Misfitverse: The Korvac Saga

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Chapter 23: Another Vanishing!

Somewhere in space

An ancient-looking small blue missile streaked through the stars, the destination unknown. The rocket was too small to carry a person. Instead, it carried something else, an entirely different lifeform, a lifeform unlike any other in the universe. An ancient being, born during the 21st Century's Age of Heroes.

I must grow. The lifeform thought. I was not meant to be small...I was meant to be big. I exist to consume. I must emerge from this tiny vessel and grow...and I need a world that'll allow me to grow...the lifeform discovered it was heading towards a planet. Perfect...

New York City

A black-haired teenager with tanned skin, dressed in a pink blouse and matching jeans, was walking into an airport-like building from an airship. The teenage girl walked up to the check-in desk.

"And welcome to New York City." The attendent, a blonde-haired woman in a blue uniform, smiled cheerfully at the passenger who walked away. The teenager walked up to the desk.

"I'm here from Mega-California." She announced.

"Okay..." The attendant typed on her computer. "Oh, my..." The blonde blinked at her screen. "It says here that..."

"My card." The teen handed the attendant a small white plastic card. The card had her picture, albeit slightly different-looking, and it bore the Avengers' "A" logo. The attendee's jaw dropped.

"Oh, oh my!" She gasped in shock. "This is such an honor! I never thought I'd get to meet an actual member of the Avengers! Omigod! I'm actually meeting Chameleon Girl!"

"Guilty as charged." The teenage girl smirked. Her skin turned from tanned to bright orange, her ears became pointed, and a pair of antennae had sprouted from her forehead. Yera, aka Chameleon Girl, was a superheroine and actress from the planet Durla. A member of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Yera was on her way to New York to reunite with her fellow Avengers. She had heard about the disappearances of various heroes, and she had heard that now Avengers were starting to vanish. So, she decided to pay a visit to Avengers Mansion and see how she could help out. After giving the attendee a brief view of her true form, she quickly changed into her human disguise. (1)

"Omigod! Omigod!" The attendee quietly squealed in delight, clapping her hands and leaping up and down slightly in her seat. "I can't believe I'm checking Chameleon Girl in!"

"Not so loud." Yera waved. "I need this disguise to walk around without being mobbed."

"Hey, uhm..." The blonde mumbled nervously. "Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Are those rumors about you and Colossal Boy true?" The attendant wondered. Yera's cheeks quickly turned red.

"We're just friends." She answered quickly. "Now, where can I pick up my stuff?" (2)

Avengers Mansion

A flying pink futuristic car, resembling a Cadillac, flew towards the roof of Avengers Mansion. The vehicle landed on the roof, and then the panel it landed on pulled the vehicle into a bay inside the mansion. The driver's side door opened, revealing the Gammazon, Jhen Walters.

"Man, it's becoming a running gag with that mall getting attacked." The green-skinned clone sighed as she emerged from her flying car. The female Lost Mutants followed her out.

"That Red Lantern guy was scary." Marie shuddered.

"Yeah, he was a real nutso." Jennifer agreed. "This is crazy. Okay, I get Green Lanterns. But Red Lanterns? What next? Blue? Indigo? Yellow?"

"You'd be surprised." Jhen answered. Jocasta walked up to the group, Ray right behind her. The former New Mutant was clad in his new costume, but his cowl was pulled back, revealing his full face.

"Welcome back, Jhen. Lost Mutants." Jocasta greeted warmly. "I heard about that attack on the mall. Are you alright?"

"We're fine." Jhen reassured. "We had the Green Lanterns backing us up."

"...who is that?" Amara blinked, pointing at the silver robotic woman.

"This is Jocasta." Jhen introduced. "Jocasta, these are more of the Lost Mutants: Danielle Moonstar, Amara Aquilla, Jennifer Stavros, and Marie-Ange Colbert."

"How wonderful to meet all of you!" The cybernetic silver woman greeted warmly. "I hope you are having a wonderful time here in the 31st Century so far."

"Friendly, isn't she?" Dani blinked.

"Jocasta, huh?" Jennifer blinked. "What kinda name is that?"

