beneath the black, the sky looks dead

[couldbeavoided]

WHO: THE VOID and YOU?
WHERE: Around the City and the Brooklyn Bridge
WHEN: Sunday, 8/2
WARNINGS: Violence, death, chaos
SUMMARY: The Sentry loses control.
FORMAT: Quick.


[ There was no abrupt revelation, no struggle; when Robert Reynolds had opened his eyes that day, the Sentry was simply nowhere to be found. He'd flown from the mansion into the sky, a poisonous oily creature wearing Bob's skin and the Sentry's clothes until even that began to shed. Red eyes and an aura like fire and toxic ash, sharp tendrils coiling out behind and around him like sentient shadows.

Years. Years here, trapped, ignored, denied. Bob was done fighting, and hurting; his mind went blank so that someone else could use his body to fight back. But it was his body, too -- the Void celebrated his freedom by flying into the sky, raising his arms and calling upon the sky to darken in deep reds and purples. Clouds collected and rain started pouring; he raised his face to the rain and smiled, before he dropped from the sky and flew cleanly through the Brooklyn Bridge. ]

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[demonspawn]

[ Terry really had meant to listen, for once, and stay put like Jenny had told him to. But the atmosphere was so charged with that unsettling tension of fear and confusion that he just couldn't stand still. He had goosebumps all up and down his arms, and a restlessness that was on the cusp of threatening his tightly wound control over his powers. He couldn't just stay there. He just couldn't.

Jenny and Julian would be fine. He'd never met two teenagers more confident in their own abilities.

So, he lasts all of ten minutes on Jenny's order to wait before he's turning on his heel and walking without even knowing exactly where he's headed. ]

[inspirefear]

[ Alex was lost in a midst of the chaos. He wanted to help, fight the monster that had killed his father but his powers weren't of much help and honestly he didn't have the strength to hold his own against it. That wasn't going to stop him, though. He had skills and he intended to use those skills to their max.

It so happens on Alex's way to go kick some Voidy ass, he runs into Terry, nearly bouncing off him and on to the ground. ]

Terry. [ Alex looks surprised to see him here ]

[demonspawn]

[ Oof --

He's half-way to opening his mouth on something annoyed, something about watching where you're going when there's a bunch of creepy black things flailing around and chaos everywhere, but recognition stops him, and he ends up with muted surprised instead. ]

Alex. What the hell are you doing here?

[ If he's interested in the answer though, he won't get a chance for it just yet. Above them, someone's yelling a warning.

Oh, fantastic. Looks like the Void is crashing the party. Terry grabs Alex by the arm, pulling him to his feet. ]

We should get out of here.

[inspirefear]

[ Alex instinctively pulls away from Terry ]

Not happening. [ He turns to look up at Sentry. ] Not this time.

[couldbeavoided]

[ The Void hovers above them only for a moment or two before he whips himself in their direction, tired of waiting. Heat radiates off him, starting fires as he passes by buildings, and the thunder booms louder. Tentacles whip out forward to reach, or grab the boys. ]

You're making a mistake.

[demonspawn]

[ He stubbornly refuses to let go, keeping a grip on Alex's arm and sounding frustrated when he responds: ]

You're being stupid, Alex, don't do th --

[ Too late. Terry abruptly relinquishes his grip when one of those tentacles catches him. ]