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A Plethora of Tommys

WHO: Tommy Shepherd (in multiple forms), OTA
WHERE: Around the Spheres
WHAT: AU-ified Tommy all around.
WHEN: Feb 1st-29th
WARNINGS: The one marked Tommy Lehnsherr has a Tommy that isn't exactly nice, and he may get insulting or even violent. Sorry.
NOTES: I'm happy to do a bit of wiggle with dates for Tommy's different forms. Generally I'm thinking he's probably himself on weekends for helping Speedy out and to let him interact with AU'd people, but I'm not picky. See the bottom for notes on what each AU is.]

AU Notes over in the OOC comm

Prince Thomas Magnus
First thought? He's been kidnapped by Atlanteans. Seriously, Gramps is going to be SO UPSET at him for this. Even Howlett can't track into the ocean, can't smell things. And who said that Atlantean wizards or whatever couldn't keep Mom and William from scrying where he was for a rescue? But the thing is, normally Namor would come to gloat before this, right? Damn, now he's getting weirded out.

So Thomas Magnus, prince of the Magnus line of Genosha, clad in the family military uniform-esque formal wear of the royals, finds himself wandering through the spheres. He doesn't bother going fast, because it might draw too much attention. But he definitely doesn't remember how he got here. Or where here is, other than under the ocean. Maybe the Inhumans took him? If so then he is SORTA related so maybe he can find Princess Crystal and get her to demand they let him go.

In the mean time, Thomas really has to get a bit less obvious, doesn't he? The prince, not even thinking, just grabs a hat off of a passer by and plops it down on his own head to cover his shock of white hair and liberates a coat left on a nearby bench and pulls that on too. Dammit, what is even going on here?

"William, if this is your fault, I'm going to hide ALL your comics and tell Agent Darkholme that you're sneaking out to buy them against Mother's instructions."

There's always a slim chance William has that invisibility thing down now and is sneaking around nearby.

Tommy Vision(MCU)
There are literally two possibilities here for what is going on. A: Some spell mom or Billy were working went TOTALLY wrong and has sent him to some random place or time or part of the multiverse ~~more likely Billy than mom because Mom's been powerful FOREVER and doesn't seem likely to have done this~~, or he's been kidnapped. Kidnapped to get one of his Avenger parents to do something they don't want to do. The former? Sucks. The latter? The later is SUPER COOL!

Tommy grins as he considers it, darting here and there around the strange place he's found himself. There are stores and some sort of Moon festival, and people don't seem REALLY shocked by there being a super fast kid running around making a private sort of chaos. Either way, he knows someone will come and rescue him sooner or later. So really, Tommy isn't panicked at all. Instead he runs around, looking for familiar faces. Any Avenger would do.

And maybe, a bit later, he'll see a shock of familiar hair. And take off at maximum speed ~~slowing down at the last second~~ to sweep the woman up in his arms.

"Mom! You found me. Worst game of tag ever, by the way. I blame Billy."

Otherwise, after a few hours Tommy will definitely start to get impatient. There is ONLY SO MUCH meditation and calming behaviors his parents could teach him to handle a situation like this. So finally he reaches out and touches a person on their shoulder.

"Hey, sorry to bug you. My name's Tommy and I'm totally lost. Like, this REALLY isn't New York. Can you tell me where I am and how I'm supposed to get back to the states? My parents are gonna freak when they find out I'm missing. I'll be grounded for, like, EVER. They'll make me sit down with, like, Black Panther or Winter Soldier or Captain Marvel and have them give me one of those 'We're not Mad, we're Disappointed' looks. And it's not even my fault this time!"

Tommy Lehnsherr
They've dampened his powers. The older man, silver hair and a scar stretching from the bottom left corner of his mouth down to the hinge of his jaw sneers as he looks around this place. This trap. A new form of N-Zone? Who knows. What he can say is that this place is not where he was when he went to sleep last night. He had been in a safehouse in Bulgaria, waiting for the chance to finish his current plan against those frustrating New Avengers that his Soul-Twin was part of. Instead here he was, sitting on a bench and glaring at the path in front of him. His hands were raised, and he was trying to explode it. And there was NOTHING there. This place had stripped away his powers.

"Fucking racist flatscans," he curses as he lowers his hands. "Too afraid to face me at my power. I'll drag this place down around your damn EARS!"

Thomas Maximoff
This wasn't his bedroom. This wasn't his house. This wasn't a LOT of things that he knows. And the kid doesn't know what to do with that. He woke up in a strange bed with a strange guy and immediately snuck out. Stranger danger was very real. And now the little boy was out in the hall between the Spheres, looking very nervous. No, not just nervous. Scared.

Later, after someone has explained everything to him, the boy, not quite eight and living with a shock of white hair that he's still getting used to seeing in reflections, starts to explore. The place is WAY TOO BIG with everything around here, but he definitely wanders anyway, asking people tons of annoying questions. And all while carrying a young sloth in two sweaters that is clinging either to his arm or his neck.

"Hi," he greets anyone he sees. "I'm Tommy. Mom says I'm not supposed to talk to strangers. So if you tell me who you are, you're not a stranger, And then I can ask where I can maybe find lunch?"

