Wolfsbane

Chapter 26: The Not-So Sinister Six- Part 2

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel.

Quote of the day- 'The Welsh are a quaint, little people just west of England, Iceman. Picture the Scots without the sex appeal or the Irish without the laughs and you've pretty much got them nailed.'- Betsy Braddock (Ultimate X-Men #17)

Milwaukee-

The Great Lakes Champions and Rahne's team split up to take on Scorpion and his band of villains. Rahne was taking on White Rabbit. The Alice in Wonderland-obsessed villainess ran for her life as she was chased across the street by a large russet wolf.

'Ahh! Get it off me! Get it off!' the redheaded villainess screamed as she leapt into an abandoned car and locked the door behind her. 'Please, I don't want to be eaten.'

White Rabbit screamed in fright as the Rahne leapt up against the window, growling hungrily.

'Oh, God, Oh God...' She whimpered as she struggled to start the car. 'Come on. Start, damn you...'

White Rabbit breathed a sigh of relief as the car's engine started up. The insane Playboy Bunny-wannabe looked in the rear-view mirror. Thankfully, Rahne had disappeared from her sight.

'Oh, thank you. Thank you, God...' She panted, tapping her chest in an attempt to slow her heart rate.

THUMP!

White Rabbit yelped in surprise as something large and heavy landed on the roof of her getaway car. That yelp was soon followed by another fearful scream as Rahne peered in through the windscreen. She had changed from her total wolf form into her transitional werewolf form. The Scotswoman grinned evilly.

'Boo!'

'Waaah!' White Rabbit lost control of the car and crashed into a wall. Unfortunately, the villainess hadn't been wearing a seatbelt and ended up being catapulted through the windscreen.

Rahne, having leapt off the car just before it had crashed, stepped forward to insect her handiwork. A weak groan told her that White Rabbit hadn't been too seriously injured in the crash.

Still in her transitional werewolf form, Rahne picked the crazy redhead up by her fake ears and growled at the villainess.

'Y'know, I've always wanted to try rabbit stew...'

Nearby-

Elsewhere, Dani had teamed up with Flatman to take on the rodent-like villain known as Vermin.

'Come on now, Vermin...' Flatman tried to soothe the half-man half-rat as he held out his hands in a gesture of peace. 'We all know that you don't want to hurt anybody. You're just sick. We can help you.'

'Not sssick!' Vermin retorted in a mixture of anger and fear. 'You not help Vermin. You hurt Vermin. Heroesss alwaysss hurt Vermin!'

Flatman yelled out as Vermin lashed out with his claws, scratching deep gouges in the hero's arm.

'Ow! Sonova...' Flatman hissed as he held his injured arm. 'Be careful of Vermin's claws, Ms Moonstar, they're dangerous.'

'Right. I'll keep that in mind.' Dani rolled her eyes. 'Now, perhaps you'll let me try? I have this kind of bond with animals...'

'Just be careful, okay?' Flatman warned the Cheyenne mutant. 'I doubt that Ms Sinclair would appreciate it if you came back all scratched and bloodied.'

'Don't worry about it.' The Cheyenne woman smirked. As quick as a flash, Dani grabbed a garbage can lid from the ground and clobbered Vermin over the head, knocking the creature out with one blow.

PLANG!

'I thought you said you had a bond with animals.' Flatman frowned slightly.

'I do. I also don't like rats.' Dani pointed out, indicating the unconscious Vermin with a jerk of her thumb. 'And that is the biggest rat I have ever seen.'

Elsewhere again-

Not very far away, Laura had teamed up with Big Bertha to take on Swarm.

'I don't suppose you happen to have a really big can of bug spray in that jet of yours, do you?' Big Bertha asked the young clone.

'Not even a signal flyswatter.' Laura shook her head apologetically. 'And I kind of doubt that my claws will be all that useful against a guy made out of bees.'

Then, Big Bertha was struck with an idea.

'Wait, listen for a minute...'

Laura leant in close so se could hear what Big Bertha had planned.

'Foolish women!' Swarm laughed out loud. 'Your undoubtedly inferior minds cannot possibly come up with a way to defeat me! It shall be a pleasure to rid you of your filthy mutant lives!'

'I always did enjoy kicking the asses of misogynistic Nazis.' Big Bertha smirked as she picked Laura up and threw her at Swarm in a variation of the infamous Fast Ball Special.

Swarm laughed out loud once more as Laura passed straight through him.

'Ha-ha! Your plan has failed, woman! Just as I suspected!'

'I'd turn around if I were you.' Laura smirked.

The former Nazi scientist spun around to see where the young clone had landed. Laura was standing beside a fire hydrant, her claws aiming to slash the hydrant open.

'You wouldn't dare...' Swarm challenged her.

'Think again...' Laura smirked as she slashed open the fire hydrant.

