Greywind

Not everyone hates them. Several have been Avengers.

There's a lover's moon tonight As I look back over my shoulder All the stars are shining bright Just like the nights when I used to hold her She's out there somewhere under the lover's moon Lover's moon, won't you shine on me? I'm dancing with a memory I wish I may, I wish I might Have one last chance to hold her tight Waiting, I know she's waiting I know she waits for me under the lover's moon There's a lover's moon tonight Shining down on half of this world So many souls are in its light But for me there is just one girl And she's waiting, I know she's waiting I know she waits for me under the lover's moon Under the lover's moon

There's talk on the street it sounds so familiar Great expectations everybody's watching you People you meet they all seem to know you Even your old friends treat you like you're something new Johnny come lately The new kid in town Everybody loves you So don't let them down You look in her eyes the music begins to play Hopeless romantics here we go again But after awhile you're lookin' the other way It's those restless hearts that never mend Oh Johnny come lately The new kid in town Will she still love you? When you're not around... There's so many things you should have told her But night after night you're willing to hold her just hold her Tears on your shoulder There's talk on the street it's there to remind you Doesn't really matter which side you're on You're walking away and they're talking behind you They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town Everybody loves him don't they? (A-a-h...) And he's holding her And you're still around... Oh, my-my There's a new kid in town Just another new kid in town... (Ooh hoo) Everybody's talking 'bout The new kid in town (Ooh hoo) (Ooh hoo) Everybody's walking like The new kid in town (Ooh hoo) There's a new kid in town I don't want to hear it There's a new kid in town I don't want to hear it There's a new kid in town There's a new kid in town There's a new kid in town Everybody's talking There's a new kid in town People started walking There's a new kid in town H-m-m-m h-m-m There's a new kid in town H-m-m-m h-m-m There's a new kid in town There's a new kid

And they get banished to Limbo. From which Magik sends them back.

The waves crash in and the tide pulls out It's an angry sea but there is no doubt That the lighthouse will keep shining out To warn the lonely sailor The lightning strikes and the wind cuts cold Through the sailor's bones, to the sailor's soul Till there's nothing left that he can hold Except the rolling ocean And I am ready for the storm, yes sir, ready I am ready for the storm, I'm ready for the storm And oh, give me mercy for my dreams 'Cause every confrontation seems To tell me what it really means To be this lonely sailor And when you take me by your side You love me warm, you love me and I should have realized I had no reasons to be frightened And I am ready for the storm, yes sir, ready I am ready for the storm, I'm ready for the storm Oh, and distance it is no real friend And time will take its time And you will find that in the end It brings you me, the lonely sailor And when the sky begins to clear And the sun it melts away my fear I'll cry a silent weary tear For those that need to love me But I am ready for the storm, yes sir, ready I am ready for the storm, yes sir, ready I am ready for the storm, ready for the storm

In my life I've felt so self-assured But suddenly, it's all changed She's a cloud That hangs above my world And I find myself wandering in the rain And now, I can't go on 'Cause I am lost Living inside myself Living inside this shell Living outside your love I am lost Somewhere inside my own dreams Afraid of what life really means Living without your love I need a guiding light To shine on my darkest days I was young And time was on my side Like a fool, I let it slip away And now, those days are gone I am lost Living inside myself Living inside this shell Living outside your love I am lost Somewhere inside my own dreams Afraid of what life really means Living without your love In my life I've felt so self-assured But oh, how all the seasons change And now, I'm not that strong 'Cause I am lost Living inside myself Living inside this hell Living outside your love I am lost Somewhere inside my own dreams Afraid of what life really means Living without your love I am lost Living inside myself Living inside this shell Living outside your love I am lost (Somewhere inside my own dreams) (Afraid of what life really means) (Living without your love) I am lost Living inside myself Living inside this shell

Fear rarely makes logical sense.

She smiled.

