Uncanny Excalibur
Chapter 35: Nasty Goings On- Part 2
By
The Uncanny R-Man
Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel Comics.
Piccadilly Circus-
'Bring it on, you great big nancy!' Lionheart challenged Ramrod of the Nasty Boys. 'Or are you scared of a real challenge?'
'I'll show you who's the scared one!' Ramrod retorted as he used his wood-transmuting powers to conjure up grabbing roots from the ground. 'Let's see how you handle being torn limb from limb!'
'Oh, give over!' Lionheart snorted in derision as she easily tore apart the grabbing roots. 'Did you seriously think that these poxy little things could keep me down!' The heroine grinned as she blasted Ramrod off his feet with an energy blast from her hand.
CHOOM!
'Heh. I could beat up these idiots all day.' Lionheart smirked. 'They're fun to hit.'
'Don't get cocky.' The Black Knight warned his teammate. 'We might not have heard of them, but the Nasty Boys are called nasty for a reason.'
'Too right, mate.' Gorgeous George grinned as he wrapped the former Avenger in his pliable arms. 'Now I'm gonna crush you into paste!'
'You really shouldn't try to squeeze somebody who carries a great big sword.' The Black Knight quipped as he stabbed the stretchy villain in the arm.
'Nice try, hero.' Gorgeous George smirked as the wound in his arm began to heal. 'Is that the best you've got?'
'Perhaps I might be of some service…' Spitfire offered as she dashed straight towards Gorgeous George and tore straight through his flexible body, splattering him all over.
BLORTCH!
'Thanks for the assist, Spitfire.' The Black Knight nodded in gratitude. 'How about I help you with your bad guy?'
'By all means, help yourself.' Spitfire waved the former Avenger onwards. 'Have fun.'
'I'm gonna smash you all!' Slab roared as he charged at the Black Knight.
'You're welcome to try.' The Black Knight countered as he ducked out of the way and stuck his foot out, tripping up Slab and sending him tumbling down the steps of a nearby subway.
With all the other Nasty Boys taken care of, all that remained was Ruckus.
'Then there was one.' Lionheart smirked under her mask as she advanced on the villain. 'Have you got any last words before we kick your teeth in?'
Ruckus simply held his hands up above his head in surrender.
'It's a fair cop. I'll come along quietly.'
'You're no fun.' Lionheart rolled her eyes as she set about restraining Ruckus. 'I don't know what the fuss is all about this lot.'
'They're not exactly Magneto and the Brotherhood of Mutants, are they?' Spitfire agreed as she restrained the other members of the Nasty Boys.
'Well, I'd call that a good day's work.' The Black Knight said as he surveyed the defeated villains. 'We appeared on TV and we beat up some bad guys. Things couldn't be any better.'
'I don't know about you, but I fancy a drink.' Lionheart suggested. 'What do you say, pub?'
'Pub.' Spitfire nodded in agreement. 'The first round's on me.'
Elsewhere-
In a top secret location somewhere in Manchester, scientists were busying themselves with what seemed to be the remains of a giant monstrous worm. Said worm was actually a legendary beast known as the Lambton Worm. Captain Britain and the Welsh heroine known as Captain Cymru had teamed up to defeat the monster when Morgan Le Fey unleashed it upon Cardiff several years ago. The remains had looked after by the Welsh branch of MI-13 before being transferred to Britain itself.
'Uch. The stench of this thing.' One scientist grimaced as he waved his hand in front of his face. 'Can't we do something about the smell?'
'I don't mind the smell.' A second scientist shrugged.
'You wouldn't.' Scientist Number 1 rolled his eyes. 'You can't enjoy yourself unless your up to your elbows in the remains of some mysterious beast.'
'Wait a minute…' A third scientist frowned. 'That can't be right… The machines just picked up a flicker of life in this thing.'
'It's just a glitch.' Scientist Number 1 sighed. 'You know the machinery the government gives us is antiquated.'
'No, I mean it.' Scientist Number 3 insisted as he indicated the monitor screen he was looking at. 'Take a look! Stewart warned us that it was foolish to remove the subject from cryogenic storage.'
'Alistair Stewart is a fool!' Scientist Number 1 snorted in derision. 'He thinks he is so high-and-mighty because he has a cushy government job. If it wasn't for us…'
'Shut up a minute and look at this thing!' Scientist Number 2 told him. 'It's… growing?!'
'My God, it's beautiful.' Scientist Number 1 gazed up in amazement as the remains of the worm creature began to regenerate.
'We have to do something!' Scientist Number 3 yelled. 'We have to abort the experiment right now!'
'What are you doing, you fool?' Scientist Number 1 snapped as he slapped his companion. 'We can't destroy the subject now. Just think what we would be able to do with a creature like this!'
'You're insane!' Scientist Number 2 yelled. 'You're going to kill us all!'
'I don't think he's the one that's going to kill us…' Scientist Number 3 winced as he indicated the fully formed Lambton Worm behind the glass view screen.
The giant worm started to pound the screen with its head in an attempt to get at the delicious humans on the other side.
DOOM! DOOM!
'We have to get out of here!' Scientist Number 2 screamed. Unfortunately, the scientists never made it out of the lab as the Lambton Worm came crashing through the screen.
CRASH!
The first one to die was Scientist Number 1. He was crushed as the worm came through the screen. Scientist Number 2 was next as the worm gulped him down whole.
Scientist Number 3 went for a gun and tried to shoot at the giant worm.
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Click-click-click!
The scientist emptied the gun of its bullets, barely making a scratch on the giant worm. The monstrous creature lashed out and bit the poor scientist in half before making its escape through another wall.
TBC…
Next: The Worm That Ate Manchester
It's up to Excalibur to halt the Lambton Worm's rampage through Manchester.