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stark_international2017-01-13 12:14 am
frostyfelon) wrote in stark_international2017-01-13 12:14 am
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[Snart & Murdock] If you ask me to change
"I'm a wanted man,
I got blood on my hands,
Do you understand?
I'm a wanted man"
Characters: Leonard Snart & Matt Murdock
Murdock would've heard that the criminal escaped the hospital before he could be relocated to his prison cell. No one was harmed in his escape. He'd also hear that the evidence, his Cold Gun, also went missing that same night. Again, no one was hurt. After that, Murdock wouldn't hear a peep about Cold or his weapon in his streets for months.
Until a gathering of criminals--low-life murderers and thugs--working for the Kingpin were spotted causing a raucous in an unusually bad part of town. Telltale signs of Snart's Cold Gun were reported. Several criminals were found and apprehended after being locked in an iced-over dumpster with a note attached: Cold, hard killers inside. You're welcome. No fatalities were reported.
Unfortunately for Leonard, his next scuffle didn't go so well. Kingpin was expecting his attack this time, and it ended with Snart pinned down in a warehouse that was up in flames. He hated the heat. He was on a mission. Kingpin was working with Vandal Savage, and Savage was intent on causing an uprising in this city to get the Legends killed. They had that idiot Palmer and as much as he hated to admit it, he needed to rescue the shrinking nerd. But when these guys started using Palmer's tech against him, he lost his advantage.
A gash along his cheekbone wept blood down his cheek and a cut on his temple added to the display. These guys had already killed two cops that came to investigate the scene. Snart defended a third and got him out of the building, but in doing so, lost his only chance to escape and gave away his position.
What he wouldn't give for Flash to show up right about now.
"Oh, come on!" Snart yelled in exasperation at the thugs firing relentlessly at him as he hunkered down for cover.
I got blood on my hands,
Do you understand?
I'm a wanted man"
Characters: Leonard Snart & Matt Murdock
Murdock would've heard that the criminal escaped the hospital before he could be relocated to his prison cell. No one was harmed in his escape. He'd also hear that the evidence, his Cold Gun, also went missing that same night. Again, no one was hurt. After that, Murdock wouldn't hear a peep about Cold or his weapon in his streets for months.
Until a gathering of criminals--low-life murderers and thugs--working for the Kingpin were spotted causing a raucous in an unusually bad part of town. Telltale signs of Snart's Cold Gun were reported. Several criminals were found and apprehended after being locked in an iced-over dumpster with a note attached: Cold, hard killers inside. You're welcome. No fatalities were reported.
Unfortunately for Leonard, his next scuffle didn't go so well. Kingpin was expecting his attack this time, and it ended with Snart pinned down in a warehouse that was up in flames. He hated the heat. He was on a mission. Kingpin was working with Vandal Savage, and Savage was intent on causing an uprising in this city to get the Legends killed. They had that idiot Palmer and as much as he hated to admit it, he needed to rescue the shrinking nerd. But when these guys started using Palmer's tech against him, he lost his advantage.
A gash along his cheekbone wept blood down his cheek and a cut on his temple added to the display. These guys had already killed two cops that came to investigate the scene. Snart defended a third and got him out of the building, but in doing so, lost his only chance to escape and gave away his position.
What he wouldn't give for Flash to show up right about now.
"Oh, come on!" Snart yelled in exasperation at the thugs firing relentlessly at him as he hunkered down for cover.
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He crouches next to Snart, unwilling to give up on saving both of them. "If you stay here with your friend, I can bring reinforcements." He knew which lot he was talking about. Daredevil could move faster if he wasn't carrying anyone. Cold had his gun if anyone came along and tried to attack them in the meantime.
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"Reinforcements? You wouldn't even know how to find them without my help." Well, he was only partly certain of that. True, Matt was blind, so that meant the visual camouflage of the ship was lost on him. Hell, he might even be able to make out that there was something there, but the ship only opened to the crew. Gideon didn't know this guy from Hamlet. "Anyway, it's highly unlikely anyone's home right now. They don't even know Raymond's safe."
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"Some team you have." No, that wasn't a compliment. He was hoping for some luck for all three of them to get there safely.
*Throws a lot of information at Matt*
"Like I said, we're damn good at what we do. I never said what we did was teamwork. We were picked for our individual skills. You know mine. Raymond's here is his suit. Or, his brain, I guess. We're a team of misfits. We just happen to be bad ass misfits." He started forward, staggering at first, but managed to steady his gait after a few clumsy steps.
Snart kept to back alleys, staying close to walls and shadows. He refused to draw attention to them, even if it was just a bystander. By the time they made it to the ship, his pulse was thready and his breathing was irregular. He put a hand over the sensor and the hatch descended. As soon as he stepped on board, the ship chimed in with an alert.
"Mister Snart, you have sustained a bullet wound and lost a great deal of blood. The wound is clean, missing most major arteries, however there are a number of ruptured blood vessels and torn muscle tissue. You require immediate attention."
"Tell me something I don't know." He muttered. "Gideon, Daredevil-Daredevil, Gideon. Ship's computer. Follow me, and feel free to dump Raymond anywhere." He is the most compassionate.
*catches all of it*
The ship was an odd mixture of sound and warmth in front of him. Not an outline he recognized, even when the door opened. But he followed in, Raymond still dangling off his shoulder. The voice was a surprise, coming from the walls. "...sounds helpful." A computer that knew when someone was hurt.
