Misfitverse: The Korvac Saga

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Chapter 20: Girls' Day Out, Part 4!

Legion Headquarters

"Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!" A redhaired teenage girl whooped. She was clad in a white mini-dress with blue highlights, and gold lightning bolts across the shoulders. Ayla Ranzz, the twin sister of Lightning Lad/Garth Ranzz, was known as her Lightning Lass, possessing the same electrokinetic powers that her twin brother and older brother, the villainous Mekt Ranzz/Lightning Lord. A happy smile danced on her face as she rushed down the hall. "Salu! Salu! SALU! SALU!" Her smile widened into a grin when she saw her with Brainiac 5.

The young Coluan genius was conversing with a short young woman with purple-black hair that had a flower in it. She was dressed in a costume that looked like black leggings, a puffy purple-and-green sweater, and matching boots. (1)

"...and then the Kree said, 'That's not a flux capacitor, that's my wife'!" Salu Digby, Shrinking Violet, finished her joke. The native of the planet Imsk, where the natives could change their size, then burst out laughing, her laughs peppered with the occasional snort. "Get it? The Skrull mistook the Kree's wife for the..."

"I understood the wordplay." Brainiac 5 frowned. "I just do not see the point of that ridiculous story."

"It's just to make people laugh, Brainy." Salu explained. "People like to make up funny stories on occasion, just for the fun of it."

"You know, instead of wasting time and energy learning those ludicrous anecdotes, you could be helping search for our missing comrades." The blond descendant of Brainiac scowled. "I just got a call from the Avengers. Now their members are starting to vanish. If you'll excuse me, I must return to my lab." The Coluan walked away, leaving Salu to shake her head.

"Brainy, you really need to loosen up." Shrinking Violet chuckled to herself.

"Salu, girl!" Ayla grinned. "I am so glad I found you!"

"Hey, Ayla!" Salu grinned at her friend. "What's up?"

"You are not going to believe what happened to me!" Ayla whooped. "I was sitting at a cafe, and I tripped. And you'll never guess who I ran into."

"Who?"

"Ricky Starr!" Ayla squealed. "RaveStarr himself!" The two Legionnaires squealed in delight. They hugged each other and jumped up and down.

"Hey, shut up!" A feminine voice yelled. "By the gods, your squealing could wake the dead!"

"Awww, Jeckie's just mad because Val's still missing." Ayla sighed. "Anyway, Ricky managed to catch me before I ended up kissing ground. He actually said hi to me! He recognized me, being a Legionnaire and all, and guess what he did!"

"What?" Salu blinked. Ayla grinned and held up two small red pieces of plastic.

"He thought I was cute, so he gave me a couple tickets to a show that he and his bandmates, the SolarStars, are playing next week! He said I could bring a friend!"

"Which means...?" Salu grinned hopefully.

"WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SOLARSTARS!" The two Legionnaires squealed in delight again, hugged, and jumped up and down some more.

"BY THE GODS! STOP THE SQUEALING!"

"MAKE US, JECKIE!"

Avengers Mansion

Sam Guthrie, Captain Marvel, stood at a balcony. His brow furrowed in thought.

This is perfect. This is just perfect. He mentally grumbled. As if we don't have enough problems.

"Something bothers you, Captain?" Randall Pierce walked up to the troubled immortal mutant.

"How's Berzerker?" Sam looked over at the armored hero.

"He'll be fine, as far as I can tell." Randall answered. "His powers have grown. I bet he didn't know he could do that during his time with those X-Men guys."

"That's the problem." Sam explained. "His powers have been altered by Livewire. He's changed. He can't go back with the others."

"I see." Randall realized.

"Yeah." Sam nodded. "He's been changed. And you know how it is with time travel. You can't alter things. Or it'll mess things up really bad. How the hell will Ray explain his new powers when he returns?"

"That's no problem." Randall answered. "Two words: False. Memories."

"Oh, come on..." Sam groaned, rolling his eyes.

"Remember those two morons that sent themselves here in that phone box?" Randall reminded.

"Which ones?" Sam frowned. "Because one of those duos had a blue box, and the owner was a Time Lord."

"The ones that had the ancient California Valley accents." Randall clarified. Sam nodded. "They brought two medieval women with them to their time, and look what happened."

"Yeah." Sam cracked. "One of their descendants became a legendary Green Lantern. Another became a revered President of Earth. Hell, one of the holders of Kid Razor's magical guitar is descended from one of those two slackers!"

"Okay, bad example." Randall sighed. "But you know what I'm trying to say, right?"

"Yeah, I get it." Sam nodded. "I know. It's one of the reasons time travel drives me completely bonkers. So much can get screwed up from doing so little..." The immortal mutant blinked. "Ah, geez. Who am I kidding? I started a thousand-year-long superhero career known for causing major screwups just from doing so little!" The Southerner groaned.

"You know, we can't exactly force Ray to stay here." Randall shook his head. "It's not right."

"I'm not saying that." Sam shook his head. "But Ray's powers changing does complicate things. It certainly will make things more problematic for their return. Think about it. Ray died with electrical powers, but then, he returns with the additional ability to tune in on radio and TV broadcasts?" The immortal looked at the armored scientist. "How is he gonna explain that?"

"Well, considering some of the rumors and legends and stories that I heard about you X-Men from you, and the X-Museum in Bayville, dying then coming back with enhanced powers would be one of the more normal things that your former teammates went through." Randall explained.

"Maybe." Sam frowned. "But history can't be changed. Disaster can occur because of it."

