By The Uncanny R-Man And Agent-G
Shout Outs-
Episodic: Well you might find out later who the White King is, and it's nice to see another Stargate fan. Hope that works out for you and your fics.
B-master: Thanks, and I haven't thought about it I have thought of them going to my AGU series at one point but I never considered that other one, I'll think on it.
Silver Warrior: Well I'm glad you like it even though you're not familiar with a lot, and I'm glad you liked my OC so much. Yeah I'm thinking of them showing up in the AGU series at one point.
Aaron: Well you never know for the future, I may or may not get back to David, kind of hard to tell I got no plans for that.
Thanks to: X-Over, Ruby631, Damn-my-name-was-taken
The Hellfire Dimension-
Morph was in bed having a post-coital snuggle with Rahne Sinclair, the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club and the former New Mutant known as Wolfsbane. Although their lovemaking was as passionate as ever, Rahne noticed that Morph didn't seem in to it all that much. He was always so passionate, not so today.
"Morph, what's up baby?" Rahne asked as she kissed Morph on the top of his head. "Is there somethin' up?"
"I'm fine sweetie, honest." Morph replied. "I'm fine."
"It's just that ye seemed a little… anxious." Rahne said. "Shall I ask Kitty tae join us?" She gave him a lecherous smile with that.
"Nah, that's alright thanks." Morph replied.
Rahne narrowed her eyes slightly; something must be wrong for Morph to turn down sex with both Kitty and Rahne. Rahne was determined to find out what the problem was…
"Dinnae ye give me that." The young Scot growled slightly. "I know there's somethin' up, ye cannae hide it from me. I'll find it out soon enough."
Morph sighed reluctantly and looked Rahne in the eye, there was really no way to hide anything from her. "Why are you with me?" Morph asked seriously. "Is it just for the sex or is it something more?"
Rahne took Morph's face in her hands and looked him straight in the eye. "To tell ye the truth, at first I was in it just f'r the sex but now… I've never felt for anybody the same way I feel for you."
"Don't get me wrong." Morph said caressing her cheek. "I love spending time with you but the only time that we seem to spend together is in bed."
"I understand what yuir sayin'." Rahne replied. "But I really do feel for ye and I wantae prove it… I want ye tae be my Black King."
Morph blinked a few times in confusion and sat up straight. "W-wait a minute, you want me to be your Black King?" Morph asked, trying to get his head around the whole situation.
"Yup." Rahne nodded with a smile although she was a bit nervous, she hadn't felt this nervous since her old days as a New Mutant before she 'grew-up' out of that shy phase. But Morph had captured her heart and she was afraid he might say no.
"Let me think about it…" Morph replied. "Okay!"
A huge smile spread on Rahne's face as she grabbed Morph in a huge hug, squeezing him tight. She had never been so happy in her life at that moment. "I'll just go an' get eveythin' prepared for yuir coronation…"
Morph just smiled, as Rahne hurried got dressed. Then an idea occurred to him. 'Hang on, if I'm gonna be the Black King, and she's the Black Queen, does that mean that we're engaged?' Morph thought to himself. 'I have to get a ring…'
Exiles Complex-Vince and Jono were walking through one of the many corridors of the Complex. They stopped as they saw Morph practicing his royal wave. He had morphed himself a crown and a fur-lined cape.
"Uh Morph, are you alright?" Vince asked blinking a few times seeing him like this, it was strange…even for him.
"Yeah, what's up with the royal wave?" Jono added equally perplexed.
"You peasants wouldn't believe me if I told you." Morph sniffed trying to sound like royalty but not exactly pulling it off. "No would you kindly leave my presence? I require some time to prepare."
"All right I'll bite," Vince said. "Prepare for what?"
"For my coronation, what else?" Morph replied, looking at the Canadian samurai as if he had grown another head. Vince and Jono just looked at each other with dumbstruck expressions.
"Rahne's broke him." Jono sighed palming his face, he knew that girl would break him eventually, one of the drawbacks to having his new telepathic powers was the occasional stray thought hit him and what he picked up from those two a few times he wasn't sure to ask Guardian for a mind wipe or try them out with Erotica.
"Yeah." Vince agreed. "His poor fragile little mind has finally been shattered by that girl, but I bet it was a nice way to go."
"You won't be so eager to make fun once I become Black King, you mark my words." Morph sniffed as he wrapped his cape around himself. "Now I must bid you adieu…"
Vince and Jono just watched after Morph as he departed with a swoosh of his cape. "Hunh. Morph as the Black King." Vince snorted. "I guess stranger things have happened, hell they have been since I joined up."
