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Gargoyles is owned by Disney.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is owned by Eastman and Laird.
Mummies Alive is owned by DIC Entertainment.
Chapter 11:
Truth and consequence
It had been a few days since their fight with the gravity goon, and there was one thing running through Ace's mind, 'What else is he hiding?' The bunny kept on thinking of what he had told them, but knew that what he said was only an abridged version - very abridged. He walked over to his com link so he could speak to all of the rooms. "Hey, uh, guys there's gonna be a meeting in the usual conference room around noon, so be there." He said and then hung up. The others wondered what that was all about, all but Spider-Man who was passing the time by printing off some pictures of their fight with Massive.
"Lexi, sure is something." Peter mutter as he gazed at a picture in that red dress. That was one thing that he enjoyed, that she was able to make ANY disguise they had in stock very attractive. 'STOP! Stop thinking like that.' The logical side of his mind shouted at him. 'You can't think like that: EVER again!' The mind added to him which he knew was right. 'Besides, you've seen how she looks at the fellow hare.' The mind added, trying to convince the softer emotions to stop that train of thought.
'These old classics are always the best.' Lexi thought as she was reading her 'Romeo and Juliet' book again. A mental image of Peter and herself as the two main roles. The hare instinctively shook that image out of her. 'He doesn't like me, like that.' She convinced herself in thought form, but had a feeling that the idea wasn't going to hold.
'I guess that web-head is right, I do miss you.' Tech thought while in his lab. The canine was holding a picture of Black Velvet that a security cam caught her. He had kept the picture on him ever since his first meeting, hoping to find her somehow.
"Pretty…" Slam grumbled in his usual speech as he was watching a female Tasmanian Soccer Goalie spin the ball away from the net again. The devil had a crush on her long before he had his powers, and he often wondered if this devil had his powers.
'I wonder if I'll ever meet the blond haired one outside the battlefield.' Ace thought as he lounged in the conference room. The martial artist had done his training and was spending time in the meeting hall, waiting for the others. 'The holo-viewer is one thing, but I would actually like to meet her face to face. Rev kept his mind on a pool game, a air hokey game, and a chess game at the same time by himself. Duck was checking out his physic in the mirror while doing various poses. Soon noon came around and the team headed to the conference room.
"I honestly wonder what this is all about." Peter questioned aloud while in his room. The photographer was busy putting the latest in a box just before leaving. When he got out of his room, in Loonatic threads, and headed for the room.
"Glad that you can make it." Zadavia began when she saw Loonatic Blue swing into the room. "Please sit down." She added and gestured to the usual table. He did as she asked, but he even without his spider sense he knew that there was something wrong. He sat down at the tables end since the side and the other end were already taken.
"Let me guess, Zadavia, another thug wants a 14 fist sandwich." Parker said in his usual humor. He did not receive any response: all of them were serious. "Okay, what's going on?" He questioned in a calm voice.
"The question is you: Peter Parker. You told us how you got your powers and how you got here, but not about the friends you made or the enemies that you fought." The boss lady explained to him, and had a feeling that he may not have been in the mood to tell.
"All right, I'll tell." He started and then added, "Before I do that I just want you guys to know that I've also been having dreams about alternate suits. Maybe you guys can help a fellow hero out." He then got out what looked like a jump-drive. "This has images and description on each suit." He told them and slit it on the table.
"We'll help you with these after you fill in the blanks for us." Tech said after using his power to get the drive in his hand. Without any other options he decided to get it over with.
"Ok first off would be my first group of friends the: Fantastic Four. The leader is a guy by the name of: Reed Richards who also goes by Mr. Fantastic; he's the brains of the team." He started and then went with the other three. "Sue Storm Richards aka Invisible Woman, NOT girl: woman, she has issues with that. Johnny Storm also called Human Torch, and Ben Grimm the ever-lovin` blue eyed Thing, or just the Thing. Guess what Slam, he was a wrestler too."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." He shouted gleefully. He went on about their powers as well as their origins. Reeds rubber powers, Sue's psychic powers: mainly the fact one can get slapped seven ways to Sunday without her raising a finger, Johnny's fire manipulation, and Ben's strength and dense skin.
"Then there are the X-Men a group of individuals that were born with their gifts." He started and then continued with another name combo. "There's Logan aka Wolverine, Scott Summers aka Cyclopes, Remy LeBeau better known as Gambit." He stopped for a few moments, but started right up again. "Jean no other name even though I did call her Marvel Girl, but that didn't fly. Rouge nuff said, Jubilation Lee but everyone calls her Jubilee. Warren Worthington III is another one, and if you ever met him you'll know why he is also known as Angel."