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Haga was pretty bothered by the fact that he was dragged to a place he didn't know. And what a timing for him to be whisked away from home. He was successful in crushing Atem and his stupid friends and had secured a nice, safe place right beside Dartz. Quite unlucky, but he was bound to survive.

He's trying to get used to his surroundings when he spots a guy sitting on a bench, looking as angry as one can be, muttering swear words and protests under his breath.

"Hehe... What's wrong, friend? Not adapting well to your new home?"

Tommy lifts his gaze to the boy and raises an eyebrow. A kid, bugging him? Yeah, that isn't that interesting. Except, well, his hair is an interesting color. Makes him think, sorta, of his Aunt. Not that he cares much to think about Lorna, with her foolish heroics.

"I'm not your friend, boy. And I'm annoyed that I can't explode anything."

"Oh, you are one of those people with powers, hm?" Haga is kinda bummed that the Orichalcos doesn't really give him any special abilities outside Duel Monsters, which is a pointless skill in this place, but that also means he isn't really stripped from any powers either.

"I guess now you are just like one of us regular folks! I hope you soon learn to enjoy your new mediocre life!" He chuckles. There's nothing better than to see people who were once on top struggling to deal with their fall.

Regular folks? Tommy's eyes narrow as he listens to the boy laugh.

The thing is, well, Thomas Lehnsherr has been a speedster far longer than Tommy Shepherd was. He wasn't limited by the paltry speeds his younger self could manage. And he definitely isn't bound by silly things like concern for civilians or humans. He moves faster than a thought. Or at least the sorts of thoughts Haga can have. One moment he's sitting on a bench, highly annoyed at the world. The next he's behind the boy, leaning down to whisper in his ear.

"Careful kid. Being stripped of my hyperkinetic molecular manipulation doesn't mean I'm 'regular folks'. There is nothing mediocre about me. And little bugs like you should be really careful when talking to your betters."

Haga's laugh is cut abruptly by Tommy's sudden approach, and for a moment his whole body flinches at the words said to him, a surprised look on his face. But, be it due to the Orichalcos influence making him far too cocky, or his sense of self-preservation being far too gone, he doesn't run away as expected.

Instead, his smirk is back on his lips.

"Look at you, using your big words." He turns on his heels, looking right into Tommy's eyes. "You think I'm scared of you just because you are quick on your feet? Oh no, the big bad man is gonna run me to death!" Another grating laugh comes from Haga. "Give me a break!" He places a finger on Tommy's chest.

"You don't scare me."

Oh what an idiot. Tommy's back in front of him, picking the bench up. Pulling the thing, bolts and all, from the ground. And holding it over his head. With three fingers. Then he drops it. The noise it makes as it crashes to the ground is impressive. It's heavy. Very heavy.

"Maybe you should be scared, little flatscan."

Haga can't help but flinch when the other picks up the bench like it's nothing and just throws it down on the ground, damaging the concrete under their feet. Haga became exponentially more cocky with the power of Orichalcos, but he was still just a human at the end of the day.

Still, he tries to bluff.

"So that's what you gonna do? Threaten me? Guess it's easy when the other person is half your size, hm?" Haga boldly gives a step forward, eyes narrowing at the man standing in front of him. "You showing off to someone like me proves nothing. Wow, you are threatening to beat up a kid, how impressive of you!" The sarcasm is clear in his voice.

"Half my size is only unthreatening when you're a filthy human," Tommy counters, his voice icy and disdainful. "Your kind deserves wiped off the face of the Earth."

With that he moves closer, glaring down a the kid. "Run, child."

It's probably very irresponsible of him to not listen to this obviously dangerous man. And yet...

"And what if I don't?" Haga stays put, fists clenching, eyes narrow as he stares at the other's face.

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There were positives to this place and negatives. Mostly negatives in Lorna's eyes. The strange family aspect was a positive, mostly. It was a complicated positive. Just like everything in her life. Regardless of how positive or negative things were her mood still swung back and forth just like it always did. Currently it was swinging to the back end of bad with her keeping mostly to herself. Time passed with her spending most of it inside her room hiding from just about everything. How much time passed without her actually speaking to anyone is something she's not even quite sure about. A week maybe? More? Who knows. Eventually though she manages to drag herself out of her bed and to check on people. Looking for Tommy was one of the first things she thought to do.

The man she found instead wasn't quite what she expected. There's no doubt that the older man is either Tommy or someone who looks exactly like an older version of Tommy might. A rougher version of the Tommy that's definitely seen some shit. She tucks her hands into the pocket of her leather studded jacket as she approaches him with an arched eyebrow.

"Hey there, watch the language," she chides with a sardonic little smirk.

The first reaction to someone saying that was to flip the person off. But when he looks up and sees who it is, he can't help but smirk. Definitely looks familiar. Not his, but familiar enough.

"What, you going to make me, Dane? Because I doubt you can."

He's very careful about no magnetic metals on himself.

She folds her arms over her chest and arches her eyebrow at his reaction. Not an expected reaction from Tommy of any kind.

