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Chapter 8: Hummer Interactivity!
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(Stark Industries, Malibu Subsidiary, 15th floor.)
It was a normal day in the offices of Stark Industries. Secretaries were organizing files, interns were running mail to and fro, and employees were doing their jobs. Two guys in short-sleeved shirts, slacks, and ties were talking.
"Hey, did you hear about what happened to Jones?" Employee #1 said.
"Yeah. He got fired because he mooned the boss." Employee #2 laughed. "And called his mother a fat pig."
"Well, he asked for it. Thanks to him taking all the cupcakes we can't have any anymore! And I loved the chocolate cupcakes!" Employee #1 whined. "I miss 'em. Especially the ones with the rainbow sprinkles." They heard a rumbling downstairs. "What was that?"
"I have no idea." The other employee shrugged. Down in the lobby, it was chaos.
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" The Surf Master flew through the glass wall of the building, shattering it. Glass flew everywhere, causing employees to scatter. With insane laughing, the surfer sprayed his freezing water everywhere, freezing up some people and some objects. Some people slipped on frozen floor patches. The laser cannon mounted on his board fired laser blasts like mad. "RUN YOU PEONS!!! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! I WANT THE BOSS!!!! I WILL GET MY REVENGE!!!!! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!"
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(Streets of Malibu)
A pair of military green Hummers raced down a street in the California paradise. Inside them were several of the Malibu Joes and the West Coast Misfits.
"Are you kids alright?" Jester asked the kids as he drove the first Hummer. With him were Gunbarrel, Wildstar, Dazzler, Siryn, and Sunfire. Gunbarrel was polishing his laser rifle, stony look on his face.
"Besides the fact we're smarting from our first defeat, we're just fine." Sunfire grumbled.
"Think of it as a learning experience." Gunbarrel said, still polishing. "You underestimated him once. And he got away."
"We'll get him this time." Siryn said with some determination. "Oh, we'll get him this time." Dazzler sighed sadly.
"Whatever. I won't be of much help." Dazzler sighed.
"You okay, Alison?" Jester asked.
"Yeah, just I won't be much help here in this battle. I mean, all I can do is cause pretty light effects! What'll that do against the Surf Master, make him die of awe?" The Farrah-haired girl stopped when she realized what tone she was using. "Sorry. But I'm useless. You guys were able to use your powers against him! Mine are only good for a stage act!"
"You never used your powers for combat." Sunfire said. "I remember when I first got my abilities. I couldn't always use my abilities like I can now. I at first could only use my powers to set my hands ablaze." Toshi was silent for a few minutes. "My great-uncle helped me adapt my powers to fight. I thought he was going to train me to use my powers to help people, as all children believe. However, I didn't realize my great-uncle wanted something more."
"I remember." Ace said. "You told me your great-uncle wanted to use you as an instrument of revenge."
"Against who?" Siryn asked.
"America." Toshi said. "If you know your history, then you know that in WWII, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, forcing us to surrender." The Japanese mutant tried to keep his hard face up. "My great- uncle survived the bombings, but Japan would suffer for years afterwards, and not just in cancer. In pride. Many Japanese felt they had lost their honor. My great-uncle wanted me to show America what that was like for them. From him, I learned never to trust Americans." Toshi looked up at Ace. "Until I met Wildstar." Ace smirked.
"I saved his life. He didn't believe an American could do that." Ace snickered. "As a result, his honor demanded that he be ready to grant any favor I asked."
"And the rest is history." Sunfire said simply. Ace put his hand on Toshi's shoulder.
"Hey, we love ya man. Don't forget that." Ace reassured the solar samurai.
"Sorry if my talking went off-topic." Toshi apologized to Alison.
"It's okay." Ali replied, shrugging. "So you're saying that if I train my powers, they might allow me to do some neat things?"
"Perhaps." Toshi said. He than heard Ace snicker. "What?" The two-color haired feral grinned evilly.
"Wanna see something cool?" The parts of Toshi's face not covered by his Sunfire mask formed an interested expression. Ace gave Toshi a letter. "A girl named Monet St. Croix sent this to me." Toshi, Ali, and Theresa all leaned to read it. Toshi yelled the Japanese equivalent of "HOLY TOLEDO!!!!" The outburst made the Hummer swerve.
"MY GOD!!!!" Theresa held her mouth.
"She's into some wild stuff, huh?" Alison shook her head.
"Hey, let us look." Gunbarrel took the letter from Ace. "HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN!!!
