Wolfsbane

Chapter 25: The Not-So Sinister Six- Part 1

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel.

Quote of the day- 'There is Doom enough for all!'

Milwaukee-

Rahne and her companions looked around at their surroundings as Squirrel Girl gave them a guided tour of the Great Lakes Champions' headquarters.

'And this is a tribute to some of the members that we have lost...' Squirrel Girl explained, indicating a wall with several framed pictures hanging from it.

'Wait...' Laura frowned thoughtfully. 'Hawkeye wasn't a Great Lakes... guy, was he? I thought he was an Avenger through-and-through.'

'Do ye no' know yuir history, lass?' Moira admonished the young clone. 'Hawkeye and his then wife Mockingbird were indeed members of the Great Lakes Avengers f'r a time. Hawkeye had a falling out wi' the West Coast Avengers and quit.'

'And what about these other guys?' Laura asked. 'I haven't read anything about them.'

'I think the pink-skinned one is Dinah Soar...' Rahne remembered. 'She was Mr Immortal's girlfriend, I think.'

'The guy in the green armour is Grasshopper, I think.' Dani continued. 'I don't think he was a member for very long. That's most probably there isn't much information about him.'

'I believe he was a member for five-point-eight seconds.' Squirrel Girl stated. 'A record for the shortest tenure in any superhero team.'

'Oh! I know who the squirrel is!' Laura snapped her fingers in recognition. 'That's Monkey Joe, isn't it?'

Squirrel Girl nodded sadly.

'Yes, that's Monkey Joe. He was my best friend for a long time.'

Laura bit her lip in embarrassment. She didn't mean to upset her hostess.

'I'm sorry if i upset you. I was only curious about these people...'

'That's alright.' Squirrel Girl smiled slightly. 'I still miss Monkey Joe, but I'm getting over it.'

Flatman poked his head around the door and smiled once he saw Squirrel Girl and their guests.

'Oh. I've been looking for you guys everywhere!' The team's science guy exclaimed. 'Come on, dinner's almost ready!'

Dani looked at her companions with a perplexed expression.

'Was Flatman wearing a pink frilly apron?'

'What's yuir point?' Rahne shrugged. 'Wolverine wears the same thing. Sometimes when he's no' even cooking.'

'Oh, yeah...' Dani grimaced at the mental image. 'That's a memory that's gonna stay with me for a long time...'

Dinner time-

Rahne and her friends were sitting around the dinner table with the rest of the Great Lakes Champions. Rahne had somehow managed to get herself a seat beside Squirrel Girl. Dani made sure to sit on her lover's opposite side, to make sure that she didn't get up to anything untoward. Not that there was any risk of that, of course. Rahne was fiercely loyal to her family. It was all part of her lupine mutation. Rahne would never to anything to betray her pack, as she saw it. Besides, Dani was more worried that Rahne would try to eat Squirrel Girl, considering wolves' diet of smaller creatures.

'Wow, this is some spread...' A clearly impressed Rahne looked around at the food that Flatman brought out. 'Y'know, I was kindae expecting Chinese takeaway, or pizza.'

'We may not have an A-List Rogues Gallery, but we know how to treat our guests.' Big Bertha smiled.

'Umm... not to sound ignorant or anything...' Laura piped up. 'But... you're thin. I thought Big Bertha was, uh... fat.'

'It's all part of my mutation, sweetie.' Bertha smiled. 'I'm not fat twenty-four-seven. I wouldn't be Milwaukee's greatest supermodel, would I?'

'I guess not.' Laura scratched the back of her neck in embarrassment.

'And please, call me Ashley.'

'Y'all can call be Craig.' Mr Immortal exclaimed.

'My name is Dr Val Ventura.' Flatman introduced himself as he started to carve the chicken that he had just set down in the middle of the table.

'Call me Ishmael.' Doorman quipped, only to receive a punch on the arm from Ashley. 'Okay... My real name is DeMarr Davis. Geez, excuse a guy for trying to make the funny.'

'I'm Doreen Green.' Squirrel Girl smiled sweetly. 'And this is my squirrel companion, Tippy-Toe.'

'Squee-chk-chk.' The little grey squirrel waved from her high chair.

'Now, with the introductions over, who wants breast and who wants leg?' Val asked as he started to dish up the chicken.

'I'm a breast girl.' Rahne smirked cheekily. 'But ye all knew that already.'

Val speared a slice of chicken breast with a fork and put it onto Rahne's plate.

KABOOM!

The sound of an explosion nearby caused Val to drop the plate, catapulting the electric carving knife that he had placed on the table into the air, hitting Mr Immortal right in-between the eyes.

'Aww, dangit!' Mr Immortal groaned as he fell backwards off his chair.

Rahne and her companions looked about in alarm.

'Shouldn't we do something?' Laura asked. 'Mr Immortal's dead!'

'He'll be fine.' Doorman shrugged it off. 'Why do you think he's called Mr Immortal?'

'I guess that's our dinner spoilt.' Ashley sighed as she pushed her plate away from her.

'I'll grab the Chinese takeout menus...' Val sighed as he took off his frilly pink apron, cursing his luck. Why was it that whenever he tried to cook something nice, it always ended up getting destroyed?

Outside-

The green-clad villain known as the Scorpion laughed maniacally as he tore a bus in half with his mechanical tail.

'Ha-ha-ha! Nothing could possibly stop me now! Nobody can beat the Sinister Six!'

'Unless you happen to be Spider-Man.' The pumpkin-headed villain known as Jack O' Lantern commented.

'Why do you think that we've come to Milwaukee?' The Alice In Wonderland-obsessed villainess known as the White Rabbit smirked. 'There aren't any worthwhile heroes here. It's ripe for the taking!'

'Sssquirrel Girl!' The rat-like villain known as Vermin squeaked fearfully. 'Ssshe livesss here! Ssshe beat up Doctor Doom!'

'Oh, that's just something that the press made up to scare people.' The Scorpion snorted in derision. 'Kinda like alligators living in the sewers, or... Michael Jackson!'

'It doesn't matter who she did or didn't beat up.' The former Nazi scientist completely composed out of bees known as Swarm sneered. 'She will fall beneath the might of Swarm!'

'Remind me why we got involved with this guy...' The bearskin-wearing villain known as Grizzly scratched his head.

'Because Scorpion paid us, you dummy.' White Rabbit rolled her eyes. 'Now, get your butt into gear and start raising heck!'

'Not so fast, Evil Doers!'

'What the hell...?' Scorpion growled as he looked up at the sound of the voice. It was Team Wolfsbane and the Great Lakes Champions!

'Surrender while you are still able!' Mr Immortal demanded.

'How about you kiss my tail?' Scorpion sneered as he swiped at the GLC's leader with his tail.

Mr Immortal looked down and saw Scorpion's tail protruding from his chest.

'Aww, nertz.'

Squirrel Girl took it upon herself to take charge.

'Great Lakes Champions: Assemble!'

Rahne called together her companions with her own battle cry.

'X-Men: Let's kick some arse!'

TBC...

Next: The Not-So Sinister Six- Part 2

Will Team Wolfsbane and the GLC be able to defeat Scorpion and his Sinister Six? How many times will Mr Immortal be killed? Will there be anything edible left of Flatman's dinner? Tune in next time to find out...