"Lets not put that to the test," there's a terseness in her voice with the comment. The last thing she wants is some sort of fight with some version of her alternate universe nephew. That entire sentence is beyond weird. "What's gotten into you?"

"Not nearly enough liquor for a place like this," Tommy dismisses, amused. But he stands, slowly. The sort of showman move that is very Magneto. "And maybe I'm less than amused that I have to spend time here surrounded by all these flatscans with ho escape."

"Maybe you just need to try harder to find it," she replies with a slight shrug. There's something oddly off-putting about the gesture. More than likely just because of the fact that it reminds her a bit too much of the complicated emotions that come with any thought that has to do with her father.

"Flatscans?"

She doesn't know what a flatscan is? Tommy raises a single eyebrow.

"Homo inferior," he answers. "Humans. The pathetic creatures who think they stand above us, and aren't fit to be trod upon."

"Anyone tell you that you sound like someone?" Or exactly like her father in one of his extreme crazy modes. Not that she liked or trusted humans. In fact she bordered on hating them herself. Still she hadn't gone all the way into calling them pathetic creatures that aren't fit to be trod upon.

"That I take after Grandfather?" Tommy asks, and his lips tweak into a smile. "I should be so lucky."

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Wanda was surprised when her son suddenly swept her into his arms. It was a pleasant surprise but she wasn't used to him being so open in his affection. They'd taken great lengths to get as far as they have and it'd taken a great deal of time. This felt out of character for him.

"Tommy?" Her brow furrowed. "Are you alright?"

Her arms were around his neck as she hugged him and slowly regained her footing. Tommy's speed was impressive but she was accustomed to this kind of thing from her brother.

Definitely out of character. He grins and just hugs her.

"Yeah. I mean, now that you're here. Like, seriously, what is this place? Yeah yeah, they told us why, but that doesn't make any sense. Did, I don't know, someone make like a teleporter and bring us here? I don't believe the story."

And he's definitely a bit uncomfortable, pulling away to frown at her.

"Like, this place is weird, Mom."

He says it so easily, like he has ALWAYS called her that.

Wanda was caught completely off guard. She'd dreamed of moments like this, where Tommy and Billy had been her son's and it suddenly felt like she'd been thrown into that dream. Whatever was going on, she wanted to tread lightly.

"It is weird." She agreed with a soft smile. "I admit that I am not sure what this place is or what brought us here."

Her smile widened. "I'm just glad your safe. What do you remember last? Anything specific?" Maybe it'd give her a clue as to what was going on.

Well yeah, he remembers a lot of things. Tommy looks around for a bench. He likes to sit when he's talking to his mom. Otherwise he gets pacing. He'd carry her to it, but he's had it beaten into his head that it is SUPER rude to do that.

And so instead he smiles at her.

"Well, Billy was making dinner tonight, his turn. Chicken Paprikash, but your recipe. Not Dad's. And I was working on my E&M homework, hoping to get it finished so Dad could look it over and make sure I didn't fuck it up. Seriously, I'm glad you guys convinced us not to stay in the dorms, because it's nice to have him to look over stuff. Uh, Billy said something about you and the Avengers being out doing stuff? Like, there was some sort of robots, not like Ultron, in the city, and you guys were being helpful. I was gonna run to the bodega to get fresh rolls, but then there was this light and I was here and couldn't figure out why."

Wanda noticed Tommy looking for something and gently pulled him towards the edge of the crowd where there would be places to sit and talk privately. The entire time she listened, letting the words process and sink into her.

"I see. Then you were just brought here." Maybe it was a different Tommy? Another Universe, anther Wanda.

She really didn't know.

"I'm afraid to say that this place isn't that simple Tommy but we're together so it'll be okay." It almost hurt to say that, fearing that this wasn't the Tommy she'd come to know and love. It shouldn't matter. All Tommy's and Billy's are her children but the boy she knew here in the sphere was someone she shared a deeper connection with. She wondered if this was what Tommy felt when he first met her.

"We don't know who brought us here or the way home yet but we will." She smiled confidently at him. "I won't let anything happen to you."

"Come on, Mom," Tommy groans. Don't be so sappy. "I can protect myself. Mostly. But..."

But it is nice that she's here. That he doesn't have to worry about being alone. His mom would never let anything happen to him, at all.

"Where is here? I would rather go home, you know? Can we just go home? I've got homework, and we were taking Morgan to the movies tomorrow, you know?"

She continued to smile at him. "I know but you know it makes me feel better if I can protect you anyway." He would always be her son. No matter what version of Tommy was in front of her.

"This is called the Sphere. It's an underwater world that is on a different reality. I haven't been able to find a way out yet but I imagine your brother is working on it too." Assuming he knew that Tommy was gone. That was a detail that Wanda wasn't going to get into.

There were many ways to protect someone.

"I'm sorry. It will take some time. You'll have to be patent." She knew that it was hard for him to slow down in any sense.

"Yeah, Mom, I know that very well," Tommy rolls his eyes. Though he thinks he's starting to get to the age where he can protect her too. Isn't that okay? But he listens and nods along with what she's saying. Makes sense. It all makes a lot of sense.

"I... you KNOW I hate it when you and Dad tell me to be patient. It's not easy, right?"

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