Chapter 9. Friends countrymen lend me your ears! I AM NOT A GIRL GOD DAMN YOU! I hate all of you. I'm going to cry now. Hope you all die horrible gruesome deaths. This would have been sooner if it wasn't for fanfictions overloadedness. Seriously though, DIE!
Blix: Yeah the Jack and Jessica was fun I want to try and incorporate (ooh big word) more moments like that into the story. Good to know you liked the Spyke and Callisto after the fire they and Gambit will tie in later along with another Morlock who I'm going to Evolutionize.
Nasakea: More original characters you say? I can see that but I don't really know where I'm gonna get more.
DarknessofDawn: Yes it is a slightly good thing to know…I guess? You'll have to wait to see if Pyro is in. Pyromaniacs and pizza actually work well together. Actually that's just my opinion.
Lizbeth: Between Remy and Pyro it just confuses me as to why the girls love em. Is it cause Pyro would easily burn the girls if they were flammable? I can kind of understand Logan cause supposedly females love the rough tough kick your ass kind of guy, course those kind of women are secksay! Okay I'm getting weireder better stop now. Thanks for reviewing I trust your okay with what I doneded to your character.
Disclaimer: Do I really have to do it? I mean it's not like anyone who owned anything Marvel would be writing this.
Chapter 9
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Homecomings
Mutant ApartmentsGriffin's team was the first back. Jack met the teens, after just arriving from the restaurant incident with Jessica, and took Ceada and St. John to his office to discuss terms. Zack and Griffin made their way to the café followed by Jessica who continued to rethink today's events.
Zack took a seat in a table and watched one of the many television sets on the walls. He looked around and took in the sight. He also found a white-blonde haired boy behind the counter. "How long were we gone?" Zack asked taking in the new look of the café.
Griffin too noticed this but could only shrug. "Clearly too long." His attention was drawn the news on the television. He pulled up a chair and turned up the volume.
The newswoman stood in front of a Laundromat and began to report into the camera. "That's right Diane and Phil, earlier today masked gunmen tried to rob this Laundromat and the superhero Sentinal saved them. He is new to the superhero scene and apparently works on his own."
"Oh boy, think Jack will be angry?" Zack inquired as he turned to Griffin.
"Sure now he leaves! He could have left all those years ago, now he leaves!" Griffin griped ignoring Zack's question. "I need to work out!" Griffin then stormed off to the elevator.
Zack shrugged indifferently and continued to listen to the news. "Hey bar hag can I get something to drink?"
"Excuse me?" Jean-Paul replied. "Bar hag! I will not hesitate to jump over this counter and kick your ass!" he then picked up a can of soda and through it at the head of the shape shifter, who turned sat indifferently as he stared at the TV. He turned his hand into a baseball mitt to catch the soda and tried to open it.
The reporter was at a restaurant talking into the camera. "It seems these men have become blind today after a renegade man, supposedly a mutant, caused it after smashing a plate in one persons face. He then abducted a red-haired woman."
"Sounds like something our not so little dysfunctional family would do." The soda can finally opened spraying the carbonated beverage all over the mutant. The man behind the counter began to laugh. "Yeah very funny bar hag!"
Zack used his powers to change into something more comfortable, dry, and clean. Just then, the café doors opened and in marched an angry Hawk in civilian form. The angry symbiote hybrid continued into the elevator and Zack only guessed he was going to see Jack.
The others came in shortly thereafter. Bailey came in first and her eyes grew wide and she took a seat next to Zack. Paul and Katie came in after. A man in a dark cloak stood outside the window and looked in for a moment before turning and walking, Zack just shrugged it off and turned to Bailey who was smiling. Katie took a seat next to Jessica who the shape shifter hadn't noticed in the room and Paul took a seat at Zack's table.
"Hi." Bailey greeted.
Zack smiled in return. "Howdy darlin' who are you?" he asked with a serious face.
Bailey's jaw dropped and she slapped him. She pushed out her chair and walked over to Jessica's table. "Drop dead."
"Okay but when I do I'm watching you in the shower!" Zack replied as he turned his attention to Paul. "What happened to sunshine back there?"
