X-Men, meet the Starr Brothers!
Disclaimer: Red Witch owns Althea, Xi, and Trinity. I own the Starr Twins, and Marvel owns the X-Men and the ex-Brotherhood.
I thought of this story because I wanted to write about when the X-Men first met my original Misfits, Starchild and Darkstar. I'll try my best to be crazy, but you never know. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Super Stardom and Dark Rage! Paul and Craig!
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"Ahh..." Scott Summers, the X-Man known as Cyclops, laid back on the couch. He was having a great day. "What a great day! No Misfits. Life is good." Jean walked into the Institute common room.
"I guess even the Misfits need a day off from annoying us." Jean sat on a couch across from Scott.
"Yeah well, the Misfits can take anything they do or say and stick it..." Scott was interrupted by a scream.
"AHHHHH!!! HELP ME!!!!!!" A thirteen-year-old boy ran past in a panic. His name was Jamie Madrox, aka Multiple. He could create clones of himself. He was being chased by three ten-year-old triplets in matching pink tops and jeans. All three had black hair.
"Come to mama, cutie!" The triplet with pigtails gushed.
"I love you, Jamie!" A second triplet with a ponytail on the left side of her head cooed.
"Kissing time!" A third triplet with a ponytail on the right said of her head squealed.
"WHY ME?!?!" Jamie screamed as he ran by.
"Oh God no..." Scott groaned. Jean rolled her eyes.
"It's like they made a life out of driving us crazy." Jean sighed.
"PIETRO, GET OUT OF MY UNDERWEAR DRAWER!!!" The voice of Tabitha Smith, aka Boom Boom, rang throughout the mansion, accompanied by some insane laughing.
"The Misfits' average day: Get up, annoy X-Men, go to bed." Scott grumbled.
"STAY AWAY FROM KITTY!!!!" Piotr Rasputin, aka Colossus, snapped somewhere.
"BITE ME, TIN MAN!!!" The voice of the Misfit named Lance Alvers, aka Avalanche snapped back. He then walked into the common room, but there was something different about his walk. Scott could have sworn he was strutting. Not to mention the huge grin on his face. He looked like he had just won the Super Bowl.
"Are you...strutting?" Scott asked his mortal enemy in disbelief.
"Hi, Scott!" Lance said in an unusually chipper tone. "I came to see Kitty and to remind you that you suck."
"Why do I suck this time?" Scott folded his arms. Lance grinned.
"Because, we came to make an announcement." Avalanche laughed.
"BLOB, GET OUTTA THE KITCHEN BEFORE AH POUND YOU!!!" Rogue's voice came from the kitchen.
"I'M HUNGRY, WOMAN!!! LET ME EAT IN PEACE!!!" Fred Dukes, aka Blob yelled back. "Please."
"Anyway..." Lance sighed. "We went to Los Angeles, the home of famous folks."
"Did you clowns massacre a bunch of celebrities?" Scott grumbled.
"You wish. We picked up two new guys." Avalanche laughed. "That right, our happy little family has grown." Scott and Jean looked at Lance like his pants were on fire.
"Bull." Scott scoffed. "If there were two new mutants in LA, Cerebro would've picked them up!"
"Scott, Cerebro had to be cleaned out yesterday." Jean glared at Avalanche. "Toad slimed it."
"Well you guys have an unfair advantage anyway!" Lance said. "We are good guys now, ya know."
"Once a jerk, always a jerk." Scott muttered. Lance was about to make a smart remark when a voice piped up.
"Hey, check this out!" Kurt called. Lance, Scott and Jean ran into the kitchen. Several of the X-Men and Misfits, including Xavier, Wolverine, and Storm, saw the painting on the wall. Someone had painted a picture of the rock group Kiss.
"Cool! That looks just like the cover of their album Destroyer!" Todd laughed.
"How did it get there? Who painted it?" Ororo scratched her head.
"Who's going to clean it off?" Logan grumbled.
"Whoever painted it is good." Tabitha whistled.
"Ah'd like to see the guy who painted this." Rogue agreed.
