Royal Pain
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Chapter 6: Capturing the Heart
A beach somewhere in New York…
Quicksilver and Beachhead were tasked with retrieving the tank that the masked soldier requested to use to protect his teddy bear Sergeant Snuggles. The speeding mutant grumbled
"Why did I have to come along, anyway?"
Beachhead shook his head,
"Because you could get here the fastest. Now, help me with this thing."
The Army Ranger went inside the tank to try and find out what the damage was while Quicksilver waited. The former Brotherhood member hated waiting. It was near torture and he kept whining,
"Have you figured it out yet?"
Beachhead raised his head to say something but then hit it on one of the metal beams inside the tank. He groaned,
"OW!"
Holding his head, he popped out of the tank and said,
"Now, let's get this thing off of the rock wall before-."
Just then, Namor flew overhead and landed near the two of them…
Earlier…
Namor had returned to his den after his defeat at the hands of the West Coast Avengers. His advisor asked,
"Sire, what happened?"
The teen prince shook his head,
"I found a beautiful woman to bear my children, but now, she has rejected me. How can she reject royalty like that?"
Loki, still in his guise as royal advisor, answered,
"Why not kidnap Quicksilver, and make them trade him for one Miss Marvel?"
Namor raised his eyebrow in skepticism,
"Are you sure that will work?"
The advisor nodded,
"Of course, sire. It will happen."
End Flashback…
Namor looked at them,
"You are coming with me to Atlantis."
Quicksilver pointed a finger at Namor,
"Now, see here. I am the great Quicksilver, and no one tells me what to-."
Namor grabbed the speedster's finger and broke it. Pietro screamed,
"AAAHHH! THAT HURT!"
He was then knocked unconscious. Beachhead tried to radio in for help, but he too was incapacitated. Then, Namor brought the two of them to the depths of his palace…
Meanwhile, in San Diego…
Carol was still chasing down her nemesis,
"Get back here, hair ball! I'm not done beating you up yet!"
Farrah was running as fast as she could, cackling all the way as she did,
"Hey, Barbie! I always knew you were a gold digger, but this takes the cake!"
Crisis, Hercules, Falcon, and Black Widow all watched the chase go by. Natasha asked,
"How long has this been going on?"
The red-eyed teen sighed,
"A while. It got bad when Carol mentioned Wendigo and Farrah just when ballistic and posted that mock-up creation on-line."
Crystal then teleported in with Lockjaw and she dusted her hands,
"That will teach Johnny Storm to leave me alone."
Sam cracked up laughing,
"Loved how you did that, Crys."
The super-spy teen asked,
"Where did you get a tank?"
The blonde princess shrugged,
"Well, you see, I was going to visit Quicksilver and ask him to help me beat up Johnny, but then, I saw this tank sitting outside this building and decided to take that instead."
Leon asked,
"Did you put the tank back where it belonged?"
Crystal blinked and shook her head,
"I knew I forgot something."
Lockjaw barked and Crystal patted him on the head,
"Good boy, Lockjaw."
A loud crash was heard and two familiar female voices were shouting at each other. Crystal asked,
"What happened?"
Natasha explained,
"We received a visit from Namor and he was intent on taking Carol back to Atlantis to be his bride. And, Farrah has been making jokes about it ever since."
Crystal rolled her eyes,
"I know what you mean. Namor tried to propose to me too."
Hercules was surprised,
"Really?"
The elementalle princess shook her head,
"Yes, it was my sister's idea. It is supposed to keep the royal blood-line pure or something. I could never understand it."
Leon shrugged,
"It could be worse."
Just then, the television switched on and Namor appeared on it,
"West Coast Avengers, I have captured two surface dwellers."
The camera then panned to a hog-tied Beachhead and Quicksilver. Namor then continued,
"If Miss Marvel does not surrender to me and become my wife, I kill these two."
A coral sword was placed near Quicksilver's throat. The silver-haired speedster wept,
"Help! I'm too pretty to die! Get me out of here!"
Crisis shook his head,
"I really have to keep my mouth shut."
Falcon smirked,
"For a guy with precognition, you seriously don't see a whole lot of things coming."
Leon glared back at the avian teen,
"Shut up, Falcon."
Next Chapter:
How will the West Coast Avengers handle this? And, will Shipwreck ever find that flower he's been looking for? Stay tuned, fellow readers!