The Uncanny Wade and Betsy

Chapter 26: Battle of the Braddockses- Part 1

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- I don't own anything, all familiar characters belong to Marvel.

Shout Outs-

Risty- The last chapter was just a gratuitous excuse to rip off that bit form 'Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.' Deadpool and Death… They had a thing.

Agent-G- I changed that bit about Guardian, hope it's cool now.

BLEW HQ, Manhattan-

Wade, Betsy and Illyana were listening to Meggan's story. The blonde metamorph had changed to her more monstrous form; she had green skin, horns and claws on her hands. She always turned that way when she was upset.

'I came home from the shops and Brian and Betsy had disappeared. 'I couldn't sense any of them.'

Meggan then burst into tears.

'I don't know what I'll do without Brian.' She sobbed. 'He's one of the only things that makes my life complete. Please, you have to help me.'

'Don't worry, Meg.' Betsy replied as she put her hand on her sister-in-law's shoulder in comfort. 'We'll get Brian back in no time. All we need to do first is get to Braddock Manor to see if we can find any clues.'

'One stepping disc to Britain coming right up.' Illyana said as she conjured up a stepping disc. 'Next stop, Braddock Manor. Tally-ho, pip-pip!'

With that, the three members of BLEW and the blond metamorph stepped into the disc and disappeared.

Braddock Manor; London, England-

The gang stepped out of another teleportation disc and found themselves standing outside the Braddock's family home.

'You got anything yet, Cute Buns?' Wade asked as he looked around.

'I'm scanning with my telepathy.' Betsy replied. 'I'm starting to get an impression of a powerful telepathic imprint. There was a struggle.'

'Oh God.' Meggan sobbed as she held her head in her hands.

Wade put his arm around the blonde's shoulders in comfort.

'Brian's still alive, right?' He asked.

'God willing, yes.' Betsy replied. 'The actual kidnapping happened in the study, let's go see if we can find anything more.'

Wade and the others followed without another word, eager to ease Meggan's pain as soon as possible.

Inside Braddock Manor-

As soon the quartet entered the study, it was obvious that something was up. The huge portal in the middle of the room was a bit of a giveaway.

Betsy groaned and out her hand to her head.

'Nnhnn, I think it's pretty obvious that Brian and Betsy went this way.' She said. 'Somehow, the portal's interfering with my telepathy.'

Meggan started to sway on her feet fortunately; Wade was there to catch her.

'Geez, seems like you're not the only one affected, Cute Buns.' He said as he helped Meggan up.

'We're not going to jump through that thing, are we?' Illyana asked. 'We don't know what's on the other side.'

'As long as Brian and Betsy are in danger, we're going to have to take the risk.' Betsy replied. 'Everybody join hands, we don't want to get separated.'

Wade and the others did as they were told and followed Betsy through the portal.'

Elsewhere-

Betsy and the others found themselves in a nightmarish forest. The sky was pitch black and the trees reached towards them with skeletal branches.

'And I thought Limbo was creepy.' Illyana said as she looked around. 'This place makes it look like Alice in Wonderland.'

'Man, I hope we don't run into the Cheshire Cat.' Wade replied. 'That guy freaked me out.'

'Join the club.' Betsy added. 'The whole book gave me the wiggins.'

'Betsy, I can't sense them…' Meggan said fearfully. 'I can't sense Brian or Betsy.'

'Oh God.' Betsy gasped as she put her hand to her mouth. 'They're not…?'

'I don't know.' Meggan replied, her eyes starting to well up. 'I can't sense anything, no emotions, nothing.'

Betsy put her hand to her forehead to try for another telepathic scan.

'I can't sense anything either. Something must have shorted out our powers. What about you guys?'

'Just give me a sec.' Illyana replied. 'I'll try and conjure my Soul Sword.'

The blonde sorceress closed her eyes and started to concentrate and a nasty-looking sword soon appeared in her hands. 'I'm cool, Wade?' She asked as she handed the sword to him.