Paul moved his head its resting place on his arms. "We didn't recruit anyone, both girls went to Shrieks side."
"Oh…" Zack replied understanding. "Must have been a fun ride back."
"Wasn't so bad. Hawk just kept muttering 'We're down by two.' Though technically we're ahead and we just didn't recruit two."
"Uh actually…Griff and I got ours and an extra."
"Really who?"
Zack paused. "Pyro."
"The terrorist?" Paul asked in disbelief.
"Former-terrorist mate." St. John replied as he stood before the two. "Now I'm a member of the F.O.M.E."
"The what's it?" Zack asked.
"That's the teams name dude." Paul answered with a 'duh' look.
"Oh right, right, right, right! I must have missed that memo." Zack stood up. "Now if you gentlemen and Pyromaniacs will excuse me I have to a apologize to a certain mutant who's pants are filled with candy." Zack said as he walked towards the elevator passing up Bailey along the way that only glared at the back of his head.
Zack turned around and smiled at her. "Oh your right there." He took a seat next to her.
"I hate you." She said as she turned her head away.
"Aw come on CP." Zack put his hands a few inches a part. "I love you like this much."
"I hate you so much right now." She replied and gave a small smile. "Your such a jackass. Come on you can take me shopping."
"What? Ah crap!" Zack cursed as he was pulled out of the café. "Can't I at least find out why man have nipples first? Or why the bar hag has that 'I love dudes' look on his face?" Zack asked desperately grabbing on any solid object he could.
After the two were gone Katie continued to try and talk to Jessica, who still was in a world of her own. Paul didn't feel all too thrilled with working with the former Magneto henchmen; he pushed it aside for the moment however for now all he wanted to do was shower and changes his clothes. He left the café for his room.
St. John took a seat at the café counter and looked at the waiter. "Is your flammable? Or perhaps your shoes?" He asked as he flicked his lighter.
"Hey Jessie? Jessica." Katie continued to try and get her friend's attention by waving her hand in front of the red head's face, to no avail. She had nearly given up hope when the boy with the lighter walked over to her.
"Hello Sheila. Need some help?" He asked. Katie nodded in response to his question and the pyrokinetic grabbed a piece of the older girl's hair and tried to light it on fire.
Jessica snapped out of her daze. "Oh hi Katie."
With his job done St. John went off to find something flammable.
"Jack!" Hawk yelled as the elevator opened to Jack's office.
Jack was at his desk going over some paperwork for Ceada, who was sat on the chair across from him. "Yes Hawk?" Jack said as he finished up the paperwork.
"We didn't get them. Both went to Shriek." Hawk said as angrily.
"Hawk this is Ceada, she has agreed to stay here." Jack introduced with a wave of his hand.
Ceada felt even more confused by the appearance of the angry man. "Hi." She said in a near squeak,
"Hey kid." Hawk said with a nod. "Well we got one that's good."
"Hawk we are ahead with or without those girls, though they may be strong I trust in our team. Young Ceada here has not agreed to join our cause." Jack replied as he turned his attention to his flustered friend.
"I sense a but coming."
Jack nodded. "Jason has gone on his own. It is a loss but we will continue on without him, his dream and ours are different." Jack set his feet up on his desk and leaned back in his chair. "Griffin and Zack brought back St. John Allerdyce to make up for that. Not to mention our newest worker, Jean-Paul Beaubier, is a mutant. Though I doubt he'll fight for us he will be able to protect this place if need be."
"You always calmer then us." Hawk said with a small smirk. "We should hope to be as calm as you."
Jack's demeanor changed slightly. "Hawk…we? Remember you and the symbiote are two different people. You don't have to talk for it."
Hawk nodded. "I need to get some air." The former military man left the same way he came in still brooding.
Jack turned his attention to Ceada, "Sorry about that. You'll find your fellow members are…similar to Hawk. Come walk with me, I'll explain the happenings and take you to your room." Jack sat up and led Ceada out of the office.
Shriek Manor
Inside the Shriekers base the team awaits orders from Shriek inside her study. The newest members Mirage and Balefire had been slightly reluctant but after some alone time with Shriek were now part of the team. Balefire sat in one of the chairs in the study reading through a stack of books. Gaia herself was leaning against the wall reading through one of the books.
