St. Patrick's Day Madness!
To Red Witch: Really? The X-Men met leprechauns, huh? So, this could be interesting…
To Sparky Genocide: I sincerely doubt a bad luck spell would have any effect on the Starchild (Scott: Awwww $&%#!!! *pouts*). That sounds like an interesting idea for the introduction of Arcade, Spyder, Dragonfly, and Firestar. I do plan to introduce my version of Dragonfly in my GI Joe: The Movie-inspired fic, and let's just say Thunderbolt will make life verrrrrrrrry difficult for her…
To Aaron: Glad you liked the story! Oh, there will be leprechauns. Evil, psychotic leprechauns. Like in that horror flick. I don't think I'll feature the Avengers. Between the X-Men, and the East Coast and West Coast Misfits, things get hard to keep track of. Nice ideas for alternate codenames for Shark Man.
To Wizard1: Oh, I'm so excited about Chapter Three! It's going to be great! And I had no idea where the Firestorm/Nightside thing came from. And I thought Astra would like to learn pranks from Jester. When I saw her picture in my X-Men guidebook, she seemed like the type who loved jokes and pranks.
To Metal Dragon1: Yeah, I think Gladiator and Hardcase may be related. Megaladon, huh? That sounds tough to pronounce. Can I have just one hint of what pet Jamie gets? Please? And when does Kid Razor make another appearance in "Take the Long Way Home"?
To RogueFanKC: YOU'RE BACK!!! I MISSED YA!!!! GLAD TO SEE YOU!!!! I'm glad you're reviewing again! Yeah, I'm glad you like this story and the part about the X-Girls throwing stuff at Peter! What kind of festivities do you have cooked up, Paul? (Paul: *smiles, shakes head, and puts a finger to his lips* It's a secret. If I tell you now, it's not a secret anymore. You'll see.) You heard the man.
I'm surprised that no one noticed that Shark Man is a West Coast Misfit! Huh. I created him on an odd whim. The ice water power of his was because I though he'd make a good Misfit counterpart to Iceman with it.
It's Profile Time Again! *hears crowd cheer and hoot and clap* Now we look at everyone's favorite psychotic Australian, Pyro!
Pyro
Real Name: St. John Allerdyce
Class: Mutant
Allegiance: Misfit (East Coast Team), former Acolyte
Powers: Pyro's mutant physiology makes him immune to the effects of heat and flame. Pyro has the power to psionically control flames, allowing him to intensify and shape them to his whim. However, his mutant powers do not allow him to create the flames he needs, so he always carries a lighter with him or in battle, a back-mounted flame-thrower.
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Bio: Born in Australia, little St. John was always described as a bit "goofy in the head". When he was a boy, his family moved to Los Angeles, California. There, he befriended Paul Stanley Starr, his future Misfit teammate Starchild, and Jennifer Walters, the future Avenger known as the She-Hulk. The three always got in trouble and had adventures together. However, John's powers emerged, causing his family to disown him.
When he heard Magneto address fellow mutants at a rally alongside Starchild, John was mesmerized but Paul was frightened by Magneto's seemingly soul-less eyes. Paul pleaded with John not to join him, saying he had a bad feeling about the Master of Magnetism. It degenerated into an argument, and it would be the last time the two would see each other for years. Jennifer's whereabouts are unknown.
During an Acolyte mission in California, the other Acolytes turned on John, leaving him for dead. Luckily, John's life was saved by Starchild and the GI Joe codenamed Barbecue. John and Paul got a chance to catch up and renew their friendship. St. John would end up joining the Misfits.
When the Misfits met the Avengers for the first time, John and Paul caught up with Jennifer, who had been transformed into the She-Hulk by a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, gaining superhuman strength and invulnerability in the process (and she also retained her intelligence and her personality became more uninhibited).
When the glam-rock band The Superstars formed, John became their drummer. The slightly-insane Allerdyce also is an avid writer, his main specialty being torrid Gothic romance novels. He hopes to be a journalist or a legendary drummer.
Note: John also has some odd beliefs: He believes there are sock fairies living in dryers, so he always hang-dries his socks. He also thinks Sally Struthers is out to kill him and there is a conspiracy to steal the entire world's supply of toejam and use it to conquer the world.
Chapter 2: Introductions, Good and Bad!
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"We're here!" Moira and Sean walked into the Xavier Institute. "Hello?" They noticed the place was empty. And dark. "Hello?" The lights turned on.
"SURPRISE!!!!!" The X-Men and the two Misfit teams appeared, throwing confetti and using noisemakers. Moira and Sean laughed. Theresa and Rahne ran to the couple and hugged them.
