Disclaimer, I own nothing mentioned in this fic which holds a copyright, and while I would say I belong to me saying I own myself could start a confusing theological debate on the nature of God. This story was done only for fun, not taking it too seriously so don't take it as such. Hope you enjoy and please be kind enough to review.
Gold Digger the Insertion Files
Chapter 1: When guy who is guys meet girls
It was a mostly uneventful day that day. I had a few days to myself and was just enjoying my down time. Thing is I rarely know what to do with my down time when it comes to the cold and unpleasant days of the Eastern Montana winter. I had been playing with my cat, watching a few of my DVDs, playing games, etc., but was suffering from what is usually referred to as the doldrums.
I scratched my cat behind the ears again as I decided to once more pick up the game controls and play something, or I would have if the system would respond.
"What the...give me a freaking break here." If I had been thinking more clearly I would have decided to say that's it and just take a nap. I wasn't thinking clearly.
"Come on, I don't have time for this...blasted stupid..." Actually I did have time, just didn't want to wait a few minutes to do something more productive than play a game I'd beaten countless times. If I had really been thinking I would have just sat down, caught my breath, and gone back to hugging my cat; but then again I wouldn't have had this happen to me.
As I pressed the restart button on the console I was, for a lack of better term, zapped. My whole body just froze in time as I felt a pulse of energy surge through me as time itself seemed to slow down. With no command from my own facilities, my other hand flew back and from it shot out the same force that was holding me hostage. I couldn't see what form it was in, or what was going on with my own body as I was feeling the odd and seemingly impossible to be true sensation of my consciousness being spread out from my arm and hand and into the game system I was touching. I could feel the electrical signal in it, and from it spread out to my other systems till I was connected in some strange ethereal net. I felt the same tug, but from the other side of the room through my outstretched hand as I sensed my portable games act in the same manner as my console ones.
While not in pain, the inability to do anything with my own body was terrifying. As I was continuing to be paralyzed through that unseen, awesome grip of whatever it was that held me. My body was struck taught and instead of myself being pulled further apart, I felt the inexplicable sensation of being imbedded with what at first felt like the same form of existence as my own expanded mind, but yet so impossibly different. Then in a instant snap of reality I was flooded with thoughts, information, power, and sensations I could not fathom. From my "fingers" they came up my arms, and straight into my mind as I could feel the characters I had played, and not like feeling a figurine, but I could sense the core of their being.
The shear insanity of this was overshadowed by the rush of power and upwelling of unbridled capability. It was...intoxicating. And yet...as the rush of feeling the skills, feelings, capabilities of those I had used to play out those pre-programmed games I felt more...I felt their minds, their hearts. I was impossibly looking through the eyes of fantastic heroes, defiant villains, and all those in-between. I was full of the courage, honor, moral character of some of the most virtuous of beings, while at the same time the ruthlessness, cunning, and audacity of the malicious foes of the whole of the videogame universe. Literally it was to be caught gazing through the eyes of heaven and hell simultaneously.
As the pull on my mental existence continued, I could sense and end to it. Like the thin edge of an egg shell came the force pulling towards me and into me. Soon I felt my fingers on the counsel button and the warm stale air of my apartment. If I could have blinked I would have.
I had thought it was over. The end result of a inexplicable and incalculably small anomaly in the fabric of our universe perhaps had come to a close, but oh how wrong that was. As I felt my conciseness seem to materialize to my familiar physical form, I was once more jarred to as my hand, compelled by some unknown puppeteer, now reached towards my TV and there to the DVD player.
As helpless as I was the second I touched my console, so to now I was with my hand placed upon the play button. Once more my whole body seemed to distort and bend as if a phantasm of ethereal silly putty, but instead of remaining seated, my whole body was drawn and drained into the entertainment device. If seeing was not controlled by my eyes they would have rolled back into my head as I felt the white cascade of the titanic forces of the cosmos wash through me like a massive crashing wave and the unstoppable pull of some great vacuum tear at my very being. While not painful, it was in the pure sense of the word: overwhelming.
I had no idea what had happened as I was again able to feel the physical world once more. I was on some sort of grassy field with a cool, but not cold, breeze upon my face. I remained motionless, in half-lid sleep of sorts, unable to rouse myself to motion or to even to open my eyes fully to see where I actually was.
"Think he's alright?" I heard a soft and feminine voice ask as I sensed two sets of footsteps approach me.
"He better be. I don't know exactly what you were looking for here Gina, but some place to pull strange guys out of thin air isn't one of them."
Two female voices, one seemed Caucasian, the other possibly of African ancestry. But who were they?
"Hey you alright there pal?" The African's voice asked as she reached down and nudged me. Her hand was large, strong, but not much force put behind it. Clearly it seemed she meant me no harm.
"Yea, just out of it...excuse me but where am I and who..." I tried to finish, heck I tried to just get up. coming from feeling as if I had the power of a ancient god to being barely able to move was a bit annoying to say the least, still I was alive.
"Easy there buddy. We aren't going to hurt you." The Caucasian one, Gina I believe said as she helped the other get me to my feet. "Now if you don't mind, who are you, and what are you doing here?"
"I think I just asked you a similar question." I tried to joke, "And didn't quite get an answer." I was trying to smile with mirth and to tease, but I couldn't quite keep on my feet and fell backwards. Thankfully Gina's associate seemed more than able to hold me up.
"Whoa there pal, take it easy. You okay to stand?" Like Gina she seemed to mean me no harm and was genuinely caring towards me, or as one would be to any stranger that needed a little help.
"Thanks...not quite sure, just can't seem to focus too well." I was getting better, but slowly.
"Well I'm Britanny, and my sister here is Gina. We are kind of camping over this area and saw that you just flashed here and thought one of my nerdy sister's experiments went wrong, again."
Wait Britanny? Gina? It couldn't be, could it?
"Nerdy? I'll have you know that I'm one of the greatest scientific minds in the whole world thank you. And we are not 'camping out'." As I could see better I noticed she was a blonde woman with remarkable figure and large glasses with a Indiana Jones type hat, sleeveless t-shirt, brown leather gloves, and a pair of "daisy duke" shorts.
I blinked. It was, but couldn't be...how?
"Yea whatever." Britanny said in reply. "Basically it means we've been here for weeks with no cable or such sitting around waiting for you to find something and then go home."
"Gina Diggers?" I asked, finally able regaining enough strength to stand on my own two feet with vision completely clear and senses finally working.
"Oh so you have heard of me?" She cheerfully smiled as she beamed with pride. I almost ignored her as I moved on to my mind's next thought, no insult to the lady intended.
"And Britanny 'Cheetah' Ellen Diggers?" I asked as I moved to see that my helpful associate was a 7' tall cat woman with spotted fur, powerful and feminine physique, and the most hauntingly cute face I had ever seen.
"Yea...that's me." She said blinking. "Now just who the heck are you and how do you know my name?" She got right in my face, was no-nonsense, and looked at me in an intimidating manner that showed she meant business.