The other members were scattered throughout the room. Prowl had began to chew on her nails, Doolittle had fallen asleep, Mirage constantly looked around the room at her teammates trying to think of a way to escape, and Ghoul sat at Shriek's desk reading through a fashion magazine and writing 'whore' in red marker on each models face.
Outside of the mansion a lone rabbit hops onto the steps of the manor, it pauses and wiggles its nose before hopping into the air as it gets into the air wings grow atop its body as its fur is replaced by feathers. A black crow replaces the rabbit and lands on the roof of the manor.
The black crow hopped a few moments till it found the chimney, once it had done so it took flight to the opening. The crow hopped into the chimney and dropped inside in a nosedive. The crow changed to a small frog and began to slowly climb down the chimney until it was at the fireplace. Once again the animal changed, this time to a large wolf that broke open the small glass doors of the fireplace.
"What's this?" Doolittle asked as she walked up to the wolf. She tried focusing but nothing happened. "I can't control it." She said in a near panic.
Gaia held the wolf in place with her powers. The doors to the study opened and Shriek stepped in and quickly noticed the wolf and walked in. "Come on in." She called out behind her as a woman dressed entirely in black, her black hair done up in a bun. Shriek crouched down in front of the wolf.
"Hello. Tessa…would you mind?" Shriek asked as the dark haired woman. She walked up to the wolf and touched a spot on its neck. The wolf reverted to a girl with long brown hair.
"Our newest member has decided to seek us out. Which I admire in a member." Shriek said with a scowl to each of her members. "Now young lady what is your name?"
"Katie Killingsworth. Sh-Shifter ma'am." The girl answered.
A large smile came across her face. "Oh excellent. Now I have a job for you." With that Shriek took Katie by the hand and filled her in on what she was to do.
Bayville
On the horizon of Bayville mall a silver liquid bolt soars through the air, on its tail is the mutant shape shifter Zack in his 'Cyclone' form. He tries to catch up to Bailey but in her liquid flight form he's not match for her speed.
As the two land outside of the mall behind a dumpster to change to normal and not get spotted as mutants Bailey began to catch her breath.
"You know I secretly have a dumpster fetish." Zack said as he changed into some suitable clothes and looked at the dumpster before pulling his face away from the horrid stench. "Oh yeah the stinky the better."
Bailey smiled. "Come on time to buy me things, then you can buy me lunch." She said dragging her fellow mutant with her into the mall.
"Oh yay!" Zack replied feigning enthusiasm. "It's like a first date in hell!" This comment didn't discourage Bailey as she continued to pull her reluctant shopper along.
Back in the Mutant Apartments Jack had finished showing Ceada around and led her to her room, he then led Pyro to his room and the pyromaniac had chosen a room on the fifth floor. The pyrokinetic had also lit a few things on fire, attempting to light Jack's jacket on fire a few times.
Jack had finally settled down in the infirmary and lab quarters of the apartment complex. He looked around the lab for Chance but found no sign of him so he decided to wait. The leader of the F.O.M.E. took a seat on one of the lab chairs and begins to slide around the sterile room with a "Wee!"
The chair crashed into a table causing the mutant to fall and a pair of sunglasses to fall on his chest. After recovering from his fall he slid on the glasses and watched as a woman came up through the floor and he could see her unmentionables. As she slid them down he saw a woman in a hooded figure and he gave a grin. "X-ray specs. Better then the joke shop ones."
"Jack do not try and see me naked." The cloaked figure said.
"Nothing I haven't seen before." He protested as he cleaned up the area, which he had fallen. "You never come here without reason darlin' so what is it?"
"Your two mutants. The girl with the red hair and the shape shifter are going to be attacked by Shriek." She answered.
"What! By how many?" Jack questioned as he stepped closer the shadowed woman.
"The one. But it will test them." The woman replied.
"One? Test? Not this precog shit again." Jack groaned. He turned to face the cloaked woman, but she was gone. "Nice to see you too."
Jack awoke with a start. He had fallen asleep on his desk again. "I hate prophetic dreams." He griped as he stood on his feet and grabbed his jacket and made a dash for the elevator.
