Showdown with Selene
"AHHHHHH! AAHHHHHH!" Todd screamed as he slid downwards. "What is it with this crazy witch lady and slides? AAAHHH! Although I gotta admit this is kind of fun…AAAHHHHHH! AAAHHHH! It's like a ride at Disney! AAAAAHHHH! A really demented ride at Disney!"
Downward and downwards he slid. Right into a huge pool. "BLECH!" Todd gasped as he stuck his head out. "Great another bath! At least it got the mud out!"
"WHAT THE…?" A white bikini clad Selene whirled on him. She was right next to him in the shallow end of the giant pool. Lance was standing in the water as well, wearing only a pair of white boxer shorts. He seemed to be in a daze. "DO YOU MIND?"
"YES!" Todd yelled. Instinctively he shot out a wad of slime that hit her square in the face.
"YEARRRRRRRHHHH!" Selene tried to pull it off. "GEFF IFF OFFF!"
"LANCE!" Todd splashed his way towards Lance, kicking Selene aside. He was in a daze. "Lance! Buddy! I'm here to save you!"
Lance didn't respond. "Lance! Come on! Earth to Lance! Calling all Avalanches! YO WAKE UP!" Todd yelled in his ear. Still nothing. "Come on pal this isn't funny! You're in real trouble here! We gotta go!"
"You little…" Selene growled as she removed the slime from her face. "And right when I was getting to the good part too!"
"Lance! Snap out of it! Come on Lance!" Todd shook his shoulders. "Wake up! It's not real! This crazy dame is messing with your head! Wake up!"
"Try all you like insignificant creature," Selene laughed. "He is mine now!"
"Lance wake UUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHH!" Todd screamed as Selene zapped him in the back with a powerful bolt of energy.
At that cry of pain something stirred in Lance. "Toad?" He blinked as Todd fell forward into his arms, unconscious. "Toad? What? What's going on…?"
"Nothing of any consequence," Selene raised a glowing hand then stopped. "What…?"
Todd's back began to glow brightly. "It can't be…?" Selene gasped. "I'd know that energy anywhere! It's…"
"Toad? Toad what's going on?" Lance struggled to break out of his trance as he held Todd. "Toad! TOAD!"
Todd's eyes opened. They were glowing a bright gold. "Don't let her win…" He spoke in an odd voice, a voice too powerful and noble than his regular voice. "Fight her…Fight…"
Todd gasped as Selene focused her magic on his back. His shirt tore open in the back. The image of a crystal like shape could be seen. "To think the Destiny Stone was hidden inside this creature all along!" Selene laughed. "And now it will be mine…"
"Toad? Toad!" The clouds were now lifting from Lance's mind. "Stop it! Stop!" He instinctively sent out a huge shockwave straight at Selene.
"Ahhh!" She fell backwards into the water. "Aggh! Dominicus! Stop! What are you doing?"
"I am not Dominicus!" Lance snapped. "I'm Avalanche!"
To prove his point he created another large tremor and hit her again. "AAHHHH!" She fell backwards again a few feet. But she managed to get up on her own quickly enough.
"You would fight me?" Selene asked. "I can give you anything you want! You could live a long and happy life with me! No more fighting. No more pain. No more dealing with humanity's hatred day after day! I can even give you power to take down your enemies and destroy them all! Do you really wish to throw it all away?"
"Let's just say I think we should see other people," Lance growled as he sent a huge tremor right at Selene.
This time she was ready for it. She hovered into the air at the last second. "Lance," Her tone was grave. "You don't know what you're doing."
"Yes I do!" Lance snapped. "I'm protecting my friend who tried to protect me from you!"
"Your friend has a power he neither deserves nor can control," Selene told him. "I need it to destroy the Phoenix!"
"If you think I'm just gonna stand here and let you kill him," Lance snarled, feeling a strength within him. "Think again!"
Suddenly two huge towers of earth rose out of the ground at an alarming speed. Fast enough to hit Selene and knock her down. "Wow, I didn't know I could do that," Lance blinked.
