Misfitverse: The Korvac Saga
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Chapter 5: Welcome Home!
The skies over New York City, the 31st Century
"Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to goooo-oh-oh, I wanna be sedated!" Suzi Lee, Kid Razor, sang loudly and proudly as she streaked through the sky. The blonde Asian was singing a Ramones song, which by the 31st Century, was considered an ancient classic, older than even Captain Marvel himself.
At times, it seemed that rock 'n' roll as a music would fade and be forgotten. Not if the various incarnations of Kid Razor could help it. Over the centuries, the various wielders of the magic guitar worked to keep rock and roll alive, to preserve ancient songs, and make new contributions. Suzi Lee was no different.
A successful musician, Suzi liked being Kid Razor. She could let Razor be the wild public persona, while as Suzi, she could live quietly out of the camera's eye. She streaked by a yellow flying car with a checkerboard pattern on the side. A 31st Century taxicab.
"Hey, yo! Razor!" The cabbie, a grey-haired man, whooped. Suzi grinned and stopped.
"Hey there, old man." Razor grinned. "What's up?"
"Nothin' much." The cabbie shrugged. "Waitin' for a fare." Music was heard from the dashboard. "Huh?" The cabbie looked at his dashboard, particularly at the little television inside the cab. An image of a newscaster, an Andorian, was seen. (1)
"And in local news, we have obtained word from the Legion of Super-Heroes Outpost! It seemed that the Legionnaire Saturn Girl is the latest victim of the mysterious vanishings of super-heroes..." The little television newscaster informed.
"I'll be damned." The abbie shook his head. "How many of those Legion guys vanished?"
"Four or five, I think." Razor blinked.
"Actually, six Legionnaires have vanished." A feminine voice reminded. An elder woman, who looked to be in her early thirties, appeared, floating near Razor. She was translucent, floating in a blue aura. She was Caucasian, with long dark hair, clad in a red jumpsuit with a silver belt and matching high-heeled boots.
She was Lorelei DeYoung, the bearer of the magical guitar of Kid Razor before Suzi Lee. Lorelei would later die at the hands of a revenge-seeking Selene, the immortal mutant sorceress. After her death, the guitar went to Suzi Lee, and Lorelei became Suzi's spirit guide, like Ronnie Rocker to the original Razor. Due to her immortality, Selene had fought every single incarnation of Kid Razor over the centuries. She had even killed a couple of the Razors in her quest for the magic guitar. (2)
"Oh, hey Di." Razor greeted. The cabbie's jaw dropped.
"The Kid of Rock's ghost friend." Razor grinned. "All the Razors have them."
"Uh..." The cabbie just gaped at the ghost. Lorelei smiled and waved.
"Hello." Diana greeted.
"Hoo boy." The cabbie shook his head. "That's it, no Romulan Ale for me."
"Hey, Razor." Lorelei smiled. "And actually, six Legionnaires had vanished."
"Wow. Six?" Razor blinked. "Huh. The Kid of Rock didn't think that the Legion would notice six of their own vanishing. There's so damn many of them! There's so damn many Legionnaires that the only way to get a group picture of them all is to put the camera in orbit! Oh, the Kid of Rock just remembered! She has to get her butt over to Avengers Mansion." The Asian teen looked at the cabbie. "You want an autograph quick?"
"Uh yeah, sure!" The cabbie grinned, pulling out a small PDA-like device with a stylus attached to it by a thick black curly plastic wire. Razor pulled out the stylus and scribbled her name on it. "Hey, thanks! I'm never deleting this text file!"
"No problem." Razor smirked, flying off.
"Wait for me!" Lorelei flew after her young protege.
Captain Marvel's House
"Wow." Ray Crisp blinked as he looked around the room that the "Lost Mutants" found themselves in. It was a nice, modest-sized bedroom, painted a soothing shade of green. The walls were lined with various objects, mostly framed and mounted photos, and shelves full of books and memorabilia. "Look at this stuff."
"Things I've collected over the centuries." Sam explained. "I'd show you, but it would take forever. Come on downstairs." He waved them forward. "Sersi? Sersi, where are you, babe?"
"How the hell did you get this loaded?" Jennifer blinked as the group went downstairs.
"Being an immortal does have its perks, Roulette." Sam smirked. "Unfortunately, the downsides are really bad."
"Like outliving everyone you ever cared about." Dani realized. Sam nodded.
"True. I have...except for Sersi. She's even older than me, believe it or not. She was very old in your time. She's several hundred thousand years old."
"Damn, Cannonball." Roberto smirked at the blond immortal. "You are a dog, aren't you? Seducing a woman who is many times older than you? For shame." Sam smirked back.
"I find that disturbing." Ray winced.
"Trust me, once you see her, you'll see why I'm with her." The immortal smirked.
"I bet she's ugly as sin." Ray winced.
"I bet she's like that Kim Catrall chick." Roberto grinned. "You know, old but still hot?"
"You two are a couple of pigs, you know that?" Dani scowled.