The doors opened, Jessica in them still looking dazed, Jack stepped in and pushed the ground floor button.
"Can I talk to you about something?" Jessica asked.
"Look I told you already, I'm over her!" Jack replied, Jessica just continued to stare. "Oh it's one of those questions. Sure, shoot."
Bayville Mall
Zack stood before one of the stores that were selling lingerie. Why am I doing this? The question ran through his mind constantly, then the reason came a woman dressed in lingerie. Ah yes, that's right Bailey in lingerie.
A saleswoman came up to the two and smiled. "Can I help you?" she asked.
Zack smiled, "Yes we need some lingerie. I went through mine today and realized that none of it fit the physique anymore."
The saleswoman nodded. "Well then right this ma'am." She said attempting at grabbing Bailey's hand.
"Uh actually," Zack interrupted. "I meant for me. You see my lovely wife and I here started a little role-playing a few years back and I realized that I just loved the feeling of a thong and brazier." Zack said as he grabbed a few random items and looked at them. "Yes, I'm getting all tingly looking at these. I'll take them." He said.
The saleswoman didn't know how to handle the situation, and did the one thing her training taught her. "I'm going to get my uh…my uh…yeah." She said and quickly ran as fast as she could.
Zack smiled proudly. "Oh I'm doing all my shopping in Bayville."
Bailey had been laughing so hard since the saleswoman left, her face has bright red and she gave a snort. "Okay let's go somewhere else. Maybe actually buy something in the next place." She said as she collected herself and took the shape shifter by the hand again and dragged him to the next place.
In the distance a pair of glowing eyes watched the two mutants move from shop to shop. The source of the eyes gave a growl at its target. Soon your life will have ended.
The clothes store had a multitude of things, the floor was a fake brick layout, and the massive sea of clothes and feminine products confused Zack. He followed one path of the floor only to get lost. "I hate shopping." He groaned after finally finding Bailey again.
Bailey sprayed a little of this and a little of that, then she finally found one that she liked. She turned to get a male's opinion but found him holding a t-shirt against his frame that read 'Slut'. "What do you think?" He asked.
Bailey was furious, "Zack I am not a slut!" She began to approach him ready to give him more of her mind.
"B not everything is about you. I meant what do you think of it for ME!" He replied as he changed his shirt to match the Slut one he held in his hand. It barely fit over his body and most of his chest showed. "Told you I was a slut."
"Smell this." Bailey sprayed a bit of the perfume onto Zack. "There now you dress and smell like a girl. Now all we have to do is get you into makeup again." She said with a giggle remembering the last time that happened and all the photos she took.
"One time! ONE TIME OF EXTREME BOREDOM! Not to mention I thought I was going to get something from you, I mean your friend for it." Zack paused and began to think. "That day sucked."
Bailey couldn't help but laugh again. "I don't know you seemed pretty happy in all that makeup." She grabbed the perfume and handed it to him. "Buy this for me, late birthday present." She said with a smile.
"Well I was going to get you something expensive, but okay." Zack ran off to the register.
"Wait no!" She cursed herself. "Could've had the big one Bailey, but no!"
On the ceiling of the store, unnoticed by all the others a figure rests covered in shadows, looking down on the mutant. It watches as the male returns to the female and they walk out of the store. As they leave a large pair of wings spread and the creature silently makes its way above the heads of many and through the blind spots of all the cameras.
Finally taking a break from the shopping Bailey and Zack take a seat at the food court to eat. A certain cocky speedster mutant interrupts the meal.
"Hey there beautiful, name's Pietro." The white haired teen greeted. "Now how bout you ditch your friend here and play with a real man."
Zack rolled his eyes, "Dude you should walk away now."
"Not without her." He replied with a wink to Bailey.
"No you really should."
"Come on baby whaddaya say?" Pietro asked placing his hand on the table and putting his other on his back.
At the Bailey quickly swept out his hand and stood up and began to hit his face against the table. After a few hits she left him drop. "See I told you. Should've walked away." Zack said as he searched the boy's pockets.
Zack followed closely to Bailey as she went into another store. "Hey Bailey don't take this the wrong way but I think I love you." He said with a wink. Bailey just shook her head.
