Uncanny Team-Up

Chapter 3: That's Good Skrull- Part 3

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- 'An apple a day keeps the... Ah, never mind.' - The Fifth Doctor (Doctor Who: Kinda)

Somewhere in Hell's Kitchen-

In an old abandoned meatpacking plant somewhere in Hell's Kitchen, villainy was afoot. The avian mutant villain known as the Owl was making a deal with a quartet of blue-skinned aliens. The four aliens were members of an alien race known as the Kree. They had once been proud members of the Kree Armada, but had been expelled from the army once their superiors found out that they were making money from the sale of Skrull organs. The Kree and the Skrulls were deadly enemies, but had recently joined together in a tenuous peace treaty. The sale of dead Skrull parts would have ruined the treaty.

'I believe that you will find everything to be in order.' The Owl stated as he opened a briefcase full of money and showed it to his guests. 'Are you sure that I can't offer you any refreshment?'

'We are quite sure.' The Kree warrior in charge answered shortly as he inspected the money. 'Terran food disgusts us.'

'Suit yourself.' The Owl shrugged as he picked up a rat and swallowed it whole. 'You don't know what you're missing.'

'Just take the shipment and leave us.' Another one of the Kree, a female with long brown hair, retorted as she passed a case containing vials of a bright green liquid to the Owl. 'The sooner we complete the deal, the better.'

Unbeknownst to those making the deal, somebody was spying on the whole meeting.

Daredevil narrowed his eyes angrily as he used his heightened hearing to snoop in on the deal.

'The Owl's just completed the deal with the Kree dealers.' The Man Without Fear told his companions. 'If we want to stop him, we'd better do it now.' The other heroes nodded in agreement.

The red-clad hero unhooked his trusty billy-club from his belt and threw it through an open skylight. The weapon rebounded off a pillar and hit the Owl right on the hand, making the villain yell out in pain and drop the case that he was holding, which in turn shattered the vials of Skrull DNA.

'What treachery is this?' Another one of the Kree, a muscular male, growled as he whirled around to see who had dropped in on the meeting.

'I have nothing to do with this unwanted intrusion, I assure you!' The Owl held his hands up in innocence.

'Even so, we cannot allow you to walk away from this deal.' A second Kree female said as she pointed a nasty-looking blaster at the Owl's head.

Fortunately for the Owl's safe being, Daredevil and his associates chose to make their presence known.

'This deal has ended, Owlsley!' Daredevil told his age-old foe as he and the rest of the heroes leapt down through the open skylight. Speedball landed on top of the Kree female carrying the blaster.

'Didn't your mother tell you not to play with guns?' The brightly-clad New Warrior quipped as he bounced away.

'Humans!' The Kree warrior in charge snarled. 'I knew it was a foolish idea to deal with these beings!'

'Earth must have more costumed heroes that we thought.' The muscular Kree male frowned as he looked at Squirrel Girl and Wolfsbane.

'No matter.' The first Kree female shook her head. 'We have the payment that we came for. We may as well leave.'

'I wouldnae do that if I were you.' Wolfsbane shook her head as she held out her hand to take the suitcase of money. 'Now, be a dear and hand over the money, would ye?'

'You'd better do as the werewolf says.' Squirrel Girl suggested. 'You wouldn't like her when she's angry.'

'Chrk-chrk-chrk.' Tippy-Toe nodded her furry grey head in agreement.

'Fools!' The Owl snarled as he got up to his feet and pulled his own gun. 'You just had to go and spoil it, didn't you?'

'Well, gee. We're sorry for saving your life.' Speedball retorted. 'Next time we'll let them blow your head off with those freaky-deaky weapons of theirs.'

'I do not require weapons to destroy you.' The muscular Kree male sneered as he turned to Daredevil, cracking his knuckles. 'I shall crush you with my bare hands!'

'Perhaps you'd better duck.' The Man Without Fear warned the blue-skinned alien as his radar-sense warned him of incoming danger.

'Stop this silliness, human.' The muscular Kree demanded. 'You are only delaying the inevitable.'

'Don't say that I didn't warn you.' Daredevil shot back as he dove out of the way just in time to see the muscular Kree become engulfed in a burst of flame.

'What in the…?' Wolfsbane blinked in surprise.

'No! Not here!' The lead Kree warrior snarled. 'Not now!'

'Yes, now…' A rather angry Super-Skrull snarled as he leapt down into the warehouse. 'By the power invested in me by the Skrull Empire, I am hereby placing you under arrest.'

'We would sooner die than allow ourselves to be taken in by you, Skrull!' The blaster-toting Kree female spat. 'Do you realise what the punishment is for taking profit from the sale of Skrull organs?'

'Death.' The Super-Skrull answered simply as he prepared to execute the blue-skinned female with another burst of fire.

'Not if Tippy-Toe and I have anything to say about it!' Squirrel Girl shot back as her squirrel companion leapt at the cosmically-empowered Skrull warrior.

'Gah! Foul beast!' The Super-Skrull snarled as he tried to swat at the bushy-tailed rodent. 'Away with you!'

'You guys can either stay here and get executed by the Super-Skrull, or you can come with us.' Speedball told the three remaining Kree warriors. 'You'll be safe from him in jail.'

The Kree trio looked at each other before making their answer.

'We concede to your offer.' The lead Kree warrior nodded. 'We will surrender to you peacefully.'

'No Kree bounty is worth this much!' The Super-Skrull sneered as Tippy-Toe returned to her human partner. 'I did not expect to encounter humans and their rodent pets.'

'Chrk-chrk-scree!' Tippy-Toe squeaked angrily.

'Yeah!' Squirrel Girl nodded. 'Tippy-Toe Isn't my pet, she's my partner!'

The Super-Skrull didn't care about the details of Squirrel Girl's partnership with Tippy-Toe. He just wanted to get out of there before he ended up encountering more heroes.

'I shall be watching you, Kree.' The Super-Skrull pointed an accusatory finger in the direction of the alien in charge. 'If you cause the Skrull Empire any more trouble, I shall be back.'

And with that, the Super-Skrull took to the air.

'Well, thank goodness that's over with.' Wolfsbane sighed in relief. 'I've got children at home that need feeding.'

'Wait, where's the Owl gotten to?' Speedball frowned as he looked around. He then noticed the avian villain trying to run away. 'Dammit! He's gotten away!'

'Not just yet…' Daredevil responded as he tossed his billy-club at the Owl's retreating form, hitting him upside the back of his head.

'Well, it was good to work with you all.' Squirrel Girl smiled as she tied the Kree trio to a nearby pillar. 'Let's not make it a one-off thing, okay?'

'Hey, the monthly poker night's coming up, right?' Speedball remembered. 'Why don't we all meet up for that?'

'It's a date.' Wolfsbane grinned. 'What about you, Red?'

'I'll see if I can make it.' Daredevil smiled. 'But I may have some other stuff to take care of.'

'Lawyer stuff, right?' Speedball smiled knowingly. The Man Without Fear just stared back impassively.

'I have no idea what you're talking about.'

TBC…

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