X-Men, meet the Starr Brothers!
Chapter 6: Wild in the Streets!
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The telepathic X-Girl named Jean Grey had jumped on a shocked Paul Stanley Starr, the Misfit known as Starchild in a fit of lust.
"Hey wha--?" Paul was cut off by Jean kissing him all over his face. He pushed her off and jumped to his feet. "Whoa, babe!" The red-haired telepath cracked a coy smile. "What in the world's gotten into you?"
"Oh Paul..." She drawled seductively. "I can read your mind, baby. I know your deepest, darkest desires." She telekinetically lifted Paul in the air. "I love you." She flew up and kissed Paul again. Tabitha passed by, and she was mad.
"Hey!" She snapped. "Get your hands off my Paul, Red!" An angry Jean put Paul down and glared at Tabby. Paul's face had lipstick marks all over it. He removed his white neckerchief and wiped his face.
"Your Paul?!?!" Jean shouted. "Since when is he yours?"
"Since today!" Tabby retorted. "If I catch you with my Starchild again, I'll blow you to smithereens!"
"Ha!" Jean scoffed mockingly. "I'd like to see you try! It's obvious that Paul wants me. I can sense it." Paul just watched the whole thing.
"Here we go...CATFIGHT!!!!" Paul mentally observed.
"Your telepathy must be busted, Jean! Why would Paul want a snotty brat like you when he could have me?" Tabitha smirked. Jean growled.
"Because I can do THIS!" Jean waved her hand, and Boom-Boom flew into a bush. She turned back to Paul and waved her arm, bringing him to her.
"Hoo boy." Starchild thought. "Where's Scotty and Pete?"
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Scott Summers and Peter Rasputin lied on the roof of a nearby building. Their bodies were completely stiff, like they had rigor mortis. Their skin and hair were white as a ghost, and their hair stood completely on end. Their faces seemed to be frozen in an expression of terror.
"The horror...The horror..." Scott squeaked, like he was traumatized.
"The pain...The pain..." Peter chanted in the same tone.
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"Come to me, my love." Jean beckoned Paul, causing him to come closer. A couple time bombs flew out of nowhere and exploded, causing the redhead to fall and lose her concentration.
"Jean, you okay?" Paul was about help her up, but Tabitha tackled the superstar, making him fall over. She started kissing him until Jean lifted her away.
"HEY!!!" Tabitha screamed. "Leave me and my Pauly alone, you tramp!!!" Paul was unable to break up the catfight. The blushing Starchild wobbled away, lipstick all over his face, and wearing a goofy grin.
"What a kisser..." He thought.
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Craig hummed a Metallica tune, while carrying a brick. He saw his intended target, a squad car, with two snoozing cops inside. The punk smirked.
"Play time." He thought. Craig threw the brick with an "OINK OINK!!!" The brick smashed a rear side window, waking up the two cops, who were in the front.
"What the--?" Cop #1 spoke.
"Aw man, someone smashed our ride with a brick!" The other snapped. Craig whistled and waved.
"And there's the little punk that threw the brick!" The first cop said. They leapt out of the car. "Hold it right there, kid! You're under arrest for destruction of police property!"
"Ahh, go suck a donut, oinker!!!" Craig snapped, running into an alley, calling upon his ninja training.
"Get 'im!!" The cops ran into the alley, but he was gone. "Where'd he go?" Craig whistled. The cops turned around to see Darkstar. The Misfit's eye flashed, and the policemen were under his power. Darkstar smirked.
"This will be fun..."
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Lance, Todd, and Althea walked into a bar. They were looking for Shipwreck.
"So, where could he be?" Lance quipped.
"Look for a dumb drunken sailor, Rockhead." Althea rolled her eyes. She saw her father drunkenly staggering to a jukebox. "Oh no."
"Dis song suuucks..." Shipwreck slurred, changing the song from Patsy Cline's "Crazy" to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll." The sailor grinned. "Ahh, that's da ticket!" An angry biker got up.