"Yeah, whatever next? Gwen Stacy becoming Scourge of the Underworld and Selene dating the Thing?" Jono chuckled. Vince just laughed out loud at that and continued walking along the corridor.
The Hellfire Dimension-
The Exiles were all gathered in the main ballroom of the Hellfire Club waiting for the man of the moment to arrive. Everybody was dressed to the nines in their best suits and dresses. The guys were all dressed in tuxedos while the ladies were dressed in slinky cocktail dresses. There were even a few celebrities dotted about.
August was in a backless dress with a single strap over her left shoulder and was even talking to the Governor of California while her date, Kurt, was off talking to some of the mutants in Hellfire Club he knew in his own reality.
"I've got to say; I really love your films. Especially the action stuff from the Eighties. Classic. Okay, your so-called comedy films sucked but then again, who can really pull off decent comedy nowadays?" She babbled on and then August's attention was caught by Heather waving her over.
"If you'll excuse me, Mr Governor." August nodded. "I'll be back…"
Meanwhile, Dare and April had staked out the snack tables. "I really have to commend Rahne on these shrimp puffs." Dare said, her mouth full with the delicacies, she had on long red gloves to match her dress. "These are the best I've ever tasted…"
April just nodded and sipped her glass of champagne; she was still kind of a light weight when it came to alcohol. "She certainly knows how to throw a good party." The gravity-manipulating mutant replied seeing all the guests. "I'd better watch how much I drink though, I might get a little frisky…"
"I'll keep that in mind." Dare said, a cheeky smile spreading across her face. Dare's attention was then caught by the Stepford Cuckoos walking past, clad in the usual Hellfire attire of revealing lingerie.
"Hello salty goodness…" Dare drooled as she cocked her head and watched the blonde telepaths saunter past.
"Excuse me, I am right here y'know." April said, swatting her friend on the arm. "Besides aren't they a little young for you?"
Dare snapped out of it and turned back to April and a slow grin spread on her face. April fidgeted uncomfortably under Dare's gaze; she didn't like how her friend was looking at her. "I wonder if those Hellfire outfits are for sale?" Dare asked as she tried to imagine what April would look like dressed in Hellfire attire.
April blushed a bit, sure they were in the heavy kissing and heavy petting part of their relationship but she hadn't gone that far with her yet and was nervous about it. "Shrimp puff?" April asked, swiftly changing the subject.
Jono was trying to find his girlfriend in the crowd; so far he saw a few familiar faces like Heather with James talking to a few people with August and Kurt. He walked a bit and then found her. "Hey luv there you are."
She blond turned around and blinked a few times. "Excuse me? Do I know you?"
"Quite kidding luv."
"Jono, I'm over here." Jono quickly turned around to see another Erotica Jones and quickly looked back between the two of them, the other 'Erotica' was just as surprised to see a woman that looked just like her with the same black dress.
"Hi I'm Erotica Jones…you must be Pamela Anderson, right?" Erotica said extending her hand as the ex-Baywatch star took it, still in shock at seeing this 'twin' of hers.
"Uh…yes I am." Pamela said a bit surprised. As they started talking Jono looked between the two of them and for a moment his mind wondered at the possibility of having two of these girls but quickly shook that thought away as he was introduced as Erotica's boyfriend and he just had to ask her what David Hasselhoff was really like.
Over with Blink, who was in a very nice green dress with a V-neck line and two slits that showed off her legs, was Vince in a very nice black tux that showed his frame very well. The pair was currently talking with Captain America and the Scarlet Witch, both in a tux and a red silk dress respectively.
"Wow, I can't believe you two are together, Wanda." Blink said. "In whatever reality I've been to, you've always been with the Vision or Wonder Man, I think."
"Well, Simon and the Vision are still close friends." Wanda replied but then linked her arm with Steve's. "But Steve and I have something more. I don't know what, but we have it."
"Well it's certainly nice to see a version of the Scarlet Witch being happy." Vince said he had seen and read the history of many important people in the Complex Libraries. "Y'know, after all the crap you've been through."
"Yeah, a nice guy will do that for you." Wanda nodded, a happy smile gracing her lips. "Who knows what would've happened if Steve and I hadn't found each other? Going postal and destroying Avengers mansion?"
"Yeah, like there's a chance of that happening." Blink chuckled.
"This teammate of yours is lucky to be named Black King." Cap said. "I know several people that would give their left arm to take his lace."
"I hope you're not talking form personal experience, Steven." Wanda jokingly teased him.
"Oh, of course not." Cap said, holding his hand sup in defence. "I only have eyes for you."
