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No One There To Tell Us What To Do [Team Kilo, Bendy-Timed for Pod-Pop Update]

Jonas stood alone on the Observation Deck, quietly staring up at the statue as he waited for the arrival of his new teammates. He wasn't entirely sure why he had been named the team leader, but he was capable of the position when it came down to it; and so he wanted to deal with the potential problems before they became actual problems.

First off, he needed to talk with Gambit and Spider-Man, and make sure they weren't going to have any difficulties with his leadership. They were both adults after all, and Spider-Man was...Spider-Man. After that was dealt with, he needed to meet the rest of the team and get an idea of their skills and temperament. He already had a head start, as he knew and had already worked with Kate and Cassie.

But, first things first: Gambit and Spider-Man.

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Jonas was alone only a few moments before the Cajun sauntered into the room with a wide grin on his face. "Everyone can relax, Gambit is ba...," he began, but fell silent when he realized that the room was empty save for one person: Jonas.

Remy's smile fell away as he glanced around the room, seemingly astonished. "Well, dis not de entrance Gambit had in mind."

Jonas nodded politely in greeting, turning away from the statue now that he wasn't alone.

"[Spider-Man should be here shortly,]" he said. "[I wanted to talk to the both of you before the rest of the team arrived.]" He stepped toward Gambit and held out a hand to shake. "[I am the Vision.]"

Remy helped to close the distance by stepping further into the Obs Deck and toward Vision. "De name's Gambit, in case you missed it," he said, shaking the strange, robotic kid's hand. "De vision of what, mon ami?"

"[I am aware, but thank you,]" Jonas said, shaking Gambit's hand firmly. "[Just 'The Vision'. The Wasp named my predecessor, a name which I inherited with his programming. I take it you haven't heard of him?]"

Peter swoops in moments later, already babbling mid-sentence, "I certainly hope 'programming' doesn't include the 'I was born to destroy the Avengers' schtick."

He lands with a barely audible patter and folds his arms, "Sup guys, what's the haps?"

No, the Avengers did that job quite well by themselves.

"[No, it does not. I am a Young Avenger, and I have installed the appropriate fail-safes to avoid the mistakes made by my predecessor.]"

Spider-Man seemed uninterested in shaking hands at the moment, so Jonas merely gestured. "[Gambit, this is Spider-Man. Spider-Man, Gambit.]" He lowered his hands down to his sides. "[I wanted to speak with the two of you on the subject of the leadership of Team Kilo.]" Jonas paused and waited for them to react.

Since he's yet to decide whether Gambit looks totally rad or totally ridiculous, (who does his hair?) Peter decides to flip the Cajun the most nonchalant of nods he can muster. Honestly? Jack Black has been subtler than Spidey is right now.

"Who's Kilo?" he turns back to Vision, stretching a hand about two feet above his own head, "Yay-high? Nefarious evildoer goatee? Forehead that seems to have aged faster than the rest of his face?"

Evidently he's talking about Worf.

"Non, mon ami," Gambit chuckled at Spider-Man's reply. "I tink dat be Wolf."

"[Worf,]" Jonas said. "[He is the leader of Team Alpha.]" It was handy, having an electronic memory. "[Kilo is the three of us, two of my teammates from home, and two girls I am currently unfamiliar with.]"

He looked at both of them for a moment. "[I have been named the leader. Hence the need for discussion.]"

Gambit just grinned and looked over at Spider-Man. "De kid tink we not gonna listen to him, homme. He tink you and me gonna be trouble," he said to the other 'adult.'

"Oh," he replies, rubbing the back of his neck pensively, "I hate to break it to you, guys, but I already joined a baseball team. You have to move quick to snap up guys like me at the start of the season."

No. No, he's not joking.

Thank you Gambit for putting the actual topic out there in words, and thank you Spider-Man for proving the that they did need to have this conversation in private.

"[I assure you, this will not interfere with your extra-curricular activities,]" Jonas said smoothly. "[I am well aware that you prefer to work alone. I am also personally aware that you are more than capable of working with others, which is all I intend to ask of you.]" That done, he turned to Gambit. "[I am much less familiar with you and, as such, simply request that you refrain from subverting my authority, at the very least.]"

He crossed his arms. "[I also ask that you both trust that I have the best interests of the team in mind, and keep that in mind when I ask you to do something.]"

Yes, he fully expected them to fight him every step of the way. And he had no intention of focusing energy on a fight like that when, perhaps, the other members of the team were hanging in the balance.

"Long as you ask nice, mon ami, Gambit not gonna give you any trouble," Remy answered.

