Space Bikers Ahoy!

To Metal Dragon1: Hey, I'll give it a try! Thanks a lot, man!

To Wizard1: PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE PUT UP CHAPTER THREE OF 'KAREOKE DANCE PARTY', MAN!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!

To Red Witch: Have Malibu bet on the fight? Yeah. I thought you'd like that one. Oh! I got another idea! Maybe have Pyro think he's the Australian reply to the Rock: "IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLL-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LOWWWWWW!!!!!!! WHAT THE PYRO…IS BURNIN'!!!!!!!!!" Funny, huh? Or how about he thinks he's Crocodile Dundee?  That'd be so killer! Anyway, since you did your version of John Proudstar, I'd like to see your versions of Sunfire, Dazzler, the Mimic, Rictor or maybe you can introduce your versions of any OC of mine.

It's Profile Time Again! Since we looked over at Starchild in the last chapter, I figured we should look at his counterpart/twin brother, the bassist of the Superstars, the dangerous Darkstar!

Darkstar

Real Name: Craig Allman Starr

Class: Mutant

Allegiance: Misfits (East Coast Team)

Hair: Black (long and feathered)

Eyes: Chocolate Brown (He has a birthmark of a perfect black 5-pointed star over his right eye).

Powers: Darkstar and Starchild have the same powers. Darkstar's right eye can absorb light and convert it into an unknown purple energy which he stores in his body like a battery. Craig can fire a purple laser from his right eye that can punch through 4-foot tempered steel with some effort. He can also generate flashes of purple light from his eye that can blind or put a person under a hypnotic trance. Craig's hypnotic powers are a little weaker than Paul's due to lack of practice, but his eye laser is a little stronger than Starchild's because Craig often tries to avoid using his hypnosis.

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Bio: Paul and Craig's true parentage is unknown. As babies, the brothers were abandoned (most likely due to their star birthmarks), and somehow they ended up separated. Craig ended up taken into an abusive father and indifferent mother living in a poor part of LA. Craig's adopted father was a drunkard who blamed all his problems on the young black-haired mutant. As a child, Craig was also teased by other kids for his unusual birthmark, causing him to develop an extreme temper and confrontational nature. He and his father argued and brawled constantly. Craig proudly holds a record for causing more fights in school than anyone else.

At the age of ten, Craig joined a gang known as the Man-Eaters. Ironically, members of the Ravers, a gang the Man-Eaters are rivals with, were responsible for the deaths of Craig's long-lost twin brother Paul's adopted parents. During a fight with one of his fellow Man-Eaters, his powers emerged, causing him to blow a hole in the gang member's hand with his eye laser. The Man-Eaters didn't cast out Craig, even though his adopted parents did. The Man-Eaters saw value in a mutant gang member.

Craig constantly felt an urge to find a brother he never knew he had thanks to his telepathic link emerging. One day, he left the gang and found himself in an abandoned movie studio, where he met his cheerful twin. The brothers lived in the studio until Dr. Mindbender, Tomax, and Xamot tried to capture the brothers for experiments. Fleeing, the brothers found help in the Joes Lady Jaye, Recondo, and Cover Girl. The three Joes defeated the Cobras, and Paul and Craig were offered a real home with the Misfits. After joining the Misfits, Craig Starr developed a crush on teammate Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch.

Note: The lasers that Ace "Wildstar" Starr, Paul and Craig's cousin, fires from his claws have been discovered to be composed of similar energy to the energy used in Starchild and Darkstar's lasers. Only difference is, Ace's is at a different wavelength, so his energy blasts are blue.

Chapter 8: Big Fight! WC Misfits vs. Imperial Guard!

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"Try this, Jabroni!" Kyle hit Gladiator again with a thunder-charged punch.

"Kyle, stop!" Toshiro snapped. Thunderbolt turned.

"Shut up, Sushi! I got this AAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!!!!" Kyle's distraction cost him, allowing Gladiator to nail him with a hard punch.

"That's it! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Siryn wailed with her sonic voice, causing the Guard to clutch their ears.

"Hah!"  Terrell's eyes glowed white, and he called upon some winds in an attempt to blow away the aliens.

"Look out!" Toshi pulled Terrell away as the flaming Guardsman called Starbolt fired his flames at him. "I have the fiery one!" Toshi powered up and blasted Starbolt. The yellow-face Manta tried to blast the aerokinetic/speedster's face with a blinding light, but Dazzler saved her friend by blinding Manta herself with a light-covered slap to the face.