"Just look over here, and you'll see him." A playful voice called out. The group turned around. They saw a teen boy, slightly lanky. He had a mane of wild black hair that reached down to halfway down his back. His chocolate brown eyes screamed playfulness and good cheer. His clothes were very influenced by the 1980s. He wore a pair of white sneakers. He had purple acid-washed jeans with a thin tiger-print belt, and a trio of neon green chains hanging from the belt. The jeans had patches of white-and-black zebra print. He wore a Kiss t-shirt, with a shredded purple mesh sleeveless shirt over it. His hands were covered in red fingerless gloves with fringe coming out of them, and he had numerous bracelets on each wrist, a couple of them were studded. Around his neck was a white bandanna. Among the bracelets on his right wrist was a teleporter watch. His ears had shiny star earrings. Just below his eyes was his prized possession: A pair of purple sunglasses with 5-pointed star-shaped frames and zebra-print lenses. The X-Men were part-fascinated, and part-horrified by his clothes. However, he had a most unusual feature: A birthmark. He had a birthmark of a purple and perfect 5-pointed star over his right eye. The birthmark gave the young man a slight resemblance to Kiss guitarist and singer Paul Stanley.
"Who is that?" Xavier pointed to the teenager.
"More appropriately, what is that?" Logan wondered. The kids looked at the guy. The other X-Men and Misfits gathered around. The Misfits seemed to not be surprised.
"He thinks he's a superstar." Wanda explained. The black-haired kid grinned happily.
"Hi!" He said in a playful voice. "The name's Paul Stanley Starr."
"Is that is real name?" Ororo asked Althea in disbelief.
"It sounds crazy, but it is his name." Wavedancer responded.
"Ah, I see you met one of our two new Misfits." Hawk walked in with Cover Girl and another Joe in a funny hat and safari outfit. "This is Recondo. He's the one who took in Paul over here and his brother Craig."
"Craig should be around somewhere." Recondo shrugged.
"Be careful around Craig. He has a hair-trigger temper." Cover Girl warned. "He should be around here somewhere."
"Hey Paul, don't you know the Eighties are over?" Sam teased.
"Yeah, kid! Get updated!" Ray laughed. Some of the X-Men burst out laughing.
"Hey Paul, what's with the makeup? You some kind of fruit?" Gambit chortled. The elder X-Men glared at the younger ones.
"Makeup? What makeup?" Paul asked, scratching his head while looking confused.
"That ain't paint, you dopes! That's a birthmark!" Todd snapped.
"No way!" Rogue shook her head. "That star is too perfect. It can't be a birthmark! It looks painted on."
"It is a birthmark. I've had it my whole life." Paul grinned. "I believe that it's a sign that I'm destined for superstardom. Because of my powers, I gave myself the codename Starchild."
"Starchild? What kind of codename is Starchild?" Scott looked at Fred.
"It's very appropriate for him." Fred grinned.
"He fancies himself a musician. He's very multitalented." Cover Girl smiled.
"Actor, comedian, musician, artist. I can do it all!" Paul grinned. He then looked around the mansion. "This place is really swanky! It's really awesome!"
"Awesome?" Rogue repeated in disbelief. "This kid is not for real!"
"Like, he's funny." Kitty giggled. Paul smirked, his right eye glowing purple.
"You must be Kitty Pryde." Paul grinned. Starchild held out his right hand like he was holding something long and thin. He waved his left hand over it and raised it. When he flicked his wrist, a red rose appeared in his hand in a puff of smoke and a few sparks. He then gave the rose to Kitty. "No wonder Lance and Pete fight over you." Shadowcat giggled as she took the rose. Paul then gave her a wink.
"Hey wait a minute!" Lance and Peter cried out.
"Paul, you and Lance had a little talk about that, remember?" Pietro reminded.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Hee hee." Paul grinned sheepishly.
"He does have a cute smile." Tabitha thought.
"I am Professor Charles Xavier." Xavier introduced himself. He motioned to Storm and Logan. "That's Ororo Munroe and this is Logan. Also called Storm and Wolverine."
"Professor X!" Paul ran to him. "The bald telepathic wheelchair dude! Cool! Awesome to meet you!" Paul vigorously shook the professor's hand. He shook it so vigorously, that the Professor's whole body shook.
"G-o-o-o-o-o-o-od to me-e-e-e-t yo-u-u-u too." Xavier tried to say. Logan chuckled at this. The grinning and amazed Paul went to the other adults.
"Yeah, you're the claw dude with the bad temper!" Paul pointed at Logan. He then pointed to Storm. "And you're the weather babe!"
"Hoo boy." Fred grinned. "That Paul thinks he can get away with anything at times." Paul did his rose trick again and handed it to Storm.
"Why thank you." The weather goddess smiled.
"Perhaps Paul could help the X-Men and the Misfits get along." Xavier said to Hawk. "He is new, so he has no grudges held against him or holds any grudges here."
"Hey Claws, if you think you have a bad temper, you should meet Paul's brother." Pietro grinned.
"His brother?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah. You don't ever find any two bigger opposites than Craig and Paul." Wanda said.
