An Embarrassing Rescue
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT!" Dr. Gombell screamed as he finally kicked off his flaming pants. "YOU SET ME ON FIRE! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS?" He looked as saw she was unconscious. "Oh…You're not listening to me…"
Then the ground shook and the wall next to him crumbled, opening a hole. Lance ran in. "What the hell is going on?" Lance shouted.
"How dare you cause such property damage young man!" Dr. Gombell shouted. "You should be ashamed of yourself!"
"LOOK WHO'S TALKING!" Lance shouted, his temper clearly rising.
Then Dr. Gombell realized his situation. There was a nude unconscious girl on the floor. And he was without his pants. "This is not what it looks like…" He gulped. Then Lance socked him right in the jaw.
Angelica stirred. She thought she was listening to someone hitting a punching bag repeatedly. She sat up and opened her eyes, not remembering her situation. There was a boy her age beating the crap out of Dr. Gombell. "OW! PLEASE! OW! IT'S…OWIE! NOT ….OH GOD NO! WHAT…OH THE PAIN! THE PAIN!"
"Uh…" Angelica gasped.
Lance heard her and dropped the whimpering Dr. Gombell on the floor. His eyes widened. "Uh…" He gulped.
"Oh god," Angelica tried to cover herself. She snapped at Lance. "Well don't just stand there drooling you jerk! Get me something!"
"Oh yeah right," Lance turned around. He yanked the lab coat off of Dr. Gombell and handed it to her. "Sorry…Uh…I'm Avalanche of the Misfits. We're here to rescue you."
"Wonderful," Angelica covered herself. "Some rescue!"
"A little thank you for not letting me be raped would be nice!" Lance retorted.
"Raped? Oh that's right I lost that nightie when I singed…" She looked around. "Well the way you were leering at me…"
"I was not leering at you!" Lance fumed.
"Yeah right!" Angelica said.
"My spine…" Dr. Gombell moaned.
"And as for 'rescuing' me," Angelica tried to stand. "For all I know you could be trying to…"
"Oh that is ridiculous!" Lance shouted.
"Well considering my situation right now that's not really so ridiculous!" Angelica shouted back.
"I need some painkillers…" Dr. Gombell moaned. "Not to mention a fresh change of underwear…"
"You are so out of line here!" Lance shouted at her. "I save you from this jerk!" He kicked Dr. Gombell. "And you're yelling at me over nothing!"
"YOU SAW ME NAKED!" Angelica screamed as she stood up.
"I DIDN'T MEAN TOO!" Lance shouted. "IT'S NOT LIKE I DID IT ON PURPOSE! THIS GUY'S THE ONE WHO DID THIS TO YOU!" He kicked him again.
"Mommy I have a really big owie…" Dr. Gombell moaned.
"Well technically no," Angelica groaned. "His assistants made me…That's not the point here!"
"Well what is the point?" Lance shouted.
"I'm naked and embarrassed as hell you jerk!" Angelica shouted. "I have to take it out on someone! The past few days have not exactly been a walk in the park you know? I was outed as a mutant in front of everybody, my dad was attacked, I was chased by an angry mob and then this guy who I trusted…" She kicked Dr. Gombell. "My own doctor who I thought was giving me pills to help me throws me into this nightmare and then he tried to do some experiments on me and then everything started going wrong and all these explosions were going off all over the place and I just wanna get out of here and see my daddy…" She started to sniffle. "And now I'm starting to cry in front of this total stranger who just saw me naked! I mean this is humiliating!"
"Don't cry…" Lance felt guilty. "Don't cry…"
"Don't tell me not to cry!" Angelica shouted. "I wanna cry…" She started to bawl. She felt weak and fell forward into his arms sobbing.
"Hey come on…" Lance held her. "It's okay now. It's over. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. Hey calm down."
That was when Kitty ran in. "Avalanche did you….?" She stopped and glared at him. "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?"
"Uh…" Lance blinked. "This is not what it looks like…"
"That's what I said…" Dr. Gombell moaned.
