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Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance was still pretty out of it, not even noticing that Guin had left the room. He was completely out of it, but Sterns did notice Guin. He set down what was in his hands and raced after her, before he started thinking of how to get her out, then he thought of a way to trap her in the vents so she couldn't get out. He went to every exit point for the vents, even the outer ones, sealing them up or blocking them completely, making it so she couldn't get out of them very easily. It was the only solution he could think of, he was more distracted by his objective at hand, and he went back to the lab, where he started drawing blood from Lance's arm.

"No!" Tony snapped, he was not calling her. She had told him to never call her unless it was to mention what happened after the fact, she did not want Guin to know of her existence. "We can do this without her, we don't need her help," he said firmly as he looked at the results of JARVIS's search. "Alright, got the license plate, and model of the van, and JARVIS is able to follow where it went via traffic cameras, they were heading south, but we lost them when they hit the freeway, but I can start seeing if the vehicle pops up on any other cameras..."

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance fought against the restraints, but he was not having any luck. This guy was not going to let him out of here, at all. He hoped that Guin might get the idea to run if she got the chance, but he seriously doubted it. She was way too protective of him for some dumb reason, and now some guy basically wanted to run some tests or experiments on him, he still wasn't too sure about which. Sterns walked over from the cabinet. In his hand were the basic equipment to do blood draws, but he also held a needle and syringe full of a liquid.

"Can't have you fighting me, and those pesky powers of yours could cause even more problems," Sterns said as he injected Lance with another dose of the sedative and inhibitor combo. His head started pounding, and he was feeling even more ill than before, but he was still somewhat conscious.

"...Good point... JARVIS, I need you to get into the camera feed, see what you can find out. Look for license plate, vehicle description and what direction the car was head," Tony said, going over to a computer. He wanted to do something, anything that could help him find where they went, since he still felt pretty guilty about the entire thing, it had been his fault after all.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance started panicking again, but he couldn't get his hands free. "Perhaps I should take you out of the room Ms. Stark if you keep saying things like that, or at least separate you two a little bit," Sterns said, glaring at Guin, before he grabbed her by the arm and ended up dragging her away from Lance, to the opposite side of the room, setting her in the corner that had almost nothing next to it. "There, that is better, now Mr. Banner, I have been trying to see if I could replicate the exact incident that resulted in the Hulk's creation, and I believe that you might be able to help me," he said as he walked back to Lance who was starting to panic a lot more.

"That's crazy! I don't know what you think I could help you with!" Lance said, managing to steady his voice as Sterns grabbed him by the arm and pulled him towards a medical bed with restraints attached to it. He tried to pull away from him, but he couldn't, and he was still somewhat dizzy from the sedative. Sterns put him on the bed, before he cut the ropes binding his hands. Lance tried to get away from him, but once again Sterns proved faster and he was instantly strapped down to the bed. "Just let us go!" he managed to say, as Sterns started going through a cabinet, looking for something.

"Fine, whatever, I just wished those three could get here faster! We can't just sit around doing nothing for two hours!" Tony said, he was still freaking out. He didn't care who helped really at this point, as long as they could find the kids. The thought kept going through his head of what if? What if he had been standing right next to them? What if he had listened to Guin and immediately taken them out of the park before calling Banner? He blamed himself for this, and he didn't know what to do.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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"I'm with Banner on this one, you can't exactly trust SHIELD to do anything right half the time... Yes, I will give you that there are some good people, but not everyone is you know that! You shouldn't have told them! Though it will be nice to have a few extra
people helping us find them. Any idea how long it'll take those three to get here? We've got to try and find them now!" Tony said, though he still was not thrilled at the idea of SHIELD trying to find the kids. He would rather do that on his own.

Lance nodded, trying to get his hands free, but it was no use, they were tied up pretty tightly. Not to mention he was still somewhat dizzy, but at least he was able to focus finally and he looked right at Guin. He was trying his best not to panic, but he had never been in this sort of situation before, all of this was still pretty new to him. The fact that this guy was interested in him because of his dad made him mad, the fact that he didn't even know about this guy's existence before now made him freak out even more. "So, any ideas?" he asked her before a sound made him pale slightly.

The door to the room opened, and in stepped Philip Sterns, who had changed his outfit slightly and was now in a lab coat, walking towards them. "Hello there you two," he said, giving them an uneasy smile, before he looked directly at Lance.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

@Peridot Day 7, update will be tonight most likely

Rise of the Evos

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Jason and Janelle Gauger

Location: Seattle, Washington
Interacting With: Gideon, Scott, Isley, Cynthia

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"Well, that is convenient, makes life simpler or something over all if you ask me... We're at a pastry shop called Other Yummy Things if you want to meet us here," Jason said into the phone, letting out a small sigh of relief that she was able to join them already, at least they didn't have to wait around half the day in order to meet up with her again, made his life a little easier hearing that she had actually planned to call him.