You mean... he was actually, finally part of a team?! All those recruitment drives for the F4 and the Avengers that went so horribly awry, you mean to say they weren't all for nothing?! Oh, happy day! See him wibble! See him frolic! See him... Actually, he's not doing terribly much of either. In fact, he hasn't betrayed his glee in the slightest. Why waste the oppurtunity.

"It's not my capacity for working with others that's usually the problem, bub." He retorts, entirely deadpan.

"[I am well aware of that, Spider-Man,]" Jonas said. He had in fact just said as much. "[I will, of course, endeavor to remain polite.]"

Well, they appeared to be agreeable. He'd have to see how they behaved during team exercises, but hopefully he could take them at their word. "[Are there any other concerns that either of you would like to voice before I call the rest of the team?]"

"Non. Nothin' you can help me with, homme," Gambit answered. He sauntered over to one of the fleshy couches and collapsed down into it, reclining against the back. "Now what we say we get dis show on de road? Gambit hear dere gonna be movie night and I don't wanna miss it."

Spidey shrugs, "You seem pretty clued up on what the S-dog is all about, but I'll tell you what I told the cap. Ask me to do something I don't want to do and I won't do it. Simple as. Right now, I'm thinking we're not going to get too much of that any time soon."

He then turns to Gambit and grins under the mask. It goes unseens, "I'm with you, bud. I hear it's Sixteen Candles tonight."

It isn't, he's just going to coerce them into watching it anyway.

"[Thank you both,]" Jonas said with a nod, pulling out his omnicom. He could hook himself into the communication system directly, but he was unwilling to do anything like that without much more in-depth knowledge of its design and designers.

"[I will call the rest of the team.]"

Jonas sent the message to the other members of the team, asking them to report to the Observation Deck.

Most of them were on his team back home, but he was unfamiliar with Yuri Otani and Rei Hino. Hopefully, they wouldn't have any objections to his leadership either.

Yuri saw three people on the observation deck. The first was...he's red. And shiny. His features had a carefully neutral expression.

The next was a much more relaxed looking guy in some kind of black bodysuit. His body language and tone were jocular.

The third was Gambit-ojiisan, who got a little wave and a smile.

The last time she was forced to be on a 'team' it caused her no small amount of trauma, so she was a little trepidatious, but she was trying to rearrange her view on these things. Most people had been nice to her so far, after all...

"Hi, ah, i'm Yuri Otani." She says with a nervous little bow, hands clasped in front of her.

Rei gives the other girl a tiny smile. Yuri Otani...so she's the one she'd chatted with on the omnicomms the other day. She knows Kate from a round of archery training, but everyone else on the team roster is unfamiliar.

Resolving to make the best of the situation and start on an agreeable foot, she plunges in. "My name is Rei Hino. I'll be serving with you as well", she adds unnecessarily, bowing to the group.

Kate had recognized all of them, including the girl she had run into late one night.

"Hey, I didn't miss the party did I?" She grinned, and waved to all of them.

"Non, chere, de party just gettin started," Remy answered, climbing to his feet and crossing over to stand by Yuri. Reaching out with his gloved hand and tweaking the little girl's cheek with his fingers. "Ain't dat right, petite."

Billy ducked his head into the room for a moment before smiling and slipping in. He seemed to be just a bit late to the party, but he hoped no one cared. He was too busy exploring this place. It was huge!

"Sorry I'm late.. would you believe I got lost?" He looked over to Jonas and grinned brightly. "Hey Viz."

And Cassie was the last to arrive. At least it wasn't because she was being creepy in the Sensoriums.

"Here." She said softly, not even bothering to try offering an excuse. Being broody and weepy generally wasn't a good one.

Jonas bowed back to Rei and Yuri.

"[It is a pleasure to meet you,]" he said politely. "[I am the Vision, Stacy has named me leader of Team Kilo. I apologize for putting off this meeting so long.]"

Right off the bat, he could tell that they were going to need to come up with a rotation for people to keep an eye on Yuri. Cassie was young even for the Young Avengers, but Yuri didn't even look as if she had reached puberty yet.

He smiled a bit at Billy's explanation. "[I would, actually. I believe Danny Fenton is the ships cartographer, there is probably a map on the omnicom. You have received your omnicom already, correct?]"

Cassie was, of course, a little more concerning. He drifted over to stand near her, and looked around the room.

"[Now that we're all here, I believe introductions may be in order. As I said, and most of you are already familiar with, I am the Vision. Essentially, I am a human in a synthetic body; and my powers include density alteration, technological interfacing, holographic projection, and minor shape shifting.]"

He gestured for someone else do to the same.

She's the girlfriend of the team leader so of course she had to go immediately after him. Being supportive and all.

"Cassie Lang aka Stature. I can grow and shrink. And I know kung fu." That was supposed to be a joke, movie reference and all, but it wasn't delivered very well. "Hand to hand combat training, marksmanship but no where near as good as my friend here." She gestured to Kate.