"Look Sam, if I were you, I'd worry about the now." Randall advised. "Sam, these kids were brought back to life because of the prophecy. I'd worry about making sure they fulfill it first. Then, we'll worry about what'll happen to them afterwards. Oh, and we got a call from Sonic Blue."

"I take it her mission to Japan was a success." Sam realized.

"Yeah, but..." Randall sighed. "Thor vanished."

"Thor?" Sam blinked in shock.

"Yeah, now Avengers are starting to disappear." Randall frowned.

"Perfect." Sam sighed. "We have no idea what'll happen to the Lost Mutants after the prophecy is fulfilled, and now Avengers are starting to vanish."

"Yeah, I'm gonna go speak to Brainiac 5 over at Legion HQ. He may have figured out something. I just hope Thor is alright." Randall started to leave. "Just worry about the prophecy for now, Sam. It's important that nothing happens to the Lost Mutants until it is fulfilled." Sam nodded.

"That's fine." The blond Kentuckian agreed. "Besides, there is something I want to speak to them about anyway..."

The New York Mega-Mall

"Hoo boy..." Danielle Moonstar sighed as she noticed the crowd gathering.

"Everybody, get ready for a riot." Jennifer Stavros grumbled.

"What?" Jhen, the She-Hulk clone known as the Gammazon, blinked. "Why would these people riot?"

"What're you, nuts?!" The blonde Atlantic City native's jaw dropped. "Why do you think?! Those people must've seen us use our powers! They know we are mutants!"

"So?" Jhen blinked in confusion.

"So?!" Jennifer groaned. "They'll come after us!"

"I dunno..." Dani blinked at the crowd. "They don't seem hostile..."

"They may just be trying to get our defenses down, X-Girl." Jennifer warned.

"Blondie, I think you worry too much." Jhen shook her head. "It's the 31st Century. People don't do much of that anymore."

"You kids really aren't from around here, are you?" Rond Vidar blinked.

"We're from the past." Amara explained.

"Hey, look at those kids! Are they Legionnaires? They look the right age." One man asked.

"That one looks like Dawnstar." A woman pointed at Danielle. "Maybe they're related."

"I'm so getting their autographs!" A teenage boy in a blue jumpsuit grinned.

"Excuse me! Excuse me!" An auburn-haired boy ran up to the Lost Mutants, dressed in a gray jacket and pants with a green sweater that had a symbol of a yellow 5-pointed star in a black circle with a red border. His voice had a bit of an Irish lit. "Devlin O'Ryan of the Daily Planet! Are you applicants to the Legion of Super-Heroes?" He shoved a recorder-like device in Dani's face. (2)

"Uh..." The Cheyenne mutant blinked. "...huh?" Devlin blinked.

"Uh huh..." He nodded.

"Devlin, knock it off." Jhen shook her head. "We know you're really not from the Daily Planet."

"The Daily Planet still exists?" Marie blinked.

"I guess some things don't change." Jennifer shrugged.

"I think they're Legionnaires!" A man grinned. "They said they were!"

"Uh oh..." Dani blinked.

"Well, I'll be." The crowd rushed towards the Lost Mutants. They were held back by Cary and Rond's construct of a wall.

"Legionnaires! Legionnaires!" The crowd rushed the wall.

"Can we have your autographs?"

"Are you guys official Legionnaires, or trainees?"

"Oh, man! Lookit that blonde! Saturn Girl ain't got nothin' on her!" One man grinned at Jennifer.

"Yeah, and check out that one!" Another pointed at Danielle. "I think she may be Dawnstar's sister or somethin'!"

"Uh, I don't think we're related." The Cheyenne mutant shook her head.

"Wow. They think we're superheroes." Jennifer blinked.

"Evidently, nobody knows in this time about the Hellions." Amara scowled.

"I don't think that they heard of the New Mutants in this time either, Princess." Jennifer scowled back.

"Both of you shut up!" Dani snapped, smacking the Roma Novan and Atlantic City natives upside the head.

"Hey!" The two girls chorused, holding their heads.

"We'd better get you out of here." Cary told the female Lost Mutants. "They think you're Legion, so you are going to get mobbed."

"Holy nass, I knoew the Legion was popular, but geez!" Rond winced at the Legion fans pounding at the construct he was making.

"Well...at least they're not screaming 'Muties, go home'." Marie offered, trying to be helpful.

"They used to do that?" Cary blinked.

"it was all the rage in the 21st Century." Rond explained.

"I know a place where we can take these kids. It's quiet." Jhen told the two Green Lanterns. She whispered something in the two Lantern's ears.

"Alright." Cary nodded. "Rond, prepare to form a bubble on my mark. Now!" On the command, the wall formed into a bubble around the Gammazon and the female Lost Mutants. Rond and Cary took to the sky, dragging the bubble behind them on green energy tethers from their rings.

"Now where the devil are they going?" Devlin mumbled to himself.

Well, well, well! Looks like things are about to get a lot more interesting! What insanity will happen next? Where did Jhen want to go? What does Sam want to talk to the Lost Mutants about? What do the girls think about the reception they got at the mall? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!

(1) – I liked the design of Shrinking Violet in the Legion cartoon, so I decided to use that as a basis for her appearance in this story. I put more purple in her costume because I always found it funny that a girl called Shrinking Violet tended to wear costumes that were predominantly green.

(2) – Devlin O'Ryan was a Daily Planet reporter and member of the Legion during the "Five Years Later" era. He was codenamed Reflex for his power to reflect enemy attacks.