"They grew up differently." Cover Girl explained. "You see, as babies, Paul and Craig were separated and abandoned. They would end up leading separate and opposite lives. Craig was taken in by a family that lived in LA's ghetto. The family was tormented and always fighting. He was in a couple gangs and got into trouble with the law constantly. He packed up and left at twelve. Craig survived on the streets since. Paul was taken in by a rich husband and wife, living in Hollywood. The family owned a toy store and a record label. They were murdered by gang members. Ironically, they were members of a gang that were rivals with a gang Craig was a member of. Paul wasn't given an inheritance. He was screwed out of it thanks to a scheming executive, who didn't want Paul rich because he was a mutant. His birthmark was a sure indicator of that. Paul was forced out on the streets, and he found Craig."
"Craig and Paul helped us out in a mission in LA. We gave them membership in the Misfits as a way of saying thanks." Lance said.
"You jerks are capable of being grateful?" Amara asked in an amazed voice.
"I got gifts for you guys." Paul grinned. He pressed a button on his watch and disappeared. He came back a few seconds later, carrying a bunch of rolled-up posters.
"Posters for everybody!" Paul handed out posters to the X-Men. Tabitha unrolled hers.
"It's a Kiss poster!" She said. "Huh?" She noticed hers came with something extra: a red rose. All the posters the girls got had a red rose with them.
"What the--?" Scott stared at a blushing Jean. "Who does this guy think he is? Pietro?"
"Yeah, he's muscling in on my womanizing territory." Pietro agreed.
"Hey guys, be cool now." Paul said.
"How nice." Rogue said. "Why don't you ever get me roses?" She turned to Gambit. Remy started grumbling.
"Professor, Gambit start to worry. I don't t'ink Remy gonna like dis Starchild guy."
"Thank you Paul." All the girls said sweetly. Lance slapped his forehead. Paul grinned.
"Hey, what can I say?" Paul turned to Gambit. He then said the next sentence in a perfect impersonation of Remy's voice: "De ladies love dem superstars." Remy's jaw dropped.
"How'd he do zat?" Kurt asked in wonder. "Paul did a perfect Remy! How--?"
"I can impersonate anyone's voice." Paul shrugged. "All I have to do is listen and I have it. Watch." Paul cleared his throat and did a perfect impersonation of John Wayne: "Well pilgrim, I guess it's round-up time!" The self-proclaimed superstar switched to Sly Stallone as Rocky: "Uh, hey yo, uh...Maybe I'll fight Apollo and maybe I won't ADRIAN!!!" He then continued as Austin Powers: "What do you say we go out on the town and SWING baby, yeah. Groovy." The teen wonder then ended with an uncanny (A/N: Get it?) mimic of actor Christopher Walken: "You know, you should never touch the hair." Paul went back to his normal voice. "I can also sing." Paul saw a piano out of the corner of his eye. He jumped to it and started playing it. Paul began to sing, doing an imitation of Jerry Lee Lewis: "You shake my nerves and you rattle my brains, You bet your love'll drive a man insane, You broke my will, But what a thrill, Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire!" Bobby, Amara, Tabby and Kurt clapped.
"Wow! It was just like the Killer himself was singing!" Bobby whistled.
"The kid's good." Logan smirked. Paul stared at Logan.
"Is there anything you can't do?" Tabby asked Paul. Paul grinned.
"Your codename is Boom-Boom, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well..." Paul performed his rose trick. "Personally, I think your codename should be Bombshell." Starchild stared at the delicate flower.
"Why?" Tabby asked.
"You not only have explosive powers and personality, you also have the looks of a bombshell." Paul gave Tabby the rose. "Marilyn Monroe ain't got nothin' on you, babe." Paul winked. Tabitha blew Paul a kiss, and Ray started fuming.
"I'm beginning to agree with you Cajun." Berzerker whispered to Remy. "I am definitely not going to enjoy having Paul around."
"You guys are just jealous." Rogue smirked.
"Y'know, the Misfits don't really like you X-Dudes." Paul shrugged. "I dunno why. I think you guys are alright." Paul winked at Amara, making her blush and giggle.
"Heh." A gruff voice snorted. "Typical of you, brother." Paul smiled at the remark.
"Ladies and gentlemen, meet my brother. Craig Allman Starr. He's known as Darkstar." Paul pointed at a somewhat shadowed teen, leaning against a wall with his arms crossed, head down. He put his head up. He looked exactly like Paul, only his star birthmark was black. He wore a gray t-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a black leather jacket. His face formed a scowl. Whereas Paul had a presence that brought cheer and fun, Craig's presence made him seem like a soulless monster. His chocolate eyes lacked the happy sparkle Paul's had. Instead, they had an intense, demonic gleam intended to threaten. He seemed to not like the attention.
