed for courtship on Earth.&nbsp; &nbsp;It was clear that he was attracted to her, and from the glances he saw her send his way a time or two when she thought he was not looking, the attraction on the surface level was at the very least, mutual.&nbsp; So, why had he not?&nbsp; The only reason that Chris though of before was his previous track record, and one bad relationship could be expected, and did not mean anything.&nbsp; A string of them was something else, and did weigh upon a man and had him perhaps believing in the dark night when he was in bed with no one beside him that the fault might lie with him.<br><br>Still, there was nothing like a near death experience to change one's perspective.&nbsp; What he did was dangerous, extremely so for he was no where near on the power levels that many of the League were.&nbsp; Elemental control and manipulation aside, Chris was a human as the next man and a bullet, or body covered by third degree burns would kill him as easily as the next guy.&nbsp; Tomorrow was always a risk for people like Chris.&nbsp; Why not try to grab a bit of happiness from it while he was able too.&nbsp; No one would judge him for it, certainly no one on the League that he could tell.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Perhaps now was the time to take that step?&nbsp; So, before Chris could talk himself out of what a terrible idea it was, sitting there half nude with the water clinging to his skin making the hard and stark muscles upon his broad shoulders and chest stand out in sharp contrast, he blurted out in a slight rushed tone and voice as Maria turned towards him again.&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>"Maria, have dinner with me?&nbsp; I mean I know after all of this I need food, and from what I could sense before you left the tub that you could use a meal and dome down time after all of this?&nbsp; What do you say?"</strong>&nbsp; Chris then waited, holding his breath, doing his best not to take advantage of this woman may using <em>Arturius</em> to read her emotions at this moment, but also because if she did reject his offer, he did not want that to echo back in his body and soul.&nbsp; So he waited to see what indeed her reaction, and response would be to his out of left field question.<br><br>
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