Siege of Space City
Disclaimer: "Bang, bang!" - Mick Foley
Chapter 10: Welcome Wagon!
And it's Profile Time once again! Another West Coast Misfit is profiled, the wild 'n' wacky Wildstar!
Wildstar
Real Name: Ace Starr
First Appearance: "Hotter than Hellion"
Affiliation: West Coast Misfits, faked allegiance to Hellions
Hair: Brown with black tips, grows out like a lion's mane Eyes: Chocolate Brown
Powers and Abilities: Ace Starr's feral mutation grants him great strength, speed, agility, and reflexes. It also gave him obvious indicators of mutantcy: claw-like fingernails, fangs, and a blue birthmark in the shape of an eight-pointed star over his right eye. He can also fire beams of blue energy from his claws.
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Bio: The son of an ex-roadie and ex-groupie, rock stardom was written in the stars for Ace. Unlike many parents, Ace's parents did not mind his feral appearance. From an early age, Ace demonstrated a talent for music, first picking up guitar and singing at the age of 4. From there, he mastered piano, saxophone, and harmonica. At the age of six, he had his first taste of stardom, appearing in a local cereal commercial. At the beginning of his teenage years, Ace gathered four friends of his and formed the Ballroom Blitzers, a band that played original songs and classic rock hits.
Nick Fury would recruit Ace to go undercover at the Massachusetts Academy, where his flirtatious nature and charms were able to make the female members of the Hellions into Wildstar fangirls. After an incident involving the Hellion Red Dragon, an incident involving Wildstar befriending X23, Ace went on the road. While traveling, he encountered future West Coast Misfit teammates Sunfire, Thunderbird, and Dazzler. During an attack by the android Mimic at Christmas, Ace, combining forces with Sunfire, Dazzler, Thunderbird, X23, as well as Wolfsbane, Thunderbolt, Siryn, and Velocity, defeated the Mimic. After that battle, Ace became one of the original West Coast Misfits.
The Xavier Institute
"Dum da de, da deeeee..." Ororo Munroe, Storm, hummed happily to herself. The Kenya-born weather-manipulator was doing something that brought her a great amount of joy: She was using her powers to water some plants. She smiled as she used her powers to make it rain on a line of plants. "There you go, my children. Don't you all enjoy a good drizzle?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" Male screaming was heard.
"What?" Ororo looked up from her watering and looked out the wall of her greenhouse. She noticed Zandar running towards the greenhouse, dressed in red cardinal robes, racing towards the building. Chasing him was a furious Paige, her skin in a steel form, waving a pillow over her head like a mace.
"Oh, no..." The white-haired mutant knew where this was going to go.
"Cardinal Beastenez!" Zandar cried out. "Help me!"
"Come back here!" Paige yelled, swinging the pillow. "Ah ain't done bashin' ya yet!"
"No, no..." Storm shook her head as she ran out of her greenhouse. "No no no no no no no no..."
"Help me!" Zandar screamed.
"No!" Storm yelled as she stepped in front of her greenhouse. "STOP!" She ordered loudly. Zandar and Paige hit the brakes. Amusingly, the blonde epidermic metamorph and the pink-haired Dreadnok were still in the position they were in when Storm ordered them to stop, looking like a video game that was paused. "If you two what is good for you, you will not rampage through my greenhouse. If one thing in there gets damaged..." Thunder was heard rumbling. "Do you understand?" Zandar and Paige nodded in understanding. The pink-haired Dreadnok turned to the blonde.
"You don't mind going around, do you?"
"Nah." Paige shrugged.
"Okay." Zandar nodded. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The Dreadnok took off again, being careful to go around the greenhouse.
"Come back here!" Paige roared as she gave chase once more. She went around the greenhouse as well.
"That's better." Ororo nodded in satisfaction. Smiling, the weather-manipulator walked back inside the greenhouse. She still had plants to water. "I'm glad I was able to prevent my greenhouse from getting destroyed."
SPLOOSH!
Ororo's greenhouse got covered in paint.
"You are kidding me." Ororo moaned.
"Aw come on!" Remy's voice was heard wailing. "How did this happen?!"
"We really need to get that catapult fixed." Piotr was heard sighing.
"I would ask how things can get any worse, but I don't want to jinx myself." The white-haired woman groaned.
