Meredith

Five Six Grove, Apartment

Morin Seven Six Two Four Eight

Six Zero Two, Two, Two

Four Last S.S. Numbers; Five Six One, One

Act Two Toy Box and Jeff Smax vs. the Watchmen!

by

Mark W. Meredith

Geoff Smax stated the quest, "Why are you walkin' towards HeadQuarters like criminally insane maniac science villains? May I ask you that"!

(Manhattan) Jonathan Osterman replied, "Do you not mean super villains"?

Jeff answered that query by saying, O.K.; they're criminally insane: let's lay down the law. That didn't even make sense. Their mental faculties are impaired. So let's take 'em down.

Toy Box replied; they're not criminals if they don't understand American terms in our language such as science villains. They could be from Russia and something's lost in the translation.

Jeff said, Box, I don't need to play Good Cop Bad Cop, now. Let's just take them down and let a judge sort 'em.

Mr. Dreiberg Nite-Owl talked next, Osterman, why didn't you say we were science-heroes. Obviously, that's what people call mystery-women, men in this time.

Manhattan said, "It's not logical. Humanity calls us super heroes. They call us science heroes instead of super heroes. They are misinformed. I don't understand them".

Laurie Silk Spectre answered, "Uhh, I'm pretty sure you understand that they mean super hero when they are saying the term science hero, Doctor, right"!

Manhattan said, "It is not logic, therefore I can not comprehend".

Ms. Juspekwicz said, "It is logical too! Super-heroes are called science-heroes here, so just agree with us that we're science heroes and the Minutemen can tell these two we're not super criminals, it's that simple Osterman";

Jeff said: ": You want Smax to say something that is logical and in the line of the conversation we're having, Boy Blue? How about the word, Smack"! Jeff opened his arms with Jeff's fists and arms tensed; a giant blue energy hand flew out from Smax's body; crammed Manhattan through a building!

Mr. Dreiberg pulled a cylinder off Nite-Owl's belt like a gun and then said, I don't know the limits of Manhattan's power, but you may have killed Manhattan.

Toy Box Ms. Slinger opened Miss Slinger's Jack in the box's lid towards Nite Owl's face: from a far distance as though it were a gun: crying out, "Hey, Batfake, drop the explosive trigger thingy or I fire my mad scientist weapon".

Dreiberg cried back, "Both of you are killers! Shut your mouth! Shut your filthy face"! Dreiberg shot a laser at Miss Slinger and a baby's doll torso with toy robot legs jumped out of Box's small Jack-in-the-box brandishing its own Erector Set/Tinker Toy arm with Chinese throwing star hand spinning at Dreiberg. Dreiberg cut with laser the throwing star and doll body in half.

Jeff clenched both fists, looked down very seriously as if to concentrate and drew Smax's elbows in to say, I said it once: I'll say it one more time: smack! A flat energy palm came from Smax's body and smashed Dreiberg backward bodily: knocking the Laser Cylinder from Nite-Owl's grasp and down the ramp a distance, rolling to a stop at the road's side. Smax then yelled and screamed, now none of you will move: if you: any of you move, I will pulverize your bones to dust: hands up!

Mr. Kovacs (Rorschach) calmly and slowly took Rorschach's gloved hands from Rorschach's overcoat pockets and slowly raised Rorschach's leather gloved hands. Kovacs simply said, "Hrm":

Laura Jupiter the Silk Spectre Two slowly yet gracefully lifted the Silk Spectre Two's hands aloft. Laurie Jupiter indignantly whispered to Kovacs, Rorschach you are supposed to be the one whom has experience with gimmicky crime-fighters, Boy Wonder. Rush that female vigilante officer, will you already?

Kovacs said quietly to Laurie, I'm more used to attacking criminals with knives. I am not used to attacking punks with guns. I try not to:

Laurie answered, I hate you: Rorschach.

Box aimed Slinger's small toy box over the wheel cover of the front ball of the police car had rolled in on and grabbed the C. B. radio receiver and spoke into it: requesting backup: we've got four science villains, here: that've attacked me and Jeff, calmly as possible.

The two-headed woman on the other end said quickly, I'm going to send backup:

Kovacs yelled to Laurie, "If you insist Laurie: ": Kovacs dove in-front of the front wheel of the cop car in front of Box, and Box, missed Miss Slinger's shot, distracted.

Kovacs punched Miss Slinger in the gut and knocked the Jack in the Box backward with Rorschach's elbow.

Laurie dove catching the Toy Box device to see if Spectre Two could find anything inside it for a weapon: as Smax' energy fist barely missed Spectre Two: saying Rorschach, I could have been killed by that very energy punch. Why did:

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