She had wanted to go for leadership training too but Stark sucked.

Kate gave a grin at that, and figuring she should step forward next with that lead in, "Thanks, Cassie."

Funny, when back home she was the team leader's girlfriend. Hey, who knows what might happen if Eli ever wakes up? Though she's not sure where they would be then.

She then said, "I know I've met you all before, didn't get a chance to explain to Yuri here though. I'm Kate Bishop, also Hawkeye. I know archery, martial arts, swordfighting, and fencing." She then glanced over to Billy.

"Derr'z a bardy? I tod dis waz juz a regular team meatig." Yuri says, her cheek still pinched. She listens attentively as the others explain their powers and abilities, feels a little safer. Maybe these missions won't be as bad as alien fighting...

"I can't do anything special but Borg...ah..." She steps back to a safe distance from everyone else. "Ok Borg." His mouth opens wide, pink tongue with green saliva whipping out. His 'wings' flare out and from their bottom edge emerges dozens of what can only be described as drill-tentacles, they whip around her in a blur, forming a deadly, metallic matrice. She's not as coordinated as Kumi or Kasumi so she doesn't feel comfortable moving while this happens, but it's still an impressive display. When he's shown what he can do, Borg retracts his wings and drilltacles.

Rei instinctively tenses at the sight of the display. The whole thing uncomfortably resembles a youma attack, and for a second she thinks it might try to eat Yuri---but as a weapon, she has to admit that Borg is pretty unique.

"Right. As I said, my name is Rei Hino. I've been building my archery skills with Kate, and I can use this"---she holds up her transformation pen for a moment---"to activate my other power. I summon small bursts of fire and fling them. My hand-to-hand combat isn't up to par with many of the others, but I know how to get out of the way."

Spidey thumbs to himself and in his best Freddie Mercury, he squeaks, "Flash! Ah-ah! Saviour of the universe!"

Remy snorted at Spider-Man's impression and took a step forward and looked over the group with his fiery red eyes.

"De name's Gambit," he said, pulling an Ace of Spades from his brown duster and holding it up. There was a flash of bright pink light as a burst of energy surged through the playing card, charging it.

"And I'm a mutant," he finished, tossing the card over everyone's heads to an unoccupied area of the Obs Deck where it exploded in mid-air.

Billy smiled and rubbed at the back of his head. He wanted to talk to Rei some more, but knew that if anyone of his friends knew that he knew of her, BEFORE coming here, they'd think he was strange.

"Well I'm Billy Kaplan. Wiccan. I'm a mutant, and well... I have powers no one really understands. But I can do some pretty cool things with lightning."

"[Flash also occasionally goes by Spider-Man,]" Jonas deadpanned. It was good to know that Yuri wasn't quite as helpless as she first appeared. He still did not want her leading the charge, however. Rei was also interesting, he could definitely see the benefits to an archer with the ability to manipulate fire. That she was aware of her weakness at hand-to-hand and willing to work on improving her archery said very promising things about integrating her with the team.

He definitely wanted to talk with both of them privately later, to get a better idea of what they could do. Perhaps one-on-one sparring sessions?

"[Does anyone have any questions for me or for each other? I also welcome any ideas you have about how to make this team function as efficiently as possible. If not, would you prefer for us to get to know each other through talking or sparring?]"

Billy raised his hand slightly and bit into his bottom lip.

"Well, seeing as there are a few of us from the same world... I know it'd help me a bit if I knew what the last thing everyone remembered. I know I talked to Kate after arriving about everything..." He didn't know if he WANTED to be the one to tell Spider-Man that his greatest enemy was now ruling America.

Knowing when Stacy had abducted people from his universe would certainly help him determine what he could and could not say to who to avoid doing damage to the time-stream. He was not sure how erasures from time would occur on the ship with its strange not-quite-time, but he was willing to bet it would not be present.

"[I believe that Gambit and Spider-Man are from points preceding the four of us,]" he said. "[And I know that Stature and Hawkeye were taken from points after I was.]" He looked over and Gambit and Spider-Man. "[Would you two care to share?]"

"I came from Battleworld. Given you guys are junior Avengers, and Judd Nelson over there," Peter nods in Gambit's direction, "is probably cozy with Cyke's gang, I'm guessing there's a chance you've heard of it."

Then, he makes a very obvious aside to Rei and Yuri, miming a chatting mouth with his fingers, "Superteams."

And back to the group, "Just when I thought I was finally off that rock I woke up in my birthday suit here."

"Non," Remy answered with a firm shake of his head and a teasing grin, the strands of hair that hung over his eyes swaying as he did. "Gambit only share over candle light and violin music, homme. And you not Gambit's type."

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