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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Broccli_Head" data-source="post: 1386562" data-attributes="member: 105">Today is malachai_rose's birthday  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Issue#14: In ExtremisHe knew that they would come for him, to change him, eventually. Dragon Fist scowled and picked at his food.  If they only knew how powerful he had become.  Not that they cared. Anaka Ai Lee recalled his most recent team saving exploits. When no one could harm Dr. Destroyer’s destroid, who blasted it to pieces? Dragon Fist.  And what about the Stone Giant? Again Dragon Fist knocked him into the dirt.He should have told them about his second encounter with Shadow Dragon. In seconds, after an initial surprise attack by that idiot, he had blown the evil martial arts super-villain through Dr. Lu’s shop and out the back wall. He had been in a hurry, and it had barely been a challenge, so he had not bothered to check the body. He snorted and looked over his shoulder at the hole in the back of the wall. He had not bothered to start repairing it.  To keep out the snow, he had draped some plastic, but it did not keep out the cold. Anaka  did not care. Plus, Darkfire stayed at S.U.B. all the time so who did he have to impress. Hummingbird?But she was a mutant just like Cosmic Knight. Despite the fact that he could take the flyboy out if he didn’t cheat and use his tangleweb—or got help like the last time—he knew that she would chose her own kind over him. I’ll show them!He threw his chopsticks at the brick wall yelling in anger, and with a bit of ch’i energy  buried them halfway. Continuing his fit of rage, he knocked over his food shattering the bowl into thousands of fragments. The bell to the shop rang.“Hey dudes! I’m ba-aaack…,”Dragon Fist folded his arms, Great its Mr. Laughs.His scowl lengthened.“Hello? Is anybody home? Yoh, Dr. Lu…anyone…Büeller?”Maybe if he were quiet, Slipstream would go away.  A whoosh  brought the speedster into the back room. No luck. “Whoa there pardner!” Slipstream greeted Anaka cheerfully, and looking around broken and messy room, added, “Uhh, done some redecoratin’? Who’s yer designer?”Anaka gave him an eat- <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> -and-die-look.“Okay then…just…wanted ta see if you wanted ta get some egg rolls….”Keeping his eyes narrowed, Dragon Fist just shook his head slowly. “Man, wha’s up yer--?”But Slipstream stopped when he heard Dragon Fist clench his fist and crack his knuckles.** For a split second, Slipstream wanted to put this punk in his place and run circles around him, beatin’ him down before he even knew what hit him, but the speedster was in too good a mood, and really, really hungry. He also thought that maybe he should talk to Jae Sun and the others about this one. “ ‘S okay. I’ll catch with ya later, dude,” And he zipped to an alleyway beside the shop, changed to Brian Parker, and strolled towards the Emperor’s Garden.  Today no one was going spoil his mood. A few minutes earlier he had gone to S.U.B., finding no body…well except that freaky, janitor robot and that even stranger hologram of S.T.A.N..  He had dialed everyone after retrieving his com-badge, but no one picked up. Cosmic Knight had called almost right away, saying that he was en route to Millennium City. They must have past right by each other, since he had been there this morning for breakfast with Grandma Shannon.  The powered-armor guy was going to testify in court against Blowtorch. Slipstream had told him how cool that was. Cosmic Knight had said what would be even cooler was to get one up on Cavalier, and maybe even get to fight him. Slipstream had grimaced.“Good guys shouldn’t be fightin’ good guys.”Cosmic Knight had hung up. Maybe I shoulda stayed in Tahiti… he thought.When he smelled the Garden’s cooking, however, he beamed, and then when he got another return call from Jae Sun Lee, he smiled even wider. “Glad you are back, Slipstream,” came the detective’s voice over their private channel. “I can not believe that I am saying this, but it will be good to have more stability now that you have returned.”“Yeah! Wha’s up with Dfist? He’s all ‘grrr’ and given me a dirty look. Seems kinda nutso.”“The emotional imprint of Hummingbird is still there. Glad you found him. Somnus and Valor are going to remove it, but we may need your help. Psi is still in town, but they have not reared their ugly heads. Seems to be a waiting game, at present.”“Well, I’m goin’ to get me some egg rolls. Wanna join me, Jae Son?” “It has been a while. I think I will." Ahhh! Well ‘cept for Dfist, maybe things are gettin’ back to normal. thought Slipstream opening the front door to the Emperor’s Garden. The host smiled, gave a slight nod, and motioned him to follow towards his table. A low boom! rattled the dishes and shook the chimes. Dang! I guess lunch’ll have to wait.“Uhhh, Jae Sun?” “Yes, I heard. I am already nearby.”“Ya better get Somnus and Valor on the horn, like real quick. I’m thinkin’ D.’s blown a gasket. Meet ya there.”Brian Parker sighed, “Hold the table, Bob. I’ll be back soon.”“Bob” smiled and waved with a knowing nod as Brian ran back towards Dr. Lu’s.</blockquote>

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