"I liked the song that was playing before." The biker said. It was obvious he was slightly drunk.
"Patsy Cline sings wussy music!" Shipwreck slurred. (A/N: The opinions of Shipwreck do not reflect those of anyone else. Thank You.) "I said wussy music!"
"Bob Seger blows!" The biker shoved Shipwreck.
"Oh no..." Todd put his head in his hands. "Here we go, yo."
"Hey, you kids are a little young to be in here, aren't you?" A waitress said to the three Misfits. Shipwreck and the biker were arguing.
"We're just here to get my dad." Althea replied. The bar patrons started arguing amongst themselves. "What the--?"
"PATSY CLINE!!!" Half the patrons shouted.
"BOB SEGER!!!" Shipwreck and the other patrons shouted. They charged and started brawling. The waitress turned around.
"Oh no, not again!! First, that crazy senator starts a brawl, now this!!"
"I'll help you." Althea and the waitress tried to break up the fight. Lance and Todd looked at each other.
"You know what to do." Lance said, and Todd nodded. The two mutants sat at a table. Avalanche put on a black cowboy hat, and Toad put on a golden crown.
"Well King, this looks like it'll be one hellacious slobberknocker!" Lance crowed in a cowboy accent. Todd saw a guy try to punch Althea.
"Don't hurt the puppies!" Todd screamed. Althea punched the guy out. "Woo- hoo!! Puppy power! I love it, JR!"
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Craig rode in the back of the police car, the hypnotized cops ahead of him. He ordered them to drive to the station.
"When we arrive, you will act normal. You will tell the others know a riot is in progress at this street." Darkstar gave a note with a street name to a cop. "Once you get there, this trance will cease, and you will have no memory of what you did under it. Understand?" The cops nodded. "Go." The cops leapt out of the car in a panic, and ran to the station. Craig coolly put on a pair of black gloves, then walked to the back of the squad car and popped the trunk. He pulled out a black garbage bag full of various objects. "Time to party."
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"OW!! OWW!!! ALTHEA!!!" Althea pulled her father out of the bar by his ear. Todd and Lance followed. The sounds of punches, glass breaking, things being thrown, screams, and the occasional gunshot rang from the building.
"You are impossible! You can't go anywhere without being drunk!" Althea grumbled. "Toddles had to knock you to your senses with that crown of his." Lance burst out laughing at the mention of Toad's pet name.
"AAAALLLLL!!!" Todd whined. "Not in front of Avalanche, baby! 'Lancey- Wancey' might get ideas." He smirked. Lance glared.
"Shut up Toad." Lance blushed.
"Nice Craig impression. OW!!!" Shipwreck quipped. He screamed as Althea twisted his ear. "Where are we going?"
"You are going home!" Althea snapped.
"But I haven't proposed to my beloved weather goddess yet!" The sailor whined.
"When's the wedding?" Lance chuckled.
"In his imagination, that's where." Todd answered. Althea burst out laughing. She saw Wanda walk up, dragging a whining Pietro by his ear. "What'd he do?"
"Let's just say it involved Duncan and a bunch of wild boars." Wanda groaned. "Angry wild boars."
"Why'd you stop him?" Lance asked in amazement.
"Because she's psycho OWWW!!! MY EAR!!! MY BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL EAR!!!!" Pietro screamed.
"I'm not gonna let my brother end up in jail!" Wanda sighed. "Murder is still illegal."
"I would've hid the body!" Pietro whined.
"Couldn't you have just pleaded insanity?" Todd asked.
"No. Pietro has to be a drooling vegetable before the judge lets that bird fly." Wanda answered.
"LET ME GO!!" Shipwreck whined. Pietro and Shipwreck's pleas went ignored.
"Where's Xi, yo?" Todd scratched his head.
"Here." Xi made himself visible.
"Where've you been?" Wanda asked.
"Observing the humans. Invisible, of course." Xi said. "Fred's searching for food. I've noticed that humans act very strange at parties. One football player kept trying to fly in the air."
