The Birth of a Juke Box Hero pt. 4
A/N: Previously on Birth of a Juke Box Hero: Word of the existence of the Fearless Kid "Rock 'n' Roll" Razor spread thanks to the Cleveland news. Word even spread to New York City, arousing the interests of the mutant group of heroes known as the X-Men, the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, the first family of superheroes, known as the Fantastic Four, and even the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. We start this chapter one day after the events of the last chapter.
To Zauriel: The characters of Bobby Parkins/Kid Razor, Ronnie Rocker, Rip, Wendy, Fingers, Tommy, and Alex are mine. So is Sgt. Polanski and the enemy that Kid Razor will face with some help from the Marvel Super Heroes.
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Bobby Parkins sat on the roof of a tall building in his home of Cleveland, a guitar by his side. It was the magic guitar that allowed Bobby to transform into Kid "Rock 'n' Roll" Razor, the fearless, wild, and cocky personification of rock 'n' roll. The young man stared at the guitar.
{Man, my life can't get any crazier} Bobby thought, staring at the guitar while running a hand through his short brown hair. {When I call upon the guitar's power, I change completely. My clothes change...} Bobby looked down at his clothes: an AC/DC t-shirt, blue jeans, black tennis shoes, and a pair of black biker gloves. {Except for my shirt. My hair changes, my whole attitude changes. I become this wild, cocky rocker that has a no- fear, I-do-what-I-want-and-to-hell-with-the-consequences attitude. With Ronnie's help, I do have a little control over myself as Razor, but I still can't believe what I have been doing. As Razor, I flirted with a policewoman, I punched out a cop, I even kicked the butts of dangerous criminals. I'm gonna get killed thanks to Razor}
"Not if you're careful." Ronnie appeared next to Bobby, sitting on the same building. "You've managed to get a little control over Razor. All you have to do is remember that he is only the rocker within you. He is only a part of you. He is not the whole you."
"Easy for you to say." Bobby moaned. "Easy for you to say. You don't have an alter ego that thinks about women and rock constantly."
"We all have that side to us. We just have to learn to control it. As Razor, that side has a tangible form. You have to learn to maintain your control in that form. If you do that, Razor will be a great warrior, and an even greater superhero."
"Thanks." Bobby said. "I still don't know. I have so much to think about. What is this great evil I have to face?"
"I don't know. No one truly knows. All I know is that it's tough, and it's mean. Only Razor can stop it." Ronnie grinned. "Good thing summer's arrived."
"Yeah." Bobby grinned. "Classes are the last thing I need to worry about now."
"That's true." Ronnie said. "That's so true. Anyway, have you told your friends yet about this? Your parents?"
"No." Bobby replied. "I don't want my friends to know I got superpowers. They'll want to tag along. I don't want my parents to worry themselves sick about if Razor will make it home in one piece." Neither Bobby nor Ronnie noticed a black ball hovering several meters above and behind them.
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The shadowed figure smiled evilly as he watched the college student and his ghostly mentor.
"So, the wielder has trouble controlling his alter ego. This'll make things quite interesting. The ghost also appeared to have trouble controlling his student in that form as well." He switched his view to the food court of the Cleveland Mall. Bobby's bandmates and friends Rip, Wendy, Fingers, Alex, and Tommy were eating fast food, laughing and talking alongside a sixth person. "Hmm...I can lure the wielder through his friends..."
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"Hahahahaha!!! Man, I'm sure glad you picked Cleveland to visit." Wendy laughed. She was talking to an Asian girl around their age, clad in a yellow jacket, red t-shirt, and blue jeans. She had short black hair.
"I'm glad I came. Especially after I met you guys." The young lady replied, sipping a soda.
"Well, Cleveland is the great city in the world." Rip grinned. The Baines Brothers were arguing.
"I'm taking her out for a date!" Alex shoved Tommy.
"She likes me, you dumbass!" Tommy shoved Alex.
"In your dreams!" Alex snapped.
"At least I'll be with her at all!" Tommy snapped back. Alex smacked Tommy with an empty soda can. "OW!!" Tommy punched his older brother.
"DIE!!!" Alex tackled Tommy and the two brothers started wrestling and throwing punches on the ground.
"I'm sorry, Jubilee. Those guys are real idiots." Wendy apologized to their guest. Rip laughed at his friends' antics.