Swarm screeched in pain and anger as the bees comprising his body were obliterated with the torrent of water bursting forth from the broken fire hydrant.

'I'm melting, meeeeltiiing...'

Big Bertha shook her head as she cautiously stepped around all of the dead bees that littered the ground.

'Geez, I never knew Nazis could be such cry-babies.'

Elsewhere once more-

The battle didn't seem to being going so well for all of the heroes. Jack O' Lantern and Grizzly had cornered Doorman against a wall.

'Heh-heh. This is gonna be sweet...' Grizzly grinned as he advanced upon the cowering Doorman. 'I'm gonna squeeze your head like a zit!'

'Take a number and get in line, Grizzly.' Jack O' Lantern retorted as he juggled a pumpkin bomb. 'I called first dibs.'

BLAART! BLAART!

Grizzly and Jack O' Lantern both looked at each other with confused expressions.

'What in the...?' They mumbled in unision.

Doorman quickly teleported away as soon as he spotted the petrol tanker careening towards the two villains. Grizzly and Jack O' Lantern weren't so lucky, however. The tanker crashed straight into them.

Doorman reappeared just in time to see Moira MacTaggart clamber out of the cab of the wrecked tanker.

'I would make a joke about women drivers, but that tanker's gonna explode any minute, so I think a retreat would be a better idea.

'Aye, I think it would.' Moira nodded in agreement as she ran away from the impending explosion. 'Ye werenae really cowerin' like a wee bairn, were ye?'

'Umm... no.' Doorman chuckled nervously. 'I was... uh... I was merely distracting the bad guys so you could take them out with that tanker. Yeah! I was distracting them! I knew what you were going to do.'

'Sure ye were, lad.' Moira nodded sarcastically, patting Doorman's shoulder. 'Sure ye were...'

Finally-

With the other heroes busy with their own fights, it was up to Squirrel Girl to take on the leader of the impromptu Sinister Six, Scorpion.

The green-clad villain took one look at Squirrel Girl and laughed out loud.

'Bwa-ha-haaa! You can't seriously believe that you've got a chance against me! I beat Spider-Man within an inch of his life! What could a little kid like you do to me?'

'My old squirrel buddy Monkey-Joe and I took on Doctor Doom all by ourselves!' Squirrel Girl poked Scorpion in the chest indignantly. 'And with Tippy-Toe's help, I beat MODOK! And the Mandarin! And Thanos!'

'Thanos...?' Scorpion blinked uncertainly. 'R-really? Thanos? As in the big alien guy with the Infinity Gauntlet?'

'The one and only.' Squirrel Girl confirmed with a nod.

Scorpion hung his shoulders in defeat.

'This is going to hurt, isn't it?'

'Oh, yes.' Squirrel Girl grinned. 'Tippy-Toe, it's your turn to go first!'

A little grey squirrel hopped on to Squirrel Girl's shoulder with a happy squeak.

'Squee-chk-chk-screeeee!'

Scorpion screamed in fear as the little grey squirrel leapt on his face and started to scratch and bite at him.

'Ahhh! Holy mother of God! It hurts! It huuuuurts! Please, make it stop! Make it stoooop!'

Later-

Once the authorities had taken away the Not-So Sinister Six, Rahne and her friends decided to continue with the dinner date that they had been having with the GLC. Unfortunately, Flatman's big turkey dinner was ruined, so they had to resort to Chinese takeaway.

Mr Immortal had finally regained consciousness. Unfortunately, the leader of the GLC had missed all the fun and had to contend with a few gratuitous kicks to Scorpion's kidneys.

Rahne leant back in her seat and patted her belly with a sigh of relief.

'Mmm, that was delicious.' The redhead licked her lips. 'It's a pity that yuir lovely turkey dinner is ruined though, Val.'

'Not to worry, Rahne.' Flatman smiled as he unveiled several small packages wrapped in tinfoil. 'I made you some turkey sandwiches to take home with you.'

'Oh, you shouldn't have.' Dani smiled in thanks. 'You've gone to enough trouble for us.'

'But thanks anyway.' Laura smiled as she quickly took the tray of sandwiches before Dani could give them back.

'It's a pity that you have to leave so soon.' Squirrel Girl sighed. 'Is there any way that we could convince you to stay for a little while longer?'

'I'm sure that I could be convinced tae stay...' Rahne smirked as she sidled up to the bushy-tailed heroine. 'But only under certain conditions. Say, ye dinnae happen tae have a giant tub o' strawberry ice-cream around here, do ye?'

'...Uh...Wha?' Squirrel Girl blinked in confusion.

Rahne held her head in her hands and let out a groan.

'Rahne!'

TBC...

Next- Return to Mutant Town

Rahne and Co return to Mutant Town to meet up with Jamie Madrox and the X-Factor detective agency. Plus: Layla Miller. She knows stuff!