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Newman charged and the only thing that Akshay could do was stand ready, pushing Samus behind him. If the jerk wanted to further make himself into a spoiled jerk by charging fool hardy into a battle that he could not win, then fine. Akshay would make sure to out sword and out fight Newman until the convention security (the old guys with the clipboards) escorted the wheezing Vader away. Akshay was not going to let this man get away with bully someone out of their prize.

Especially when that someone was the very attractive Samus Aran! But, was he held his lightsaber ready, he arched a brow. Newman had started running awhile ago…why wasn’t he here yet?

Newman, heavy with the lunch special of two cheeseburgers, gasped as he held onto the podium and breathed heavier than the toy Vader mask that he worn. He scrambled to remove the mask from his head and tossed it aside. Instead, Newman’s face was large, red, and puffy with sweat and exhaustion. He had only been running maybe half a second.

Akshay sighed.

“Seriously, dude,” Akshay said as he steered Samus towards the stairs. “Get on a treadmill!”

The young wordsmith sighed as he turned and began to lead his new friend away. But just as they reached the bottom of the stairs, he heard laughter. Not just any laughter, but laughter that seemed to denote that there was something far more malevolent behind him than he could have every imagined. He turned back around and paused when he saw Newman straighten up and sheath his lightsaber. With that done, he turned his red face onto Akshay.

“This isn’t over, yet.” He growled. “Give me…the toilet seat…”

Samus arched her brow as she glanced between Akshay and then to Newman. Defiantly she clutched the seat closer to her chest.

Newman’s eye twitched.

“So be it…” he snapped. Then…in shock, the entire auditorium watched as Newman collapsed…into a mass of bouncing balls with his face caricatured across their surfaces. All screamed and suddenly bounced towards Akshay and Samus in a rage.

>> "Erm...I'm not pretty but thank you so much!"

Akshay had to smirk but he didn’t say anything further. It was obvious that this was an argument that he simply was no going to win, no matter how hard he tried. He really and truly did thing that the Dahlia was pretty. He loved the colors, the patterns, but he would be hard pressed to convince her of that. She had apparently made up her mind about certain aspects of her life, and that was entirely her own prerogative.

The wordsmith only smiled in a friendly manner as he listened to the pouring rain outside. It was definitely not a day fit for man, nor beast.

Quickly, though the conversation switched back to the comic shop and to how they could spend the time sitting out the storm.

>> "Um, which comic do you like best? I, uh, I don't read them but I bet there are some really cool ones!"

He smirked; a subject near and dear to his heart. It was all the urging he needed to change topics and speak about something that he was both excited about and that he could teach someone else on. He loved teaching new people about comics; it had to be one of his favorite past times.

“Hmm, I think I have a few in mind that could spark your interest,” he grinned. He then motioned for her to follow him. After only a second or two of browsing he managed to pull out a pair of comics that seemed to fit the bill for the evening. “Ah, these should be pretty good.”

He smirked as he turned around to face her. Suddenly he presented her with a pair of comics. The first one was titled, Dragon Chick and had a half-dragon, half-woman on the cover. She looked sleek and powerful and seemed to be a character that Akshay greatly respected. The other, though looked a little darker and had a warrior-like redhead on the cover. The title of this one was simply “Slaggathor”.

“These are excellent,” he nodded and showed them over. “Dragon Chick is especially badass because she is just an awesome character, with great powers, and a head for solving crimes.” He then nodded to the other. “And Slaggathor is my personal favorite because of her constantly fighting the forces of true evil. And also because, you know,” he said and then pretended to cough into his hand. “Iwroteanddrewit *cough cough*” he explained with a shy grin.

The audience erupted with applause, laughter, tears, and even some jealous cringing and hissing. Samus had stood up, grinned as he strolled through the auditorium and made her way directly to auctioneer. The woman was captivating as she walked and made absolutely everyone in the room jealous. Not only was she gorgeous, but she had money, and she was a complete nerd; she was everything these dweebs had ever wanted in a woman. And many of whom who sat near Akshay new that he was going to go out on a date with her.

