Sink the Allentown

To todd fan: Hey there todd fan! That's understandable. I know what it's like to not have a lot of time myself. Luckily, I have Mondays off. No class on Mondays for me. Extra time to work on stories and to study. Yeah, those small hard drive things can be expensive, but believe me, they are worth every single little penny! Or…pence in your case. I think. I have one myself, and I backed up all my stories on it. It's a small little thing, but it holds a lot of data, so it's real helpful. Why not ask for one for your birthday or for Christmas? Anyway, I'm very glad you enjoyed the last chapter, todd fan. Enjoy the new one, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Slugs and Snails", "Little Shop of Mutants", and "X-Men: Evolution, the Musical"!

To Red Witch: Hey there, Red Witch! I read the new chapters of "Memories Are Made of This" and "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff" and I loved them! Man, Kitty will do just about anything to get a part, won't she? And poor General Hawk! Will he ever get a break! Man, those charts have no luck in the Misfit-verse, do they? Now I'll never be able to fully figure out who is double-crossing who! I'M SO CONFUSED! WAHHHHHHHHHHH! Anyway, enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff", and "Memories Are Made of This!"

To Raliena: Hey there, Rae! Nice to hear from you again! Yes, the insanity does indeed continue! I'm very glad you liked it so far! Yeah, Larson would be dead if it weren't for the Allentown, and as far as he's concerned, the Navy is paying back a ship that saved lives by just throwind it out because it happened to be a few decades old. Anyway, enjoy the new chapter, Rae!

Disclaimer: "I will not be treated with such disrespect!" - John Bradshaw Layfield, WWE SmackDown! 3/03/05

Chapter 6: Baiting a Trap!

The docks at San Francisco

Alison Blaire, the West Coast Misfit codenamed Dazzler, was looking at a poster from a museum that was on a wall. It had a picture of an old pirate ship.

"See the ship of the legendary pirate Bluebeard. Down at the Malibu Maritime Museum. For a Limited Time." Ali blinked. "Wow. An actual pirate ship. Sounds like the boys may enjoy this." She heard arguing coming from two people the lightengale a certain would be heard arguing. "Why am I not surprised?" The Farrah-haired mutant chuckled.

"The Thunderbolt took down more BATs than you!" Kyle shoved Toshi.

"I destroyed more, gaijin!" Toshi snapped back, giving Kyle his own shove.

"I got more!"

"No, I did!" Toshi exclaimed. The two mutant teenagers raised their fists, but Theresa and John separated them.

"Knock it off, ye two! Before I knock both yer blocks off!" The Irish screamer snapped. "We got a bigger problem!"

"Yeah." John "Thunderbird" Proudstar agreed. "What the heck would Cobra want with the USS Allentown? That thing is an old pile of rust about to be scrapped! What's so special about it?"

"I'd watch the comments, jabroni." Kyle said to John. "This place is surrounded by sailors. As for the Allentown, maybe there's a whole government conspiracy behind it or some other garbage like that." The Bostonian mutant grumbled.

"Kyle, you read too many comic books." Toshi said. "I highly doubt the government would get into a conspiracy with Cobra." Terrell zipped up. The Japanese mutant glared at his African-American teammate as Toshi fixed his hair. "Yes, Terrell?"

"What are you guys talking about?" Terrell wondered.

"We're trying to figure out why Cobra would steal the Allentown." Siryn replied.

"This is stupid." Kyle grumbled. "The Allentown is an old ship. All it does now is basically float around." Terrell's mind clicked when Kyle spoke.

"Guys…" Terrell said to the others. "I think I may have figured out why Cobra took the Allentown…"

The bridge of the USS Allentown

"We'll be arriving at the Los Angeles Shipyards in…" Larson was about to tell Destro the time it took the Allentown to arrive at their destination when he noticed Destro open a box. "Destro?" The steel-masked Scottish arms dealer pulled out a blue uniform from the box.

"A little present for you from Serpentor. It's for joining our fine organization." Destro threw the blue Cobra navy uniform to Larson. The admiral sighed.

"Nice outfit. But I have more important concern right now." Larson replied. "Air support. Those ships in LA are top-of-the-line warships. The Allentown is a tough old girl, but not even she can stand an assault by the Seventieth Fleet. The Allentown's going to need backup from the air." Destro smirked at the Admiral.

"Relax, my dear admiral. We are going to give the Allentown a special little device that'll give this old ship the ultimate advantage. Even the finest ships in the military will not be able to stand up to the power of this device." Destro saw a Cobra submarine surface next to the Allentown. It looked like a regular submarine, only it had Cobra markings, and the command area of the submarine was decorated to look like a big red Cobra insignia. A panel opened up on top of the submarine, and what appeared to be a crane rose up from the depths of the submarine. Near the crane were several Cobra agents on a platform, standing around a device that was around 20 feet tall. It looked like a blue cylinder with a black base and gray framework around it with a white satellite dish on top of it, pointing straight upwards. The Cobra agents looped ropes around the device, then hooked it to the crane. The crane lifted the device, the agents, and the platform up off the submarine and onto the Allentown.

"What's that thing there, Destro?" Larson asked Destro, pointing at the machine the Cobra agents were unhooking from the crane.

"That is your trump card, Admiral Larson." Destro smirked. He heard a knocking. He turned around and saw a BAT walk into a wall repeatedly. The arms dealer.

Don't tell me that one needs to be fixed again!

Well, well, well! Looks like the Cobras may have a trick up their sleeve! What insanity will happen next? What's with the machine? And why is Destro so confident in it? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!