"Ow…" Selene had landed into the shallow end of the pool and rubbed her chin. "That…HURT ME!"
"Your magic's weak against Earth isn't it?" Lance realized.
"True," Selene's eyes glowed. With a wave of her hands the water around her moved away. Soon the pool was dry but the water had formed into two giant water dragons. Then with another wave of her hands two ground golems formed from out of the ground. "But over the years I've learned a trick or two."
"Oh boy," Lance blinked. "This is a problem."
With a thunderous roar the water and stone beings attacked. Lance shot a tremor at the ground golems and broke one of them but it reformed. Lance yelled and grabbed Todd, running from them as fast as he could.
"You rejected my offer? My generous offer?" Selene roared. "Big mistake! Very big mistake!"
"Okay Lance," He said to himself. "Think! Think! Think! You've always been beaten up by the X-Men. Well and Althea. Magneto. Mystique. Wanda. Even Toad once. And the babies…technically…But you can't lose now. There's gotta be a way to beat her. I just gotta think it through!"
"AHH!" Lance barely dodged a water spray from one of the dragons.
"Great even I know that thinking things through isn't my strong suit!" Lance groaned as he found himself cornered. Then he noticed the cracks in the walls and ceilings. "Then again…Maybe it's not Selene's either…"
He put Todd down and faced the monsters. "Well," Selene asked as she hovered over her monsters. "Care to surrender?"
"I WON'T LET YOU HURT MY FRIEND!" Lance roared.
"Oh for crying out loud, kid you're outnumbered and outgunned here!" Selene rolled her eyes. "Now don't get me wrong, I think it's kind of cute you're being loyal to your little friend here but let's be realistic! I am a very powerful sorceress! And what can you do? You make earthquakes! Like that's going to stop me?"
"Maybe not, but this might!" Lance focused all his powers to make the room tremble.
"Oh yeah that will work!" Selene snapped. "The only thing this shaking is going to accomplish is to bring the ceiling down on our heads!" She then realized that was his plan. She looked up and saw the cracks. "Uh oh…"
"Yeah, uh oh," Lance grinned as he increased the shaking.
"You idiot!" Selene used her powers to keep the ceiling from crashing down. "Your tremors are going to kill us all! Your powers will destroy the whole palace!"
"No, just distract you long enough for me to do this!" Lance focused on is powers to send a tremor at both earth golems. This sent them straight into the water dragons. When they collided they turned into mud. In fact the entire pool became one huge pile of mud.
"Great you made a big mud pile! What good is that going to…?" Selene began. Lance sent out a strong tremor, a tremor that caused a huge amount of mud to go upwards towards her. "Oh…"
"Good bye Selene," Lance grinned.
"AHHHHGGGH!" She screamed as she was covered in mud. Lance focused on his earth powers to create a large chamber underground. Then he managed to suck Selene downwards into it. "You little…" She tried to escape but the mud held her tightly. "I'll get you for this! Once I get my hands free I'll…"
A wad of mud slapped her right on the mouth preventing her from doing anything but make muffled protests. She was dragged down into the earth. Then covered up by it.
"AND STAY IN THERE!" Lance shouted as he used his tremors to move a large boulder over the chamber. Then he ran to Todd.
"Toad, Toad I'm sorry," Lance shook him. "Please wake up! Please! I didn't mean it! Come on wake up! Come on stupid wake up!"
CRASH!
"I told you we should have turned left!" Fred shouted as he, the Heart Fairies and the rest of the Misfits made their way through the wall. "Good thing I'm able to crash through these walls."
"Lance!" Pietro shouted. He stopped at the sight of a nearly naked Lance cradling an unconscious half naked Todd. "Have we come at a bad time?"
"Guys! Help me! Toad's hurt!" Lance told them. "I think."
"Toddles!" Althea screamed as she rushed towards him. She knocked Lance away and grabbed Todd. "Baby! Baby can you hear me!"
"Let me see," Lina went to examine him. "He doesn't appear to have any wounds."
