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Emo Never Prospers but Evil always seems to...; Open to Legard and any X-Factor Members
Topic Started: May 18 2009, 02:50 AM (584 Views)
Chad Channing
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Chad took a seat. And let the guy named Alex tell him all that was going on. What he got from the whole thing was. There is a really bad ass guy with a shit load of power. Who was killing and kicked ass all across the world. And pretty much making mutants looks worse then anything the local baddies could hope to do. And at the moment things weren't looking all that great for anyone. This was so not how life works in the Movies. The good guys ain't suppose to get an ass kicking. But then again sadly this wasn't a movie and no one was paying Chad tons of money to look as cool as he does. This was a sad life fact.

He rested his head in his hands as he let a sigh out. Alex had asked him if he had any questions. The biggest one he had he wasn't sure if he could or should ask given the situation. But this was like dream time right here. Save the world. Get the girl kinda things. He tilted his head up.

“ I guess the biggest question is where do I sign up to kick some bad guy booty? And when can I meet all those cute girls in spandex you see on TV?”

Chad and serious were not often used in the same sentence. And he wasn't one to be a Debbie downer and he saw no reason to whine and cry now. The world hadn't ended yet. The sun was still shining. So they were still winning. When the world ended he made a mental note to cry then. But till then he would do his best to be a hero. He leaned back in the chair a smile on his face under his mask. He was oddly excited despite all the bad now. He might get called up to the big leagues and that...that could be mad cool
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Alexander Legard
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All in all the kid took the whole story pretty well. Even the more unbelievable parts. Hell, especially the more unbelievable parts. Although determining what were the most fantastic parts of the tale of Apocalypse was a little hard. Was it the whole 'impossibly old and unparalleled in power' thing, or that he had a master plan to 'to turn the world into a hellish wasteland of his imagining'? Personally Alex just couldn't get over that the guy called himself Apocalypse and had created four horsemen with names like War, Death, Famine, and Pestilence. Why only four anyways? If the guy lived forever why not spend a little extra time and make a dozen pestilences? That would have really put the last nail in society's coffin. Still, Alex supposed he should be thankful that Apocalypse cared more about showmanship than efficiency, or else Alex would probably be digging through the rubble of X-factor hq, rather than inside having a nice conversation.

Thank god for small miracles, right?

What was this would be super heroes response to the cold hard truth? How did he take the news that there was a force out there with unfathomable power bent on destroying the world he knew and turning it into the set of Mad Max? The kid volunteers to try and stop the force of unfathomable power, and he is looking for tail while he does it. A man after Alex's own heart. But the situation with Apocalypse wasn't all heroes to the rescue and tight uniforms. In fact there were much fewer tight uniforms than there should be, and a lot of times the heroes were the ones who had to get rescued. Or the villains, as there seemed to be an even mix of the moral alignments trying to stop the Apocalypse.

Hm, now Alex had a tricky situation on his hands here. On one hand, this kid wanted to fight back. Which was admirable, if not a little foolhardy. If the kid really wanted to have an effect, he should be fighting beside the X-forces. On the other hand, that would mean Alex would have to clue this kid in about Xavier's, and he really had no idea about what protocol that entailed. Did he have to consult with some sort of council of elders on this one, or just have the kid sign a waiver? Was there a pledge of secrecy involved? Alex tried to remember his own induction into Xavier's, and he didn't remember any of that. But no one from the school had approached him, did they ever approach anyone? On the other other hand, fuck the school. How were they helping mutant kind by hiding in the shadows as an urban legend? Why should Alex worry about them and their secrets? Jean alone could probably just could any mind that found out too much, as Alex knew far too well. They were some of the strongest mutants out there, they could take care of themselves.

"Alright man, I really don't know if I'm supposed to tell you this, but here it is. Wait, first, are you a mutant? I don't mean to be all prying and stuff, but if you don't have some way to take care of yourself, I don't want your blood on my hands." With that taken care of, Alex continued. "So, you obviously know X-factor. Well we're teaming up with these mutants who call themselves the X-men, you might have heard of them from those youtube videos of them fighting the Brotherhood. Oh, yeah the brotherhood is also there. Plus some weird secret society. The Brimstone club I think? Anyways, yeah, collectively we have some plan to take the fight to Apocalypse. I don't know what it is, but if you want in, I think I could arrange it."
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Chad Channing
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This was it. This was his three am phone call. The one where the big guns call the minors for top talent to come and help. Granted it wasn't cause of his talent. Or that anyone really knew who he was. Was more cause they needed everyone they could get. But in Chad's eyes with him at least they had reached back and grabbed themselves a winner. And then he asked a slightly dumb question. But wasn't as dumb as Chad thought about it. They never did cover the whole powers thing. He lightly cocked his head to the side.

