Airtight's Creation
Chapter 5: Battle on Cobra Island!
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"Cobra Island, dead ahead!" Shipwreck observed through binoculars. He stood on the end of the lead Joe aircraft carrier. Polly was on his shoulder.
"Awk! Do they have a bar?" Polly whistled.
"Shut up bird!" Shipwreck grumbled.
"Shut up you dumb ape!" Polly snapped.
"You shut up!" Shipwreck snapped back.
"You shut up!"
"You shut up!" Shipwreck and Polly started arguing. Again. Althea and Xi looked on, sighing.
"Here we go again. Dad vs. Polly, Round 34,568." Wavedancer groaned.
"Who do you think will win this time?" Xi asked.
"Who knows. The fight's gone rather unpredictable as of late." Althea shook her head.
"OWW!!! POLLY!!!!"
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"Commander!" Destro ran into the throne room.
"AAAGH!!!" Cobra Commander threw off the headphones and fell out of his throne. "DESTRO!!! YOU BIG STUPID FOOL!!!"
"Listening to Britney Spears again?" Destro smirked.
"Shut up!" Cobra Commander snapped.
"Freak." Destro muttered under his breath. His next statement was, "A force of GI Joes and the mutants are heading to the island. They probably are after the Samurai-Tron."
"Well then, let us provide them with a warm welcome." Cobra Commander suggested. "Send out the improved BATS!!!"
"As you wish Commander." Destro left the room. "Pop-loving freak."
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"Rattlers dead ahead!" Hawk pointed out the window of the control room of the lead carrier.
"Oh no!" Althea turned to Paul and Craig. "Guys, shoot down those Rattlers! Don't let them hit the ship!"
"No prob, Al! Between our lasers and the big guns on this thing, we can't lose!" Paul ran to the deck, Craig behind him.
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"We'd better land." Storm observed. She was sitting in the navigator's seat of the X-Jet. Beast was flying the plane.
"I have an idea." Scott whispered something into Storm's ear. Ororo smiled. "Storm to Hawk. I'm going to create a fog around the Rattlers to confuse them."
"Good Idea. Do it." Hawk agreed on the other end. Storm put away the radio mike and her eyes glowed a bright white.
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"YAHOO!!!" Wild Weasel dove towards a carrier. "You all gonna die! Wha--?" Suddenly, clouds of fog appeared around the Rattlers, confusing their pilots. "What da fudge?!?!"
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"Blast those fog clouds!" Hawk ordered.
"YO JOE!!!" A group of Joe F-14 Tomcats flew to the scene and engaged in aerial dogfights with the Rattlers.
"Flamin' Frehley's Comet!" Paul yelled excitedly from the deck of the aircraft carrier. "This is so stellar! Whoo!"
"Get in here!" Recondo pulled the LA native in the ship. The Rattlers were flying blind, and firing blind thanks to Storm's fog. The Joes were able to shoot them down.
"Hmm...That was too easy." Hawk thought. The carriers continued on without incident for a few minutes, until lasers fired upon the carriers and jets. "Aw I knew it!" The carriers started firing and more Rattlers appeared out of nowhere. "Aw man. Invading islands ain't as easy as it used to be." Another aerial and island assault began.
"Hawk, we're taking a heavy pounding!" Cover Girl reported.
"I know!" Hawk moaned. Storm flew into the air, and called on a combination thunderstorm and blizzard over the island.
"I love that woman." Shipwreck grinned.
"Pity the feeling ain't bloody mutual." Lionheart quipped.
"Oh shut up." Shipwreck grumbled. A stray lightning bolt hit the sailor. "OWWWWWCH!!!" Ororo grinned evilly.
"Oops." She said mockingly. Bulldog burst out laughing.
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"The Joes are gonna kill us, Althea!" Lance cried out. The Misfits were boarding a helicopter that was left in a hangar of an aircraft carrier.
"We got no choice, Pebble Brain!" Althea snapped. "The Joes are swamped. The X-Men are busy. That leaves us!"
"Nine mutants versus a huge terrorist organization. We're doomed." Craig groaned.
"Don't say that, bro." Paul grinned. "We'll beat 'em. We got ninja skills. We just sneak in, grab the robot, and go out. No problem."
"Paul, is your brain on the same planet as your body?" Pietro groaned.