"Selene hit him with some magic ray," Lance told them as he got up. "I'm fine by the way! No need to worry."
"What happened to your clothes?" Pietro asked.
"That bitch Selene tried to rape me!" Lance snapped as he grabbed his clothes on the floor. "And Toad stopped her. Then she zapped him. Is he okay?"
"I think he's just unconscious," Lina said.
"Where's Selene?" Wanda asked.
"Buried under a mile of mud and rock," Lance jabbed a thumb at the huge rock. "But I don't think that will hold her forever!"
"Then I think it's time we get outta here!" Pietro said. "Before…"
CRASH!
"Before what?" Lance was afraid to ask.
"RARRRRR!" The wall crumbled revealing a giant golden three headed and very angry dragon. "RARRRR!"
"The three headed dragon shows up," Pietro finished.
"The what shows up…?" Lance's jaw dropped.
"Uh we made a little stop and found this lovely treasure trove," Arcade chuckled nervously. "Complete with it's own fire breathing dragon guardian."
"So that's where you got those gold and diamond necklaces," Lance noticed. All the other Misfits were wearing a lot of jewelry and gems.
"You like?" Pietro showed them off. "I know it's a little flashy but I think it really brings out my eyes!"
"RRARRRR!" All three heads of the Dragon roared.
"Stop talking and run!" Wanda shouted as they scattered. The dragon started to breathe fire at them. "Move it!"
"I'm moving I'm moving!" Lance struggled to put his pants on as he ran. He tripped and fell. He barley escaped a blast but he had to lose his pants to do so. "Oh great!"
Then he saw that he had dropped the rest of his clothes. And they were on fire. "You gotta be kidding me!" Lance groaned.
"As much as I appreciate the view we really need to get out of here!" Althea snapped. "And there's not enough water here to put the fire out! It's too caked with mud!"
"Sorry," Lance gulped.
"Hey Pyro you can control flames," Fred looked at him. "Can't you just do something with that fire it breathes out?"
"Now why didn't I think of that?" Pyro hit himself on the head.
"Forget you, what about us?" Althea groaned.
"Well to be fair we were kind of busy running for our lives," Fred pointed out.
"Do it Pyro!" Wanda yelled.
"You got it!" Pyro concentrated when the dragon shot out flames from all three of it's mouths. Pyro used his own powers to create a very large five headed dragon from the flames. It towered over the three headed dragon and made a very large roar.
"YIPE! YIPE! YIPE! YIPE!" The three headed dragon immediately turned tail and ran through another wall. "YIPE! YIPE! YIPE! YIPE!"
"Well that was unexpected," Shane blinked.
"You're nothing but a big scaled fraidy cat!" Pyro whooped. "Ah your mother was a handbag!" He blew out a raspberry.
"Now that that's over with we can catch a breather," Lance sighed as he looked at his burnt clothing. Then he felt a pebble fall on his face. He looked up and saw the ceiling was about to collapse. "Uh guys…"
"Lance," Wanda asked. "Did you…?"
"Yeah," Lance said. "During the fight."
"And that means…?" Shane asked as he saw the cracks in the ceiling widen.
"It means the break's over!" Pietro yelled as the palace shook. "This whole place is gonna crash down around us!"
"Okay everybody time to go!" Althea shouted.
"Which way do we go?" Lina asked.
"That way!" Althea pointed.
"Isn't that the way the dragon went?" Fred asked as he picked up Todd.
"You see an elevator or another way out of here?" Althea challenged him.
"Good point," Fred said. "Let's move it people!"
Soon they were running down a corridor. Of course Pietro, being the thoughtful considerate person that he was, was running far ahead of them.
"Watch out for the arrows!" Pietro screamed. "WATCH OUT FOR THE ARROWS!" Arrows flew from the wall at superhuman speeds. "SHARP POINTY ARROWS!"
Wanda took care of them, stopping them with her hex bolts. "No problem!"
"SPEARS! BIG SHARP SPEARS COMING OUT OF THE WALLS!" Pietro screamed as he ran for his life. The spears were whizzing by and nearly hitting him. "HELP!"
