In Honor of their upcoming return from the relm of the rat, Mischance, the White Bishop of the InterNETional Hellfire
Club, has instigated the following continuing stroy featuring the board members...
Mischance awoke in a cold sweat. He looked over at his computer.
"What is it?" He said to no one in particular, and as usual no one
responded. Mischance made his way around his room, and signed as
he sought out a clean pair of socks from the piles of clothing on
the floor. He finished dressing and headed a few feet to his
computer. Turning it on he watched as it labored to start.
After a few resets he finally got the thing working and went
straight to the board.
"What the hell!" He exclaimed as he read the message from Shadowcat
Rules! "I urge you to support Disney." he read out loud.
Mischance's eyebrows knit. He reached over and picked up the phone.
After going through a pile of phone cards he found one that worked
and called Jon.
"Sweety it's 7:00 in the morning." He heard Jon say her voice husky
from sleep.
"I know Sis, but we got a problem." He replied Quickly.
"What now..." He could hear Jon's Eyes Rolling painfully back in
her head, "you going to start ranting about your life again?"
He shook his head then realized she couldn't see it and said
"No, but I think Shadowcat rules! is in trouble."
"Why?" Jon Asked. He could hear her computer coming on.
"Check out her latest post." He said.
"oh my god!" Jon Excaimed. "They brainwashed her!" Mishance nodded
again and again realized she couldn't see him "yeah, that's what I
thought."
There was a moment of silence as Jon thought "Okay I'll get the
others together, and we'll figure out what to do."
Bastion Smiled as he looked over at the computer terminal.
"It has begun." He said, turning towards his stooge. Harras looked
at him. "You tried to kill the X-men by putting Lobdell in charge
and failed, but now I will succeed where all others failed. If we
destroy This Group of Misfits we shall destroy the corner stone of
the X-men's fan base and the X-men will suffer comic book death...
CANCELLATION!" Bastion gloated.
Mischance looked across the table at the board members who were
awake enough or sober enough to be at the meeting, There was Gene,
and Mike sitting in the overlord chairs they had gotten from their
last sojorn into Marvel headquarters. Blaze, Acid and Rogue, sat
together and were watching Rogue as she put Gambit through some
ordeal on her Gameboy. Jon was looking around for something and
muttering about hearing something rattling. Blink, Jubilee and
those three new comers Marita, Jam and Bux were busy putting a
Hanson T-shirt on the Sleeping Skippy. Mischance wondered how come
with all that laughter Skippy hadn't woken up, and then noticed
the 2x4.
"So what's this all about?" Gene said slightly annoyed about being
torn away from this month's Toy Biz catalog.
"Shadowcat rules! has been captured, and brainwashed by Disney!"
Mischance said.
"Those rats!" Blink exclaimed.
"Exactly." Psyche answered.
"What are we going to do?" Morph said as he walked into the room.
"I say we get our teams together and infiltrate Disney."
Acid said Simply.
"Those Rats!" Marita, Jam and Bux exclaimed.
"Exactly." Psyche answered.
Blaze leaned against the wall letting this all soak in,
he hadn't been with the board long so he never really met
Shadowcat Rules, but she was a part of the board and therefore
an ally, "So Mis wha' y' saying is we gon' t' bust int' Disney, get
Shadowcat an' blast are way out, correct?"
"Exactly." Psyche answered.
"It jus' me or is she sounding like a broken record?" Blaze
commented as he lit up a cigarette.
"Yep" Mischance said as he picked up a phone and started dialing.
"Yes! Take that ya slimey cajun!" Rogue exclaimed as she got Gambit
run over by a truck.
"Well people let's get the strike team together and get ready to
storm Disney." Jon said as she pulled out a plasma rifle and
loaded it.
"Well mes amis, looks like World War 3 has been declared, neh?"
Blaze said as he generated five energy shards.
"AAAHHhHHHHHH!!!!!HANSON!!!!" Everyone turned to see SKIPPY wearing
a Hanson t-shirt.
"Well mates looks like the truth is out, he is a Hanson fan." Acid
said trying to supress a laugh.
"C'mon people, let's get ready to hit Disney." Mischance said as he
loaded a grenade launcher.
That's when Storm! came running in. "Hey!You guys forgot to wake me
up!",she yelled."Is there a reason that I was not included?" she
looked oddly at Mischance.
Mischance looked back at Storm!, and began appologizing profusely
to which Rogue jumped up and clapped her hands firmly on his mouth.
"Don't get him started he'll appologize you to death." She said
looking at Storm! Blaze and everyone else who were aware of this
fact nodded their heads in agreement.
Storm! looked around and sat down. "I just feel like I'm being left
out of things." She said.
"Are you going to stop appologizing?" Rogue said to Mischance.
He nodded. She let his mouth go with a warning look. Mischance
sighed.
"Okay lets go." Acid said, and headed for the door.
"Great, but how are we suposed to get to Orlando?" Inquires Gene.
As if in answer, clouds part as a strange alien craft decends
hovering above the front lawn.
"Sorry I'm late," comes a voice from the ship, "Traffic in Vegas
insane."
"Who...?"
A light beams down from the bottom of the ship and Flyin' Ryan,
the RED KING of the InterNetional Hellfire Club, steps forth.
"C'mon! Let's move! She's getting worse! My Queen has left another
post, this time under a new handle... Minnie Mouse Rules!"
Bastion laughed as he watched the teams scramble about preparing
for the inevitable violence that seemed to always follow them. He
Looked over at The captive Shadowcat Rules! She was dressed in
a cutsy little Disney hostess uniform and was sitting there smiling.
She seemed drugged. "Im glad you are enjoying your stay" She was
saying, as he approached. "Welcome to Disney." She intoned. "Would
you like one or two scoops of Ice cream....Hi I'm Shadowcat Rules, and
I'll be your guide through the magic kingdom...."
As he watched her he wondered how deeply the brainwashing went.
He pulled out a copy of uncanny X-men 137 and a Disney produced
comic book and showed them to her. She faltered for a second, but
chose the Disney Rag. Bastion laughed again. He had gotten the idea
from Mephisto's use of Barney to currupt the minds of children, and it
seemed that a 50 something year old rat, would be Shadowcat rules!
and the X-men's downfall.
"Hey Skipp you know with that blond hair you look like you belong in
Hanson." Mischance said looking back at Skippy. Skippy lost it and it
took Blaze, Rogue, Acid, Marita, Bux, and Jam to keep him from
killing Mischance, who just said. "I had to do it. After that Flamethrower
incident..."
"You live dangerously 'Chance." Storm! said as she sat next to him. "Yep."
He replied. "By the way how did you convince those studio people about
casting Angie Bassett As Storm?" Storm! Smiled "I can be very persuasive
When I want to be."
"Okay people," Ryan said from the cockpit talking over Gene And Mike who
were still deciding who was co-pilot. "I hope she can hold all 157 of you.
time to go." He eased up on the stick and the Ship started moving. "I wonder
What the inflight movie is?" Acid Asked. "I better be Anime." Rogue commented
as she made Gambit fight a bunch of spiny Turtles while dodging black bombs
on her Gameboy.
Meanwhile a group of 6 Sentinels bearing the distinct Disney markings flew
Silently after our heroes....
Elsewhere at The Black Hellfire Club Brownstone......
Silver sat in awe, gawking at his monitor..."abbbu....sshhhethh...nggh....". Nemesis looked over his shoulder to see what
he was babbling about......following it with a smack over the head with The Royal 2x8!! "Gregor!! Havok!! You better
get down here" she yelled..."Silvers been cracking the passwords to The Penthouse Members Only Areas again". She
shoved him out of his chair and changed browsers so as to go to the board and to be met by the impossible ..."Minnie
Mouse Rules??? What the...????ggrrr...."
Whiping the drool of his shirt, Silver looked at the monitor, and then at Gregor who had joined them and gave Silver
"one of those 'you've been hanging with SKIPPY too long' looks"... "This isn't good... I mean we're not even going to
Disney!!!!!",whinged Gregor ..."Silver tell Havok to get out of the toilet and get to the car. Gregor, get that bra off your
head....." growled Nem... "ohhhhh..we're going to Disney alright...."
Across Town:
"Hurry up! Lock the door, and post-haste!" screamed Sequoia to Tangerine. Fumbling with the lock she just barely
closed to door in time. Now I know you might be thinking that nothing could get worse than having Bob Harras and
Bastion after you, but believe me Sequoia and Tan had just escaped a far worse fate.
"Good lord, next time I visit remind me to bring my shotgun, those neighbors of your's really are vicious!" gasped Tan.
"You don't even know the half of it," sighed Sequoia as she proceeded to systematically lock the remaining eight
deadbots on the front door. As she was doing this Tan walked over to the computer while she contrived creul and
unusual ways to trick her fellow board members into saying "Angel's Neato". As she read Minie Mouse Rules!'s post she
gazed shocke, although not so shocked that she didn't have time to insert a quick Betsy Rules post.
"Sequoia! Open the door we gotta get to Shadowcat Rules! this minute!"
"But I just locked the door and they're still out there, how are we ever gonna get by them...hey you know I think I saw
them using Angel comics as toilet paper yesterday (try not to visualize)!"
"THEY WHAT!!!!!!" Needless to say the local hospital was going to be working late that night...
Meanwhile:
"Ryan do you know how to Fly this thing or what!" Gene yelled at Ryan as the Ship dipped violently as Plasma burst all
around them. Blaze landed on Rogue and Acid who looked really upset, and Mischance looked ready to get violently ill
due to all the movement, But Storm! kept her cool and headed for the Gun Turrets. Blaze rushed to the lower turret and
said something about "shootin monkey's in a barrel. " Mischance rushed to the bathroom as the ship shook again.
Outside the Sentinels closed in Firing Plasma at our heroes Ship. "I think were in trouble." Storm! called over to Blaze.
"You T'ink Chere!" He responded. "Yeah I T'ink, so." She responded doing her best Cajun accent. They turned their
guns to face the oncoming Sentinels.
"FIRE!" Comes the comand from the bridge.
Energy beams fire from various places about the alien ship striking the sentinals with mouse hats and chest emblems in
the arm... the back... the head... all to no avail. It's then that logic and reason strike with a shot of inspiration.
"New Target!" calls Mischance. "Disney tends to strike at the heart, we must do the same! It's time to fight fire with fire!
Shoot the chest emblems!!"
"Shoot fast!" Comes The voice of Flyin' Ryan from the bridge."We'll be facing doubble trouble when we get there. We
have a new post... from DAISY DUCK!"
"Who's..." start's Blaze.
"LADY LUCK, Shadowcat Rules!' sister. They likely have them at oppisite ends of the park... divide and conquer."
Blaze's gun spat superheated plasma at the Disney Sentinel's, part of him should feel some pain about killing them since
part of them were still human but he didn't, killing them was a mercy, "WAAA-HOOO!! Dis how we do t'ings in
N'awlins on Mardi Gras!!!" he yelled as a Sentinel was blown to dust.
"Blaze has anybody ever told you, you're a madman." Storm! asked as she blasted at a Sentinel.
"I tell him that everyday, and he still acts like that." Acid said as he held onto a chair. Acid looked over and saw
Mischance in a gun turrent blasting away.
"Hey Acid take over here," Blaze yelled to him as he left the turrnet and headed for the bridge. Acid sat in the turrent and
started firing, within seconds the entire world turned upside down, everyone on board felt their stomach turn as the ship
executed insane manuvers, after a minute of insane flying the team found themselves less then one hour from Disney.
Everyone got up off the floor and started mumbling various death threats to Flyin' Ryan, when the bridge door opened
Blaze stepped out wearing a bomber jacket, "I love flying" he commented as a very green Red King walked out of the
bridge.
"I think I'm gonna be sick" he commented as his face turned green.
"No time for that now we ned to save ShadowCat Rules and Lady Luck" Mischance said as he opened the hatch, " I
propse we split into teams of three or four and infiltrate it, pick your teams people."
3000km elsewhere, and closing......
The sleek black exterior gleamed in the sunlight,as the Black Hellfire Club's modified F-117 slashed through the warm
afternoon air.Its features gave the impression of a grim bird of prey,sailing the sky in search of it next victim.Its sinster
appearance was tempered only by the even more sinster thoughts of its pilot.
"Are we there yet!?!"
"WILL YOU GUYS STOP SAYING THAT!!!I swear the next person to say" are we there yet is ging to GET
IT!!!"came a growl from the cockpit.
".....When will we get there.When will we get there!"
"Argh!"
Silver grined to himself,having finally gotten even with Nemesis for taking away his laptop."I've got a lock on Shadowcat
Rules! DNA marker.Looks like Gregor was right Nem,she is at Disney!"
"I thought as much.Havok,what about the BB HQ?"
"Still no response Nem."
"Hmm..."Nem mused"Well that settles it!I'm taking us pass mock 3!"
"WHAT!!Geez NEM!I know were trying to save a friend..But why the hurry,we could have taken the car you
know."Silver rasped out,making sure his seatharnesses were secure.There was no telling what the crazy nutball beside
him would do next,but wanting some secure protection just incase.While Havok was scribbling something on a peice of
paper and asking about the black box or if he could fax it back to the base.Beside him Gregor sat talking to himself,it
had something to do with him having a good life and not having had any regrets.
"Would you guys cut it out!"
Gregor "I think the turbulence is making me sick..."