The elevator doors opened and Jack stepped out. He turned back to Jessica "I'll look into it, but don't get your hopes up. The F.O.H. don't have the easiest barriers to break computers or otherwise. Nonetheless, I'll pull some strings." With a smile Jack smiled and walked into the café prepared to get the mutants in Bayville before trouble started.
The smell of smoke hit his nostrils and he couldn't see Jean-Paul anywhere. "Why does it smell like smoke?" He asked aloud. "Jessica did you cook again?" He called out and whirled around however Jessica wasn't there he was alone.
"Sorry mate the fire got away from me." St. John said bringing his head out from behind the counter. A small fire happened again on the floor of the café, which he quickly dispersed and gave a nervous laugh.
"Pyro I don't mind you living here, but try to keep your fires to your room hmm?" Jack replied. This kid may be harder to deal with then I thought. Then a thought occurred to him. "Actually I have a matter to attend to in Bayville, would you like to accompany me?"
"Sure thing boss, I just finished the fire. I'll need some more lighter fluid soon though." St. John replied coming from behind the counter.
Jack nodded. "Yes we'll get you some new attire too soon enough."
Bailey had run Zack ragged from shopping for the better part of an hour and he finally managed to take a seat on the stool of the makeup counter while his friend continued to shop. He carried no bags, just the perfume in his pocket, which made him thankful as his body started to ache. "Not use to this much work."
"So, Zack thought of a codename for yourself yet?" Bailey asked looking through the different assortment of clothes.
Zack nodded. "The boys decided Shift would work. And since I wanted Super Zack I went with their idea." He answered. "What about you?"
Bailey paused as she felt herself get slightly embarrassed. "I uh…no." She said simply.
"Well since you got the liquid dealy what about wet girl?" Zack suggested.
"OH yeah great idea. Someone can say 'Wet girl come here!'" She mocked. "Then wet girl and come would be in the same sentence."
Zack began to laugh. "Your such a perv I hadn't even thought of that." Zack continued to laugh then paused. "But I like it." He began to think about some more names for Bailey but his mind kept coming back to wet girl or candy pants, but since her power had nothing to do with candy and pants he left it out.
He was brought out of his stupor by a sudden whirl of air as it blew past him moving his 'Slut' shirt no matter how tight it was on him. He turned to see a frightening sight in front of him. A hybrid of sorts, it was a feminine body but it was covered in a sort of fur. The large wings continued to flap as the creature opened its mouth and sent out a scream. A bat. She was a cross between a bat and a human. Zack groaned then stood deadpanned at the creature's target.
A loud screech rang in Bailey's ear causing her to crouch and hold her ears in pain. A large bat-creature thingy flew over her and crashed into the wall making a large hole. The creature was on its feet quickly as screeched again and skulked to bailey.
The claws rose in the air and were about to be brought down on the redhead; it was stopped short by an oncoming charge. The creature was similar to her; it looked like a cross between a rhino and a human. "Challenge." The creature hissed. The creature crashed felt the half-breed crash into its chest as it was sent soaring through a few layers of walls.
"Bailey you alright?" Zack asked changing back to his human shape. She nodded and he helped her to her feet. Another screech and Zack pushed Bailey aside to take the force of the creature. It's wings flapping wildly it grabbed onto him and threw him through many racks of clothing. The shape shifter fell against a wall as pairs of pants covered his body.
With her enemy down the creature was free to go after the girl. It slashed its claws down but the claw went right through the girl, who was now a liquid form. With a screech it continued to slash, scratch and even gave a few chops of its wings, all proving futile. It lifted its claws and prepared to bring them down along with its wings. In a flash the girl was gone.
"Wait here!" The white haired speedster from the food court said as he began to whirl around the creature catching it in a whirlwind.
Zack pushed his way out of the clothes and watched as the bat creature was caught in an updraft. The creature held out its arm crashing into the throat of Pietro he fell to the ground gasping for air. The creature then continued its march towards Bailey. Zack's fists clenched, his arms and hands grew considerably larger and muscular, a large amount of hair growing from his arms to his knuckles, his legs bulked up, his clothes changed to a small jumpsuit with the name 'Max' on a nametag, a goalie mask covered his face. In a matter of seconds he was rushing after the creature that was about to hurt Bailey.