"It's alright, Wendy. It reminds me of a couple old friends of mine." The firework-toting mutant laughed. {Those two are definitely like Wolvie and Cyclops. Only difference is that Alex never tried to crack Tommy's head open with a beer bottle} She observed Alex bash Tommy's head on a table. {Close enough}
"Hey you two, watch it!" Rip snapped. "Remember the last fight you two had? You both ended up in the hospital!"
"Yeah." Fingers smirked. "Besides, we all know that Jubes here wants to go out with me." Tommy and Alex stopped.
"WHAT?!?!?!" They snapped at the Firecrackers' keyboardist.
"Chicks dig the green hair." Fingers grinned, running a hand through his short green hair. "Chicks really dig it." Tommy and Alex glared at Fingers.
"DIE DANIEL!!!" They both yelled. They leapt over the table and tackled Fingers. The three teens started a three-way brawl. Jubilee sighed.
"Man, they are all nuts." She said to Wendy and Rip.
"Yeah, but we love 'em." Rip grinned. They heard screaming from a jewelry store. "What the?" Rip and the others turned and saw chaos in the jewelry store. People were fleeing, screaming for their lives. "What in blazes--?" A couple of security guards got thrown through windows. A huge figure crawled out, maniacal grin on his face. His 6'6", 275-pound frame made him look like a giant. His amber eyes made him look demonic. He had a sort of feline air about him.
"Sabertooth!" Jubilee cried out in shock.
"Huh?" Wendy asked.
"That's Victor Creed! He's known as Sabertooth! He's dangerous! The guy's an animal! A real psycho! He's got super senses, a healing factor, and an adamantium skeleton." Jubilee explained. "He's an assassin."
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A group of police cars passed by on the street in front of the building Bobby sat on.
"Wha--?" Bobby asked out loud.
"Think you should check it out?" Ronnie smirked. "Or maybe Razor should check it out." Bobby smirked.
"Why not?" Bobby picked up the mystical and guitar and played a quick riff. In a flash of rainbow light, the college student transformed into the wild blond rocker named Kid Razor. His clothes transformed into the white, red, and black costume of the Ultimate Rockstar.
"WHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Razor cried into the heavens. He turned to Ronnie with his trademark smirk. "Let's rock 'n' roll!"
"Alright." Ronnie flew off. Razor followed in the air, body surrounded by a rainbow aura. They flew around fifty feet over the squad cars. Razor's superhuman hearing picked up the noise from their radios.
"All units to the Cleveland Mall. There are reports of a huge man, around 6 feet and 270, tearing up the stores. Be advised, he could possibly be a mutant and mentally unstable."
"Why would an insane mutant hit the mall and start tearing it up?" Ronnie asked.
"Maybe he couldn't find leather pants that fit." Razor laughed.
"Oh, knock it off!" Ronnie groaned. Suddenly, the two noticed a bluish- black jet fly over them.
"That looks like an SR-71 Blackbird." Razor noted.
"What would a blackbird be doing here in the middle of Cleveland, Razor?"
"Let's have a little fun with the occupants and find out." Razor smirked evilly. He then flew up over the jet.
"Oh no..." Ronnie moaned.
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"Why would Sabertooth go to Cleveland?" Storm asked from the navigator's seat. Storm, Jean, Rogue, Wolverine, Cyclops, and Beast were in the Blackbird, flying towards the Cleveland Mall. Scott was piloting the X-Jet.
"Good thing Jubilee was there to alert us." Beast sighed. "Her studies have taken her all the way here."
"Rrrrr..." Logan's claws unsheathed with the trademark SNIKT!! "If Sabertooth wanted a fight so badly, he should've paid me a visit."
"Looks like he HEY!!!" Cyclops heard a SMACK!!!! The X-Men looked at the windows and saw Kid Razor. The mutants gasped as they saw Kid of Rock 'n' Roll scrunch his face and tongue on the glass and made a bunch of goofy faces and noises.
"Now that's not very nice." Rogue noted.
"GET OFF THE WINDOW!!!" Scott Summers snapped. Razor slid off, but not before giving Cyclops the finger. The jet passed, and Razor hovered in midair, clutching his sides, laughing happily.
"Did you see their faces, Ronnie?!? It was so rich! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" Razor laughed.
"Bobby, c'mon! Quit messing around! We got a bad guy to stop!" Ronnie moaned.
"Relax. We'd better get there before those dudes in the jet show up." Razor flew on, ahead of the X-Jet. He couldn't help but admit something to his ghostly mentor: "You know, there was a bunch of hot women aboard." Razor grinned.
