"Change the channel!" Genis-Vell, son of the late hero Mar-Vell, the first Captain Marvel, shouts from within the Microverse. He's seeing through the eyes of all-around goof, Rick Jones. Through some freak accident, these two beings were molecularly joined together.* Not one of them can exist in the same plane at the same time. Banging their pair of nega-bands together causes them to switch places.

(* Check Marvel's Avengers Forever Maxi-series -- Brad)

"Shut up," Rick yells. "I like Battlebots."

"Come on, Rick...it's a show about little robots that practically fall apart the minute they move, and it's basically a fight to see which robot, or piece of crap, if you will, doesn't break by natural means!"

"You gonna breathe in-between that sentence, Marv?"

"And another thi--breathe? I SO hate you, Jones!"

Rick smiles, "I know." He rubs his nose on his sleeve and reclines in his comfy chair. "Oh yeah," he says as he stretches. "Life is good."

"Dude, you're bonded with a half-Kree, half-Titanian, cosmically aware universal defender, AND you don't have a wife. If good is your definition of crap, then I'll shut my yap."

"Nice rhyme, there. And besides, Marlo and I are still married... sorta... we just... don't see or talk to one another..." Rick says as he clears his throat.

Some location in the Microverse.

"Uh-huh," Genis says. "The only way you see her is with those videos she used to--"

"Shut up!" Rick yells. "I only have a collection of Marlo's porn videos so that no perverts get their sticky hands on them!"

"Ha, you said sticky," Genis laughs. He flies to the top of what appears to be a mountain of some sort. "Where is good ol' Marlo anyway? Last I heard, she was cast in that Monster Project movie thingee."

"*belch*"

"Huh? Is this some Earther-lingo that just came into trend?" Genis asks. "Seriously, why are you drinking Mountain Dew at 10 in the morning?"

"I dunno... I like it... it's better than coffee..." Rick says between sips of the yellow stuff. He scratches his head. "This place is a sty. I should clean it... after I start getting complaints from the odor-sensitive neighbors."

"You know what you should do?" Genis asks.

"What?"

"Um...you should try and talk with Marlo... try and patch some things up. Come on, it'll be fun! I'll help ya."

Rick sighs. "Alright... but first I have to find her... wherever she is."

"Try Hollywood."

"But aren't they shooting that movie on-location?"

"Maybe..."

Suddenly, Rick's and Genis' minds are slapped with an illusion of the Monster Books crew getting attacked by an alien threat. They can't see the being's face, however.

"Marlo!" Rick yells as he knocks his bowl of chips on the floor.

"You're in your boxers, dude..."

"I'm not the one going out... looks like we're taking a trip to good ol' Montana!! YEAH!!!"

"Aw crap... hick-alert..."

*KLANG*

When Rick slams his nega-bands together, his molecules are switched with those of Genis. Captain Marvel was on the scene.

"Dang... this place really is a sty..." Genis says.

"Must save Marlo! Hello!? Why aren't you flying?! Fly! Fly! Fly!" Rick yells frantically.

"Okay, just because you started the Avengers doesn't mean you can just tell me what to do here... I'm the hero, I'll say when I go..." Captain Marvel says.*

(* Ironically, it was Rick Jones who was responsible for the Avengers' creation. When Loki was influencing the Hulk, Rick called together the assistance of other heroes: Thor, Wasp, Ant-Man, and Iron Man. We know where this goes -- Brad)

"Jeez! Just go!!"

"Alright, but remember, our cosmic awareness isn't exactly accurate. This could be a false alarm," Genis warns. To prevent another fit from Rick, Genis rockets out the Los Angeles apartment window.

Not too far away in a forest in Montana...

".....aaaaaaaaaannnndddd CUT!" the director yells from his chair. "Good job, Marlo. Everyone else, you sucked! Alright, let's take about an hour break, then be back here for a repeat of scene twelve with a different angle."

The cast and crew groan and Marlo jumps up and down, clapping. "I'll be in my trailer, guys!" Marlo shouts.

As Marlo slams the door to her trailer, she plops down in her cot. "Oy... I'm sick of this..." Marlo says.

Lorraine, the ghost, laughs.* "You're the one who wanted to make some moolah for you and that husband of yours." She takes a drag of her "cigarette". "Besides, you two should patch things up, you know. Course, I was divorced seven times when I was alive, but hey, y'know?"

(* Lorraine was a co-star of Marlo's in her last straight-to-video endeavor, killed on the set by a director who was trying to manifest the spirit of the Canadian Wendigo. Check out that bizarre story in Marvel's Captain Marvel #2-3 -- Russ)

"Why me?" Marlo pleads as she slaps a pillow over her head. Suddenly, there is a bright flash of light, followed by a knock on the trailer door.

"Oh lordy..." Lorraine sighs. "It's Blueboy, which means Ricky ain't too far behind."

"Zip it!" Marlo shouts.

