Southside Days!
To Aaron: Hey there Aaron! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, Forge always does seem to get the blame sometimes. I guess the X-Girls will always have trouble completely dropping their strong dislike for Jenni Starr. Yeah, I can imagine all sorts of insanity resulting. Actually, who knows? Maybe Dani will warm up more to Mike. He's a nice guy. He just has trouble being a good comedian. Enjoy the new chapter!
To todd fan: Hey there todd fan! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, poor old Forge. He gets no respect sometimes. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Slugs and Snails", "Tales From The Magic Roundabout", "Little Shop of Mutants", and "X-Men: Evolution, the Musical"!
To RogueFanKC: Hey there, Rogue Fan! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, the mental image of everyone looking at each other before pointing at Forge is pretty funny. Yeah, something goes wrong, it's either alcohol, Scott, Jean, Beach Head, or Forge getting blamed for it. I'm also glad you liked seeing Duncan get beaten up by Hank and Angel. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can't wait to see your renditions of the West Coast Misfits and the Starr Brothers!
To Red Witch: Hey there, Red Witch! I read the new chapter of "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff" and the new story "Cry Havok", and I loved them! Poor kids. Yeah, Forge can never get anything right when his inventions are involved. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait to read new chapters of "Cry Havok"!
To Raliena: Hey there, Rae! I never had crab cakes. I have had crab and chips. I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy the new chapter!
Disclaimer: "I was rowdy before rowdy was cool!" - "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Chapter 6: Distraction!
The city
SOMEONE HELP ME! The crab mentally screamed as it unintentionally rampaged through the city. It found itself getting pelted by snowballs and small bombs. What the? What's going on here? Hey! Watch it! Bobby was creating snowballs and Tabitha was creating some low-power time bombs. To hit the crab, the two New Mutants used the patented JDS (Jamie Delivery System). Dozens of Jamies were taking the snowballs and bombs and throwing them at the giant crab.
"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to use your powers on the crab, Tabby?" One Jamie asked.
"Johnny B said that the crab's size would likely also increase the thickness and durability of his exo-suit or whatever, but it's still a good idea to use low-power bombs anyway." Tabby shrugged.
"Exoskeleton, Tabby." Bobby told the blonde energy bomb-maker. "Crabs, like other members of the mollusk family, have their skeletons on the outsides of their bodies."
"Wow, Bobby. You actually know something." Tabby chuckled. "I'm proud of you." Bobby rolled his eyes.
"I'm not stupid, contrary to your belief." Bobby grumbled. He went back to making more snowballs.
Hey, stop! That tickles! The giant crab mentally snickered. Hey! A couple of concussive energy blasts hit the crab. It didn't damage the crab much, bit it did annoy the oversized mollusk. That hurt! Who threw that? Sunspot and Rogue strafed the crab.
"Watch it, Sunspot! You know how Kitty will get if there's one mark on that crab's shell." Rogue said to the Brazilian mutant.
"My powers aren't designed for that kind of work." Roberto said to his Southern teammate. "I don't exactly have a lot of options." While these events were taking place, Jenni Starr was getting distracted. The blonde Chicago-born mutant looked up at a big mountain from the top of a building.
"Jenni!" A voice called. Jenni turned around and saw Lisa flying up to her in a sheath of flame. "Jenni, there's a big crab running around! What're you looking at?"
"Shouldn't you be setting the crab on fire?" Jenni teased.
"They won't let me." Lisa pouted. "All I can do is fly around like an overgrown firefly. I want to set something on fire!" Lisa started whining.
"Well, then…you'll love what I'm looking at." Jenni grinned. Lisa cocked her head. She floated over to the rooftop and landed on it.
"What're you looking at?"
"It's a volcano." Jenni grinned. She pulled out a flyer from her jacket. "According to this flyer, that's Mount Waka-Waka. It's this island's biggest volcano."
"OoooooohA volcano!" Lisa squealed happily. "I love volcanoes! All the fire, the explosions, the lava…"
"Which would explain why you kept on trying to hug poor Amara when she was in her Magma form." Jenni chuckled. "Fortunately…well, unfortunately in your case, the volcano last erupted on August 6, 1951. It hasn't been active in years."
"Awwwwwww!" Lisa pouted. "I wanted to see it erupt. It's not fair!" Lisa whined. "I wanted to see the explosions, and the lava…"
"What about the time Johnny B accidentally sent you to that volcano when he was working on the teleporter?" Jenni snickered, crossing her arms with a smirk. Lisa shrugged.
"I miss it. And I never got a chance to find out where that volcano was, so I have no idea how to get back there!" Lisa grumbled. The red-haired mutant started grumbling. "Stupid Johnny B. He took me away from my volcano…" Jenni giggled.
"You'll always be nuts, Fyre." Jenni grinned. "I think that inactive volcano is pretty cool. Maybe after we help deal with the giant crab over there, we can see if we can go climbing on it or something."
"JENNIFER HENDRIX STARR! LISA BLAZE! WHAT'RE YOU DOING?" They heard the voice of Mike Baxter, aka WrongWay, yell out. "GET DOWN HERE AND GIVE US A HAND! THIS CRAB IS NUTS!"
WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? The crab yelled out, swatting that the flying X-Men and Southside Misfits with its claws and tried to stomp the X-Men and Southside Misfits on the ground with its six legs. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
"Oh my God! The crab smashed Jamie!" Mike yelled.
"That's one of his dupes, stupid!" Dani snapped.
"NOOOOOOO! MY DUPE!" Jamie yelled out.
Bayville
Senator Kelly walked into a music shop.
"Hmm…now where do I find the Frankie Valli CDs?" Kelly said to himself as he walked up and down the aisles. "Ah, here we are! V!" Kelly walked down the aisle. He noticed a CD. "Odd…" He picked up a CD that had appeared to have a picture of Hank McCoy, the blue furred ape-like X-Man known as the Beast, on the cover. Beast was dressed up like William Wallace from Braveheart. "The Angry Scotsman?" Kelly read the CD cover, and then started blinking in confusion. He then let out a chuckle. "Oh, I see. It must be one of those comedy albums, like they had back in the day." He opened the CD, and Hank leapt out, brandishing a Claymore.
"Hello, laddie." Hank grinned evilly.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Senator Kelly screamed girlishly. He raced out of the music shop. Hank let out a war cry, raised his Claymore into the air, and chased after the senator.
"Come back here, ye bloody English galoot, so I can flay you!"
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Senator Kelly screamed as he ran for his life.
Well, well, well! Looks like no matter what the situation, our heroes find a distraction! What insanity will happen next? Can our heroes stop the crab? What does a volcano have to do with anything? What of the mystery villain? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!