"Must be high." Lance thought. He noticed a batch of cop cars speed by. "What the--?"
"Where's the bust?" Quicksilver laughed.
"Who knows?" Lance shrugged. "Remember when Quickie nearly caused a squad car to crash?"
"Oh yeah, when he was learning to drive!" Todd laughed.
"When was that?" Wanda asked, struggling not to laugh at the image of her brother behind the wheel of any vehicle.
"Long story." Todd shook his head. "We gotta find the others."
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"Yummy." Blob licked his lips at the sight of a large ice-cream sundae he ordered. "I am going to enjoy every lick of this." He watched the partying outside. He smiled. "Having fun is a lot of fun." A big guy with short brown hair and in a heavy metal getup walked up to the large mutant.
"Hey. The name's Harvey." The big man said. "I hold the record for eating the most ice cream in one sitting." Fred smiled.
"Harvey Fowler! The legendary 'Iron Stomach' of Bayville!" Fred got up and bowed in respect. "Pleasure to meet you. I've admired your work." They shook hands.
"Yeah, I've heard about you, Dukes." Harvey responded. "They say that you're quite the eating machine yourself."
"I'm only just a humble admirer of the wonders of food. I own cookbooks from all over the world." Fred grinned.
"I've always liked Greek cuisine." Harvey laughed.
"I do have a Greek cookbook, but I have trouble reading it." Fred said. "It's in Greek." Harvey burst out laughing.
"I have family in Greece. They probably can get it translated for you." The big heavy-metal kid laughed. Harvey then started thinking. "Y'know, my family is moving away."
"That's a shame." Fred said.
"Yeah. I'm holding an eating contest. My final one. I want to face you."
"Me?" Fred squeaked, pointing at himself. "I can't."
"Either way, I give up my title. I can't be the 'Iron Stomach of Bayville' if I'm not in Bayville."
"Well..." Fred thought. "If for one last hurrah...Alright."
"Okay. I'll let you know. Date and time."
"Anytime." Fred grinned. They shook hands.
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Back at the Mansion, baby Claudius and Barney were still alone in the mansion. Claudius had gotten himself on a table and he helped baby Barney. They sat on the table, staring at cups of coffee that Storm and Hank left behind. They tried the coffee, and their eyes began to spin.
"WHOOOOO!!!!" Claudius yelled.
"BAGA WHEEEEEE!!!!" Barney squawked loudly.
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"I can't believe you, Johnson! Why would you send every cop in Bayville to an empty street?" The chief of police snapped at a cop sitting next to him in a car. They were going back to the station.
"I dunno!" The cop snapped back. "I was chasing a kid one minute and the next minute, You're yelling in my face! Everything between then and now is real fuzzy. I can't remember."
"We're gonna deal with this when we get back to the..." The chief's eyes widened at the sight of the station. It was a wreck. Windows were broken, a couple fires were burning, spray paint was all over the building. "Station?" One cop leapt out of his car and ran inside.
"DEAR GOD, MAN!!!" He screamed. The cops ran inside and went ballistic at the devastation. They heard laughing behind them. They turned around to see Duncan Matthews, laughing.
"Man, you cops got smoked!!!" He laughed. They all stared at him, and they realized the guilty party, at least, as far as they knew. They noticed that someone did spray paint 'Duncan' all over a jail cell.
"We should've known!" The chief snapped. "Duncan Matthews, stay right where you are. You're under arrest for destruction of police property."
"Hey wait!" Duncan started running in a panic. "HELP!!!!" The cops started chasing him. Craig watched from afar.
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"Oww...Remy never been in so much pain in his life." Gambit and Ray sat in the park, licking their wounds. Gambit was still recovering from Rogue's assault, and Ray still was trying to put himself back together after Tabby blew him up.
"I hate Paul. I really hate Paul." Ray grumbled.
"Gambit agree, homme. Paul is de most annoying person Remy ever lay eyes on. Remy wanna break his turkey neck."
