A Boom Resounded Just Outside El Paso Texas
Title: A Boom Resounded Just Outside El Paso Texas
Author: Axolotl_lan
SPECIAL THANKS: Katzedecimal for letting me write this filler for her 'verse based off of this scene:
"...What happened to Josh?" Mark asked hesitantly.
Piper looked over his shoulder. They still couldn't see his face. "Who's asking? Weather Wizard? Or his father?" Mark couldn't answer. After a few more moments, Piper looked out at the ghostly images in the sky, then turned away, "I have work to do."
Link to that fic: http://community.livejournal.com/piper_trickster/127183.html#cutid1
Rating: PG
Author Note: All you actually need to know is that Josh Mardon is the Weather Wizard's son
A boom resounded just outside El Paso Texas
Words: 516
A boom resounded just outside El Paso, Texas. Jaime turned to his mother pleadingly.
Bianca Reyes shook her head in the affirmative, “Make sure you are home in time for supper - tonight’s your night to do dishes. Remember while you’re off heroing your mother is slaving over a hot stove and your poor father has to pick up your slack and bust his back washing up afterward.”
Jaime laughed and hugged his mother, “Tonight’s take-out night and last time I missed doing the dishes after dinner, dad got Milagro to do it.”
Bianca held her son, “So, you’ll be laughing about it when we give Milagro your allowance?”
With a defensive wave of his arms the Blue Beetle was armoured and out the door, in a hurry to find out what the ‘Boooooom’ had meant. He reaaaally hoped that Le Dama hadn’t gotten her hands on another Boom Tube Box thingy…
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A baby?
Okay, a raincloud-sprouting lightning baby… and he was NOT going to use the methods the scarab was recommending. Khaji Da was a good companion but at times his homicidal heritage was a bit difficult to stomach. Now, he needed to come up with a non-fatal way to take on a baby in a raincloud and oh god that hurt!
~Told you, child dangerous, hurt friend Jaime ~
“Quiet you, unless you know some sort of freaky baby lullabye!”
~SLEEP INFANT~
The baby continued to wail.
~Apparently it did not work, recommend non-fatal measure concussive blast, knock unconscious?~
“I’m not beating up a BABY!”
~Fine, not fatal, non-combative measures initiated.~
“Why am I hearing a ringtone?”
“Jaime? What’s wrong? Are you going to be late? If it is Batman’s fault I need to speak to the man.”
“Mom?”
“Yes. What’s going on?”
“Fine, how do I stop a crying baby?”
“What type of crying? Is the baby hungry, does he want a hug? Do they need their diaper changed?”
“I dunno, lightning and doom cloud crying!”
“Oh don’t be such a drama bug. Go over there, speak firmly but lovingly and hold the little guy, show him your face not the big scary alien armor- go do it. I’m on my way.”
“Easy for you to say,” Jaime muttered only to receive a sharp, “Don't take that tone.”
Khaji snickered into Jaime’s head. Doublecrossing spine hugger.
“Good lightning baby…”
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Jaime sighed with relief. He hadn’t had any luck but at his mother’s arrival the baby immediately swooped down and cuddled into her arms.
It wasn’t fair, he gets shot with lightning, his mom gets an arm full of giggling baby reflecting little rainbows.
“So, why’d we take him home?” Jaime asked warily at the infant.
“Well where else would we take an adorable little weather baby.”
Milagro butt in, “His snuggly says Josh, and and can we keep him please? I wanna rainbow brother! He can be my sidekick when I getta green lantern ring!”
Bianca held the infant in her arms close and whispered conspiratorially to Milagro, “Go ask your father.”
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