Misfitverse: The Korvac Saga
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Chapter 17: Girls' Day Out, Part 1
Legion of Super-Heroes HQ, the 31st Century
A teenage boy sat down in front of a monitor, leaning back and putting his white boot-covered feet on his desk, his brown-gloved hands behind his head. His face was covered by a brown mustache and beard, and he was wearing a tan-and-brown costume with a golden Legion belt around his waist. On his chest was a silver emblem of a stylized wolf's head. His costume had black-and-white horizontal stripes on the shoulders, and his hair formed a two-pronged style similar to the ancient hero Wolverine.
Brin Londo, aka Timber Wolf, was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. A feral warrior, Timber Wolf had superhuman strength, speed, and agility, as well as enhanced senses and claws. Finally, he had a healing factor.
"Computer, connect me to Haven." He commanded the small desktop machine. Brin's voice contained a slight growl to it. The face of Oracle could be seen on the screen.
"Brin!" She smiled warmly. "It is good to hear from you again! I was worried."
"Yeah, I know." Brin chuckled.
"Your aunt was especially worried." Oracle added. "What with Legionnaires vanishing left and right."
"Yeah, I know." Brin reminded, rolling his eyes. "Aunt Rancor's been calling me every ten minutes."
"Is that him?" Rancor's voice could be heard.
"Yes, it is." Oracle confirmed with a nod. The Queen of Haven appeared on the screen.
"How are you, nephew?"
"I'm fine, Aunt Rancor."Brin answered. "You worry too much, you know that? I know that most Havenites are reluctant to leave their world..."
"You exaggerate too much, nephew." Rancor chuckled. "Many who were descended from Earth's mutant population are reluctant to explore, but that never was you. You always felt a thirst to see what was out there."
"Made me perfect for the job of being Ambassador to Haven." Timber Wolf remembered.
"I was so proud when you joined the Legion." Rancor smiled.
"Hey, bunch of young heroes from various worlds all getting together to fight evil. Sounded like it was good for some laughs." The young feral chuckled. "Not to mention it helped strengthen relations between Earth and Haven."
"Our people tend to forget that without Earth, there never could be a Haven." Rancor nodded in agreement. "Very few mutants still reside on Earth."
"Considering how Haven came to be in the first place, I can't blame many of our people not wanting anything to do with Earth." Timber Wolf reminded. "If only they could see how much humanity has changed since the mutants left."
"Yes, but old wounds are hard to heal, nephew." Rancor advised. A beeping was heard. "What was that?"
"Oh!" Timber Wolf pulled back his glove, revealing his watch. "I gotta get that cake I made out of the oven, or else it will burn."
"I never understood your love of baking." Rancor shook her head. (1)
"You loved those muffins I sent you last week." Timber Wolf reminded in a mock-hurt voice as he got up. "I'll talk to you again, Aunt Rancor."
"Be well, nephew. I shall speak to you again. I hope the strange force that took several Legionnaires doesn't take you as well." Rancor answered. The screen shut off. The feral Legionnaire walked towards the kitchen when he suddenly vanished. A feminine voice yelled out.
"Hey Wolf! I got out that cake you were baking! Where are you?!" Triplicate Girl walked in, holding a tray with a cake inside it. "Wolf? Brin?" She looked around. "Oh, no..."
Avengers Mansion, the 31st Century
"La da de..." Jhen Walters, the Gammazon, hummed happily as she ran a shimmy over the windshield of what appeared to be a pink Cadillac. Instead of her blue one-piece swimsuit-like costume, she was wearing a pink Hollywood t-shirt, blue jeans, and white boots. She looked up as she saw Danielle Moonstar, Amara Aquilla, Jennifer Stavros, and Marie-Ange Colbert, aka respectively the former New Mutants Mirage and Magma and the former Hellions Roulette and Tarot. "Oh, hey girls."
"Kid Razor said you wanted to meet us here." Dani explained.
"Yeah, we wanna know why you wanted us here." Jennifer added.