Nem"Gregor,this a Lockheed F-117 class A fighter...we don't get turbulence!"Then She gunned the engines,breaking the
sound barrier in the process."You don't understand.It more than likely ,that the other board members came to the same
conclusion as we did!They're probably on their way now,if they haven't reached yet.And Blaze is probably with em,and
ya know he's always blowing up stuff!I'm trying to get us there before he destroys everything,leaving nothing for US, to
blow up!"
Gregor shuddered at the logic,and wondered to himself if it wasn't too late to join the Hellions:Red team.
"Radar is picking something up ahead."Silver read the information on the screen of their on-board computer,then
transfered it to the pilots screen."Visual to your one."
"You see!Its bits and pieces of Sentinels!"
Havok looked at his own screens"Yup ,Blaze was definately here"
Gregor"Were coming up on Disney.Estimated time 2.5 minutes,till we reach target area."
NEM:"Good.Engage cloaking device.We land at th...."
Havok:"Nem, another post has been put up....This tim from a..Daisy Duck?I think its Lady Luck!"
Nem: "Who?"
Havok:"Shadowcats Rule's sister...she was here before you came...I think she's been taken too!"
Nem :"Great,now we have two people to search for."she grumbled"Silver..."
Silver typing furiously at the keyboards"Hold on a sec...GOT IT!I've got her DNA marker as well."
Nem cut the engines and started their decent.They landed behind space mountain,But where once there was a sleek bird
of prey,there now stood a merry go round, with an out of sevice sign on it.The group alighted from their craft,and began
sorting and putting on various items of weaponry.
Havok grinned as he hoisted his plasma rifle:"Lets Lock'n'Load Gentlemen....and er..lady"
Nem hosltered her blaster and light saber,while her trusty 2x8 was strapped to her back.:"Hmph!Alright you all got your
weapons and body armour and Silver's tracking device.We'll have to split up to cover more ground.Now if any of
encounter any danger you can't handle,you have your comunicators...USE IT!Silver you and Gregor pair up and look for
Lady Luck,Havock your with me.Now guys be subtle and try to look inconspicous" she walks off with Havok,in search
of Shadowcat
Gregor:"Inconspicous she says, while were carry enouch fire power to start world war3!How do we get these by park
security!?!"
Silver:"Simple.Press the green button on your wrist com...its a miniture cloaking device" he presses his"See just another
happy go lucky tourist.While these dark glasses cancels out the effects of all cloaking devices!So WE'LL be able to see
whats real from whats not.We may be the smallest Hellfire club....But were the most High tech!"
Gregor:"Yeah it does work.Okay now that we're all set,lets go."
They both walk off in search of their query....
-NEM(putting in her two cents worth)-
And then Storm! shot her gun in mid air and everyone violently turned their heads to see what the noise was."I just
wanted to make sure that you all didnt forget me...heehee",Storm! said.
-Storm!-
Storm: As the shot reverberated throughout the theme park, Storm! quickly found herself being approached by several
large micky mouses! As they approached they carried different weapons each. A Hercules video, a hanson CD and
X-Men Unlimited #4 (I liked it!). Realizing her peril Storm! dashed for the nearest ride. Then all of a sudden she caught
a glimpse of Tina Turner in the crowd. Thoughroughly shocked she triped over a toddler and fell through an employees
only door...
NEM and Havok: "...but I think we should go left..." whined Havok teh Black Knight.
" For the last time, the tracker says to go right...and so does the royal 2X8, you ..mumble mumble mumble..." retorted
Nemesis.
As the companions descended down the hall, the noticed the wall getting increasingly gloomy and moldy. As they
pressed onward into the black heart of Disney's Empire a heavy haze began to flow into and over them.
"Hey Havok, I was wondering has Storm...I'm not feeling too good...has Storm ever...has...has...has...what was I talking
about?"
"You were asking something about Storm. Has Storm ever something." said Havok.
"Who's Storm?" said Nemesis.
The two companions had just began to experinece the true menace of Disney's Evil Empire, for in actuallity it was also
the Empire of Bob Harras, king of Amnesia and forgetfulness!
Blaze couldn't take it he was stuck in the "It's a Small World" ride and hating it. "When I see Mis again I'm gonna blast
him a new asshole," Blaze thought vehemetly. He cut off from his group of Tangerine, Johnny Blaze, and Acid so he
could scope out the park for himself now he regretted it. After the third line he jumped up in his seat and started singing
his own version, "It's a short life don'cha know" he screamed as he threw explosive energy shrads in ever direction, the
outdated animatronic machines were obliterrated as his relentless assault ripped through them. Within seconds the
building housing it exploded outward, Blaze walked out of the rubble and headed for the movie house showing "Captain
Eo". In the attraction know as Spaceship Earth, Bastion sat and worried, "How did they get past security, it's
impossible."
Because of Blaze's action several Sentinal's activated and procedded on his postion.
Mischance heard the explosion and groaned, "Great, the crazy cajun had flipped out, he's gonna trash the park before
we can find 'Cat and Luck. Acid does anything calm him down?" Mischance asked the person who reported Blaze
missing.
"Uh, How much money you got?" Acid asked in response.
"None" Mischance replied, all the other board members nodded their head's in answer.
"No stopping him." Acid told the group. Just then a woman ran by screaming something about a man in a trenchcoat
blowing up Captain Eo. The board split into two teams, one to find 'Cat and Luck and the other to stop Blaze.
"I'm never taking you guys anywhere." Mischance grumbled. He started down the streets of the Magic kingdom and
after a few minutes he had found himself alone, his group being swept away by the crowd. "Great, just great" he said.
Mischance decided to do his own bit of scouting after all having inside information like Shadowcat Rule's phone number
and address gave him a distinct advantage. He left the center and made his way quietly to the apartment building.
Entering the place he walked up to reception and smiled pouring on the charm. The Stuffy old woman behind the desk
seemed unfased by Mischance's charms though. Begrudgingly she allowed him access to The elevators and he headed
upstairs. Meanwhile Bastion watching this grinned to himself. He was ready for this occurance and had set a trap for
Mischance.
Mischance knocked on the door and caught the scent of herbal candles. The door opened and before he could react
Mischance was grabbed and pulled into the room by 4 scantilly clad women.....
Acid looked around the park and understood why Blaze had gone bonkers. A person could only stand so much of this
garbage. Acid had agreed to lead the search for Blaze, but hadn't expected what he'd seen. There was Blaze, being
followed by four large men, each speaking in a mechanical monotone. {Geez, and I thought Ben Stein's voice could get
annoying.} he thought to himself as he led the small group closer to them. He stepped forward and phazed his body into
smoke, floating towards and around the four disguized sentinels. With a mental smile, He caused some of his substance
to form into spikes, ramming them through the sentinels heads. Tangerine and Jonny Blaze came rushing forward and
blasted them to slag with their plasma weapons as Acid reformed himself. Tangerine: "How did you do that, Acid?"
Acid: "Simple. If Blaze can still throw his energy shards like he did when we crossed over into the Marvel Universe,
Then I should still have my smoke powers. Now Common, we don't want to lose him again." The trio of BB members
ran down the hallway at a fair clip, trying to catch up with Blaze.
Bastion laughed as he watched the capture of Mischance. The four women would keep him very entertained he thought
to himself. He turned his attention to the monitors and watched Blaze move into the Captain Eo area. "How about a little
Moonwalker Blaze." he said smiling as he touched a button on his console. Suddenly a Micheal Jackson Robot
appeared and attacked Blaze. The robot's adamantuim hide protecting him from Blaze's attacks.
Bastion turned his attention to Skippy's group and turning on the loudspeaker he announced "And We'd like to thank the
youngest member of Hanson for coming today to Epcot." Suddenly a hoard of screaming girls rushed Skippy. Bastion
Laughed. He noticed Rogue and Acid moving about silently and laughed. Suddenly The arcade light up and X-men Vs
Streetfighter cought Rogue's eye. He watched as Acid tried without success to get Rogue to continue on their mission.
Rogue seemed transfixed as she fed quarters into the machine trying to prove for once and for all that she was the
master, of this game! Meanwhile Storm! suddenly found herself Staring at a 80' screen where Tina's greatest hits live was
being played. Bastion was winning it seemed, and now to capture Gene he thought. He punched a few buttons on his
console and A number of pretty girls emerged carrying the '98 line of X-men figures. "Get to it ladies." he said, and
added to himself "Soon they all shall fall!"
"Looks like in all the excitement, we've been forgotten." Psyche said to Jon. "Yeah, it's just like a man to forget." Jon
said pulling out the heavy artillery from the ship. "I just wanna know one thing."Psyche said in her best spanish accent as
she hefted the smartgun "Where they are." Jon looked at her "Don't hurt yourself, dear." She said with a smirk. "You
talking to me?" Psyche said imitating Deniro. "Psyche don't you ever not quote movies?" Jon asked. Psyche thought long
about that one. "yes." she said at last. "Well lets go then." Jon responded "times waisting." Both women moved through
the park and unlike the other board members didn't make their presence known. Suddenly they noticed a group of
Mandroids standing guard over the entrance to The main administration building. "How original." Psyche said looking
Skyward. "Haven't we been here before?" Jon said annoyance in her voice. "I hate when he does this to me." Psyche
muttered under her breath.
Meanwhile...
Acid looked around at the crowd nervously. Quite a few people had gathered to watch Rogue play the game. Acid
knew that they had to get out of here before anymore of the sentinels could show up. Just as Rogue beat the game for
the fourth time in a row, Acid had an idea. He reached into his jacket and pulled out the latest issue of Ranma 1/2,
Rogue's favorite manga comic. "Hey, Rogue, haven't you been having trouble finding this?" She looked over at him, her
eyes going wide.
"Give that to me!!!" she screamed as she dove at him. he ran away from the crowd with her flying through the air after
him. once he had cleared the crowded area, he phased his body into smoke, getting more accustomed to his new
powers. He kept just enough of his body solid to hold on to the comic and let the wind carry him away from her. He let
her catch him and gave her the book. They both Hovered in midair as she read. When she had finished, he explained to
her what had happened to them. They decided to search for any of their friends that might still be able to fight. They
spotted Skippy, trying his best to fight off the Hanson lovers as he tried to rip the shirt off. Acid and Rgue decided taht
he would probably be very grateful if they rescued him. Acid floated to the ground and formed a smokescreen following
Skippy. Rogue flew down and scooped him up in her arms "Ya know, Skippy, for someone that looks like one of those
anorexic sissy boys, you sure do need to lose some weight." She said as she flew him up into the sky. They were shortly
rejoined by a small cloud of thick, black smoke speaking with Acid's voice. The next thing that caught their attention was
an explosion in the direction of the Captain Eo area. the three BB members looked at each other and said one word.
"Blaze."
The Cajun was not in his usual form. All of his attacks on the abomination had failed. Michael Jackson ontinued to
advance on him, switching from physical attacks, to mental ones like singing "have you seen my childhood," "You are not
alone", etc. Blaze tried to avoid all of it by Jumping Shadows, but his range wasn't what it usually was. He could hardly
jump a few yards, with his concentration as dulled as it was. Just as Blaze collapsed, panting after a failed shadow Jump
that had brought him up right behind Jacko, he heard a loud metal Clang, followed by multiple plasma blasts.He looked
up to See Rogue, floating in midair and nursing her right hand, while Skippy tried to Keep the monstrosity from
advancing by a constant barrage of superheated plasma. A thick smoke surrounded the robot, seeping in between it's
metallic joints The thing jerked suddenly, as all its circuitry seemed to fly from it's mouth and eyesThe smike rose from
the metal shell and solidified into a familiar shape.
"Acid! Rogue! SKIPPY!!, Oh, Mes Amis, It's so good to see you, I'll do anything to repay you for what ye jes did."
Blaze sputtered at the three of them, almost reduced to madness (worse than usual, that is) by the attack.
The trio of BB members held up tape recorders, all playing back Blaze's promise. "You know yer never gonna live this
one down, Matey." Acid said as he helped his best friend to his feet.
"Moi and me BIG mout'." he muttered as they all made their way out of the wreckage to find the rest of their BB friends.
Outside, Gene was reacting to the bait set for him by Bastion.
"Whoah! Babes! With...toys. What the Hell? Why would there be chicks here, and aren't cool toys illegal in
Disneyworld?"
He lets the babes surround him and he peruses the new toys, as well as the babes.
"New mutants line looks kind of cool. They still can't get Colossus right, though. Guess like it's me and Economics or
Statisitcs. It just ain't gonna happen."
He listens closely and notices that the women buzz as they move.
"Robots! It's a trap. Obvious one, too. Well, the other guys have their comic powers, maybe I do, too."
Gene concentrates and taps into his powers as Moist, Master of humidity. With supreme effort, he increases the
moisture in each of the robots, trying to short out their electrical systems. As they close in, he sees the robot babes'
heads wobble, but that's a given, since they're all blondes. If they were redheads, he wouldn't have had a chance. The
robots, now just looking a bit sweaty, advance.
"Well that was fun. Guess it's the hard way."
He reaches into the extradimensional storage pocket built by Area 51 researchers and provided by Board Smuggler
Gabe Kaplan, and pulls out a sledge hammer with a 3 foot handle.
In his best Chop-Top (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) impersonation, he screms, "Incoming Mail!" and brings the hammer
down on the first robot's head. He then swings the hammer like Thor, taking out two more at the knees.
