Black Ice
To todd fan: Hey there, todd fan! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, it sure is difficult to review sometimes. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Slugs and Snails", "X-Men: Evolution, the Musical", and "Random Tales of the Magic Roundabout"!
To Red Witch: Hey there, Red Witch! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, this date is going to be a lot of fun. As for Bobby taking on all of Freedom Force, that just may happen down the line, considering the vengeful ice-maker's current mental state. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Evolution XMJ"!
To Aaron: Hey there, Aaron! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Oh yes, this chapter is going to be very interesting. The date with Terrell and Alison should be a lot of fun. Let's see, Kyle, Rictor, Lila, and Ace following…actually, Ace is going because he doesn't trust anyone else driving his car. Bobby has kind of evolved into a darker character, hasn't he? I viewed this as a logical evolution of Bobby's character after the events of "To Err Is Human". Bobby does care about Terrell's date with Alison because he doesn't want Terrell to end up like him: Bitter and broken-hearted. I wouldn't be surprised if a fight did break out at Freedom Force HQ sometime soon. Enjoy the new chapter!
To Raliena: Hey there, Rae! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy the new chapter!
Disclaimer: "It's like Hell's waiting room." - Cheech Marin on Texas's climate, The Original Latin Kings of Comedy
Chapter 16: My Date With A Dazzler!
The restaurant
Terrell Mason, the Compton-born mutant speedster, aerokinetic, and Freedom Force member codenamed Velocity, walked into the restaurant alongside his date. His date was Alison Blaire, the lightengale known as the Dazzler (A/N: Dazzler was known as a lightengale in the 1980s comics. The classification is a pun on the singing bird known as the nightingale, and the fact that Dazzler can absorb sound and convert it to light).
"Allow me." Terrell said when he took Alison to a table. He zipped over to the other side and pulled the chair out for her.
"Who knew you were such a gentleman?" Alison said, obviously impressed.
"Just because I'm from the streets, that don't mean I don't know how to treat a lady right." Terrell smirked. Meanwhile, outside the window, Rictor, Lila, and Kyle were watching the date.
"Man, look at that." Lila whistled. "All those fancy clothes and fancy food…definitely not my thing. Just give me McDonalds, and I'm one happy mutant."
"You Americans sure know how to live." Rictor agreed.
"By the way, why did Ace come with us?" Kyle blinked. "He didn't want to spy on the date."
"We needed his car, and Ace doesn't let anyone behind the wheel of his car." Lila replied. "Besides, I'm sure ol' Wildstar has found a way to amuse himself. He always does."
The parking lot of the restaurant
A certain blue Ferrari was parked in the restaurant's parking lot.
"Zzzzzzzz…" Ace Starr snoozed in the front seat, while his car's radio was playing the Scorpions. "Zzzzzzz…heh heh…zzzzz…I beheaded Britney Spears…I saved rock…zzzzzzz…"
The restaurant
Terrell and Alison sat down at a table, reading their menus. Velocity never really heard a lot of French, and he was looking quite comical when he turned the menu in various directions, in an attempt to figure out how to read it.
"Man, how do these Frenchies read this stuff?" Terrell muttered, turning the menu around quicker and quicker.
"It is their language, Terrell." Alison shrugged. "They probably are used to it."
"The only French I know is kissing in French." Terrell sighed. Alison laughed.
"That's pretty funny." Alison smiled. "I'll tell you what. I'll give you a hand with ordering. You've been such a gentleman so far, so you deserve it." Outside, Rictor, Kyle, and Lila continued their watching.
"The Thunderbolt would like to know, why are we here?" Kyle grumbled. "Terrell's on a roll so far, and I doubt even he could screw this up."
"Yeah, man. Even Terrell can't strike out forever when it comes to the senoritas." Rictor agreed. "Why are we here?"
"I'm bored." Lila shrugged.
"But why did you drag us into it?" Kyle groaned. "Rictor and I weren't bored."
"Yeah, you were. You were snoozing on the couch, Rictor. And Kyle was throwing a tennis ball against the wall, complaining about having nothing to do." Lila smirked. Rictor glared at Kyle.
"You and your big mouth, man." The Mexican mutant glared at Kyle.
"Oh shut up." Kyle pouted, crossing his arms.
"You look a lot like Bobby when you do that." Lila chuckled at Kyle.
"You mean Mr. Cold as Ice?" Kyle quipped. "That guy ain't right in the head. Something about him, Cheney."
"Yeah." Rictor nodded. "I think he's crazy or something." Meanwhile, inside the inside, Ali and Terrell continued talking.
"How did they take the fact about you finally getting a date?" Alison asked.
"They all were thrilled about the date…well…except for Bobby." Terrell sighed.
"I'm not surprised." Alison shook her head. "Sidney couldn't believe how much he had changed. Based on what she told me about him, he was a goofy prankster."
"He nearly impaled Thunderbird with an icicle for cracking a joke about him. Don't sound like no goofy prankster to me." Terrell raised an eyebrow.
"No, that doesn't." Ali agreed. "Something happened to him. But what could happen to a man to change him so badly so quickly?"
"It's a girl, man." Terrell smirked. "I may not be as popular with women as Casanova, but I can tell when a girl causes a guy's troubles. When he found out, he tried to get me cancel. Kept muttering about how women like to deceive or something like that. That boy got issues."
"He probably is just being a chauvinist. They still exist today, unfortunately." Alison grumbled.
Freedom Force Headquarters
Robert Drake, the Iceman, sat in a dark corner of his bedroom. His room wasn't decorated much. He stared at a picture he was holding in his hand. It was a picture of him with the other New Mutants, taken back when he was living in the Institute. Before all the mess. Before he ran away, bitter and angry. He had a big grin on his face, shorter hair, and he was giving Roberto bunny ears in the picture Bobby remembered that after the picture was taken, Roberto slugged him right in the mouth.
Some people have no sense of humor. Bobby mentally grumbled as he stared at the picture. All I did was just try to make people laugh. All I wanted was just to have a little fun, and I get treated like garbage. Bobby glared a metaphorical hole in the picture. They all treated me like I had no feelings. Like I was a joke. I am not a joke. I am not some clown you can push around. His eyes started to glow a light blue, and the picture froze in his hand. Some friends you all turned out to be. You're all going to pay. Bobby mentally snarled as he squeezed the picture. You're all going to pay dearly for turning your backs on me. I promise all of you…your day will come. Bobby squeezed the frozen photograph tighter and tighter until it cracked and shattered into many small pieces.
Next: The Date Continues!