"Rahne, glad to see you're okay. I got all your letters." Moira smiled at the red-haired mutant lycanthrope.
"How're the West Coast Misfits?" Sean chuckled.
"I still can't believe the Misfits have another recruit." Scott grumbled. He looked at Shark Man. "Why did you join?"
"Adventure." Tommy Sharpe grinned.
"Tommy! Randy!" Siryn waved. "Dad, this is Tommy Sharpe, codename Shark Man, and Randy Gomez, codename Rictor. The West Coast Misfits' newest recruits."
"I have super strength, a powerful bite, slight resistance to injury, I'm amphibious, I can smell blood, and I can spit a stream of supercooled water from my mouth that freezes anything it comes in contact with." Tommy grinned, revealing his sharp teeth.
"I can generate low-frequency sonic waves. They're most often used to trigger earthquakes." Randy shrugged. "That's why they call me Rictor."
"You gave yourself that codename, Randy." Lance remembered with a chuckle. Randy rolled his eyes.
"Randy here's from Mexico. I'm from Australia." Tommy grinned.
"Well, nice to meet you boyos." Sean shook their hands.
"Uh, you two related?" Tommy asked Theresa, pointing at her and Sean. Siryn rolled her eyes.
"Oh, Tommy…"
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(Virus's Lab, Dreadnok HQ)
"Hard to believe this bloody odd thing was hidden under Cassidy Keep." Torch scratched his head. He, Ripper, and Zarana were standing in the lab, looking at a slab Buzzer stole while he was in a bender in Ireland.
"AAAAAAAAAAGHHHH!!!!! YOU BLOODY FOOLS!!!!!" The three turned around and saw Virus. He was screaming about the fact that Ripper and Torch had left muddy footprints in his lab. "YOU IDIOTS!!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WIPE YOUR BLOODY FEET!!!!! IS THAT SO HARD FOR ANY OF YOU IDIOTS TO UNDERSTAND?!?!?!" Virus screamed.
"Will you calm down and tell us what's with this thing?" Zarana asked. A growling Virus stomped to the slab.
"I dunno. Obvious somebody wanted me to look at it." The slab looked to be in ancient Gaelic, with a menacing-looking solid green shamrock in the center. "Hang on a minute!" He pulled out a blacklight-like device, only the bulb glowed red. "My translator should make a little sense of this thing." He scanned the bulb of the device, in actuality a reader, over the slab. A screen showed the language and its translation. "It's in an ancient form of Irish Gaelic. It talks of an evil leprechaun and how the family Cassidy slayed it and trapped it in this slab. It even includes the spell to release him." Virus's eye gleamed evilly. "That's it! I got it! We'll release it, and convince it Toad's a Cassidy! It'll kill him, and my beloved will be free! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
"Oh brother." Zarana held her face in her hand.
"Wait!" Virus whipped his head around quickly, sick grin on his face. "The voices! They're back! They're talking to me again! I hear Althea! She's calling me! She's calling for me to save her from Toad's control! She's speaking to me telepathically! Hang on, baby! Virus'll save you, honey! How's that spell go?"
"Um Virus…I don't think you're qualified to practice this magic stuff." Ripper said with some worry. "Besides, it says this evil leprechaun guy's incredibly powerful. I don't think you should be messing with this." Virus shot Ripper a condescending look.
"Why don't you just do what you do best: Stand around, pick your nose, and wait for orders." Virus sneered. He thought himself above his fellow Dreadnoks. His IQ and his mutant powers made him certainly the smartest and most cunning of the group, but his arrogant attitude and possible mental sickness ruined any chance he had of leading the rogue bikers.
"Virus, you've really lost your mind this time!" Zarana snapped. Virus threw a couple marble-sized spheres at the other Dreadnoks. Octopus-like tentacles exploded from them and covered them from their mouths to their feet.
"Now…" Virus read the spell from the screen. "From the pits of darkness, your help I need, gleam of gold and madness of greed. Unleash the beast with costume of green and hair of red, let me use your power to render my enemies dead. Family Cassidy, vengeance is what I am desiring, unleash the beast that will bring them suffering!" The slab glowed a bright green, and in a flash of light and an explosion, the slab disappeared. "Weird." Virus blinked. "Did I do something wrong here?"
Hoo Boy! Something bad will happen from this, that's for sure! What madness will happen next? What is after the Cassidy family? Can Banshee and Siryn stop it? How will the Dreadnoks and Cobra get involved? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!