"Damn, this puppy's heavy! What the hell was I thinking?" He switches the sledge for his trusty bushido sword and goes
to town.
"Problem with these cyber-hos, is they're dulling my blade, and it's a pain to sharpen. Ah well, I'll gripe to Shadowcat
about it."
Just then, a new babe approaches from the end of MainStreet USA. Angie Everhart, holding Gene's Holy Grail of toys -
The Mego Green Arrow and Mego Speedy, with Super Powers Green Arrow thrown in. All complete. Gene
spontaneously drools at the sight of the figures, never noticing who's holding the silver tray they're on until she's halfway
up the street.
"Gah," he says, falling back on his butt.
Watching on his monitor, Bastion begins wringing his evil hands.
"Yes! Just a little farther! A few steps more and he's mine!
Just then, Gene notices a Minnie Mouse tattoo on Angie's inner thigh, just above the knee, but below the hem of her
wonderful dress.
"hee hee! She has a Minnie Mouse tattoo! Minnie Mouse. hee hee!.....Wait a minute! She doesn't have a Minnie
Tattoo!"
Angie's bustline flips up and a net is launched out at Gene. He dodges out of the way and begins to run.
"Sorry babe. You're not the first ho to try to reel me in. The others were all ugly, though."
At the end of the street he meets up with Skippy, Blaze, Acid and Rogue, recovering from their bought with the
demented Captain Eo.
"Hey frere!" Skippy says. "Comment ca va? Why's dere drool on y' cheek? And dose pants are fittin' funny."
"Stopped for a little exercise. By the way, you have burning Jackson scalp on your sleeve."
"Agh! Get it off!" Skippy says, slapping at himself.
"Lose something?" A voice says from behind Gene. He turns to find GRIM holding the bushido sword.
"Where did you get that? I lost it when I was attacked by Angie Everhart!"
"I got it back from her. She just doesn't measure up to my favorite dancer from upstate. And I noticed she had an off
switch. But that was after I ran her down with the trolley. Where are we off to?"
"The castle is my guess," Gene says.
"Mine, too" says Rogue.
"Let's go, den," Blaze says, linking elbows with Skippy. They all link up and begin skipping down the street, humming the
theme from "Wizard of Oz."
Meanwhile:
"Hahahahahahahah! My plan is coming together perfectly." Said Bastion as he grinned and continued to watch the
screen. "perfectly..."
Back wherever "There" was:
Arriving at the castle, GRIM, Blaze, SKIPPY, Rogue and Gene.
Gene: "Well, we're at the Castle. What now?"
Blaze: "We knock. Mes ami."
"As if!" said Rogue as in one punch she knocks down the heavy wooden door.
Blaze: "Or, we could do that."
Just then, above them, a fissure opens in the air and a voice shouts
"Incoming!"
And out falls Slider, his arms and legs sprawld all over the place.
"OOF! My B***"
He says as he lands on his bu--- botto-- backsid--
He says as he lands on his back.
Acid caught up to the rest of them, Wondering how exactly Slider had joined the group. "Oh well" he thought to himself,
"I can wonder about that later."
Slider looked up from his spread out position, "Can someone help me up please? This is painful, not to mention
embarassing."
"Sure thing, Mate. 'Ere, lemme give you a hand." Said Acid as his body took on a hazy look and his arms floated out and
lifted Slider up onto his feet. A moment later, Acid's body was whole again. He smiled evilly chuckling as he imagined
the face of the Villain behind all of this.
"Mates, lets go make a little of our own Magic in the magic Kingdom." The whole group smiled evilly, Acid's hand
forming into a set of blades similar to Freddy Krueger, Blaze holding a handful of energy shards, Rouge cracking her
knuckles, Skippy and Slider both hefting massive energy weapons, GRIM swinging the Sword in wide graceful arcs, and
Gene holding a smaller version of his sledge hammer. They smiled their evil grins and stepped inside.
In another part of the not so magick kingdom we find Jon and Pshyche pondering the best way to get into the office
building they have found. "I say we storm the place, and let the force sort them out." Jon rolls her eyes at her New
Yorker friend. "Have a little sublty Psyche. Watch this." Jon then walks over to a little girl of about three or four and
begins talking with her. There is much talking and gesturing when Jon finally sighs heavily And shakes with the child. SHe
reaches into her pocket and pulls out some money and hands it to the little girl. THe little girl then goes up to the door
and starts crying hysterically at the guard. "MY MOMMY IS IN THERE!!!! I WANT IN THERE!!! LET ME IN!!!!"
The end of the sentece becoming a high pitched wail as the little gil began screaming. People poured out of the building
and from around the park. In all the confusion Jon and Psyche slipped into the building. They made their way to the
security room when they ran into trouble. "IS THAT PERSON WEARING A COWBOYS SUCK SHIRT!?!?!?!" "I
think so Jon why?" Whith that Jon through down her plasma rifle and proceded to beat the crap out of the poor sod. As
Psyche pulled her off him the alarms started going off. "Who was it preaching about sublty earlier?" "Give me a break he
was knocking the 'Boys. There are only a few people who can get away with that, and that's only because they live out
of state. So what now?" "I say we run for it" As they ran down the hall Psyche found a computer terminal. "Hey Jon you
hold off the mickey rats while I find out were their holding Shadow Cat and Lady Luck."
Meanwhile,
"What. No. This is not meant to be happening! In a moment they will find out where I am holding that pesky twosome!
AHHHH! NO!" Said Bastion as he watched in horror as...
"I've downloaded the part of the mainframe we want! They're holding ShadowcatRules! and Lady Luck at the.... The
MOON! How the--? What the--? Oh, s**t!" Said Psyche as she keyed in the controls for the terminal. "This is NOT
good!"
Meanwhile, again...
"Lets take a look at this... Toy store?" Said Gene in puzzlement as they walked into the Castle.
"What the--?" Said SKIPPY as he stood next to Gene.
Rogue: "This is not normal."
GRIM: "You could say that. Yes."
Acid: "Look. A big door saying 'Do Not Enter. Super-Secret headquarters."
Slider: "Lats 'ave a look. Yep. Its a door."
Blaze: "I take it, Rogue, ma chere, you do not want to knock at this door."
"How'd you guess?" She replied as she flew over to the door and punched it.
A moment later...
Rogue: "Oww. Ouch. That hurt. Oww!"
Gene: "The door must be rogue-proof."
Acid: "There's only one way to get through..."
"I could 'port us there. But there is a much better way.."
Blaze: "Oui"
SKIPPY: "Cant you wait?"
Rogue: "A much better way, Slider..."
"RUMBLE!!!!" They all said in unison.
Blaze cut chunks out of door as Rogue kept hitting it, pounding it to pieces. Slider and SKIPPY fire they're
larger-than-life-and-twice-as-nasty energy weapons at the door, while Blaze wrecks it with energy shards. Gene and
GRIM batter the hell out of it with their weapons untill the door finally crashes down and on the other side they find...
"What do you mean Shadowcate Rules! is on the moon?" Jon asked Psyche. "Let me see that," she continued, pushing
Psyche out of the way so she could see the monitor. Psyche let the chair roll back and to the side, toward another desk.
"Fine, you look at that, I'll check this one." Psyche said as she turned toward the multi monitored pc systems on the other
side of the rather large room. "Oh, my God," she said.
"What," Jon asked, not turning. "Hey, sweetie," Jon interrupted herself. "That's not the moon, that's Epcot Center! She's
at Epcot! Look at these schematics (I think they're schematics, they sure look important). Hey, you! Techie! You want
to tell me what this means? Psyche, you lisening? Psych'?" Jon turned around, wondering why her friend wasn't
answering. What she saw was frightening.
Psyche had taken off her shades and was staring at the pc setup with eyes that were opened as wide as possible and
quite glazed over. Jon approached slowly as she realized Psyche was talking to herself while she ran her hands over the
hardware. As Jon got closer she heard her friend muttering "500mhz; Matrox Millenium II video card, I bet, with 16
megs; ISDN lines, four of them!; Look at the speakers on this baby!; 21" LCD monitor, no deskspace wasted; Wonder
what it looks like inside; Oh man, this looks like a CAD station! . . . " Jon had no idea what her friend was talking about,
but knew this had to be some kind of trap.
She stopped her approach as Psyche got to her knees and reached for the CPU. Then she ran over, knowing that if her
friend got to see the inner workings of those pc's, she'd never get her out of there and Shadowcat would be trapped in
Disneyworld forever . . .
"Perfect," Bastion laughed to himself as he watched the monitors. "I knew it would only be a matter of time. Those two
are a dangerous duo, but with simple weaknesses. Soon I shall have them both as well! Bwaahhhaaaaahhhhaaaa!"
"I'm never taking you guys anywhere." Mischance grumbled. He started down the streets of the Magic kingdom and
after a few minutes he had found himself alone, his group being swept away by the crowd. "Great, just great" he said.
Mischance decided to do his own bit of scouting after all having inside information like Shadowcat Rule's phone number
and address gave him a distinct advantage. He left the center and made his way quietly to the apartment building.
Entering the place he walked up to reception and smiled pouring on the charm. The Stuffy old woman behind the desk
seemed unfased by Mischance's charms though. Begrudgingly she allowed him access to The elevators and he headed
upstairs. Meanwhile Bastion watching this grinned to himself. He was ready for this occurance and had set a trap for
Mischance.
Mischance knocked on the door and caught the scent of herbal candles. The door opened and before he could react
Mischance was grabbed and pulled into the room by 4 scantilly clad women.....
Acid looked around the park and understood why Blaze had gone bonkers. A person could only stand so much of this
garbage. Acid had agreed to lead the search for Blaze, but hadn't expected what he'd seen. There was Blaze, being
followed by four large men, each speaking in a mechanical monotone. {Geez, and I thought Ben Stein's voice could get
annoying.} he thought to himself as he led the small group closer to them. He stepped forward and phazed his body into
smoke, floating towards and around the four disguized sentinels. With a mental smile, He caused some of his substance
to form into spikes, ramming them through the sentinels heads. Tangerine and Jonny Blaze came rushing forward and
blasted them to slag with their plasma weapons as Acid reformed himself. Tangerine: "How did you do that, Acid?"
Acid: "Simple. If Blaze can still throw his energy shards like he did when we crossed over into the Marvel Universe,
Then I should still have my smoke powers. Now Common, we don't want to lose him again." The trio of BB members
ran down the hallway at a fair clip, trying to catch up with Blaze.
Bastion laughed as he watched the capture of Mischance. The four women would keep him very entertained he thought
to himself. He turned his attention to the monitors and watched Blaze move into the Captain Eo area. "How about a little
Moonwalker Blaze." he said smiling as he touched a button on his console. Suddenly a Micheal Jackson Robot
appeared and attacked Blaze. The robot's adamantuim hide protecting him from Blaze's attacks.
Bastion turned his attention to Skippy's group and turning on the loudspeaker he announced "And We'd like to thank the
youngest member of Hanson for coming today to Epcot." Suddenly a hoard of screaming girls rushed Skippy. Bastion
Laughed. He noticed Rogue and Acid moving about silently and laughed. Suddenly The arcade light up and X-men Vs
Streetfighter cought Rogue's eye. He watched as Acid tried without success to get Rogue to continue on their mission.
Rogue seemed transfixed as she fed quarters into the machine trying to prove for once and for all that she was the
master, of this game! Meanwhile Storm! suddenly found herself Staring at a 80' screen where Tina's greatest hits live was
being played. Bastion was winning it seemed, and now to capture Gene he thought. He punched a few buttons on his
console and A number of pretty girls emerged carrying the '98 line of X-men figures. "Get to it ladies." he said, and
added to himself "Soon they all shall fall!"
"Looks like in all the excitement, we've been forgotten." Psyche said to Jon. "Yeah, it's just like a man to forget." Jon
said pulling out the heavy artillery from the ship. "I just wanna know one thing."Psyche said in her best spanish accent as
she hefted the smartgun "Where they are." Jon looked at her "Don't hurt yourself, dear." She said with a smirk. "You
talking to me?" Psyche said imitating Deniro. "Psyche don't you ever not quote movies?" Jon asked. Psyche thought long
about that one. "yes." she said at last. "Well lets go then." Jon responded "times waisting." Both women moved through
the park and unlike the other board members didn't make their presence known. Suddenly they noticed a group of
Mandroids standing guard over the entrance to The main administration building. "How original." Psyche said looking
Skyward. "Haven't we been here before?" Jon said annoyance in her voice. "I hate when he does this to me." Psyche
muttered under her breath.
Meanwhile...
Acid looked around at the crowd nervously. Quite a few people had gathered to watch Rogue play the game. Acid
knew that they had to get out of here before anymore of the sentinels could show up. Just as Rogue beat the game for
the fourth time in a row, Acid had an idea. He reached into his jacket and pulled out the latest issue of Ranma 1/2,
Rogue's favorite manga comic. "Hey, Rogue, haven't you been having trouble finding this?" She looked over at him, her
eyes going wide.