"Angel?" Questioned the blonde headwoman, not understanding what he meant. He smiled, not really remembering of the half mask.
"Yeah, Angel, as in the 16 foot wings on his back." Spider said to her, giving her an accurate range of those white feather dusters. "Morph, no other name, at least the guys didn't tell and Hank McCoy aka Beast; there's something you'll like of the blue furred doc, Tech: he's an egghead too. There are others but those guys I like the most…kinda." The wall crawler said to him.
"Impressive, I'd like to compare intellect." The coyote said back after giving it some thought. Just like the Four he told them about their powers - Logan's claws, hearing, sniffing, and healing. Gambit able to make anything he touches into a bomb, Jean a red head, powerful psychic, Angel's flight, Jubilee's fireworks, Morph's shape shifting, and Beast's agility. He also spoke of the tragedy of Rouge's power to touch, but never feel, and Cyclops' power of sight, but never seeing.
"That's sad." Slam said with a few tears trickling down his face after hearing the curse those two hold.
"What's worse is that I was working on plans of stylish neutralizers that they could control, but they were destroyed…when…you know." He said, but couldn't complete his sentence due to familiar feelings. He then went on of telling them of the Gargoyles and their friends, the West Coast Avengers, and of the Mummies. As he spoke he did notice the ALMOST jealousy in Lexi's green eyes when he told them of a slender female.
"Ok, enough with stone people, Robin Hood wannabes, and old heaps of band-aids. Go to someone cooler." Complained Duck since he seriously did not want to be there.
"You win Duck I'll tell you of a team that's…pretty cool." Peter said and saw the mallard relax in his chair before talking about them. "There a group of turtles, a rat, and couple others. Leonardo - leader and swords turtle, Donatello - brains and Bo-staff wielder, Raph - brawn and sai master, Casey - brawn sports equipment expert and not in the conventional sense, April - brains and tech expert, Splinter - father/master and role-model. You are a constant reminder of the last one." He said after giving them abridged version of the turtles.
"Really what is that? What do I and a turtles have in common?" Duck demanded, but the story teller was calm about it.
"Well, he wears orange like you." Got a nod and he added in humor, "He also shoots his mouth off, slacks off, is used as a decoy, and is usually the main one to get his shell handed to him." That part angered him, but like most times Peter was prepared. "Despite all of those quarks, but me, his brothers, and their father know that we can count on him to back us up." That cheered up the duck greatly.
"Back to the story of your allies, at least giving us some info." Tech said wanting know if there were more like him: brainiacs of teams.
"Right, sorry about that. Anyways aside from the West Coast Avengers there is also the main branch in New York who also has some serious fighters." He said to them and just like last time he decided to go abridged and only a few. "Their led by Steve Rogers better known as Captain America who has a shield that might be able to handle your sword, Ace." This peaked the field leader's attention.
"I may have to take you up on that bet." Ace said to him and then decided to let him continue.
"There is also a guy that simply calls himself Luke Cage and that guy is REALLY strong considering that his skin is dense enough to handle bullets. Scarlet Witch also called Wanda off of the field: she is a mutant sorceress…at least that what the Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange told me. Then there's her brother Pietro aka Quicksilver, he is the first genuine speed demon I ever met, and that's also why I can understand you Rev, because Quicksilver is the fastest mutant alive." He said explaining to them four other heroes, and the last one was the one the speed member of the Loonatics liked the most.
"Meeting that guy would be cool. We could race each other over the oceans, through the cities, even in farms, but we'd have to watch out for-." Rev spoke, but was stopped by Loonatic Green's free hand.
"There's even one for you, Zadavia." He said and that was when the holographic woman looked at him, wondering who that could have been. "Aside from Avengers there's the people that help create them and that team is known as: S.H.I.E.L.D." He started with them, and saw that they were all confused so he continued, "S: Strategic H: Hazard I: Intervention E: Espionage L: Logistics D: Directorate." The second in command goes by the name Black Widow or Natasha Romanov, she is seriously kick butt at one of it's highest; independent, powerful, and a team player. Just like I know how you must be outside the - holo transmission." He said to her and could see that she liked it by that smile. He knew who the main person was, but he didn't want to say it otherwise he will be reminded of the explosion.
"What about villains?" Slam grumbled to the web-spinner. This was a tough subject but he decided to abridge it and give them details later.
