Ryan rolls his eyes, the smile vanishing. "Oh, I don't know, the Atlantic, heading back to the Institute so I can heal James. I'm with the group that decided to help Kelly, with a Tommy-clone and his assistant."
"Anika probably just wants someone else to feel the pain that she's feeling...what with her proto-Eternal gods and all that. The evidence against her beliefs keeps piling in...so if you really want to hurt her, without pulling her apart physically, try that tactic. She prides herself on her code of ethics, so I know I would probably question the morality of using a portal to jump people and beat the hell out of them just because they said things you didn't like."
"And as fun as it may be to taunt Anika, I think we need to focus on our priorities, the first of which is that SOB Proxy. World ending bad, right? Gilden might have some idea, since the occult is his specialty." Ryan felt guilt surge through him then, along with a list of three names. Me. Tim. Tina. I feel sick sometimes, that I could even think like that.
Christ, though. Anika called Tina an idiot in front of everyone? If we weren't facing some kind of emergency, my first advice to Tina would be to go for it. Kick her ass. How dare she? But really, should Tina be calling me about this kind of stuff? I mean, she's a tough girl...that's why I like her.
"Alright, I'm sorry Tina, I know you can take care of yourself, but I feel like I have to say something to our crazed wannabe priestess. I hope to see you soon, and get our first date started for real, without all the crazy body-switching and meddling Eternals. I'll call you back after I get off the phone with our 'coleader,' " Ryan says, the quotation marks and scorn evident.