"I'm Alex, Alex McLean. And you aren't going to believe this, but I'm not from around here." I hated how cliché that sounded, but I wasn't sure what actually to say.
"Oh I already figured that out." Gina replied. "You obviously aren't from the British Isles as your ascent is middle American, possibly with a southern dialect, your clothing of blue jeans, cowboy boats, hat, and black leather jacket, and your dialogue all mean you are a long way from home." I let her continue, as it would be fun in a second to see her reaction to my examination of here.
"So all-in-all I'm guessing you are a mid twenties to thirties American, possibly living in a western state but not native to it, and have some sort of fandom for us from our exploits as noted in Explorer monthly or such."
"Not exactly Sherlock Holmes, but you are good lady." I smile and yes do find my hat on the ground near where I was. "And almost dead on the money, except for the part of how I know you...or of you I should say."
"Oh? How is it then?" Britanny huffed, doing a very good job of intimidating me, but not so much as I would think I was in any real harm.
"Same reason I know that you are a werecheetah, Gina's adopted sister, your dad's name is Theodore Diggers, your mom is Julia Brigard Diggers, and your biological parents were Xersus and Cyan." Had to be quick on the reply to that as if I wasn't she may think me a stalker. "In my world, your two are two of my favorite comic and anime characters."
"What?" Gina blinked, her glasses tilted a little off of her face. Britanny's reply was less...immediate.
"Comic book characters?" Britanny asked. "Wait you mean that you read books about me and her and all our stories are just the imagination of some overweight nerd?" Yep angry werecheetahs are very threatening, but thankfully I knew Britanny was too nice a girl to hurt me.
"Actually no." I try to relax her. "See...look you two are actually the independent creation of a guy named Fred Perry and have been one of, if not the, most popular independent comic titles for years." I took a breath, probably thinking I shouldn't have said what I did, but figured that I best get it out in the open now, even if I probably would seem like Ambush Bug.
"And this actually is sort of the strange part, you see I was watching the movie of your first 'adventure', and I kind of got sucked into it. Look it sounds impossible but it's real...heck if you don't believe me then have your father read my freaking mind whenever you get home."
"One moment." Britanny said as she walked past me and grabbed Gina by the shoulder to talk in private.
"Well sis what do you think?" Britanny asked in a hushed voice. I decided to look away and prop myself by a tree.
"Sounds a little far fetched, but maybe. Look parallel dimensions were proven to exist so possibly in some alternate reality our stories have wound up in comic books so statistically it is conceivable that someone that read these stories could, hypothetically, get sent to them somehow." Gina said as I could almost feel her look at me.
I wasn't trying to listen really. I was more concerned with the sensation in the back of my mind that felt like the selection screen for some of the games I felt earlier. If I had become one with those characters, then how could I use there powers? I wasn't Superman strong, or felt as smart as Dr. Doom...then how could I...
"Hey buddy, look Gina and I were talking and we've decided on something." Britanny said.
"Since you obviously don't look like you belong here," Gina continued.
"and since we do want to test that story of yours." Britanny added.
"Of course that, but we could use an extra set of hands here, provided that you aren't going to blab this to the competition." Gina smiled and in a very cute way made it clear she wanted this discovery to herself too.
"Uh sure...but are we talking Penny Pincer or...the competition I mean." I asked being lost at who she was talking about.
"Actually she's trying to upstage some local woman named Lara. Seems she's been getting all the attention from the resident nerds at the scientific institutes and my sister here isn't thinking very well of herself for it."
"BRITANNY? He has no reason to know that." Gina huffed.
"Lara Croft? Sure I won't tell her." I raised my hand. "I promise she won't get anything of this from me."
"Is she another comic character in your world?" Britanny asked, still not exactly believing my story, which was very fair.
"Nope." I reply. "Videogame, but I prefer Legacy of Kain to Tomb Raider any day." The two women led me back to their camp site, not understanding what I said.
It was almost night out when we got there, not to mention kind of wet.
"Dang. I was hoping to get a start before the fog rolled in." Gina said as she observed the campsite. "Sorry but there is only on tent and we don't have a lot of room so I guess we'll just have to pitch a blanket over a tree limb for you."
"Thank you very much for the hospitality. Really I do appreciate it." Gina and Britanny smiled at this.
"No sweat, it just means the less I have to carry along on this trip and more time I get to focus on my real interests." Britanny smiled.
"Which ones? Shopping, tuna, or cookies?" I asked. "Oh sorry forgot you may not want me saying that...um sorry." I immediately wished I hadn't said what I did.
"How did...nah it's okay. Trust me you knowing that ain't a problem, but if you do know something more 'personal' I would advise you keeping it to yourself." She smiled at me. Not threateningly but in a playful manner that still revealed she didn't want me blabbing things.
"Sure. And to make it up to you how about I make you a home made batch of cookies when we get back state-side? My treat."
"You have no idea what you just got yourself into mister." She joked with me. "But you're on. I hope they are up to my standards."
"Ma'am you will be begging for more and then some." I bragged back to her.
"You're on short stuff." She said offering her hand to me. We shook as I threw the tarp I was handed over a nearby tree. "Well good night Alex. Better not try anything with Gina or me during the night." Britanny kidded.
"Wouldn't consider it without an invitation."
"Night Alex." Gina giggled slightly.
It was a good night, though I had just woken up moments ago. I didn't get a lot of sleep, but was able to learn more about what as going on. I could begin to feel it inside me; the various attitudes, abilities, ect. from a whole range of characters. I decided to focus on one at a time and found myself feel my body change as I did so. The more I concentrated on one character, one person, the more I could feel I was becoming like them, but still distinctly me. I could feel my body grow or shrink, get stronger, smarter, or feel more energy flowing around me. That was it...an epiphany...
I could become one character at a time from the games I played, but still could change between characters as I willed. How long I could remain in one form I didn't know, nor the extent of what it was that happened, but I did know that this would come in handy soon. After all if the DVD was going according to plan Gina and Britanny could take on Dreadwing and win, but I wasn't going to just sit by the sidelines. I know I could take the treasure afterwards for myself, but at the same time...I knew already the lessons learned from a life-time of comic fandom.
"With great power comes great responsibility" I thought to myself and saw I was Spider-Man, red spandex and all.
I looked skyward and sighed. "Okay You want a hero, I'm yours." I thought to myself before trying to get some sleep.
Morning came too early for me, but that's always the case as I am not a morning person nor have I ever been one. Still I was up and to the smell of something good to eat.
"Morning sleepy head." Gina smiled. "Hope you don't mind but Brit and I decided to start without you."
"That's okay. I slept enough as is." I said propping myself by the embers of what should have been a fire.
"Yea. Hate to disappoint you but the wood here just is too damp so no coffee or a hot meal." Britanny said as she was almost inhaling her tuna.
"That's okay." I was about to say something about not liking coffee, but then..."Mind if I try to start it going?"