"Got them too," Wanda used her hex bolts to stop the spears.
"ROCKS! GIANT ROCKS!" Pietro screamed as a giant rock appeared and headed toward him.
"Avalanche," Althea rolled her eyes.
"Got it!" Lance used his powers to roll the rock back into a wall and break it apart before it hit the others. "Piece of cake."
"And he's off again," Shane groaned as Pietro didn't stop running.
"AAAHH! ARROWS! MORE ARROWS SHOOTING OUT OF THE WALLS!" Pietro screamed as the arrows zoomed by.
"Once again that's me," Wanda rolled her eyes as she hexed them.
"AAAAH! WALL OF FIRE!" Pietro skidded to a halt as a huge flame wall burst in front of him. "BIG WALL OF FIRE GONNA BURN ME ALIVE!"
"Ooh! That sounds like fun!" Pyro grinned.
"Pyro," Althea said in an angry tone.
"Oh all right! Spoilsport," Pyro used his powers to create a safe passage for them to cross between the fire. Pietro of course ran ahead of them.
"ALLIGTORS! ALLIGATORS!" Pietro screamed as he used his powers to run over a watery section of the tunnels, barely missing the beast's snapping jaws.
"Actually mate I think they're crocodiles," Pyro said as Althea used her powers to move the water and send the animals flying into the air.
"How can you tell?" Fred asked as he ran carrying Todd.
"The snouts for one thing," Pyro said. "Besides Alligators are more indigenous to the North and South American continents while crocodiles…"
"Can we can the zoology lesson until we get out of here?" Shane snapped as he ran. "Or we're gonna get canned!"
"AHHH! BIG GIANT METAL THINGS!" Pietro screamed as he barley dodged several maces that came out of the wall and swung at him. "BIG METAL SHARP THINGS! WHY IS IT ALWAYS BIG METAL SHARP THINGS? WHY CAN'T IT BE BIG SOFT FLUFFY THINGS FOR A CHANGE?"
"Boy this Selene really has an interesting home security system doesn't she?" Pyro called out.
"Why do you think we're letting my brother go first?" Wanda gave him a look.
"Wait a minute!" Pietro stopped. He glared at them as they caught up to him. "Are you saying you're using me as a decoy? You're letting me go ahead and get nearly killed so you can be safe?"
"Yeah that's pretty much about it," Althea said. "Well it's not as if you weren't gonna run off and try and save yourself anyway. WHICH YOU DID!"
"Well uh," Pietro gulped. "That was the plan. Yes part of my brilliant plan. An example of leadership that…"
"Save it you albino creep!" Shane snapped as he shoved past him.
"Hey! I am not an albino!" Pietro snapped. "I have some pigmentation! I just happen to have delicate skin that's all!"
"You're gonna have a delicate…AAAAHHHHH!" Shane yelled as he accidentally tripped a hidden switch and barely ducked a swinging pendulum with a sharp ax attached to it. "BIG SHARP METAL THING!"
"Got it!" Wanda used her hex powers to slam it into the wall.
"Good work Shooter," Althea said. "Picking up Quicksilver's slack."
"I should have stayed in jail," Shane moaned. "Why didn't I stay in jail where it was nice and safe and all I had to worry about was dropping the soap in the shower?"
"Don't remind me..." Lance shuddered. "When I think of what Selene almost did to me..."
"You? Did you not just see me nearly get killed a couple dozen times here?" Pietro shouted.
"Just shut up and run!" Fred snapped as the tremors grew more violent. "Man Lance you really know how to bring down the house!"
Meanwhile back on the surface. "It sounds really bad in there," Spyder frowned. "That's like the fifteenth tremor and it's getting worse! Lance could be in real trouble! I gotta go check it out!"
"No way," Quinn blocked her. "They told us to wait here with the adults." The adults were still unconscious. And covered with decorative magic marker drawings and sparkles.
"Since when do we do what we're told?" Spyder challenged.
