{"id":32565,"date":"2012-10-25T05:57:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T05:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/25\/chasing-cars-theironaudi-7\/"},"modified":"2012-10-25T05:57:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T05:57:04","slug":"chasing-cars-theironaudi-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/25\/chasing-cars-theironaudi-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Cars | @theironaudi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theironaudi.tumblr.com\/post\/34283587308\/chasing-cars-theironaudi\">theironaudi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/iamthefirechild.tumblr.com\/post\/34277624970\/chasing-cars-theironaudi\">iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theironaudi.tumblr.com\/post\/34275075093\/chasing-cars-theironaudi\">theironaudi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That was going to be interesting. Splitting her attention two ways, she marked the minor part to keep her aloft, and concentrated on alchemising panic to decision, or at least lower panic. Oh, there would be payment for this later!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tony kept the Hulk\u2019s attention, letting the others regroup and letting Summer get to the people there, as he led Banner in circles. He let his faceplate slide back in hopes of generating recognition. \u201cBruce! Dr. Banner. It\u2019s me, it\u2019s Tony. C\u2019mon man, what\u2019s going on? What ha-!\u201d\u2014he dodged a big green, grabby hand\u2014\u201cShit. What happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hulk threw a motorcycle skyward, clipping Tony and making the suit sputter for a moment. \u201cHey now, no throwing toys, Banner!\u201d He turned his head, catching sight of Natasha and Steve in plainclothes, like they\u2019d been there before and hadn\u2019t had a chance to change. \u201cRogers, Natasha, any clue what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve chimed in. \u201cHe was fine and then all of a sudden, this! We were just able to get him outside\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, the policemen and mall cops formed a line of flashlights and badges, guiding people away from the vehicular carnage. Summer spiraled back up into the sky, pulling a whirling mental scan of the whole area. Tony, rage, concern (Steve), no pain, no pain, shock! \u2014 someone trapped in an upsidedown car, cushioned in airbags.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFuck, I need a way to communicate with them while I\u2019m airbourne,\u201d she muttered through clenched teeth. She popped a fireball at the Hulk and shot across the parking lot to Tony. \u201cTony!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Hulk turned toward her upon impact of the fireball, but Tony got between them, far enough away that they\u2019d have time to move if they needed to. \u201cAny new info? Got anything on him?\u201d he asked, looking back at Banner who\u2019d turned his attention back to Cap and Natasha for the moment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s someone trapped in one of the cars, one of the upsidedown ones. They aren&#8217;t badly hurt but they&#8217;re terrified. Haven&#8217;t found anyone else hurt,&#8221; Summer rattled off in a hurry. &#8220;I need a way to communicate with y&#8217;all; fuck, I need my \/armour\/.&#8221; Something occurred to her, and she called a little flame to the top &#8212; well, the bottom &#8212; of the car with the hurt person in it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The uniforms have got a path to clear people out, and the folk inside are being diverted from this area. We&#8217;ve a clear lot now, except the cars.&#8221; She blew a breath out. &#8220;Give me a second to focus in, and I can try to read the Hulk.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>theironaudi: iamthefirechild: theironaudi: That was going to be interesting. Splitting her attention two ways, she marked the minor part to keep her aloft, and concentrated on alchemising panic to decision, or at least lower panic. Oh, there would be payment for this later! Tony kept the Hulk\u2019s attention, letting the others regroup and letting Summer &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/25\/chasing-cars-theironaudi-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chasing Cars | @theironaudi<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,3898,3250],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32565"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}