"Give that to me!!!" she screamed as she dove at him. he ran away from the crowd with her flying through the air after
him. once he had cleared the crowded area, he phased his body into smoke, getting more accustomed to his new
powers. He kept just enough of his body solid to hold on to the comic and let the wind carry him away from her. He let
her catch him and gave her the book. They both Hovered in midair as she read. When she had finished, he explained to
her what had happened to them. They decided to search for any of their friends that might still be able to fight. They
spotted Skippy, trying his best to fight off the Hanson lovers as he tried to rip the shirt off. Acid and Rgue decided taht
he would probably be very grateful if they rescued him. Acid floated to the ground and formed a smokescreen following
Skippy. Rogue flew down and scooped him up in her arms "Ya know, Skippy, for someone that looks like one of those
anorexic sissy boys, you sure do need to lose some weight." She said as she flew him up into the sky. They were shortly
rejoined by a small cloud of thick, black smoke speaking with Acid's voice. The next thing that caught their attention was
an explosion in the direction of the Captain Eo area. the three BB members looked at each other and said one word.
"Blaze."
The Cajun was not in his usual form. All of his attacks on the abomination had failed. Michael Jackson ontinued to
advance on him, switching from physical attacks, to mental ones like singing "have you seen my childhood," "You are not
alone", etc. Blaze tried to avoid all of it by Jumping Shadows, but his range wasn't what it usually was. He could hardly
jump a few yards, with his concentration as dulled as it was. Just as Blaze collapsed, panting after a failed shadow Jump
that had brought him up right behind Jacko, he heard a loud metal Clang, followed by multiple plasma blasts.He looked
up to See Rogue, floating in midair and nursing her right hand, while Skippy tried to Keep the monstrosity from
advancing by a constant barrage of superheated plasma. A thick smoke surrounded the robot, seeping in between it's
metallic joints The thing jerked suddenly, as all its circuitry seemed to fly from it's mouth and eyesThe smike rose from
the metal shell and solidified into a familiar shape.
"Acid! Rogue! SKIPPY!!, Oh, Mes Amis, It's so good to see you, I'll do anything to repay you for what ye jes did."
Blaze sputtered at the three of them, almost reduced to madness (worse than usual, that is) by the attack.
The trio of BB members held up tape recorders, all playing back Blaze's promise. "You know yer never gonna live this
one down, Matey." Acid said as he helped his best friend to his feet.
"Moi and me BIG mout'." he muttered as they all made their way out of the wreckage to find the rest of their BB friends.
Outside, Gene was reacting to the bait set for him by Bastion.
"Whoah! Babes! With...toys. What the Hell? Why would there be chicks here, and aren't cool toys illegal in
Disneyworld?"
He lets the babes surround him and he peruses the new toys, as well as the babes.
"New mutants line looks kind of cool. They still can't get Colossus right, though. Guess like it's me and Economics or
Statisitcs. It just ain't gonna happen."
He listens closely and notices that the women buzz as they move.
"Robots! It's a trap. Obvious one, too. Well, the other guys have their comic powers, maybe I do, too."
Gene concentrates and taps into his powers as Moist, Master of humidity. With supreme effort, he increases the
moisture in each of the robots, trying to short out their electrical systems. As they close in, he sees the robot babes'
heads wobble, but that's a given, since they're all blondes. If they were redheads, he wouldn't have had a chance. The
robots, now just looking a bit sweaty, advance.
"Well that was fun. Guess it's the hard way."
He reaches into the extradimensional storage pocket built by Area 51 researchers and provided by Board Smuggler
Gabe Kaplan, and pulls out a sledge hammer with a 3 foot handle.
In his best Chop-Top (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) impersonation, he screms, "Incoming Mail!" and brings the hammer
down on the first robot's head. He then swings the hammer like Thor, taking out two more at the knees.
"Damn, this puppy's heavy! What the hell was I thinking?" He switches the sledge for his trusty bushido sword and goes
to town.
"Problem with these cyber-hos, is they're dulling my blade, and it's a pain to sharpen. Ah well, I'll gripe to Shadowcat
about it."
Just then, a new babe approaches from the end of MainStreet USA. Angie Everhart, holding Gene's Holy Grail of toys -
The Mego Green Arrow and Mego Speedy, with Super Powers Green Arrow thrown in. All complete. Gene
spontaneously drools at the sight of the figures, never noticing who's holding the silver tray they're on until she's halfway
up the street.
"Gah," he says, falling back on his butt.
Watching on his monitor, Bastion begins wringing his evil hands.
"Yes! Just a little farther! A few steps more and he's mine!
Just then, Gene notices a Minnie Mouse tattoo on Angie's inner thigh, just above the knee, but below the hem of her
wonderful dress.
"hee hee! She has a Minnie Mouse tattoo! Minnie Mouse. hee hee!.....Wait a minute! She doesn't have a Minnie
Tattoo!"
Angie's bustline flips up and a net is launched out at Gene. He dodges out of the way and begins to run.
"Sorry babe. You're not the first ho to try to reel me in. The others were all ugly, though."
At the end of the street he meets up with Skippy, Blaze, Acid and Rogue, recovering from their bought with the
demented Captain Eo.
"Hey frere!" Skippy says. "Comment ca va? Why's dere drool on y' cheek? And dose pants are fittin' funny."
"Stopped for a little exercise. By the way, you have burning Jackson scalp on your sleeve."
"Agh! Get it off!" Skippy says, slapping at himself.
"Lose something?" A voice says from behind Gene. He turns to find GRIM holding the bushido sword.
"Where did you get that? I lost it when I was attacked by Angie Everhart!"
"I got it back from her. She just doesn't measure up to my favorite dancer from upstate. And I noticed she had an off
switch. But that was after I ran her down with the trolley. Where are we off to?"
"The castle is my guess," Gene says.
"Mine, too" says Rogue.
"Let's go, den," Blaze says, linking elbows with Skippy. They all link up and begin skipping down the street, humming the
theme from "Wizard of Oz."
Meanwhile:
"Hahahahahahahah! My plan is coming together perfectly." Said Bastion as he grinned and continued to watch the
screen. "perfectly..."
Back wherever "There" was:
Arriving at the castle, GRIM, Blaze, SKIPPY, Rogue and Gene.
Gene: "Well, we're at the Castle. What now?"
Blaze: "We knock. Mes ami."
"As if!" said Rogue as in one punch she knocks down the heavy wooden door.
Blaze: "Or, we could do that."
Just then, above them, a fissure opens in the air and a voice shouts
"Incoming!"
And out falls Slider, his arms and legs sprawld all over the place.
"OOF! My B***"
He says as he lands on his bu--- botto-- backsid--
He says as he lands on his back.
Acid caught up to the rest of them, Wondering how exactly Slider had joined the group. "Oh well" he thought to himself,
"I can wonder about that later."
Slider looked up from his spread out position, "Can someone help me up please? This is painful, not to mention
embarassing."
"Sure thing, Mate. 'Ere, lemme give you a hand." Said Acid as his body took on a hazy look and his arms floated out and
lifted Slider up onto his feet. A moment later, Acid's body was whole again. He smiled evilly chuckling as he imagined
the face of the Villain behind all of this.
"Mates, lets go make a little of our own Magic in the magic Kingdom." The whole group smiled evilly, Acid's hand
forming into a set of blades similar to Freddy Krueger, Blaze holding a handful of energy shards, Rouge cracking her
knuckles, Skippy and Slider both hefting massive energy weapons, GRIM swinging the Sword in wide graceful arcs, and
Gene holding a smaller version of his sledge hammer. They smiled their evil grins and stepped inside.
In another part of the not so magick kingdom we find Jon and Pshyche pondering the best way to get into the office
building they have found. "I say we storm the place, and let the force sort them out." Jon rolls her eyes at her New
Yorker friend. "Have a little sublty Psyche. Watch this." Jon then walks over to a little girl of about three or four and
begins talking with her. There is much talking and gesturing when Jon finally sighs heavily And shakes with the child. SHe
reaches into her pocket and pulls out some money and hands it to the little girl. THe little girl then goes up to the door
and starts crying hysterically at the guard. "MY MOMMY IS IN THERE!!!! I WANT IN THERE!!! LET ME IN!!!!"
The end of the sentece becoming a high pitched wail as the little gil began screaming. People poured out of the building
and from around the park. In all the confusion Jon and Psyche slipped into the building. They made their way to the
security room when they ran into trouble. "IS THAT PERSON WEARING A COWBOYS SUCK SHIRT!?!?!?!" "I
think so Jon why?" Whith that Jon through down her plasma rifle and proceded to beat the crap out of the poor sod. As
Psyche pulled her off him the alarms started going off. "Who was it preaching about sublty earlier?" "Give me a break he
was knocking the 'Boys. There are only a few people who can get away with that, and that's only because they live out
of state. So what now?" "I say we run for it" As they ran down the hall Psyche found a computer terminal. "Hey Jon you
hold off the mickey rats while I find out were their holding Shadow Cat and Lady Luck."
Meanwhile,
"What. No. This is not meant to be happening! In a moment they will find out where I am holding that pesky twosome!
AHHHH! NO!" Said Bastion as he watched in horror as...
"I've downloaded the part of the mainframe we want! They're holding ShadowcatRules! and Lady Luck at the.... The
MOON! How the--? What the--? Oh, s**t!" Said Psyche as she keyed in the controls for the terminal. "This is NOT
good!"
Meanwhile, again...
"Lets take a look at this... Toy store?" Said Gene in puzzlement as they walked into the Castle.
"What the--?" Said SKIPPY as he stood next to Gene.
Rogue: "This is not normal."
GRIM: "You could say that. Yes."
Acid: "Look. A big door saying 'Do Not Enter. Super-Secret headquarters."
Slider: "Lats 'ave a look. Yep. Its a door."
Blaze: "I take it, Rogue, ma chere, you do not want to knock at this door."
"How'd you guess?" She replied as she flew over to the door and punched it.
A moment later...
Rogue: "Oww. Ouch. That hurt. Oww!"
Gene: "The door must be rogue-proof."
Acid: "There's only one way to get through..."
"I could 'port us there. But there is a much better way.."
Blaze: "Oui"
SKIPPY: "Cant you wait?"
Rogue: "A much better way, Slider..."
"RUMBLE!!!!" They all said in unison.
Blaze cut chunks out of door as Rogue kept hitting it, pounding it to pieces. Slider and SKIPPY fire they're
larger-than-life-and-twice-as-nasty energy weapons at the door, while Blaze wrecks it with energy shards. Gene and
GRIM batter the hell out of it with their weapons untill the door finally crashes down and on the other side they find...
"What do you mean Shadowcate Rules! is on the moon?" Jon asked Psyche. "Let me see that," she continued, pushing
Psyche out of the way so she could see the monitor. Psyche let the chair roll back and to the side, toward another desk.
"Fine, you look at that, I'll check this one." Psyche said as she turned toward the multi monitored pc systems on the other
side of the rather large room. "Oh, my God," she said.
"What," Jon asked, not turning. "Hey, sweetie," Jon interrupted herself. "That's not the moon, that's Epcot Center! She's
at Epcot! Look at these schematics (I think they're schematics, they sure look important). Hey, you! Techie! You want
to tell me what this means? Psyche, you lisening? Psych'?" Jon turned around, wondering why her friend wasn't
answering. What she saw was frightening.
Psyche had taken off her shades and was staring at the pc setup with eyes that were opened as wide as possible and
quite glazed over. Jon approached slowly as she realized Psyche was talking to herself while she ran her hands over the
hardware. As Jon got closer she heard her friend muttering "500mhz; Matrox Millenium II video card, I bet, with 16
megs; ISDN lines, four of them!; Look at the speakers on this baby!; 21" LCD monitor, no deskspace wasted; Wonder
what it looks like inside; Oh man, this looks like a CAD station! . . . " Jon had no idea what her friend was talking about,
but knew this had to be some kind of trap.
She stopped her approach as Psyche got to her knees and reached for the CPU. Then she ran over, knowing that if her
friend got to see the inner workings of those pc's, she'd never get her out of there and Shadowcat would be trapped in
Disneyworld forever . . .
"Perfect," Bastion laughed to himself as he watched the monitors. "I knew it would only be a matter of time. Those two
are a dangerous duo, but with simple weaknesses. Soon I shall have them both as well! Bwaahhhaaaaahhhhaaaa!""I'm never taking you guys anywhere." Mischance grumbled. He started down the streets of the Magic kingdom and
after a few minutes he had found himself alone, his group being swept away by the crowd. "Great, just great" he said.
Mischance decided to do his own bit of scouting after all having inside information like Shadowcat Rule's phone number
and address gave him a distinct advantage. He left the center and made his way quietly to the apartment building.
Entering the place he walked up to reception and smiled pouring on the charm. The Stuffy old woman behind the desk
seemed unfased by Mischance's charms though. Begrudgingly she allowed him access to The elevators and he headed
upstairs. Meanwhile Bastion watching this grinned to himself. He was ready for this occurance and had set a trap for
Mischance.
Mischance knocked on the door and caught the scent of herbal candles. The door opened and before he could react
Mischance was grabbed and pulled into the room by 4 scantilly clad women.....
Acid looked around the park and understood why Blaze had gone bonkers. A person could only stand so much of this
garbage. Acid had agreed to lead the search for Blaze, but hadn't expected what he'd seen. There was Blaze, being
followed by four large men, each speaking in a mechanical monotone. {Geez, and I thought Ben Stein's voice could get
annoying.} he thought to himself as he led the small group closer to them. He stepped forward and phazed his body into
smoke, floating towards and around the four disguized sentinels. With a mental smile, He caused some of his substance
to form into spikes, ramming them through the sentinels heads. Tangerine and Jonny Blaze came rushing forward and
blasted them to slag with their plasma weapons as Acid reformed himself. Tangerine: "How did you do that, Acid?"