"Well, I thought that since you kids were going to be here for a while, I thought I'd take you out for a while." Jhen explained. "Some time outside this place would do you a lot of good. We can't keep you in here your entire time in this century. It would make you stir-crazy. Trust me, I know."
"Uh, are you sure that's a good idea?" Amara blinked.
"Yeah, wouldn't that damage the timeline or something?" Dani scratched her head.
"You guys are already altering history by being here, so what more harm can you do?" Jhen countered with a shrug.
"Yeah, but that prophecy thing says we're supposed to be here, right?" Jennifer blinked. "You know, cosmic evil or something?"
"I wouldn't worry about that right now." Jhen grinned. "Even prophecized heroes need to take some time off every now and then."
"What do these two know about being heroes?" Amara grunted, jerking her thumb at Jennifer and Marie. The Nova Roman may have overheard about Jennifer's rough childhood, but to her, it was no excuse.
"Amara, knock it off." Dani ordered.
"Screw you, Princess." Jennifer scowled, making Marie groan. "At least I never made life harder for mutants!"
"Jennifer, stop this." Marie sighed.
"Both of you knock it off!" Dani ordered, whapping Amara and Jennifer lightly upside their heads.
"Dani!" Amara exclaimed.
"Hey!" Jennifer snapped. Jhen chuckled at that. "What's so funny?"
"The X-Men's Law in action." Jhen chuckled. "The Legion does stuff like that all the time."
"X-Men's Law?" Marie blinked curiously.
"It's like the ancient Murphy's Law." Jhen explained.
"What can go wrong, will go wrong." Dani sighed. "Let me guess, mutants cause disasters, right?"
"X-Men's Law states that when you gather together a group of superpowered teenagers, crazy things happen." Jhen explained.
"That...is amazingly true." Amara's jaw dropped.
"Oh yeah." Dani agreed. "We New Mutants have gotten ourselves into some crazy scrapes."
"Let me tell you some stories we Hellions have gotten into." Marie grinned.
"As long as it isn't that pig story again." Jennifer grumbled.
"What's the matter, Roulette?" Amara teased. "Scared of a pig?"
"Nah, I ain't scared of you." Jennifer grunted. Amara changed into her fiery Magma form, making the blonde ex-Hellion scream in fright.
"Amara, knock it off!" Dani snapped, glaring at the Nova Roman. "Do that again, and I'll give you something to go fiery about!"
"Okay, okay!" Amara held up her hands in a calming gesture as she changed back into her human form.
"Heh heh, you sound like a natural leader, Danielle." Jhen complimented. "You never got a chance to really do much leading in the X-Men, did you?"
"Not really." Danielle answered. "Cyclops was the leader of the X-Men. Cannonball, I mean, Captain Marvel led the New Mutants."
"Danielle, I must apologize for Jennifer." Marie put a hand on the Cheyenne mutant's shoulder. "When her temper flares, she tends to speak without thinking."
"That's fine." Dani nodded. "We got a job to do here, and we gotta put personal feelings aside. Once we get it done and get our butts home, then we'll beat each other senseless."
"Well, to be honest..." Marie smiled nervously. "I am not really in the mood for that."
"Hey uh, are you going to take us to a mall or something?" Jennifer wondered. "Because, quite frankly..." She looked down at her Hellions costume. "We could use some new duds."
"I agree." Danielle concurred with a nod. "We might end up staying here for a while. We can't wear this same stuff all the time."
"Exactly!" Jhen grinned. "See, Mirage? Natural leader, that's you! Blondie and Red will need to get rid of those costumes anyway."
"Why?" Marie wondered.
"On Haven, there's a street gang known as the Hellions." Jhen explained. "The New York Mega-Mall attracts visitors from all over the galaxy, including Havenites. They see you in those costumes, they will panic."
"Haven's that planet mutants live on, right?" Amara remembered. Jhen nodded.
"Yup. And the Hellions are one of the most vicious gangs on Haven."