"Ugh." Ray groaned, shaking his head. "Where is Scott? And Peter?"
"No clue." Remy shrugged.
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Scott and Peter still laid on the roof of a building. Still stiff, still white as ghosts.
"The horror...The horror...The horror..."
"The pain...The pain...The pain..."
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Paul wobbled down the street, silly grin still on his face. He walked into Craig, who was snickering. He stopped at the sight. Starchild's face was covered in lipstick marks from Jean and Tabby, his Kiss t-shirt and purple mesh shirt were tattered, and his wild hair was very messy.
"What happened to you?" Darkstar asked in shock.
"What a kisser..." Paul's chocolate brown eyes glittered.
"Yeah..." Craig groaned. He pulled an extra t-shirt out of his jacket and gave it to Paul. "Snap out of it and put this on before girls start droolin'." Paul immediately did so.
"Man, I love those X-Girls." Paul grinned. He looked around. "Where are the others?"
"I don't know and I don't care." Craig grumbled.
"You were snickering. What was that all about?" Paul asked.
"I made Duncan Matthews look stupid." Craig smirked.
"Duncan? You mean that closed-minded, over-muscled, under-brained, loud, bullying letch that everyone hates?" Paul remembered. "Rogue told me about him."
"Mmm." Craig nodded. He then heard a beep from the inside of his jacket. He pulled out a small walkie-talkie. "Darkstar here."
"It's Wavedancer." Althea's voice came from it. "Find Starchild and meet the other Misfits at the ice-cream shop."
"Starchild's already here. We're on our way. Darkstar out." Craig put away the walkie-talkie. "Let's go." Paul and Craig ran off.
"Are we gonna get some ice-cream?" Paul asked.
"Ugh! Paul, you can drive a person nuts at times!!" Craig snapped, bonking Paul on the head.
"OW!"
Who will win Paul's heart? Will Duncan go to jail? Hopefully so. What's up with Claudius and Barney? What'll happen next?
Chapter 6: Wild in the Streets!
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The telepathic X-Girl named Jean Grey had jumped on a shocked Paul Stanley Starr, the Misfit known as Starchild in a fit of lust.
"Hey wha--?" Paul was cut off by Jean kissing him all over his face. He pushed her off and jumped to his feet. "Whoa, babe!" The red-haired telepath cracked a coy smile. "What in the world's gotten into you?"
"Oh Paul..." She drawled seductively. "I can read your mind, baby. I know your deepest, darkest desires." She telekinetically lifted Paul in the air. "I love you." She flew up and kissed Paul again. Tabitha passed by, and she was mad.
"Hey!" She snapped. "Get your hands off my Paul, Red!" An angry Jean put Paul down and glared at Tabby. Paul's face had lipstick marks all over it. He removed his white neckerchief and wiped his face.
"Your Paul?!?!" Jean shouted. "Since when is he yours?"
"Since today!" Tabby retorted. "If I catch you with my Starchild again, I'll blow you to smithereens!"
"Ha!" Jean scoffed mockingly. "I'd like to see you try! It's obvious that Paul wants me. I can sense it." Paul just watched the whole thing.
"Here we go...CATFIGHT!!!!" Paul mentally observed.
"Your telepathy must be busted, Jean! Why would Paul want a snotty brat like you when he could have me?" Tabitha smirked. Jean growled.
"Because I can do THIS!" Jean waved her hand, and Boom-Boom flew into a bush. She turned back to Paul and waved her arm, bringing him to her.
"Hoo boy." Starchild thought. "Where's Scotty and Pete?"
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Scott Summers and Peter Rasputin lied on the roof of a nearby building. Their bodies were completely stiff, like they had rigor mortis. Their skin and hair were white as a ghost, and their hair stood completely on end. Their faces seemed to be frozen in an expression of terror.
"The horror...The horror..." Scott squeaked, like he was traumatized.
"The pain...The pain..." Peter chanted in the same tone.