"Sure pal knock yourself out." Britanny joked, figuring I may cause a good laugh I guess...well my lovely lycan lets see you laugh at this...
I focused on a guy...young, arrogant, abrasive, cocky, but still heroic, dedicated, loyal...I could feel myself getting a little taller, skinnier, a full head of blond hair replaced my brown and I was dressed in a special blue suite with the number "4" on it.
Gina and Britanny were wondering what just happened as I stood up and said..."Flame on!"
In an instant I was airborne and ablaze as is pointed a finger at the smoke and sent a stream of flame right at it hot enough to evaporate the moisture and cause a decent fire. Britanny instantly was on her feet though and looked like she wanted to fight, even jumped out of the way with Gina before both saw I wasn't aiming at them.
I dropped down to the ground and the flames extinguished as the guess of Johnny Storm was gone and I was back.
"What...but how...I?" Gina sputtered.
"Okay, what just happened Alex? And don't tell me some BS about another dimension or something." Britanny asked. "Just honestly what happened here please."
"It seems that I picked up a few passengers coming here. Specifically it seems I'm a one-man multititle crossover."
"Excuse me?"
"Well...you aren't the only fictional universe out there and I decided to give my 'gift' a test run." I smiled. "And seems to have worked."
"True, but next time, tell me please okay Alex." Britanny smiled. "I don't mind trying out new powers, but I don't want to get caught in some weird experiment." She leaned closer to say the next part. "I get enough of that from her." Britanny's thumb pointed behind her shoulder.
"I heard that Cheetah." Gina groaned.
"Sure thing Britanny, besides some of the guys are...well I could use a barrier between me and Gina if I do try and see how far I can go with this new talent of mine."
"Alex, if they are as good looking as that guy was, I don't think I would be able to control myself any better. And call me Cheetah." Britanny patted me on the back.
"I would consider it an honor to call you that." Fan boy dream with all bases loaded bottom of the 9th, no strikes, no outs, and a 10 point lead. YES!
After a far better breakfast, and a few more character changes to pass the time and get a few laughs...Britanny absolutely loving Cheetor and Gina begging me to change back into Reed Richards for a long scientific debate with a fellow super genius, and both making me promise not to try any super villains around them for now.
But Gina did get back to her expedition and I knew were that was going to lead...well not a map but at least a good idea.
The super genus was bouncing off to her new discovery while Britanny and I followed a distance behind.
"Well as you two probably guessed we are on a discovery of great importance, Merlin's time-raft."
"A time-raft? Wait that wasn't just hyperbole back there Alex? Gina is after a time machine?"
I nodded in confirmation.
"And what do we need a time-raft for? We do have a car." Britanny said as she chided her sister.
"Well I thought about taking a spin around history, pick up some cute guys along the way."
"I knew it, you nerdy bucket of hormones. I can't believe you." Britanny gulfed. "Guys? What guys?"
"Alexander the Great, Casanova...Adonis." Gina smirked.
"Adonis existed?" Britanny asked.
"And he started a 10 year war to get his wife back from the Trojans. Every hear of Helen of Troy? Plus being from ancient Greece he was more prone to homosexuality." I decided to add. "Plus Alexander the Great and Cassinova went through women like that Tigra guy from the Edge Guard so I don't think that...what?" I asked. "Don't look at me like that. Gina's not the only one who knows things here."
Gina slapped herself in the face while Britanny just blinked. "Damn. Thanks for ruining my fantasy there Alex."
"Ruining it or pointing out how bad it would be in reality? Besides you have a two-bit hack to upstage anyway...remember Lara?" I tried to point her back on track.
"You're right. You know I like the way you think." Gina said as she put her equipment back in sub-space.
"Don't push him too far Gina, or he'll lose his awesome coolness." Cheetah laughed.
"Hey being a genius is cool...I mean...come back here Britanny." Gina groaned as she followed her sister a bit to where the cave entrance was pointed to be. Me? I just chuckled and followed.
Gina eventually got back in the lead position as she led the way into the foreboding structure.
"Well great, here we go again." Britanny sighed as she and I both looked at the entrance of the cave. "So if this is your favorite film, what happens?" Britanny asked me.
"I would tell you, but I don't want to cause a paradox. Besides, this is something you and your sister have to face no matter what. I'm just going to be the back-up."
"Well if you are back-up I think that you're going to be needed very soon." Cheetah whispered.
"Alright Gina look, I agreed to come on this little trip because I promised Dad I would watch over you." Britanny started.
"I don't think you have to worry about such things with me. I have already thought of every conceivable emergency so you need not worry about traps or hazards while I'm around."
"What about monsters?" The lycan lovely asked.
I knew want was coming. Okay think, who to use? Stone badguys, energy blasts...got it. While the two sisters were talking I felt the familiar change now as I flipped out some playing cards in one hand and a metal staff in the other.
"Look like we gon'na see t'em now chere." Seems I pick up more than just the looks here.
"Huh?" Gina asked, very surprised by the now Cajun accent.
"Behind you petite." Britanny's hearing had already detected the stone leopard/lizard things as they surrounded us and I decided not to wait.
"What? Britanny we're surrounded!" Gina cried as she fell to her knees.
True to form Britanny was off like a shot as her enhanced speed and strength allowed her to pulverize the monsters into rubble. I charged up the cards in my hand and let them fly. They exploded on impact and reduced two to pebbles as I smacked two more with my staff hard enough to break their heads off.
"Alright mon'frar ol' Remmie goonna deal you all up a real hot hand." Gina was pondering what was going on between blasting these things and trying not to shoot her sister who was darting about and displaying acrobatics and martial arts skills that surpassed the movie greatly.
I let loose with a series of timed explosive cards onto the ground while dodging out of the way and causing the magic made foes to crowd around them just as the cards went off. When that no longer became a good idea I set to fly volley after volley of 5 cards and decimated the stone creatures almost as well as Britanny's kung fu.
"Hey Alex this is getting us nowhere. We need to book." Cheetah said to me as she grabbed her sister under one arm and me under the other.
"I agree with you there chere. But let ol' Remme here give us some breathing room." I pointed behind us. Cheetah stopped long enough to let me off and I unleashed a double handful of charge playing cards into the roof of the tunnel before I was picked up again and rushed off.
"What will that do?" Britanny asked, while running headlong down the cave.
"Hopefully cause a..." BOOOM "Cave in." Gina smiled as she held her hat tightly to her head and saw the roof and several monsters had come a crumbling down behind us.
"Whooo, that should give us some room." I said changing back from Gambit.
"Yea. Hey Alex how did you do that back there?" Gina asked.
"With style petite, with style." I smiled at her.
"Yea look explain later. They'll be here any moment." Britanny said as she caught her breath for a second. "Got anyone good at facing vastly outnumbered odds in that catch of yours?"
"Got just the guy" I smiled.
"Good." Cheetah smiled as more of those stone headed foes came through. "Because here they come..."