Acid: "Simple. If Blaze can still throw his energy shards like he did when we crossed over into the Marvel Universe,
Then I should still have my smoke powers. Now Common, we don't want to lose him again." The trio of BB members
ran down the hallway at a fair clip, trying to catch up with Blaze.
Bastion laughed as he watched the capture of Mischance. The four women would keep him very entertained he thought
to himself. He turned his attention to the monitors and watched Blaze move into the Captain Eo area. "How about a little
Moonwalker Blaze." he said smiling as he touched a button on his console. Suddenly a Micheal Jackson Robot
appeared and attacked Blaze. The robot's adamantuim hide protecting him from Blaze's attacks.
Bastion turned his attention to Skippy's group and turning on the loudspeaker he announced "And We'd like to thank the
youngest member of Hanson for coming today to Epcot." Suddenly a hoard of screaming girls rushed Skippy. Bastion
Laughed. He noticed Rogue and Acid moving about silently and laughed. Suddenly The arcade light up and X-men Vs
Streetfighter cought Rogue's eye. He watched as Acid tried without success to get Rogue to continue on their mission.
Rogue seemed transfixed as she fed quarters into the machine trying to prove for once and for all that she was the
master, of this game! Meanwhile Storm! suddenly found herself Staring at a 80' screen where Tina's greatest hits live was
being played. Bastion was winning it seemed, and now to capture Gene he thought. He punched a few buttons on his
console and A number of pretty girls emerged carrying the '98 line of X-men figures. "Get to it ladies." he said, and
added to himself "Soon they all shall fall!"
"Looks like in all the excitement, we've been forgotten." Psyche said to Jon. "Yeah, it's just like a man to forget." Jon
said pulling out the heavy artillery from the ship. "I just wanna know one thing."Psyche said in her best spanish accent as
she hefted the smartgun "Where they are." Jon looked at her "Don't hurt yourself, dear." She said with a smirk. "You
talking to me?" Psyche said imitating Deniro. "Psyche don't you ever not quote movies?" Jon asked. Psyche thought long
about that one. "yes." she said at last. "Well lets go then." Jon responded "times waisting." Both women moved through
the park and unlike the other board members didn't make their presence known. Suddenly they noticed a group of
Mandroids standing guard over the entrance to The main administration building. "How original." Psyche said looking
Skyward. "Haven't we been here before?" Jon said annoyance in her voice. "I hate when he does this to me." Psyche
muttered under her breath.
Meanwhile...
Acid looked around at the crowd nervously. Quite a few people had gathered to watch Rogue play the game. Acid
knew that they had to get out of here before anymore of the sentinels could show up. Just as Rogue beat the game for
the fourth time in a row, Acid had an idea. He reached into his jacket and pulled out the latest issue of Ranma 1/2,
Rogue's favorite manga comic. "Hey, Rogue, haven't you been having trouble finding this?" She looked over at him, her
eyes going wide.
"Give that to me!!!" she screamed as she dove at him. he ran away from the crowd with her flying through the air after
him. once he had cleared the crowded area, he phased his body into smoke, getting more accustomed to his new
powers. He kept just enough of his body solid to hold on to the comic and let the wind carry him away from her. He let
her catch him and gave her the book. They both Hovered in midair as she read. When she had finished, he explained to
her what had happened to them. They decided to search for any of their friends that might still be able to fight. They
spotted Skippy, trying his best to fight off the Hanson lovers as he tried to rip the shirt off. Acid and Rgue decided taht
he would probably be very grateful if they rescued him. Acid floated to the ground and formed a smokescreen following
Skippy. Rogue flew down and scooped him up in her arms "Ya know, Skippy, for someone that looks like one of those
anorexic sissy boys, you sure do need to lose some weight." She said as she flew him up into the sky. They were shortly
rejoined by a small cloud of thick, black smoke speaking with Acid's voice. The next thing that caught their attention was
an explosion in the direction of the Captain Eo area. the three BB members looked at each other and said one word.
"Blaze."
The Cajun was not in his usual form. All of his attacks on the abomination had failed. Michael Jackson ontinued to
advance on him, switching from physical attacks, to mental ones like singing "have you seen my childhood," "You are not
alone", etc. Blaze tried to avoid all of it by Jumping Shadows, but his range wasn't what it usually was. He could hardly
jump a few yards, with his concentration as dulled as it was. Just as Blaze collapsed, panting after a failed shadow Jump
that had brought him up right behind Jacko, he heard a loud metal Clang, followed by multiple plasma blasts.He looked
up to See Rogue, floating in midair and nursing her right hand, while Skippy tried to Keep the monstrosity from
advancing by a constant barrage of superheated plasma. A thick smoke surrounded the robot, seeping in between it's
metallic joints The thing jerked suddenly, as all its circuitry seemed to fly from it's mouth and eyesThe smike rose from
the metal shell and solidified into a familiar shape.
"Acid! Rogue! SKIPPY!!, Oh, Mes Amis, It's so good to see you, I'll do anything to repay you for what ye jes did."
Blaze sputtered at the three of them, almost reduced to madness (worse than usual, that is) by the attack.
The trio of BB members held up tape recorders, all playing back Blaze's promise. "You know yer never gonna live this
one down, Matey." Acid said as he helped his best friend to his feet.
"Moi and me BIG mout'." he muttered as they all made their way out of the wreckage to find the rest of their BB friends.
Outside, Gene was reacting to the bait set for him by Bastion.
"Whoah! Babes! With...toys. What the Hell? Why would there be chicks here, and aren't cool toys illegal in
Disneyworld?"
He lets the babes surround him and he peruses the new toys, as well as the babes.
"New mutants line looks kind of cool. They still can't get Colossus right, though. Guess like it's me and Economics or
Statisitcs. It just ain't gonna happen."
He listens closely and notices that the women buzz as they move.
"Robots! It's a trap. Obvious one, too. Well, the other guys have their comic powers, maybe I do, too."
Gene concentrates and taps into his powers as Moist, Master of humidity. With supreme effort, he increases the
moisture in each of the robots, trying to short out their electrical systems. As they close in, he sees the robot babes'
heads wobble, but that's a given, since they're all blondes. If they were redheads, he wouldn't have had a chance. The
robots, now just looking a bit sweaty, advance.
"Well that was fun. Guess it's the hard way."
He reaches into the extradimensional storage pocket built by Area 51 researchers and provided by Board Smuggler
Gabe Kaplan, and pulls out a sledge hammer with a 3 foot handle.
In his best Chop-Top (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) impersonation, he screms, "Incoming Mail!" and brings the hammer
down on the first robot's head. He then swings the hammer like Thor, taking out two more at the knees.
"Damn, this puppy's heavy! What the hell was I thinking?" He switches the sledge for his trusty bushido sword and goes
to town.
"Problem with these cyber-hos, is they're dulling my blade, and it's a pain to sharpen. Ah well, I'll gripe to Shadowcat
about it."
Just then, a new babe approaches from the end of MainStreet USA. Angie Everhart, holding Gene's Holy Grail of toys -
The Mego Green Arrow and Mego Speedy, with Super Powers Green Arrow thrown in. All complete. Gene
spontaneously drools at the sight of the figures, never noticing who's holding the silver tray they're on until she's halfway
up the street.
"Gah," he says, falling back on his butt.
Watching on his monitor, Bastion begins wringing his evil hands.
"Yes! Just a little farther! A few steps more and he's mine!
Just then, Gene notices a Minnie Mouse tattoo on Angie's inner thigh, just above the knee, but below the hem of her
wonderful dress.
"hee hee! She has a Minnie Mouse tattoo! Minnie Mouse. hee hee!.....Wait a minute! She doesn't have a Minnie
Tattoo!"
Angie's bustline flips up and a net is launched out at Gene. He dodges out of the way and begins to run.
"Sorry babe. You're not the first ho to try to reel me in. The others were all ugly, though."
At the end of the street he meets up with Skippy, Blaze, Acid and Rogue, recovering from their bought with the
demented Captain Eo.
"Hey frere!" Skippy says. "Comment ca va? Why's dere drool on y' cheek? And dose pants are fittin' funny."
"Stopped for a little exercise. By the way, you have burning Jackson scalp on your sleeve."
"Agh! Get it off!" Skippy says, slapping at himself.
"Lose something?" A voice says from behind Gene. He turns to find GRIM holding the bushido sword.
"Where did you get that? I lost it when I was attacked by Angie Everhart!"
"I got it back from her. She just doesn't measure up to my favorite dancer from upstate. And I noticed she had an off
switch. But that was after I ran her down with the trolley. Where are we off to?"
"The castle is my guess," Gene says.
"Mine, too" says Rogue.
"Let's go, den," Blaze says, linking elbows with Skippy. They all link up and begin skipping down the street, humming the
theme from "Wizard of Oz."
Meanwhile:
"Hahahahahahahah! My plan is coming together perfectly." Said Bastion as he grinned and continued to watch the
screen. "perfectly..."
Back wherever "There" was:
Arriving at the castle, GRIM, Blaze, SKIPPY, Rogue and Gene.
Gene: "Well, we're at the Castle. What now?"
Blaze: "We knock. Mes ami."
"As if!" said Rogue as in one punch she knocks down the heavy wooden door.
Blaze: "Or, we could do that."
Just then, above them, a fissure opens in the air and a voice shouts
"Incoming!"
And out falls Slider, his arms and legs sprawld all over the place.
"OOF! My B***"
He says as he lands on his bu--- botto-- backsid--
He says as he lands on his back.
Acid caught up to the rest of them, Wondering how exactly Slider had joined the group. "Oh well" he thought to himself,
"I can wonder about that later."
Slider looked up from his spread out position, "Can someone help me up please? This is painful, not to mention
embarassing."
"Sure thing, Mate. 'Ere, lemme give you a hand." Said Acid as his body took on a hazy look and his arms floated out and
lifted Slider up onto his feet. A moment later, Acid's body was whole again. He smiled evilly chuckling as he imagined
the face of the Villain behind all of this.
"Mates, lets go make a little of our own Magic in the magic Kingdom." The whole group smiled evilly, Acid's hand
forming into a set of blades similar to Freddy Krueger, Blaze holding a handful of energy shards, Rouge cracking her
knuckles, Skippy and Slider both hefting massive energy weapons, GRIM swinging the Sword in wide graceful arcs, and
Gene holding a smaller version of his sledge hammer. They smiled their evil grins and stepped inside.
In another part of the not so magick kingdom we find Jon and Pshyche pondering the best way to get into the office
building they have found. "I say we storm the place, and let the force sort them out." Jon rolls her eyes at her New
Yorker friend. "Have a little sublty Psyche. Watch this." Jon then walks over to a little girl of about three or four and
begins talking with her. There is much talking and gesturing when Jon finally sighs heavily And shakes with the child. SHe
reaches into her pocket and pulls out some money and hands it to the little girl. THe little girl then goes up to the door
and starts crying hysterically at the guard. "MY MOMMY IS IN THERE!!!! I WANT IN THERE!!! LET ME IN!!!!"
The end of the sentece becoming a high pitched wail as the little gil began screaming. People poured out of the building
and from around the park. In all the confusion Jon and Psyche slipped into the building. They made their way to the
security room when they ran into trouble. "IS THAT PERSON WEARING A COWBOYS SUCK SHIRT!?!?!?!" "I
think so Jon why?" Whith that Jon through down her plasma rifle and proceded to beat the crap out of the poor sod. As
Psyche pulled her off him the alarms started going off. "Who was it preaching about sublty earlier?" "Give me a break he
was knocking the 'Boys. There are only a few people who can get away with that, and that's only because they live out
of state. So what now?" "I say we run for it" As they ran down the hall Psyche found a computer terminal. "Hey Jon you
hold off the mickey rats while I find out were their holding Shadow Cat and Lady Luck."
Meanwhile,
"What. No. This is not meant to be happening! In a moment they will find out where I am holding that pesky twosome!
AHHHH! NO!" Said Bastion as he watched in horror as...
"I've downloaded the part of the mainframe we want! They're holding ShadowcatRules! and Lady Luck at the.... The
MOON! How the--? What the--? Oh, s**t!" Said Psyche as she keyed in the controls for the terminal. "This is NOT
good!"
Meanwhile, again...
"Lets take a look at this... Toy store?" Said Gene in puzzlement as they walked into the Castle.
"What the--?" Said SKIPPY as he stood next to Gene.
Rogue: "This is not normal."
GRIM: "You could say that. Yes."
Acid: "Look. A big door saying 'Do Not Enter. Super-Secret headquarters."
Slider: "Lats 'ave a look. Yep. Its a door."
Blaze: "I take it, Rogue, ma chere, you do not want to knock at this door."
"How'd you guess?" She replied as she flew over to the door and punched it.
A moment later...
Rogue: "Oww. Ouch. That hurt. Oww!"
Gene: "The door must be rogue-proof."
Acid: "There's only one way to get through..."
"I could 'port us there. But there is a much better way.."
Blaze: "Oui"
SKIPPY: "Cant you wait?"
Rogue: "A much better way, Slider..."
"RUMBLE!!!!" They all said in unison.
Blaze cut chunks out of door as Rogue kept hitting it, pounding it to pieces. Slider and SKIPPY fire they're
larger-than-life-and-twice-as-nasty energy weapons at the door, while Blaze wrecks it with energy shards. Gene and
GRIM batter the hell out of it with their weapons untill the door finally crashes down and on the other side they find...