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"Come to me, my love." Jean beckoned Paul, causing him to come closer. A couple time bombs flew out of nowhere and exploded, causing the redhead to fall and lose her concentration.
"Jean, you okay?" Paul was about help her up, but Tabitha tackled the superstar, making him fall over. She started kissing him until Jean lifted her away.
"HEY!!!" Tabitha screamed. "Leave me and my Pauly alone, you tramp!!!" Paul was unable to break up the catfight. The blushing Starchild wobbled away, lipstick all over his face, and wearing a goofy grin.
"What a kisser..." He thought.
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Craig hummed a Metallica tune, while carrying a brick. He saw his intended target, a squad car, with two snoozing cops inside. The punk smirked.
"Play time." He thought. Craig threw the brick with an "OINK OINK!!!" The brick smashed a rear side window, waking up the two cops, who were in the front.
"What the--?" Cop #1 spoke.
"Aw man, someone smashed our ride with a brick!" The other snapped. Craig whistled and waved.
"And there's the little punk that threw the brick!" The first cop said. They leapt out of the car. "Hold it right there, kid! You're under arrest for destruction of police property!"
"Ahh, go suck a donut, oinker!!!" Craig snapped, running into an alley, calling upon his ninja training.
"Get 'im!!" The cops ran into the alley, but he was gone. "Where'd he go?" Craig whistled. The cops turned around to see Darkstar. The Misfit's eye flashed, and the policemen were under his power. Darkstar smirked.
"This will be fun..."
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Lance, Todd, and Althea walked into a bar. They were looking for Shipwreck.
"So, where could he be?" Lance quipped.
"Look for a dumb drunken sailor, Rockhead." Althea rolled her eyes. She saw her father drunkenly staggering to a jukebox. "Oh no."
"Dis song suuucks..." Shipwreck slurred, changing the song from Patsy Cline's "Crazy" to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll." The sailor grinned. "Ahh, that's da ticket!" An angry biker got up.
"I liked the song that was playing before." The biker said. It was obvious he was slightly drunk.
"Patsy Cline sings wussy music!" Shipwreck slurred. (A/N: The opinions of Shipwreck do not reflect those of anyone else. Thank You.) "I said wussy music!"
"Bob Seger blows!" The biker shoved Shipwreck.
"Oh no..." Todd put his head in his hands. "Here we go, yo."
"Hey, you kids are a little young to be in here, aren't you?" A waitress said to the three Misfits. Shipwreck and the biker were arguing.
"We're just here to get my dad." Althea replied. The bar patrons started arguing amongst themselves. "What the--?"
"PATSY CLINE!!!" Half the patrons shouted.
"BOB SEGER!!!" Shipwreck and the other patrons shouted. They charged and started brawling. The waitress turned around.
"Oh no, not again!! First, that crazy senator starts a brawl, now this!!"
"I'll help you." Althea and the waitress tried to break up the fight. Lance and Todd looked at each other.
"You know what to do." Lance said, and Todd nodded. The two mutants sat at a table. Avalanche put on a black cowboy hat, and Toad put on a golden crown.
"Well King, this looks like it'll be one hellacious slobberknocker!" Lance crowed in a cowboy accent. Todd saw a guy try to punch Althea.
"Don't hurt the puppies!" Todd screamed. Althea punched the guy out. "Woo- hoo!! Puppy power! I love it, JR!"
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Craig rode in the back of the police car, the hypnotized cops ahead of him. He ordered them to drive to the station.
"When we arrive, you will act normal. You will tell the others know a riot is in progress at this street." Darkstar gave a note with a street name to a cop. "Once you get there, this trance will cease, and you will have no memory of what you did under it. Understand?" The cops nodded. "Go." The cops leapt out of the car in a panic, and ran to the station. Craig coolly put on a pair of black gloves, then walked to the back of the squad car and popped the trunk. He pulled out a black garbage bag full of various objects. "Time to party."