"Aww, isn't that sweet?" Blink cooed as she laid her head on Vince's shoulder. "So, when's the wedding?" Wanda tired to hide her laughter at Cap's horror-struck expression as the Sentinel of Liberty began to sputter.
Everybody turned as one as Danielle Moonstar, the Black Bishop, took the stage. "Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed guests, the coronation is about to start, if you would follow me to the throne room?"
The Exiles and the other guests followed Dani and the rest of the members of the Hellfire Club to the throne room and took their seats.
A burst of fanfare announced the arrival of the Black Queen and her soon-to-be King. Everybody turned to see Morph now all in black, being led towards the throne with Rahne on his arm. The shapeshifter seemed to be getting into the part well, his head was held high and he was giving everybody the royal wave like he was a real monarch.
The entourage stopped in front of the pair of thrones and Morph knelt down while a Sam Guthrie handed Rahne the sword that the Hellfire Club used for coronations.
"Kevin Sidney, do you vow to rule the Hellfire Club with an even hand, ensure that mutants and humans will live in equality, to combat evil wherever it may be, as God is your witness?" Rahne asked.
"I do." Morph replied.
"Do you swear to use the Hellfire Club's resources for the good of mutant and mankind alike in equality?" Rahne asked again.
"I do." Morph replied.
Illyana Rasputin handed Rahne a jewel-encrusted crown and sceptre. Rahne carefully placed the crown on Morph's head and the sceptre in his hand. "Then I hereby crown you Black King, may you reign forever in peace."
Morph took the hand that Rahne offered him and stood up. "Long live the Black King!" Everybody chimed. "Long live the Black King!"
Morph smiled at the reaction and held Rahne's hand. The young Scot looked at her newly crowned Black King and held him close as she planted a loving kiss on his lips.
The kiss wasn't to last however as somebody burst in through the doors. The guards leapt in to protect their Queen but they were soon subdued. "My my, what a lovely coronation." A smarmy voice said. "Such a pity that it had to be cut short."
"Pierce!" Rahne hissed. "Ye'll pay f'r this!"
"I think not, m'dear." Donald Pierce, former White King replied with a smarmy grin as he walked into the room as if he owned the place. He was a man who had exchanged his body parts for adamantium cyborg parts. "How did you expect to hold a coronation without me? I'm hurt."
"You'll be more than hurt if you don't leave, buddy." Vince snarled.
"Oh, you're a new one." Pierce said a she looked the Canadian up and down. "You're still a filthy mutant."
Vince bristled at that but Blink laid her hand on his shoulder, preventing him from doing anything. "Let's not do anything drastic." Blink whispered. "We don't want any unnecessary violence."
Pierce took the stage and addressed the guests. "Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you that don't know, I am Donald Pierce, the rightful ruler of the Hellfire Club…"
"Bull!" Morph hissed. "Even back in Selene's day you were nothing but a pony tailed lackey. You were nothing!" Pierce motioned to one of his soldiers and Morph was brutally butted on the back of the head.
"Morph, no!" Rahne yelled. "I'll kill ye f'r this, Pierce!"
Pierce didn't flinch as Rahne wolfed out and leapt at him, fangs bared. The cybernetic former White King merely swatted her aside, sending her crashing against the wall. He then stepped up to the stunned werewolf and held out his hand as his fingers extended into claws.
"I don't think you will, dear." Pierce replied a she savagely stabbed Rahne in the gut.
"You bastard!" Morph yelled, struggling with the guards that held him steady. "I'll rip your heart out!" Seeing Rahne bleeding both angered him and terrified him. He had lost too many people in his life that he cared for and he didn't want to lose the woman he loved.
"Better men have died trying." Pierce replied a she cleaned Rahne's blood off his hands.
Morph just let out a bellow of rage and threw the guards away form him. "Piece, your ass is mine!" And with that, the room was plunged into chaos as everybody leapt to attack, Pierce's soldiers and Hellfire guests alike. Pierce, being a coward at heart decided to flee. Morph followed.
"Somebody take care of Rahne!" Morph ordered. The Stepford Cuckoos obeyed the order and hurried her to medical attention while Morph pursued Pierce.
The catacombs below the Hellfire Club-Pierce was running through the catacombs below the Hellfire Club. Well, by the catacombs I mean the sewers. "I used to own this damn place, surely I can find a way out…" Pierce said to himself as he tried to retrace his steps.
"Havin' a little bit o' trouble, bub?" A voice growled from the darkness.
Pierce froze in terror at the sound of the voice. "Y-you're not Wolverine…" Pierce said his voice slightly strained with fright.