"Yeah, yeah." Ronnie rolled his eyes with a smile. They flew over the Cleveland Mall. "We're here."
"Let's do this! WHOOOOO!!!!!!!" Kid Razor dove towards the mall, Ronnie not far behind him.
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Sgt. Polanski was one of the first arrivals on the scene. He was trying to get everyone to clear out when he noticed a familiar landing.
"Aw hell no." He grumbled as Kid Razor landed.
"Hey Pulaski!" Razor laughed. "What's up? Crazy mutant chick looking for a bargain?"
"Shut it, Razor!" Polanski snapped. "Stuff like this never happened before you showed up! I wouldn't be surprised if you had something to do with this!"
"Love you too, man." Razor laughed. "So, what's the situation jabroni?"
"Jabroni? Never mind." Polanski groaned. "There's a mutie maniac in there tearin' up the place! You've been here only one day, and already your presence brings chaos!"
"You've been here for years, and you cause people to hate the police." Razor quipped. Some of the other cops started snickering.
"Shut up!" He snapped at the other officers. "Listen you smartass..." Polanski turned around, and saw that Razor was gone. "What the hell?" Polanski wondered, scratching his head.
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"AAGH!!!!" Sabertooth screamed as Jubilee sent a few firework sparks in his eyes. Rip grabbed the Asian mutant and leapt into a music store.
{Where are those guys?} Jubilee thought.
"You crazy? You said that guy was a completely bogus dude!" Rip snapped. The others were there as well.
"Man, that cat-dude's nuts!" Tommy exclaimed.
"That guy needs a woman. Desperately!" Fingers panted. "The crazy idiot nearly impaled me with an umbrella!" Suddenly, all the stereos in the store started blasting Sammy Hagar's "There's Only One Way to Rock."
"What? Who turned on the music?" Rip wondered.
"Look!" Jubilee pointed at the front doors of the mall. The doors blew open.
"What?" Sabertooth turned to the doors. Kid Razor marched in, cocky smirk on his face. Polanski was heard yelling in the background.
"You idiot! Tax dollars pay for those doors!"
"Shut up, Polanski!" Razor snapped. He then turned back to Sabertooth and took off his glasses.
"Who in the blue hell are you?" Razor asked, doing a great impersonation of The Rock.
"So...You're the infamous Kid Razor?" Sabertooth smirked. "I was told you were a great warrior. You don't look like much. What you supposed to be, some kind of 80s rocker?"
"What're you supposed to be, an absent-minded were-cat?" Razor grinned. Polanski marched up to Sabertooth.
"Alright, catman." Polanski flashed his badge. "Sgt. Polanski of the Cleveland Police Department. Your furry ass is going downtown." Sabertooth burst out laughing.
"Who are you?" Sabertooth laughed.
"He's an idiot! It's the Kid of Rock you want!" Razor spread his arms.
"Well, I was promised a reward if I killed ya." Sabertooth grinned evilly.
"Oh no!" Wendy whispered to the others. "I don't think Razor has any idea about all the powers Sabertooth has."
"He's toast." Fingers moaned. "Razor's dead." He turned to Jubilee. "Right, Jubilee...Huh?" He noticed that Jubilee stared at Razor with glazed eyes, like a pre-teen would stare at a member of a boy band. A concerned Fingers waved his hand over her face and snapped his fingers. She appeared to be completely out of it. "Oh no..."
"What a dreamboat..." The teenage X-Man sighed at the sight of the Juke Box Hero.
{She digs me.} Razor smirked internally as his superhuman hearing picked up Jubilee's sigh. {She wants me bad.}
"RAAAAAAAAGGGGH!!!!!" Sabertooth leapt at Razor. Razor quickly rolled to the side, just barely dodging the strike. The mutant assassin was left kissing the floor. "Urgh. This kid's quick on his feet. I think I'll enjoy this." Sabertooth leapt to his feet. Razor smirked.
"Man, you suck." Razor mocked. "Where'd you learn to fight? Clown College?"
"Rrrrrrr..." Victor Creed growled angrily.
"Man, he has to be fearless to mouth off Creed like that, huh Jubes?" Rip joked, turning to Jubilee. She still stared at Razor dreamily. "Ugh."
"Hold still, ya little..." Sabertooth cursed and slashed, but Razor kept dodging with leaps, flips, and jumps.