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"OW!! OWW!!! ALTHEA!!!" Althea pulled her father out of the bar by his ear. Todd and Lance followed. The sounds of punches, glass breaking, things being thrown, screams, and the occasional gunshot rang from the building.
"You are impossible! You can't go anywhere without being drunk!" Althea grumbled. "Toddles had to knock you to your senses with that crown of his." Lance burst out laughing at the mention of Toad's pet name.
"AAAALLLLL!!!" Todd whined. "Not in front of Avalanche, baby! 'Lancey- Wancey' might get ideas." He smirked. Lance glared.
"Shut up Toad." Lance blushed.
"Nice Craig impression. OW!!!" Shipwreck quipped. He screamed as Althea twisted his ear. "Where are we going?"
"You are going home!" Althea snapped.
"But I haven't proposed to my beloved weather goddess yet!" The sailor whined.
"When's the wedding?" Lance chuckled.
"In his imagination, that's where." Todd answered. Althea burst out laughing. She saw Wanda walk up, dragging a whining Pietro by his ear. "What'd he do?"
"Let's just say it involved Duncan and a bunch of wild boars." Wanda groaned. "Angry wild boars."
"Why'd you stop him?" Lance asked in amazement.
"Because she's psycho OWWW!!! MY EAR!!! MY BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL EAR!!!!" Pietro screamed.
"I'm not gonna let my brother end up in jail!" Wanda sighed. "Murder is still illegal."
"I would've hid the body!" Pietro whined.
"Couldn't you have just pleaded insanity?" Todd asked.
"No. Pietro has to be a drooling vegetable before the judge lets that bird fly." Wanda answered.
"LET ME GO!!" Shipwreck whined. Pietro and Shipwreck's pleas went ignored.
"Where's Xi, yo?" Todd scratched his head.
"Here." Xi made himself visible.
"Where've you been?" Wanda asked.
"Observing the humans. Invisible, of course." Xi said. "Fred's searching for food. I've noticed that humans act very strange at parties. One football player kept trying to fly in the air."
"Must be high." Lance thought. He noticed a batch of cop cars speed by. "What the--?"
"Where's the bust?" Quicksilver laughed.
"Who knows?" Lance shrugged. "Remember when Quickie nearly caused a squad car to crash?"
"Oh yeah, when he was learning to drive!" Todd laughed.
"When was that?" Wanda asked, struggling not to laugh at the image of her brother behind the wheel of any vehicle.
"Long story." Todd shook his head. "We gotta find the others."
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"Yummy." Blob licked his lips at the sight of a large ice-cream sundae he ordered. "I am going to enjoy every lick of this." He watched the partying outside. He smiled. "Having fun is a lot of fun." A big guy with short brown hair and in a heavy metal getup walked up to the large mutant.
"Hey. The name's Harvey." The big man said. "I hold the record for eating the most ice cream in one sitting." Fred smiled.
"Harvey Fowler! The legendary 'Iron Stomach' of Bayville!" Fred got up and bowed in respect. "Pleasure to meet you. I've admired your work." They shook hands.
"Yeah, I've heard about you, Dukes." Harvey responded. "They say that you're quite the eating machine yourself."
"I'm only just a humble admirer of the wonders of food. I own cookbooks from all over the world." Fred grinned.
"I've always liked Greek cuisine." Harvey laughed.
"I do have a Greek cookbook, but I have trouble reading it." Fred said. "It's in Greek." Harvey burst out laughing.
"I have family in Greece. They probably can get it translated for you." The big heavy-metal kid laughed. Harvey then started thinking. "Y'know, my family is moving away."
"That's a shame." Fred said.
"Yeah. I'm holding an eating contest. My final one. I want to face you."
"Me?" Fred squeaked, pointing at himself. "I can't."
"Either way, I give up my title. I can't be the 'Iron Stomach of Bayville' if I'm not in Bayville."
"Well..." Fred thought. "If for one last hurrah...Alright."
"Okay. I'll let you know. Date and time."
