The Uncanny Young Avengers
Chapter 3: Kids Just Wanna Have Fun
By
The Uncanny R-Man
Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel. I own Jessie Dillon.
Shout Outs-
Aaron- I haven't actually read the New Avengers comics, this team is of my own devising. Yes, there will be more members coming along soon. And they're all familiar characters too.
Ruby631- Yup, Old Lace is Arsenic's pet raptor. The due with the afro turned out to be a bad guy. He betrayed the Runaways and got fried for his troubles.
Agent-G- Old Lace is female. That idea with Vince and Old Lace sounds pretty funny. I might use that. Yeah, I'm pretty hyped about the Excelsiors. Nice to see Chamber getting back in the game. The rogue Sentinel in this chapter is just one of your run-of-the-mill decommissioned Operation: Zero Tolerance thingies.
The Den-
Cassie, Luna and Jessie were hanging out in the Den with their new friends, the young runaways knows the, uh… Runaways. Old Lace, Arsenic's pet raptor, had been left in the Leap Frog (the Runaways' chosen mode of transport. A giant robotic frog) which was conveniently left parked outside.
'Have you guys been on many adventures yet?' Cassie asked. 'Cuz we haven't. Heck, we've just formed the team so he haven't had many chances.'
'We've had loads of adventures.' Chase, the only male member of the Runaways, replied. 'But I don't like to boast.'
'Yes you do.' Arsenic, real name Gertrude, replied.
'Okay, maybe just a little bit.' Chase shrugged.
Luna meanwhile, was enchanted by Karolina's rainbow-like form.
'You're so pretty.' Luna said. 'Are you a mutant? My daddy's a mutant, but I'm not. Yet.'
'No sweetie, I'm not a mutant.' Karolina said with a smile as she patted the younger girl on the head. 'I'm an alien.'
'Wow. That is so cool.' Luna breathed. 'You're the prettiest alien I've ever seen.'
Karolina just smiled modestly.
'Hee hee. You're blushing.' Luna giggled.
Molly, the mutant member of the Runaways, was talking to her fellow mutant, Jessie.
'So you're a mutant, huh?' Molly asked. 'That's so cool! I've never even met another mutant. What powers have you got?'
'I can conjure demons.' Jessie replied simply.
'Ooh, can I see?' Molly asked.
'Um, I'm not really all that comfortable with my powers.' Jessie replied, scratching the back of her neck. 'I'm still learning how to control them.'
'Aww.' Molly pouted. 'Not even a teeny weenie little demon?'
'Molly, don't bother Jessie like that.' Nico, the team's magic user and leader said. 'If she doesn't want to use her powers, she doesn't have too.'
Molly just crossed her arms and pouted some more.
'Have you got a codename?' Molly asked. 'Mine's Princes Power.'
'I'm never really got round to it.' Jessie admitted. 'Cassie and Luna don't have codenames either.'
'I was kinda thinking of calling myself Ant-Girl or something.' Cassie replied. 'Or does that sound too lame? Insect Lass? Invertebrate Woman? I think I'll stop now…'
'So what do you guys do for fun around here?' Chase asked. 'I see you've got a pool out there, wanna go for a swim?'
'Chase, we haven't got any swimming things.' Gert replied.
'Doesn't bother me, babe.' Chase replied, grinning inanely. 'Let's all go au naturel.'
'Pervert.' Gert hissed, swatting him upside the head.
Elsewhere-
Unknown to the Young Avengers and the Runaways, nearby the Avengers Complex there was a warehouse owned by The Hellfire Club. It was where the club dealt with most of their technological dealings, new ways to take over the world and what have you. One of their newest acquisitions was a decommissioned Sentinel back form the government's ill-fated Operation: Zero Tolerance.
'I don't know why the club wants this hunk of junk.' One of the guards said. 'If it's top-notch mechanical parts they wanted, they could get better stuff form a frickin' junk yard.'
'I couldn't care less.' His partner replied. 'I'm just here for the money. That holiday to Barbados ain't gonna pay for itself.'
'Ooh, Barbados. Swish.' The first guard nodded. 'Wish I had the time to jet off to somewhere swanky like that. The wife's always on about these fruity new fashions coming from France. Damn witch keeps on maxing out her damn credit cards.'
'Hunh, women.' The second guard snorted. 'Can live with 'em, can't kill 'em.'
The first guard laughed out loud at that but soon trailed off a she heard something whir into life behind him.
'Dude, what was that?' He asked
'Oh don't start all this crap again.' The second guard groaned. 'I had enough gyp with Callahan and his crap about the Black Queen being King Arthur's evil sister.'
'That's cuz she is, man.' The first guard replied. 'Don't you know your myths and legends?'
'Mutant signature detected. Execute with maximum force.'
'Crap! It's alive!' The first guard yelled as the Sentinel slowly came to life.
'It's not alive, you idiot!' The second guard replied. 'It's a frickin' robot.'
'Who cares anyway? Run!'
The Sentinel shot up into the air, smashing through the roof, showering the guards with shrapnel.
'Mutant signatures detected. Execute with maximum force.'
'Man, Morgan's gonna have our souls for this one.' The second guards groaned.