Heart in my mouth, pulse in my head Mercury rising into the red The smell of your skin can light up all the fires in me Hungry to touch, I'm eager to please Out of control and I hand you the keys Every night I am burning to make love to you But don't try to tell me you think it's all physical It goes much deeper than that You ought to know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart Have a little blind faith Believe it's an affair of the heart When we make love, it's a passionate thing You shudder and shake, sink you teeth in my skin I almost believe you were made to be played by my hands And you got the power, it amazes me still How you play my emotions with consummate skill I don't have to look any further than into your eyes So don't try to tell me you think it's just physical It goes way deeper than that You better know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart Have a little blind faith Believe it's an affair of the heart Don't try to tell me you think it's all physical It goes much deeper than that You ought to know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart You better know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart You better know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart Baby, an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart Oh, it's an affair

That made sense. Stark and Coulson got along. There was banter. Loki put an end to it.

The Lady Liberators came first. They just don't have Thundra in the MCU.

That would be accelerating the process.

Stan's comment on mutants was that he was tired of trying to come up with ways people got powers. So he defaulted to "born that way".

"We are the future, Charles. Not them. They no longer matter."

I dreamed I tore all the skin off my face and was somebody else underneath.

“How do you feel?” “Like I've got the shadow of a hangover. Which, since I've never been drunk is rather interesting.” Leah rubbed her temples. “At least the screaming stopped and there's no spiders lurking in the corners.” “Spiders?” Kris asked. Leah spread her hands wide. “Big honking spider dropping larva out its butt.” Kris looked at Spellbinder. “The larva, as she called it, is what was in the bracelet. There's a strand of the spider creature's web that extended to it.” “Why would it?” Kris asked. Spellbinder gave a wry smile. “The creature is intelligent. It does make deals. From what you've told me, I will assume there is a second larva that was bound to the first. Most likely in Bauer's hands. When Leah was in a proper mental state, that would allow him access in order to inject images, manipulate emotions, that sort of thing.” Kris shook her head slowly. “Addie, you scanned Leah for the better part of a day when she got back. You said that there was nothing effecting her.” “No,” Spellbinder said quietly. “I said there was nothing magical about her except what we now know was Arkayne's manipulations. This isn't magical. The means that the bugs were brought here by most likely was magic. The creatures themselves are simply from another reality.” “If you guys are going to insist on talking bugs, I'm going to go,” Leah said. “How are you feeling?” Kris asked. “Hungry.” “That's a good sign,” Spellbinder said.

I volunteer to drive you home To spend some time with you alone But the words don't come that I wanna say And the precious time just slips away 'Cause you don't know You don't know that it's me Who really loves you so desperately If I could only make you hear, I'd volunteer I volunteer to stop somewhere And talk about your love affairs We'll laugh together like best friends But I hate to see these moments end 'Cause you still don't know You don't know that it's me Who really loves you so desperately If I could only make you hear, I'd volunteer Well I volunteer the love I kept inside so long I search in your eyes for the moment But it never seems to come We talk all night and forget the time But I never say what's on my mind And when you're gone all that I wish Is I'd said it all with just a kiss 'Cause you still don't know You don't know that it's me Who really loves you so desperately If I could only make you hear, I'd volunteer If I could only make you hear, I'd volunteer

I got sick of my job, sick of my wife Sick of my future and sick of my life I packed up my car and I got some gas And told everybody they could kiss my ass I'm goin' to Partytown (Yeah, yeah) I wanna party down (Yeah, yeah) I wanna have some fun I wanna fool around I'm goin' to Partytown The sun comes up, the sun goes down It doesn't really matter in Partytown They go all day and they go all night They keep on goin' 'til they get it right Right here in Partytown (Yeah, yeah) They really party down (Yeah, yeah) Man, it's a party town (Yeah, yeah) You know they all got their own And they pass it all around Well, I'm burnin' like a blowtorch in my prime Everybody here is a friend of mine I met a little girl a couple shooters ago She's teachin' me everything I don't know About Partytown (Yeah, yeah) They really party down (Yeah, yeah) You know they love to ball They do it in the hall Right here in Partytown Partytown (Yeah, yeah) Partytown (Yeah, yeah) Partytown (Yeah, yeah) Partytown (Yeah, yeah) Oh, Partytown We're so cool You got any? Yeah Meet you in the john, woo hoo hoo I sure feel good, some party Can you say 'monster'?

