The Devil Made Him Do It

[lil_hulk]

The eight foot tall Hulk wandered the streets, not really knowing where it was. Its heavy footfall sometimes making things shake just a little. Most people and things gave it a wide berth. Those that didn't got growled at; then they gave it an entire sidewalk to itself.

It wasn't sure where it was going. It had just destroyed the building that had captured it. Or destroyed the building over the mad doctor's lab who had captured it. Either way, there was rubble behind the Hulk, on its shoulders, and in its hair.

It walked down the street, looking around. It was trying to figure out where it could go to have some peace. To get away from the doctor it had left behind in the rubble.

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[girlspider]

She skidded to a stop when she found the injured Nicky and the expression under her mask is stricken. But right now she and Marcus are the only ones on their feet and she's the stronger of the two.

But then, they're both important to Jay's life. "Marcus!" She attempts to catch up with the Black Knight. "Marcus, let me on, I won't be able to keep up with Jay."

[the4thblackknight]

Marcus barely got out of the way of the bit of street flung at Bruce. Yikes. That would have smeared him and Aether across the road. He glanced back when he heard May's voice and, even though he didn't want to risk slowing and losing Jay, he reined Aether back and stretched an arm out. "Jump!"

[lil_hulk]

Once Nicky let go of the back of the young Hulk's shorts, big green feet touched back down on cement. The eight-foot tall behemoth took a step or two forward before launching itself with a powerful leap out of there.

It was slightly blinded, but it judged where the flapping wings of the horse was and jumped in the opposite direction.

[comic_awareness]

Bruce shoved the car off of himself.

"Dammit, Jay..."

He took off, somewhat shakily, but turned on his comm unit to Sara's cell phone. He had an idea.

[summersspawn]

Sara had spent some time with her family - biological and extended mutant family both - at Xavier's in the aftermath of the disastrous school board inspection. It was a good visit, despite the circumstances, and she planned on spending more time there if she could, but for now, she was heading back to New Jersey. Which meant she was flying over the East River at a sufficient height so as not to appear as a glowing Mutant Menace on any news feeds. She was too far away and too caught in her own thoughts to have seen any blazing "A"s in the sky, or heard any rampaging, but she did hear her phone chirp with Bruce's ringtone.

She tapped the wireless earpiece. "Hi, babe."

[girlspider]

"Thanks!" She barely chirped to Marcus when Jay realized they were following him. With a grit of teeth she sprung to her feet and then leaped from Aether to try to either land on Jay's back or to land by his side. She might not make it, but at the least she'd be close enough to follow again. The last thing May wanted to do in her attempt to talk him down was to shout. She knew he wouldn't turn back to 'normal' right now. Normal meaning Jay with the exaggerations and not the state that Mr. Banner sometimes went into. But she could calm him down enough for the others to help him. "Jay! You're too fast! I can't catch up!"

[comic_awareness]

"Hey, babe," Bruce said. "You anywhere near NYC? Got something you'd be perfect to help out with."

[summersspawn]

"As a matter of fact, I'm right in between Manhattan and Brooklyn now. What's up?"

[comic_awareness]

"Well, my friend Jay, you know, big dopey green guy? Well, he's suddenly gone not so dopey, and is endangering a lot of people. I really don't want to hurt him if I don't have to...

"So I'm hoping maybe you can drain off some of his gamma energy and calm him down?"

[summersspawn]

"Where is he? I'll be right there."

She wasn't as confident as she sounded. Sure, she could siphon off the gamma radiation, but she wasn't sure what that would do. But she would try.

[comic_awareness]

Bruce rattled off a general location and address, followed by the direction Jay was moving in.

[asgardian_angel]

He'd been thrown back a little bit, but Nicky was nothing if not persistent. He forced himself up, clutching his wrist, and took off into the air, flying perhaps not as gracefully as he usually did. The pain was not helping him stay sharp.

[the4thblackknight]

Marcus was beginning to notice a pattern. Every time Jay took off or attacked, he seemed to make an effort to do so away from him and Aether. Jay had always had an affinity for the flying horse. Maybe even in his enraged state, he could recognize Aether?

Marcus spurred the horse faster, trying to match pace with Jay. He needed to try and get Aether within Jay's line of sight.

[comic_awareness]

Bruce got on the comm. "I've got help on the way, gang. We need to stall him and keep him contained until she gets here."