“Am I a mutant? Yep. I can leap semi-tall buildings in a single bound. Dodge bullets and chuck cars. And just in-case that doesn't do it for you. My codename is Mutant 2099. “

His name was a giveaway. But he had used his real name earlier not wanting to sound like a total ass. But hey the guy asked. No reason not share. Not like he would ever tell anyone the real reason behind the name. And then Alex did ask him a stupid question. Did he want in? Chad stopped not to wonder if he did or didn't. But how many ways he could say bring it on.

[size0](And for those of you who care : Chad-Factoide #1 :: Bring it on makes Chad happy and is often watched when he is feeling sad). [size0]

“Do I want in? I want in like a fat kid wants to be in the cheer captain. I have lived my whole like to be a super hero. And this is my chance. Course I want in man.”

He tried not to sound to excited. But he was pretty sure he failed very badly at that. But who really cares. He was off to save the world and no self-loving. Poorly named bad ass was going to stop him.
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Strong Guy
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Guido was somewhat disappointed that he hadn’t been greeted at the door by a throng of worrisome teammates. He wasn’t expecting a brass band or a parade, but you would have thought that they could have at least given him someone to give him a great big bear hug. Hell, he would have even taken a couple of multiples giving him the a wassup nod! But alas and alack, he received none of the above.

And to tell the truth it worried the crap out of him.

Using his keen insight and powers of deduction, Guido dropped off his tattered bag in his room and then proceeded to walk the length of the building until he heard some voices. He stopped outside for a second to try and get a bead on who it was.

”…I don't want your blood on my hands."

What?!

Guido pushed his goggles up and leaned in. Was Alex in trouble? The majority of it was garbled, but Guido caught the veiled threat at the end.

” …I think I could arrange it."

Hot damn! Alex might need some back up though…

“I can leap semi-tall buildings in a single bound. Dodge bullets and chuck cars.”

Yup, he was gonna need the back up for sure. Guido rolled his shoulders and cracked his knuckles. He took a deep breath and then burst violently into the room. “Not on my watch, Chuckles.” It was the best he could come up with, but before Superman had a chance to react Guido spun him around and got him in a Full Nelson.

“Hey Alex,” he said with a big goofy grin as he held the little kid in an iron grip. “What’d I miss?”
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Alexander Legard
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"Wow, looks like you've got yourself quite the grocery list of abilities there. I don't think I'll have to worry about your safety anytime soon." Alex was honestly pretty impressed with this Chad character's mutations. He sounded like a regular super man, what with his super leaping. And super speed. And super strenght. Maybe impressed wasn't the right word. Maybe it was more like jealous. Alex briefly entertained the notion that this kid's powers sounded a little too good. A little too similar to the last son of krypton. Could he really be pretending to be some sort of super mutant just to get a chance to join the big leagues? He flirted with the idea of Making Chad show of his impressive skill set, but what did it really matter? This guy wanted to help so bad he lied about it, who was Alex to stand in his way?

Legard was really digging this new guys enthusiasm. I mean, Alex wasn't a misanthrope or anything, but when S got R, Alex counted on 90% of people to take care of them and theirs first, and worry about the rest of the world as an afterthought. It was pretty refreshing to meet someone who was ready to put his neck on the line for a chance to help save the world. Kind of affirming to. X-factor was a lot about helping Mutant town and the mutant community at large through action, stopping crime, dealing with disaster. Things of that nature. But one of the guiding principals behind the organization was to set an example for the mutant community. To inspire heroics, no matter how mundane, among the disenfranchised mutants. It was always nice to see when it caught on.

Although maybe it inspired a little too much heroism in some people. Just as Alex was about to hook Chad up with the X-men's contact information in burst Strong Guy, that lovable mountain of muscle. Alex was taken aback by his sudden appearance, he hadn't seen him in at least a month, but he still got out of his seat to great the returning X-Factorite. Not fast enough to stop him from expertly grabbing Chad in a several ton pin. No good deed went unpunished.