{I can't stay on the defensive forever! I gotta attack!} Razor grabbed his guitar and slashed the head across Creed's face. Creed howled in pain as the sharp guitar head sliced his eyes.
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!" Sabertooth screamed in pain.
"Ha, take that you son of a..." What Razor saw next caused him to trail off. Before his eyes, Creed's face and eyes regenerated and repaired themselves. "The hell? What kind of mutant are you?"
"One that can't be killed that way, Blade-boy. Xantor will reward me well for taking you out." Sabertooth quickly grabbed Razor by the throat, choking the rocker. "Time to die, Razor." Creed pitched Razor into a wall. The wall crumbled, causing Razor to fly through it headfirst. He landed hard on his back.
"My God!" Alex covered his eyes. "Razor got his ass kicked good!"
"That takes care of that little...What?" Creed's eyes widened as Razor jumped back up to his feet. He seemed to suffer no physical damage, but he held the back of his neck and his lower spine.
"Ohhhhhh." Razor moaned. "My back is killing me. My neck hurts, my head hurts." Ronnie appeared next to Razor.
"Remember, that was a physical attack. Your body is immune to that kind of attack, but you still felt the pain. Watch it."
"Thanks, Ronnie." Razor grumbled. "I feel so much better now."
"Rrrrr...This kid's gonna be harder to face than I thought." Creed groaned.
"I'm still standing, Kitty Cat." Razor smirked. What Razor didn't notice was that several other famous villains were waiting to get themselves some of the Kid of Rock 'n' Roll.
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"Hmmm..." The shadowed creature watched on the crystal ball. "Kid Razor barely stands a chance against Sabertooth. The cocky warrior is not as skilled as I thought. Still, it will be entertaining to see Razor try to face him, as well as the others I have gathered." He switched view to the X- Jet flying towards the mall. It was being followed by the Avengers' Quinjet, and the Fantasticar. "Ahh...Backup is on its way. Let's see if they can get to the warrior in time."
Uh oh! Looks like Razor is in big trouble! Several other villains are waiting to get a piece of Razor, and the other Marvel Super Heroes are racing as fast as they can to the Cleveland Mall! Can Razor survive long enough for help to arrive? Find out in the next chapter of Birth of a Juke Box Hero!
A/N: Previously on Birth of a Juke Box Hero: Word of the existence of the Fearless Kid "Rock 'n' Roll" Razor spread thanks to the Cleveland news. Word even spread to New York City, arousing the interests of the mutant group of heroes known as the X-Men, the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, the first family of superheroes, known as the Fantastic Four, and even the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. We start this chapter one day after the events of the last chapter.
To Zauriel: The characters of Bobby Parkins/Kid Razor, Ronnie Rocker, Rip, Wendy, Fingers, Tommy, and Alex are mine. So is Sgt. Polanski and the enemy that Kid Razor will face with some help from the Marvel Super Heroes.
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Bobby Parkins sat on the roof of a tall building in his home of Cleveland, a guitar by his side. It was the magic guitar that allowed Bobby to transform into Kid "Rock 'n' Roll" Razor, the fearless, wild, and cocky personification of rock 'n' roll. The young man stared at the guitar.
{Man, my life can't get any crazier} Bobby thought, staring at the guitar while running a hand through his short brown hair. {When I call upon the guitar's power, I change completely. My clothes change...} Bobby looked down at his clothes: an AC/DC t-shirt, blue jeans, black tennis shoes, and a pair of black biker gloves. {Except for my shirt. My hair changes, my whole attitude changes. I become this wild, cocky rocker that has a no- fear, I-do-what-I-want-and-to-hell-with-the-consequences attitude. With Ronnie's help, I do have a little control over myself as Razor, but I still can't believe what I have been doing. As Razor, I flirted with a policewoman, I punched out a cop, I even kicked the butts of dangerous criminals. I'm gonna get killed thanks to Razor}
"Not if you're careful." Ronnie appeared next to Bobby, sitting on the same building. "You've managed to get a little control over Razor. All you have to do is remember that he is only the rocker within you. He is only a part of you. He is not the whole you."
"Easy for you to say." Bobby moaned. "Easy for you to say. You don't have an alter ego that thinks about women and rock constantly."
"We all have that side to us. We just have to learn to control it. As Razor, that side has a tangible form. You have to learn to maintain your control in that form. If you do that, Razor will be a great warrior, and an even greater superhero."