"Paul's got a point. A positive attitude could be a big help." Xi noted.
"See?" Paul grinned. "We can do it." He looked up at the doors that opened up to the flight deck. The raven-haired superstar's eye glowed. "Fred, catch the doors."
"Right." Fred got ready. Paul cut the doors off with his laser, and Blob caught the doors, not hurting the helicopter. "Whoo, that was close."
"Let's go!" Althea jumped in the cockpit.
"Do you know how to fly a helicopter?" Wanda strapped in.
"I got some lessons from Bree." Althea grinned.
"Uh oh. She might try to kidnap Toad and take him to a secluded cabin." Pietro laughed. The others boarded the chopper (Lance had to be dragged in), and took off.
"What the--?" Hawk looked at the scene. He picked up the radio. "Who's in there?!?!"
"Wavedancer, over." Althea responded.
"What are you crazy kids doing?!?!"
"We're haeding to Cobra Island to get back the Samurai-Tron."
"Too dangerous! Get back here!"
"We'll be fine! We're ninjas!" Toad's voice came over the speaker.
"You are not a ninja!" Lance snapped. The two started arguing. A growling Hawk switched to the X-Men's communicators.
"The Misfits are hitting Cobra Island!"
"WHAT?!?!" Beast yelled into his walkie-talkie. "They're just kids!"
"We didn't order it! They just pulled a chopper-jacking!" Scott overheard.
"Count on the Misfits to screw it up, Hawk." Scott said. He was busy firing at the Cobra jets with his optic beams.
"Don't worry, Scott. As long as Paul is around, they can't lose!" Jean grinned, smashing some Cobra jets with her telekinesis.
"I HATE THAT STARCHILD!!!" Scott fumed.
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"Storm messed up the weather over that area." Pietro looked at the island. "Think you can make it, Al?"
"Relax." Althea waved. "Things are so screwed up on that island thanks to Ororo's weather witchcraft, they'll not be able to put up much of a resistance against us." Paul started singing.
"Everybody loves kung fu fighting/Those kicks were fast as lightning/Though it was a little bit frightening..."
"Shut up, Paul!" Craig snapped. "God, you are an idiot." Paul pouted.
"C'mon, Craig. We're all a little nervous." Wanda said. "See?" Wanda pointed to a shaking Lance.
"I'm gonna die...I'm gonna die..." The chopper started to drop.
"We're landing right now. The chopper's starting to ice up." Althea said. "Good thing we're landing at the 'back door'. They'll never notice we're here."
"Until the alarm klaxon sounds." Pietro groaned. The Misfits snuck inside the base.
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Hawk, Cover Girl, Beast, Recondo, and Shipwreck gathered in a Joe meeting room. Storm and Low Light were too busy helping the others fight off the Cobra forces.
"I can't believe those crazy kids decided to go to the island on their own! Even with their powers and their training, they're going into a suicide mission!" Hawk threw down his beret. "If those kids get back alive, they'll be doing KP till they turn 60!"
"I can't believe Paul would do something this crazy." Recondo sighed. He then thought for a moment. "Wait a minute. Yeah. He would."
"The best thing we can do is hope until those kids make it out alive." Beast sighed.
"I have a feeling that they'll be just fine." Cover Girl said hopefully.
"Yeah. They're kids, very crazy kids, but I know Althea can do it. She's a tough as me. And the kids could always blackmail Cobra." Shipwreck grinned proudly.
"Or drive 'em completely crazy." Recondo shrugged.
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"Okay, so I said, 'Hey lady, I'm not the father of your lamebrained grandkid.' She then said, 'Hey man, that kid has your nose.'" One Cobra trooper said to another. The two troopers were guarding a big door.
"Man, that lady was a kook." The second trooper guffawed. They saw the Misfits run towards the door. "Hey, stop!" The trooper raised his blaster.
"No wait! It's the Misfits!" The first trooper stopped the second from firing his rifle. "They do bad things to us, man! One time, a bunch of my friends got their legs tied together thanks to the fat one!"
"I AM NOT FAT!!!!" Fred screamed, ramming the troopers against the wall.
"Uhhhhhnh..." The guards slid down the wall to the ground. Althea took a device out of her costume.
"It's in there." She pointed in the door. Blob pulled the door out. "Thank you."