"What?" He asked angrily. His voice seemed more gruff, more mature, and more evil than Paul's. It was like Paul and Craig were two halves of one person, and Craig was the dark side. He seemed to get angrier with every second. "What? You looking at me?" He looked like he would lose his temper and go insane with rage at any second. "You wanna see something? Huh? You wanna see something?" Craig punched a hole in the wall, frightening the younger X-Men and shocking the older ones. "That's gonna be your faces if you don't stop looking at me."
"What is he, some kind of animal?" Sam asked. Craig's head turned to Cannonball.
"What did you call me?" Craig's right eye, the one surrounded by birthmark, glowed purple. The sight sent shivers down Sam's spine.
"Craig, stop." Paul sighed. "He didn't mean it." Craig still stared at Cannonball.
"Uh, sorry..." Sam stammered. Xavier turned to Hawk.
"As I said, Craig's got a hair-trigger temper." Cover Girl sighed. "He has the codename Darkstar because of it."
"No, it came from the fact his birthmark is a black star." Paul reminded. "He's got a crush on Wanda." Craig blushed.
"Shut up Paul." Darkstar growled. Paul seemed to not be intimidated by Craig's threat, like he was used to it.
"Wanda? What does he see in Wanda?" Jean asked. "These Misfits are getting even weirder." She thought to herself.
"They're both insane, and have bad tempers." Pietro laughed. Wanda glared at her speedster twin.
"Watch it Pietro, or the next time you have spaghetti, I'll make it strangle you." She threatened.
"You see?" Pietro pointed.
"Wow. Those two are like they were one person, but got split in two." Kurt noticed. "Paul is ze light-hearted fun side, and Craig is the demonic dark side."
"Coming from a kid who looks like a demon, I consider it a compliment." Craig smirked. The other X-Men shivered. It was like the devil himself was smirking when Craig's face formed it.
"Vhat did you call me?" An offended Kurt snapped.
"You heard me, furball!" Craig snapped back.
"Guys, stop!" Cover Girl sighed. "Craig, quit it!" A muttering Craig out of nowhere fired a purple laser out of his eye at Kurt. Paul used his hand to block it. The laser seemed to stop, able to burn through the glove, but unable to penetrate Paul's flesh.
"My glove!" Paul said. Craig cut his laser. Paul looked at the hole in his glove in mourning.
"Paul and Craig have the same powers." Hawk explained. "Both of them can fire a laser from their right eyes. They also possess the power of hypnosis. As just saw, they are invulnerable to each other's powers."
"Which means you'd better be nice to me Scotty, or else I can have Paul hypnotize you and make you run around Bayville without your pants." Lance smirked.
"You don't have the guts." Scott challenged.
"Jean, could you tell me where the kitchen is? I'm gonna get a snack." Paul asked.
"Right that way, cutie." Jean grinned, pointing at the kitchen.
"Thanks." Paul said. "Excuse me, dudes and dudettes." Starchild went to the kitchen for a snack. Scott looked on in shock and jealousy.
"I don't like him. I definitely don't like this guy." Scott growled. He turned to Craig. "And his brother ain't much either."
"Scott, be nice." Ororo scolded.
"You want some of this?" Craig asked loudly.
"The Misfits are appropriate for you, Craig." Scott snapped. "You're just a thug, just like the rest of 'em!"
"At least I don't need glasses for my powers." Craig smirked.
"That's it!" Scott leapt on Craig and they started brawling. Lance pulled them apart.
"Craig, only I beat up Scott." Lance told the ex-thug. He then punched Scott and the two Misfits ganged up on the X-Men's leader.
"We're in trouble." Hawk sighed. He looked over at Tabby, Jean, Rogue, Amara, and Kitty, who were chattering about Paul, and a shocked Gambit, Berzerker, and Colossus. The three X-Boys were watching with jaws on the floor.
"Two new Misfits. Even more insanity. Wonderful." Storm sighed. "One's a womanizer, the other's a thug."
"Gambit stating to not like Starchild."
"Da, my friend." Piotr agreed.
"The girls are all gonna dump us! We can't let that happen!" Ray cried out. "I think Tabby's fallen in love with that Paul!"
"Maybe we should never allow any more membership. In either team." Xavier suggested.
"Good Idea." Hawk sighed.
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Well, there you have it! This is the start of Paul and Craig's first meeting with the X-Men. Looks like Paul's stolen some hearts, and Craig's thrown some punches! What's gonna happen next? Find out soon! Thanks for reading, and suggestions for the next chapter are welcome.