"I know." Ace laughed.
"What did you say to her?" Gunbarrel's eyes widened.
"All I said was that I though she was pretty." Ace said. "It's a thing with the men in my family. We compliment a woman, they send us racy letters. In fact, I gave my friend John permission to use the letters as material for his gothic romance novels."
"Thunderbird likes gothic romances?" Jester asked in confusion.
"No, not John Proudstar. The East Coast guys' John. John Allerdyce." Ace explained.
"Wildstar, those letters are dangerous. Very dangerous." Gunbarrel panted. Ace chuckled.
"I get that all the time. Pyro thinks I'm a freakin' saint."
"Ace, you are one insane person." Sunfire shook his head.
"I lived one insane life." Ace laughed.
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(Second Humvee)
Rock 'n' Roll and Quick-Kick were in the driver's and passenger's seats. With them were Thunderbolt, Thunderbird, Velocity, X23, and Wolfsbane.
"Our first real team battle and we get our butts handed to us." Velocity groaned. "What a bummer."
"Aye." Wolfsbane sighed. "I cannae believe it."
"I could be worse. We could all be dead." Thunderbolt shrugged.
"That really helps, Kyle!" Velocity snapped.
"Hey at least the Thunderbolt is trying!" Kyle grumbled.
"Both of you knock it off!" X23 snapped. "I'm trying to think."
"We only lost a battle." Thunderbird said simply. "The war can still go either way."
"He-llo! He's got Kicker!" Velocity yelled. "Now what do we do." A growling Quick-Kick rocked back and forth in his seat.
"Surf Master gonna die Surf Master gonna die..." He chanted.
"Hey Rock!" Jester's voice came from the radio of the Hummer. "We got reports of an insane surfer at the local Stark Industries building."
"We're on our way!" Rock 'n' Roll responded. "Let's roll, WHOOO!!!!"
"SURFER WILL DIE!!!" Quick-Kick yelled.
Well, Quick-Kick's angry! Can the West Coast Misfits and the Malibu Joes beat the Surf Master? Can they save Kicker? Will Quick-Kick beat the stuffing out of Surf Master? Find out in the next exciting chapter!
To Red Witch: Glad you like BR! Thank Sparky Genocide!
To Sparky Genocide: I'll se what I can do!
Chapter 8: Hummer Interactivity!
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(Stark Industries, Malibu Subsidiary, 15th floor.)
It was a normal day in the offices of Stark Industries. Secretaries were organizing files, interns were running mail to and fro, and employees were doing their jobs. Two guys in short-sleeved shirts, slacks, and ties were talking.
"Hey, did you hear about what happened to Jones?" Employee #1 said.
"Yeah. He got fired because he mooned the boss." Employee #2 laughed. "And called his mother a fat pig."
"Well, he asked for it. Thanks to him taking all the cupcakes we can't have any anymore! And I loved the chocolate cupcakes!" Employee #1 whined. "I miss 'em. Especially the ones with the rainbow sprinkles." They heard a rumbling downstairs. "What was that?"
"I have no idea." The other employee shrugged. Down in the lobby, it was chaos.
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" The Surf Master flew through the glass wall of the building, shattering it. Glass flew everywhere, causing employees to scatter. With insane laughing, the surfer sprayed his freezing water everywhere, freezing up some people and some objects. Some people slipped on frozen floor patches. The laser cannon mounted on his board fired laser blasts like mad. "RUN YOU PEONS!!! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! I WANT THE BOSS!!!! I WILL GET MY REVENGE!!!!! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!"
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(Streets of Malibu)
A pair of military green Hummers raced down a street in the California paradise. Inside them were several of the Malibu Joes and the West Coast Misfits.
"Are you kids alright?" Jester asked the kids as he drove the first Hummer. With him were Gunbarrel, Wildstar, Dazzler, Siryn, and Sunfire. Gunbarrel was polishing his laser rifle, stony look on his face.
"Besides the fact we're smarting from our first defeat, we're just fine." Sunfire grumbled.
"Think of it as a learning experience." Gunbarrel said, still polishing. "You underestimated him once. And he got away."
"We'll get him this time." Siryn said with some determination. "Oh, we'll get him this time." Dazzler sighed sadly.
"Whatever. I won't be of much help." Dazzler sighed.
"You okay, Alison?" Jester asked.
