Epic Medusa

by Zawiah This story was made into a comic long time ago before the movies X-Men, Spider-Man and Daredevil came out, so the superheroes and supervillians except Medusa were based from the comics. Disclaimer: Don't own any of the below characters, not even Medusa! I just put them altogether and see what happens... Kitty Pryde also known as Shadowcat from the X-Men was arguing with a fellow X-Men, Kurt Wagner alias Nightcrawler. The latter is a teleporting mutant. He bet he could teleport back to the past, but Kitty did not believe him. The blue elf insisted he could and he's going to bring back a proof. "Go ahead!" said Kitty. "but make sure you come back in time for dinner!" In another timeline, Dr Indiana Jones the swash-buckling archeologist was in Greece, digging up some old relics...he just love to dig up things from the past. He had just found some links to the Greek mythology, which included a sword believed to be Perseus's. He was very happy indeed. Suddenly he saw some snakes emerging from the hole his team had been digging. Being scared of snakes, he hurried away from the scene. What he didn't know was that the snakes were attached to a head... Medusa's! She was very much alive and she came out of the earth, grateful to the one who had freed her from her tomb. Unfortunately Indy's team who saw her eyes turned immediately to stone. She knew there must be one alive and she planned to marry him. So she followed Indy's fresh tracks back to his camp, careful not to turn anyone to stones any more. Indy was unaware he was being followed. Suddenly Nightcrawler appeared in front of him in a puff of bad-smelling clouds. He looked at a surprised Indy and asked him if he was the good Dr. Indiana Jones. Indy in his state of surprise nodded. He got his hand quickly grabbed by the blue elf. But before Nightcrawler teleported away, Medusa had grabbed his tail and thus managed to be teleported away with them... into the future! But timetravelling was not that perfect yet. Nightcrawler and Indy had appeared in front of the Incredible Hulk, but Medusa had been flung someplace else... The Hulk had some unfinished business with Nightcrawler, so when the huge green thing met the tiny blue one, a chase began. Unfortunately, Indy was right in the middle of the way of being flatten by the Hulk! Indy was about to roll away when he felt himself floating up instead of crashing down! He saw the Hulk below chasing Nightcrawler who was too tired to teleport away after travelling through time. He thought he must be dead under the feet of the green giant and was on the way to heaven. No such luck! Kitty had saw what was going to happen and had grabbed Indy up into the air... Kitty taught Indy how to sit cross-legged in the air. She made sure she did not let go of his hand though, he would just fell down without the support of her mutant power. She explained to him how he had come to be there and the bets. She wanted to know if he's the real archeologist or merely the actor who had played his role in the movies. Indy did not know what she was talking about but felt somewhat amused that someone would make a movie about him. But he insisted he's real. Kitty wanted some proof. She called her friend Spider-man who had happened to be swinging along from roof to roof. "Spidey, have you seen the She-Hulk?" she asked. "I heard she's been sulking." He took them to where he had seen her earlier. Kitty told Indy that if he was really that archeologist, he had got to cheer up the She-Hulk by giving her a kiss. Indy was flabbergasted. If he won't, he would be stuck in this weird place with weird people wearing weird costumes. He wouldn't like that, so he agreed. That green giantress looked lovelier than her male counterpart anyway. Spidey lowered Indy into the alley where the green female was sulking. But Spidey was a practical joker.... he let Indy fell right on top of the sulking She-Hulk! This further angered the savage greenie, making her scowl even more meaner! She lifted Indy up by his lapels, demanding a reason why she shouldn't crush him right there and then. Indy thought he was doomed, but before that he could at least prove to Kitty that he was the real Dr. Jones and at the same time give a reason to the She-Hulk not to pulverise him...and struggling, he smacked a quick peck on her lips! She-Hulk was so surprised at first. Then she smiled and got an idea, which Indy did not agree on, however beautiful a green woman looked. He yelled to Kitty for help! Luckily, Kitty managed to stop giggling with Spidey and grabbed the bewildered professor from the amourous giantress. She phased with him into the wall of the building nearby, where the X-Men were staying. When they reached her room, she released her hold of his hand and told Indy she believed him then. She would go and find Nightcrawler to teleport Indy back to his own time. Indy was to stay in her room for the time being. He agreed. All the things he had been through in the short time was wearing him down, like being dragged behind a truck with the Ark in it. He thought getting a rest was a very good idea.  