Who else knows who Speedball is? Robbie Baldwin? Nobody? Okay... Also, this is my first reader insert (not romantic).

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   "Yeeeeehaaaaw!"

   A blur surrounded by multi-colored bubbles flew past your face. You shrieked and leaped back.

   "'scuse me! Sorry!" The blur bounced off of the ground next to you in a burst of yellow, orange, and blue bubbles and ricocheted off of the building across the street. "That was unintentional I swear!"

   You followed the blur with your eyes. It was a man, sort of. His hair defied all laws of gravity, sticking straight up no matter what position he was in. He disappeared around a corner.

   You shook your head. He must be a mutant. That was the only somewhat logical explanation. You hadn't had the time to check his mind when he shot by.

   As you resumed your walk to your apartment, you wondered if the bubbles were always around him, or if he could control when they showed up. Telepathy was easy to hide, but the ability to bounce off of things and multi-colored bubbles? That even sounded crazy.

   The walk to your apartment was uneventful as always. You opened the door and walked inside. You stopped when you heard voices and laughter. You hadn't invited anyone over, and the door had been locked.

   You crept around the corner and looked into the main area of your apartment. The blue and orange bouncing guy was leaning against the wall next to the couch laughing at something one of his companions had said. You stared in shock.

   Two ladies, one with blonde hair and a green leotard, the other with a skintight yellow suit with red gloves and red hair, and two guys besides the bouncy one, one wore a blue and yellow suit and a yellow helmet with a red star between the eyes, the other a blue and white suit with a blue cape and black mask.

   Gathering up your courage you reached out with your mind to see who they were and what they were doing in your living room.

   "Ah, good," the guy in the blue and white suit said with a small smirk. "Our host has arrived."

   "Wonderful!" the bouncy one grinned. "Where are they though?"

   The blue and white guy looked directly at you and beckoned for you. You hesitated for a second before stepping out.

   "Allow me to introduce us," the bouncy one said, looking like he was going to explode with excitement. "I'm Speedball," -he pointed to the blue and white guy- "that's Marvel Boy" -he moved to the blue and yellow guy- "that's Nova" -he pointed to the two ladies- "the yellow one is Firestar and the last is Namorita! We're the New Warriors."

   You blinked. "And why are you in my living room?"

   "We're here to recruit you," Firestar said. She stood and walked over to you, smiling kindly. "You don't need to say yes."

   You shook your head. "But... why?"

   "Because reasons!" Speedball pushed himself off the wall and instantly started bouncing off of the ceiling and walls. "It's fun! Trust me!"

   You looked them over. Checking each of their powers telepathically. Nova could fly and was mostly invulnerable, Marvel Boy was a telekinetic, Firestar could control microwaves (not the kitchen appliance), Namorita was an Atlantean, and Speedball controlled kinetic energy. All of them wanted a telepath on their team.

   "It's dangerous," Marvel Boy said. "Not to mention hard."

   You thought for a moment longer. "I'll do it."

   Speedball stopped bouncing and grinned. "A new New Warrior! That's almost a tongue-twister!"

    "Shut up Speedball," Namorita sighed. "We don't need any witty comments from the Peanut Gallery."

   "Hey, I'm no peanut and I'm certainly not a gallery!"

   You laughed. "She said shut up Speedball."

   Speedball made a face and everyone laughed with you. Speedball tried to force his expression to stay, but a grin broke through before too long.

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It wasn't the greatest, but I have to make dinner.

If you have any requests for characters or shorts I'll figure out how to do them.

May the speed force be with you!