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now i'm stronger than yesterday

Who: The Hulk, some unfortunate scientists, and YOU.
When: Early morning hours of Day 22 (before sunrise). Good mooooorning.
Where: Near the woods.
What: After going missing for four in-game days, Bruce comes back... Kind of. Come mingle with the big guy!

At some point in time, Bruce wakes up to find himself held captive, and he decides to break free.

That much, at least, the Hulk knows, or can guess, or whatever – he doesn't really care about Banner's issues very much at all because Banner doesn't care about his, and if he didn't need the Hulk, he wouldn't have let him out in the first place. Why should the Hulk care about him? What the Hulk does care about are people trying to hurt Banner because Banner's body is his body somewhere down the line, and that is so not okay. That is the opposite of okay.

They might be able to contain Banner, but the Hulk is convinced they can't contain him.

He's right. Of course. He's the strongest there is, and these dinky, wimpy little scientists with their stupid machines are so easy to squish. Too easy – there's a nagging, a tugging, and something from Banner's end bleeds through. It isn't really a conscious thought, or a string of words, but it's something the Hulk understands anyway. Take prisoners to interrogate. What were they doing to Banner, what did they want to do with the Hulk?

The Hulk snorts, but nods to himself. Okay, Banner. That's a good one.

While the Hulk's deciding this, his captors realize the Hulk's right – they aren't going to win this one.

The Hulk couldn't pinpoint the exact moment when they start to move him; he's busy fighting, dealing with a particularly thorny (but ultimately destroyed, thanks) machine. He does notice when he starts to fall.

Roaring in rage, he drops out of the sky much like Loki's box did, and he lands on his back, with a loud crash, just outside of the woods. In his arms, he's cradling one live scientist. Two dead ones tumble out with him, in crumpled heaps beside him, but he doesn't really pay attention to that. What matters to him is trying to figure out where those white coat bastards dropped him. He holds out his captive, looking into his face, and thinks of how to interrogate.

Maybe if he just growls in his face.

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The Hulk tenses, stepping back and crouching to take whatever fight this springy person might have once he gets close enough, but he recognizes him as soon as he speaks. That's kind of strange for the Hulk, honestly -- recognizing people who recognize him and still want to talk to him before trying to kill him. He doesn't think the Flag Man will go that route either. Weird.

He looks at the prisoner hanging under his arm, clearly unconscious or maybe even dead, and he snarls.

"Not a guy; prisoner."

"Okay Hulk," he replies. "I need you to put the prisoner down, so we can take him in," he adds, as he goes around to the other men and checks their pulses. Yep, dead as doornails.

He straightens up as soon as he's done with that, looks Hulk straight in the eyes. "I'm sorry for what they did to you. What they tried to do to you. And I'm sorry we couldn't come help." He slowly approaches, arms slightly out to catch the scientist if Hulk decides to drop him. He hopes that's what going to happen, and then he can worry about getting the Hulk to get back to Dr. Banner. "We tried to come look for you. Everyone will be happy you're safe. Thank you, for coming back."

The Hulk narrows his eyes during the Flag Man's speech, waiting for the punchline. It isn't that he thinks the Flag Man really wouldn't mean anything he's saying -- actually, that's the problem. He thinks Flag Man probably does. It's weird... trusting... people.

"Didn't get much chance to do anything to me." The pronoun use is proof of how calm he is, and he eyes Flag Man's arms for a second before he drops the scientist into them. His expression turns menacing as he points a big, green finger at him.

"Don't lose him."

"Not a chance, Hulk. Don't worry about it." He checks the guy's pulse. Great. A little faint, but it's there. "We need to take him somewhere, and I'm gonna need a doctor. He can't talk if he dies."

He's careful when he takes the scientist, thinks he might have to carry the guy bridal-style, although he'd like nothing more than to just sling him over his shoulder and take his time. "Do you mind if I talk to Dr. Banner? We're gonna get him somewhere safe and watch over him."

The Hulk would be more than happy to carry the scientist in the absolute worst position possible if Flag Man would only let him have him back. He's a little nervous to see the scientist go, and he curls and uncurls his fist for a minute before he decides it'll be okay. He just doesn't want to lose this hostage, but he's working with a team, or something, and maybe it's time to pass him off.

He glares when Flag Man asks about Banner.

"No.." The Hulk isn't eager to let go of what time he gets to have, especially when he didn't have to fight for it in the first place. "He'll be back soon enough." He sounds bitter because he is.