Disclaimer: Red Witch owns Althea, Xi, and Trinity. I own the Starr Twins, and Marvel owns the X-Men and the ex-Brotherhood.
I thought of this story because I wanted to write about when the X-Men first met my original Misfits, Starchild and Darkstar. I'll try my best to be crazy, but you never know. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Super Stardom and Dark Rage! Paul and Craig!
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"Ahh..." Scott Summers, the X-Man known as Cyclops, laid back on the couch. He was having a great day. "What a great day! No Misfits. Life is good." Jean walked into the Institute common room.
"I guess even the Misfits need a day off from annoying us." Jean sat on a couch across from Scott.
"Yeah well, the Misfits can take anything they do or say and stick it..." Scott was interrupted by a scream.
"AHHHHH!!! HELP ME!!!!!!" A thirteen-year-old boy ran past in a panic. His name was Jamie Madrox, aka Multiple. He could create clones of himself. He was being chased by three ten-year-old triplets in matching pink tops and jeans. All three had black hair.
"Come to mama, cutie!" The triplet with pigtails gushed.
"I love you, Jamie!" A second triplet with a ponytail on the left side of her head cooed.
"Kissing time!" A third triplet with a ponytail on the right said of her head squealed.
"WHY ME?!?!" Jamie screamed as he ran by.
"Oh God no..." Scott groaned. Jean rolled her eyes.
"It's like they made a life out of driving us crazy." Jean sighed.
"PIETRO, GET OUT OF MY UNDERWEAR DRAWER!!!" The voice of Tabitha Smith, aka Boom Boom, rang throughout the mansion, accompanied by some insane laughing.
"The Misfits' average day: Get up, annoy X-Men, go to bed." Scott grumbled.
"STAY AWAY FROM KITTY!!!!" Piotr Rasputin, aka Colossus, snapped somewhere.
"BITE ME, TIN MAN!!!" The voice of the Misfit named Lance Alvers, aka Avalanche snapped back. He then walked into the common room, but there was something different about his walk. Scott could have sworn he was strutting. Not to mention the huge grin on his face. He looked like he had just won the Super Bowl.
"Are you...strutting?" Scott asked his mortal enemy in disbelief.
"Hi, Scott!" Lance said in an unusually chipper tone. "I came to see Kitty and to remind you that you suck."
"Why do I suck this time?" Scott folded his arms. Lance grinned.
"Because, we came to make an announcement." Avalanche laughed.
"BLOB, GET OUTTA THE KITCHEN BEFORE AH POUND YOU!!!" Rogue's voice came from the kitchen.
"I'M HUNGRY, WOMAN!!! LET ME EAT IN PEACE!!!" Fred Dukes, aka Blob yelled back. "Please."
"Anyway..." Lance sighed. "We went to Los Angeles, the home of famous folks."
"Did you clowns massacre a bunch of celebrities?" Scott grumbled.
"You wish. We picked up two new guys." Avalanche laughed. "That right, our happy little family has grown." Scott and Jean looked at Lance like his pants were on fire.
"Bull." Scott scoffed. "If there were two new mutants in LA, Cerebro would've picked them up!"
"Scott, Cerebro had to be cleaned out yesterday." Jean glared at Avalanche. "Toad slimed it."
"Well you guys have an unfair advantage anyway!" Lance said. "We are good guys now, ya know."
"Once a jerk, always a jerk." Scott muttered. Lance was about to make a smart remark when a voice piped up.
"Hey, check this out!" Kurt called. Lance, Scott and Jean ran into the kitchen. Several of the X-Men and Misfits, including Xavier, Wolverine, and Storm, saw the painting on the wall. Someone had painted a picture of the rock group Kiss.
"Cool! That looks just like the cover of their album Destroyer!" Todd laughed.
"How did it get there? Who painted it?" Ororo scratched her head.
"Who's going to clean it off?" Logan grumbled.
"Whoever painted it is good." Tabitha whistled.
"Ah'd like to see the guy who painted this." Rogue agreed.
