New War

Coty walks through Avenger's headquarters, looking around for someone to talk to. He was extremely bored. He walks into the debriefing room to find Rich and Dani sitting across the table from each other. "Hey, guys." He says, sitting down in a chair at the end.

Dani turns towards him. "Hey, Coty. What's up?"

Coty shrugs. "Not much really. I was just looking for someone to talk to."

Rich chuckles. "What? The little baby need attention?"

Coty glares at him. "Shut it, Rich."

"Yeah. Really, Rich. You don't have to insult everybody." Dani replies, glancing back at him.

Rich smiles smugly. "Is the fire girl getting upset with someone picking on someone younger than them?"

Coty glances at Dani and could see that she was about to lose her temper. "I'd stop if I were you, Rich, or else something bad's going to happen."

Dani's eyes glow slightly and smoke rises from the chair she's sitting in. Rich smirks at her as he leans back in his chair. "I don't think I want to stop. I'm having too much fun."

Dani's muscles tense. Coty leans over and places a hand on her bare arm. "Calm down, Dani. It's only going to make things worse."

Dani shakes her head. "He deserves a beating." She leaps towards Rich, wh nearly falls backwards out of his chair trying to get away from her, but Coty quickly grabs her around the waist and holds her back. She fights to get out of his grip, but he holds on tight. Her rock hard arms beat against his arms as he struggles to get her to the freeze chamber quickly. Smoke rises from his shirt as her body temerature rises. Small flames leap acros her skin as she fights to get out of his grip.

"Let me go!" Dani screams, fighting against his grip. "Let me beat the living crap out of him "

Coty grits his teeth and tightens his grip on her slightly. He ignores the burning smell coming from hie shirt. Finally, he reaches the freeze chamber. Quickly, he opens the door and throws her in. As soon as she hits the ground, she bursts into flames and turns on him. He slams the door shut before turning the chamber on.

Dani hits the door once before ice cold air floods the chamber, putting out her flames. She slides to the ground as she starts to calm down. After a moment, Coty turns the chamber off and opens the door. He picks her up carefully.

"Now, lets get you back to your room and warm you up." Coty says soothingly. He slowly leads her to her room. When they pass the debriefing room, Rich is standing outside of it. Dani is too cold to notice him, but Coty glares at him before turning back to Dani. He walks into her room and places her on her bed. He pulls the covers up around her. "There you go. Now, rest and warm up."

Dani smiles at him. "Thanks, Coty." She leans up and places a soft kiss on his cheek before laying down and curling up under the warm blanket.

Coty just stares at her. He stands up and walks out of the room as he toushes his cheek where she kissed him. He's snapped back to the present when he hears a chuckling from his left. He immediately whirls towards the voice and slams the person against the wall. He then sees that it's just Rich.

Rich laughs again. "Wow. Is there a spark or is Rachel somewhere nearby?" He laughs again.

Coty growls. "Shut up, Rich." When Rich doesn't stop laughing, he slams his fist into the wall next to Rich's head. Rich stops laughing and stares at him. "Now, just leave people alone. Because if you don't stop, then people are going to do the same thing to you that you do to them."

Rich smirks. "And what can you really pick on me about?"

Coty smiles evilly. "Let me just ask you this... is there something between you and Elyssa?"

Rich pales slightly. He shakes his head. "No. There's nothing between me and her."

"Maybe not, but we can all see that you like her." Coty retorts.

Rich opens his mouth to say something, but closes it a second later.

Coty cmiles triumphantly. "You see? We do have something on you. Everyone can see it. So, if you don't want us picking on you about that, then don't pick on us about our things. Got it?" Rich nods. "Good." He then turns and walks towards the living area.

Richard glares after him before heading to his room.