Uncanny Young Avengers
Chapter 7: Clever Girls
By
The Uncanny R-Man
Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel. I own Jessie Dillon.
Shout Outs-
Ruby631- Nope, the Young Avengers didn't explain why they were travelling to the Savage Land. I guess Kristoff just wanted to see how far they could go without running out of fuel. Yes, I am indeed a Rahne fanboy. Proud of it.
Agent-G- Yeah, I guess Avenger-Mobile is a pretty lame name. I was thinking of renaming it something like A-Wing. Mostly because the A stands for Avengers and the fact that it sounds like something out of Star Wars (X-Wing, Y-Wing, etc.) Yup, Bruiser was the cute little mutant girl in 'Runaways.'
If you liked this, please go and check out my other URM-Verse Avengers stories: 'TheUncanny Avengers''Uncanny West Coast Avengers' and 'Uncanny Avengers International.'
The Savage Land-
The Young Avengers held on for dear life as the hungry T-Rex battered the Quinjet.
'We can't let this thing smash us to pieces!' Doug yelped as he gripped the armrests as if his life depended on it. 'We have to do something!'
'Let's go out there and kick its ass!' Luna yelled. 'I've been itching to try out these new powers!'
'There's no need to hurt the thing, Luna.' Cassie replied evenly. 'We're trespassers on it's territory. There must be a peaceful solution…'
'Geez, when did you become such a freaking hippy?' Molly muttered.
Kristoff did a double take as he saw Cassie start to climb out of the Quinjet.
'Cassie! What in Doom's name are you doing?' The young Latverian hissed. 'Get back in here!'
Kristoff's pleas fell on deaf ears as Cassie hopped out of the Quinjet and began to increase her size via some Pym Particles that she had stolen from her father.
'It's okay…' Cassie whispered calmly to the angry T-Rex. 'We don't mean to hurt you…'
The T-Rex blinked in confusion at the giant human before it.
'I'm starting to wish this communicator worked on dinosaurs…' Cassie muttered to herself.
Back inside the Quinjet, the other Young Avengers waited with bated breath.
'Cassandra is insane!' Jocasta. 'She's going to end up as getting eaten, I just know it!'
'I'm not so sure, Jocasta.' Nate countered. 'I think I know where Cassie is going with this. Now, if only I can use my telepathy to translate patch Cassie into Doug's translation abilities…'
Back outside, Cassie continued to try to calm the T-Rex down.
'We know that we're trespassing on your territory but this was purely an accident.' Cassie explained. 'If you'd just let us go in peace, we won't bother you any more.'
'Humans scared away prey.' The T-Rex growled. 'Needed food for little ones.'
Cassie blinked in confusion. Did the dinosaur just speak to her?
'Sorry to cut in like this, Cass…' Nate apologised telepathically. 'But you looked like you could do with a little help. I just hooked you and Doug together. He's translating for you.'
'Thanks for the save, Nate.' Cassie telepathically sighed in relief. 'You're a life saver.'
Cassie then turned back to the T-Rex.
'We're sorry for scaring away your prey. Really. We are. We just crashed out of the sky.'
'Why does giant girl care?' The T-Rex asked. 'Humans kill our kind. Man with furs kill mate.'
'Oh God. I'm so sorry.' Cassie winced. 'W-we didn't know. This is the first time we've been to the Savage Land.'
'Will take age to find fresh meat now.' The T-Rex explained solemnly. 'Little ones need food now or will die.'
'We have some provisions in the Quinjet.' Cassie explained. 'They may not be quite as useful as a nice side of triceratops but they should satisfy your babies until you're able to find some fresh meat.'
'Giant girl would do this for Red Spot?'
'Hey, it was our fault that we scared away your prey.' Cassie shrugged. 'Just try not to eat any of my friends, okay?'
'Red Spot will try.' The T-Rex nodded. 'Red Spot is in your debt.'
Cassie just smiled and shrunk back to her normal size.
'Better look alive, guys.' Cassie announced as she climbed back into the Quinjet. 'Gather up the supplies, we're on feeding duty.'
'Were you just… talking to that… dinosaur?' Molly blinked, unsure whether she had imagined the whole thing.
'Her name is Red Spot.' Cassie explained as she gathered up as many supplies as she could carry. 'Somebody killed her mate and she's having trouble finding food for her babies on her own.'
As strange as it sounded, the other Young Avengers didn't comment on their plight. They just went about gathering sustenance for the baby Rexes.
Later-
After Red Spot's babies had been fed, the Young Avengers went about fixing up the Quinjet.
'Red Spot, about this guy that killed your mate…' Cassie wondered. 'Was he one of the usual humans that live in the Savage Land?'
'No.' Red Spot replied. 'He did not look like Ka-Zar's kind. He did have much hair on face and wore skin that looked like spotted cat.'
'I know that guy!' Cassie whooped as she snapped her fingers in realisation. 'It's Kraven the Hunter! Okay, not the original cuz… he's dead. (1) It must be the original Kraven's son.'
'Should we notify Ka-Zar about this?' Jocasta inquired. 'The Savage Land is his realm and he has a right to know if somebody is illegally poaching the creatures within.'
'Yeah, I think we'd better.' Cassie nodded. 'We'd better split up. Half of us stay here to fix up the Quinjet while the others travel to the Fall People's settlement.'
'I will notify the others.' Jocasta nodded as she departed to tell the other Young Avengers of the news.
A short time later-
Cassie decided to take Jessie, Nate and Jocasta along with her to Ka-Zar's settlement while Luna, Kristoff and Doug stayed with Molly and the Quinjet.
Cassie was riding atop red Spot's shoulders while Jessie rode on a flying demon and Nate carried himself and Jocasta in a telekinetic bubble.
'Fall People camp is nearby.' Red Spot announced as she stopped and lowered her snout to the ground. 'Red Spot cannot go further or will end up as food,'
'Thanks for your help.' Cassie nodded thankfully before hopping off Red Spot's nose. 'You'd better go back to your babies now. We'll go the rest of our way on our own.'
'Red Spot is forever thankful for giant girl. Red Spot just wishes to be more help.'
'Your babies are more important.' Cassie replied. 'Go to them.'
Red Spot didn't utter another word as she turned and strode back to her nest and waiting babies.
'Well, that was a surreal experience.' Jessie sniffed as she dismounted her demon. 'Befriending a T-Rex. Who'da thunk?'
'Tell me about it.' Cassie nodded. 'I just hope we get this thing over and done with. Nothing disgusts me more than poachers.'
'I am sorry to interrupt…' Jocasta piped up. 'But my sensors are picking up several humanoid signatures nearby.'
'Yes. I can sense it too.' Nate agreed. 'Uh-oh. They don't seem angry. It seems that they saw you riding on Red Foot. They think that we're Savage Land Mutates.'
'Aww, crud.' Cassie groaned. 'Better get ready for a fight. Just remember not to hurt them too much. We're visitors in their land.'
'You'd better tell them that.' Jessie gulped as the small group of Young Avengers found themselves surrounded by people armed with spears and riding velociraptors.
'Allow me to speak to them…' Jocasta said as she stepped forward. 'People of the Savage Land, we mean you no harm…'
'The silver one speaks! Kill it!'
'Oh dear.' Jocasta winced as she was belted with rocks. 'Plan B?'
'Let's kick some Savage Land ass!' Jessie grinned as her Norse battle armour appeared around her.
TBC…
Next: Scavenger Hunt
The Young Avengers team-up with Ka-Zar and the Fall People against Kraven and the Savage Land Mutates. Dinosaurs, mutants and fuzzy bikinis galore!