"What do you mean Shadowcate Rules! is on the moon?" Jon asked Psyche. "Let me see that," she continued, pushing
Psyche out of the way so she could see the monitor. Psyche let the chair roll back and to the side, toward another desk.
"Fine, you look at that, I'll check this one." Psyche said as she turned toward the multi monitored pc systems on the other
side of the rather large room. "Oh, my God," she said.
"What," Jon asked, not turning. "Hey, sweetie," Jon interrupted herself. "That's not the moon, that's Epcot Center! She's
at Epcot! Look at these schematics (I think they're schematics, they sure look important). Hey, you! Techie! You want
to tell me what this means? Psyche, you lisening? Psych'?" Jon turned around, wondering why her friend wasn't
answering. What she saw was frightening.
Psyche had taken off her shades and was staring at the pc setup with eyes that were opened as wide as possible and
quite glazed over. Jon approached slowly as she realized Psyche was talking to herself while she ran her hands over the
hardware. As Jon got closer she heard her friend muttering "500mhz; Matrox Millenium II video card, I bet, with 16
megs; ISDN lines, four of them!; Look at the speakers on this baby!; 21" LCD monitor, no deskspace wasted; Wonder
what it looks like inside; Oh man, this looks like a CAD station! . . . " Jon had no idea what her friend was talking about,
but knew this had to be some kind of trap.
She stopped her approach as Psyche got to her knees and reached for the CPU. Then she ran over, knowing that if her
friend got to see the inner workings of those pc's, she'd never get her out of there and Shadowcat would be trapped in
Disneyworld forever . . .
"Perfect," Bastion laughed to himself as he watched the monitors. "I knew it would only be a matter of time. Those two
are a dangerous duo, but with simple weaknesses. Soon I shall have them both as well! Bwaahhhaaaaahhhhaaaa!"
"Psyche! Look! Its Tom Cruise!" Jon had gone through every supestar she could think of in an attempt to lure her
bedazzled friend out of the computer. "Micheal Jackson! Steven Spielberg!" Now she was getting desperate...
On the other side of the door, Slider, GRIM, SKIPPY, Gene, Acid, Rogue and Blaze are amazed to see Lady Luck
and Shadowcat RULES! tied up on the floor! They run ver to them and start to untie them...
"Thankyou..." Says Lady Luck...
"Yes, that makes it that much easier for us to do... THIS" The duo morphed into three. Then, their hair started to go
long, and blonde...
"AHHHH!" Shouted SKIPPY... "Its Hanson! Its a trap! Run!"....
Jon's eyebrows knit as the name Spielburg came out of her mouth, and she shook her head. "Psyche I feel kind of
strange, it's like something's making my head swirl, and I wasn't drinking."
"yet." Psyche muttered as she pulled the main tower out of the wall to get a better look at it.
"What's that suppose to mean sweety?" Jon said.
"Nothing." Psyche lied.
"Hey maybe there's a telepathic force trying to invade our minds and making us say and do stupid things?" Psyche said
still checking over the C.P.U.
"Or maybe I just need a cigarette." Jon replied and started looking through her pockets.
Meanwhile Skippy and company fell back as the Hanson Clones continued to divide becoming Talentless has beens.
They watched as Debbie Gibson, Latoya Jackson, and Eric Estrada joined the advancing enemy. And then Even Blaze
felt a cold chill run through him as Vanilla Ice appeared!
They watched as Debbie Gibson, Latoya Jackson, and Eric Estrada joined the advancing enemy. And then Even Blaze
felt a cold chill run through him as Vanilla Ice appeared!
"Skippy? Skippy!" Blaze cried, snapping his fingers in front of his friends face. "Mes amis, what de hell's wrong wit'
him?"
"Look at his pants," Rogue says.
Choosing between the horror around them and the horror of Skippy's wardrobe, the group looks at his pants, spotting a
growing, darkening circle.
"Oh my. This is bad. I think he's snapped," Gene says. "The fear of seeing Hanson in the flesh put him in shock. No other
way he'd whiz his pants."
"What's the deal? I think they're pretty cool, and the middle one's hot," GRIM says.
The has-beens continue to divide and multiply - Tom Wopat, John Scheider, McKenzie Phillips, Lisa Bonet, Tempestt
Bledsoe, Danny Bonaduce, and finally their king - Mickey Rourke.
"Oh Jesus," Gene says at the sight of Rourke, morphing from his Angel Heart outfit to his Wild Orchid outfit and back -
essentially the same outfit, never including a bath. "Been nice knowing you guys."
The has-beens surround our heroes, a wall of losers 3 deep and growing. GRIM lashes out with the Bushido sword,
splitting Dana Plato's head in half, then hacks at McClean Stevenson's waist. Suddenly, Emmanuel Lewis springs out of
Plato's gushing neck stump. Stevenson's torso grows new legs while the legs grow a new torso - two McClean
Stevenson's - one dressed as Henry Blake, the other as Hello, Larry.
Acid's jaw drops. "Wish you hadn't done that.'
"They're just like a hydra," Slider says. "Kill one, it turns into two. We're done, mates."
"Maybe not," Rogue says. "The only way to kill a hydra is with fire, and if we know Skippy, he's got a blowtorch in his
pocket. Who wants to dig in his pocket to get it?"
The group looks at Skippy and wonders when the horrors will ever cease.
Meanwhile Storm! continues to watch the 80' screen as Tina Turner continues to belt out song after song. She seems
transfixed and unaware of the world around her as she watches.
Bastion laughs from his hidden sanctuary as he presses the buttons that shall unleash the most dastardly part of his plan.
Shocktroops of Mouseketeers hoist up Shadowcat Rules! and Lady Luck and begin their silent procession towards
oblivion. all that is heard is Shadowcat rules! "Welcome to the magic kingdom, I'm your host Minnie Mouse rules!"
repeated like some infernal mantra. Lobdell looks up from his spot in the corner where he's playing with his Fantastic
four figures and laughs. Bastion looks in disgust at the blank eyed writter, and motions for Harras to remove the
offending speck from his sight.
But just as things become grimmer there is a ray of hope as a certain group of misfits in their replicated Blackbird crash
land near the gates of Disney. But in another part of the Magic Kingdom we find...
Acid suddenly had an idea. Maybe they couldn't kill them all at once with Skippy's blowtorch, but maybe those has
beens could be silenced temporarily. A slim smile formed over his lips as his body decomposed into smoke, sending his
substance out in front of all the no-Talents. As each of them tried to escape the smoke filling their lungs, The other
members of the BB started to regain hope.
"Wait to go, Mes Brave!"Screamed Blaze as he watched the hacks drop to the ground unconscious.When the last one
had fallen, the cloud of smoke reformed as the man that had just saved their hides from being annoyed to death. Acid
seemed to be shaking uncontrollably, sputtering things like, "if I ever have to do that again, somebody shoot me before I
can!" and similar things. It seemed being inside the no-Talents had exposed everyone's favorite Aussie to their minds.
"They still think they're cool? Even Vanilla ICE!! GAAA!!!"
"Take it easy, Sugah! Snap out of it!" Rogue said, grabbing onto his shoulders and shaking him gently.
"Thanky' Kindly, luv. Oi needed that." he said as he fell uncinscious. Rogue picked him up and slung him over her
shoulder, easily carrying his weight as they forged their way farther into the disenchanting enchanted kingdom.
But as they left the has beens behind they failed to notice them continuing to replicate, Milli Vanilli rose from the ashes,
followed by members of such has been groups as Aha, and Mr. Mister, and slowly the group started to regain
consciousness and to follow our heroes, until they came to a bank of phones. Suddenly the has beens started fighting
amongst themselves trying to be the first to call their agents with promises of a comeback tour. Gene couldn't help but
laugh to himself, as he watched the chaos erupt behind them.
Mike seemed all but forgotten by Bastion and used that to his advantage. It was good that so many of the board
members were outspoken because it allowed Mike to do what had to be done while the board members drew the
attention and flames that otherwise would be aimed at him. A mandroid appeared behind him and openned fire on him
but he wasn't worried as suddenly Supergrover appeared and took the blast for him. He looked back and watched the
heroic Board member mutter something about "being cute too." and shook his head. He quietly slipped into the main
administration building as Marita, Bux and Jam were trying to decide what to do about the three cute security guards
they had captured.
Suddenly up ahead Snow white appeared two Ingram sub machine guns in hand. She oppened fire on mike but he
wasn't worried, he allowed Paramount back onto the board just in time to intercept the hot lead, and Mike smiled to
himself.
Blink however had troubles of her own as Goofy continued to follow her asking if she wanted a date. She tried to Blink
out of there but he seemed to appear wherever she went.
Suddenly Mischance's eyes opened as three of the four scantilly clad women carrying Whipped cream cans were blown
back by the Barrage of Silly string and ran screaming to get the stuff off their hair. He looked up to see Alexia put her fist
in the face of the fourth and smiled. "Where have you been?" He managed weakly. "Trying to find you." She responded
and started tossing him his clothes.
Meanwhile....
Skippy starts to stir as the board members drag him along in their quest.
"Cn tk n m!"
"What?" Gene says, stopping in his tracks and looking at Skippy, whom he is holding by the collar of his coat.
Skippy rises shakily, eyes glazed, staring at the group of zombie has-beens stumbling over each other.
"Ah can't take no mo'. Ah have seen the face of evil, and it's name is Hanson. My pants are wet my feet are tired, and ya
wrinkled my coat."
He scrapes his foot across the tiled floor. "That's the line. We retreat that far and no farther."
Jon and Psyche join the group. "What's going on?" Jon asks.
"M'man Skippy's had enough" Blaze drawls.
"What's wrong with Acid?" Psyche asks.
Rogue shifts his weight on her shoulder and Acid grunts. "He needed a nap." she says.
Skippy's eyes narrow as he watches the zombie losers fight over the phones, oblivious to the board members. Finally he
says, "Who am I kiddin'? Ah gotta take these losers down!" He reaches into his coat pockets. In one hand he hold his
blow torch, in the other a sweat sock filled with quarters. He swings the sweat sock over his head like a mace and
screams, "You abominations're goin' down!" then runs into the fray.
"Whoah," GRIM says, watching as the burning head of Denny Tario rolls across the floor. "Think we should help him?"
"Looks like he can handle himself," Gene says.
"Dat's what he looked like when he took out Dan D. Pimp" Blaze says. "'Cept his pants were dry dat time."
"Guys as fun as this is to watch, we've got to save Shadowcat Rules and Lady Luck. Who knows what's being done to
them now," Jon says. She loads a charge into her plasma cannon. "Let's kick ass and leave."
She fires off a shot, hitting Arsenio hall square in the chest, exploding him into burning component parts. "That's a good
start," Psyche says.
Acid groaned as the commotion brought him back to reality. "Hey, Rogue, if you're going to Fight, would you at least put
me down first?" He said as he smiled his familiar smile at her. She dropped him to the floor, pausing only to steady him
before handing him a small plasma blaster.
"No tahm fo flirting now, Sugah. Shoot 'em." She said as she turned her blaster back to the group of has beens. Acid
leaned on her as he opened fire with the plasma pistol, blowing aprart someone whos name he might have known once,
but he didn't care now. His friends were finishing what he had started, but he only picked off a couple. Boy(?) George
was leaning against the phone, looking pleadingly up at them, and asked, "Do you really want to hurt me?"
As if one, they all shouted, "SURE DO!" and they all blew him into a small puddle of goo. Unfortunately, this also
blasted a hole into the ground, finding the main generator for the park.
All around the park...
lights flicker and evil robots pause. In his control booth, Bastion's eyes widen. "No! They've damaged the main
generator. Must compensate."
He flips a switch on the panel in front of him and normal power returns. Back in the Disney Cinderella castle, brain cells
ignite.
'Are you thinking what ah'm thinking?" Rogue asks.
"I think so Rogue, but you wear the liederhosen this time," Acid says.
Rogue backhands him. "No you idiot! I mean the lights!"
"I know," Acid says, taking aim and roasting Jon Bon Jovi, then Richie Sambura. "Sounds like a good idea. Blasting
these wankers is getting tedious."
"You jerk! You killed Jon!" Jon screams at Acid. "He had the BEST hair!"
"Don' worry darlin', he wadn't real. Hey, there's Jocko, wanna do the honors?"
"Oh yeah!" Jon purrs, blasting the 1980s Australian reject into koala kibble.
"Hey!" Acid says.
"Let's get the other guys and take out that generator. Maybe there's a passage or tunnel back there", Rogue says,
momentarily losing her accent.
"I'll get their attention," Psyche says, pulling out a plasma grenade. "Hey guys! Fire in the hole!"
Skippy, Gene and GRIM turn their attention away from Menudo and the loser queen, Dionne Warwick, long enough to
see Psyche's object of destruction. As one, they run toward their friends as the grenade flies at their enemies. The
grenade exlodes, engulfing the has-been zombies in fiery death.
"Cool," Skippy says, fascinated by the flame.
"Hm hm, fire!" Blaze chimes in.
Jon sighs, walks over to the hole in the wall and blasts it with her plasma rifle, revealing more of the generator room.