"MISFITS AWAY!!!!" Paul cried out as the mutants ran in.
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"YO JOE!!!!" The Joes hit the beach of Cobra Island like Normandy, guns ablaze. However, there were lots of BATS on the island. These Battle Android Troopers were armed with swords, and their movements seemed a lot more fluid, like a normal person. They also seemed well versed in the art of swordplay, as demonstrated by the showing they made as they watched. They also started firing lasers from their optical units, a la Cyclops. Not just that, but they were also able to dodge attacks now, which made life difficult for the mutants.
"Brilliant! Just brilliant!" Hawk grumbled. "Airtight, this is all your fault!"
"Oh stop!" Airtight whined. "I'm already heavily burdened by the fact that my creation's modifications are being used for world domination instead of world peace."
"Airtight, will you get with it? We need help here, you twit!" Roadblock snapped, pitching a grenade.
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"It sure is dark in here." Paul noted. The room the Misfits walked into was pitch black. "Spoooooooooooookyyyyyyyyyy."
"Paul, cut that out!" Pietro whined.
"Stop it, Paul. Petey might run away screaming like the baby he is." Wanda snickered.
"I AM NOT A BABY!!!" Pietro screamed. A panel closed them off from the outside, cutting off their only light source.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" The Misfits screamed.
"I hate the dark!" Pietro whined loudly.
"Baby." Lance snickered.
"I AM NOT A BABY!!!"
"Allow me to turn on the light." A voice with a thick Japanese accent said. Overhead lights activated, revealing the Misfits to be in an amphitheater- type room. The floor was a huge gray circle with the Cobra insignia, with raised walls and stands. Virus sat on a front-row seat, enjoying the action. Standing on the floor near him was the Silver Samurai.
"Harada." Althea growled.
"You do not deserve to be called a samurai." Xi said intensly. Harada laughed.
"What do you care, lizard?"
"Man, this is boring! Start the fight already!" Virus snapped, holding the Samurai-Tron's controller.
"Who's that idiot?" Lance pointed at Virus.
"My name's Virus, and this is my Samurai-Tron!" Virus pressed a button on his seat. A door opened up and the Samurai-Tron walked out.
"Hand over the controller, Virus!" Althea snapped.
"I'll give it back if you give me a kiss, Mermaid." Virus licked his lips.
"Keep dreaming, buddy! I'm already steady!" Althea hollered back.
"This is stupid." Harada groaned. Craig let out a roar and charged towards Virus.
"Darkstar no!" Lance cried out. Craig jumped up. The Samurai-Tron leapt up and intercepted the former gang member. The robotic samurai grabbed Craig by the throat and landed on its feet like a cat. Craig struggled for breath, cursing and smacking the Samurai-Tron's arm with his nightstick. The other Misfits tried to rescue Craig, but Harada used lightning from his katana to block their path.
"Take one step, and I snap the hired muscle's neck." Virus smirked. Todd spat some acid, hitting Virus's hands and the controller. "AAAAAGH!!!!!" The acid spit paralyzed the Dreadnok's hands, and ate the controller. The Samurai-Tron deactivated, releasing Darkstar. Harada picked him up and threw him to the side.
"Foolish child. Let's his temper do the thinking."
"YOU BLOODY PUNKS!!!!" Virus screamed.
"Serves you right." Wanda said.
"Why did I get involved in this?" Harada groaned. Virus laughed.
"I guess it's time to show you goody-two-shoes why they call me Virus." Virus grinned. The teen Dreadnok glowed green, and his body turned into a black shadow covered in green binary coding. Harada and the Misfits looked on in shock.
"You're a mutant!" Lance pointed out the obvious. The shadow leapt into the Samurai-Tron, and it activated.
"That's why." The Samurai-Tron spoke in a more mechanized version of Virus's voice. "I have the power to possess machinery and make it do what I want. I can read the programming of a device and use it to my whim." Virus turned to Harada. "You didn't like the machine, but how do you like the Samurai-Tron now that a human is in control?"
"Much better." Harada nodded. The two samurai turned to the Misfits.
"Time to party." Virus cackled.
Virus and the Silver Samurai vs. the Misfits! With Craig out of action for a while, can the Misfits defeat the two mutant warriors? Can GI Joe and the X-Men rescue them? Find out in the next chapter of Airtight's Creation!