Time moves a summer wind I can see your face again Was it such a tragedy Being you, being me? Smoke clears, the pictures fades But I stay back in yesterday All the strangers come and go All of them will never know Nobody's touch feels like your touch Nobody gets to me that much Nobody's kiss moves me inside And I have no place left to hide Tell me what can I do? I have a vision of you Tell me what can I do With this vision of you? And did I walk? Did you run? What's the way to love someone? Oh my darling did we know And what it meant when we let go Nobody's touch feels like your touch And nobody gets to me that much Nobody's kiss moves me inside And I have no place left to hide Tell me what can I do? I have a vision of you Tell me what can I do With this vision of you? With this vision of you How can a candle ever burn so bright? Casting a shadow on my life I am blinded by your light Even without you Nobody's touch feels like your touch Nobody gets to me that much Nobody's kiss moves me inside And I have no place left to hide Tell me what can I do? I have a vision of you Tell me what can I do With this vision of you? With this vision of you With this vision of you With this vision of you With this vision of you

I remember when I met you All the stars were hanging in mid-air In these moments nothing mattered But the way you caught me in your stare We were walking we were talking We were laughing about the state of our lives How our fates brought us together As the moon was rising in your eyes On and on the night was falling Deep down inside us On and on a light was shining right through Ah La Luna La Luna The night that we fell under the spell of the moon Ah La Luna La Luna The light that will being me back to you The light of La Luna In the hotels, in the cafes All the world was made with romance In the harbor moonlit water All the ships were swaying in a dance Then you held me and you kissed me And I knew I had to be with you You didn't ask me you just took me To the tiny bed in your tiny room On and on the band was playing A song of surrender On and on the sun would soon break through Now I walk along the streets of Marseilles The winter sky is cold and gray And I don't know why I left you that day And I don't know where you are

Come on baby, dry your eyes Wipe your tears Never like to see you cry Won't you please forgive me I wouldn't ever try to hurt you I just needed someone to hold me To fill the void while you were gone To fill this space of emptiness I'm only human Of flesh and blood I'm made Human Born to make mistakes So many nights I longed to hold you So many times I looked and saw your face Nothing could change the way I feel No one else could ever take your place I'm only human Of flesh and blood I'm made Human Born to make mistakes (I am just a man) (Human) (Human) Please forgive me (The tears I cry aren't tears of pain They're only to hide my guilt and shame I forgive you, now I ask the same of you While we were apart I was human too) I'm only human Of flesh and blood I'm made (I am just a man) Human Born to make mistakes (Human Human).

I have a picture Pinned to my wall An image of you and of me and we're laughing, we're loving it all But look at our life now All tattered and torn We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we cry until dawn Oh, whoa Hold me now, whoa Warm my heart Stay with me Let loving start Let loving start You say I'm a dreamer, we're two of a kind Both of us searching for some perfect world we know we'll never find So perhaps I should leave here Yeah, yeah, and go far away But you know that there's nowhere that I'd rather be than with you here today Oh, whoa, oh, whoa Hold me now, whoa Warm my heart Stay with me Let loving start Let loving start, whoa Hold me now, whoa Warm my heart Stay with me Let loving start Let loving start, whoa You ask if I love you Well, what can I say? You know that I do and if this is just one of those games that we play So I'll sing you a new song Please don't cry anymore I'll even ask your forgiveness Though I don't know just what I'm asking it for Oh, whoa, oh, whoa Hold me now, whoa (Hold me in your loving arms) Warm my heart (Warm my cold and tired heart) Stay with me (Stay with me) Let loving start Let loving start, whoa Hold me now, whoa (Hold me in your loving arms) Warm my heart (Warm my cold and tired heart) Stay with me Let loving start Let loving start, whoa Hold me now, whoa (Hold me in your loving arms) Warm my heart (Warm my cold and tired heart) Stay with me (Stay with me) Let loving start Let loving start, whoa Hold me now, whoa (Hold me in your loving arms) Warm my heart (Warm my cold and tired heart) Stay with me (Stay with me) Let loving start Let loving start, whoa Hold me now, whoa (Hold me in your loving arms) Warm my heart (Warm my cold and tired heart) Stay with me (Stay with me) Let loving start Let loving start, whoa

