We're already farther than I got with the last fic. I think that's good...is it?
DISCLAIMER: I own Derrick Bolris and the Skrull who has a beef with Xavin. This Misfitverse belongs to Red Witch, the characters of G.I. Joe belong to Hasbro, and everything else belongs to Marvel.
Chapter 13: Exploding Like a Super-Noh-Varr
"Where are the Illuminati?" Noh-Varr growled.
"And you think we know because…?" Gert asked.
"The building we're standing in a hidden facility owned by the Illuminati," Noh-Varr explained. "Only people with some kind of connection to the Illuminati know where this base is."
"Actually, we kind of stumbled on this by accident," Karolina explained.
In a sudden blur, Noh-Varr's hand was at Karolina's throat.
"I've been down here long enough to know a lie when I hear one," snarled Noh-Varr.
"Leave her alone!" Xavin barked, ensnaring Noh-Varr in an elongated arm. The Kree paused, sniffing the air.
"Wait a minute," Noh-Varr said slowly. He then pulled Xavin's arm off of him and threw it back at her, entangling her inside it.
"Xavin!" Karolina cried.
"You're a Skrull," Noh-Varr stated.
"I am," Xavin said as she untangled herself and got up.
"Which means I have to kill you now," Noh-Varr said.
"Guess again, Nerd-Varr!" Chase snapped, using his Fistigons to surround Noh-Varr in a swirling mass of flame.
"It's Noh-Varr," the Kree retorted, quickly rushing through the flames and punching Chase in the stomach, sending him tumbling across the floor.
Noh-Varr's status as a Kree super-soldier was no longer in doubt. Old Lace charged the white-haired teen, but Noh-Varr simply grabbed the dinosaur's tail and swung her into Chase. Due to the psychic link between Gert and Old Lace, the impact Old Lace felt was not avoided by Gert, who keeled over from the pain.
Karolina fired off a beam of energy, but Noh-Varr grabbed Nico and threw her into the beam's path before kicking the black-haired girl with enough force to launch Nico into Karolina. Derrick, suddenly filled with rage, used electricity from the machine Noh-Varr had previously been monitored by to launch a bolt of electricity at the Kree. Noh-Varr, amazingly, ignored the bolt even though it struck him square-on in the chest, and simply kneed Derrick into the computer console.
And then there was one.
One Molly Hayes.
"You big jerk!" Molly cried, standing next to Rhino's still-unconscious body.
"Don't worry," Noh-Varr said, "I'll make it painless if you tell me where the Illuminati are."
"You're the one who's gonna need to worry!" Molly retorted as she (much to Noh-Varr's surprise) lifted Rhino high over her head and then threw him at Noh-Varr.
"Interesting," said Noh-Varr as he observed Rhino's massive body sailing towards him. Using his above-average speed, he managed to dodge Rhino and went to Molly, holding the girl up by one arm. "You're strong, I'll give you that. But I could still kill you right now if I wanted to. All you need to do to make your death quick, painless, and easy, is one thing…tell me where the Illuminati are."
"We don't even know what an Illumi-nutty is!" Molly snapped, winding back one fist. "So back off!"
Molly's punch struck home, ramming her fist into Noh-Varr's face. Forced to drop Molly, the Kree was sent shooting into the shattered remains of the tank from whence he came, bursting through it and only stopping when he made a rather large impression in the wall.
"I'll get you, Illuminati…and your little dog, too," Noh-Varr groaned before falling onto the floor, unconscious.
"Thank you, hatchling," Xavin said as she helped a groaning Karolina up. "That should keep Noh-Varr down for quite a while."
"Derrick?" Nico said as she slowly helped up her friend. "You okay?"
"Why is it I get the worst injury whenever we're in a fight?" Derrick complained.
"Must be your cuteness," Nico muttered.
"Huh?" Derrick grunted.
"Uh, nothing," Nico stammered. "Everyone else okay?"
"I'll be sore for a while, but otherwise fine," Gert reported. "Same with Old Lace."
"I'll be okay when we find out what the heck an Illo-ni-mat-ee is," Chase said.
"It's Illuminati, sweetie," Gert corrected him. "What do we do about the Psycho from Outer Space?"
"Well, he's too much of a nutjob to keep around," Nico sighed. "Not much we can do for him, actually."
"We're just going to leave him here?" Karolina asked.
"If he's as strong as I think he is, we'll be the ones who need to hit the road soon," Nico said. "Speaking of road hitting, how you doing, Molly?"
"I'm a little sleepy," Molly said, rubbing her eyes.
"You have enough strength to throw horn-head back up to street level?" Nico asked, jabbing a thumb at Rhino. "After that, we'll get out of here and you can take a nap back at the Hostel."
"I'll try," Molly shrugged.
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The ship containing the vengeful young Skrull landed atop a building in downtown Los Angeles. The Skrull departed his craft, showing his red-and-black jumpsuit with black shoulder armor. He looked down, and shifted his form to match that of a human, before he suddenly disappeared in a red-and-black blur.