2017.03.23 - Hot Guys Are Looking For You - Pt 1
Night, in Metropolis, is not nearly as /dark/ as it is in Gotham - the bright buildings, the shining lights.. things simply seem brighter, here. So the youth known as Robin the Teen Wonder has chosen this area to meet with one of the young mutants he's seen about. He's sent emails, and they've set up this meeting place atop a small building near the waterfront promenade and amusement park. Shouts of people from the rides and the smell of hot dogs sometimes makes it over here.
Iceman had come to Metropolis on the trail of a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants, Pyro. They'd been friends once, but Pyro had been lured by Magneto's anger. Leads had him coming here, so Bobby followed. He'd enlisted the help of the local heroes, and was on his way to meet one now. He decided to make an entrance, so as Robin waits on the top of the building, there's a sudden chill. The sound of ice crackling heralds Iceman's appearance, sliding in on a freestanding ice slide that connected from the building next door. "Hey, you must be Robin?"
Robin flashes a smile and wave, even as the short-pantsed teen shivers a little. "I am; and of course you're Iceman. You said you might have some information on some mysterious arson incidents in the Gotham south side shelters?"
Iceman comes to rest amidst a flurry of ice flakes next to you. The ice slide begins to melt moments later. The figure before you isn't much taller than 5'8" or so but carries himself confidently. "Yeah. His name's Pyro." There's a pause and he looks down, "I knew him before...he was this way. I'm sure it's him, and I need to bring him back to Xavier's Mansion if I can.
Robin folds his arms. "You sound pretty confident; I need to know how dangerous he is, though. The Titans and I want to stop this, but.. if he's someone who needs help more than jail-time, I need to know it. Is he someone that can be reached?" the youth grows serious, listening to this, already thinking about how to track and subdue the culprit.
Iceman pauses, "I hope so. The professor thinks he can get through to him." He doesn't explain who the professor is, as if he should be known. "He is dangerous, but he's ... I don't think he's a lost cause. I'm not sure why he's here either. What can you tell me about his targets?
Robin raises an eyebrow, obviously interested in 'the professor'. He nods sharply once at the word 'dangerous'. "So far," the masked teen emphasizes, "there have not been any serious injuries, but the arsonist has caused hundreds of thousands in damage at least, as well as causing three of the largest shelters in the area to close - the city can't handle the spillover," he says, a grimace on his face for a second. More like 'won't' handle it. "So.. we've dealt with metas that could not control their powers before. Is this a similar situation? Could it be that he doesn't know what he's doing?"
Iceman listens to the report...."Shelters? Homeless shelters?" He seems to be thinking, running one up behind his neck. "He can control his powers...I think he's...taking out his anger at the mutant crackdown. They had rounded up some mutants into a shelter...turned it into a prison. The Professor tried to calm things, but it got out of hand. Two people were killed....Pyro tried to stop the fire there but couldn't...I think he's here ...running away and lashing out.
Robin looks concerned. "And this crackdown; we'll look into that as well," he says. "That is totally illegal and unconstitutional." He shifts his stance a bit, and pulls back his glove to check a watch-like band on his arm. "Here are the places that have been hit so far," he says as he rattles off addresses. He looks back up to Iceman. "'The professor' - Professor Charles Xavier, I assume?" he says.
The X-Man nods, looking at you before committing the addresses to memory. "Cool gadget," he uses with a smile. "Yep, that's the one." He looks around the roof, as if realizing something, "Is Batman going to join us or are you working alone tonight?" When it's clear the cape crusader isn't going to jump out, he adds, "I'll check out the last address see if I can figure out what he's doing. I could use some help tracking him down though."
Robin quirks a smile. "Batman is certainly keeping an eye on things, I'm sure, but this is a Titans gig," he says. "Helping young metas in trouble is how we got started." He taps his mask, looks off into the distance, then back to Iceman. "OK, I've got a couple more teammates on comms, now. Let's go check it out."