Crazy Man in Paris (rp for Lorna and Alex)

[semihero_pietro]

Feeling like he was getting nowhere with trying to convince his father to help him take down Jean and Stark, Pietro decided to take matters into his own hands.

He made his way to Paris, knowing that Jean would be there with her little X-Corp pet project she was heading in order to disguise her plans to blow up everything that mattered in the world like his sister and Mystique.

However, he didn't have a plan. He needed one. So he needed to find the weakness of the X-Corp building and figure out how to take the thing down.

Even in his crazed state, Pietro was well aware that he was no match for Jean Grey. He wouldn't be able to get within a hundres feet of the psychic before she would be able to tap into his brain patterns and alter them so he would think he was a bunny or a ballerina.

To protect himself, he did the only thing that came to his mind. He bought a black ski cap, and lined the inside of it with a triple layer of alluminum foil. He hoped it would work like his father's helmet to keep her traitorous thoughts out of his head.

He would be doing the world a service by getting rid of her. Or, at least getting rid of her until she came back from the dead. She had a bad habit of doing that. Maybe if she just stayed dead, his sister would still be alive.

So he was in Paris now, staying in the shadows of the alleyways, looking at the X-Corp building and trying to figure out where the weaknesses in the building design would be. And all the time he sipped a bottle of JOLT.

He hadn't slept in a week now. Which wasn't helping his mental state much.


still crazy and getting worse by the day...

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[erikscordelia.livejournal.com]

Lorna was a bit out of her element here. She'd never had a real good grasp of the bond that existed between the twins. And Pietro had never been easy to read.

"I...I, well...that sounds awful. But...maybe it's not what you think, okay? Maybe it was just a dream or an alternate reality. I mean, Jean's been weird lately but...but, I know her. She wouldn't kill Wanda. And she wouldn't lie to me about it if she did." Lorna had to believe this. There was no way Jean and Tony would be making up stories to cover the fact that they'd killed Wanda. No possible way.

She hoped.

"Please try to talk to her. Or talk to Jean or Stark...We can figure this out, Pietro. I'll help."

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

"I hope you're right..." PIetro looked up at Lorna, and held a hand out for the PDA. "I'll try. If it's her, I'll know. But I'm not going to talk to Stark or Jean."

He started to write a message to his sister in that post Lorna had left up on the screen.



ooc:oh look, a perfect place for Alex to wander in...LOL!

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

Alex finished talking to Jean a bit more about the daily ins-and-outs of X-Corp, which had prolonged his walk with Lorna. A walk would be good, though, to help them both. If for no other reason than it gave them some more time to talk things out and figure out a better plan for... well, for whatever the hell was going on.

Of course, as soon as he stepped outside of the building, he saw Lorna talking with Pietro. Blinking in surprise at seeing his old friend and teammate, Alex walked up to clap him on the back before stopping. "Hey, Pietro? What's that weird tinfoil thing by your feet?"

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

"It keeps the psychics out."

He looked up at Alex, confused for a moment as to how the younger Summers had gotten here, and then he remembered that Lorna and Alex were still together. The only kid of Magneto to have a stable, normal relationship. Lucky for her.

He kept his eye on the PDA for Wanda's response. "What are you two doing here anyway?"

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

"O-kay," he replied doubtfully, looking back and forth from his old teammate to his girlfriend.

"Uh, we're here to take charge of X-Corp while Jean and Rachel go on some mission or something. I'm still vague on the details. A better question, Pietro, is what are you doing here?"

And what, exactly, had he been talking to Lorna about?

[erikscordelia.livejournal.com]

Lorna looked from her brother to her boyfriend, biting her lip in thought. Pietro was focused on her PDA, probably awaiting a response from their sister; she took Alex' hand and pulled him off to the side.

"He was staking out the building 'cause he thought Jean had killed Wanda," she said, quietly, her voice incredulous. "I told him that was ridiculous and what we knew. I've got him to attempt chatting with her but I don't think he really believes me yet." She glanced back at Pietro. "Like we needed another crazy person to deal with." She sighed.

"I'm going to contact Stark and let him know what's going on. Can you talk to Pietro? Maybe he'll believe you more than me." She gave him a quick hug and a peck on the cheek. "I promise we'll find time for us. But he needs a friend."

She gave his hand a squeeze and pushed him toward her brother, still watching the tiny screen held in his hand. Then she pulled out her cell phone and sent a message to Tony Stark.

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

"Wait, what?" Alex frowned at Lorna, then looked down at the tinfoil on the floor, wondering if Pietro was trying to protect himself from Jean, Emma, or Rachel. Or maybe all three.

"Jean didn't kill Wanda, Pietro," he told him as he sat next to him after the nudge from his girlfriend. "Jean didn't kill anyone. She's inside, making plans for some mission with Rachel."

Alex gently pulled the PDA out of Pietro's hands and grinned. "Hey. It's going to be fine. Lorna was worried about her, too, but I figured you'd know where she was. And, okay, even though it seems that no one knows where she is, we know that she's alive since she's been posting in her journal. Acting a little weird, sure, but that's not new."