He puts Ray down carefully against the nearest wall, checking his pulse in his neck. Still okay. He then follows behind Snart slowly, still working on what his ears were telling him. "Hope your Gideon is a medic."
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He would've been worried about Raymond had Gideon brought any life-threatening issues to their attention, but when the AI didn't comment on his condition, he assumed all was well. Probably sleeping off whatever the Kingpin knocked him out with.
Cold all but threw himself onto one of the tables and kicked his foot against a chair to slide it to Daredevil. He pulled the bracelet on, the glowing cable lit up immediately on contact and began administering painkillers, as well as encouraging the reproduction of blood cells. Snart hissed when the automated systems began healing the wound in his thigh.
"I have notified Captain Hunter of your return and success in locating Mister Palmer. He is less than pleased that you've brought a guest. As a matter of fact, his exact words were, Of-bloody-course he did. Shall I send him your reply?"
"No." Snart's tone was cutting. "So, now you've met Savage. He's an immortal with four thousand years of reincarnation under his belt."
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"I can be gone before your Captain returns, so long as you and your friend are doing alright."
Low whistle. "That is a long time to be kicking around." No wonder he was tough to get rid of.
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"You're not 'the other woman', Matt. He'll get over it. He's used to me not doing what he says--I think he counts on that sometimes." Cold slipped an arm behind his head while he lie on the bed, looking up at the ceiling.
"You're telling me." He really hated Savage. "Rip's been hunting him down for a long time, too." He cleared his throat as a segue, "By the way, that impression of me? It was eerie." Why yes, that was a compliment.
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"I don't know if I should be flattered or insulted." Being complimented on how he could impersonate a criminal, sort of a catch 22 for this nightly superhero. At least Cold didn't have to try any of Daredevil's moves, that would have been really embarrassing.
"Why did you give it up?" he asks outright. The criminal lifestyle seems to suit him, yet here he was being one of the good guys.
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That question threw Snart. He stared long and hard at the other man, debating his answer. "Who says I gave it up?" A small lie. "Rip said, where he came from, we were Legends. Rip lied. But that didn't really matter after we'd gotten together. We don't all get along, but we're a team. I've always lived by a code, even as a criminal. No one messes with one of my own. Savage is trying to kill--he has killed someone on the team. I don't pretend to be a hero. That ain't who I am."
"Since we're sharing, what did Kingpin do to you to warrant that ire? There's being a crimefighter and then there's stone-cold revenge."
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"Organized crime owns this city. It has people working for them in every back alley, every legitimate business has to pay tributes, half the cops are on the take. Someone had to start fighting back."
Sometimes a hero was born out of no one else being willing to step up. He had to be the one they couldn't pay off, kill off, or ignore.
Good lord, I'm sorry.
"We both nearly had eachother so many times, but we both kept escaping. Kid had guts. It turned into a game of chess. Then," The sound of shifting fabric indicated a shrug. "Then he asked for my help when no one else would help him. He wanted my help saving the lives of meta-human criminals. They were dangerous people, but he wouldn't let them die. I had to respect that. Don't get me wrong, I double-crossed him and we stayed enemies, but I guess killing him dropped off my list somewhere along the line. We came to an agreement. I didn't kill anyone and he'd leave me be. No casualties. I didn't give him much choice. I found out who he was under his mask. But he said he saw a spark of good in me. He's naive." Snart took a deep breath, relaxing.
"Do you know what that little punk did next? He saved my sister's life. But, I killed someone, and let him take me in. The idiot risked his neck for me and my sister. I've never known what that felt like. The kid believes in me."
"...and people can change, apparently. For better or for worse."
Snart sat up, sliding his legs over the side of the table to sit upright more comfortably. The pain was gone now, the bleeding stopped. "If you uproot the Kingpin, disband the organisations, end the fight, will you quit?"
don't, its good!
"So they can." He agrees. It was good that Snart's story had changed for the better.
The question made him chuckle. "You have more faith in my abilities than me. I don't doubt crime will always exist, but if, IF I was that successful..." He thinks about it. "....maybe I wouldn't have to go out every night for awhile."
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"I've seen you fight. You're determined. If anyone can pull it off, it's you. I'm not even that dedicated." Stubborn, maybe. But clearing the streets of crime wasn't his idea of a good time. Then again, the kind of crime Matt had to deal with here was different. His kind of crime was mostly harmless as far as casualties were concerned.
"Ever the hero." He quipped and hopped off the table, pulling the medical bracelet off his wrist with a protest from Gideon. A protest that he ignored. "Question: How's the shoulder? First degree frost bite can have some nasty repercussions if you don't get it treated quickly and I shot you at the beginning of our fight."
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"And you say the guy you shot tonight is going to be fine afterwards?" Hard to believe but so far Snart hadn't lied.
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"Unfortunately, yes. Death just doesn't take with him. He has to be killed under very specific circumstances. There's only one person alive that can kill him for good." As frustrating as that was. "And that same person has been killed by him repeatedly for the past four thousand years. So you can guess, it's not going too well."
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"Sounds like a fight that's going to take forever to resolve." If you wanted his professional opinion.
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"Need me to walk you home, Hero, or are you good?"
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And probably would.
"Stay out of trouble, Cold," he says, walking to the exit.
Fin? XD
"Yeah, ain't happening." When was he not in trouble? Seriously? If he wasn't breaking laws, he was making enemies in the past or future, not that he'd actually mentioned time-travel directly.
He watched Matt go and waited for Palmer to wake up.
Finito!