Chapter 5: Battle on Cobra Island!
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"Cobra Island, dead ahead!" Shipwreck observed through binoculars. He stood on the end of the lead Joe aircraft carrier. Polly was on his shoulder.
"Awk! Do they have a bar?" Polly whistled.
"Shut up bird!" Shipwreck grumbled.
"Shut up you dumb ape!" Polly snapped.
"You shut up!" Shipwreck snapped back.
"You shut up!"
"You shut up!" Shipwreck and Polly started arguing. Again. Althea and Xi looked on, sighing.
"Here we go again. Dad vs. Polly, Round 34,568." Wavedancer groaned.
"Who do you think will win this time?" Xi asked.
"Who knows. The fight's gone rather unpredictable as of late." Althea shook her head.
"OWW!!! POLLY!!!!"
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"Commander!" Destro ran into the throne room.
"AAAGH!!!" Cobra Commander threw off the headphones and fell out of his throne. "DESTRO!!! YOU BIG STUPID FOOL!!!"
"Listening to Britney Spears again?" Destro smirked.
"Shut up!" Cobra Commander snapped.
"Freak." Destro muttered under his breath. His next statement was, "A force of GI Joes and the mutants are heading to the island. They probably are after the Samurai-Tron."
"Well then, let us provide them with a warm welcome." Cobra Commander suggested. "Send out the improved BATS!!!"
"As you wish Commander." Destro left the room. "Pop-loving freak."
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"Rattlers dead ahead!" Hawk pointed out the window of the control room of the lead carrier.
"Oh no!" Althea turned to Paul and Craig. "Guys, shoot down those Rattlers! Don't let them hit the ship!"
"No prob, Al! Between our lasers and the big guns on this thing, we can't lose!" Paul ran to the deck, Craig behind him.
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"We'd better land." Storm observed. She was sitting in the navigator's seat of the X-Jet. Beast was flying the plane.
"I have an idea." Scott whispered something into Storm's ear. Ororo smiled. "Storm to Hawk. I'm going to create a fog around the Rattlers to confuse them."
"Good Idea. Do it." Hawk agreed on the other end. Storm put away the radio mike and her eyes glowed a bright white.
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"YAHOO!!!" Wild Weasel dove towards a carrier. "You all gonna die! Wha--?" Suddenly, clouds of fog appeared around the Rattlers, confusing their pilots. "What da fudge?!?!"
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"Blast those fog clouds!" Hawk ordered.
"YO JOE!!!" A group of Joe F-14 Tomcats flew to the scene and engaged in aerial dogfights with the Rattlers.
"Flamin' Frehley's Comet!" Paul yelled excitedly from the deck of the aircraft carrier. "This is so stellar! Whoo!"
"Get in here!" Recondo pulled the LA native in the ship. The Rattlers were flying blind, and firing blind thanks to Storm's fog. The Joes were able to shoot them down.
"Hmm...That was too easy." Hawk thought. The carriers continued on without incident for a few minutes, until lasers fired upon the carriers and jets. "Aw I knew it!" The carriers started firing and more Rattlers appeared out of nowhere. "Aw man. Invading islands ain't as easy as it used to be." Another aerial and island assault began.
"Hawk, we're taking a heavy pounding!" Cover Girl reported.
"I know!" Hawk moaned. Storm flew into the air, and called on a combination thunderstorm and blizzard over the island.
"I love that woman." Shipwreck grinned.
"Pity the feeling ain't bloody mutual." Lionheart quipped.
"Oh shut up." Shipwreck grumbled. A stray lightning bolt hit the sailor. "OWWWWWCH!!!" Ororo grinned evilly.
"Oops." She said mockingly. Bulldog burst out laughing.
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"The Joes are gonna kill us, Althea!" Lance cried out. The Misfits were boarding a helicopter that was left in a hangar of an aircraft carrier.
"We got no choice, Pebble Brain!" Althea snapped. "The Joes are swamped. The X-Men are busy. That leaves us!"
"Nine mutants versus a huge terrorist organization. We're doomed." Craig groaned.
"Don't say that, bro." Paul grinned. "We'll beat 'em. We got ninja skills. We just sneak in, grab the robot, and go out. No problem."
"Paul, is your brain on the same planet as your body?" Pietro groaned.