"Well when it's really important, and in this case it is," Daria said. She was drawing a happy face on Roadblock's head with a washable magic marker. "We can't leave the grown ups helpless. Besides we haven't finished decorating them yet."
"Yeah and I've only just now copied down all their credit card numbers," Brittany nodded as she put back Low Light's wallet. "There were a lot more than we thought!"
There was a large rumble. The front door exploded as a huge three headed dragon burst out and flew over their heads. "What was that?" Daria yelled.
"A gold three headed dragon flying away in pure terror, duh," Quinn gave her a look.
"Yeah but we didn't do anything to it," Spyder said.
"Wow that is weird," Brittany blinked. "It's definitely something you don't see every day."
"Well we did see that dragon flying over Bayville a few weeks ago," Daria pointed out. "And don't forget Lockheed."
"Yeah but three heads?" Brittany asked.
"She has a point," Quinn nodded.
Suddenly the Misfits ran out of the front door. "Run! Run! Run!" Pietro screamed. "Run, run, run, run, run, run!"
"Go go go!" Angelica flew out. "Go! Go! Go! Go!"
"AHHHHHHH!" Behind them the Minotaur ran out (he had somehow gotten himself freed from the dungeon wall). He screamed and jumped off the balcony and swam away in the ocean. "AAAHHH!"
"Who was that?" Spyder asked.
"Friend of ours," Pietro said. The island shook violently. "We gotta get off this island! It's gonna fall apart."
"The watches are still down!" Brittany said.
"The spell must still be in effect," Wanda said. "Now what do we do?"
"Heart Fairies!" Althea shouted. "Use your magic to make a boat!"
"Ooh! How about a yacht?" Pyro said excitedly. "With pretty blue and white curtains in the cabins and…"
"Fine whatever! Just make it happen!" Althea interrupted.
"Here we go!" Sweet and the other fairies raised their wands. "Floatillius Crossidicus!"
A large yacht appeared. Right on dry land. "Okay not a problem," Althea said. "Get on board! And bring the adults!"
"Can I take this with us?" Pietro zipped over and picked up a small gold statue of a mermaid that was on one of the sides of the palace. "I think it's real gold!"
"Yeah Quicksilver never mind our family, go right ahead and get stuff for your room!" Angelica rolled her eyes.
"Okay!" Pietro zipped on the yacht and then zipped back to get something else.
"I WAS BEING SARCASTIC YOU MORON!" Angelica shouted.
"And you expected him to understand it?" Wanda gave her a look.
"Actually there is this nice deck chair over there…" Fred motioned as he picked up Roadblock with one hand while carrying Todd in the other. "I think it would look good in Arcade's room."
"You know he's right that would be perfect for…" Arcade began.
"JUST GET THEM ON THE BOAT!" Althea shouted as she helped her sisters drag their father into the yacht. Soon all of them were aboard. "Is everyone accounted for?"
"Hold on!" Pietro zoomed back with a nice deck chair. "All set!"
"Hey thanks Pietro," Arcade grinned.
"If we've all finished our shopping, can we go now before we sink with the rest of the island?" Shane screamed as the tremors grew even stronger.
"Not a problem," Althea concentrated and drew the water up to the yacht. With her powers they were soon out to sea. "We should have done this in the first place!"
"Sailing, sailing over the bounty main!" Pyro called out cheerfully. "We're all sailing off to sea again and I don't know all the words! Sailing! Sailing…"
"Nutcases…" Shane moaned. "I'm living with nutcases!"
RRRRRUMMMBLEEEE!
Everyone watched as the palace crumbled and then the entire island began to sink into the ocean, sending out huge waves towards them. "HANG ON!" Althea called out as she used her navigation skills as well as her powers to pilot the ship through the waves.
"Boy I hope Selene has palace insurance," Fred blinked. "Or flood insurance."
"I don't," Lance growled as he looked back at the ruins.
"Unbelievable," Pietro looked at Todd. "He slept through all that."
"So did the adults," Brittany said.