"Here sugah, let me help," Rogue says, tearing away enough of the wall for them to walk in. Behind the wall is a 20 x 30
foot room housing a large box-shaped generator, partially damaged from the previous blast. On the other side of the
room is a door leading down a tiled corridor.
"This could be something good," Psyche says from behind them.
"Or another trap" says GRIM.
From his control room, BAstion smiles, then turns and watches his mouse-suited assistants take Shadowcat Rules And
Lady Luck away for another round of brainwashing.
"I don't know about this..." Ponders The RED KING, "this is going a little too easy. Bastion surly wouldn't be so obvious
as to have them here IN the park, would he?"
"Ah don' no, mon ami... 'e IS a 90's crosso'er vill'n." points out SKIPPY.
"I AM NOT!NOT I say! I have moved beyond all that! And you ALL shall pay for meddeling in my plans!" comes
the voice over the loud-speakers that up 'till that time had only been imagined... the voice of BASTION.
"He's got a point. He HAS made the leap to fanfiction. Such a leap could theoreticaly endow him with an original
thought, possibly even two..." Comments Gene.
"Let's try some classic dialog." offers White Queen Jon.
"Good thinking! Let's see... how does it tend to go? something like... BASTION! YOU FIEND! Where are Shadowcat
Rules! and Lady Luck?! What have you done with them?!" calls the RED KING addapting lines which have become as
shallow and stereotypical as they are classic.
"Ooooooo!!! He called me a fiend! Blow it out your @$$ board-boy. I supose you expect me capture you all, have you
look particulary helpless, tell you my entire plan, and leave you with some type of timed death device all without
unmasking you? Not a chance! I have moved into the relm of fan fiction, where nearly ANYTHING is possible even an
original thought!" taunts Bastion.
"Board members," addresses the RED KING,"I do believe we have hit a major obstical in our plans. A THINKING
Bastion simply hadn't been planed for. We'll have to try something new."
"Hey Bastard!" calls Sequea toward the speakers.
"That's BASTION, girl, and for all intents and pourposes, Sahdowcat Rules! and Lady Luck are DEAD. You all may as
well go home, or at least back to the front gate and pay!"
"De-dead?" stammers Mischance "Can't be..."
Bastion's Lare in a place unknown...
"And how are my new recruits doing?" grins Bastion as Shadowcat Rules! and LadyLuck enter the room dropping to
their knees and bowing befor their new master.
"We live to serve, oh master."
"Perfect! And serve me you will, my princesses." " You! And you!"
"Yes, master?" come Grumpy and Happy sniveling into the room.
"Take these two down to wardrobe and make-up, I have fount our new Anastasia and Malificiant!"
"um... master?" stammers Doc.
Waht is it, you toad?"
"um... well...uh... you see..." as he whispers in Bastion's ear.
"You're sure?"
Doc nods vigourously.
"Damn. Hold it Happy!"
"Master?"
"Seems Anastasia is a 20th Century Fox production, cant use her. Make her the Swan princess!"
"Doh-no-no-no-no!" stammers Doc.
"WHAT?!" snarls Bastion.
Doc whispers in his ear agan.
"Curses! Well who IS from Disney then?"
Doc steps back, scrunches up his face, and starts counting with his fingers, then proceds rattling off the Disney maidens.
"Happy, take Miss. Luck here down to wardrobe, and tell them we have our new... Cinderella!"
"Oh, yes Sir!"
Back with The board members...
"Mischance sweetie, are you ok?" Jon asked as she faned him with her gun. There was no response from the catatonic
board member as he stared into vacant space. "I think it's a lost cause he's pulling a Monet."
"Move Jon, you have to know how to wake him up" shoving her out of the way Psyche stood in front of 'Chance and
leaned over and whispered in his ear. "I'll give you a complete batman collection if you snap out of this, and I'll make a
website just for you." He stayed stock stone still. "Uhm, Houston we have a problem"
"Ok so what do we do now?"
"Ah tink we gonna have ta leave him chere." Skippy said condolingly to the two women.
"Ok, if I get lucky I won't have to pick up after him anymore."
"Psyche!"
"Well it's true, Jon."
"Uh, Ladies we don't have all day," Storm! said as she looked at her watch.
"I think we need a plan to go in and kick Bastar.." a telephone appered next Gene as he was making his speech, he
picked it up an listened for a moment then continued to speak, "...uh sorry Bastion's but.." once again the phone
appeared, "..uh sorry rear end. Any idots wish to volunterr for the suici..." Once again the phone popped up but this time
Gene spoke into it. "Darnit Jon, quit censoring me, well I know your writing this part but that's just tuff ****. Hey knock
off that bleeping my words out, or I'll get Skippy, Acid and Blaze to give you such a hard time you'll give up writing all
together." THe phone disappered again.
"SO what now, Gene?" The Red King asked.
"Well we either A.) wait for her higness to get her knickers out of a wad and continue the story or we B.) wait for
someone else to finish this off."
"What?" Rogue yelps. "What do you mean go get a beer? Don't you care about our friends?"
"Well I care about beer, too, and since we're armed, it's free today." Gene says. "Besides, it's part of a plan. Last we
heard from 'Cat, she was working a beer cart in front of the big golf ball thing in Epcot. Might as well dig around at the
other beer carts, see if any other vendors have seen her. Do some detective brain work instead of ass stomping all the
time. My arms are getting sore from swinging that sledge around."
"Hmm. It is a good idea, and right now we're getting no where fast," Red King says.
"Ah don't care what we do, as long as ah get new pants," Skippy says. "Ah'm wet, ah smell and mah coat's been
mussed. Rogue, stand still,"
"What are you?" Rogue screams as Skippy walks behind her, unbuckling his belt.
"Take it easy, ah ain't Grampa Skippy. I'm just changin' behind you. Luckily, ah always keep spare boxers in my trench.
Scooby Doo fo' ever'day, Jetsons for special"
Suddenly, Skippy's urine-soaked jeans fly out from behind Rogue and land on the lens of a security camera obove the
group. Sililarly soaked boxers soon follow.
"Hey Rogue. I'm naked and y'all're here wit' me. my telephone psychic was right. Today's a good day. Gotta put it down
in mah diary."
"You what?" Rogue says, turning to slap Skippy. Before she can, Jon grabs her shoulder.
"Please Rogue. For us, don't move."
Skippy steps out from behind Rogue, wearing sneakers, a hockey shirt, his trenchcoat and Jetsons boxer shorts. "Let's
roll!"
"We'll get him pants at one of the shops," Blink says.
"Good idea" Red King says. "Gene, I can take one group and comb the west end of the park, if you want to take the
east end. We can stay in touch with our Black Ops laptops. "
"Works for me. GRIM, you can keep the sword if you buy me the first beer. Sequoia, we need someone level headed,
maybe you can join us too. Anyone else want to come with us, come right ahead. Move out."
Acid had been paired up with his two closest friends, Blaze and Rogue. With them was Skippy, now wearing some pants he had stolen from some store. Acid turned around to face them, and looking at Blaze, said,"Mate, I need you to do something. You still got yer telepathy powers?"
: : "Yeah, Mon ami, though I ain' used 'em in a while." he said, not comprehending what Acid was meaning.
: : "We need some more help. I want you to try and Find Storm! and Nemesis. Oi believe they might be in trouble. They weren't with the group that took on the has beens. Find 'em mate. We need their help." he said, noticing for the first time that the lights in the store next to them were very dim. Apparently the rest of the BB had destroyed the main generators.
: : "I'll try, mon ami, but don' be expectin' no miracles." Blaze said as he got down on his knees, concentration etched on his face.
: : Meanwhile eslewhere...
: : "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO TINA??" Storm! said as she pounded on the huge screen. The room was now dark and Shadowy, the lights that had been now glowing with only a fraction of their previous output. Storm! started walking away from the screen, not knowing what to expect next. She looked down at her watch. "Jeez, how long have I been standing there?" she thought confusedly. Her legs were aching, and so were her eyes. Apparently, she hadn't moved since the Tina Marathon started. Someone had planned that for her. She was angry. Very angry. Her thoughts runnign wild, she contemplated what would happen first to the person who had come up with this most sinister of plans. While she was distracted, she felt a pair of strong hands grabbing her ankles...
: : back with the small group...
: : Blaze's hands disappeared into a shadow as sweat formed on his forehead. His strained grunts had turned into a scream as he hauled his hands up. He was holding onto someone's ankles He straightened up, pulling her the rest of the way out. They were all relieved to see Storm! looking up at them Confusedly.
: : "Acid? Skippy? Rogue? Blaze? What are you doing here? How did I get here?" her questions trailed off as the four reexplained their mission and what had happened to them. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at no where in particular. "Bastion. Only he would come up with something like that. Something so personnal to distract me from finding Shadowcat Rules! and Lady Luck. Thanks for using your shadow jumping on me Blaze. Now we can go after Bastion Together."
: : "No, not yet." Acid said, looking over his small group of friends.
: : "what?" they said, as confused as they looked. Was Acid the only one who saw what was wrong?
: : "Nemesis! We need to get Nemesis.Oi have a bad feelin' she's in real big trouble. Can ye find her mate?" he said looking at Blaze.
: : "Oui, she nearby, but in real trouble. We need to go now. She no have much longer. much more time, she not even remember who she is. Harras is dere. You know, de king of amnesia. I can't risk a large Shadow Jump now. We'll have to hoof it."
: : "Then Lets go." Rouge said as they all started running in the direction Blaze pointed. Who knew what was in store for them? Only time could tell...
: Bastion slammed his fist down on the tabletop, causing the Mickey Mouse phone to jump. "How can this be happening!" he exclaimed to no one in particular. " Its as if I was in the middle of some cross-over series." He looked over at Harras through the Screen and watched for a moment at how his mere presence in the same room as the captive board members was causing them to not only forget who they were but they were begining to act all out of character. He looked over at Lobdell. He had no more use for the Writer then he did for 3 matching socks, but he didn't know what to do with him. As he pondered that question he heard a sound coming from down the hall. "Stomp!" he heard.
: "Stomp!"
: "Stomp!"
: Stomp!" and then he heard giggling. "Cut it out 'Chance." he heard Alexia say "We're suppose to be sneaking." He turned on the monitor to find Mischance, Alexia, Elektra, Cyclops, and Supergrover moving in on his headquarters. Mischance seemed not to be worried as he continued to fool around with Alexia. He noted that they were all armed with Silly string cans and Coconut custard pies with whipped cream.
: "Damn, them!" Bastion exclaimed. "I hate coconut."
: Suddenly another red light appeared on his screen and he saw Jon and Psyche leaving the others at the Beer stands and making their way towards the sign that said "You are here, you want to go there." He noticed that the red arrow was pointing towards his location. "Lobdell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled knowing that his plans were in serious jeopardy. He needed Allies and fast or at least a distraction. Suddenly there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes and he laughed Maniacally.
: Rushing over to his transmogrifying device he started to recreate old ABC Sitcoms and transported the heroes there. He was so happy that Disney had taken over ABC it gave him an infinate supply of things to throw at our heroes. Bastion Laughed as our heroes suddenly found themselves in Sitcom hell!
Psyche looked up from the high backed couch her hair had been made wavy and she was wearing a polyester pant suit. She jumped out of the chair in horror just as Jon entered in a pantsuit and blazer also made of that infernal 70's fabric. "Oh no!" Psyche exclaimed as she recognized the set. Suddenly Rogue appeared smiling broadly. She was in a swim suit. Where are we?" Jon said annoyance quite clearly in her tone. Before Psyche could answer there came a voice from a speaker phone. "Hello Angels." The Scream echoed in the house.
Gene found himself in a strange living room wearing tight polyester pants and a wide collared shirt. Sitting in a chair was Suzanne Summers smiling dumbly wearing next to nothing. He looked around quickly as The manish brunette entered the room, whining about the rent money that they'd lost again.
Blaze, and Acid found themselves sitting in a diner dressed in the nerdiest 50's fashions, as Mischance walked in a flock of girls hanging on his arms. "Why does he always get the girls?" Acid asked looking at 'Chance who seemed extremely content at the moment. Suddenly Blink came into the room dressed like a teen bobby soxer "Richie!" She said looking at Acid " Dad's have been looking for you." Acid looked at Blaze who burst out laughing. Meanwhile Skippy appeared dressed in Highwaters, A button down shirt and thick glasses. He screamed as the realization hit him that he was not only on ABC's TGIF but he was dressed as Steve Eurkle!
Bastion laughed as he watched the best of ABC programing unfold before his eyes.
: The screams died down from inside the Angel house as the three women slowly calmed down. "Ok, we have ot figure
this is more of bastions evilness." "Psyche, he's in league with the devil, I tell you." Psyche turned and looked at Jon who
was sitting on the couch in defeat. "Why do you say, Jon." Storm asked (she was a mid season replacemnt for Rogue.)
"polyester is the devils work, Shag hair cuts too." Jon stopped as she thought about that looked around the room and
then reached up to touch her hair. "OK THAT"S IT THIS TURCKEY IS GOING DOWN HE CHOPPED MY
HAIR! There has to be some weapons around here somewhere lets go find the others." THey reached the armrory int he
house and looked around Psyche and Storm sighed in defeat. "What's wrong guys?" "Plasma rifles and such we can use,
but these are all real." "So we're in a show, we can do anything so pick the gun up and lets get out of here."
