[Godstorm] Riding Out the Storm

[ngm_foes]

The Godstorm came at New York City, gathering other storms nearby to it. It wanted power Thor's little hammer couldn't easily undo. The Godstorm had underestimated the god once. If he showed up again, he would be ready. His reach was expansive. All along the Atlantic Coast, they felt his raging wrath. Even glancing touches from his circulating clouds brought damage.

There was warning he was coming, but Godstorm cared not one whit. He want right toward the harbor, using its funneling effect and the high tides from the moon to shove torrents of water into the megalopolis. He pushed on shore, making his way inland.

He was looking for something. Not that the small people trying to survive the hurricane coming ashore knew that. Their survival was not even a concern. He just pushed on land and spread his reach. He pushed his storm inland and the requisite flooding came with it. The winds howled and shards of glass broke off skyscrapers and added sharp damage to the mayhem.

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[midori_majutsu_shi]

She had been checking on her patients when he showed up. She gave him a small grin, glad to see him, but obviously determined to stay with her patients, most of whom huddled in the interior room, as far from glass as they could. It wasn't ideal, patients on the floor since they hadn't gotten around to putting beds up there yet.

"Alistaire, you do realize I'm not abandoning them right?" She asked after a moment or two calming the frightened patients, though she did cross to him, hugging him tightly glad to see him and his men. "Thank you."1

[hellfire_child]

"You'll bleed yourself dry attending to minor injuries because you don't want people to cry. You'll take inch after inch of pain until it's consumed you, and then there'll be nothing left to heal the ones who really need it." Alistaire whispered into her ear, as quiet and sibilant as the proverbial snake in the grass.

"I won't allow you to do it." He slipped his own arms around her, pressing his body to hers.

[midori_majutsu_shi]

"I haven't used my powers here, and I only plan to if it's an emergency." She whispered back. "But I'm glad you're here. Means I won't have to worry about you being out there, I saw the news, they're expecting it to get worse before it eases up."

She knew she had enough supplies for a week tops, it wasn't the first flood she'd been in, hurricane yes, but she was treating it like she would a tsunami. "We're in a packed area, with luck, the taller buildings should lessen the winds right? We'll be safe here. Probably as safe as the penthouse."

[hellfire_child]

"I don't like it. You shouldn't be here. You should be where I can keep you safe.

It depends on how secure those buildings are. It's not how much the wind is blowing, it's what the wind is blowing. Glass or mortar starts falling and this place becomes a casualty that the media never even blinks at."

[midori_majutsu_shi]

"I need to be where I can help Alistaire, you know that." She did step out of the embrace, but didn't walk away.

"Then if you can think of a way to get my thirty patients to safety by all means we'll go, but the hospitals will be filled soon, people panic. We're also in the center of the building, glass and stone will have to go through the outer offices." She was keeping her voice down so that they weren't overheard. "Best to sit out the worst here, when the city gets to the eye, if time, we'll all move. And you can make sure I do not over do it."

[hellfire_child]

"...there's truly nothing I can say to persuade you." He looks at her blankly.

[midori_majutsu_shi]

She shook her head. "No, but... I'd feel safer if you stayed with me. Please?"

[hellfire_child]

"Of course. Where else would I go?" He said, with only a hint of resignation.

[midori_majutsu_shi]

She hugged him tighter. "I promise, when this is over, I'll let you take me anywhere you want alright?"

[hellfire_child]

"I'll certainly hold you to that." Alistaire mutters. "I may need to get out of the city while cleanup goes on from this."

[midori_majutsu_shi]

She nodded. "Somewhere inland?" She quirked a brow. "Or over seas?"

[hellfire_child]

"Somewhere sunny. With water the color of sapphires.

And more permissive dress codes than the usual American conservativism." His hold on her tightens again, his eyes glinting like a predator's teeth.

[midori_majutsu_shi]

"Hopefully very small population?" She would rather not have people pity her because of scars. "And drinks with insane amounts of rum and tropical fruit." She gave a grin leaning in to kiss him.

"Would be fun."

[hellfire_child]

He returns the kiss with hunger, then pushes her away gently. "Yes. Now, go handle your patients, before I change my mind about allowing you to stay."

[midori_majutsu_shi]

She giggled as she pulled away. "Guess we better behave, there are kids here after all." She grinned. "You know how to make origami? Might help them stay calm if you can teach them some."