"Paul's got a point. A positive attitude could be a big help." Xi noted.
"See?" Paul grinned. "We can do it." He looked up at the doors that opened up to the flight deck. The raven-haired superstar's eye glowed. "Fred, catch the doors."
"Right." Fred got ready. Paul cut the doors off with his laser, and Blob caught the doors, not hurting the helicopter. "Whoo, that was close."
"Let's go!" Althea jumped in the cockpit.
"Do you know how to fly a helicopter?" Wanda strapped in.
"I got some lessons from Bree." Althea grinned.
"Uh oh. She might try to kidnap Toad and take him to a secluded cabin." Pietro laughed. The others boarded the chopper (Lance had to be dragged in), and took off.
"What the--?" Hawk looked at the scene. He picked up the radio. "Who's in there?!?!"
"Wavedancer, over." Althea responded.
"What are you crazy kids doing?!?!"
"We're haeding to Cobra Island to get back the Samurai-Tron."
"Too dangerous! Get back here!"
"We'll be fine! We're ninjas!" Toad's voice came over the speaker.
"You are not a ninja!" Lance snapped. The two started arguing. A growling Hawk switched to the X-Men's communicators.
"The Misfits are hitting Cobra Island!"
"WHAT?!?!" Beast yelled into his walkie-talkie. "They're just kids!"
"We didn't order it! They just pulled a chopper-jacking!" Scott overheard.
"Count on the Misfits to screw it up, Hawk." Scott said. He was busy firing at the Cobra jets with his optic beams.
"Don't worry, Scott. As long as Paul is around, they can't lose!" Jean grinned, smashing some Cobra jets with her telekinesis.
"I HATE THAT STARCHILD!!!" Scott fumed.
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"Storm messed up the weather over that area." Pietro looked at the island. "Think you can make it, Al?"
"Relax." Althea waved. "Things are so screwed up on that island thanks to Ororo's weather witchcraft, they'll not be able to put up much of a resistance against us." Paul started singing.
"Everybody loves kung fu fighting/Those kicks were fast as lightning/Though it was a little bit frightening..."
"Shut up, Paul!" Craig snapped. "God, you are an idiot." Paul pouted.
"C'mon, Craig. We're all a little nervous." Wanda said. "See?" Wanda pointed to a shaking Lance.
"I'm gonna die...I'm gonna die..." The chopper started to drop.
"We're landing right now. The chopper's starting to ice up." Althea said. "Good thing we're landing at the 'back door'. They'll never notice we're here."
"Until the alarm klaxon sounds." Pietro groaned. The Misfits snuck inside the base.
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Hawk, Cover Girl, Beast, Recondo, and Shipwreck gathered in a Joe meeting room. Storm and Low Light were too busy helping the others fight off the Cobra forces.
"I can't believe those crazy kids decided to go to the island on their own! Even with their powers and their training, they're going into a suicide mission!" Hawk threw down his beret. "If those kids get back alive, they'll be doing KP till they turn 60!"
"I can't believe Paul would do something this crazy." Recondo sighed. He then thought for a moment. "Wait a minute. Yeah. He would."
"The best thing we can do is hope until those kids make it out alive." Beast sighed.
"I have a feeling that they'll be just fine." Cover Girl said hopefully.
"Yeah. They're kids, very crazy kids, but I know Althea can do it. She's a tough as me. And the kids could always blackmail Cobra." Shipwreck grinned proudly.
"Or drive 'em completely crazy." Recondo shrugged.
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"Okay, so I said, 'Hey lady, I'm not the father of your lamebrained grandkid.' She then said, 'Hey man, that kid has your nose.'" One Cobra trooper said to another. The two troopers were guarding a big door.
"Man, that lady was a kook." The second trooper guffawed. They saw the Misfits run towards the door. "Hey, stop!" The trooper raised his blaster.
"No wait! It's the Misfits!" The first trooper stopped the second from firing his rifle. "They do bad things to us, man! One time, a bunch of my friends got their legs tied together thanks to the fat one!"
"I AM NOT FAT!!!!" Fred screamed, ramming the troopers against the wall.
"Uhhhhhnh..." The guards slid down the wall to the ground. Althea took a device out of her costume.
"It's in there." She pointed in the door. Blob pulled the door out. "Thank you."
