The Uncanny Young Avengers

Chapter 1: Young Avengers

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- I don't own any familiar characters, they all belong to Marvel. I don't own any of the cartoon shows mentioned either, they belong to their respective creators. I only own Jessie Dillon. Mayhem belongs to Agent-G.


Author's notes- This is a spin-off from The Uncanny New Avengers, so to catch up on events and how Jessie joined the team, go read that.


The Den, Avengers Complex-

Several metres the beach house that the West Coast Avengers called their home, there was a place that was affectionately known as 'The Den.' The actual place as a glorified bomb shelter but it had been outfitted to seem more like a games room/emergency shelter. It was in here that we find Cassandra Lang, Ant-Man's daughter, Luna Maximoff, Quicksilver and Crystal's daughter and Jessie Dillon, Madelyne Pryor's protégée.

The girls were often shunted into 'The Den' whenever the Avengers Complex was under attack. To tell you the truth, the only time that the Avengers Complex even seemed to be under attack was the time when Madelyne Pryor and Copycat appeared out of nowhere to join the team. Apart from that, there wasn't really any reason for the girls to hide out there. But the young trio didn't seem to mind hanging out in the Den, it gave them somewhere to go whenever the grown-ups were getting too mushy. That seemed to be happening quite a bit recently as everybody seemed to be pairing up with everybody else.

It first started when Luna's parents got back together, much to Luna's glee of course, she missed seeing her father when she was stuck on Attilan with her mother. Then of course the others had to follow; Cassie's father seemed to be getting pretty cosy with Songbird. If the trip to Cassie's grandmother's place at Christmas was any proof, Scott and Melissa were nigh inseparable.

Then there was Maddie and Copycat. Jessie wasn't a telepath but she could tell that there was something going on with the redheaded telepath and the mutant shapeshifter. It wasn't that Jessie was against that kind of thing but she wasn't sure how she felt about her mentor dating another woman. Sure, Copycat seemed nice and all, Jessie just hoped that Maddie wasn't dating Copycat to get back at her ex-husband, the X-Man Cyclops.

Cassie stifled a yawn as she shifted on the sofa, three straight hours of SpongeBob would make anybody feel a little bit crazy.

'Who do you think is best, Cassie?' Luna asked. 'SpongeBob or Patrick?'

Cassie looked at the nine-year-old through bleary eyes. She really wasn't in the mood for these kinds of questions. However, she felt as if Luna was like a younger sister to her and didn't want to see her get hurt or upset in any way.

'Oh I dunno, Luna.' Cassie said. 'They're both pretty funny.'

Luna pouted slightly at the lack of a satisfactory answer.

'But if you had to choose, who would you say?' Luna asked.

A cheeky smile spread across Cassie's face as she got an idea.

'Well, if you're going to be pushy then I'm not going to tell you.' Cassie said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

'Aww, you're mean!' Luna pouted. 'Okay Jessie, who do you think is best, SpongeBob or Patrick?'

Jessie looked up from her book and brushed a strand of blue-tipped black hair behind her ear. Jessie was actually a natural blonde but seeing that the other two girls were also blonde, she decided to change her hair colour to set herself apart and prevent confusion.

'I've never really watched SpongeBob, I'm afraid.' Jessie said. 'I kinda prefer Billy and Mandy myself.'

'Oh yeah, now there's a great show!' Cassie replied. 'Mandy is so cute, in a kind of evil, psychotic kind of way.'

Luna sighed reluctantly, as much as she liked Cassie and Jessie, they were just too different than she was, and I don't mean that Luna was an Inhuman and the other girls weren't.

'I-I like SpongeBob.' Luna said, trying to cut into the conversation. 'Y'know, he's a sponge and he has square pants, get it?'

Cassie and Jessie looked at the younger girl as if she had done something wrong.

'Yeah but with Billy and Mandy, you've got two kids befriending the Grim Reaper, how funny is that?'

Luna sighed once more and slumped in her chair, she really wished she was older, and then she could be included in the other's fun.


Later-

The three girls were still in the Den. This time the TV was off and they were playing Twister. Cassie groaned as she tried to reach out of the tangle of limbs and spin the spinner.

'Geez Jessie, how can you handle this kind of stuff?' Cassie asked. 'Are you made of rubber or something?'

'I used to do gym for my school.' Jessie replied. 'Y'know, until I got my powers…'

'Is this game finished yet?' Luna asked. 'Cuz I really have to pee.'

'Lemmie see if I can get out of this…' Cassie replied as she struggled to get out of the jumble.

'Careful Cassie, that was my hand!' Jessie hissed.

'Sorry!' Cassie winced as she tried to move once more.

Cassie gasped in shock as she heard a yelp come from Luna.

'Ow! You just trod on my foot!'

'Oh God, I'm so sorry Luna!' Cassie winced. 'It's a little difficult when we're in this jumble. You'll be alright won't you? Nothing's hurt too bad?'

'I-I'll be okay.' Luna replied quietly. 'I don't think anything's hurt…'

'I-I don't think I can handle this for much longer…' Jessie groaned. 'My back's gonna give way…'

'Don't fall on me!' Luna yelped. 'I'm only small, you'll squash me!'

'Are you calling me fat?' Jessie replied, mock seriously.

'N-no.' Luna replied. 'You're older and taller than me and I'll get squashed if you fall on me.'

'Hang on a sec, you two.' Cassie said. 'I'm trying to think of a way out of this… Luna, you're the smallest so you can sneak out with too much trouble. I'll prop up Jessie so she doesn't fall on you. Can you do that?'

Luna stuck her tongue out in concentration as she tried to untangle her limbs.

'Okay, I'm out!' Luna grinned. She instantly regretted that. 'Oh no, I really have to pee…'

Luna ran in the direction of the little girls' room, leaving Cassie and Jessie tangled on the Twister mat.

Cassie gave one last groan of complaint before collapsing onto the floor, bringing Jessie down with her.

'Aww man, I'm going to be feeling that all week.' Cassie groaned as she rubber her back.

'Tell me about it.' Jessie winced. 'I think I twisted my ankle…'

TBC…


Next: Runaways

The Young Avengers take a trip to the mall and meet up with another team of young heroes, the Runaways!