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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[lil_hulk]

The young Hulk really didn't think a baby blue shower curtain was its thing. Also, it was not very sturdy compared to its strength. The plastic ripped when the Hulk reached up and grabbed the curtain and yanked it off of its head.

The Hulk didn't notice the teenage girl behind it. The girl was not a threat or a goon for Dr. Green.

Nicky, however, had already attacked the Hulk and cemented in its rage-filled mind that he worked for Dr. Green along with most of the other Avengers present. The Hulk grabbed the claw-footed cast iron bathtub behind it. One easy yank and the tub came free.

The Hulk threw the tub at Nicky to get him out of the way. It followed up that with jumping out of the bathroom and toward a small park.

[asgardian_angel]

The force with which Jay tossed the tub at Nicky, well...

Nicky felt a few ribs crack.

Heard them, too.

This fight, he thought, as he went sailing out of the apartment, could have gone a lot better.

The last thing he noticed before he blacked out was the girl in the Red Sonja t-shirt running far away from the building.

[girlspider]

Okay. So they needed those communicators again to plan it out. Knocking Jay upside the head wasn't going to work and while she recognized what Sara was trying to do, Jay wasn't going to stand still without the horse.

It really was sort of dealing with a child at the moment. A three year old who was fixated on horses. "Too bad I didn't bring my little pony dolls." She muttered before turning around and hoping to see Bruce. He was head honcho. He had to know how this teamwork thing went, right?

"Yo, boss-man! We need our groovy night as his beautiful horse. Trust me on this."

[the4thblackknight]

"Yes, I think at this point, following Nicky would be a brilliant idea." Marcus answered Mira as he watched Nicky sail through the air. He was torn by the urge to help his injured teammate and the urge to chase Jay down and try to prevent anymore damage.

Ultimately, he dug his heels into Aether's flanks and followed after Jay. A park was a good location. Hopefully not many people were out having picnics.

[comic_awareness]

"Spider-Girl's right," Bruce said. "So here's the plan. I'm gonna go check on Nicky. The rest of you, follow Jay, but keep your distance. Marcus and Aether can try and calm him down. If that doesn't work... then we let Sara go to work again."

[poorgirlsarcee]

She was already on the move when she realized he was falling not flying back. Getting to his side she transformed to the armor biting back how much that hurt, so she could shove the tub off him.

"Come on Nicky," She tore off one of the gloves reaching over to check his pulse. She was wishing the bike was a little more than a power suit now because an x-ray would be helpful.

[summersspawn]

Sara nodded at Bruce's plan. She rose up to get a better view of who was where, and where they were herding Jay.

[lil_hulk]

The young Hulk landed in a small but empty park. Its landing wasn't particularly graceful as it came down on a swing set, mangling the metal structure without a flinch. It stepped off the carcass of the playground equipment and checked to make sure Dr. Green did not have more goons coming after it.

The Hulk just wanted to be left alone and not hunted.

[comic_awareness]

Bruce landed next to Mira and Nicky.

"How is he?"

[poorgirlsarcee]

"Knocked out cold." She sighed a little. "And broken wrist." She nodded to the said hand.

"I don't want to risk trying to splint that because well, medical's not my expertise. 'Bots are so much easier." She rubbed at her irritated wrist with it's white band. "I can stay with him until he wakes up, you should go help the others with not so jolly green. Oh and watch out, he can throw you pretty far. Learned that the hard way."

[the4thblackknight]

Marcus decided to land a few yards in front of Jay. He didn't want to crowd in close and upset him again. Once they were on the ground, he murmured to Aether to walk closer.

The winged horse walked nearer to Jay, pausing here and there to nibble at the park grass. See? Totally harmless. Harmless horsey.

[girlspider]

May couldn't do much as she followed Marcus from the ground, though when they reached the park her speed became much faster by traveling through the trees via webbing. When she landed on one of the branches, she remained there as she watched Marcus and Aether land neatly on the ground.

Her heart hammered and she crossed her fingers. Hopefully this would work.

[lil_hulk]

The young Hulk huffed a breath and peered at the winged horse with a rider. It made no move to raise a hand or harm either one. It carefully watched the horse come closer, tensed to spring away if either tried attacking the Hulk.

When Aether was close enough and neither horse nor rider tried to attack the eight foot tall Hulk, it crouched down to slowly and cautiously offered its massive palm for Aether to sniff.

[the4thblackknight]

The winged horse's initial reluctance was gone now. He nosed at Jay's hand and swished his tail happily. He knew Jay, after all, and was happy to spend time with him now that he wasn't rampaging.

For his part, Marcus stayed silent for now, just letting Jay relax. At least, hopefully he would.

[lil_hulk]

The young Hulk let out a soft, inarticulate sound at the nosing of its hand. It slowly reached out the same hand to the base of Aether's neck, down where the neck meets the withers. In a very careful and gentle manner the Hulk patted the horse there.

It was much more intent on touching the horse than the surroundings.

[summersspawn]

Sara quietly flew in to the park. She stopped behind Jay and Aether, watching the scene through the leaves of a large sheltering tree.

Was Jay going to calm down enough on his own? She didn't know. She didn't have much experience with rampaging Hulks, beyond training videos and a Danger Room simulation. She waited for a signal.

[comic_awareness]

Bruce nodded to Mira. "Keep an eye on him," he said, before lifting off.

He quickly found the others, but kept his distance, not wanting to startle Jay.

[poorgirlsarcee]

She nodded shifting a little so that she wasn't crouching.

[the4thblackknight]

Marcus wished he had a plan. He didn't do plans. Plans were for team leaders and retirees. Right now, all he was hoping for was for everyone to keep quiet and keep their distance long enough for Jay to calm down.

Aether always loved attention, so he had no problem being a Hulky security blanket... minus the squeezing.