"Just look over here, and you'll see him." A playful voice called out. The group turned around. They saw a teen boy, slightly lanky. He had a mane of wild black hair that reached down to halfway down his back. His chocolate brown eyes screamed playfulness and good cheer. His clothes were very influenced by the 1980s. He wore a pair of white sneakers. He had purple acid-washed jeans with a thin tiger-print belt, and a trio of neon green chains hanging from the belt. The jeans had patches of white-and-black zebra print. He wore a Kiss t-shirt, with a shredded purple mesh sleeveless shirt over it. His hands were covered in red fingerless gloves with fringe coming out of them, and he had numerous bracelets on each wrist, a couple of them were studded. Around his neck was a white bandanna. Among the bracelets on his right wrist was a teleporter watch. His ears had shiny star earrings. Just below his eyes was his prized possession: A pair of purple sunglasses with 5-pointed star-shaped frames and zebra-print lenses. The X-Men were part-fascinated, and part-horrified by his clothes. However, he had a most unusual feature: A birthmark. He had a birthmark of a purple and perfect 5-pointed star over his right eye. The birthmark gave the young man a slight resemblance to Kiss guitarist and singer Paul Stanley.
"Who is that?" Xavier pointed to the teenager.
"More appropriately, what is that?" Logan wondered. The kids looked at the guy. The other X-Men and Misfits gathered around. The Misfits seemed to not be surprised.
"He thinks he's a superstar." Wanda explained. The black-haired kid grinned happily.
"Hi!" He said in a playful voice. "The name's Paul Stanley Starr."
"Is that is real name?" Ororo asked Althea in disbelief.
"It sounds crazy, but it is his name." Wavedancer responded.
"Ah, I see you met one of our two new Misfits." Hawk walked in with Cover Girl and another Joe in a funny hat and safari outfit. "This is Recondo. He's the one who took in Paul over here and his brother Craig."
"Craig should be around somewhere." Recondo shrugged.
"Be careful around Craig. He has a hair-trigger temper." Cover Girl warned. "He should be around here somewhere."
"Hey Paul, don't you know the Eighties are over?" Sam teased.
"Yeah, kid! Get updated!" Ray laughed. Some of the X-Men burst out laughing.
"Hey Paul, what's with the makeup? You some kind of fruit?" Gambit chortled. The elder X-Men glared at the younger ones.
"Makeup? What makeup?" Paul asked, scratching his head while looking confused.
"That ain't paint, you dopes! That's a birthmark!" Todd snapped.
"No way!" Rogue shook her head. "That star is too perfect. It can't be a birthmark! It looks painted on."
"It is a birthmark. I've had it my whole life." Paul grinned. "I believe that it's a sign that I'm destined for superstardom. Because of my powers, I gave myself the codename Starchild."
"Starchild? What kind of codename is Starchild?" Scott looked at Fred.
"It's very appropriate for him." Fred grinned.
"He fancies himself a musician. He's very multitalented." Cover Girl smiled.
"Actor, comedian, musician, artist. I can do it all!" Paul grinned. He then looked around the mansion. "This place is really swanky! It's really awesome!"
"Awesome?" Rogue repeated in disbelief. "This kid is not for real!"
"Like, he's funny." Kitty giggled. Paul smirked, his right eye glowing purple.
"You must be Kitty Pryde." Paul grinned. Starchild held out his right hand like he was holding something long and thin. He waved his left hand over it and raised it. When he flicked his wrist, a red rose appeared in his hand in a puff of smoke and a few sparks. He then gave the rose to Kitty. "No wonder Lance and Pete fight over you." Shadowcat giggled as she took the rose. Paul then gave her a wink.
"Hey wait a minute!" Lance and Peter cried out.
"Paul, you and Lance had a little talk about that, remember?" Pietro reminded.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Hee hee." Paul grinned sheepishly.
"He does have a cute smile." Tabitha thought.
"I am Professor Charles Xavier." Xavier introduced himself. He motioned to Storm and Logan. "That's Ororo Munroe and this is Logan. Also called Storm and Wolverine."
"Professor X!" Paul ran to him. "The bald telepathic wheelchair dude! Cool! Awesome to meet you!" Paul vigorously shook the professor's hand. He shook it so vigorously, that the Professor's whole body shook.
"G-o-o-o-o-o-o-od to me-e-e-e-t yo-u-u-u too." Xavier tried to say. Logan chuckled at this. The grinning and amazed Paul went to the other adults.
"Yeah, you're the claw dude with the bad temper!" Paul pointed at Logan. He then pointed to Storm. "And you're the weather babe!"
"Hoo boy." Fred grinned. "That Paul thinks he can get away with anything at times." Paul did his rose trick again and handed it to Storm.
"Why thank you." The weather goddess smiled.
"Perhaps Paul could help the X-Men and the Misfits get along." Xavier said to Hawk. "He is new, so he has no grudges held against him or holds any grudges here."
"Hey Claws, if you think you have a bad temper, you should meet Paul's brother." Pietro grinned.
"His brother?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah. You don't ever find any two bigger opposites than Craig and Paul." Wanda said.