Sure enough as Cheetah finished that statement, the bad guys started pouring in like ants and started to charge up there energy weapons. Old fashion fight, old fashion hero.
As one of the rock things was about to pounce on Cheetah, a red, white, and blue shield came flying out of nowhere and slammed right into it's jaw before ricocheting off to hit another one through the leg.
As it returned to me, Cheetah saw a 6' tall mountain of patriotic garbed muscle with a big white A on tope of the forehead, red boots, and eagle tips on the side of the mask.
"Team Assemble!" I yelled the battle cry as I let the shield of Captain America fly once more. Britanny smiled as she rushed past the first volley of opponents and yelled out "Cheetah Punch!"
Gina just shook her head as she took a defensive position between us and recharged her energy pistol.
Punches, jabs, haymakers. Britanny and I were a pair of furious movements of martial arts mastery. She was as light as a feather and as devastating as a cruise missile. I held my own as I slammed the vibranium shield into the face of one of the things while snap kicking another with such force that it broke in half. As they tried using their energy blasts at a distance, I ducked behind the shield and deflected the blasts back or towards others of their kind. A solid punch in the mouth brought down one in a heartbeat. Another I sliced the head off of with the edge of my shield while Cheetah used it's body as a projectile to bring down a few more.
"Gina I have an idea." I cried out. "Can that shield of yours expand beyond just one person?"
The blonde genius thought for a second. "Sure, but only for a bit. It takes enough power as is just to protect me."
"We just need it for a second. Cheetah you head back towards Gina and take cover." Britanny didn't argue, but quickly leapt towards her sister and I launched my shield high and above the beasts while bounding and ducking back towards the ladies. Just as I hopped the shield hit the stalactites surrounding us and started bouncing off like a pinball. As it returned to me, the ceiling started to collapse above our heads. Right as I grabbed the weapon, I was able to duck between Gina and Britanny and cover us somewhat more as rock spears came crashing down on top of the heads of those around us. Thankfully they were nowhere near as strong as vibranium or Gina's energy shield, so we got out alright.
Gina and Britanny nodded to each other as they got up.
"Alex that was insane, but brilliant." Gina smiled.
"Yea well it worked, didn't it?" I replied as I helped Gina over the vast expanse of now impaled foes.
"Come here you." Britanny growled at me. "You tried a completely unbelievable battle tactic while holding off a legion of various monsters with just a shield and your wit?" Cheetah chided me in my face.
"Well yea, I guess..." Then it happened, of all the things I was thinking would happen, this was not one of them...Britanny grabbed me by the arms and lifted me up. All 5'10", 212 lbs of me was above the ground and helpless before this very dangerous predator, and protective sister, and she looked like she was going to throttle me. Preparing for the worst I considered myself a dead man, till...
MMMMMMMPOP!
"I love you, you little nut." Cheetah smiled.
"Huh?" Yea me got kissed by Britanny Diggers, and that was the most confusing thing that happened all day.
"Stick with me pal and you'll do fine." Cheetah smiled.
"What? Britanny what are you doing?" Gina whined.
"Just thanking Alex." She said hugging me. "You have a problem with that?"
"Uh yea...but you and I will be talking soon." The super genius was not pleased at her sister's sign of affection to me, but I just went with it. "Alright onward and upward you two."
"Well not yet, we just met." Britanny joked as she set me down.
"And what a way to meet." My loopiness was back, but I didn't mind as Britanny guided the way on.
I had lost myself in the sensation of being the item of affection of a beautiful woman a bit, as I followed behind Gina and Britanny. Sure I was watching where I was going, but my inner fanboy had taken command so I was more than a bit giddy as I continued to talk with the two Diggers sisters, especially Britanny.
"So tell me cute stuff, mind telling me a bit about who it was that you used back there?" Britanny asked as she let Gina take the lead and decided I was more interesting than the walls around us.
"Which one?" I asked as I scratched my head. "Gambit or Captain America?"
"Both, either, doesn't matter. Just something to keep the boredom off and so I don't have to listen to a bunch of science talk from my sis." Britanny replied as she went off in a huff.
"Sure. Well both are guys from a universe called Marvel comics, like yours but at the same time different. Anyway...Gambit's a mutant, a bit of a rouge and trickster who's mutant ability is to kinetically charge inanimate objects with mutant bio-energy. He also has reflexes and dexterity beyond that of a normal human so he can throw cards and such with pin-point accuracy."
"Okay...in non-nerd terms please." Britanny asked in a very irate manner which conveyed she didn't like technical babble.
"He can turn object he can touch into a bomb. Also he's a former professional thief, and a great chief." Britanny looked at me for a moment perplexed.
"He's Cajun okay so he knows a lot of French and Southern cooking. I'll see if I got that power later if you want."
"Oh most definitely. And if it's good, I'll make sure to thank you very much for it." Cheetah's flirtatious reply made me blush.
"You're cute when you do that. Anyway what about the other guy? You know the uber patriot who looked hooky but kicked major ass."
"Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America." I said proudly. "Former F-4 volunteer for what was called Operation: Rebirth, Rogers was it's only successful test subject and was turned from 90 lb weakling into the perfection of human health and vigor to quash the NAZI menace and save the free world from the Axis powers."
Britanny halted for a second at that. "Wait NAZIs? How old is that guy there Alex?"
"Somewhere in his 60s to 80s...they have to keep retroconning him as the years go on. Anyway the reason he looks so young is that he was frozen in ice for decades and only thawed out by the Avengers some time in 'recent' history."
"Oh, so he didn't live through all those decades to see America change and such." Britanny said as she tapped her finger to her chin. "Wonder how he reacted...anyway so he's some sort of 'super human' being and Gambit was what...exposed to toxic waste?"
"Well yes, and no." I thought for a bit. "Now I can become a mutant like that, but those are turtles...besides the point the whole reason for Captain America was to take the NAZI's entire ideology of what a 'perfect' race was and shove it back at them showing that although someone physically met their criteria for the ultimate Arian, his morals where completely counter to those of the axis powers."
"Cool. I could like someone like that." Britanny said as we dropped behind Gina a bit more. "So how did Gambit get his powers?"
"Same reason you have yours my friend. He was born with them, and in fact he's a member of a team of mutants who have taken the responsibility to protect the world, humans and mutants and everyone else, from those that would try to harm people just because of who they are."
"Really? Reminds me of high school." Britanny mused as we continued, constantly looking around and of course Britanny was twitching her ears to hear for anything.
"Yea about that..."
"Hey you two no lollygagging." Gina said from ahead of us. "Come and take a look at these markings." Gina had gained quiet a distance on us as she continued to feel her way down the tunnel. Keeping a hand on the side of the cavern, she seemed to have a skip in her step much like a young kid does when excited about a new place to play.
Where in the film we would have skipped over to some sort of voice over from Dreadwing, I realized that there was never a set time between when those stone things got smashed and when the next scene would start. Not knowing when that would be I just decided not to mention anything as the fact if I did, it likely would change.
