ON THE ELEVENTH DAY O' CHRISTMAS, BLiP GAVE TO YOU, Kid Mysticism & The Net.Titans #32 "A Mildly Net.Titanish Yuletide Thingy" -or- "Jinge Spells" By: Ben Rawluk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cover: Kid Mysticism being menaced by several large elves, while Lurker Lad is hanging in a Christmas light from the logo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kid Mysticism strode confidently down the streets of Net.Ropolis, his arms piled high with various assorted gifts. For a guy in spandex AND wearing an LNH ultility-belt.thingee around his waist, hardly anyone of any importance seemed to notice him, as he quickly approached LNHQ. *So Boss...what'd ya buy?* The familiar telepathic 'voice' of Spellfire was projected through KM's mind, and the young hero paused in his approach of the HQ in question. "Um...Latin book for Linguist Lass...charm bracelet for Research Lass...a copy of the Fan.Boy Annual for Browsing Boy...a few other things..." *Cool* Spellfire responded, when suddenly a rather sizable bouncy-ball clobbered Kid Mysticism right in the forehead. The net.hero quickly turned to face his attacker; nine of Santa's elves, with leather jackets, guns, swords, and other weapons at the ready, were before him, murder in their eyes. "Uh-Oh..." Kid Mysticism mumbled, and began to conjure a mystic blast... _Browsing Boy's Quarters_ "Ack...I should have wrapped these days ago!" Browsing Boy arghed, as he desperately tried to finish up hiding gifts within boxes and wrapping paper. He was not succeeding. Wrapping gifts was never his strong suit, and he always seemed to be all thumbs when it came to do the chore. It took him a half-an-hour alone to wrap the stack of comics he had bought for Plot-Device King. "Need some help, Mon amour?" The sweet voice of Linguist Lass, accented at the end by a french accent, asked, as the female LNHer stepped in to BB's field of view. Startled, the Boy of Browsing accidently dropped a small, greyish box. "Um...um...what...how..?" BB asked startled, and then realized he had dropped the box, he scrambled down to get it, only to find Linguist Lass had somehow managed to grab the box before him. "Easy, my love." LL held up a small key. "Here you go..." she handed BB the box. "I wanted to come tell you; My brother's here." Linguist Lass paused, eyeing the gifts. "YOUR BROTHER?! I didn't know you had a brother..." "Welp, I do." _Outside_ Dashing through the snow, in a one-mantra open spellmatrix, Kid Mysticism flashed towards the psychoelves, who carefully sidestepped, sending the hero crashing into the wall. "STAND still!" He yelled, raising his hand. Conjured up projectiles of mystical force lashed out, blasting into the diminutive destructive dynamos of doom. _The LNHQ Monitor Room_ Research Lass carefully placed the reciever back on the phone, and got up from her seat, carefully grabbing her coffee. "Ma and Pa are fine..." she muttered to Plot-Device King, who merely smiled. "That's cool. Now it's my turn to phone the relatives." "Good Luck..." RL mumbled, stepping out of sight. _The LNH Lobby_ Jerome stood in the middle of the lobby, dressed in a blue sweat shirt and black jeans. His short blonde hair was cut and combed, and he glanced down at his watch. "Can I help you?" Davis Alan, the current receptionist asked, as he glanced up from his mounds of paperwork, which never seemed to decrease. "Um...No, merci. I'm just waiting pour ma soeur....or rather, my sister..." Jerome answered, a thick french accent inherent in his every word. He was glad that he would be able to see is sister again...with him living in France, and her here, they usually didn't connect. "Jerome...hi!" Linguist Lass smiled, as she stepped out of the opposite hallway, followed by Browsing Boy, who seemed rather confused, and required LL's holding his hand, to guide him. "Hi..." Jerome answered. "Um..shouldn't you be doing something? There's some net.hero outside...fighting a bunch of midgets, outside." "Oh...nothing to worry about...this is Browsing Boy by the way...BB... meet Jerome.." _Outside_ Kid Mysticism had finally managed to trap the villainous varlets in a skein of rope, and guided them to the nearest Police-Holding Area. As he quickly returned to LNHQ, he stopped to grab his presents. This might just be an ok Christmas after all. THE END. ============================================================================== Next Issue: Fun! Net.Titans! Net.Olympians! Be here for Kid Mysticism & The Net.Titans #33, "Crisis Times B", part one of the Earth-B caper! ============================================================================== Credits: All the characters are mine except for one or two that are owned by their owners...Back to the Index.