"Nothing much to say. There just like the ones here, most of them are misunderstood or were mislead, but some of them are truly bad news. There's: Doctor Doom the Fantastic Fours worst foe. The Mandarin Iron Man's main enemy. Apocalypse the X-Men's worst enemy mutant, and I'm not talking about his funky blue and purple armor. Ultron is the Avengers. Brother Mordo is Doctor Strange's enemy." He said a few but had to stop to think, 'That bastard - that dude deserved the glory stomping I gave him when he brought Venom and Carnage to Earth.'
"You alright?" Lexi questioned after she saw the rage on his face. During the fight with the Frost Vikings she never liked it when her was in this sour mood.
"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks." He said to her while shaking his head. "Let's see, there's Scarab the Mummies main villain." He tried to think of his bandaged friends enemies, but none really seemed evil. "That's about it."
"What about you, who's your main thug?" Duck questioned in his bored tone.
"You already know who I HAD as a bad enemy." He answered darkly. The others saw the hurt on the seventh one, but it was Loonatic Pink that drove her heel onto his webbed foot.
"Sorry, what I meant to say was: are there any other heroes." Duck countered while rubbing his sore foot. This part the arachnid hated because there were very few that were left that they might like, but the big problem was that it also included a white haired woman.
"Right, well…there's: Daredevil an acrobatic fool. Elektra: one of devils lovers and a former assassin. Moon Knight: sort of an Egyptian Warrior." He said and then inhaled sharply for the final one. "There was also a female that went by the Black Cat and she was gorgeous." He said and emphasized the last word before adding, "I mean she had long white hair, beautiful green eyes, an hourglass figure, and all of that plus more was in this tight black leather. When we first met I had to give chase when she left a museum and that is when I was able to see her-." He was cut short when one of the Loonatics shouted at him.
"Damn you Parker!" Lexi Bunny shouted at him before running out of the doors of their conference room in tears. The web-head saw the tears and decided to fix things or at least try to.
"Meeting adjourned." Spider said in a serious fashion and swung after her. The others were left to stare as he left. 'Idiot! You just had to talk about Cat like that, didn't ya`.' He yelled at himself for being a moron. He found her in the lounge room with no lights on, just the light of afternoon sun above. She was standing in front of the window with her arms crossed. He took a few steps toward her until she asked him a 'simple' question.
"Did you love her?" The she-bunny questioned. He could tell that she was trying to suppress her anger/hurt tone, but was failing.
"My aunt? Of course I did. Like I told you guys she was like a mother to me." He answered back with his usual sense of humor to try to lighten the mood, but knew that it was pointless.
"Not her. I'm talking about the Black Cat! Were you in love with HER?!" She yelled back at him at top volume. It made him grateful that she didn't have a screech ability like Banshee, but why was she getting upset was his question.
"No I wasn't. I had a crush on her sure, but that was it." He explained, and knew that she was about to say something so he waited. Loonatic Pink wanted this statement to be right at his face, but as soon as was turned he held her mouth shut with his hand. "Like I said I had a crush on her and that's all I got, and you wanna know why." He asked even though he knew she didn't, but he went anyway. "It was because she was interested in ONLY Spider-Man." That caused the bunny to calm down a great deal. "After a battle to handle a gang war of sorts she came onto me like always, but this time she was taking off my mask. Normally I would have webbed anyone that touched my mask, but my gut got the better of me. When she took it off and saw a young teenager she puked on my costume and left." He explained to her with sorrow over coming him.
"Oh, Peter…" Lexi whispered beneath her breath as she watched him slump on the couch in pure defeat.
"So, are we still friends?" He questioned her after rubbing his eyes free of tears. She walked over to him and tried to think of what she could do to him as an add-on to yes.
"Yeah, of course we are." She answered and messed up his hair with her right paw. "Sorry about the outburst, I guess I let my emotions get the better of me." She added to her first comment. She saw that his defenses were down so she was going to mess with his head. With as fast motions she bent down to him and gave him a ghost of a kiss. She saw that he felt it so she whispered to him, "And maybe something else." That message she left back to her room.
"What just happened here?" Peter questioned and thought. 'First yelling, confessing that I had ABC food on my pants and then barely a kiss: weird even for me.'
'So what if he was only a teen. If I ever meet that woman she is in for one major brain blast.' The pink hare thought in anger as she entered her room. The rest of the day, nothing much happened, and they went to bed.
'Tomorrow I'll work on the armor myself.' Peter thought as he relaxed in bed.