"Anyway, so what's this about high school now?" Britanny asked, finding our conversation a lot more interesting than what we were walking through...still not sure what light source was keeping things from being pitch black in here.
"Oh that...well when the X-Men comics started they..."
"Wait exmen? What are they all a bunch of transsexuals or something?" Britanny huffed.
"No X as in the unknown or as in the math symbol x equals something." I retorted. "It has to do with the fact that mutants have this 'x-gene' that in each person is different so it gives them a different power. Usually becoming active during the teenage years. I.E. high school."
"Hem, guess that makes sense." Britanny thought.
"Anyway. The team was formed by Professor Xavier, or Professor X the world's most powerful telepath, after his spine was crushed by a supervillian." I rambled on. "And it was first a bunch of teenagers during the 60s."
"Really?" Britanny didn't care so much for the details, but found the time it started interesting. "So what mutants were a stand in for black people and the Civil Right's movement?"
"Yep. And for kids who didn't think they fit in anywhere for other reasons. Now it's actually one of the most famous titles in the world...but that's mainly to one character that got added to the team years after it started and who didn't start out as an X-Man." I smirked. "In fact he's so much a cultural icon that he inspired you Cheetah."
"What? Really? So some spandex wearing nut comic character from a universe where I'm another comic character led to me being born?" She didn't believe me, and responded by huffing and smirking. "And just who is this guy, I'm guessing guy, who led to my being born?"
"Well, I don't really want to try and unleash him yet...not sure how you and he would react and..." Definitely wasn't sure about that, nor wanting to mess up the timeline any more than my existence here was anyway. Okay so things weren't exactly like the comic as Britanny was sporting her pony-tail rather than that mullet-esc thing she had been wearing before...though truth be told that was a hot look for her. But still what about Strype, Brianna, Tiffany? I know those are years and such down the road but I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I stopped even one of them from being who they were supposed to be...or would be or...heck time travel is a headache I don't need.
"Oh? You worried about little old me not being able to handle some strong rugged superhero?" Britanny sweetly, and with the obvious finger-wave. "Afterall a 307 lb, 7', 15 ton bench pressing werecheetah so needs to be protected from the dangers of the world."
"Well that's not it. I mean yea you kick serious ass Cheetah, but that's not why I don't want to show you him...more like..."
"What? Come on why don't you want me to see this guy?" Britanny chuckled. "It can't be that he's super ugly or something like that."
"No, it's more along the lines that I'm worried you will be so attracted to him that you'll start a make-out session with him and I wouldn't be able to stop him from going further with you." Well it was a truth, not all the truth but maybe half of it.
"Oh how chivalrous of you, but really I'm far better at controlling myself than that, or little miss hormone nerd ahead of us." She said while pointing to her sister, now far ahead of us and pulling away.
"Later, I promise okay." I say as we follow ahead.
"You know that's a lot of promises you've made me. I hope that you can back them up there buddy." The very tall cheetah woman said as she pointed at me and walked ahead. I just shrugged and walked ahead following her.
"And keep up please, I don't want to think that you are just staring at my cute buns." Britanny said as she wiggled her rear a bit. My reply was to blush feverishly.
"Will you come on already Alex." Gina cried out. "You're holding us up."
"That's not the only 'up' I'm doing right now." I thought to myself. Yea I knew that Britanny was a flirt sometimes, but it didn't mean she had a real romantic interest in me...but still it was nice.
"Is she always this pushy when it comes to an exploration?" I asked, trying to regain some level of composure and not taking liberties with staring at Britanny's body. What I wanted her respect after all.
"Oh great more boring sciency stuff." Britanny groaned. She had stopped looking for monsters and such and was back to looking really, well bored.
"Science, yea...but I don't think that boring would be the proper description." I mentioned ominously.
"Oh? So you enjoy looking at glowing wall scribbles?" Britanny joked. "Maybe I had you pegged wrong about how cool you are."
"No it's not that, it's more that..." I was about to mention something when Gina pipped in.
"You two notice these strange markings?"
"Only because I have to. There all over the place." Britanny replied.
"Yes, but they seem to be radiating to a central point. Alex anyone in there that could help me with analyzing what they mean?" Gina asked, completely obsessed with studying her latest observation. Oh hell.
"So this is what a sitting duck feels like." Britanny said with one of her arms under her chest and her other pointing at the flashing skull on the floor.
Britanny nonchalantly just picked up a piece of the floor and threw it at the hallway we just walked down. The rock exploded against the barrier and I blanched at this.
"Wha...AH Britany its a traaaaap." Gina cried out as I noticed that the magic that contained us didn't leave much room to maneuver. The undulations of her voice which sounded like a bawling kid were really starting to bug me as she was
"Is this par for the course on these adventures of yours at this point?" I asked.
"What? I thought we were comic characters to you, so shouldn't you know?" Britanny replied as two individuals dropped down before us. I stepped back a second and tried to figure who to use, since I knew that I was going to be fighting again.
"Elves?" Gina asked as one was holding some sort of magical energy blade and the other charging with some aura power of hers.
"Aura" I thought to myself. "That's it." Yes aura powers, specifically the fact that elves use aura magic so they have one glaring weakness: Metal.
In a split second the male had launched himself at Britanny, my friend had backflipped over the blade and dodged several thrusts before holding up her hands and trying to stop this. Her movements reminding me more of Spider-Man than Cheetara.
"Whoa there. I really hope you got that out of your system." Britanny said to the male elf. "We ain't here to fight, and we ain't here to trespass either. My sister and I and our friend were just doing some exploring..."
"And we thought the only thing inhabiting these caverns were monsters." Gina timed in.
"And now that we see that someone actually owns the place..."
"We'll be peacefully and respectfully leaving."
"Yep, we're gone. Sorry to trouble you." Britanny barely had time to complete her sentence as the Ethereal blade passed where her head would be. She responded on pure instinct and ducked below the blade, spun avoiding another attack, and then used her momentum to power a kick right to the male's temple sending him sprawling across the floor.
Game time...
I knew that the other Elf was about to unleash some spell as soon as the shock of her beloved being slammed against the stone.
"Comrades behind me." I cried as my pink flesh was replaced by cold steel skin and I equaled Britanny in height. "Let us see if they will be willing to make peace when forced to face the mighty Colossus."
Britanny and Gina blinked as a metal giant now stood before them.
"Domoritz please there is no need to fight." I tried to plead with the dark skinned woman charged her aura and fired right at Britanny, who leapt out of the way and started to skip across the roof at high speed.
While not as fast as Britanny, many underestimate just how fast Colossus can move. In mere moments I had tackled the female elf and held her in a full Nelson which caused her aura to dissipate.
"Now that I have your attention." I said with a very think Slovic accent. "Let us talk like civilized beings da?" her continued protests were not even close too being able to break my hold on her, but I had to give her points for trying.
"Forgive me then, as I do not wish to hurt you." With her absolute refusal to talk I had only one choice. I gently...relatively so...tossed her to where her associate lay. "But if you wish a fight, then Piotr shall gladly give you one."
