Return from the Cupboard
(Last time on Return of the Cupboard)
"That strange box he brought us here in could help in finding a cure." Spiderman said as both he and MJ ate some of the mouse he had brought for them.
"Look at yourself Parker and then look at your wife. A cure from this infection would defiantly mean you dying and more than likely her doing the same." Captain America said as he stuffed some of the intestines into his mouth.
"Not to mention that none of us could look at ourselves again if we where cured. Think of all of the harm we've done." Banner said as he picked the rib cage clean and moved to a lower part of the mouse.
"We can't live on mice alone!" Aqua man shouted as he stuffed his face.
"Who exactly are you, and who are your friends?" Captain America asked as he watched Aqua man.
"I'm a standing member in the Justice League. I was the king of Atlantis. The man in the blue outfit and red cape is Superman. He's an alien from a doomed planet. With the earth's yellow sun shining on him he's basically unstoppable. The brooding man in the black suit with a bat on the front is Batman. He comes from Gotham City and although he's only human he is one of the greatest heroes that works with the league. Wonder Woman is a princess of the Amazons and possess incredible strength. In truth I'm not entirely sure if she is too much weaker than Superman is. The man in the red suit with the lightening bolts on it is the Flash. He is able to move at super speeds, lastly the man in the green and black is the Green Lantern. His ring has the power to form all kinds of things and works on anything unless it is yellow. For some reason that keeps its power from working correctly." Aqua man said as he ate more.
"Why would you tell us about them?" Spiderman asked.
"Because there is no turning back now. I can see that this is the obvious next step for everyone. If we can infect all of them then we can all go back to our worlds and spread the infection. It would mean immortality for all of us. It would be an end to wars, and it would mean that a simpler and more basic law would prevail for us all." Aqua man said as he tore the last bit of flesh from the back leg of the mouse.
(Currently on Return of the Cupboard)
(In the room near the cupboard)
Washu looked around at her surroundings for a moment before she saw the huge boy and girl before them. She looked over to see Ryoko looking blankly at them.
"Ryoko I don't know where we are, but don't fly off of the handle yet." Washu said through her telepathic link to her daughter.
"To hell with that. I want some answers 'mom'." Ryoko said with a scornful inflection on the last word.
"Who the hell are you people?!" Ryoko shouted toward the boy.
Suddenly she was facing a man in a blue suit with a red cape on it. "We're people from various parallel universes that are in need of some help." He said.
She looked up to see the giant girl who was looking at her with some kind of goofy grin.
"It's really her! It's really Ryoko!" The giant girl said in a loud booming voice.
"Yeah so?!" Ryoko shouted obviously pissed at the situation.
"The girl means no harm. However we are in a situation. There was some beings released that where infected with a terrible virus." Superman said.
"What kind of virus?" Washu asked as she stepped forward.
"It turns those infected into flesh eating zombies. We have a member of our group isolated inside of a containment tube over there. I am certain that if needed we can get a blood sample from her if you need it." Superman said.
"That would help. Tell me did you bring anyone else from our world with us?" Washu asked.
"Not yet. I thought that since you where the greatest scientific mind in your universe, and since you created Ryoko to be next to invincible that the two of you would be enough." The boy said in a loud booming voice.
"That's good. I wouldn't want Tenchi or anyone else from the house to get infected. I'm not really too worried about Ryoko because she can take care of herself." Washu said as she looked at the replicas of Tenchi, Ayeka, Mishoi, and Yosho over near the cupboard.
(Inside of the closet.)
"What did you hear Logan?" Captain America asked as he looked around for another mouse or something to stay the hunger off for a few moments.
"They brought two women into this universe. Apparently one of them is a scientist of some sorts and the other is her daughter. From what they said I would guess that her mom's messed with her DNA. That would make her some kind of Mutant." Logan said as he saw a large beetle and stabbed it with his claws. He tore its head off and began eating its insides.
"We need to turn more of them as soon as possible, and the box seems to be the key to bringing things here and sending them back. I think that we should either turn the boy or the girl. That would basically give us control of that thing." Banner said as he began to tremble.
"What's wrong with him?" Aqua man asked as he watched Bruce banner grab his head and shake violently.
"He's getting hungry again and that means he's going to turn into the Hulk. It's a huge green monster that can basically beat the living hell out of anything." Captain America said as he watched Banner's back start to broaden and his arms and legs grow wider.
"We don't want him turning right now!" MJ shouted as she walked toward them.
"Why not? I'm getting tired of waiting here doing nothing! I want some action and some meat!" Logan shouted at her. Suddenly Logan found himself facing down a very irate Peter Parker.
"Back off of her right now." Peter said to Logan.
"Stuff it Parker. You brought us here for back up and now you got it. Those idiots out there don't stand a chance against all of us. Let Banner turn into the Hulk and go wild on them." Logan said as he growled at both Peter and MJ.
"Parker is right Logan." Captain America said as he stood up.