The sea soon calmed down. Althea piloted the boat. "Everyone okay?" She called out.
"If you call being emotionally and mentally scarred for years okay then yes," Lance groaned as he lay on the deck.
"Well that was fun," Wanda rolled her eyes and sat down. She looked at the Heart Fairies. "You fairies want to hang with us some more?"
"Actually after today I think we should go back to our own realm for a while," Sugar said.
"You can keep the yacht," Syracuse waved as the fairies flew away. "Bye now!"
"Wait up!" Lina said. "What about the adults?"
"It figures," Pyro huffed. "Oh well, at least they made us a nice boat."
"Yeah too bad they didn't stock it with Dramamine," Lance moaned, he was starting to feel a little seasick.
"Hey they're finally waking up," Spyder said pointing to the adults as they stirred.
"Ohh…" Roadblock groaned as he and the other adults sat up. "What happened?"
"Oh…" Fred gulped as he looked behind at what was left of the island in ruins. "Not much."
"We don't really want to know do we?" Roadblock asked as he saw the smoldering island behind him.
"Except for the part where Selene nearly got us killed, no," Angelica shook her head.
"Guys the next time we go on vacation can we pick somewhere a bit more peaceful?" Shane asked. "Like downtown Beirut?"
"Lance where are your clothes?" Cover Girl blinked. Lance was wearing only his boxer shorts which were covered in mud.
"A three headed golden dragon burnt them," Lance moaned. "After the dragon lady stripped me!"
"I definitely want to hear the story then," Spirit groaned.
"And the story of how you got a ponytail with glitter on it," Cover Girl pointed to Spirit.
"Roadblock what happened to your head?" Low Light asked. "Why are there drawings all over it?"
"Why are there little pink bows in your hair?" Roadblock pointed. True enough, Low Light had several tiny pink bows in his curly blond hair.
"The fairies did it," Brittany said quickly.
"Yeah bad fairies," Quinn added. "Evil fairies."
"Well they're telling half the truth," Althea glared at her sisters. "The evil part anyway. Everyone, thank my father for a wonderful trip."
"THANKS A LOT SHIPWRECK!" Everyone shouted.
"We are more stressed than when we started this mess!" Roadblock snapped. Todd snored. "Well most of us anyway."
"Come on guys," Shipwreck protested. There were rainbow drawings on his face and his beard had glitter in it. "How was I supposed to know? You know what they say, knowing…"
"Is not your strong suit!" Althea snapped.
"There is one thing I want to know. Pietro, where did you get all that jewelry on you?" Cover Girl asked. "In fact where did all of you get your jewelry?"
"And that mermaid statue?" Shipwreck added.
"And those deck chairs?" Roadblock asked.
"And that little patio table with the umbrella?" Cover Girl asked.
"And the yacht?" Low Light looked at the boat they were on. "How did you kids get a yacht?"
"Would you believe Selene had a garage sale going on?" Pietro asked.
"Excuse me!" A voice called out. "HEY!"
They all looked overboard. It was the Minotaur swimming in the ocean. "Uh are you guys going to Crete and if you are, can I hitch a ride?"
"Why not?" Pyro shrugged.
"Why do I have the feeling that I do not want to know all the details of this story?" Spirit groaned.
"Why do all our vacations leave me with a bigger headache than if we just stayed home and watched TV?" Low Light groaned.
Once again the Misfits save the day! But back home at the Xavier Institute more plots are brewing! And I mean brewing! And if that isn't bad enough there's a new old enemy in town and he's got his sights on the Xavier Institute. The gang is going to have their work cut out for them! Stay tuned next time to find out what happens next!
The Minotaur walked out. "In the meantime I'm out of work and I'd like to ask if anyone out there is willing to hire a half man half bull?"
"Well that depends," Sinister walked out. "What are your qualifications?"
"Well I've spent many decades overseeing a dungeon," The Minotaur told him. "I've cut costs on gruel by about thirty percent. And I have spearheaded many projects to make torture more efficient."
"Go on," Mr. Sinister wrote something on his notes.