Meantime, Medusa had appeared out of the timetravelling in front of Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer, also known as Daredevil. He couldn't see her eyes, so he did not turn into stone. But he sensed she had dangerous eyes, so he let her have his dark glasses. Medusa told him of her plan to marry Jones. Somehow, she convinced Matt so much so, he spread the word around until it reached Spidey. Spidey told them he had seen Indy. They made the wedding plans, having Wolverine as the best man and Invisible Girl as the bridesmaid, and so on and so forth... Unaware of the arrangements, Indy heard the door of Kitty's room being knocked. He assumed it was Kitty and therefore opened the door. He was surprised to see Rogue, another weirdly costumed superfemale, entered the room. She congratulated him on his coming wedding. Before Indy could ask "What wedding?!" she had silenced him with a kiss, which also made him lost his conciousness. Rogue absorbed anyone's energy or powers when they touched her skin. When Indy woke up, he noticed he was dressed in a tuxedo. "Oh no," he thought. He felt his face - his 3-day beard had been shaved off. He saw his hat and whip hanging where he had left them and thought that he was still in Kitty's room. "Good!" called out a gruffy voice. "You're awake." Indy turned towards the voice and was met by a puff of a foul-smelling cigar smoke from Wolverine. "What's going on?" Indy was trying not to loose his temper. "You, my dear sucker," said Wolvie. "are gonna git married. So hold still while I tie this bow on to your neck..." "WHAT?!!!" It might as well be a hangman's noose to Indy. "I'm not prepared for anybody's wedding much less my own!" Wolvie ignored him. Indy pushed his hand away from him and started to walk towards the door, hoping to find that mad girl Kitty and that blue creature who had started all this. Wolvie had other ideas. He grabbed at Indy but Indy ducked and was starting to run when Wolvie jumped on him, pinning him to the floor. When Indy did not stop struggling, Wolvie tied up the archeologist's hands behind his back. Then he tied up Indy's bow tie. Indy was feeling a whole lot miserable as he was dragged down to a make-do altar where Dr Doom the supervillian was acting as the priest to marry him. The room was choked full of weird-costumed superheoes and supervillians. The Human Torch was playing at the organ, careful not to burn it up, and warming up the already much-too-hot room for Indy. The bride was covered from head to toe in white. Dr Doom started asking the usual wedding questions without mentioning any names. The covered bride said, "I do." When it was time for Indy to answer, he started to object but somebody poked him in the behind. "YARGHHHH!!!" he cried out in pain. It sounded like 'yes' to Dr Doom. Anyway, Dr Doom was wicked enough to perform forced marriages.  It was time to exchange rings. Wolverine cut off Indy's bonds and handed him a gold ring. Indy was sure it was Wolvie who poke him... he had handed the ring with one of his claws. The professor was so mad, he threw away the ring. Then he ran away. Chaos ensured! Half the audience was clamouring for the ring and the other half was busy catching Jones. The missions succeeded, Jones was forced back to the altar. After exchanging rings, Dr Doom announced that they were man and wife. So Indy had to kiss the bride. He griped as he unveiled the bride's face to reveal a pair of dark glasses. Indy thought she was blind and pitied her. So he pecked her forehead. But that was not enough for Medusa and she grabbed the startled Jones and performed the kiss that she wanted. At the same time she poked at Indy's neck, which made him black out...again. Indy woke up on a bed with a moan. He saw his bride locked the only door out and put the key into the front of her dress. Indy thought, That's not stopping me from retrieving it, sweetheart! and got off the bed towards her. She smiled and took off the cover from her head... revealing the hairstyle which made Jones stopped dead in his tracks. "Medusa!" he gasped. Medusa was pleased to be recognized. Indy turned around to escape. Where? The window? The bathroom? The closet? Medusa grabbed him and turned him to face her and her heart-stopping reptilian hair. Indy fought to stay concious. She was starting to untie his bow tie. He was sweating profusely as he thought an escape plan as fast as his fear-induced brains would allow him. "Uh, um, d-d-dear," he cursed himself for stammering. "W-why don't w-w-we get ready for b-bed... s-s-separately?" "Good idea," she agreed fortunately. "I'll go change in the bathroom." As soon as she disappeared into the said room, Indy quickly went to the window. It was a long way down to the street. He immediately started to tie up