Welcome to Malibu Base!

To Wizard1: I think that Blue/Gold thing came out wrong. What I meant was that I would split the team into Blue and Gold teams, but I have no idea who was in which team in the comics. As for appearances by Iron Man and War Machine, well, you'll have to find out. Please put out that sequel!

To Sparky Genocide: Perhaps.

To Aaron: Yup, not even the West Coast Misfits can win 'em all. Aw well, they'll keep trying.

To Metal Dragon1: Well, I hope to have the three animals play poker soon. I just picked a rank and service at random.

To Red Witch: Please come back soon!

Author's Note: The character that guest-stars here is based on the 90s cartoons.

Chapter 9: Round Two!

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(Stark Industries, Malibu subsidiary)

"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!" As the Surf Master continued his frenzied attack on the building, he failed to notice an African-American man with short hair, a moustache, and a beard, clad in a gray t-shirt, blood red jacket, and jeans duck down into a cubicle and summon a suit of advanced armor. It was in two shades of gray, and it had what appeared to be a chaingun on one shoulder and a missile launcher on the other. The man's name was Jim Rhodes, Head of Security at Stark International, but when he donned this gray armor, he was known as War Machine. The modern-day knight took to the air like he was going to make a huge entrance.

"What?!" The Surf Master roared.

"I suggest you back off, boy." War Machine warned. The electronics in Jim's helmet distorted his voice, making it sound like he was a robot.

"And who are you?! Another one of those freaks?!" Surf Master snapped.

"Freaks? What're you talking about?" War Machine grumbled.

"Back off, metal man!" Surf Master snapped. "I will get my revenge on Stark! He fired me! Because he knew I was too smart for him! TAKE THIS!!!" Surf Master fired his water jets and his surfboard blasters. War Machine dodged the jets, and the laser beams bounced off the armor.

"Nice try, rookie." Jim smirked under his armor. "Here!" He fired his hand repulsors.

"Yipe!" Surf Master put up his forcefield. It was able to stop the beams, but the beams knocked the surfer through the glass wall. "Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!" He managed to steady himself, only to be caught under a barrage of laser fire. "Hey!" He snapped as a blast bounced off his forcefield. The Malibu Joes were firing up at the surfer. "Buzz off!" He fired his blasters and jets at them, but a scream stopped him.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Siryn swooped down in a blur of green- and-yellow.

"Careful, Gunbarrel! You might hit Siryn!" Jester snapped.

"Sorry." Gunbarrel gulped. Thunderbird grabbed a tree planted on the sidewalk, ripped it out, and pitched it at the surfer.

"Yipe!" Surf Master dodged the tree and the lasers. Sunfire and Thunderbolt swooped down like human fighter jets, firing blasts of flame and thunder. X23 and Wildstar lunged at the Surf Master, and they used their claws to try and slash the surfer's protected board open. Dazzler watched the scene from one of the Hummers. Wolfsbane paced below the Surf Master in wolf form, growling and waiting for the surfer to crash down to the ground.

{Sunfire's right.} Dazzler said to herself. {I can do this! My powers aren't useless! I just need to train them.}

"Hold still, jabroni!" Kyle roared as he threw electric bolt spears at the surfer. The Surf Master weaved and dodged, desperate to avoid the attacks coming at him and pounding on his forcefield. War Machine walked out of the building, but he watched the West Coast Misfits and the Malibu Joes face off against the insane surfer.

{Hmm. These are the so-called 'freaks' he was talking about. I don't recognize any of those mutants. Let's see what these kids have got.} The armored man said to himself mentally. Dazzler ran out of the Hummer to Velocity.

"Mace, I got an idea." Dazzler whispered to the speedy aerokinetic. Terrell nodded.

"I love it!" He grinned. He whistled and waved to the others. "Hey guys! Dazz has got a plan! Everybody back off!" The others did so.

"What is he up to?" John asked Toshi.

"Beats me." Toshi shrugged. Velocity raced underneath the Surf Master and created a tornado, causing the Surf Master to get stuck in place.

"Hey, what the--?" Surf Master tried to get his board out, but Terrell's tornado had him trapped. "HELP!!!!" Dazzler took a deep breath and pointed her hand at the Surf Master. She closed her painted eyes, and stomped her foot. Light built up around her pointed hand.

"YAH!!" She fired a line of colored flashes of light into the air, and it his Surf Master right in the eyes!

"AAAGHH!!!! I CAN'T $#%&@! SEE!!!!!" Surf Master fell off his board, and hit the floor hard.

"Wow. Way to go, Dazzler." Thunderbird said with admiration.

"I hope his eyes will be okay." Dazzler said with some worry. Terrell cut his tornado, causing the board to fall down to the ground. Quick-Kick angrily marched toward the thrashing and screaming Surf Master. The martial artist grabbed the surfer and started shaking him.

"WHERE IS SHE?!?! WHERE'S KICKER?!?!"

"I DON'T KNOW, MAN!!! I DON'T KNOW ANY KICKER!!! MY EYES!!! SOMEBODY FIX MY EYES!!!!" Surf Master screamed.

"Well then, maybe this'll help!" Siryn nodded. Wolfsbane howled and raced towards the surfer. When she reached him, she bit down on him.

"AAAAAAGH!!!!!!! MY BUTT!!!!! I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLY AND SACRED, I DON'T KNOW ANY KICKER!!!!" Surf Master screamed. "GET THAT DOG OFF MEEEEEEE!!!!! I CAN'T SEE!!!!" The Malibu Joes pulled Quick-Kick off the blinded surfer.

"Wait!" Siryn realized, snapping her gloved fingers. "Don't ye guys remember what Jack Trent said?"

"Yeah!" Ace realized. "He said that the Surf Master has some freaky obsession with Pam Anderson!" Siryn grabbed the Surf Master.

"Where is Pamela?" She snapped.

"ON A ROOF!!!" The surfer screamed. War Machine watched the whole thing.

"Impressive. Very Impressive." The armored Vietnam veteran said.

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(In front of a building)

Siryn and Thunderbolt helped Kicker down from the roof she was tied up on. Once she got on the ground, she saw the wounded Surf Master restrained by the Malibu Joes. She angrily marched up to the surfer and nailed him with a hard kick to the groin.

"AAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The surfer screamed in a soprano. The girls burst out laughing and the boys winced.

"AAAAAAAAWWWWWW!!!!!" The boys looked horrified. John's face turned bright green. The Apache mutant raced to a potted plant and blew chunks into the pot. The impact caused Jester and Quick-Kick to drop the surfer. Kicker jumped on top of the surfer and started beating the living heck out of him, screaming.

"Man, let's just go home!" Ace moaned.

Well, the Surf Master's been beaten, and everyone wants to go home! What'll happen next? What'll happen at Malibu Base? What more enemies will the West Coast Misfits face? Find out in the next exciting chapter!