"Yes I'd find this interesting myself," The High Evolutionary walked out.
Hey! What are you doing?
"Conducting a job interview, what does it look like?" Sinister gave her a look.
Not in the middle of the fic! High Evolutionary you're not even in the story yet until around Chapter 45!
"I know that!" The High Evolutionary sniffed. "I could always use an extra hand or two."
"As could I," Sinister said. "Please continue Minotaur. What are your other qualifications?"
"Let's see," The Minotaur thought. "For starters I was also in charge of the Hiring Magical Henchmen Department for Selene. My department saw a twenty five percent increase in production and labor and a thirty percent decrease in costs and wastes. I also took some weapons making and swords making classes to upgrade my skills. I was Torturer of the Month several times. And before I came to work for Selene I apprenticed with my brother in his Labyrinth business as well as spending several years in the public school system as a substitute teacher. Well, technically substitute creature but you get the idea."
"Yikes," Sinister winced. "Well you are certainly qualified."
"Very qualified," The High Evolutionary nodded. "You certainly have a place within my organization."
"Why yours?" Sinister gave him a look.
"Hello? Half man, half bull?" The High Evolutionary gave him a look. "What do you think?"
"I think you are out of your mind if you believe I am going to let him go to you!" Sinister snapped. "He is a magnificent specimen!"
"Thanks. I think," The Minotaur blinked.
"The only reason you want him is to dissect him for your experiments!" The High Evolutionary snapped.
"Not right away," Sinister shrugged.
"Okay this is definitely getting weird," The Minotaur blinked.
Tell me about it. Story of my life. Why do my stories always end up out of my control?
"I am just saying that he would be happier with me," The High Evolutionary snapped.
"Depends on what kind of dental plan we're talking about here," The Minotaur spoke.
How does this keep happening? I swear I only go away for a minute to drink a triple mocha latte and ate some double chocolate cookies and…Oh wait, now I remember….I'm just surprised none of the other villains showed up.
"Sorry I'm late!" Cobra Commander ran in. "I got caught up in a meeting. Had to fire someone. Always hard to do. Especially when the laser cannon isn't working properly. And the person I had to fire was in charge of fixing the laser cannon! Needless to say, he did a lousy job!"
Sinister gave the author a look. "You just had to open your big mouth didn't you? Who's next? Magneto? Apocalypse?"
"I hope not Apocalypse," The Minotaur shuddered. "Who do you think I left to go work for Selene?"
"I certainly do not want him," Magneto sniffed. "I have enough bull headed fools working under me!"
"Then what are you doing here?" Cobra Commander snapped. "Shove off!"
"Yes you're taking up space," The High Evolutionary waved at him. "Speaking of space did I mention that this position comes with an apartment with a view? Certainly a nice change from a damp dungeon."
"It certainly is," The Minotaur blinked.
"I can do that too!" Cobra Commander snapped. "And we have a great dental plan!"
"We have a dental plan?" Torch walked in. "Since when?"
"Shut up," Cobra Commander hissed.
"No seriously I need a dental plan," Torch opened his mouth and pointed at a tooth. "I think I have a cavity or something. See my back tooth feels kind of funny. Not when I chew but when I'm not chewing it feels weird, almost hollow. And when I jump up and down…"
"Torch shut it!" Cobra Commander snapped.
"I'm just saying…" Torch began. Cobra Commander whirled around and punched him in the jaw. "OW! My tooth! You punched out my tooth and…Hey I feel better already!"
"You're welcome Torch! Go away!" Cobra Commander shoved him. He shoved him right into Sinister.
"Don't push your lackeys onto me!" Sinister shoved Torch away onto The High Evolutionary.
"Get this greasy whatever it is off me!" The High Evolutionary shoved him onto Cobra Commander. Soon there was a shoving match between the villains with Torch as the unwilling ball.
Except for Magneto. "I really should stop hanging around with these idiots!" He walked away.
And I should really cut down on the cappuccino and lattes! But they are just so good and yummy! Oh well until next time enjoy the insanity!