Space City
"Who's thet?" Razorback blinked at Professor Miyamoto.
"The man who sent the distress signal." Hardcase whispered to the Arkansas native. "This is Joe business, pal. I suggest you just stay out of the way."
"Hardcase, be nice." Theresa admonished in another whisper. "We're happy for ye're help, Razorback."
"Happy ta help, little lady." Razorback smiled, crossing his arms.
"I am Professor Gunpei Miyamoto." The hoverchair-using scientist introduced himself.
"I'm Quick-Kick of GI Joe." Quick-Kick introduced himself. He then motioned to Kicker. "And this is Kicker."
"Hello." The blonde Joe martial artist waved warmly.
"Jester..."
"Nice space station." Jester grinned. "Any aliens drop by?"
"Shut up, Jester." Hardcase grumbled.
"And that's Hardcase." Quick-Kick continued introducing. "The kids are members of the West Coast Misfits." The martial artist waved to Siryn. "This is Siryn..."
"Hello." The Irish girl smiled warmly.
"Wolfsbane..."
"How's it going?" Rahne waved.
"Velocity..."
"'Sup?" Terrell nodded.
"And of course..." Quick-Kick started to introduce Shiro.
"I do know of Sunfire." Professor Miyamoto nodded. "Who in Japan does not know of him? Esecially because of his alliances with Big Hero 6."
"Big Hero 6?" Rahne blinked.
"Japan's resident superteam." Shiro explained. "America is not the only country in the world that has supervillains and superheroes."
"Oh, like Canada has those Alpha Flight guys." Terrell remembered.
"Exactly." Shiro nodded. The professor noted Razorback.
"I do not recognize your large friend."
"Ah'm Razorback, sir." Razorback nodded respectfully. "Ah'm from Little Rock, Arkansas."
"Razorback here provided the transportation to get here." Kicker explained.
"What is GI Joe's interest in this station?" Professor Miyamoto frowned. "I have done nothing to bother the Americans, nor does my station"
"This isn't about any potential threat to the United States, or anywhere else." Hardcase explained. "We're just here to investigate a distress call."
"Distress call?" Professor Miyamoto raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah." Jester explained. "This little ball thing came down near our base." Jester held up the small device. "It contained a holographic message from you. It said you needed help."
"Why would I need aid?" The confused Professor frowned. "Only two people reside in this station."
"This huge station only has two people in it?!" Razorback's jaw dropped. "But there's no way that only two people can maintain a station this size! Hell, the International Space Station has ore people runnin' it than this thing. And the ISS is a tiny little thing compared to this station!"
"We have a force of robots to help maintain this station." Professor Miyamoto explained. "And Kimiko and I will not be the only ones on this station after a short time."
"Who's Kimiko?" Siryn blinked.
"Father?" A female voice called out. "Father?"
"You are about to meet her." Professor Miyamoto answered the curious Irish girl. "I am here, daughter." The young woman walked in. She was dressed in a JAXA t-shirt and jeans. The clothes only showed her figure. Terrell's jaw dropped. (1)
"Shiro, can I tell you something?" The Compton-born speedster asked the Japan-born solar energy-manipulator.
"Yes, Velocity?"
"I love Japan..." Velocity admitted as he looked over the beautiful young woman, making Shiro groan.
"Father, you didn't tell me you'd have guests." Kimiko looked at the Professor.
"I did not expect to have any." Professor Miyamoto explained. "Especially members of GI Joe."
"I have never thought I'd meet members of the legendary GI Joe team, as well as Sunfire himself. This is such an honor!" Kimiko bowed humbly.
"I am merely here to see if anyone needs aid." Sunfire bowed in response.
"If it's alright with you, we'd like to take a look around the station to see if everything's alright, Professor." Kicker asked. "I know you believe there is nothing to worry about, but maybe there's something going on you're not aware of. If Cobra knew about this station, they may try to come after it."
If you only knew, Joe... Miyamoto thought.
"Please, father." Kimiko begged. "It has been so long since I have seen others."
"Very well, then." Professor Miyamoto nodded. "I shall take you on a tour of Space City."
Well, well, well! Looks like the heroes are going on the tour! What insanity will happen next? What'll happen to Storm's greenhouse? What will the tour reveal? Will I stop asking stupid questions? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!
(1) JAXA stands for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is the Japanese counterpart to NASA.