After a busy stretch, the comfortable life made the calendar pages seem to tear away faster and faster.
A few weeks later, on a day in 2002 when the leaves had begun to turn yellow, just as the Sorcerer Supreme was inspecting Little Ka's recent results in That Village, a flash of light suddenly went bling beside him, followed by a reeking stench that rolled in like thick smoke.
Kaecilius formed several hand seals and cast a small wind spell, finally blowing the strange smell out of the laboratory. He had originally invited Master to see the Alien monster he had created by cracking extraterrestrial technology, but he had not expected to see Master's Little Cousin as well.
Wade's uniform had turned completely black, though no one knew how long those stains had been building up. The moment he returned, he hugged Deathstroke's thigh and let out a whimpering fake sob.
"It was so hard, it was so hard for me! That bad kid Ciri sent her Uncle Wade to that damned world! You have no idea how much I suffered these days!" Wade's black claws drew five long black marks across his Cousin's leg armor. "Things were okay at first, but later there was no food and no water. I even had to scrape myself with rocks after taking a dump! Boohoohoo!"
Su Ming remained unmoved by his complaints. Without changing expression, he pulled out five hundred dollars from his waist pouch and casually tossed it to Wade in front of the Alien in the cage.
"Here. Take it."
Deadpool immediately recovered. He sprang to his feet, and despite there being only five bills, he still counted them once with saliva on his fingers before stuffing them into his underwear with satisfaction.
"Now talk business. What did you pick