'I guess this means I don't get to got to Barbados.' The first guard added. 'Crap.'
The Den-
The Young Avengers and the Runaways were watching the news. Well, Nico and Jessie were, the others were just screwing around, arguing over what TV show to watch.
'Let's watch SpongeBob's.' Luna said. 'SpongeBob's funny.'
'No way!' Chase added. 'Jackass is the way to go.'
'That's icky.' Molly added. 'SpongeBob is way cooler.'
'I kinda like the O.C.' Karolina added.
'That show is so gay!' Chase winced. 'We're gonna watch Jackass!'
'Oh, and a guy dressed in nothing but a sparkly thong isn't gay?' Gert asked.
'It's not gay, it's classic TV.' Chase replied.
'Umm guys, I think you'd better see this.' Nico said. 'We've got a situation.'
The others joined Nico and Jessie on the couch. A Sentinel was wreaking havoc in downtown Malibu.
'Oh crap.' Molly groaned. 'Sentinels.'
'Well the grown ups are away so we'd better go save the day.' Cassie said. 'Avengers and Assemble and what have you.'
'We really need to get a battle cry.' Chase sighed.
Downtown Malibu-Downtown Malibu was in a state of chaos; cars were overturned and were often completely gutted by fire.
'Mutant signatures detected. Execute with maximum force.'
People dived out of the way as the Sentinel blasted a truck with laser beams from its hand.
'Mutant signatures detected. Execute with maximum force.'
The Sentinel let rip with another laser blast, knocking a woman down. The Sentinel centred on this woman and moved in for the killing blow.
'Mutant signature detected, Execute with maximum fo…'The Sentinel was cut off as something shot it in the back; it was the Young Avengers and the Runaways in the Leapfrog.
'Get away form that woman you hunk of bolts!' Cassie demanded through the Leap Frog's speakers.
'Mutant signatures detected. Execu…'Karolina let rip with another blast of energy from her hands, making the Sentinel stumble.
'Get away form that woman!' She demanded.
The Sentinel just held out its hand and grabbed Karolina with titanium coils shooting out of its hand.
'Get your frickin' hands off her!' Nice yelled as she held out her magical staff. 'Freeze!'
The Sentinel was frozen in place as a beam of ice shot out of Nico's magical staff. Then it was down to Molly as she let rip with a colossal punch, shattering the Sentinel's leg.
'Keep away form mutants you freaking monster!'
The Sentinel wobbled on its remaining leg.
'Mutant signatures detected. Execu…'It was Jessie's turn next as she conjured a hoard of flying demons that raked at the Sentinel with their claws.
'Everybody pile on!' Nico yelled. 'Let's take this thing down!'
Everybody piled on with their respective powers, whether it was demons, energy blasts or magical blasts from a rather large staff, they piled it on no matter what and the Sentinel soon fell.
The two combined teams cheered in celebration as the Sentinel exploded in a ball of fire and metal.
'Booyah!' Now that's what I'm talking about!' Chase cheered.
'But I wanted to have a go.' Luna pouted. 'I wanted to blow the robot up.'
'I'm sure there'll be another time to blow up nasty robots soon, sweetie.' Cassie said, patting the young girl on the shoulder. 'Now what do you say we get back to the Complex and watch some SpongeBob?'
Luna let out a cheer and plopped down into her seat.
'C'mon, let's go, I wanna watch SpongeBob!'
Back at the Complex-
The Young Avengers and the Runaways were sitting in front of the TV watching Luna's SpongeBob videos when a rather miffed Vince stormed in.
'Okay, whose raptor is this?' Vince asked, as he held up his arm, complete with said raptor, gnawing away at his arm. 'I'm not a chew toy.'
Everybody looked at Gert, who just looked at her shoes.
'I have no idea what you're talking about.' She said. 'Old Lace isn't mine.'
'Gert, you are such a terrible liar.' Nice snickered. 'Now get Old Lace off his arm, 'kay?'
Gert just sighed and walked over to Old Lace.
'Okay sweetie, you can stop gnawing on the cute Canadian's arm now.' She said.
Old Lace did as her mistress said and let go of Vince's arm.
'Are you okay?' Gert asked, examining Vince's arm for bite marks. 'Do you need any medical attention?'
'Umm no, I'm okay thanks.' Vince replied. 'I'm pretty much invulnerable. My shirt's seen better days though.'
'We're in trouble, aren't we?' Luna asked, giving Vince her patented puppy dog eyes. 'You're not going to tell my mommie are you?'
Vince's formerly stern expression soon faltered. He was a sucker for the puppy dog eyes.
'Aww, how could I resists such a cute face?' He said.
And with that, Vince left without another word.
'Man, way to go Luna.' Chase grinned. 'You could get away with murder with those puppy dog eyes.'
'Oh no, not murder.' Luna replied with a shake of her head. 'I like using it to get ice-cream and candy.'
'Which reminds me…' Cassie said. 'Who's for ice-cream?'
TBC…
Next: The Young Avengers Who Cried Wolf
When Luna is kidnapped by the genetically engineered twins known as Fenris, Cassie and Jessie must rescue her. On the way they find some new team members. A former new mutant, the son of Doom and a refugee from the Age of Apocalypse.