"Thanks." Bobby said. "I still don't know. I have so much to think about. What is this great evil I have to face?"
"I don't know. No one truly knows. All I know is that it's tough, and it's mean. Only Razor can stop it." Ronnie grinned. "Good thing summer's arrived."
"Yeah." Bobby grinned. "Classes are the last thing I need to worry about now."
"That's true." Ronnie said. "That's so true. Anyway, have you told your friends yet about this? Your parents?"
"No." Bobby replied. "I don't want my friends to know I got superpowers. They'll want to tag along. I don't want my parents to worry themselves sick about if Razor will make it home in one piece." Neither Bobby nor Ronnie noticed a black ball hovering several meters above and behind them.
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The shadowed figure smiled evilly as he watched the college student and his ghostly mentor.
"So, the wielder has trouble controlling his alter ego. This'll make things quite interesting. The ghost also appeared to have trouble controlling his student in that form as well." He switched his view to the food court of the Cleveland Mall. Bobby's bandmates and friends Rip, Wendy, Fingers, Alex, and Tommy were eating fast food, laughing and talking alongside a sixth person. "Hmm...I can lure the wielder through his friends..."
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"Hahahahaha!!! Man, I'm sure glad you picked Cleveland to visit." Wendy laughed. She was talking to an Asian girl around their age, clad in a yellow jacket, red t-shirt, and blue jeans. She had short black hair.
"I'm glad I came. Especially after I met you guys." The young lady replied, sipping a soda.
"Well, Cleveland is the great city in the world." Rip grinned. The Baines Brothers were arguing.
"I'm taking her out for a date!" Alex shoved Tommy.
"She likes me, you dumbass!" Tommy shoved Alex.
"In your dreams!" Alex snapped.
"At least I'll be with her at all!" Tommy snapped back. Alex smacked Tommy with an empty soda can. "OW!!" Tommy punched his older brother.
"DIE!!!" Alex tackled Tommy and the two brothers started wrestling and throwing punches on the ground.
"I'm sorry, Jubilee. Those guys are real idiots." Wendy apologized to their guest. Rip laughed at his friends' antics.
"It's alright, Wendy. It reminds me of a couple old friends of mine." The firework-toting mutant laughed. {Those two are definitely like Wolvie and Cyclops. Only difference is that Alex never tried to crack Tommy's head open with a beer bottle} She observed Alex bash Tommy's head on a table. {Close enough}
"Hey you two, watch it!" Rip snapped. "Remember the last fight you two had? You both ended up in the hospital!"
"Yeah." Fingers smirked. "Besides, we all know that Jubes here wants to go out with me." Tommy and Alex stopped.
"WHAT?!?!?!" They snapped at the Firecrackers' keyboardist.
"Chicks dig the green hair." Fingers grinned, running a hand through his short green hair. "Chicks really dig it." Tommy and Alex glared at Fingers.
"DIE DANIEL!!!" They both yelled. They leapt over the table and tackled Fingers. The three teens started a three-way brawl. Jubilee sighed.
"Man, they are all nuts." She said to Wendy and Rip.
"Yeah, but we love 'em." Rip grinned. They heard screaming from a jewelry store. "What the?" Rip and the others turned and saw chaos in the jewelry store. People were fleeing, screaming for their lives. "What in blazes--?" A couple of security guards got thrown through windows. A huge figure crawled out, maniacal grin on his face. His 6'6", 275-pound frame made him look like a giant. His amber eyes made him look demonic. He had a sort of feline air about him.
"Sabertooth!" Jubilee cried out in shock.
"Huh?" Wendy asked.
"That's Victor Creed! He's known as Sabertooth! He's dangerous! The guy's an animal! A real psycho! He's got super senses, a healing factor, and an adamantium skeleton." Jubilee explained. "He's an assassin."
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A group of police cars passed by on the street in front of the building Bobby sat on.
"Wha--?" Bobby asked out loud.
"Think you should check it out?" Ronnie smirked. "Or maybe Razor should check it out." Bobby smirked.
"Why not?" Bobby picked up the mystical and guitar and played a quick riff. In a flash of rainbow light, the college student transformed into the wild blond rocker named Kid Razor. His clothes transformed into the white, red, and black costume of the Ultimate Rockstar.
"WHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Razor cried into the heavens. He turned to Ronnie with his trademark smirk. "Let's rock 'n' roll!"