"That's fine, Hulk." He does think the Hulk sounds bitter, but... he doesn't exactly know how this works, or how they get along. He knows if Hulk wanted, he could punch Steve out and take the scientist back, so he's glad that he's helping.

"I have to check on the... prisoner, alright? And then we're gonna tie him up, and he won't go anywhere until we're ready to deal with him. It might not be until the Doc's back, so is there anything you'd like to ask him?"

The Hulk starts to shake his head, then rethinks.

"A message." He growls, bearing his teeth. "They better think twice before they take Banner again." His hands curl into fists, and for a second, he wishes intensely he were back at that place. There was still so much to destroy; he'd barely gotten started, and he wants to tear whatever that thing was that brought him here out of the sky and destroy it too.

"Do you remember anything about the place?" he asks, since he assumes it wasn't in the sky and that was just some sort of magic teleportal thing. Which doesn't make him believe this whole thing is less Asgardian, although he is a little thrown by the scientists, if that's the case. No humans should be capable of doing this. Any of this.

"Lab. There were machines, and metal monsters." Emphasis on the were. "Lots of white coats. They were experimenting on Banner." The bed that Banner must've been laying on was pretty well destroyed by the time he finished changing, but the Hulk noticed it nonetheless, and the restraints.

"Do you know... what kind of experiments?" Because that's not cool but it'd be better if they just chose him as a test subject to represent all of them, instead of choosing him as a test subject to represent all of the Hulks. Everything about this damn place is so invasive; Steve has to stop before he starts grinding his teeth.

"And do you know roughly how many scientists came to see him?" He's not even sure if Banner was the only experiment, or if all the scientists had clearance to see him. He's thinking "no," so by the description he thinks they're overstaffed. But lax on security in regards to holding The Hulk... that could be something to take advantage of.

He just gives Flag Man a Look. What was he supposed to be doing? Reading their reports? No, he was smashing all their reports, and throwing them in their faces. And it was really a lot of fun and cathartic. Screw those scientists. Screw all scientists, really. Especially Banner.

"Smashed experiments. And I don't know."

Well, that's not a lot to go on, but he's sure there can be more once the scientist they have wakes up.

"Do you want to come with me in case the prisoner wakes up?" Not that he needs Hulk to be there, but, it might help scare the guy into giving up some information.

He eyes Flag Man, but no -- he really meant that. It's strange and almost off-putting, in how unexpected it is. He could say yes, he realizes, and it would be okay, but he's maybe not ready to accept it yet, and he glances back at the woods.

"I want to fight through."

"Me too, but I want some answers first." He looks up at the Hulk, and sympathizes with him. "If you really wanna go out there, I can call someone to take care of the prisoner. I'm not letting you go back there alone." He's not sure what he can do, especially since they can bypass the serum, but if Hulk wanted to go that bad he would have done it already.

He wants to make sure this prisoner got somewhere safe first, and he weirdly trusts Flag Man. He's good at giving orders without making the Hulk feel like he's... being ordered around.

"You take him." He turns to look at the woods, then makes up his mind. "Hulk will fight. He won't lose."

He looks at Hulk and sighs. "At least take someone else with you. I think you can win, and I think you can win easily, but they... they made something that got past my serum and they might have something for you, too. I'm not taking that chance."

He'll make this quick. He pulls out his wristwatch.

"Hulk will be fine."

Peace out! He starts heading that way, but he is pretty confident. If the forest could hurt him, they would've dropped him there.

Steve looks after him and draws his mouth into a tight frown as he looks at his wristwatch and decides it's time to make some phone calls.

Congratulations, you are going to be followed like a Hawk....

And just when Clint had gone home to bury himself into some blankets, it'd figure he'd get pinged. A part of him was tempted to ignore it. But then another part of him knew that duty called before he pulled his arm out of the covers. "Barton, what's up?" He looked down at his communicator before sliding a bit to sit up.

"Hulk's back, but he ran off into the woods. Kinda hard to miss. I've got... a prisoner to tie up and some men to bury, if you wouldn't mind going after him." That's a valid excuse, right?

"The scientist. Yeah, 've seen the big guy wanderin' around, sir." He's already rolling back out of bed. "I'll get my eyes on 'em, Cap."

"Thanks," he replies. "I'm handing the scientist off to Coulson and Carter. Good luck out there."

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