"Some legacy you left behind, huh?" Amara smirked at Jennifer.
"Screw you, Aquilla." Jennifer scowled. "I wouldn't be surprised if nobody knows who you New Mutants are! You lot would be lucky to have statues! At least we have a street gang."
"Oh Goddess help me..." Marie groaned.
"What did I tell you two?!" Dani snapped at the Nova Roman and Atlantic City native. "Knock it off!"
"Alright!" They exclaimed. They glared at a giggling Marie.
"How come she never yells at you?" Jennifer grumbled.
"Because I try not to anger her. I know better." Marie giggled. Jhen chuckled.
"Oh yeah, this trip is going to be a lot of fun. Hopefully they managed to repair the damage done to the Mega-Mall when Marv and your two friends took on Livewire."
The New York Mega-Mall, some time later
The New York Mega-Mall. One of the big shopping centers of the Earth. Not to mention it was no stranger to the occasional visit by members of the superhero crowd, whether they were looking or some merchandise or a battle with a supervillain led them there. And as of now, five members of the super-set were there.
The Gammazon was walking out of a clothes store, with the tired and hungry female Lost Mutants following her, carrying bags of various clothes.
"Man, look at this thing." Jennifer pulled a red short-skirted dress out of one of her bags, with white rings around the shoulders. "This thing looks straight outta The Jetsons. People our age actually wear these in this time?"
"I'm just happy they still have jeans and t-shirts in this time." Danielle snickered. "Although..." The Cheyenne mutant pulled out a purple vest with fringe on it. "I think Jhen really needs to get her style radar checked. And I'm not even into that!"
"Alright, you lot!" Jhen grinned. "I'm sure you're all hungry..."
"I know I am..." Marie admitted, rubbing her stomach.
"I could use some food." Amara agreed.
"Then I'm gonna take you all to the food court. Follow me!" Jhen grinned as she marched off, as energetic as ever. Which really amazed the Lost Mutants, considering the large amounts of bags and packages.
"Man, that girl is a machine..." Jennifer groaned as the female Lost Mutants tried to catch up.
"Tell me about it." Dani agreed.
"What I would like to know is what exactly are those credit things." Marie wondered. "Is that the currency they use in this time?"
"I guess so." Jennifer answered. "Anyway, we're getting food, and Green Jeans 3000 is paying! This is going to be a good day!"
ZORT! KA-BOOM!
A wall exploded, and it caused the mall-goers to scatter.
"Not again!"
"First the lightning woman, now this!" A security guard grumbled. "I need more credits!"
"What was that?!" Dani exclaimed.
ZORT!
A red beam of energy slammed into the ground, kicking up concrete and dust. A figure flew in. It was a dark-aired man, dressed in a uniform similar to a Green Lantern, only the green was replaced with red, and the emblem was of a altered lantern. His body was covered in a red aura, and what appeared to be glowing red foam erupted from his mouth. His mouth was open, revealing gritted teeth. The man panted loudly, like an infuriated animal ready to tear its prey apart. His masked face was red with rage.
"Oh, no..." Jhen groaned.
"Pissing me off..." He growled. "All of you keep pissing me off...you people just don't stop! Just don't stop for five damn minutes! All of you!" He started screaming and pointing his fist, which had a red ring around one finger. "RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ALL OF YOU PISS ME OFF!"
ZORT!
The ring fired a beam of red energy at the ceiling, blowing a hole in it.
"Who is that?!" Amara yelped.
"Aw, no..." Jhen groaned. "Girls, we gotta get out of here! That's a Red Lantern!"
Well, well, well! Looks like the ladies are in trouble! What insanity will happen next? What is a Red Lantern? Can they defeat it? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!
(1) – In the Legion of Super-Heroes animated series, Timber Wolf admitted he enjoys baking. This can be taken as an in-joke, as his voice actor on that series, Shawn Harrison, played the character of Waldo Faldo on the show Family Matters. Waldo was a dope, but turned out to be a very talented pastry chef.