Worry the bottle Mamma, it's grapefruit wine Kick off your high heel sneakers, it's party time The girls don't seem to care what's on As long as they play 'til dawn Nothin' but blues and Elvis And somebody else's favorite song Give her some funked up muzak, she treats you nice Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice The girls don't seem to care tonight As long as the mood is right No static at all (no static, no static at all) FM (no static at all) Give her some funked up muzak, she treats you nice Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice The girls don't seem to care tonight As long as the mood is right No static at all (no static, no static at all) FM (no static at all)

You got your Tony Lama's on your jeans pressed tight You take a few tokes make you feel alright Rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday Night Pickup's washed and you just got paid With any luck at all you might even get laid 'Cause they're pickin' and a kickin' on a Livingston Saturday night So won't you listen to the sound of a hot country band, Boot heels are shufflin' on the dance floor Sam Sing a song, play some pong, shoot a little pool, Hittin' on the honeys right out of high school Yeah, fifteen may get you twenty, But that's all right, 'Cause they be rockin and a rollin' On a Livingston Saturday Night Wooo, listen to the sound of a hot country band, Boot heels are shufflin' on the dance floor Sam Hum a song, play some pong, eat a deviled egg, Temperature is rising, better pop another keg Fifteen may get you twenty, But that's all right 'Cause they'll be rockin' and a rollin' On a Livingston Saturday Night Wooo, you gotta listen to the sound of a hot country band, Boot heels are shufflin' on the dance floor Sam Sing some song, play some pong, eat a deviled egg Temperature is rising, better pop another keg Fifteen may get you twenty, That's all right 'Cause they'll be rockin' and a rollin' On a Livingston Saturday Night They'll be rockin' and a rollin' On a Livingston Saturday Night One more time They'll be rockin' and a rollin' On a Livingston Saturday Night

“What happened?” “She's awake!” Dani called. “Hey, Teke. You were watching Mentor and passed out. You weren't the only one. Leah is still out. Jason is dealing with multiple compound headaches. Courtesy of all of us.” “But what happened?” Trese tried to sit up. Dani put a hand on her shoulder to keep her down. “The problem, Theresa, is the unknown mass within the bracelet was apparently alive. When I cut into it, you and Leah passed out. The others all suffered headaches,” Mentor explained. “I, on the other hand, heard nothing.” “So we have a sample.” “Unfortunately not. Once its containment was breached it seems to have evaporated.” Trese moaned. “I do, however, have the entire procedure recorded. So, perhaps, among the Guardians' allies, we can find someone with knowledge of what it actually was.” “How are you feeling?” Kris asked. “Like Thumper is in my skull bouncing off the insides. How long was I out?” Kris smiled. “Almost three hours. We can all relate to the headache.” She handed Trese a small cup with pills and a glass of water. “Ibu.” Trese nodded and swallowed them down. “Why did I get hit so hard?” she asked. “I'm thinking proximity. You were in the same room with it with only the containment housing between you and it,” Kris said. Rubbing her forehead with the palm of a hand, Trese asked, “How long you gonna keep me locked up?” “Since you're aware and only suffering from the headache, I am going to release you into Dani's custody. I suggest rest, though.” Trese sat up gingerly. “Whoa. Room shift.” She looked through the glass partition. “How is she?” “Worse off than the rest of us,” Dani said. “Mentor, brainstorm with me. I'm going to want to see the recording. Me being in close quarters with... Whatever it was, knocks me down. Assume it was a pain reaction. A scream, if you will, from what?” Dani shrugged. “Being cut? I'd scream if it hurt.” “The cutting blade was titanium carbide,” Mentor commented. “A possible reaction to that.” “I'm going to go with 'atmospheric',” Spellbinder said from the doorway. “Jason called me,” she said in response to Kris' questioning look. “What was the content of the case, Mentor?” “The bracelet. Sterling silver in the band with traces of copper. Fifteen onyx stones, diamond cut and inlaid. The remote saw. Standard atmosphere. I saw no need to work in a vacuum and there was no danger of combustion.” Spellbinder was quiet, lost in thought. “You're thinking War of the Worlds? Martians get a taste of earth germs and die?” Dani asked. “No,” Spellbinder said. “It's actually a case of it didn't belong here. While it was in the bracelet it was protected. Outside of it, it simply didn't belong in this reality.” “What was it?” Kris asked. “A parasite.”