"Yeah, just I won't be much help here in this battle. I mean, all I can do is cause pretty light effects! What'll that do against the Surf Master, make him die of awe?" The Farrah-haired girl stopped when she realized what tone she was using. "Sorry. But I'm useless. You guys were able to use your powers against him! Mine are only good for a stage act!"
"You never used your powers for combat." Sunfire said. "I remember when I first got my abilities. I couldn't always use my abilities like I can now. I at first could only use my powers to set my hands ablaze." Toshi was silent for a few minutes. "My great-uncle helped me adapt my powers to fight. I thought he was going to train me to use my powers to help people, as all children believe. However, I didn't realize my great-uncle wanted something more."
"I remember." Ace said. "You told me your great-uncle wanted to use you as an instrument of revenge."
"Against who?" Siryn asked.
"America." Toshi said. "If you know your history, then you know that in WWII, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, forcing us to surrender." The Japanese mutant tried to keep his hard face up. "My great- uncle survived the bombings, but Japan would suffer for years afterwards, and not just in cancer. In pride. Many Japanese felt they had lost their honor. My great-uncle wanted me to show America what that was like for them. From him, I learned never to trust Americans." Toshi looked up at Ace. "Until I met Wildstar." Ace smirked.
"I saved his life. He didn't believe an American could do that." Ace snickered. "As a result, his honor demanded that he be ready to grant any favor I asked."
"And the rest is history." Sunfire said simply. Ace put his hand on Toshi's shoulder.
"Hey, we love ya man. Don't forget that." Ace reassured the solar samurai.
"Sorry if my talking went off-topic." Toshi apologized to Alison.
"It's okay." Ali replied, shrugging. "So you're saying that if I train my powers, they might allow me to do some neat things?"
"Perhaps." Toshi said. He than heard Ace snicker. "What?" The two-color haired feral grinned evilly.
"Wanna see something cool?" The parts of Toshi's face not covered by his Sunfire mask formed an interested expression. Ace gave Toshi a letter. "A girl named Monet St. Croix sent this to me." Toshi, Ali, and Theresa all leaned to read it. Toshi yelled the Japanese equivalent of "HOLY TOLEDO!!!!" The outburst made the Hummer swerve.
"MY GOD!!!!" Theresa held her mouth.
"She's into some wild stuff, huh?" Alison shook her head.
"Hey, let us look." Gunbarrel took the letter from Ace. "HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN!!!
"I know." Ace laughed.
"What did you say to her?" Gunbarrel's eyes widened.
"All I said was that I though she was pretty." Ace said. "It's a thing with the men in my family. We compliment a woman, they send us racy letters. In fact, I gave my friend John permission to use the letters as material for his gothic romance novels."
"Thunderbird likes gothic romances?" Jester asked in confusion.
"No, not John Proudstar. The East Coast guys' John. John Allerdyce." Ace explained.
"Wildstar, those letters are dangerous. Very dangerous." Gunbarrel panted. Ace chuckled.
"I get that all the time. Pyro thinks I'm a freakin' saint."
"Ace, you are one insane person." Sunfire shook his head.
"I lived one insane life." Ace laughed.
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(Second Humvee)
Rock 'n' Roll and Quick-Kick were in the driver's and passenger's seats. With them were Thunderbolt, Thunderbird, Velocity, X23, and Wolfsbane.
"Our first real team battle and we get our butts handed to us." Velocity groaned. "What a bummer."
"Aye." Wolfsbane sighed. "I cannae believe it."
"I could be worse. We could all be dead." Thunderbolt shrugged.
"That really helps, Kyle!" Velocity snapped.
"Hey at least the Thunderbolt is trying!" Kyle grumbled.
"Both of you knock it off!" X23 snapped. "I'm trying to think."
"We only lost a battle." Thunderbird said simply. "The war can still go either way."
"He-llo! He's got Kicker!" Velocity yelled. "Now what do we do." A growling Quick-Kick rocked back and forth in his seat.
"Surf Master gonna die Surf Master gonna die..." He chanted.
"Hey Rock!" Jester's voice came from the radio of the Hummer. "We got reports of an insane surfer at the local Stark Industries building."
"We're on our way!" Rock 'n' Roll responded. "Let's roll, WHOOO!!!!"
"SURFER WILL DIE!!!" Quick-Kick yelled.
Well, Quick-Kick's angry! Can the West Coast Misfits and the Malibu Joes beat the Surf Master? Can they save Kicker? Will Quick-Kick beat the stuffing out of Surf Master? Find out in the next exciting chapter!