An axe hit the creatures wing resulting in a large hiss as another was thrown at its other wing. The creature was pinned to the wall and watched as a hulking man in a hockey masked approached it. He pulled another axe from his side and held it at her neck, but hesitated.
"Your downfall." The creature said in a low growl. It's wings repelled the axe and the creature gave a kick to the large man's chest. Then it grabbed his head and spun around a few times before letting go sending the man through the air.
Zack sailed through the air as his muscular hands fumbled for something to grab on to.
The creature watched its accomplishment as her enemy went into the air. It watched as the target became pink and its lower torso turned to a small tornado. The enemy then came flying back towards her. The bat creature took to the air and flew after her enemy.
Zack in his Cyclone shape raised drew his fist back and turned upside down passing under the animal the grabbed its legs and begun to swing it around himself. "Let's see how you like spinning around!" Zack spun around a few more times before stopping and throwing the creature into the ground of the store and changed to a large stone and dropped onto its back as it started to lift itself off the ground.
With one last deafening screeched the creature fell unconscious its "bat" look disappearing. In its place stood a near naked girl. Zack quickly took his normal shape and threw some discarded clothes over the girl's body. She looked like she possessed no strength, barely looked like she could hold her own in a fight. Zack took off his slut t-shirt and left it on her body. "A gift for the loser." Zack wiped the sweat off his face and flinched as he touched his eye. He felt it gently and knew the sign of a black eye forming, though he never had one before.
As Zack made his way to Bailey he found the now unconscious body of Pietro. He looked at the speedster and felt slightly sorry for him. The mutant then lifted his head. "That bitch where is she?" He asked as he looked around ready to fight.
Zack motioned with his head and pointed to the body of the girl. "She's naked though." Zack was about to continue to Bailey but stopped and placed his hand to stop Pietro. "Don't go looking for her. She may be naked but she's a shifter she'll bite back." Literally, Zack mentally added.
He found Bailey leaning against the wall of the store; she gave a warm smile as he approached her. "She got me," she said pointing to her leg covered in blood.
"Got my eye." Zack winced at seeing all the blood in Bailey's leg. He decided to pick her up and put her into his arms.
"You don't have to carry me you know."
"Have to, of course not. I'll put you down."
"No!"
"Okay then shut up and let me carry you." Zack said as he readjusted his grip on her. The doors to the store burst open as St. John and Jack came running in. "Your late."
"You guys lived. Hawk trains you pretty well." Jack said as he looked at the two. He looked at Bailey's leg. "Have Chance look at that when you get home won't you?" Bailey gave a nod.
St. John noticed the unconscious girl on the ground and Pietro closing in on her, the one time he actually moved slowly. "Hey mate. She's naked leave the girl alone."
Before any more words could be exchanged, and Zack leave, several SHIELD officers came in, including the infamous Nick Fury. He surveyed the scene and noticed the Brotherhood and former Acolyte members in the destruction scene. "Jack care to explain?"
"Pyro has decided to join us. My kids were in a fight along with Mr. Maximoff there, the girl I can only assume helped in this destruction." Jack answered.
"She was this crazy bat creature! Then she went after the girl over there and then me and nearly killed me and then …I blacked out." Pietro explained in his fast talking nature.
Fury chewed a bit more then usual on his cigar, I hate kids. He thought to himself as he tried to control himself. "Okay men pick up the girl, take her into the van and try and do this before the media arrives." Fury ordered as he walked towards Jack.
"She's naked." Zack piped as he readjusted Bailey in his arms.
Fury looked at the young shape shifter and nodded. "Men, let the women dress her, then take her away. QUICKLY!"
Fury and Jack began to talk; St. John approached Zack and Bailey. "So I missed the Sheila hurt Quicksilver?" John asked with a small frown.
"'Fraid so buddy." Zack replied. He turned towards the glass doors and watched as hordes of media crew began to fill the parking lot. "Oh crap."
"Don't worry you go ahead and get Bailey home. John and I will take care of the press." Jack said as he placed his hand on the shape shifter's shoulder.