"They grew up differently." Cover Girl explained. "You see, as babies, Paul and Craig were separated and abandoned. They would end up leading separate and opposite lives. Craig was taken in by a family that lived in LA's ghetto. The family was tormented and always fighting. He was in a couple gangs and got into trouble with the law constantly. He packed up and left at twelve. Craig survived on the streets since. Paul was taken in by a rich husband and wife, living in Hollywood. The family owned a toy store and a record label. They were murdered by gang members. Ironically, they were members of a gang that were rivals with a gang Craig was a member of. Paul wasn't given an inheritance. He was screwed out of it thanks to a scheming executive, who didn't want Paul rich because he was a mutant. His birthmark was a sure indicator of that. Paul was forced out on the streets, and he found Craig."
"Craig and Paul helped us out in a mission in LA. We gave them membership in the Misfits as a way of saying thanks." Lance said.
"You jerks are capable of being grateful?" Amara asked in an amazed voice.
"I got gifts for you guys." Paul grinned. He pressed a button on his watch and disappeared. He came back a few seconds later, carrying a bunch of rolled-up posters.
"Posters for everybody!" Paul handed out posters to the X-Men. Tabitha unrolled hers.
"It's a Kiss poster!" She said. "Huh?" She noticed hers came with something extra: a red rose. All the posters the girls got had a red rose with them.
"What the--?" Scott stared at a blushing Jean. "Who does this guy think he is? Pietro?"
"Yeah, he's muscling in on my womanizing territory." Pietro agreed.
"Hey guys, be cool now." Paul said.
"How nice." Rogue said. "Why don't you ever get me roses?" She turned to Gambit. Remy started grumbling.
"Professor, Gambit start to worry. I don't t'ink Remy gonna like dis Starchild guy."
"Thank you Paul." All the girls said sweetly. Lance slapped his forehead. Paul grinned.
"Hey, what can I say?" Paul turned to Gambit. He then said the next sentence in a perfect impersonation of Remy's voice: "De ladies love dem superstars." Remy's jaw dropped.
"How'd he do zat?" Kurt asked in wonder. "Paul did a perfect Remy! How--?"
"I can impersonate anyone's voice." Paul shrugged. "All I have to do is listen and I have it. Watch." Paul cleared his throat and did a perfect impersonation of John Wayne: "Well pilgrim, I guess it's round-up time!" The self-proclaimed superstar switched to Sly Stallone as Rocky: "Uh, hey yo, uh...Maybe I'll fight Apollo and maybe I won't ADRIAN!!!" He then continued as Austin Powers: "What do you say we go out on the town and SWING baby, yeah. Groovy." The teen wonder then ended with an uncanny (A/N: Get it?) mimic of actor Christopher Walken: "You know, you should never touch the hair." Paul went back to his normal voice. "I can also sing." Paul saw a piano out of the corner of his eye. He jumped to it and started playing it. Paul began to sing, doing an imitation of Jerry Lee Lewis: "You shake my nerves and you rattle my brains, You bet your love'll drive a man insane, You broke my will, But what a thrill, Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire!" Bobby, Amara, Tabby and Kurt clapped.
"Wow! It was just like the Killer himself was singing!" Bobby whistled.
"The kid's good." Logan smirked. Paul stared at Logan.
"Is there anything you can't do?" Tabby asked Paul. Paul grinned.
"Your codename is Boom-Boom, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well..." Paul performed his rose trick. "Personally, I think your codename should be Bombshell." Starchild stared at the delicate flower.
"Why?" Tabby asked.
"You not only have explosive powers and personality, you also have the looks of a bombshell." Paul gave Tabby the rose. "Marilyn Monroe ain't got nothin' on you, babe." Paul winked. Tabitha blew Paul a kiss, and Ray started fuming.
"I'm beginning to agree with you Cajun." Berzerker whispered to Remy. "I am definitely not going to enjoy having Paul around."
"You guys are just jealous." Rogue smirked.
"Y'know, the Misfits don't really like you X-Dudes." Paul shrugged. "I dunno why. I think you guys are alright." Paul winked at Amara, making her blush and giggle.
"Heh." A gruff voice snorted. "Typical of you, brother." Paul smiled at the remark.
"Ladies and gentlemen, meet my brother. Craig Allman Starr. He's known as Darkstar." Paul pointed at a somewhat shadowed teen, leaning against a wall with his arms crossed, head down. He put his head up. He looked exactly like Paul, only his star birthmark was black. He wore a gray t-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a black leather jacket. His face formed a scowl. Whereas Paul had a presence that brought cheer and fun, Craig's presence made him seem like a soulless monster. His chocolate eyes lacked the happy sparkle Paul's had. Instead, they had an intense, demonic gleam intended to threaten. He seemed to not like the attention.
