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Posted by Songbird on 7/7/2008, 2:30 pm
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When bionically enhanced vocal chords are manifested into hard sound constructs through a specially designed carapace, Melissa Gold becomes Marvel's sensational, sexy, singing siren of sound - Songbird!
Why I Hate Skrulls
Previously - Abe Jenkins had been missing for five days. In that time, some one wearing Abe's old Beetle armor began robbing banks. Songbird, determined to find this new Beetle, followed him to Red Hook, discovering she wasn't the only one looking for him as she encountered the Frightful Four, also interested in the Beetle for reasons still unknown. After a hard-fought battle, the Wizard insisted Songbird unmask the Beetle herself, finding it to indeed be Abe Jenkins, only to have Titania punch a hole through his chest, killing Abe instantly. Upon the Frightful Four's departure, Songbird examined the body once more, this time not seeing Abe's face but that of a deceased Skrull instead...
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Red Hook...night...
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ssscccrrreeeeeeccchhh
The car skids to a stop before the abandoned tenement and Dallas Riordan, Deputy to the Director of the CSA, rushes out from inside it, seeing a worried Songbird standing outside the old building...
"Mel! What is it!?" Dallas asks, "It sounded urgent. Did you find Abe? Is he alright?"
"I called because I wasn't sure what to do," Songbird replies, "I think you need to see this for yourself."
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Moments later...inside...
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"He...was a Skrull?" Dallas says in disbelief as they stand over the armored deceased, his face exposed.
"He only reverted back this way after he was killed," Songbird explains, "The Frightful Four seemed to know something about it. What this means for our Abe I'm still unsure."
"The rumors of a Skrull invasion are true, then," Dallas says, "Who knows how many of us they've gotten to?"
"What do we do with this one?" Songbird asks.
"If it's Skrulls we're dealing with," Dallas begins, "I know somebody who is an authority in the field," she looks down at the Beetle, "Help me get him in the trunk."
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"Welcome," the holographic woman at the desk smiles, "How may I assist you?"
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Later that night...at the Baxter Building...
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"We're here to see Dr. Richards," Dallas says.
"I'm afraid Dr. Richards has no scheduled appointments for the evening," it replies.
"Look," Songbird interjects, "Tell him it's important. It has to do with Skrulls."
"I'm afraid Dr. Richards has no sched-" the hologram dissipates before repeating itself. Dallas and Songbird turn to see..
"Johny Storm," Dallas says, all-business, "Hopefully you can help us."
"It depends," he smiles, "What brings the CSA and...," he looks over Songbird, grinning, "...the hottest superhero beside me to the Baxter Building at all hours of the night?"
..."hottest superhero besides me"?...He really is everything they say about him...
"We were really hoping to see Dr. Richards," Dallas explains.
"Big-brain is holed up in his lab...as always," Johny says, "Can I give him a message?"
"Tell him it's urgent," Dallas says, "It has to do with...Skrulls."
"Those ugly pain-in-the-asses?" Johny smiles, "Alright, follow me," he motions, wagging his brow at Songbird, "Normally, I wouldn't do this. I just have a hard time saying no to really pretty faces."
...Gag me...
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Soon...in Reed Richards lab...
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"And when Titania killed him," Reed reiterates, "That's when he reverted back to a Skrull?"
"Yes," Songbird says, "Only after."
"And you say he didn't recognize you?" Reed asks Songbird.
"Not at all," Songbird answers, "Like we never even met."
"Any theories, Dr. Richards?" Dallas asks.
"Recently, I encountered a Skrull posing as the Inhuman king, Blackbolt," Reed says, keeping it vague enough to not reveal his Illuminati position, "This new type of Skrull was undetectable by any means - psychic, scent, magic or otherwise. It also seemingly was Blackbolt in every manner. You said that Abe was wearing his Beetle armor when he went missing?"
"Right."
"Then my best hypothesis would be that when the Skrulls replicated him," Reed theorizes, "They replicated him based on what information they had on the Beetle."
"And not anything after," Songbird interjects, "Meaning he wouldn't know me yet."
"Precisely," Reed says, "And the body?"
"Still in my trunk," Dallas replies, "We really didn't have a discreet way of bringing him up here."
"I'll send H.E.R.B.I.E. to retrieve it. Run some tests," Reed says, "In the meantime, make yourselves at home. Perhaps Johny can give you the tour."
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Later...
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Reed examines the Skrull body thoroughly, scientifically, only taking his mind from his work as Johny Storm enters...
"Ah, Johny," Reed says, "Are Dallas and Songbird with you?"
"No," he replies, "They're both resting. You should rest, too. Looking at this Skrull all night can't be healthy."
"Yes, but perhaps if I can unlock the secrets of it's DNA I can figure out why we can't detect them or-," he looks over at Johny whose hands move to the Skrulls temples, "What are you-?"
BA-WOOSH
The Skrull combusts into flames. The intense heat rendering it to nothing more then a pile of ash. Johny looks at Reed and smiles sinisterly as his eyes glow green...
"Johny...no," Reed says before an intense wave of flames slams into him, knocking him out and setting the lab on fire as the alarms sound.
"What happened!?" Songbird bursts into the lab, "We were waiting outside and-," she looks around, seeing the damage, the flames, an unconcious Reed, and the Human Torch. His face half-Johny and half-Skrull.
"You shouldn't have brought him here," the Skrull Torch growls.
"And you shouldn't have flirted with me earlier!" Songbird retorts, meeting a blast of flame with a construct of her own.
"Where the hell are the rest of the FF!?" Dallas stands outside the lab, shielding herself from the intense heat and flames.
"Your planet will be ours!" the Skrull declares.
"Over my dead body!" Songbird says, flying toward him, using her wings to guard from the flames. She crashes into him hard, driving him back onto a platform, seemingly unconcious.
...How many of these things are there?...
She ponders that thought as she stands over him on the platform. Suddenly a wall of flame appears behind her and the Skrull grabs her ankle...
"Stupid human," he presses a button on the platform and they both begin to dematerialize.
...What is this thing?...tingling...What's happening to-
They both disappear as if into thin air...
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Moments later...on Attilan...
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...The good news is I'm not dead...
Songbird feels her stomache churn, fighting off the urge to vomit...
...Must have been some kind of transporter...but to where I don't know...A better question is where that Skrull made off to...
She doesn't have to wait long for an answer, narrowly rolling from harm's way as a wave of flame scorches across the ground...
"I can burn you from the inside out!" the Skrull Torch proclaims, "You will die like the rest of your - huh?" he feels two hands on the side of his head from behind.
SNAP
The Skrull slumps lifelessly to the floor. It's neck snapped like a twig. A rather imposing figure stands behind him. His expression regal and steeled, intimidating, glaring a hole through Songbird as the blue-flame upon his brow reflects in his dark eyes...
"I don't know who you are or where I am," Songbird says, "But I want some answers and I want them now."
...In retrospect...
"Well," Songbird asks, "Got anything to say for yourself?"
...It was probably the stupidest thing I ever said in my entire life...
TBC by Blackbolt or in Battle
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