He really didn't like Lorna talking to Stark, but they'd already discussed it and she'd promised to tell him everything. So, if Pietro stopped acting like a crazy-man, then he'd tell her, too. "Hey, you want something to drink? Some food? Extra... tinfoil?"

OOC: Not sure what the posting order is now, but I figured Lorna was stepping away so the guys could talk.

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

Pietro looked up at Alex, listening to him. And his eyes cleared a bit. He ran his fingers through his silver hair, taking a few deep breaths.

"I lost her once, Alex. With Onslaught. I barely made it through that with my sanity intact. I can't do this again."

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

Alex sat next to him, nodding. "I get it, I do. How many times have we all lost someone we've cared about through the years, though? Somehow, though, we always manage to make it, though. She's fine, Pietro."

He clapped him on the shoulder. "Okay? Wanda is fine. She lost her powers, and that's it. That's why it's been strange for you right now, probably."

He eyed him. "It's going to be okay. And you're not going to go and do something stupid like try to hurt Jean or someone else who hasn't done anything to really hurt Wanda."

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

Pietro rolled his eyes to look at Alex at the mention of Jean, and there was danger there. "If Jean and Tony had just left Wanda alone, she would not be like this. I was there, Alex. She wasn't this bad. She was recovering. But they had to go and evaluate her. I watched it all, Alex. In here."

He pointed to his head. "I saw it all. I felt the Phoenix rip Wanda apart. Rip me apart. And now look at Wanda, and what is Jean doing to help what her damn Phoenix has done? Nothing. So maybe she didn't kill my sister, but instead she handed her a knife to do it herself."

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

"You were there? Okay, so tell me then. What happened, exactly?" But as he asked, he saw Pietro point to his head. Not. Good.

"You saw it in your mind. The Phoenix hurt you..." He didn't finish the thought, though, and looked to Lorna for help. "Pietro, have you bothered talking to Jean first to see if there's something she could do to help?"

Or something she could do to help you?

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

"I don't trust her." His eyes were deadly serious. "Not now, and never again."

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he started. "If you don't trust her, then is there someone you do trust? Me? Lorna?" He waved at his girlfriend. "She's your sister. I'm your friend. If we say things are going to be okay, would you believe us?"

[erikscordelia.livejournal.com]

Lorna closed her phone with a scowl and stepped back beside Alex. Pietro didn't look much calmer. She exchanged a worried glance with Alex and put a hand out to her brother.

"You can trust us, Pietro. We want to help - you and Wanda. I've been trying to get her to talk to me and come here. Nobody wants to hurt her." She glanced at Alex again, biting her lip, nervously. "Please let us help you."

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

"The only person I've ever truely trusted was Wanda." He looked at Lorna, then Alex. "I'll believe you. But until I see Wanda and get this figured out, i can't trust anyone."

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

He looked warily at his girlfriend and shrugged. "I guess that's the best we can hope for right now, then. We're going to be here in Paris for a bit, and like Lorna said, Wanda will come here. Or rather, Lorna will get Wanda to come here. She can be pretty persuasive."

Alex took a look at the X-Corp offices and figured having Pietro see Jean right now wouldn't be the best idea. "You have a place to stay? Or maybe..." He eyed Lorna. "Hey, babe, you know of a good place where he can hole up for a bit?"

[erikscordelia.livejournal.com]

Lorna looked from one to the other again. Why would she know where to put him? She sighed and glanced at her PDA in Alex' hands.

"Look, Pietro, you're getting a response. You chat a bit while we figure out where you can stay, okay?" She placed the PDA cautiously in his hands. "She's being weird so don't get upset if she's not the Wanda you know and love...And don't run away - if...if something's wrong we're right behind you."

He didn't answer, but took the device from her. She stepped back with Alex and pulled out her cell phone again. "I don't know what to do, Alex...I'm worried he'll run." She punched in numbers on her phone, logging in to look for a nearby hotel. "I guess he'd wait here if we can get Wanda to agree to come. She wouldn't tell Tony where she is either. I..." She looked up at her boyfriend, at a loss for words and near tears with the stress of the situation.

[semihero-pietro.livejournal.com]

Pietro just worked to communicate back and forth with Wanda, and finally nodded. "She's going to come here," he stated, looking up at Lorna. "We can find out if this is really her or some imposter."

[erikscordelia.livejournal.com]

Lorna blinked, trying to understand quite what he saying. He didn't quite believe them yet...but he was willing to wait and see. Good enough. She nodded.

"Okay. We'll get you set up in a hotel and I can send her the information." She still held Alex' hand for reassurance, but smiled encouragingly at her brother. "When you see her, you'll feel better. I know it."

[causes-havok.livejournal.com]

He frowned a little at Pietro, but nodded with Lorna, squeezing her hand. "Okay then. We'll get that hotel room for you and then you'll see her soon. I promise you."

OOC: And... should we leave it there so Pie can meet up with Wanda?