'Oh man, this is gonna suck.' Wada winced as he took the sword form her and cut a small gash in his hand. Fortunately, it soon healed up. 'Well, I can still heal, so I'm as stuck as you guys.'

'That's a puzzler.' Betsy said thoughtfully. 'Wade and Illyana still have their powers but ours have been blocked some how. I can't think why…'

'Perhaps that's because somebody doesn't want you to have your powers!' An evil voice said behind them.

Betsy and Meggan turned around just in time to see a horrific monster standing behind them. It had sickly green skin, a head full of horns, blood red eyes, deadly looking talons and a mouthful of saliva-covered fangs.

'The boss sent me to bring you to pretties to him.' The monster said. 'He's not so fussed about the sorceress and the merc, so I can do whatever I want with you two.'

'Says you Ugly!' Illyana said as she readied her sword for a battle. 'I used to be the ruler of Limbo and let me tell you something, the demons that live there make you look like a fluffy little bunny rabbit.'

'Strong words from the soon-to-be-dead-again sorceress.' The monster chuckled. 'Let's go.'

Illyana let out a cry of rage as she brought her words down onto the monster's head, cleaving it in two.

'Well, that was easy enough.' Wade sniffed.

'Heh, that tickled.' The monster chuckled again as he plucked the Soul Sword form his head and crushed it beneath his hands. 'Bah, nothing more than a matchstick.'

'Good job I can conjure more, huh?' Illyana replied as she set about conjuring up another, even more powerful sword.

'Not so fast, cutie.' The monster said as he grabbed her by the neck. 'You're not gonna get away with that again. I'm gonna snap your neck like a twig. Heh, pretty funny given how you died the last time.'

'No one dies on my watch.' Wade hissed as he plucked something form his waist. 'Chew on this, bucko!' He said a she rammed the grenade down the monster's throat. 'Yanna, down!'

'Don't need to tell me twice.' Illyana replied as she dived for cover with the others just as the monster exploded in a burst of blood and body bits.

'Boy, that's a spicy meatball!' Wade said as he flicked a bit of brain form his shoulder.

'There's no time for jokes, Wade.' Betsy replied. 'We're here to save Brain and Baby Betsy.'

'Says you, sweetness.' A voice boomed above their heads. Betsy and Meggan gasped in horror as they recognised the familiar voice.

'Jamie, why are you doing this?' Meggan asked. 'We never did anything to harm you.'

'Oh shut up you blonde tart.' Jamie Braddock, Betsy and Brian's insane older brother, sneered. 'I'm holding a family get together, what do you think I'm doing?'

Wade looked at the black-haired, goatee-bearded, reality-shaping man with a confused expression.

'Let me guess, this is the nutso older brother that you told me about, right?'

'Oh, I see that the family favourite has been talking about me.' Jamie said. 'Nice to see that she's been doing something other than GETTING ME OUT OF THAT DAMNED HOSPITAL! I spent years in that place, my hatred for you lot as means of my only way out.'

'Okay, I admit that I'm not exactly the poster boy for sanity but this isn't the way to go. Why don't you calm down and get you back to your cozy little padded cell, okay?'

'You know, I always wondered how much a healing factor could take.' Jamie said thoughtfully. 'Lets' see, shall we?'

Before any of the others could jump to attack, Wade burst into flames and in no time, all that was left to him was a puddle of fatty goo.

'Wade, NO!' Best screamed. 'You bastard!'

'Oh well, seems like the so-called merc-with-the-mouth wasn't as tough as he was supposed to be, huh?' Jamie chuckled. 'Let's take this inside, shall we?'

The remaining members of BLEW were unable to do anything as Jamie waved his hands and teleported them away.

TBC…

Next: Battle of the Braddockses- Part 2

It's up to Betsy, Illyana and Meggan to fight the insane Jamie Braddock and rescue Brian and Baby Betsy. But what about Wade? Is he really dead? Could it mean the end of this fic? Oh come on, I think you all know the answer…