It was only slightly surprising when Tommy chose to be a superhero, given the options Eli had offered, and it was only slightly surprising when Tommy's abilities proved to be majorly useful in rescuing Teddy from the Super-Skrull.
It had been a lot more surprising when the people who successfully got the Super-Skrull off their backs via a well-placed blaster shot turned out to be the Kree, and it had been even more surprising when they'd also claimed Teddy as their own. There was a Romeo and Juliet joke just waiting to be made once the threat of a second Kree-Skrull war on Earth was over, but it didn't seem like that was going to happen any time soon.
It had been very surprising when the Super-Skrull turned out to not be dead, and jumped in front of Teddy to protect him from the blast of a Kree warrior's gun, and it had been very surprising when Teddy insisted on taking the Super-Skrull with them as they tried to escape, because he'd saved Teddy's life or some similar nonsense that Billy didn't understand but didn't have time to argue about, because the Vision was ushering them onto one of the Kree warships, explaining that he could fly it once he accessed the mainframe, while Tommy argued with Cassie that it didn't really count as stealing if they weren't intending to keep the ship.
At this rate, Billy was going to be grounded for at least two lifetimes.
( In which Billy finds out more about himself than he ever knew he didn't know. )
[Adapted from Young Avengers #10 and #11. Warning for violence, and for way more telling than showing.]
It had been a lot more surprising when the people who successfully got the Super-Skrull off their backs via a well-placed blaster shot turned out to be the Kree, and it had been even more surprising when they'd also claimed Teddy as their own. There was a Romeo and Juliet joke just waiting to be made once the threat of a second Kree-Skrull war on Earth was over, but it didn't seem like that was going to happen any time soon.
It had been very surprising when the Super-Skrull turned out to not be dead, and jumped in front of Teddy to protect him from the blast of a Kree warrior's gun, and it had been very surprising when Teddy insisted on taking the Super-Skrull with them as they tried to escape, because he'd saved Teddy's life or some similar nonsense that Billy didn't understand but didn't have time to argue about, because the Vision was ushering them onto one of the Kree warships, explaining that he could fly it once he accessed the mainframe, while Tommy argued with Cassie that it didn't really count as stealing if they weren't intending to keep the ship.
At this rate, Billy was going to be grounded for at least two lifetimes.
( In which Billy finds out more about himself than he ever knew he didn't know. )
[Adapted from Young Avengers #10 and #11. Warning for violence, and for way more telling than showing.]