Cloak and Dagger

"Wow what a place to hang out," Pietro whistled as he saw the small run down Catholic Church. The Misfits were at the gates where Dagger had told them to meet along with Roadblock, Shipwreck, Spirit, and Low Light.

"Behave yourselves," Althea admonished as they went inside. "For once!"

"Welcome friends to the Holy Ghost Catholic Church," A tall Catholic Priest with sandy hair welcomed them. "I'm Father Delgado."

"Delgado?" Todd's ears pricked up. "Hey Al is he related to you too?"

"I don't know," Althea said. "First I've heard of it. Dad?"

"Could be just a coincidence," Shipwreck took off his hat. "I mean a lot of people have the same names but aren't related."

"I don't believe so in this case," Father Delgado grinned. "It has been a long time since we've seen each other, Hector."

"Wait a minute," Shipwreck squinted his eyes. "Uncle Jack?"

"Uncle Jack?" The Misfits all gasped.

"I thought I recognized you," Father Delgado grinned. He explained to the others. "I'm his adopted father's cousin. We grew up together."

"Holy…I mean Jes-uhhh," Shipwreck fidgeted. "Good to see you. Haven't heard from you since you went off to Africa. What's it been? Thirty years?"

"Sorry I haven't written much," Father Delgado shrugged. "But I've been kind of busy lately. And I see so have you."

"Uh yeah this is your niece Althea," Shipwreck introduced. "You got five other nieces and nephews."

"Five?" Father Delgado blinked.

"One's adopted but they're all mutants," Shipwreck explained. "And uh I got two foster kids with me here too. The twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff otherwise known as Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. That's Lance Alvers a.k.a. Avalanche, Fred 'The Blob' Dukes, Xi, Arcade, and this here is Todd Tolensky, a.k.a. Toad."

"Hello your holiness," Todd nervously knelt slightly. "Althea and I are mating…I mean dating! Not that we're doing anything! Nothing bad! I swear! Well maybe a little kissing but…" Althea whacked him on the head. "Thanks I needed that."

"And this is Roadblock, who's in charge of the team," Shipwreck continued. "Low Light, and Spirit."

"Well let me introduce you to my charges here," He presented. "Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen. Also known as Cloak and Dagger."

"Relatives huh?" Tandy looked at Althea. "Man you never know who you'll meet up in this business."

"So what is going on?" Roadblock asked.

"It's a long story," Father Delgado sighed.

"Here's the short version," Tandy sighed. "Tyrone and I were runaways living on the street until these creeps kidnapped us. They pumped us full of drugs to experiment on making new stuff to sell on the market."

"Instead they activated our dormant mutant genes," Tyrone spoke somberly.

"I know how that feels," Low Light growled. "The same thing happened to me. Only Cobra wanted to make me a weapon."

"And you are a creation of Cobra are you not?" Tyrone spoke to Xi.

"How did you know?" Xi asked.

"We've heard of you," Tandy grinned. "Let's just say Mindbender still raves about you from time to time."

"I'll bet," Xi growled.

"I took them in," Father Delgado continued. "But several drug traffickers still ravage our city. So we decided to do something about it."

"I get it," Lance nodded. "So you guys are self styled vigilantes taking on the drug dealers."

"Not exactly the first we've come across," Low Light scoffed.

"You said you've heard about Xi from Cobra," Pietro said. "So you obviously know stuff about us. But what about you guys? What are your powers?"

"Well," Tandy began. "They're a little complicated. I can create daggers of light as well as create it. But not just ordinary light." She demonstrated by throwing some daggers at the wall. "They can knock people unconscious if they hit them but they can do more than that. Anyone who is suffering from evil can be cured from them."

"Say what?" Todd asked.

"Let's just say don't be surprised if a lot of those Cobras you captured decide to change their lives around and become missionaries or something," Tyrone gave a sinister grin. "They can also cure people of drug addiction and it…feeds my hunger."

"Okay are we getting into some kind of personal thing?" Pietro asked.

"Tyrone's body is literally a gateway to a place called the Dark Dimension," Father Delgado explained. "He's well…A living shadow. Intangible."

"Except for my cloak, which I can use as a weapon," Tyrone's cloak billowed some more. "I use my cloak as tentacles and drag them inside of me, forcing people to live their deepest fears."

"Oh goody," Lance gulped. "Good thing you stopped him Tandy. I've already had a few experiences with my worst nightmares this year!"

"I can also transport objects or people to this dimension and travel to other places through it," Tyrone continued.

"Cool powers," Fred whistled.

"But they have a price," Tyrone explained. "Because of the connection I have with the dark dimension…I hunger for souls."

"Could you run that by me again?" Arcade asked.

"There is a malevolent force inside this dimension that occasionally compels me to seek out victims," Tyrone said.

"Do we really wanna know what happens to them if you suck them in?" Todd gulped.

"No," Tyrone said.

"Didn't think so," Todd gulped.

"That's where I come in," Tandy said. "Fortunately my light cures him of his little snack attacks."

"Yes she nourishes my soul and abates the hunger inside of me," Tyrone said.

"Wow and I thought our relationship was pretty deep Todd," Althea remarked.

"It's nothing like that!" Tandy protested. "I mean…"

"Sure it isn't," Pietro grinned. Wanda smacked his arm. "What?"

"Well those are pretty impressive powers," Roadblock said. "You know if you like you can come with us and help us fight Cobra and the other bad guys."

"Thanks but we are fine where we are," Tyrone said.

"There are a lot of kids on the streets," Tandy said. "Both mutant and non-mutant. And the druglords find them easy prey to use and sell too."

"Someone has to stay here and fight them," Tyrone told them.

"I gotcha," Shipwreck nodded.

"Well if you ever need a place to crash," Althea said. "You can always hang with us."

"Yeah or if you ever get bored and need something to do try coming to the Pit every now and then," Lance remarked. "Then you'll wish you were home!"

"Well thanks for the offer," Tandy grinned. "It's kind of nice meeting other mutants. Not to mention having a little family reunion here."

"We have to get going," Spirit told the Misfits. "It was good to meet you. I wish you luck in your battle."

"Luck has little to do with it," Tyrone said. "But…Thank you."

"See ya Uncle Jack," Shipwreck gave a brief hug to Father Delgado. "Don't wait another thirty years to send me a postcard huh?"

"I'll remember," Father Delgado grinned. "Take care."

"Man you do never know who you'll meet in this business," Lance shook his head.