"Anytime." Fred grinned. They shook hands.
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Back at the Mansion, baby Claudius and Barney were still alone in the mansion. Claudius had gotten himself on a table and he helped baby Barney. They sat on the table, staring at cups of coffee that Storm and Hank left behind. They tried the coffee, and their eyes began to spin.
"WHOOOOO!!!!" Claudius yelled.
"BAGA WHEEEEEE!!!!" Barney squawked loudly.
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"I can't believe you, Johnson! Why would you send every cop in Bayville to an empty street?" The chief of police snapped at a cop sitting next to him in a car. They were going back to the station.
"I dunno!" The cop snapped back. "I was chasing a kid one minute and the next minute, You're yelling in my face! Everything between then and now is real fuzzy. I can't remember."
"We're gonna deal with this when we get back to the..." The chief's eyes widened at the sight of the station. It was a wreck. Windows were broken, a couple fires were burning, spray paint was all over the building. "Station?" One cop leapt out of his car and ran inside.
"DEAR GOD, MAN!!!" He screamed. The cops ran inside and went ballistic at the devastation. They heard laughing behind them. They turned around to see Duncan Matthews, laughing.
"Man, you cops got smoked!!!" He laughed. They all stared at him, and they realized the guilty party, at least, as far as they knew. They noticed that someone did spray paint 'Duncan' all over a jail cell.
"We should've known!" The chief snapped. "Duncan Matthews, stay right where you are. You're under arrest for destruction of police property."
"Hey wait!" Duncan started running in a panic. "HELP!!!!" The cops started chasing him. Craig watched from afar.
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"Oww...Remy never been in so much pain in his life." Gambit and Ray sat in the park, licking their wounds. Gambit was still recovering from Rogue's assault, and Ray still was trying to put himself back together after Tabby blew him up.
"I hate Paul. I really hate Paul." Ray grumbled.
"Gambit agree, homme. Paul is de most annoying person Remy ever lay eyes on. Remy wanna break his turkey neck."
"Ugh." Ray groaned, shaking his head. "Where is Scott? And Peter?"
"No clue." Remy shrugged.
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Scott and Peter still laid on the roof of a building. Still stiff, still white as ghosts.
"The horror...The horror...The horror..."
"The pain...The pain...The pain..."
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Paul wobbled down the street, silly grin still on his face. He walked into Craig, who was snickering. He stopped at the sight. Starchild's face was covered in lipstick marks from Jean and Tabby, his Kiss t-shirt and purple mesh shirt were tattered, and his wild hair was very messy.
"What happened to you?" Darkstar asked in shock.
"What a kisser..." Paul's chocolate brown eyes glittered.
"Yeah..." Craig groaned. He pulled an extra t-shirt out of his jacket and gave it to Paul. "Snap out of it and put this on before girls start droolin'." Paul immediately did so.
"Man, I love those X-Girls." Paul grinned. He looked around. "Where are the others?"
"I don't know and I don't care." Craig grumbled.
"You were snickering. What was that all about?" Paul asked.
"I made Duncan Matthews look stupid." Craig smirked.
"Duncan? You mean that closed-minded, over-muscled, under-brained, loud, bullying letch that everyone hates?" Paul remembered. "Rogue told me about him."
"Mmm." Craig nodded. He then heard a beep from the inside of his jacket. He pulled out a small walkie-talkie. "Darkstar here."
"It's Wavedancer." Althea's voice came from it. "Find Starchild and meet the other Misfits at the ice-cream shop."
"Starchild's already here. We're on our way. Darkstar out." Craig put away the walkie-talkie. "Let's go." Paul and Craig ran off.
"Are we gonna get some ice-cream?" Paul asked.
"Ugh! Paul, you can drive a person nuts at times!!" Craig snapped, bonking Paul on the head.
"OW!"
Who will win Paul's heart? Will Duncan go to jail? Hopefully so. What's up with Claudius and Barney? What'll happen next?