Logan growled again and this time he turned away and decided to brood for a few minutes. Captain America then saw a large cock roach and caught it. He then tossed it to Banner who ate it in a few moments and seemed to calm down.
"We don't need to attract more attention than needed. Parker found a way of sneaking around behind the walls and ceiling and that means we can do the same. I suggest that we free that woman Diana and then we see if we can infect that one called Superman. After that we can move on to those kids. That one kid has thousands upon thousands of heroes and criminals on his walls. We can bring as many of them to life as we want and infect them all. And there is no reason we should stop there." Banner said since he had calmed down.
"I noticed Brainiac was up there and Superman told me that he once shrank an entire city on his home planet of Krypton and I know that he actually shrank several cities on earth. We could get him to reverse the process and make all of us grow to normal size here. Think of it an entire world to consume and no one strong enough here to stop us." Aqua man suggested.
They all looked at him and those able to smile did. "Give the water boy a hand." Spiderman said.
"Don't call me water boy or fish boy got it!" Aqua man shouted at him.
(Inside of the room near the cupboard.)
Washu looked at the containment case holding Wonder Woman and looked at the vial of blood in her hands. It had taken the one called Superman, Ryoko and the one called Batman to hold her down. She had shouted and screamed that she wanted to eat them all. Once the lid was shut she had fell silent and it proved how dangerous this virus was.
"Washu I'm going to look for the other infected." Ryoko said as she began to float into the air.
"Ryoko I don't know if that's a good idea. That one girl nearly tore loose from you and if there are more like her then I don't know if you can hold them off." She said looking at the vial of blood and pulling her console from subspace.
"It's not really up to you 'mom'." Ryoko said as she took off like a shot.
"Damn it Ryoko." Washu thought to herself as she shook her head.
Ryoko flew toward the vent at the top of the room and pulled the bars running down the vent open and stepped inside of the ducts. She began walking down the ducts paying attention to the sounds around her. She could hear various insects and rodents running around and suddenly she heard the sound of a sharp squeak and then crunching sounds like something eating on it. She put her face through the duct using her phasing form and two infected individuals eating the mouse. One of them was wearing a red and blue outfit that looked all torn. She noticed that it looked like parts of him had been eaten and then she noticed the other one. He looked like a normal human that was wearing a pair of torn pants and nothing else.
"It must be them." She thought as she began to pull back. She was nearly completely back into the duct when the one that looked like a normal human saw her hair moving back into the duct slowly.
"Someone was spying!" he shouted.
Ryoko moved with a purpose and began flying toward the exit she had made. She heard the duct tear open and saw the man in the blue and red outfit moving toward her. He shot some kind of strange liquid from his wrists and hit her with it. She felt herself bound to the side of the duct as the strange mangled man moved toward her. She noticed that he had only bound her right arm and part of her right leg. She pulled the now solid 'webbing' and could feel it starting to tear. She looked up to see him right on her and his hand grabbing her dress. He tore at it and saw her skin under it.
"I'm sorry, but the hunger." He said as his teeth got near her. She felt a lump form in her throat and suddenly thought of Tenchi. She could never see her Tenchi again if this monster bit her. In a fit of rage she struck him hard and tore loose from the 'webbing'. "You won't take me away from my Tenchi!" She shouted. In that instant she shot off and headed out the exit.
"They are up in the duct." She said as she looked at the men on the ground and Washu. Washu made a sort of cover yourself sign and Ryoko noticed that the thing in the duct had tore her dress enough to expose her left breast.
"Damn it I liked this dress." She said as she flipped it off and then pulled another one from Sub Space.
"How do you do that?" Superman asked.
"Do what?" Ryoko asked.
"Pull things out from the thin air?" Superman asked.
"We're not really pulling things out from the thin air." Washu said interrupting them.
"Like she said it's not just from nothing. Washu created pockets of sub space that surround her self and me. She can create almost anything with her console and pull it from sub space, but it does have certain limitations." Ryoko said.
"Like what?" The green lantern asked.
"Well anything that we've never seen basically or anything that we feel might be too much of a threat to the world we're in." Ryoko answered.
"That sounds like a great invention." Flash said
Washu nodded and studied the readout on her console.
"Well there is good news and bad news. The good news is that I have isolated the virus in the woman's blood. The bad news is that before Ryoko's natural defences can create an antibody to deal with it the virus mutates. I've been working with some of antibotics that aren't too dangerous for this class of a planet, but it's making very little headway." Washu said as she studied the sample.
"What about testing it with some of my DNA?" Superman asked.
"You know that's not a bad idea. Since Superman is from another world and sun light gives him strenght and added health it might actually cause it to create an antibody faster." Batman said.
"If you don't mind I might take a sample." Washu said as she typed a little on the console and then a dressing room appeared. She stepped behind it and in a few seconds she stepped out in a little nurses outfit. "Now normally I would ask how you preferred me taking the sample, but since we are pressed for time I suppose taking a normal blood sample would be the best." She said as she got near him and pressed a needle against his skin. She watched as it bent double and then looked at her console. Studying him for a moment she ran a scan and then she reached into sub space and pulled out a strange green glowing hyperdermic needle.
