X-Men: Revolution

4.0 Mutant Crush - 1/2

X-Men: Revolution

Episode 4

Mutant Crush

Part 1 of 2

+Dallas, Texas, 20.10.1995, 8:42PM+

Logan was in front of Jean and Forge as they continued to push through the crowd without being crushed. People hurrying to see the trucks being destroyed didn't pay much attention to staying out of anyone's way, and not even a single time they heard an apology after being bumped into.

Luckily there weren't that many people trying to get onto the tribunes now, that the show was already on for over half an hour. They knew they don't have to hurry because what they came here for will be the second last performance, but still being stuck on the highway made them all slightly irritated.

Once they managed to pass through the gates and actually get onto the tribunes, they were faced with a raging crowd. Men, women, young and old, everyone came here to see the famous showcase with all the trucks and SUVs.

They weren't here just to enjoy the show, their main objective was to take a closer look at the new star of the truck show. The rumor had it he was stronger than any other human being, and it brought Professor Xavier to the question: could the strongman be actually a mutant?

His device, Cerebro, wasn't perfect. It picked up manifestations of supernatural powers, but if there's no energy emitted and no brain activity changes, it could easily miss it. With sole power of muscles the artist known as Blob had a great chance escaping Cerebro's 'attention'.

This is why the three of them were here, to either confirm or debuke whether they're dealing with one of them. Sincerely at least Jean and Forge hoped they might even have enough time to see the Fair itself, but the traffic on the way forced them to pass by all other attractions this event had to offer.

Finally sitting in one of the rows they focused their attention on the arena and tried to appear as ordinary as they could. They weren't here to draw attention, more so - they even depended on staying anonymous so they dressed in a way that could help them blend in with the crowd. Both Wolverine and Jean had cowboy-style hats, all of them had leather coats and wore regular clothes, not willing to draw attention with their X-uniforms.

And they didn't expect any emergency situation here anyway, it was supposed to be just a sit-and-watch simple mission.

The commentators of entire event had the crowd cheer loudly for the driver who just smashed a lot of cars with their monster truck, everyone around them were standing and whistling.

"And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, the main attraction of tonight's show" the enthusiastic voice in speakers announced as a heavy figure wrapped in swaying material approached the mid section of the stage. "The strongest man on Earth - Fred Dukes alias Blob!"

The new person on the arena threw away the cape revealing himself as a tall, made of as much body fat as muscle young male dressed in fitting, white and orange suit. He smiled at the cheering crowd like as if he owned the place.

"That's him" Jean whispered, peeking from under her hat at Logan and Forge sitting on her right side.

Silvercloud replied with a nod, Wolverine didn't respond, just watched.

The performer grabbed chains tied to two huge pickup trucks on both of his sides, wrapped them around his steel-bands covered wrists and took a comfortable position. If it was anyone else standing there, trapped in between two trucks that were about to pull him to either side, they would be torn. But not the famous Blob apparently.