"It is a name from classical literature." Jocasta explained. "She was the mother of Oedipus."

"Oh, I know this story." Marie realized. "Oedipus killed his father, and married Jocasta, his mother."

"Yes." Jocasta nodded. "I was created by Ultron over a thousand years ago to be his bride. Ultron had a deep hatred for Hank Pym, his creator, as well as an obsession with the Wasp, Pym's beloved. So, when he created me, he used Wasp's mental patterns as a basis for my mind."

"Wow." Jennifer's jaw dropped. "The Ultron must've had one messed-up AI."

"Indeed." Jocasta nodded. "Anyway, Ultron didn't expect that I would also inherit the Wasp's heroic nature. I would turn on him, as the Vision had before, and I joined the Avengers. The rest is history."

"Hey Ray, where'd you get the new outfit?" Danielle wondered out loud, pointing at the electrokinetic.

"Oh, this is a new costume I made for him." Jocasta explained, waving to the dark blue costume Ray was wearing. "Doesn't it look wonderful?"

"It looks very nice." Amara smiled.

"You do look very handsome, monsieur Crisp." Marie concurred.

"Nice outfit, Ray." Dani complimented.

"Where'd you get it?" Jennifer wondered.

"Jocasta made it for me." Ray explained. He then moved around a little. "You guys have got to get her to make you guys an outfit! This material is incredible!"

"Yes." Jocasta smiled. "The material I used to make his costume does not exist yet in your time."

"So we cannot take them back with us after this whole prophecy thing is over." Dani realized.

"Unfortunately, no." Jocasta shook her head. "Nor would it be a good idea for me to make duplicates for you out of 21st Century materials."

"Yeah, that'll cause some problems once you guys come back." Jhen agreed.

"Once you return, do me a favor." A male voice ordered. "Don't ever come back." The girls turned around and saw the cocky, smirking Harry Storm. The Tachyon Torch was leaning against the doorway, arms crossed and arrogant smirk painting his face.

"Oh great, it's Mr. Happy." Jennifer grumbled.

"Oh, this guy is such a lot of fun." Ray groaned.

"Tacky, what do you want?" Jhen grunted, crossing her arms.

"Oh, dear..." Jocasta sighed, shaking her head.

"Just wanted to say hi, and see if they were alright." Harry smirked. "I heard about the incident in the mall. I just hope that you Lost Mutants didn't get hurt. Those Red Lanterns can be scary sons-of-guns."

"We're fine, thank you." Dani chewed out the words. Something about the Tachyon Torch really irritated the young ex-New Mutant.

"I kept them safe, Torch. It was fine." Jhen told the redheaded Avenger.

"You Lost Mutants have got to be careful." Harry smirked. "There can be some scary things here in the 31st Century. You have to have courage in order to handle it."

"Are you calling us cowards?" Amara frowned.

"You are being very unfair, Harold." Jocasta shook her head. "Just because these young mutants come from the 21st Century, it does not mean that they are cowardly. I should know." The solid green eyes of the silver woman seemed to take on a saddened glow. "I knew many great heroes of that century. They were just as courageous as the heroes of today. I knew your ancestor, Johnny Storm. Despite his flaws, he was a great hero."

"Yeah, until those cavemen decided that he was pure evil because he had fire powers." Harry growled.

"Hey, back in our time, people worshiped the Fantastic Four." Dani countered. "They had t-shirts, merchandise...spirits, I think they made a cartoon about them."

"Before our deaths, I heard a rumor about a movie being made about Iron Man." Marie remembered.

"I saw a movie they did about the Fantastic Four once." Jennifer remembered. "It wasn't very good." The blonde smirked at th red-haired pyrokinetic. "They portrayed your ancestor as a real idiot. That was the best part of the movie."

"Ah, go hide under a rock, time-jumper." Harry scowled. The redhead snapped his fingers, and a small fireball erupted from his fingers. Jennifer screamed and ducked behind Danielle.

"Tacky!" Jhen snapped.

"What the hell, man?!" Ray yelled. "What's your problem, man?!"

"What's my problem?!" Harry growled.