"MISFITS AWAY!!!!" Paul cried out as the mutants ran in.
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"YO JOE!!!!" The Joes hit the beach of Cobra Island like Normandy, guns ablaze. However, there were lots of BATS on the island. These Battle Android Troopers were armed with swords, and their movements seemed a lot more fluid, like a normal person. They also seemed well versed in the art of swordplay, as demonstrated by the showing they made as they watched. They also started firing lasers from their optical units, a la Cyclops. Not just that, but they were also able to dodge attacks now, which made life difficult for the mutants.
"Brilliant! Just brilliant!" Hawk grumbled. "Airtight, this is all your fault!"
"Oh stop!" Airtight whined. "I'm already heavily burdened by the fact that my creation's modifications are being used for world domination instead of world peace."
"Airtight, will you get with it? We need help here, you twit!" Roadblock snapped, pitching a grenade.
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"It sure is dark in here." Paul noted. The room the Misfits walked into was pitch black. "Spoooooooooooookyyyyyyyyyy."
"Paul, cut that out!" Pietro whined.
"Stop it, Paul. Petey might run away screaming like the baby he is." Wanda snickered.
"I AM NOT A BABY!!!" Pietro screamed. A panel closed them off from the outside, cutting off their only light source.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" The Misfits screamed.
"I hate the dark!" Pietro whined loudly.
"Baby." Lance snickered.
"I AM NOT A BABY!!!"
"Allow me to turn on the light." A voice with a thick Japanese accent said. Overhead lights activated, revealing the Misfits to be in an amphitheater- type room. The floor was a huge gray circle with the Cobra insignia, with raised walls and stands. Virus sat on a front-row seat, enjoying the action. Standing on the floor near him was the Silver Samurai.
"Harada." Althea growled.
"You do not deserve to be called a samurai." Xi said intensly. Harada laughed.
"What do you care, lizard?"
"Man, this is boring! Start the fight already!" Virus snapped, holding the Samurai-Tron's controller.
"Who's that idiot?" Lance pointed at Virus.
"My name's Virus, and this is my Samurai-Tron!" Virus pressed a button on his seat. A door opened up and the Samurai-Tron walked out.
"Hand over the controller, Virus!" Althea snapped.
"I'll give it back if you give me a kiss, Mermaid." Virus licked his lips.
"Keep dreaming, buddy! I'm already steady!" Althea hollered back.
"This is stupid." Harada groaned. Craig let out a roar and charged towards Virus.
"Darkstar no!" Lance cried out. Craig jumped up. The Samurai-Tron leapt up and intercepted the former gang member. The robotic samurai grabbed Craig by the throat and landed on its feet like a cat. Craig struggled for breath, cursing and smacking the Samurai-Tron's arm with his nightstick. The other Misfits tried to rescue Craig, but Harada used lightning from his katana to block their path.
"Take one step, and I snap the hired muscle's neck." Virus smirked. Todd spat some acid, hitting Virus's hands and the controller. "AAAAAGH!!!!!" The acid spit paralyzed the Dreadnok's hands, and ate the controller. The Samurai-Tron deactivated, releasing Darkstar. Harada picked him up and threw him to the side.
"Foolish child. Let's his temper do the thinking."
"YOU BLOODY PUNKS!!!!" Virus screamed.
"Serves you right." Wanda said.
"Why did I get involved in this?" Harada groaned. Virus laughed.
"I guess it's time to show you goody-two-shoes why they call me Virus." Virus grinned. The teen Dreadnok glowed green, and his body turned into a black shadow covered in green binary coding. Harada and the Misfits looked on in shock.
"You're a mutant!" Lance pointed out the obvious. The shadow leapt into the Samurai-Tron, and it activated.
"That's why." The Samurai-Tron spoke in a more mechanized version of Virus's voice. "I have the power to possess machinery and make it do what I want. I can read the programming of a device and use it to my whim." Virus turned to Harada. "You didn't like the machine, but how do you like the Samurai-Tron now that a human is in control?"
"Much better." Harada nodded. The two samurai turned to the Misfits.
"Time to party." Virus cackled.
Virus and the Silver Samurai vs. the Misfits! With Craig out of action for a while, can the Misfits defeat the two mutant warriors? Can GI Joe and the X-Men rescue them? Find out in the next chapter of Airtight's Creation!