the bed sheet, bed covers, pillow cases, his tuxedo coat, his sash, anything he could get his hands on to make a cloth rope. He found his hat and his whip, still hanging at the same place and thought that this must be the same room he was in before. He tied one end of the rope to a bed post and throw the other one out. Then he climbed out the window and sat on the edge. Careful as not to slip off the ledge, he lashed his whip up towards the roof. Indy heard his 'wife' cooing for him. Sweating, he started to climb quickly upwards as quietly as he could. But Medusa heard him and popped her head out of the window. Indy froze, not just because of her hair. The end of his whip was dangling just a couple of inches right above her head! But she didn't look up. She had seen the cloth rope from inside the room leading outside the window and assumed he had escaped on ground. She did not bother to look anywhere else and went back inside. Indy was relieved and let out his breath. He continued to climb up. It was there on the roof where Kitty met him. She had found Nightcrawler and asked if Indy was ready to go back. "Of couse I do!" he hollered. This was one hell of an adventure he would like to live without. But a nagging feeling of a frustrated Medusa let loose in the world was making him doubting his words. Well, I'm not going to save THIS world! Let the nuts do the saving, he thought. Kitty said they were having a party downstairs. It was for somebody's wedding reception. Indy groaned. He was sure it was for his unwanted wedding. But Kitty and Nightcrawler loved parties and were not about to miss this one. Before Indy could protest, Nightcrawler had already teleported them down to the party. It was a disco-like party, something Indy has not experienced in his life, held besides a huge swimming pool. He could see people in weird garments wriggling away to an ear-shattering cacophony of a tune. Nightcrawler left to get some food. Kitty was looking very happy and asked Indy to dance with her. Indy reluctantly went along... it would be an experience anyway. As they mingled in the crowd of wriggling dancers, somebody saw them and thought, Hmmm... there's the groom... where is the bride? Soon the bride, who was searching for the groom, was called down. She had the sense to cover her dreadful headful of reptilians before coming down. She saw Indy learning some dance steps from Kitty by the pool. "Honeeeeeyyyy!!!" she called out. "I missed you! Let's dance!" And with that she came rushing towards a startled Jones and Kitty. Kitty jumped up into the air literally. Jones snapped out of his shock and ducked at the last minute. Medusa who had been rushing full speed could not stop on time and was soon plunging into the pool. "HELP!" she cried, waving her arms frantically from the pool. "I can't swim!!!" Indy thought she was bluffing. He was NOT going to rescue her. But she looked as if she was drowning. She did not do him any harm except have that scaly hairstyle... As Indy was arguing with himself whether to save her or not, the Submariner had already saved him the trouble. He had been in the pool all along, his way of having a good time at the party. As he took Medusa to dry land, she coo-ed, "Oooh, thank you, strong and handsome man. Say, would you like to marry me?" She seemed to have forgotten about Jones already! Indy was again relieved and thought he owed Subbie for two... one for rescuing Medusa, so Indy did not have to do that, the second was for taking Medusa's fancy away from Indy. Later, in Kitty's bathroom, Indy changed back into the clothes that he wore when he first came into this world. He came out to see Kitty and Nightcrawler sitting on the bare bed, waiting to send him back to his time. Kitty was wearing a long face. "Sorry about the mess," Indy indicated the clothes rope which was still hanging outside the window from the bedpost. "Huh? Oh, that..." Kitty shook her head. "No, it's not because of that. It's just that... that I wish you'd stay a little while longer. We could have more fun together. That would really make loosing the bet worthwhile!" "No way, kid!" Indy shook his head now, shivering inwardly on bumping into Medusa if he stayed there. "I won't fit in. Besides I've got my work to do..." Kitty still held a long face. Indy lifted her chin to face him. "Next time don't go betting about anything," he advised Kitty and pecked her forehead. She nodded. "I lost, anyway," she smiled and hugged him. "But I'm really glad to see that you're real!" Indy smiled back. Nightcrawler took his hand. Kitty waved goodbye to Jones and he did the same as the smoke of teleporting appeared. Kitty was still waving after they had disappeared. She was going to miss that archeologist. He sure was a fast learner at rock and roll dancing. Then she got an idea. "If Nightie can bring Indy back through time," she thought, "I wonder if he can go back through space and bring back Han Solo..." The End.