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5 Times Turning Invisible Didn’t Help… At All trascendenza May 1 2007, 06:30:48 UTC
.Five

“Earth to Darien.”

“Hunh?” He said, still dizzy from lack of oxygen to his brain. Bobby seemed to have that affect on him a lot.

“A little help, here, partner? I can’t find your…” Bobby’s hand was fumbling in the vicinity of his navel, “-you know.”

.Four

He quietly did some Jackie Chan-worthy karate moves in preparation of kicking the bad guy’s ass.

“These are thermals,” the bad guy said, tapping a finger on the side of what Darien had thought were just nicely stylish shades. (That he’d been considering pocketing after this guy went down.)

“Crap.”

Luckily, few bad guys had legs as long as Darien’s.

.Three

The gun pressed to his temple wasn’t quite as cold as the quicksilver slipping over his skin.

“You finish going see-through and I put a bullet through your skull.”

The quicksilver quickly flaked off.

Darien and Bobby shared a look. “Sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed, don’t you think?”

“Maybe he couldn’t find his teddy bear.”

“Awww, poor baby. You know, I can’t sleep a wink if I don’t have my Wookie.”

“Is that so? I would have taken you for more of a Spider-Man action figure kinda guy.”

“No, really, he’s just the right size to fit under my neck when I get these cricks, see, and...”

The villain briefly regretted not shooting first and asking questions later.

.Two

“Darien! You’re going to have to de-quicksilver so I can do this.”

“I couldn’t help it... that needle is freaking huge.”

Claire sighed. “Yes, and if I can’t hit the right vein I’m almost certain it will kill you.”

“You say that like it’s motivation to become visible again.”

.One

“Now how am I supposed to get the condom on? Geeze, Fawkes. Always with the premature quicksilveration.”

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