Janelle just shrugged in response to what the others were saying. She was used to people feeling sorry for her, after all, she was a blind girl who was also an orphan, most people pitied her, and she kind of hated it. Things like that bugged her, everyone always felt bad for the blind girl with only her brother and uncle who actually seemed to care about her, none of that really mattered to her. She really wished people would look past things like that, but she figured she'd be stuck with it forever.

Jace looked towards his sister, giving her a small smile, knowing that she didn't really care much for the pity she generally got, but he didn't say anything since he was still on the phone with Cynthia. The talk about their parents kind of bugged him a little bit, but he kept his mouth shut, watching the others. "So, come join us here if you can," he said into the phone, adding it to what he had said before, he was really hoping that she'd be able to show up soon.

"...Why haven't you met her? If she's your daughter, you should at least let her know of your existence, a phone call could do wonders," Janelle said in response to Scott's comment about his daughter. "See if you can find her, give her a call... It is a lot easier to track someone and find them nowadays than it used to be..." she added, turning to the sound of his voice, giving him a smile.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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"...You don't think whatever his plan is will involve me getting hit with radiation or something do you? See if there is a reaction or something..." Lance asked, continuing to panic. This guy thought that the key to the Hulk was in his DNA, and for all he knew, that could be true. He tended to try and tune out any sort of discussion regarding the Hulk, generally choosing to ignore what was being said about him. The Hulk was the worst part of his life at the moment, since the beast was kind of weird around him. Lance had no idea what to do, and Sterns still wasn't showing up.

"Look, relax a little bit Banner, we need to stay as calm as possible if we want to have a good chance of finding them!" Tony said, though he was hiding the fact that he was panicking. It was kind of impossible for him not to, his kid was missing, and it was all his fault. He hadn't been watching them as closely as he should have been, and now they were missing. "I figured that he wasn't right in the head Banner, but we will find them, okay?"

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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"...Could be better, some weird guy who apparently knew my dad years ago or something just kidnapped us... I can't move my hands very much, seems like he knows how to tie knots... Most of what happened after the inhibitor and sedative hit my system is a bit of a blur... Do you remember what happened when he dragged us away? Like if he said something about what his plan is?" he asked her, glancing around the lab. It actually resembled a medical lab slightly, but he wasn't able to focus too much on any one thing.

"I know alright! I know I should have stuck closer to them than I did when I called Banner to figure out who this guy was. Which by the way, you didn't exactly explain much about how you knew this guy! I'm trying to figure out what the hell he'd want with the kids or something..." Tony said, trying to remain as calm as possible. Yelling at each other about what happened in the past wasn't going to fix anything, the best they could do was move forward. Figure out what the guy wanted, and find out how to find Lance and Guin.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Over an hour or so later, Tony was back at the Malibu house with Pepper and Banner. When he had lost the kids completely, he suited up to go calm Banner down. It hadn't taken him too long to pull it off, but the problem was that he wasn't too sure if he wanted to talk to Banner about what had happened at the park, but he knew that he couldn't avoid it. They had to find Guin and Lance, they just had to, and he was hoping that Banner would tell them more about this Philip Sterns guy.

Meanwhile, with Lance and Guin, a few minutes into the drive, the sedative would have completely knocked them out cold, so they couldn't see where they were going at all. When Lance woke up, he was in what looked to be a lab of some sorts, his hands were tied behind his back, and he saw Guin on the ground next to him. Sterns was no where in sight as he looked around the room, he still felt dizzy and a bit queasy from the sedative, and he found he couldn't use his powers. "Guin? You alright?"

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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"Guin!" Tony called out as he started pushing through the crowd trying to find the kids, he pulled out his phone, hearing the alert from PHIL. "Ok, she's still in the park, can't you give me more info on her whereabouts than that? This isn't very helpful!" he said to the AI as he continued searching for them, he couldn't hear Guin's voice, and now he was panicking, but he couldn't find them.

"Please, no need to be alarmed Ms. Stark, we're just going on a little trip. I feel bad to have to involve you in all of this, however you saw me, and there was nothing more that could be done about it," Sterns said as he led the pair out of the park, and to a van. Once there, he grabbed any electrical device that the pair had on them, including Guin's watch, and tossed them aside, before pushing the two of them into the back, slamming the side door as he got into the driver's seat.