"Boys'll be boys, Moonstar." Jennifer chuckled. The group walked into the living room. It was a large room, painted green like the rest of the house. Like the rest of the house, the walls were filled with various pictures, paintings, and shelves of various curios and memorabilia.
"And here's the entertainment center." Sam waved at one corner. The "Lost Mutants" went agape at the sight. It was a large wooden shelf that took up one corner of the house, with a large television in the center. On the shelf below were a couple futuristic devices that may have been video game devices. To the immediate sides of the TV were large speakers, and in the shelves around the TV and speakers were cases full of discs.
"WOW!" They whooped in unison. The New Mutants and the Hellions gathered around the futuristic entertainment center, eagerly examining it.
"Can I live here?" Jennifer grinned widely. "Please?"
"Are these video games?" Ray pointed at the devices hopefully. "Please tell me there are video games in the 31st Century!"
"If there wasn't, I would've gone mad." Sam nodded.
"Look at all these CDs!" Dani pointed at the CD cases in the racks.
"You got a lot of music CDs, but none of those DVD things that Tabitha told me about?" Amara blinked.
"Those are DVDs." Sam pulled one out. The case was the size of a CD case. "They just make the cases smaller now." The blond bearded immortal scoffed. "DVDs are so 21st Century anyway."
"Please tell me you have Magnum PI on these things!" Roberto begged.
"Why do you like that stupid show?" Ray scoffed.
"Hey, I'll have you know that I admired Tom Selleck on that show, man." Roberto told the elctrokinetic. "He had it all, man. He was working in Hawaii, he was having kick-ass adventures, he had a friend with a helicopter, he got a load of chicks. Oh God, the chicks..."
"Somehow, I don't think it was the ladies on that show you were admiring, 'Berto." Ray snickered, making the Brazilian mutant glare at the electrokinetic.
"Oh this brings back memories." Sam smirked.
"You insinuating something, Raymond?" Roberto growled, getting in Ray's face.
"What do you think, Liberace?" Ray smirked.
"You wanna lose some teeth?" Roberto snapped.
"Mon dieu..." Marie sighed, shaking her head as she watched the two argue..
"Reminds me of the fights you two, Monet, and Sharon would get into over which one of you Ace Starr liked." Haroun remarked at Marie and Jennifer.
"We weren't that bad, were we?" Marie blinked at the Moroccan cyborg. Haroun shot the French redhead a 'you-are-kidding-look'. Jennifer watched Ray and Roberto argue.
"I distinctly remember bashing Monet upside the head with a cookie tray." Jennifer remembered.
"I remember Fabian and Buford making bets on it." Haroun added.
"Who?" Amara blinked.
"Bevatron and Beef." The Moroccan cyborg clarified to the young Nova Roman. "Remember? You met them in the Astral Plane. They decided not to return right away. They wanted to think it over."
"Oh, right." Amara recalled. "I remember. Skullfire, Synch, and Bedlam decided to do the same thing."
"I hope they decide to return with us." Dani smiled. "This 31st Century seems pretty nice so far."
"Uhm, Sam..." Amara looked at the blond immortal.
"Yeah?"
"I have a couple questions..."
"I know what you're going to ask." Sam immediately shot the Nova Roman down. "I'm not going to tell you what happened to Tabitha, the X-Men, or anyone else since you all died. I was told by Ronnie Rocker that you guys would be allowed to return home once you help stop this big threat that he said was coming. If you guys came back with knowledge of the immediate future, you would screw up the timeline because you lot would be tempted to use that knowledge to change things."
"But what if that knowledge is helpful?" Dani countered.
"Even if that knowledge allows Earth to become a utopia in a week, it would still alter the timeline." Sam countered.
"Our presences here in this time surely must be an alteration of history." Haroun countered.
"Now there, I'll get a headache." Sam sighed. "Look, I know it's going to be hard, but you have to understand. Here in the 31st Century, what happened to you guys is set in stone. It cannot and should not be altered."
"You know, instead of depressing these just-reborn children, you should help them get accustomed to this time, my dear." A feminine voice chuckled. The group of mutants looked up and saw a beautiful woman stroll in, carrying a tray of sandwiches. She had long shiny straight dark hair that cascaded down her body to her lower back. She was dressed in what appeared to be a one-piece green swimsuit with matching boots and long opera gloves. Her green eyes were playfully twinkling, and she had a warm smile. "Hello, Lost Mutants."
"Hey, Sersi." Sam smiled. Ray's jaw dropped.
"That is Sersi?" The electrokinetic's jaw dropped. Roberto laughed and whooped in delight.
"Yeah! Thank you God!"
Well, well, well! Looks like the New Mutants and the Hellions are going to love Sam's place! What insanity will happen next? Where will the New Mutants and Hellions stay? What is being done about the missing heroes? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!
(1) – Andorians are a race from Star Trek. They're blue-skinned with white hair and antennae like on old-style TVs.
(2) – The name Lorelei DeYoung is a nod to Styx, particularly their keyboardist and singer Dennis DeYoung, and their song "Lorelei".