"Woah big guy. Chad's a friend to the cause, man. You can let him go." Alex probably should have sounded more concerned for Chad's safety, but really he couldn't keep the laughter out of his voice. Strong Guy just coming out of nowhere and grabbing Chad at random was pretty hysterical. Besides, if Chad was as tough as he said he was he could handle it. Probably.

Now that was out of the way. "Jesus Guido, what are you doing here? I haven't seen you in months man, where've you been dude? Oh, this is Chad by the way. He wants to help us with the Apocalypse situation. Speaking of which, you know what's going down with Apocalypse? Because if not I just explained the whole thing to Chad and it would have been more convenient if you'd assaulted him before, so I could've told you both the story. Its got some length to it".
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Chad Channing
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Chad was ready. The big time was in his grasp. He already had the action figure and cartoon show all planned out. He was going to the big leagues. The world saving. The place where villains fear your name. Chad was going to be a super-hero...and then he ended up in a full nelson.

O man...I mean come on Chad. You have a real super hero here. About to learn the secret hand shake. And you get snuck up on. This is like in batman begins. Your big test and mess it up. You fail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

After Chad was done yelling at himself. He heard the guy who was holding him ask what he had missed. Chad scrunched his face up under his mask.

“For starters the part where I am a GOOD guy. And on a side note. Your hands are soft what product do you use?”

Chad went to bend over and try to flip the guy off of him. But that didn't work to well. The guy was sturdy. He bent at the hip trying to whip the guy over him and off his back. Hoping his witty banter would catch him off guard so he could get free. Being caught was not something that should happen when one is trying to be a superhero.
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Strong Guy
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"Woah big guy. Chad's a friend to the cause, man. You can let him go."

Guido looked down to the little guy who he had pinned beneath him. Two meaty hands were clasped at the top of the poor guy’s neck, and his arms were dangling out to the sides as he tried to figure out exactly what to do. Blinking behind his extra thick goggles, Guido began to feel a bout of foolishness setting in.

In response to his question of what he might have missed, Hanging Chad spoke up. “For starters the part where I am a GOOD guy. And on a side note. Your hands are soft what product do you use?”

Now completely embarrassed, Guido let him go. “My bad,” he said as he spun the guy around and tried to brush him off. His shirt seemed a little wrinkled from the hold, so Guido tried to straighten it out.

*rrrrip*

“Whoop-“ He grinned and let the tattered cloth dangle aside. “Er, no lotion,” he said in answer to the question as he tried tucking Chad’s ripped shirt into his pocket. “Just Palmolive.”

It wasn’t getting any better, so he turned to Alex.

"Jesus Guido, what are you doing here? I haven't seen you in months man, where've you been dude? Oh, this is Chad by the way. He wants to help us with the Apocalypse situation. Speaking of which, you know what's going down with Apocalypse? Because if not I just explained the whole thing to Chad and it would have been more convenient if you'd assaulted him before, so I could've told you both the story. Its got some length to it".

Though he didn’t know all the details. “I know enough,” he said angrily. “Big angry man tries to destroy the world.” He shrugged. “But it’s when he started messin’ with my kids here that he messed up. Guido slammed a fist into his hand. “See how he likes 50 tons of knuckle sammich.”
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Alexander Legard
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"Yeah man, he really is a good guy. Well, at least he's nice enough. I don't really know him all that well. But still!"

Guido was generally a pretty reasonable guy, so Alex wasn't all that worried for Chad, Legard only thought pretty reasonable because while this was the first time he'd found Guido wrestling a teenager, the fact still stands that Guido was wrestling a teenager. No matter how harmless Alexander knew/hoped Strong guy was, the situation still gave a pretty bad impression to the hapless vigilante in Guido's arms, so the sooner they were all back to not fighting each other the better.

Thankfully, Strong guy seemed to be getting the picture, and he let Chad go. Now as long as Chad didn't turn around start wailing on Guido with his super strength everything would be cool. It wasn't Guido's safety that Alex was worried about, the guy was a tank, but they property damage those two fighting each other would cause would probably wreck the building, and Legard wasn't going to watch the building get ripped to shreds after it had withstood the Apocalypse, no matter how popular of a youtube video it would make. Then Strong Guy, like the gentleman he was, tried to dust off Chad's shirt or something, Alex couldn't really see. He could certainly hear the ripping of cloth however. That's about when Alex buried his head in his hands and took the lord's name in vain.