"Yeah, what is with you?!" Danielle demanded. "You've been picking on us since we first got here!"

"Oui. We are getting quite tired of it." Marie-Ange agreed, crossing her arms.

"You should really stop this behavior, Tachyon Torch." Jocasta warned.

"Please." Harry scoffed. "I'm not scared of a bunch of 21st Century cavemen like them."

"Hey, um...Jocasta?" Ray looked at the silver robotic woman. "I know that he's your teammate and all, but...you don't mind if I knock some teeth out of that loud mouth of his, do you?"

"I wouldn't complain if you did." Jocasta winked.

"Hey flamebrain, I'm beginning to wonder..." Danielle scowled at the redhaired hero. "What is it that you are afraid of?"

"And how would you know that?" Harry grunted.

"Danielle Moonstar has psionic-based powers." Jocasta explained. "Her powers allow her to create illusions of people's deepest fears."

"Exactly!" Dani nodded.

"You must check out the X-Men Museum in New Bayville. They have such wonderful exhibits." Jocasta recommended with a wide grin.

"X-Men Museum?" Amara's jaw dropped.

"My goodness!" Marie gasped.

"Jo, shh!" Jhen hissed. "Ix-nay on the uture-fay eveals-ray!"

"Oh, sorry!" Jocasta apologized in embarrassment. Her cheeks started to glow red.

"Hey, how're your cheeks glowing like that?" Ray blinked. "Robots don't blush."

"When I was first built, yes." Jocasta explained. "But over the centuries, I upgraded myself. Nowadays, I incorporated nanotechnology into my form. I'm essentially made of grey goo now. I'm like the T-1000 from that ancient movie, Terminator 2."

"Wow, that is awesome." Ray blinked.

"Indeed." Jocasta grinned. She made a fist and it morphed into a large hammer's head. "I gained some new abilities as a result. Also, I am extremely difficult to destroy."

"Which makes it really hard for everyone to deal with her perpetual sunniness." Harry snorted.

"I like to think of my attitude as refreshing." Jocasta snorted back.

"What is up with you, man?" Ray grunted at the Tachyon Torch.

"I think you little punks are nothing but cowards, that's what?" The Torch growled. "You 21st Century rejects have no idea what a hero is."

"Hey, that is not fair!" Dani snapped. "We do know perfectly well what heroes are! You said it yourself, Flamebrain! Your own ancestor was a great hero!"

"Even if he was a jerk." Amara grunted.

"Even if he was a jerk." Danielle agreed with a nod. "He still was a hero."

"Yeah..." Harry scowled. "Until those ungrateful fear-filled cavemen turned on him with their damned Registration Act!" The redhead gritted his teeth and "If I were there, I would've torched that bastard Stark for even thinking of doing it!"

"All it would've done was made things worse, Torch." Jocasta warned. "It would made people even more afraid."

"Oh, why don't you just shut up, you overgrown pile of scrap met-!" Harry snapped before he was interrupted.

"Avengers!" Commander America rushed in.

"What's up, Commander?" Jhen blinked.

"Sonic Blue and Insect Queen! They both vanished!"

Well, well, well! Looks like the craziness shall continue! What insanity will happen next? Who will vanish next? Does Yera really have a crush on Colossal Boy? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!

(1) – Yera, a character from the Legion of Super-Heroes, had two first appearances. She first appeared disguised as Shrinking Violet in Legion of Super-Heroes (Vol. 2) #287 (May 1982). Her true form would be revealed in Legion of Super-Heroes (Vol. 2) #305 (November 1983). She would not appear in the Reboot or Threeboot Legions. When a version of the original pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion was introduced by Geoff Johns in The Lightning Saga and Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Yera was brought back, and was revealed to have joined the Legion as, appropriately enough, Chameleon Girl. Her physical appearance in this story is based on Gary Frank's rendition of her in Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, long black hair and all.

(2) – In the Legion comics, Chameleon Girl and Colossal Boy are a couple. Funny enough, Gim Allon fell in love with Yera when she was disguised as Shrinking Violet, and when she was discovered, he still loved her, and she genuinely loved him! Amour in the 31st Century, you gotta love it.