"We will?"
"Want to prove you're no longer a terrorist? Then yes we will."
With that Zack carried Bailey off towards the apartments, on foot, sneaking out the backdoor and through the sunset. "God Bailey how many times a day do you eat?" A resounding slap was heard throughout the area followed closely by an "My eye!"
Paul stepped out of the elevator into the Dome. He saw Griffin hitting a few punching bags with his boxing glove powers, only he seemed to wait for the punching bag to come back down and blocked it.
"Most people hit the bag when it comes back down not try and block it." Paul said as he stepped further into the Dome.
"Most people knock before entering a room." Griffin replied.
"Yeah…its an elevator I can't exactly knock. But…" Paul walked to the glass of the dome and knocked. "If that makes you feel better." Griffin didn't reply just gave a slight glare. "Whoa! Chill man, I was kidding."
"Yeah…your right sorry. I just learned something knew about my powers and it's been on my mind lately."
Paul nodded. "No harm, no foul." Paul said with a shrug. "Just what are you trying to do anyway?"
"Block the punching bag as it comes back. A…sad attempt at dodging something I know. Not the same as dodging a bullet, its much larger and easier to dodge."
"I might be able to help you with that," Paul said as he shot a small electric bolt in the shape as a bullet. Griffin quickly brushed it aside. With that, the sparring started.
In front of the mall the two mutants Beelzebub and Pyro were "dealing" with the media. They were holding the media at bay so SHIELD could get in and out.
"What happened?" One reporter asked.
"A fight, duh!" Jack replied. "Next question."
"Is that Magneto's henchmen?"
"Former. Former henchman." Pyro answered as he thought about how he could light her microphone on fire. "Is that microphone flammable?"
"Who are you guys?"
"We're the Friends Of Mutants Everywhere." Jack answered.
"Mutants? Like the X-Men?"
"Something like them." Jack turned to see SHIELD already gone. "That's enough questions for now."
Mutant Apartments – Bailey's Room
Zack opened Bailey's breath and continued to pant as he walked her to her room and set her on her bed. The sun had been down for a few hours now and the walk from Bayville was long and sweaty. He began to catch his breath as he noticed her legs blood slow down. It sealed up and the blood nearly disappeared.
"Surface damage doesn't stay long with me." She said as she slid under her covers. "Thanks for…carrying me."
Zack smiled and nodded. "No worries." After a long silence, Zack spoke up "I'm going to go to bed now." He turned and made his way for the door before he felt a hand around his arm holding him there. He turned and saw Bailey holding onto him.
"Wait…would you stay? Please?"
Zack stumbled with his words. After another please and he looked into her eyes. "Okay." He nodded with a smile. "Okay tonight. But I'm keeping my clothes on!"
"Aw…" She pouted. "Okay. Thanks…" She said a tint of red in her cheeks.
The lights went off and he crawled in next to her and noticed movement from the other side. "You just can't keep your clothes on around me can you?" Zack heard a light snore and a head on his chest Bailey snuggled closer. Zack gulped nervously and tried to not sweat profusely.
Outside of Bayville, SHIELD transport vehicle
Down the dark roads of Bayville the single vehicle drove through the darkness to the new SHIELD headquarters, a closed down hotel. The driver inside Tony gave his third yawn of the night.
"Hey Bill you want to drive for me?" Tony asked. He turned to his right to see Bill.
Bill pulled off his hat and long hair fell from the hat and a female face shown in the moonlight. "Sorry baby. Bill was…fired in a manner of speaking. But I'll take over for you." With that the feral mutant known as Prowl kicked the man out of the vehicle and took over driving their newest member.
"Hey Killingsworth. It's Angela. So how do you like your new power?"
Katie groaned from the holding area. "My head hurts."
"Hah yeah. Shriek said that was a side effect of the power boost, don't worry both the effects of the serum and your headache should wear off."
"I lost." Katie growled.
"Yeah it happens. Actually we've been losing just about every time."
I HATE ALL OF YOU!
Sorry your charrie got beat up here Shifter but I wanted to make Zack seem "Deep". Not to mention give him another form. This was 69 KB, just thought you might like to know that.