The console inside Xavin’s ship beeped in a certain pattern, indicating an incoming message. That was all the warning received before an explosion shook the Avengers’ Tower. Something had set off the Skrulls - maybe something had happened out there in space, or maybe they were just tired of waiting for Dorrek VIII to “come to the correct conclusion
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He needed to find Teddy and make sure he was alright. If these bastards took him, he didn't know what he would do.
He didn't really register Karolina's presence until the last of his chasers went crashing downwards. "Have you seen Teddy?" he called. "Are you okay?"
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It seemed a fairly good plan, in a general sort of way. The aliens had used up their one shot with the element of surprise. If they could keep the Skrull and the Kree from successfully making off with Teddy by greater numbers, both factions would have to pull out and make another plan.
Wouldn't they?
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"I...I don't know," she admitted. She wasn't so worried; Xavin was more a warrior than she was, and she hadn't suffered anything worse than a spill and a nasty bruise. Now that she thought about it, though...
"She'd go after Altman too," she said, more certain of that than anything else in the chaos. "To protect him," she added hastily, "Not to make off with him."
The flyer she'd shot at from above had gotten back on course and zoomed up into their feet. Karolina broke away from Billy and sent a widespread wave of solid light after it as it tried to brake and wheel around. From the elbows down, her arms were lost in the shape of the wave. The ship floundered, lost momentum, and gave into the inexorable push of her light, crashing back through the wall of the building.
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