Smirking seeing the two sprawling figures, Britanny almost fluidly moved as she said "What you want some mo'?"
"Be careful my feline comrade, you usually get what you ask for." I retort as I see the elves once more charge for the attack. Switching to an axe rather than a sword, the male elf swung at me while his female companion started to unleash energy blasts at Britanny.
It was good fortune that Britanny was as light on her feet as before, and thus able to dodge her attacker. I was not so lucky. Colossus may not be a ton of lead, but he certainly wasn't a gazelle. The axe wielding foe was able to keep out of my range as I would hit the floor and bury my fist in it. It would seem a hopeless situation had not the man tried to leap above me and slap Cheetah into the ground.
"NEIT." I said as I was able to grab his foot and thurl him to the floor. I proceeded to do my best impression of a Droopie Poodle cartoon and slam him hard again and again into the rocks.
With two against one odds for the Diggers sisters, they faired far better than they did in the cannon of the movie. Britanny was able to out maneuver most of the energy blasts and acted as a good distraction for Gina to fire several shots off.
After leaving a few good dents in the floor via the elf, I chucked him towards his mate.
"Heads up." I reply tossing the beaten male towards his associate and sending both of them sprawling across the ground.
"Okay since you two have been trounced thoroughly, why don't we just calmly talk this over and..." Gina smirked as she saw the two mostly stunned elves, only to let her ego and overconfidence get in the way of what really was around her.
"Gina look out!" The female elf and recovered first and was using her magic to lift the very rock of the floor and lashed out with a rock arm. I was able to rush ahead of the impacting fist to try and plow through it, only to find myself being tripped by a hole that suddenly developed below my feet and causing me to tumble through the stone fist and crash into the magic barrier which had destroyed the rock Britanny had thrown.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" It was so incredibly painful, and Colossus was known to handle energy without any problems, so what was this stuff made of which dropped me to my knees? I could see the steam rising from my steel flesh and promptly lost the ability to keep my eyes open. I can only guess what happened next as I heard more fighting and the slamming to two bodies to the floor before I finally collapsed to a spiral and passed out.
The next thing I knew was the sensation of someone shoving my shoulder and saying my name again. I admit I was more or less half asleep, but I thought I heard Britanny say something about her being in her human form and helpless something. Granted I wasn't thinking when I muttered this but I think what I said was
"Doesn't matter...still cute..."
"HEY." Gina apparently yelled at me while smacking the back of my head.
"Ouch...hey what was that for?" I said forcing myself in Gina's face and rubbing the back of my head. Gina just huffed while Britanny giggled a bit and blushed.
"Anyway sis where do you think we are, weren't we just in a cave?" Britanny said as she looked around.
"I think...I think we've been captured." Gina said.
"Captured? Awe man I knew this cave was a bad idea. Why is it that I listened to you? And why didn't you tell us about this if you supposedly know all about this trip huh Alex?" Britanny rattled on.
"Well we aren't chained or anything, just helpless." Gina analyzed. "I don't have my equipment and you don't have the ability to transform into hybrid form. And we aren't in a dungeon or a prison and..."
"Helpless? Yea I can't transform into my normal gorgeous form for another 24 hours. Whether this is or isn't a prison has yet to be seen." Britanny pointed out with far greater practical sense than Gina seemed to have.
"Good point. I guess it all depends on our host." Before Gina could ask if I could get them out of there, our mutual host made himself known. I knew who it would be and was running the situation through my mind to see who I could pull out if needed. Jedi maybe? He-Man? Best chance probably would be to use Thor and smash Dreadwing's head in with Mijouner.
"Yes." A booming voice replied from the end of the hall. Gina, Britanny, and I looked at eachother and then to the source of the sound to see a large, powerful, and very intimidating purple skinned dragon. Massive pointed inter-locked teeth filled his lipless mouth. It would have been almost comical to see him so daintily lift the small silver cup containing his drink with two of his claws and to his mouth, had it not been the fact he filled most of great hallway.
"Uh guy, is that a 'dragon' sitting at the end of that table?" Britanny said shaking her head in shock. Said dragon took a sip of his beverage and didn't seem to look at us, rather focusing on his drink.
"Why yes Britanny that is a dragon. And he seems to be enjoying a nice cup of tea." Gina and Britanny were so tense that it I was tempted to just break cannon like a plate-glass window and cream Dreadwing right then and there...but I couldn't risk that not working and Brit and Gina getting caught in the crossfire.
"Ah delicious." The monster stated, breaking the silence. "Please forgive my servants'...impetuousness." I knew better. He ordered them to do what they did and he was the real villain here, but I would wait till I could prove it. I wouldn't have to wait too long.
"It is so rare that we have...guests..." His voice was tempting, very tempting to believe...but that was the nature of evil. As Gina and Britanny were stumbling to find the right and polite words to prevent us from getting blasted, or eaten, and not doing too good a job and lying through their teeth.
Eventually the foe, with well practiced manners, said "Please, please you are my honored guests. Especially since we have a common interest." Oh boy.
"Am I correct to assume that you are after the fabled...time-raft of Merlin?" This caused distinct shock in both girls and Britanny started shaking her head.
"Well that would depend." Gina was saying. "If we were after the time-raft and it currently belongs to you and we are here to steal it then the answer is NO." Gina said as she was trying to use political swave to get what she wanted. "But if it's just some junk you have lying around, then I hope you don't mind an experienced archeologist like myself looking at it." Her smile was mousy, timid.
"So it does hold interest to you?" Dreadwing observed. "Excellent. Then perhaps this would interest you?" The shimmery wave of magic before us was a burgundy red and revealed a holographic image of some silvery device composed of an outer and middle ring connected with a central hexagonal component broken up with various lines and runes.
"This is the artifact you seek: the Time Raft. One of the most powerful magical devices ever created." I barely listened to Dreadwing's half-truth BS about Merlin trusting him with it. Rather I focused on Gina's agape mouth and looked at Britanny checking her watch on her left wrist. I pulled forward and saw Cheetah press Gina's jaw shut.
"You're the time raft's guardian?" Gina asked. I almost hated to keep my mouth shut, but I had to for now.
"I am known as...Swiftwing. Benevolent defender of secrets at your service."
We all leaned closer together as Britanny tried to whisper "He's got the dark sense of the apocalypse all over him. My cheetah senses are tingling." Oh how right you were Cheetah. But I know that he heard all to clearly.
"How many dragons have you met? Who are you to judge?" Gina said.
"Careful Gina. I don't think it's wise to trust anyone you met whole heartedly." I knew he heard, but I had to say it.
"And what about you huh?" Gina pointed out.
"Please excuse my sister and our...friend. It would be an honor to meet you Swiftwing. My name is Gina Diggers, world famous archeologist and scientist, and this is my sister and assistant Igor...I mean Britanny Diggers..."