"Alright." Ronnie flew off. Razor followed in the air, body surrounded by a rainbow aura. They flew around fifty feet over the squad cars. Razor's superhuman hearing picked up the noise from their radios.
"All units to the Cleveland Mall. There are reports of a huge man, around 6 feet and 270, tearing up the stores. Be advised, he could possibly be a mutant and mentally unstable."
"Why would an insane mutant hit the mall and start tearing it up?" Ronnie asked.
"Maybe he couldn't find leather pants that fit." Razor laughed.
"Oh, knock it off!" Ronnie groaned. Suddenly, the two noticed a bluish- black jet fly over them.
"That looks like an SR-71 Blackbird." Razor noted.
"What would a blackbird be doing here in the middle of Cleveland, Razor?"
"Let's have a little fun with the occupants and find out." Razor smirked evilly. He then flew up over the jet.
"Oh no..." Ronnie moaned.
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"Why would Sabertooth go to Cleveland?" Storm asked from the navigator's seat. Storm, Jean, Rogue, Wolverine, Cyclops, and Beast were in the Blackbird, flying towards the Cleveland Mall. Scott was piloting the X-Jet.
"Good thing Jubilee was there to alert us." Beast sighed. "Her studies have taken her all the way here."
"Rrrrr..." Logan's claws unsheathed with the trademark SNIKT!! "If Sabertooth wanted a fight so badly, he should've paid me a visit."
"Looks like he HEY!!!" Cyclops heard a SMACK!!!! The X-Men looked at the windows and saw Kid Razor. The mutants gasped as they saw Kid of Rock 'n' Roll scrunch his face and tongue on the glass and made a bunch of goofy faces and noises.
"Now that's not very nice." Rogue noted.
"GET OFF THE WINDOW!!!" Scott Summers snapped. Razor slid off, but not before giving Cyclops the finger. The jet passed, and Razor hovered in midair, clutching his sides, laughing happily.
"Did you see their faces, Ronnie?!? It was so rich! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" Razor laughed.
"Bobby, c'mon! Quit messing around! We got a bad guy to stop!" Ronnie moaned.
"Relax. We'd better get there before those dudes in the jet show up." Razor flew on, ahead of the X-Jet. He couldn't help but admit something to his ghostly mentor: "You know, there was a bunch of hot women aboard." Razor grinned.
"Yeah, yeah." Ronnie rolled his eyes with a smile. They flew over the Cleveland Mall. "We're here."
"Let's do this! WHOOOOO!!!!!!!" Kid Razor dove towards the mall, Ronnie not far behind him.
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Sgt. Polanski was one of the first arrivals on the scene. He was trying to get everyone to clear out when he noticed a familiar landing.
"Aw hell no." He grumbled as Kid Razor landed.
"Hey Pulaski!" Razor laughed. "What's up? Crazy mutant chick looking for a bargain?"
"Shut it, Razor!" Polanski snapped. "Stuff like this never happened before you showed up! I wouldn't be surprised if you had something to do with this!"
"Love you too, man." Razor laughed. "So, what's the situation jabroni?"
"Jabroni? Never mind." Polanski groaned. "There's a mutie maniac in there tearin' up the place! You've been here only one day, and already your presence brings chaos!"
"You've been here for years, and you cause people to hate the police." Razor quipped. Some of the other cops started snickering.
"Shut up!" He snapped at the other officers. "Listen you smartass..." Polanski turned around, and saw that Razor was gone. "What the hell?" Polanski wondered, scratching his head.
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"AAGH!!!!" Sabertooth screamed as Jubilee sent a few firework sparks in his eyes. Rip grabbed the Asian mutant and leapt into a music store.
{Where are those guys?} Jubilee thought.
"You crazy? You said that guy was a completely bogus dude!" Rip snapped. The others were there as well.
"Man, that cat-dude's nuts!" Tommy exclaimed.
"That guy needs a woman. Desperately!" Fingers panted. "The crazy idiot nearly impaled me with an umbrella!" Suddenly, all the stereos in the store started blasting Sammy Hagar's "There's Only One Way to Rock."
"What? Who turned on the music?" Rip wondered.
"Look!" Jubilee pointed at the front doors of the mall. The doors blew open.
"What?" Sabertooth turned to the doors. Kid Razor marched in, cocky smirk on his face. Polanski was heard yelling in the background.
"You idiot! Tax dollars pay for those doors!"
"Shut up, Polanski!" Razor snapped. He then turned back to Sabertooth and took off his glasses.
