New Warriors Vol. 4: Cry Uncle

Homeward Bound

New Warriors Headquarters

"Alright, who's been playing with the space-time continuum?" Valeria asked as she looked through Franklin's door, seeing nothing but a large , white void.

"Has anyone seen Andy?" Adam asked.

"Or Josh?" Sam added.

"Juston and Kittania are missing, too," Valeria realized. "Five team members gone?"

"You know what this means," Johnny smirked.

"New Warriors try outs?" Sam asked flatly.

"NEW WARRIORS TRYOUTS!" Adam and Johnny shouted in unison.

"You know we have five people missing without a trace right?" 

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Juston Seyfert had removed his shirt and wrapped it tight as he looked up at the form of the large cat creature that stood over him. This was the Jaguarrior, the champion of the humanish cat people of the former planet Riff, who blamed Juston for the destruction of their homeworld, when in reality, Juston and the New Warriors had prevented its further destruction at the hands of an all powerful trio of immortal gods.

The Jaguarrior swiped at Juston who jumped to the side and tried to focus as he jumped onto the creature, getting onto its back, and using his shirt to wrap around the Jaguarrior's forehead as a means of holding on.

"Alright, kitty, just calm down, I don't want to hurt you," Juston said as the creature thrashed around. Getting a good hold onto its head, Juston started scratching it behind the ear, knowing this trick used to work on cats in the junkyard. "Good kitty, you like that?"

"What is he doing?" Lynx asked as he stood up. "He should be mangled by now!"

"You underestimate my friend," Kittania said with a smile. "He has a brilliant mind."

"It won't be enough to save him once the Jaguarrior comes to its-- Now what is he doing?"

Juston had the Jaguarrior on the ground, rubbing its belly as the creature kicked.

"That's a good kitty," Juston said as he saw the creature was falling asleep. "You're just a playful little guy, aren't you?"

The audience had no idea what to make of this as they just stared in confusion.

"Did he just defeat our champion?"

"I want my belly rubbed!"

"Ear rubs looks so relaxing!"

The confusion started turning to cheers as they started applauding for Juston. The young man started to smile as he stood up.

"ENOUGH!" Lynx shouted, his voice loud enough to get everyone to be silent. "Did you forget that this monster slaughtered our people?"

"He did no such thing!" Kitannia shouted. "My people, I was there! Juston and his friends saved me from the true threat, which they themselves defeated when the true menace had reached their homeworld! The New Warriors took me in and treated me with nothing but respect and compassion when I believed I was the last of our kind! This boy deserves our respect and gratitude!"

"Boy?" Juston asked as he stared down at the ground humbly.

"NO!" Lynx shouted as he tossed a spear at Juston, who was looking up at the sky, thinking that he had heard a scream coming from the stars. He looked down just in time to see the spear heading directly towards his heart, but just before it could strike, an object fell inbetween, catching the spear.

Juston looked down, seeing Andy laying in the dirt with a spear lodged in his buttcheek. "Andy?"

"Pull. It. Out!" Andy demanded while laying face down on the ground. Juston grabbed it and pulled the spear out as Andy let out a girlish scream.