"What makes you think you can get away with calling me Igor when I'm in human form?"
"And our friend Alex McLean."
"Hem. Well Gina Diggers it is fortuitous that you came by, for you see Merlin didn't leave any instructions and I would need help to discover how to best use the magics of the artifact I have been entrusted with, and how to...activate it, use it." He words seemed to effortlessly flow from his mouth. Dreadwing was beginning to seem like not such a bad guy to the Diggers, but truth cut such apart.
All too easily Gina agreed to help, especially with the promise of reward for her services.
"Excellent." He chuckled as he held his clawed hand under his chin and closed his eyes. "I'll certainly make it worth your while if you succeed. Mesha." He called his female servant, who was very distraught and seemed heavy hearted as she placed the golden plate full of coins, bars of gold, and other tid-bits which gleamed with fantastic luster.
"This is a small taste of my gratitude and there is plenty more where it comes from, if you solve my time-raft's secrets." Even I was caught looking in awe at this. Having never seen gold like this...
"No no get your head in the game Alex this guy never expects to give you any of this."
"Well why didn't you bring this out sooner Mr. Swiftwing sir?" Britanny gauched.
"You mean your...giving this treasure to us?" Gina asked. "CHA-CHING."
"Well then, it is agreed." Boomed the dragon. "Tonight we dine and rest, and tomorrow we divine the secrets of the time raft. Tark, Mesha. If you would be so kind as to serve our feast?"
The two elves were instantly obedient, and went along with the obvious lie, and served us very well. The meal, the wine, the company was all good. But I was being chided by Gina and Britanny constantly for not having a more uplifted mood. I was never a good actor so I knew that "Swiftwing" knew I knew something more than I was letting on.
After our great meal, which was great in size and in quality, we were led by Mesha and Tark through the vast cavern system to a large door.
"This is the guest suite, I hope it is comfortable." Tark said.
"It's very nice thank you very much." I said. "And I must thank you for the wonderful meal we had earlier. My complements to you two." Having never had such a complement they were both taken back by it.
"I apologize but since we don't have many guests, we also don't have many guest rooms. I hope you will not be insulted by having to share." Mesha said as her mate stepped aside to let us in.
"Oh I'm sure that you can behave yourself in the presence of beautiful women right Alex?" Gina joked while playing with my beard. I was very...excited and bashful as I wasn't sure how to react to her attention.
"And so we are clear, I will be back to my old self in a few hours so don't think you are going to get away with anything." Britanny said. I was beginning to see that she did act very differently in her two forms, just as I did if not more so. Same person but with different ways of acting as she was more defensive in her human form.
As the two elves closed the door behind us, I saw that we were in a lavish palace-like room with a central fountain, plush couches, golden inlaid floors, and curtains. I thought for a second I was in some sultan's playpen.
"You're new to this Alex, but Britanny you know what this means right?" Gina smiled.
Britanny was positively giddy as she nodded and they started to sing in unison.
"We're going to get some treasure, we're going to get some treasure, we're going to get some treasure." Surprisingly their singing wasn't too bad, not Reba McEntire or Pattie Loveless but not the screams of the damned.
"I hate to stop your happy dancing and such, but have you thought of what would happen if this 'swiftwing' was lying to us?" I said as I plopped down on the cushion and smirking.
"Oh...yea..." Britanny said as she snapped out of her dance.
"Yea your right." Gina said as she thought for a second. "We don't know who it is guy is, but then again we don't know all that much about you Alex."
Gina pondered for a moment. "But from all I've read in legends and such dragons rarely give away their treasure, so maybe this guy isn't planning to pay us."
"Yea I would hate to think of what would happen trying to face a bad dragon." Britanny said as she wrapped herself in her arms.
"Well, I guess I'll just have to think of a contingency plan." Gina said. "If that happens I mean."
"Gina, Brit...I know we just met a day ago, and you still don't trust me all that much...but...this isn't as simple as it seems to be." I told them as Britanny laid back on the opposite side of me.
"Oh? And mulit-dimenional beings, us being comic and anime characters, oh and repairing a time machine for some dragon to get treasure is?" Britanny aloofly commented.
"Yea you got me there...look this 'Swiftwing' isn't at all who he appears to be and has been lying to us all since we met."
"Well if you know something don't keep us waiting." Gina said sitting down.
"Yea, I'm still not sure I should forgive you about not mentioning the elves back there." Britanny said.
"Okay on that I probably should have mentioned, but I had no idea how long it would be before you met them." I reeled back for a second. "Let's change the subject a bit...would you like to see a real alien?"
"Huh? What does that have to..." Britanny asked.
"Wait Britanny." Gina said. "Okay sure, lets see this 'alien'." Gina said as she held her sister back for a second.
I focused on one particular polymorph guaranteed to impress them. 6' tall, green, blue cape and boots, I took the form of the often-forgotten members of the Justice League: the Martian Manhunter.
"That's an alien?" Britanny asked.
"Em, not bad looking I'd say. Nice muscles, tall, and very nice cape." Gina said observing the more human form of Jonn Jonzz. "Tell me, Are those muscles just for show, or do they actually do anything." The sexual drive of Gina was well known and as she started making circles on my chest.
"While not as strong as say Superman." I smiled as I lifted Gina up with one hand. "The Martian Manhunter does process a very large degree of super-strength. and mental."
I said the last part telepathically as I put Gina back down on the couch and turned human again, but with a one big difference.
"Wait did you just." Britanny said as she was about to threaten me.
"Yes, but please don't act like that. Dreadwing is watching us right now, and can see what I just did." I said trying not to show what I was doing.
"What? Who is..." Gina was about to ask.
"HUSH!" I sent to both of them. "Sorry, look if you hadn't noticed those two elves of his hesitated with the use of his name?"
"Yea...which is sort of odd." Gina thought, realizing what I was doing. "If they had been in his employ they would have just said it without thinking." The older Digger sister pondered this.
"So are you you, or are you still this Martian?" Britanny asked, trying to figure out what was going on.
"John Jones...the Martial Manhunter, is a polymorphic being able to shape shift and possesses phenomenal telepathic and telekinetic powers. When watching a movie you don't always focus on one character sometimes right? Well Dreadwing back there plans to 86 us after Gina here figures out the Time Raft."
"Damn. knew this was too good. I told you this was a bad idea Gina. I told you." Britanny chided her sister and glared at her.
"Well excuse me Brit. How was I supposed to know?" Gina tried to defend her choices. I could almost feel their fight about to happen.
"Girls please." I said. "Remember we are being watched." I looked around as to indicate hidden cameras or something.
"Okay, so how we gonna play this? You just fly in as some superpowered Deus ex Machina and save us?" Gina asked wondering if I had some sort of plan.
"I hope not. I'm a noobie remember? You're the main characters and I'm not trying to muscle-in on your lives." I replied. "And believe me you have the know-how, skills, and luck to get yourself out of this, but since I am here I'm going to help."
