Welcome to Stacy, Mr. Lang [Open]

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Somewhere on the ship, if people cared to look, they would hear, around the corner, the sound of a panel opening, and someone being unceremoniously dumped out in the middle of the hall, followed by said person releasing a long string of curse words beneath their breath.

"...of all the!" The person got to his feet, albeit shakily, his hand going to his head as his mutterings got lower and lower.

A pause.

"Wait one minute... Where's my helmet?"

As if to answer the person, a helmet with two antennas flew out, right into his head, knocking him to the ground with a loud "Oof!"

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A second Vision? Scott crossed his arms. "I was moving into the Avengers Mansion." After losing his daughter in a custody hearing to his ex-wife. It still stung. And whoever this person was - Vision the second or no - didn't need to hear it. "And if you're the second Vision, and I've never met you before, or heard of you before. Just how do you know who I am?" Software of some kind? He had a hunch.

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Of course Scott Lang was from long before his own death. Why on Earth had Jonas even so much as hoped for this to be that simple?

"[I am from several years in your future,]" he explained. "[This ship rescues people from different points in the time stream. I apologize for the confusion.]" He would also shortly have to apologize for destroying this man as well. He knew how much Cassie loved her father, there was no way that he could have possibly loved her any less in return.

"[At age fourteen, your daughter will insist on joining a team of teenagers who have been dubbed the 'Young Avengers' by the press,]" he says by way of explanation. Easing toward Cassie's ultimate fate. "[I am also a member of that team.]"

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Scott blinked. "The future?" Well that made sense, as much as it still puzzled him. Wait. His eyes narrowed. "You are my daughter's teammate? My grown daughter's teammate?"

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Jonas hesitated. He could not reasonably answer "yes" to that question, couched in the present tense as it was.

"[I think perhaps we should take this elsewhere,]" he said finally. "[Follow me.]"

He knew a spot nearby that ought to be reasonably private. The could talk there, away from prying eyes.

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Scott arched his brow at Jonas's movement, but he followed nonetheless.

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Jonas lead Mr. Lang to the Media Library (http://cityship.livejournal.com/4558.html), where he ushered the Avenger into one of the small private rooms. The walls began to glow so that the two of them could see each other, but Jonas turned off the sound before anything started playing. He gestured for Scott to sit, though he remained standing himself.

"[Have you been told what Stacy is and why we are here?]" he asked.

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"I was informed," Scott said when they arrived and he had made himself comfortable. He gave a quick, brief look around the room before back to Jonas. "I am expected to help in the fight against the Ohm, is that correct?"

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"[Essentially, yes,]" Jonas said. "[Unfortunately, some of the other people who have woken up are not as heroic as they could be.]" He fidgeted, twisting his fingers together, then noticed he was fidgeting and separated his hands and placed them firmly at his sides. "[One of them was a parasite called Shiva whose wore the face of a man named Kawalsky. Shiva attempted to take over Stacy by placing bombs in various areas of the ship and threatening to detonate them. Many people in the crew volunteered to disarm the bombs, and your daughter was one of them.]"

Jonas looked down, unable to meet Mr. Lang's eyes. "[The bomb went off before she finished. While the incomplete disarming saved the people in the Pod Caverns, she was caught in the blast.]" He squeezed his eyes tightly shut. "[I am so, so sorry, sir.]"

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Scott sat stone-cold silent through the entire speech. When Jonas finished, he still stared off into space, eyes slightly wide, jaw slightly hanging, no sound coming from his throat...until he managed to regain the ability to speak, and scowled.

"This is a sick joke."

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"[I wish it was,]" Jonas said. "[I wish with every fiber of my being that I was lying to you or trying to trick you. But I am not. You can ask Captain Kennedy, or the Scarlet Witch if you want to hear it from someone from our universe. But I loved your daughter, and I will not lie to you about what happened. She died a hero, sir. She died like an Avenger.]"

A tear escaped Jonas' eye and began its trek down his cheek toward the collar of his cape.