"Seriously guys. This isn't a comic book. The good guys don't have to fight each other every time they meet." Legard sighed at this point, before looking back up at the two. Yep, it was official. Guido had ripped off Chad's shirt, torn it completly asunder. Maybe a comic book was a bad analogy, maybe this was more like really creepy fan fiction. "Sorry about your shirt Chad, I'll grab one of mine for you later. I hope you do vintage tees" Alex didn't really need to ask, he knew he did. Everyone loved vintage tees.

After all these shenanigans, it was a little funny to see Guido get deadly serious about Apocalypse. Not haha fun. Not at all. There was nothing funny about the look of determination in Guido's eyes, especially when Alex knew full well that Guido wasn't boasting about having fifty tons of muscle on his side. In a strange way, maybe it was good that SG went AWOL before Apoc showed up. He'd make one hell of an adversary if he got converted.

"That's what I like to hear. I guess you did come in a the right point of this conversation then, cause I was just about to tell Chad about our counterattack." There wasn't really any counterattack plans to speak off, not as far as the aerokinetic knew anyways, but there would be. There had to be. "The X-men, we talked about them right?" He asked Chad, before continuing on "anyways, the X-men are gathering all the mutant factions they can, and they're getting them all together and ready to attack Apocalypse the next time he rears his ugly head. I heard they even captured a few of the Horsemen, so it's not like these guys are messing around. I think I can get you in touch with them Chad, and Guido, I'm sure you're more than welcomes to tag along."
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Chad Channing
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Chad was the new guy. He knew that. But really he didn't expect the hazing to start so soon. He has now been attacked by another hero, had his shirt ripped off and found out the world is going to end most likely. Now normally he would be pissed to the max over his home made super hero costume getting ripped to shreds. But it wasn't so bad when he looked at the big picture. He was going to get to be a super hero. But there was one problem...well one very large problem. His eyes shifted from the big guy and then back to alex.

“Ummm could we put an express order on that shirt. It's just a little cold in here...”

Chad says as his arms softly criss cross his chest to keep warm and cover his semi-hard nipples. A/C and no shirt. Didn't really mix well. He gave a little shrug listening to the two old friends catch up a little. His head perked up as Alex laughed at the two of them.

“If we save the world....think there is a chance for a comic book? That would be pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind an action figure either. But those are the things dreams are made of I suppose.”

Then things got all serious again. Was like a roller coaster ride with these two. But Chad just wrote it off as the roller coaster ride that was to be his new life if all of this went well. He was excited.

“So where are these X-men folks at? Like do we have to go to space station? A top secret fortress in a mountain? Or is it like in another dimension to keep it safe?”

Needless to say Chad has seen one to many movies and read one to many comic books in his life.
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Strong Guy
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For his own part, Guido was giving a valiant effort toward pretending that he hadn't attacked the 'new kid' and then ripped his clothes off. In the wrong light that could just look bad.

"Seriously guys. This isn't a comic book. The good guys don't have to fight each other every time they meet." Looking at Alex, Guido grinned sheepishly and brought a big hand up to his mouth in self-conscience. "Sorry about your shirt Chad, I'll grab one of mine for you later. I hope you do vintage tees"

“Ummm could we put an express order on that shirt. It's just a little cold in here...”

"Yeah, I'd letcha have one of mine, but you'd look like a stick floatin' in an ocean of AC/DC." Guido's shirts, like him, were gigantic. Not even the biggest of average folk could even fill one to the halfway point.

Guido was surprised to look over and see the Chad dude sportin' some nipple stiffies. He valiantly tried to not notice that either as Chad started going on about comic books. “If we save the world....think there is a chance for a comic book? That would be pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind an action figure either. But those are the things dreams are made of I suppose.”

Looking over at him, Guido nodded. "You really think toy stores would sell figures of some shirtless guy with hard nipples?" He then shook his head. "Tha world ain't quite that bad yet." Though maybe in Hollywood. Or Greenwich Village. Or anywhere else that nipples were socially acceptable.

The conversation hung another Louie and Guido shared his true feelings of anger on the whole Apocalypse thang. The real problem was that he had dropped the ball. The people that he loved and the people that counted on him were the ones that he'd let down, and Guido was P-O'd about it.