Genis opens the door and smiles, "Zip what?" Marlo motions for the cosmic hero to come in.

"You're letting the deer ticks in," Marlo says as she hurriedly shuts the door. Genis stares at Marlo and laughs the way men do when they're too horny to do anything else.

"Damn it, Genis! Switch places with me! I need to talk to her! Y'ello?! Earth to Genis! Er... Titan to Genis? YO!" Rick yells.

Genis laughs forcibly, "Long time, no see, eh?"

"Yeah," Marlo says. She gets more comfortable before asking, "Does Rick want something?"

Genis pretends to ponder that question, "Nope."

"I hope you die! I'm gonna start calling you 'Genny' again. Huh? Ya like that?! GENNY! GENNY! GENNY! You know any Forrest Gump's? Huh, Genny?"

"Actually," Captain Marvel says, trying to overcome Rick's chanting, "we sensed something was up in this... place. Standard alien threat... y'know. We thought you'd be in danger."

"What do you think those two do together?" Lorraine asks. "Jesus, they spend so much time together, ya gotta wonder if they didn't start batting with a different--"

"SHUT UP!" Marlo yells.

"Eh... whoa... this is all you, Jones," Genis says as he clangs his Nega-Bands together.

*KLANG*

"But--" Rick was about to say. He realizes he's gonna have to fess up to his estranged wife sometime. Now, being the time. "Hey, Marlo..."

"Hey...," Marlo says softly, looking to the side.

"*ahem*" Genis grunts.

"Listen--" Rick starts.

"No... you don't have to explain yourself, Rick," Marlo says, looking at her husband. "After Betty died... it was hard on all of us..." Marlo runs up to Rick and kisses him passionately.

Genis mock-cries, "It's... *sniff* just so beautiful... *sniffle*..."

"Oy... it starts!" Lorraine rants as she goes poof.

"Hey--" Marlo says, catching her breath. "She's gone!"

"Who?" Rick asks, dazed from the kiss.

"Nevermind..." Marlo says, going in for another lip-lock.

Suddenly, the sound of plasma fire is heard outside along with screams. "Crap," Rick says, eagerly awaiting Marlo's kiss. He struggles to decide what to do. Save the world or get his mack on? Rick kisses his wife for a second. "Get somewhere safe." Rick raises his Nega-Bands and screams, "SHAZAM!"

*KLANG*

Genis rockets out of the trailer with his Nega-Bands charged with photonic energy. "That's a lawsuit right there, Rick."

"How so?"

"Nevermind," Genis says as he sees the cause of alarm--Drax the Destroyer! "Alright, seriously! I was expecting Galactus, damn it! This... this guy NEVER goes away!" Cap fires a series of blasts in Drax's direction. The green powerhouse easily outmaneuvers them and flies up to Cap's face, slugging him quite hard, sending him through some trees. "....oww...."

"You fool!" Drax yells as he slams Cap's head repeatedly into the dry soil.

"Why..."

*SLAM*

"...are..."

*SLAM*

"...you..."

*SLAM*

"...doing..."

*SLAM*

"...this?"

Drax grabs Genis by his short-cut hair and examines his blood dripping from his lower lip. "You're pathetic... nothing like your father, Genis-Vell."

"Ooooo! Hit him, Genny--I mean Marv! Kick his ass!" Rick yells. "Them's fightin' words! Get him!"

Genis grits his teeth as his nega-bands glow like a nova. Captain Marvel forcibly removes Drax's hands from his hair and pulls his arms behind him. "Listen, Douglas! I'm sorry about what Thanos did to you*, but you've got to stop blaming the good guys... ESPECIALLY ME!!!!!" Genis delivers an energy-reinforced punch to Drax's jaw, sending the former Chronos agent into the side of a mountain.

(* Arthur Douglas was placed into a powerful cosmic body to save his life after Thanos almost killed him, his wife, and his daughter -- the future Moondragon. As Drax, he became Thanos' main enemy... but he still vents his frustration over what happened to him on good guys... hmph! -- Brad)

Genis falls to his knees, panting. That was quite a punch he dished out. He sees Drax climb out of his little "crevice" and fly away. Marlo comes running up to Genis. "Cap!" she yells. "Your face okay? Yo?"

Genis nods, "For the most part."

"You think Drax'll come back?" Marlo asks.

"Maybe. He always does...," Genis says. "But I think you and Rick need some time alone for now..."

*KLANG*

Rick smiles as he lands eyes on his beautiful, redhead wife, "How could I EVER lose my grip on you? You're the most beauti--"

"BWAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA!!!!!" Genis laughs out loud. "Whipped!" Genis makes a whipping noise with his mouth, along with a whipping motion with his wrist.

Marlo smiles sheepishly, "Just kiss me, you big retard!"

"Can't object to that!"

And that's my first non-Cable story here at M2K! This could be the prelude to a possible Captain Marvel on-going by yours truly! Wahoo! Give me a little feedback and we'll see!