"What?" He asked angrily. His voice seemed more gruff, more mature, and more evil than Paul's. It was like Paul and Craig were two halves of one person, and Craig was the dark side. He seemed to get angrier with every second. "What? You looking at me?" He looked like he would lose his temper and go insane with rage at any second. "You wanna see something? Huh? You wanna see something?" Craig punched a hole in the wall, frightening the younger X-Men and shocking the older ones. "That's gonna be your faces if you don't stop looking at me."
"What is he, some kind of animal?" Sam asked. Craig's head turned to Cannonball.
"What did you call me?" Craig's right eye, the one surrounded by birthmark, glowed purple. The sight sent shivers down Sam's spine.
"Craig, stop." Paul sighed. "He didn't mean it." Craig still stared at Cannonball.
"Uh, sorry..." Sam stammered. Xavier turned to Hawk.
"As I said, Craig's got a hair-trigger temper." Cover Girl sighed. "He has the codename Darkstar because of it."
"No, it came from the fact his birthmark is a black star." Paul reminded. "He's got a crush on Wanda." Craig blushed.
"Shut up Paul." Darkstar growled. Paul seemed to not be intimidated by Craig's threat, like he was used to it.
"Wanda? What does he see in Wanda?" Jean asked. "These Misfits are getting even weirder." She thought to herself.
"They're both insane, and have bad tempers." Pietro laughed. Wanda glared at her speedster twin.
"Watch it Pietro, or the next time you have spaghetti, I'll make it strangle you." She threatened.
"You see?" Pietro pointed.
"Wow. Those two are like they were one person, but got split in two." Kurt noticed. "Paul is ze light-hearted fun side, and Craig is the demonic dark side."
"Coming from a kid who looks like a demon, I consider it a compliment." Craig smirked. The other X-Men shivered. It was like the devil himself was smirking when Craig's face formed it.
"Vhat did you call me?" An offended Kurt snapped.
"You heard me, furball!" Craig snapped back.
"Guys, stop!" Cover Girl sighed. "Craig, quit it!" A muttering Craig out of nowhere fired a purple laser out of his eye at Kurt. Paul used his hand to block it. The laser seemed to stop, able to burn through the glove, but unable to penetrate Paul's flesh.
"My glove!" Paul said. Craig cut his laser. Paul looked at the hole in his glove in mourning.
"Paul and Craig have the same powers." Hawk explained. "Both of them can fire a laser from their right eyes. They also possess the power of hypnosis. As just saw, they are invulnerable to each other's powers."
"Which means you'd better be nice to me Scotty, or else I can have Paul hypnotize you and make you run around Bayville without your pants." Lance smirked.
"You don't have the guts." Scott challenged.
"Jean, could you tell me where the kitchen is? I'm gonna get a snack." Paul asked.
"Right that way, cutie." Jean grinned, pointing at the kitchen.
"Thanks." Paul said. "Excuse me, dudes and dudettes." Starchild went to the kitchen for a snack. Scott looked on in shock and jealousy.
"I don't like him. I definitely don't like this guy." Scott growled. He turned to Craig. "And his brother ain't much either."
"Scott, be nice." Ororo scolded.
"You want some of this?" Craig asked loudly.
"The Misfits are appropriate for you, Craig." Scott snapped. "You're just a thug, just like the rest of 'em!"
"At least I don't need glasses for my powers." Craig smirked.
"That's it!" Scott leapt on Craig and they started brawling. Lance pulled them apart.
"Craig, only I beat up Scott." Lance told the ex-thug. He then punched Scott and the two Misfits ganged up on the X-Men's leader.
"We're in trouble." Hawk sighed. He looked over at Tabby, Jean, Rogue, Amara, and Kitty, who were chattering about Paul, and a shocked Gambit, Berzerker, and Colossus. The three X-Boys were watching with jaws on the floor.
"Two new Misfits. Even more insanity. Wonderful." Storm sighed. "One's a womanizer, the other's a thug."
"Gambit stating to not like Starchild."
"Da, my friend." Piotr agreed.
"The girls are all gonna dump us! We can't let that happen!" Ray cried out. "I think Tabby's fallen in love with that Paul!"
"Maybe we should never allow any more membership. In either team." Xavier suggested.
"Good Idea." Hawk sighed.
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Well, there you have it! This is the start of Paul and Craig's first meeting with the X-Men. Looks like Paul's stolen some hearts, and Craig's thrown some punches! What's gonna happen next? Find out soon! Thanks for reading, and suggestions for the next chapter are welcome.