"C'mon!" X23 dared Fang with her unsheathed claws. The feral Imperial Guardsman snarled at the Wolverine clone. The two animalistic warriors charged, claws bared and ready to slice. Fang dodged X23's swipes just as easily as X23 dodged his own. They seemed to be evenly matched.

"You seem strong." The blue-haired, red-glasses-wearing Smasher said to Thunderbird. The Shi'ar Imperial Guardsman and the Native American West Coast Misfit paced in a circle, staring at each other.

"I am strong." John Proudstar replied.

"Let us test our strength." Smasher raised his fists with a smirk.

"Alright." John grinned, raising his fists. The two warriors started trying to lay super-strong punches on each other.

"Hello, little mama!" Terrell raced towards Nightside. The purple-clad, light blue-skinned Imperial Guardsman waved her hand. Black matter appeared to mist from her hand and covered Velocity, forcing the speedster to stop. "What?!?!" Nightside laughed.

"Now you know why they call me Nightside, speedy one." She laughed happily. "I have the power to create darkness."

"Hello? Hey, who said that?! Where the %$#@ am I?!" Terrell whipped his head around in the darkness. He was getting rather creeped out. "Okay, I'm getting rather spooked out here!"

"Fell the fury of the ground, Earthman!" The grey-skinned creature known as Earthquake hollered, creating his namesake. Rictor smirked.

"I don't think so, man." Rictor fired his sonic waves at the ground, responding with a fissure.

"Grrr…" Rahne snarled as she went into her wolfoid form and lunged at the green Martian-like Shape-Shifter. The green alien morphed into a weird alien monster and they started brawling. The Crushers watched the fight.

"Let's get 'em!" Pulverizer grinned, charging his fist. "HEY!!!" The crushers ended up being blasted by a stream of ice water from Shark Man, freezing them up.

"That should teach you mates to stay out of trouble!" Tommy grinned. "Agh!" He got kicked by Astra, who waved. Shark Man sneered, firing his ice water. The red-haired Astra grinned and turned transparent. The stream of water passed right through her. "Hey what the bloody--?"

"Now you know why they call me Astra." Astra grinned. "HIYA!!!" She fired a kick at Shark Man.

"AAGHH!!!" Shark Man fell hard. "Okay, that hurt a little bit." He wiped his mouth. "Maybe…" He leapt into the ground.

"WHY WON'T YOU JUST FALL?!" Electron screamed. The electrically-powered Shi'ar nailed Kyle with a blast of electricity, but Kyle only absorbed the lightning, making him laugh.

"You dumb jabroni! The Thunderbolt is electricity! Now go make yourself useful and go get the Thunderbolt a sandwich!" Kyle laughed at Electron. The Shi'ar took to the air. "Oh, a dogfight, huh? Alright." Kyle followed him into the air. Siryn had to deal with toughest of all the Imperial Guard, the Gladiator.

"Hold still, Earthling!" Gladiator roared. He fired his eye blasts at the Irish mutant and threw cars at her.

"Yipe! Eep! Whoa! Help!" Siryn yelped as she dodged the blasts, desperate for an opening. She found one when Gladiator was grabbing another car. "Yessssss! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Siryn took a deep breath and fired a loud scream from her mouth, the loudest she's ever put out. {Oh God, please let me vocal chords handle this!} Meanwhile, Ace Starr, the wondrous Wildstar, battled Impulse. The Imperial Guardsman kept firing beams of energy left and right from his visor.

{Athena's right! This Impulse guy is a lot like Cyclops! Only Impulse seems more sociable} Ace grinned to himself as he dodged Impulse's blasts. "Ha!" He ducked, leapt and dodged, while firing his own claw beams. One beam grazed Impulse's costume, tearing it. Energy started leaking from the suit. Impulse panicked, and quickly covered the hole with his hand. Ace blinked. {Huh? I grazed his suit, and he appeared to panic. Wait, energy leaked out of the suit before…Hmm, that means either he can't survive without the suit, or he's made of energy! That suit most be a container for him! Whoa! Now what? D'oh, don't be stupid, Ace! Keep trying to tear his suit! That's it!} Ace lunged, claws glowing, in the mood for ripping. "I know your weak point! I know your weak point!

Well, the fight has begun! And the West Coast Misfits appear to be faring well so far, but that could change! What insanity will happen next? Can the West Coast Misfits beat the Imperial Guard? Will the Crushers escape? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!