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coprime_recs) wrote2007-06-07 05:35 pm
coprime_recs) wrote2007-06-07 05:35 pm
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Marvel Universe: Gladiator by JBMcDragon
Gladiator (Shatterstar, Peter Rasputin | PG13 | 27,005 words): Peter's kidnapped to Mojoworld, an illegal gladiator ring, where he meets a young mutant named Shatterstar. Taking place in Marvel's Ultimate 'verse, this is fun. Shatterstar's youth and ignorance as well as Peter's frustration dealing with his new friend make for an enjoyable read. Plus, there's the plot of the X-Men having to deal with Mojo.
Excerpt:
"You tried to pierce his nipple?" Peter heard himself yelp.
"He said okay!"
"She stabbed me!"
Peter put his entire body between them. "Alison!"
"Oh, come on. Tell me he wouldn't look hot with a nipple ring!" Her expression turned sly, and she stepped very close. "Just think, the outline against a nice, tight, shirt . . . " Her fingers danced up his chest.
Peter slapped a hand over hers and pulled it away. "Don't pierce him."
"That hurt!" Shatterstar roared behind him. Suddenly, there was a body on his back, trying scramble over him. It was like trying to stop a monkey.
"Move," Peter snapped, pushing Alison out of the way and grabbing for Shatterstar's flailing limbs. He caught hair. Good enough. Yanking, he pulled Shatterstar away from Alison and down the hall, toward the teenager's bedroom. He nearly threw the boy in, stepped inside, and closed the door. Shatterstar had already grabbed a sword and was running at him.
Peter leaned against the door just for good measure. The sword hit him, beating at him around his head and shoulders for a good five minutes. Then Shatterstar backed off, panting.
"She hurt me," he gasped.
"She thought you knew what piercing meant."
"Well, I didn't." Shatterstar dropped onto his bed. "How was I supposed to know what 'piercing' meant? Everyone expects me to know these things and I just don't." He slumped. "It's so confusing."
Peter felt really guilty. Right then. That moment. He remembered that he'd liked this kid in the arena, that he'd helped break him out because he'd felt bad that the boy had spent his whole life fighting and killing his own friends.
Excerpt:
"You tried to pierce his nipple?" Peter heard himself yelp.
"He said okay!"
"She stabbed me!"
Peter put his entire body between them. "Alison!"
"Oh, come on. Tell me he wouldn't look hot with a nipple ring!" Her expression turned sly, and she stepped very close. "Just think, the outline against a nice, tight, shirt . . . " Her fingers danced up his chest.
Peter slapped a hand over hers and pulled it away. "Don't pierce him."
"That hurt!" Shatterstar roared behind him. Suddenly, there was a body on his back, trying scramble over him. It was like trying to stop a monkey.
"Move," Peter snapped, pushing Alison out of the way and grabbing for Shatterstar's flailing limbs. He caught hair. Good enough. Yanking, he pulled Shatterstar away from Alison and down the hall, toward the teenager's bedroom. He nearly threw the boy in, stepped inside, and closed the door. Shatterstar had already grabbed a sword and was running at him.
Peter leaned against the door just for good measure. The sword hit him, beating at him around his head and shoulders for a good five minutes. Then Shatterstar backed off, panting.
"She hurt me," he gasped.
"She thought you knew what piercing meant."
"Well, I didn't." Shatterstar dropped onto his bed. "How was I supposed to know what 'piercing' meant? Everyone expects me to know these things and I just don't." He slumped. "It's so confusing."
Peter felt really guilty. Right then. That moment. He remembered that he'd liked this kid in the arena, that he'd helped break him out because he'd felt bad that the boy had spent his whole life fighting and killing his own friends.