"Okay, cheap shot." Morph shrugged as he leapt down to the ground. "A lot like this one…" Morph slugged Pierce on the chin, knocking him to the ground.
"You can't possibly defeat me, mutie." Pierce sneered as his fingers elongated into claws again. "The beauty of adamantium."
"Good job I got these spiffy new gauntlet then, huh?" Morph said as he slipped on some kind of hi-tech gloves that were one of the gifts one of the guests had placed on a table with other ones. He grabbed them on his way out while chasing him. "You ever heard of anti-metal? It's the only stuff that can cut through adamantium."
'You're bluffing…" Pierce replied.
"Only one way to find out…" Morph said as he unsheathed the gauntlet's claws. "Ain't that right, bub?"
Pierce just sneered and extended his hand as a cloud of blue dust flew into Morph's face, causing the shapeshifter to burst into a fit of coughs. "Impossible, those nannites should be dissolving your body as we speak."
"I'm immune, numb nuts." Morph replied as he rubbed his eyes. "But they smell horrible if that helps…"
Pierce just let out a bellow of rage and slashed at Morph with his claws. Morph just stood there with a bored expression on his face and brought his claws down onto Pierce's hand, cutting it off at the wrist, eliciting a scream of pain form the cyborg.
"Hunh, looks like I wasn't bluffing." Morph sniffed.
"It's merely a scratch." Pierce hissed. "I can still kill you!"
"Enough with the Monty Python." Morph said. "Just give up, or do you want me to rip you to shreds?"
"Filthy mutant!" Pierce bellowed.
"Shreds it is then…" Morph replied as he leapt in to attack.
Later-Back in the throne room, the Exiles had subdued Pierce's soldiers along with the Hellfire Club and a few of the guest and were also seeing to Rahne. One of the White Rooks, Elixir, had healing powers so he quickly used them to heal Rahne's wounds before she bled to death. His quick thinking saved Rahne's life, but she was still a little weak from the ordeal. Heather was keeping an eye on her just in case.
"Jono, are you getting anything form Morph?" Blink asked.
"He's still alive if that's what yer askin'." Jono replied. "Oh hang on, he's just comin'…"
As if in reply, a sombre Morph walked into the room with Pierce's disembodied head in his hands. "Is Rahne okay?" He asked worriedly.
"Yeah, she's okay." Heather replied. "Elixir here saved her life with his healing touch."
"She's just a little woozy." Elixir the gold-skinned teen said. "Nothing a little rest won't help."
Morph nodded and handed Pierce's head to a random servant. "Make sure SHIELD gets this, we don't want Pierce popping up again." The servant nodded and toddled off to find Nick Fury.
"Well this party was fun." Dare said muttered looking at her ruined dress; she had really liked this one too.
"Yeah, if by fun you meant lots of gratuitous violence and property damage." Heather replied, fixing her own garment as best she could.
Exiles Complex, a few days later-Rahne had more or less recovered form her ordeal at Donald Pierce's hands and was in the garden waiting for Morph. He had told her that he had something important to tell her.
Rahne didn't have very long to wait as Morph soon walked over to her. "Hey sweetie, ye wanted tae see me?" Rahne asked as she kissed Morph on the cheek.
"Yeah, it's important." Morph replied as he sat down and took Rahne's hands in his. "Rahne, ever since the stuff with the Darksider, I've been thinking. All that stuff with Pierce only cemented my feelings for you. What I'm trying to say is that I have never felt like this about anybody before. Rahne, I love you."
Rahne's jaw dropped as she saw Morph take out a small velvet box. "I-is this…?" Rahne whispered.
"Just open it up." Morph replied, keeping his expression neutral.
Rahne struggled to open the velvet box as her hands were shaking so much but she soon managed it. She gasped in surprise as she saw the contents of the box, it was a gold ring encrusted with diamonds and emeralds. "I-its beautiful…" Rahne said, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"I'm not big on romantic speeches so I'll get straight to the point." Morph said. "Marry me?"
A huge smile just spread on Rahne's face as she grabbed Morph in a huge hug. "Of course I'll marry ye, ye stupid bloody spaleen!" Rahne said, tears of happiness streaming down her face.
"Rahne. Oxygen. Need oxygen." Morph choked. Rahne blushed and let Morph go. Morph looked into Rahne's eyes and smiled happily at her as he slipped the ring onto her finger.
"C'mon, let's go tell the others." Morph said as he helped Rahne up and kissed her on the cheek. "I think they'll be happy to hear the news…"
Next up Chapter 27: Two Parties and a Wedding