"This might hurt just a second." She said as this needle passed through his skin. He watched in amazment as she drew some blood and then began running a scan on it.
"It may take a few hours or even a couple of days for me to find a cure, but I will." She said.
(In the ceiling above the cupboard.)
"That girl got away Parker." David Banner said as he looked angrily toward the end of the vent. Peter watched as David Banner began to turn green and get huge. He stood back and marveled at the Hulk as he took complete form and then began running to end of the duct. He followed behind and saw the Hulk smash open the vent opening.
"HULK HUNGRY!" The Hulk shouted and jumped down. Superman saw the Hulk and instantly knew that it was stronger than most of the other beings he had faced.
"Green Lantern help me stop that thing. Washu you and Ryoko get Diana away from here. Jackie take the Cupboard out of here. I don't know if we can stop it." Superman said as he charged the Hulk and him with enough force that the Hulk went flying against the wall and left an imprint.
(inside of the closet.)
Captain America groaned and looked at Logan. "Don't charge unless it looks like the Hulk has a chance of winning. Or until more of them have left." Captain America said as he watched Superman fighting the Hulk.
(Out in the room)
Hulk growled and got up. He struck Superman and then grabbed his cape as he started to go flying. Superman felt himself moving toward the Hulk and flew fast and hard. He hit the Hulk in the chest and drove him into the wall again. The Hulk relaxed his grip a little and Superman pulled away. He looked at the Hulk and hit him again hard. This time the Hulk groaned and then leaned forward. Superman watched as the Hulk stepped forward. The Hulk growled and then grabbed him. Superman squeezed his eyes tight as he readied for the bit instead he heard a wooshing sound and saw Green Lantern standing there using his rings power to form a Jack keeping the Hulk's mouth open. He then looked at Superman and watched as the man of steel pulled loose. He began to take off when he felt his arm being grabbed and then instantly he felt the pain of it being bitten and then pulled off.
"Ahhhhh! God help me!" The Green Lantern said as he pulled loose his left arm and hand gone. The Hulk then charged him again and the Green Lantern formed a sword with his ring. He waited until the Hulk was right next to him and used the sword to chop the Hulks head off. He fell to the floor and began to feel the world going black. Slowly everything that had happened in his life began to drift away and he felt a calming notion that everything was ending in a good way. "At least Clark is alright." He thought as he drifted into darkness.
"Kyle!" Flash said as he watched his friend die on the floor. He rushed over and then saw the Green Lantern moving.
"Hey you gave me a scare." He said has the Green Lantern got up. Suddenly he felt a chill as the Green Lantern looked at him with a vicious look in his eyes. He grabbed the Flash and sunk his teeth into his shoulder. The Flash groaned and pulled loose. He tried to run but felt a hand holding him. He looked down to see a green hand holding him with little trouble. Moving his wrists up the yellow lighting bolt caused part of the hand to weaken enough that he got loose again and began to run. He saw Superman and never felt so relieved in his life.
"He bit me!" He shouted as he stood there.
"Flash are you alright?" Batman asked.
"Yeah I just feel really hungry Bruce… I feel so hungry…" The Flash said as he looked up. His eyes had the same vicious look in them and it told Bruce that he was changed. Without a second to loose Bruce threw a small smoke pellet. Before he could say anything Ryoko had rushed in and came out with the Flash who was fighting against being held.
"Let go of me!" The Flash said. Ryoko threw him into one of the containers and pushed the lid shut before he had a chance to get out.
"That was fast thinking Bats." Ryoko said before a green hand wrapped around her. She turned to see the Green Lantern smiling and pulling her toward him. Within an instant she formed an energy sword and it's yellowish tent made the Green Hand disappear.
"I will eat all of you." He said as he shot up toward the vent and disappeared.
"This is getting really bad really quick. Green Lantern's powers are beyond amazing." Superman said.
"What are we going to do?" Jackie asked completely freaked out for the first time.
"We're going to have a war." Batman answered.
"Both of you kids are in serious danger. You might be bigger than those things, but I have a feeling that they are stronger." Superman said with a stern look on his face.
"We can get more people to help." Regan said hoping that they would say it was a good idea.
"It would make our enemies stronger. If we get help we need people who can handle themselves." Washu said as she looked up at the vent.
"Naruto!. We can bring Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to life here. Why Naruto has some amazing powers and he should be able to help a lot." Jackie said. Before anyone had a chance to argue he had grabbed his Naruto figures and put them into the cupboard. In an instant there stood Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. Sasuke looked completely pissed and that's when Jackie realized that the figures he had was after Sasuke had left the leaf village and beaten Naruto up so badly.
"Why am I here with these losers!" He shouted.
"We need help." The giant boy said in a booming voice.