"Who in the blue hell are you?" Razor asked, doing a great impersonation of The Rock.
"So...You're the infamous Kid Razor?" Sabertooth smirked. "I was told you were a great warrior. You don't look like much. What you supposed to be, some kind of 80s rocker?"
"What're you supposed to be, an absent-minded were-cat?" Razor grinned. Polanski marched up to Sabertooth.
"Alright, catman." Polanski flashed his badge. "Sgt. Polanski of the Cleveland Police Department. Your furry ass is going downtown." Sabertooth burst out laughing.
"Who are you?" Sabertooth laughed.
"He's an idiot! It's the Kid of Rock you want!" Razor spread his arms.
"Well, I was promised a reward if I killed ya." Sabertooth grinned evilly.
"Oh no!" Wendy whispered to the others. "I don't think Razor has any idea about all the powers Sabertooth has."
"He's toast." Fingers moaned. "Razor's dead." He turned to Jubilee. "Right, Jubilee...Huh?" He noticed that Jubilee stared at Razor with glazed eyes, like a pre-teen would stare at a member of a boy band. A concerned Fingers waved his hand over her face and snapped his fingers. She appeared to be completely out of it. "Oh no..."
"What a dreamboat..." The teenage X-Man sighed at the sight of the Juke Box Hero.
{She digs me.} Razor smirked internally as his superhuman hearing picked up Jubilee's sigh. {She wants me bad.}
"RAAAAAAAAGGGGH!!!!!" Sabertooth leapt at Razor. Razor quickly rolled to the side, just barely dodging the strike. The mutant assassin was left kissing the floor. "Urgh. This kid's quick on his feet. I think I'll enjoy this." Sabertooth leapt to his feet. Razor smirked.
"Man, you suck." Razor mocked. "Where'd you learn to fight? Clown College?"
"Rrrrrrr..." Victor Creed growled angrily.
"Man, he has to be fearless to mouth off Creed like that, huh Jubes?" Rip joked, turning to Jubilee. She still stared at Razor dreamily. "Ugh."
"Hold still, ya little..." Sabertooth cursed and slashed, but Razor kept dodging with leaps, flips, and jumps.
{I can't stay on the defensive forever! I gotta attack!} Razor grabbed his guitar and slashed the head across Creed's face. Creed howled in pain as the sharp guitar head sliced his eyes.
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!" Sabertooth screamed in pain.
"Ha, take that you son of a..." What Razor saw next caused him to trail off. Before his eyes, Creed's face and eyes regenerated and repaired themselves. "The hell? What kind of mutant are you?"
"One that can't be killed that way, Blade-boy. Xantor will reward me well for taking you out." Sabertooth quickly grabbed Razor by the throat, choking the rocker. "Time to die, Razor." Creed pitched Razor into a wall. The wall crumbled, causing Razor to fly through it headfirst. He landed hard on his back.
"My God!" Alex covered his eyes. "Razor got his ass kicked good!"
"That takes care of that little...What?" Creed's eyes widened as Razor jumped back up to his feet. He seemed to suffer no physical damage, but he held the back of his neck and his lower spine.
"Ohhhhhh." Razor moaned. "My back is killing me. My neck hurts, my head hurts." Ronnie appeared next to Razor.
"Remember, that was a physical attack. Your body is immune to that kind of attack, but you still felt the pain. Watch it."
"Thanks, Ronnie." Razor grumbled. "I feel so much better now."
"Rrrrr...This kid's gonna be harder to face than I thought." Creed groaned.
"I'm still standing, Kitty Cat." Razor smirked. What Razor didn't notice was that several other famous villains were waiting to get themselves some of the Kid of Rock 'n' Roll.
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"Hmmm..." The shadowed creature watched on the crystal ball. "Kid Razor barely stands a chance against Sabertooth. The cocky warrior is not as skilled as I thought. Still, it will be entertaining to see Razor try to face him, as well as the others I have gathered." He switched view to the X- Jet flying towards the mall. It was being followed by the Avengers' Quinjet, and the Fantasticar. "Ahh...Backup is on its way. Let's see if they can get to the warrior in time."
Uh oh! Looks like Razor is in big trouble! Several other villains are waiting to get a piece of Razor, and the other Marvel Super Heroes are racing as fast as they can to the Cleveland Mall! Can Razor survive long enough for help to arrive? Find out in the next chapter of Birth of a Juke Box Hero!