The Marvelous World of Taylor Hebert

Earth 718

"Can't stop me now! I'm having such a good time! I'm having a ball!"

Dennis stared at the girl, the cape who had just come barreling out of the bank right towards him. She was wearing a reddish brown body suit with metal fingerless gloves and metal bands around her arms. She was huge, 6 foot tall at least, possibly even 6 and a half. And in a tie for the strangest thing about her, she had forgone a traditional mask in favor of a giant metal bowl shaped helmet whose lower edge bolted to her suit, ans she was singing Queen's Don't stop me now as a battle cry, and getting it wrong.

Can't stop me now? Wouldn't she be in for a surprise when instead of Gallant, like the girl was probably expecting, she got a cape who could stop her dead in her tracks.

Of course, the trick was timing it right.

The pavement shattered beneath her feet as she lumbered toward him like a runaway train. Even though he knew he could stop her, Dennis couldn't help but be a bit intimidated.

"Can't stop me now! If I wanna have a good time, I'll get in a brawl!"

This was it. She was almost close enough to touch, just one one step and there she was- why wasn't she stopped? He froze her! Why was she still-!

Dennis woke up to the reassuring bwat of a heart monitor and the smell of disinfectant.

"What happened?" He asked himself.

"Now that you're awake and all healed up," Chris responded from where he was sitting, unnoticed in the corner, fiddling with something on his laptop. "I can safely say that that was one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen happen to you."

"What?"

"I mean did you even try to freeze her? You must have, they got a close up of your face in Gallant's helmet. No way you'd look that shocked if you hadn't."

"What."

"Actually, someone got it on their cell phone, you can see for yourself." Chris turned the laptop around and pressed play on the full screen video player.

"They added background music." Dennis stated in shock as he watched the girl sing along to the melodies of Brian May as she barreled towards him. He couldn't help but think he looked a lot more heroic, and maybe even, dare he say it? Gallant in Dean's armor.

There he was, holding out his palm in the classic "stop motion" and there she was tossing him aside, right at whoever was holding the camera like a sack of beans, or maybe one of those pool noodles?

And yep. Close up of his shocked face as he flew towards the camera and crashed into it. And That's all.

"She didn't freeze." Dennis remarked in horrified shock.

"Nothing stopped her." Chris explained. "She mowed through us like freshly cut grass. She was basically unstoppable. Thanks for taking out the camera by the way. Because of you, the rest of our humiliating defeat wasn't recorded."

"So only I got to be humiliated? Great."

"Come on Dennis, you're not seeing the best part!"

"An unstoppable Juggernaut cuts through us like butter and I got humiliated and the whole bit was filmed. Nevermind the 'best part' where's the 'good part'?"

"Whose armor were you wearing?"

"Dean's...?"

"And what was he wearing?"

"My Clockblocker... suit... Oh!"

"Now you get it? Clockblocker wasn't humiliated when his power failed him, Gallant was pulling the old 'Stop right there villain!' Bit and got hilariously tossed aside! Clockblocker was defeated, sure, but no one knows how, and better yet, no one filmed it!"

"Hah!" Clockblocker laughed heartily, his enthusiasm for the day restored. "You're right Chris!" He stated trying yo get his words out over his laughter. "That really is the best part!"

"Want me to play it again?"

"So I can see Gallant's hilarious defeat? Of course I do."

With that, Chris pressed play again, and let the good times roll.

A/N: Earth 718 Juggernaut