Akshay grinned. Eat it, you geeks, he chuckled in his thoughts.

But even as Samus strolled up to claim her coveted item, it was obvious that not everyone was going to let this go easily. A few people had stormed out of the auditorium in wheezing fits, but there was one that was obviously not going to let this go easily.

Darth Vader (Newman Ledge) moved onto his feet (with some effort) and growled a little through his mask. The few people near him could definitely feel the anger and rage that was exuding off of his very round body. He stormed towards the stage, ignoring the whispers from the people who were all around him. One step, two steps, and suddenly Newman was standing at the stage where Samus was getting her congratulations on earning the item.

Newman climbed the steps onto the stage and suddenly pulled his toy lightsaber from his belt and extended the blade. He then raise it to point the end threatening at Samus. The flash and lights of the toy grabbed everyone’s attention.

“Relinquish the toilet seat!” he hissed. “That should have been mind! You have no right to it!”

Akshay bolted onto his feet. Samus looked irritated and narrowed her eyes as she held her won item behind her back. And Auctioneer, even though the saber was just a toy, ran off the stay in fear (what a weenie). Newman growled and edged closer to Samus, his weapon still in hand and pointed directly at her.

“I said…hand it over, girlie.”

“That’s enough, Newman!” Akshay announced from his seat. Slipping out of the aisle (amidst excuses and apologies) and dashed over to the stage. Quickly he leapt onto it and pulled his own toy saber from his belt and extended it with a flash and screech. “You lost, Newman. Suck it up and back away! Before you do something stupid…”

Darth Newman stood there, as if contemplating what Akshay had said. For second it seemed as if reason was going to actually win out; that the man was going to take a breath, accept his loss, and move on. But things are rarely that easy.

Instead, Newman Ledge lifted his gaze, raised his sword and took the first slashed with a shrieking “AAAAAIIIIIIIYYYYYEEEEEE!!!”

He had never seen her like this. She looked absolutely destroyed to the point that he was terrified that if he touched her, she would just shatter into tens of thousands of pieces. Just what was going on? This was obviously more than just the fact that he was getting a few news clippings early. If that had really been all, then she was having a hell of a reaction to it. But it quickly became apparent that that simply was not the case. There was something dipper here, something that Akshay had never witnessed in Emerald before, probably something that she did not want him to ever see.

Unfortunately, now, he was getting a full view of it. He was seeing something that Emerald never wanted him to see and Akshay really did not know how to react to it. He remained silently as he knelt next to her and simply waited for her to make the first move.

He could not have to wait long.

>> "Akshay...I...I was supposed to be number one and the last one. " [/color]

Akshay, in no way, expected what Emerald was going to reveal. She had yet to see her, really, without any clothes on and quickly he understood why. The second that he saw the disfiguring scar that ran up the length of her body, Akshay himself winced in pain. It looked like something from an absolutely horrible experience.

Then Emerald told her tale of its origin and he too began to feel just a tad bit sick to the stomach. She didn’t have to go into detail. Just the fact that she had lived through that experience, an experience that he read of others going through that he was close to passing out. Just the very thought that Emerald could have gone through something like that was maddening. How was he supposed to react? He felt sick, queasy, angry and sad. Not towards Emerald or any of her actions, obviously, but completely because she had gone through it.

Nobody deserved to go through that.

Nobody deserved to have to tell such a tale.

>> "I didn't want you to worry about me, I never wanted anyone to worry about me so I usually don't say a word," [/color]

Her words implored him to not feel sorry for her. As if Akshay could ever feel “sorry” of Emerald Lupin. The woman was a strong and power force of nature. Sure, to most people believing such, this scene would come off as world shattering but not Akshay. Even though Emerald had gone through such an ordeal, to him she was only stronger than most people would have thought. She survived, and survival always equals strentch.