"That's what I like to hear. I guess you did come in a the right point of this conversation then, cause I was just about to tell Chad about our counterattack."

That had his attention.

"The X-men, we talked about them right?" Alex directed toward Chad, "anyways, the X-men are gathering all the mutant factions they can, and they're getting them all together and ready to attack Apocalypse the next time he rears his ugly head. I heard they even captured a few of the Horsemen, so it's not like these guys are messing around. I think I can get you in touch with them Chad, and Guido, I'm sure you're more than welcomes to tag along."

Guido was already nodding. There was no way he was missing out on this one. Chad spoke up before he had the chance.

“So where are these X-men folks at? Like do we have to go to space station? A top secret fortress in a mountain? Or is it like in another dimension to keep it safe?”

"That's right," Guido chimed in immediately. "It's in a secret mountain fortress in space." He kept a serious look on his face before turning back to Alex. "Let's do it, chum. First thing I wanna do is head over to the school and visit with some of the stragglers." The thought occurred to him. "What about Havok, or...Jamie?"

Hopefully they were all right.
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Alexander Legard
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This whole situation was getting rather awkward very quickly. There was Chad, just kind of standing there, topless. Strong Guy was doing his best to act casual, like he didn't just wrestle and declothe a teenage boy. For his part, Alex was caught between breaking out in hysterics and pounding his head against the wall. This was by far the worst vigilante meeting ever in the history of citizen's justice. Not to mention the sexiest. If Alex kept a list of the most homo-erotic moments of his life (which he so doesn't!), this would probably make the top three. The first spot was of course reserved for the entirety of the time spent in the boys door at Xavier's. Sleeping with a dozen other dudes was one of the many things that Alex didn't miss about the institute.

"Yeah, sure man, I'll grab that up." Legard didn't blame the guy for wanting an express delivery on that shirt situation. It would be kind of awkward to just be hanging out with two guys you just meet, one who has proved he's fine with getting in your personal space and the other one intimidatingly good looking. Plus the crossing of the arms over the chest said it all, he didn't even have to add the comment about the temperature.

As Legard had discovered awhile ago, the quickest mode of travel through the X-factor building was through the vents, so that's where he went. In a blink his physical form burst into a torrent of smoke, a swirling red pillar that quickly seemed to be pulled by some unfelt wind into the ventilation system. In retrospect, he probably should have warned Chad about what his own powers were, it was no doubt a little disconcerting seeing someone go up in smoke out of the blue. Hopefully he wouldn't be scared off, but the kid had pluck, he didn't bail when Guido had stripped him. Alex was sure he'd be fine watching a cloud of human float around. Or as fine as you could be once you realized why the smoke was red in the first place.

It took a moment for Alex to navigate the vent system to his bedroom. Reforming, he set to work picking out a T-shirt from the many draped across his open dresser drawers. Chad was in pretty good shape, as Alex had seen all too clearly, so nothing too small. Nothing that Alex cared too much about either, no one one would blame Chad if he left and never looked back at those weird X-factor folks. After taking a few seconds to sagely consider his choice, Alex decided on an old The Who tshirt, the faded blue one with the bullseye. Very classic. It would probably fit Chad, plus Legard had a spare. People weren't very original with their Christmas gifts it seemed. Putting the shirt on over his own, the easiest way to sublime it, Alex headed back downstairs the same way he came up.

"Here you go" he said after pulling off the shirt and throwing it to Chad "on X-factor" and it really was, Christmas gift or no, after all this Apocalypse nonsense was dealt with, Legard expected some reimbursement. He gave the X-men talk, and couldn't help but smile at Chad's reaction. Guido played right along with it too. "It most certainly is" he agreed solemnly. But then things got actually serious. "Jamie is good, I just saw him yesterday. Take more than an Apocalypse to keep that guy down, right?" Alex was trying to keep up beat for the benefit of company, but his words just sounded hollow. "Havok is...well, he's safe right now. Uh, maybe we should talk about this when we aren't entertaining guests." There wasn't any malice meant by that, it was just that Alex didn't want Havok's...condition getting out. That was really the last thing X-factor needed right now.

"Listen Chad, why don't you write down your contact information and I'll get in touch with you with how to get in touch with the school, alright?"
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Mason Llewellyn
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*revives*

I'm back and looking to have some more threads.

Anyone interested?
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