"Good. So since you got the inside on this Dreadwing, how about you fill us in a little on him huh?" Cheetah asked as she leaned closer.
"Tark and Mesha know more, and trust me they hate him more than you can say so we are going to get along well with them. But the gist is that Dreadwing is one very bad, very powerful bastard who wants to get back to looting the world and creating a vast empire but needs the time raft to do it."
"So we befriend the elves, break in, fight the bad guy, and get out all while trying to avoid getting killed?" Gina smiled.
"Sounds like a common Monday activity for you two." I smirked.
"Yea, look...Alex I know that we just met here, so don't take offense if we just find this too..." Gina started as she tapped the side of her jaw wondering what exactly to say.
"Weird." Britanny finished.
"Yea weird, I'll go with that. So while we agree your story makes a lot of sense and you have proven helpful...I would like to have what you say somehow confirmed."
"Not to insult you or your help. Just please don't take offense if we don't take what you say at face value."
"I don't mind a bit, and was hoping you would be a bit cynicle. Just I hope I have earned your trust." I smile while actually shifting back to myself, but having to become in Martian form before I could do so.
"So Alex...if we do get some treasure out of this...and since you do know what may or may not happen in the future...could I ask something of you? Please?" Britanny said as she laid back a bit.
"Well sure Brit...I mean Cheetah. What can I do for you?"
"Well you see, if Gina doesn't mind...I mean we are explorers afterall...I was hoping we could take a trip to Africa and well..."
"Africa?" Gina asked. "Is this to see if there are any more werecheetahs?" Gina said, knowning this is a sensitive topic for Britanny.
"Well yea...if that is you want to...I mean you probably want to get home...wherever that is and..." I didn't need superpowers to feel that she wanted so bad to find more of her kind.
"Thought maybe we could...look for signs of my family."
"I thought we were family. You know you, me, mom, dad, sis." Gina said, obviously hurt.
"I know, but I'm hoping to find signs of my real family, before they all...died..."
I was about ready to hug her...really just I have an overwhelming sense of compassion so it was hard not to.
"Before dad found me as a baby and adopted me..." Britanny was pleading from her heart for just to chance to find who she really came from. But I knew she wouldn't find a thing, and yet...damn it how do you tell someone that they are the absolute last of their kind?
"Sure sis, at least we will...first thing..." Gina said. "And if you would want to come help..."
"I would be honored to help you look for something of the werecheetahs with you Britanny." I said smiling. "And if that means going to Africa I'll go, but...I..."
"Look if you feel you need to get back home I'll..." Cheetah said. I stood up and sat next to her.
"Cheetah, I have always been a fan of yours, and now I hope a friend. I would consider it an honor...and a privilege, to help you look for some part or remains of the werecheetahs, of your biological family." I smile at her as she was doing the doe-eyes thing, and was up on her knees.
"And if anything I know of your series helps you, then I will help you, on my honor."
"YAAAAAYYY!" Britanny yelled out as she gave me a death-squeeze hug around my torso. "Thank you so much. I...I just want to thank you for all that you're willing to do to..."
I wrapped one arm around her shoulders and hugged her. Gina just smiled at this.
"So...just curious but do you have any...female forms you'd like to share?" Gina asked.
"Wait what?" I stuttered as I let go of hugging Britanny.
"Well you know we've seen a bunch of really hunky guys, but..." Gina was edging on.
"Oh no, no way no how." I said as I stood up and shook my hands. "I am not going to try that. Forget it."
"Oh come on Alex. With all those really studly guys there's got to be a few...ladies that you played in games as well." Gina said, enjoying how unsettled I was.
"Oh hell no Gina. No way am I going to try that. I am not pulling a Loki here." I almost yelled at her. "Look I respect women, I like women, I think women are awesome. Doesn't mean I want to be one."
"Come on how bad could it be? Could give you an interesting perspective on the opposite sex." Gina commented. Britanny looked at her with such an incredulous appearance on her face that it looked like her mind just shattered.
"What are you up to sis?" Brianny asked.
"Well...come on, wouldn't it be interesting if a guy finally found out what it was like to be one of us? And I'm sure that you would find it 'enlightening' Alex." Keep pushing it Gina and you'll get face to face with someone you don't want to piss off.
"I grew up with 11 female cousins, a sister, 4 aunts, and two grandmothers. You can keep your 'enlightenment', I'm keeping my gender."
"11 cousins..."
"Wait that would mean you had..."
"Yea, so next time you suggest something that assine, imagine what would happen if you instantly lost something up here, and gained something down there." I pointed towards the parts of her body that were typical of her gender.
"It would be...interesting..." Gina tried to backpaddle.
"Oh please girl." Britanny joked, "If you were no longer part of the sisterhood you would be screaming your lungs out for hours." The werecheetah in human form chided.
"Don't worry pal, your lovable werecheetah friend isn't going to let her supernerd sister make you do anything that stupid." The petite blonde said, "Now, are there any huggable werecat studs that you could turn into instead?"
"BRTIANNY!" Gina blaunched. I was about to bust a gut.
"What?" The werecat said as she rolled on her tummy. "You wanted him to give up his manhood, I was just asking if maybe he could shift into a werecat for a bit. For you know...cuiocity reasons."
"Hypocrite." Gina muttered.
"Yea...ah nope sorry no werecats." I laughed. "Cat-based characters though...that's a seperate topic."
"Well that would work." Britanny smiled.
"Hey."
"We'll deal with your flawed idea of making a good looking guy who can turn into a number of superhot guys try to turn into a girl later. You get to gush over a time machine, I get the guy. See fair right?" Britanny smiled. I was getting the sensation I was a peice of meat here or something...but what the hell it's Gold Digger so why not enjoy it.
"And you called me the bundle of hormones." Gina commented.
"Please, you know how few guys actually interest me?" She commented to sister. Turning to me she said, "besides I would think that a guy like you would consider it an honor be asked to show off for a pair of ladies like ourselves."
"Well maybe...but how about just a few okay...maybe the one's I've already used since..." It wasn't that I didn't want to show off, or I was a prude. I knew that Dreadwing was watching and listening so just blatantly telling him my powers would give him an edge I would never get back.
"Since what?" Britanny asked.
"Well...lets see what you think of this guy without his mask on." Deciding to go back to Captain America for a moment, I pulled the mask off his head and saw two very impressed females gaze at me.
"MINE!" Cried Britanny as she lept into my arms, or Caps arms or...whatever I was being Captain America at the time.
"So Mr. Red, White, and Blue, want to see how 'super' that serum made you?" Britanny said as I was, pardon the expression, shell-shocked.
"Britanny how dare you?" Gina huffed.
"You get your silly time raft, I get the guy." Britanny wrapped her arms around my neck. "Now lets see what you look like under the chain mail."
"Oh boy." was the only thought I had as I started imagining that this was going to be a very long night. Good thing I got some sleep beforehand.
Author's notes: As this chapter needed some edits and corrections, I decided to look through it and edit it for spelling.