Back across town, Acid and Blaze were having a bit of trouble believing what they were seeing. Blink was still spewing
out dated expressions for how his "parents" were going to kill him when he got home. With his usual style, he leaned
back, looked up with a disarming smile, and said, "No worries, luv. Jes' tell 'em I went on walkabout." This seemed to
do the trick, just as he thought it would. His Austrailian accent was too thick for Bastion to cut. "This ain't right, mates.
Oi ain't no red 'eaded shrimp, and me best mate Blaze ain't no Chachi. Snap out of it, hombre." Acid said as he snapped
his fingers
in front of Blaze's face. Blaze blinked with surprise, The haze clearing.
"Mon ami.. Wha' happened? Why we look like dis? What be Bastion t'inkin'? Blink, you be de only one to get us outta
dis. 'Port us outta here, chere. We gotta find Nemesis."
"Alright. And by the way, Acid. Sorry for talking to you like that. Bastion changed my mind around when he made me
THIS." Skippy was just walking in, having beaten somebody up to get a trenchcoat. he had probably used his
suspenders to choke them.
"Mes Amis, time to go kick some ass." he said, brandishing what looked like a weighted sock. The door collapsed
inward, under the tremendous force of Rogue's punch.
"Don't forget us, sugar. Oh, man does that sound weird. I've got an appointment With Bastion and whoever is with him. I
want my Accent back. Damn it, why can't I be cute??" Rogue said as she clenched her fists. The whole group jumped
through Blink's jump portal.
Mischance gave the juke box a swift rap on the side and smiled as it began to play some 50's tune. He snapped his fingers and a pair of blonds fell in holding his arms. Suddenly a pair of leatherclad punks entered the diner one wearing a leather aviator's cap complete with goggles. There was a beautiful girl with them dressed in pink. Mischance burst out laughing as the realization that the Aviator was none other than Flying Ryan, and Alexia was dressed like Pinky Tuscadero. "What's so funny 'Chance?" Ryan demanded. "Nothing...." Chance lied.
"Lets get out of here." Alexia said.
"I like it here." Chance replied "I mean hell, here with a snap of my fingers." He went to snap for emphasis but Alexia's warning look stopped him. "Okay, I guess we can end this." He said unenthusiastically. As they turned to leave Ryan suddenly stopped and said in a loud voice "Let the Pigeon's loose!"
"Why'd you say that?" Alexia asked Ryan.
"Just staying in character." Ryan responded.
"I wonder how the others are making out?" Chance muttered as they walked out into the parking lot.
"yeah ABC has had it's share of bombs." Ryan observed.
Meanwhile Wolvie found himself explaining to Gabe Kaplan why he was late to class in some dismal high school setting. Suddenly appearing in their midst was Mischance and company. "Having fun?" Chance said. "No." Wolvie replied.
"Well then let's roll." Ryan replied.
"Yeah we figured it out!" Alexia said anxiously.
Wolvie looked at them. "We have to get to the Mouseketeer's Club which aired on ABC in the late 70's early 80's According to 'Chance. We figure that's where A nitwit Like Bastion would put Shadowcat and Lady Luck." Alexia said. "Sounds too easy." Wolvie replied. "What do you expect from someone created by Lobdell, If Bastion was Clairemont's we'd be in it deep." Mischance said. Ryan smiled "Well lets get moving. We might have figured it out but getting there's not going to be easy."
Meanwhile...
As Jon, Storm! and Psyche walked out of the mansion to the sounds of the 70's Charlie's Angel's theme There was a flash of light, and they instintively reacted. Psyche grabbed the leatherclad figure who first appeared and using a move she'd learned in Hapkido Class took him down painfully. Jon and Storm! being a little more reasonable pulled their guns out and pointed them at the new arrivals. "Sh*t Psycho!" Mischance exclaimed from the floor. "Can't I have one friggin adventure where I'm not beat on by a woman or killed by Blaze!"
Jon started to laugh and Storm! as they recognized the Newcomers. "Nice hair." Ryan said looking at Jon. Jon nearly lost it right there but Storm! and Psyche restrained her. "She's touchy about that." Psyche mentioned. "Together at last." Mischance smiled hugging his favorite trio. Ryan looked at the three polyester clad babes and explained their theory. "That sounds like Lobdell's writing to me." Jon said after mulling over the theory. "I thought the same thing. When I heard it." Wolvie grunted. "Alright then what are we waiting for." Psyche said and chambered a round for emphasis. "Lets move." 'Chance said, and the group vanished.
Meanwhile in another part of Bastion's madness....
It didn't take long before Mischance's group grew in size. They found Mystique in tears as Barbara Walters asked her personal and thought provoking questions. They pulled Mike off of Nightline where he was discussing the Letter writing campaign with Ted Koppel. And they found X on the set of Spin City. They had almost taken Mischeal J Fox with them by mistake but Jon pointed out their mistake before they had left the set.
Meanwhile....
One by one, show by show, Blink pops in and out rescuing her friends from their often terrifying fate, untill they at last reach Charlie's Angels. "OK, looks like we've got everyone..." says Blink as she readys herself to blink the groupback to DisneyWorld.
"Hold it!" Stops the RED KING Flyin' Ryan. "What we have here is the opportunity to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the TV world...'Who is Charlie?' It's entirely possible that we could exchange such information in return for the release of Shadowcat Rules! and Lady Luck."
"Sure." Shrugs Gene. "It certainly couldn't hurt."
"Any objections?"
The Board members look at each other, wiegh the options, and figgure going at it with a bargaining chip of information may be the only way, they certainly hadn't gotten far fighting the Sentinals and Bastion's mezmerized minions. At their nod of consentment, the RED KING transmutates them all into energy forms as they pass through the speaker and follow the signal to it's source.
Regaining solidarity, they finally come face to face with the ever elusive 'Charlie.'
"Son of a b****..." "ohmig.." "$#!+" words of astonishment and profanity usher forth from the lips of the attenders of the Brieffing room as the face of 'charlie' stands revealed before them. : "BASTION!"
"Of course, you fools! Whom were you expecting to find on the other end of the line? Hugh Heffner?" he says with and evil laugh. "Well... actualy... yeah, that was my guess." Mutters Flyin' Ryan.
"Well, Hugh had to 'retire' from his job as Charlie and I took over. I supose you think ol' Walt still runs things here, don't you?"
"Nah, 'e's frozzen!" Shoots back Skippy with a smile.
"Actually, he's dead and buried. The cryogenics as far Walt Dizzy goes is just a story." The RED KING corrects.
"Yes, seems someone got confused when I mentioned putting Disney 'on ice' so to speak, word got around, and well..."
"Well Bastion, That's all very interesting, but we'd really appreciate it if you would kindly return our friends to us that we may be on our way."
"I take it you are referring to Erika and Julia? I believe they are quite content here. I would not advise tampering with the situation."
"Where are they?!" Demands the RED KING.
They are freely roaming the park. If you can find them, perhaps you can convince them to return with you, or perhaps not."
*I sing and dance in a blur of perkiness...the world encompassed in a rosy tint as I sing "Happy
Days" and do my dance number with my fellow cast members at the ABC Commissary*. I get off
the platform to the applause of the guests, smiling in the little world I was put into about four
months before, smiling at the applause of the audience, not even noticing how much of an idiot I
looked like. I turn as a scream is heard from the front of the building, a unheard of frown furrowing
my brow as I recognize the voices that rise in one scream, "There she is!!!" The mob of forum
members skid to stop for a second trying to get their bearings, and then Bobby Drake's voice is
heard from the back of the group, "Move it!!! Our exit's been cut off!!! The security goons are
coming!!!" Skippy yells for someone to do SOMETHING, and Scott does as Gene, in a definitive
plan of action yells a warrior yell and snatching some of the salad dressing packets and barbeque
sauce containers from the condiment bars start to nail the Disney police as they come skidding
through the door. The rest of the board find weapons in anything they can get their hands on,
Skippy, in a feat of inginuity grabbing the toilet paper from the restroom and using it as a rope to
hinder the security people's progress. Scott, quickly vaults over the counter and throws me over his
shoulder me trying to explain to him the whole time that they shouldn't be doing this and that
backstage is off limits to guests. Gene yells for everyone to fall back and follow Scott. Scott shakes
me a little to get my attention as I try for the third time to offer one of the wounded guests who had
gotten pegged by a stray flying thing of ketchup first aid. I look at him mildly annoyed to be strayed
from my mission as he demands, "Cat...where is the exit out of here." I point toward the door two
fingers put together in the "Disney point", but Scott shakes his head and demands, "The
employee...er...I mean cast member exit." I point toward the kitchen resigned to the fact that the
only way these guests were going to be happy was if they got what they wanted. Scott takes off for
the door, the rest of them following hot on his heels. We all skid through the corridors until we find
our way to the exit by the Great Movie Ride. I see Wolvie coming through the crowd quickly
followed by yet more board members as he comes even with the rest of them. He looks at the
bundle of polyester thrown over Scott's shoulder, namely me, and says, "We freed Lady Luck...we
figured out how they did it...they were good I got to admit it." He then reached around Scott and
grabbing the Disney nametag on my apron ripped it off. I feel an unbearable agony ripping through
my skull. I scream and almost pass out, and then I feel MY emotions returning to me in a flood of
memories...the ones of a time before Disney. I finally say, "Scott...you can put me down now." As
my feet touch the cement I rip off my apron and chuck it in the nearest garbage can...finally
knowing what I had to do. I looked at Scott and asked, "Lady Luck..." Wolvie answered the
inquiry, smashing my nametag under his heel, "We freed her...she should be here anytime now." I
nod as I am enfolded in a hug by Storm!, "Hey girl. Good to have you back. God it was awful...we
went to look for you on the Tower of Terror and some of them got brainwashed for a while. Do
you know that that flash at the top that takes your picture actually makes you want to BUY Disney
merchandise? I was about to go and max out a credit card when Wolvie tackled me." I smile at my
friends, some of them in odd outfits (I wasn't going to ask), some of them obviously half drunk but
still functioning, and all of them determined to save me. I see the security guys behind us and shout,
"Move it guys...we got to get to cover!!!" We all run toward the nearest cover...namely the Great
Movie Ride and run in the front...my ID getting flashed as I backdoor the whole lot of over 100
people into the handicapped entrance. Instead of going on the ride we jump onto the tracks and
avoiding the electrical shock travelling through them run like the hounds of hell are after us. The ride
immediately shuts down as the safeties shut off the power and as I see the cart of people ahead of
us curse...wonderful they were cutting off our exit...now what? Gene had the best solution as he
simply vaulted into the cart and climbed over the people saying a, "Scuse us." every once in a
while. The rest of the board decide to say to hell with ediquette and do the same, hearing curses
from people that get trampled on. I just say to one particularly nasty comment a guest throws our
way, "Guest relations is at the front of the park if you wish to complain miss" and continue on my
way.
We arrive in daylight a few minutes later, and seeing the security guards don't know what to do,
when Weezer comes screaming up in one of the ECV's...otherwise known as the vehicles of death
to cast members, and nails them in the kneecaps. The rest of them are divided between us and
Weezer when a shout is heard, "Hey ugly!" One of the guards turn around as a gloved fist comes
flying. Psyche looks at me, her and Jon holding up a beat up and whip cream covered Mischance,
"Hi Cat...we ran into some problems at Mousecatraz...er...I mean Vista Way. Chance met your
roomates. Me and Jon had to pistol whip them just to get him out of there in one piece...he
underestimated Bastion's power." I sigh as I look at him, knowing it will just add to the emotional
scars he had from what Harras had done to him last time, and quickly kick another guard in the
knee cap. Luckily for us they didn't carry guns...not in Walt Disney World, so we were able to
take them...at least enough to create an opening to get away. We run toward the front of the park,
but I shout out a, "We got to take out the gates...Bastion and Eisner and that good Harras won't
have any power if we take those out...they make the guests brains fly out the window and make
them want to buy merchandise." Gene yells this to the others and it seemed everyone pulled out
firepower at the same time. I was still trying to figure out how they got that past security, when I
heard the screech of breaks, and a van came hurtling off the boat between MGM and EPCOT. It
crashes through the gates blasting, "Where the Rubber Meets The Road" by Meatloaf, and I notice
it has a sticker reading, "I break on rats" on the back bumper. Across the side used to read,
"Disney's Package Express", but now reads, "Disney's package Distress" in bright pink spray paint.
Lady Luck leans out the window, hearing the curses from the guests that had to dive out of the way
and shouting back, "Yeah...and you have a God damn Disney Day!!!" She then turned toward us,
her black hair ruffled slightly from the breeze and shouted, "Get in...we don't have all day!!!" We
pile into the van and as I watch Lady Luck almost side swipe a van with the markings of MGM
Package Express on it I realize she could have worked at my park. Weezer piles a lot of the others
into his van, and others take their cars, Silver shouting out curses at how evil Disney was as we
peeled out of there and Blink smiling as we shot past a lot of the security. Lady Luck looks at the
security gates that the people have put down and she shrugs as her and the others crash through
them. We peel away from WDW, mine and my sister's luggage packed into Psyche's car, she
figuring later that my roomates would have been found where they had tied them up before they
died, and smiled...it was GREAT to be out of that rat infested hell hole. Jon takes careful aim with
a rocket launcher on our way out and blows up a stand up of Mickey and I feel contentment rise in
my soul...not only did we destroy the source of Bastion's power and me and my sister got set
free...we also made a tone of unhappy guests that would make life hell for Eisner...life was good.
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