Then her arms suddenly wrapped around him and all Akshay could do was sigh as he hugged her back. It was not a sigh of discontent or anything, but that of sympathy; earned sympathy. Resting his cheek against the top of her head, Akshay hugged her tightly, letting his arms warm her just a tad. Softly he ran the palm of his hand against her back tenderly, and kissed the top of her head. She was a mess at the moment but, Akshay Malik didn’t care. He cared about her so much that, even after hearing this, all he could do was hold her as gently as possible.

Akshay was exasperated. He really did not think it would be that hard to kill a vampire. They make it look so easy on the big screen. Just a poke on the chest and boom, they’re gone! But apparently it is much harder than it looks. It took Akshay several stabs to get rid of that vampire and now, all of a sudden, he was on the ground, next to Maya, eyeing the army of vampires that were getting ready to swarm all over him. This was suddenly beginning to get just a tad more difficult than he originally thought it would be.

Still cool nonetheless!

But as he cringed back, gripping the arrow in hand and ready to go down fighting, suddenly that irritated voice rang out next to him…

>> "Freeze Program."

Vampires were in mid lunge, the clouds that wafted through the sky paused, even a bird that was flying by completely halted in its movements. Suddenly Akshay was staring at a scenario that existed out of time. Slowly this world dissolved again until both he and Maya were sitting on the floor, of the large, empty space, that they had walked into the first time. It was like everything that had occurred, hadn’t, and it was erased from existence. But as Akshay reached up to his neck, he winced. Apparently the wounds were very real.

Eyes wide, he grinned as he looked at the blood on his hand. “Awwwesso—“

>> "You say awesome one more time and I'm gonna lock you in here…C'mon I'll take ya to the infirmary. And give me that phone."

“Huh?” he blinked as he stood up. “OH sure,” he beamed as he pulled out his phone again and handed it over. “Can you like, take a snap shot of me standing here? Totally look cool!”

*shakes fist at you all for late June start dates!!* LoL I GUESS I could postpone the wedding so that I can participate. But I dunno how my wife would feel about that. *goes to check*

*comes back bruised and bloody*

So...yeah, I'm either going to miss the beginning of the threads or will only get a couple of posts out before I have my wedding and leave on my honeymoon . But go for it!! I cannot wait to read what you guys get going. Sounds like so much fun!

Akshay Malik sat behind the counter in the shop “One Comic to Rule Them All”. He had gotten a phone call from the owner, Mr. Kev Smithers and the tone of his voice was definitely not something that Akshay was excited to hear. It sounded foreboding, tired, and just a little life-altering. Plus it did not help that when he called, he told Akshay “This will change your life.” The whole day Akshay was not nervous and thinking as to what that could possibly mean. What did Kev mean by his new would change his life? Was Kev going to proclaim his undying love for him?!

…flattered by no.

So Akshay sat behind the counter, mulling as he sipped from his Romba Juice Smoothie and tried to stop thinking about exactly what Kev wanted to say. It was rather foolish of him to be so panicked. After all, Kev was the one that gave his comic book a shot by showcasing it here and even helped Akshay come up with some of the finer points of the story arcs. Kev was good news incarnate!

Then he heard the back door open and Akshay straightened up to see the owner stroll through. He wore a long coat, shorts that went down just a little past his knees and long t-shirt that looked stained with something of the cheesy variety. Akshay suddenly began to get a bad feeling. Kev only turned to eating cheese when he was really down about something.

And judging by the looks it the stain, it was a double cheese pizza. Oh…no….

“Hey Akshay,” Kev muttered as he strolled through the comic store and began to look around in an interested manner. It was almost as if he were a tourist taking in the view.

“Yo, boss man,” Akshay greeted. It was met with a sad, little smirk on Kev’s face. “What’s up?”

Kev sighed as he looked longingly one more time around him before he turned back around to face Akshay. He fixed his glasses before finally started to walk towards him.

“Akshay…we’ve had a good run, haven’t we? I mean, I was only open a week when you danced your way into the door…dressed up like Captain Goldfish…and said that just how to normally dressed.” Kev chuckled.

Akshay, on the other hand, was just a little terrified.

“Um…i-is there are reason that you are flashba--?”

“I have to sell the shop…”