Outside Atlas Gym, Thursday Morning

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Clint had planned on going to work today, thinking that the inside of the gym might be a safe place to watch the strange fog and keep an eye out for whatever the hell was happening to the island this time around. But when he got to the gym, the inside looked abandoned and desolate, and his key wouldn't even open the door.

"This is why we can't have anything nice," he muttered, looking around. He could have turned around and gone back home, but that would have been the smart choice--staying in town to investigate the fog was a much more Clint-ish idea.

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[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

From a building behind him, what was left of a girl poked her head out from inside the wall, watching.

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It took a few moments for the feeling of being watched to creep up on Clint, and then he turned around, smiling a little at Kitty. "Find anything interesting in there?" he asked.

[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

She didn't say anything, because she couldn't anymore. Instead she moved out of the wall and drifted towards him, her feet not touching the ground.

She stopped a few steps from him, and cocked her head to the side to see what he was going to do.

[so_hawkward]

Clint was... just going to freeze and stare because what the hell? "So, not Kitty?"

[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

No, not Kitty. Not that she knew to recognize herself as that anyway anymore.

She did answer that, though, by opening her mouth far too large and letting out something that might've been a scream, if a scream sounded and felt like being sucked through a wind tunnel.

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"Shit!" Clint yelled, continuing to swear as he yanked hard on the door to the gym, and then backed up when it didn't budge. "Kitty, stop. It's me!" Which, he knew, was stupid to say if she didn't know him, but he was just running on terrified instinct at the moment.

[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

Suddenly seeming to vanish into mist, she darted through the door right next to him and then out again on his other side, just to play with him a little.

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Clint had to admit, he'd forgotten how utterly creepy Kitty's powers could be when she wasn't using them to save people. "Ha ha, that's very funny," he said, trying to keep his tone light. "You're a fun... whatever the hell you are. Nice and fun, so you're not going to hurt me, right?"

[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

She answered that by resuming her more ghostly form in front of him again, and taking a swipe at his head with her hand.

Maybe it would hurt him, maybe it wouldn't.

[so_hawkward]

Oh yeah, that definitely hurt, and the ringing in Clint's ears was... well, something he was familiar with, but still unpleasant. "Stay back!" he said, backing up himself to get some distance between them. "I don't want to hurt you."

Seriously, he was going to have a real problem fighting someone who looked like his wife. Thanks, Fandom.

[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

She made a sound that was something like a weird, hollow laugh as she floated towards him. He might not want to hurt her, but she was completely okay with hurting him if he stuck around.

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Swearing very soundly again, Clint turned and started running full speed, trying to think of which side streets he could duck down to lose his new stalker. He wasn't sure what he'd tell the real Kitty about this, if he'd tell her anything at all, but he wasn't looking forward to the conversation.

[hollowcat.livejournal.com]

She chased after him, again turning into some sort of mist, occasionally darting through a building's wall and then exploding small parts of it as she exited. He'd gain distance the more she did that, but this had a better effect.

[so_hawkward]

If the effect she was going for was scaring the crap out of him, she was definitely succeeding. Clint headed straight down one street, then darted sideways between some warehouses to try to get her off his trail. He didn't stop running though, because he wasn't completely out of self-preservation.