So yeah, I thought I could accept anonymous reviews. Turns out I couldn't.
So I can now. So I got that going for me. Which is nice. Again.
Reviews would be nice. Hopefully the best part of the story is upcoming.
The vaunted final battle scene. Who is going to go up against who? Will
it matter? Actually, I am kind of intrigued myself. Again reviews are
appreciated.
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The Martian Manhunter flew and rejoined his teammates on the roof of Madison Square Garden. The team had stopped to give Aquaman a quick stop over to hydrate himself before the battle and had arrived a few minutes prior.
"Lady, gentleman" stated the Manhunter, "our conclusion was right. There is another being behind this attack. And what it is its mystical and quite powerful.
The Manhunter then went on to relate his experiences at the Seven's base of operations. He had discovered plans and blueprints of a doomsday device laid out by the one called Red Skull. Evidently he was chosen for the task cause on this world the Nazis had designed multiple doomsday devices and he had experience. Manhunter had been able to disable the main console without detection, but knew from the blue prints there was another mobile trigger held by the Red Skull.
"This is where I ran into trouble," recounted the Manhunter. "Obviously, I searched the mind of Red Skull, but ran into a mental block. Startled and knowing that our allies informed us that none of our enemies had psychic abilities, I probed the block and discovered it was mystical in nature. I probed the others and discovered that all of them had mental blocks preventing me from discovering the identity of the eighth.
"I was able to discern two things though. One, this being is immensely powerful. The others follow out of fear, and the Seven we are faced are not used to fearing anything. Two, although this being is immensely powerful, for some reason he is prevented from coming back at whim. The being is detained and is not expected back for some time. However, outside of that we don't know anything about the eighth. And the only thing I do know about the remote detonator is that Red Skull has it, not where."
Superman queried, "Does anyone else know where it is, or could you not tell."
The Manhunter replied "They do not know. If the information would have been blocked, I would have known."
"Leave the remote detonator to me," growled the Batman. "The telecast is about to proceed. Lets go."
The Seven stood before the cameras, and Apocalypse stepped forward as the little red light went on. "Greetings inhabitants of the Planet Earth. I am Apocalypse, a representative of the powerful Seven that holds the city of New York, as well as your leaders. Know this. We are not content with this pathetic bauble that is this city. We will be content with nothing less than the total of the world. Currently, your heroes and armies are storming the streets of this, our stronghold, and are being met with strong resistance. But we do not see this as a hurdle, but as an opportunity. Red Skull, if you would do the honors?"
The hideous visage that was Red Skull appeared on the camera in front of a large array of consoles. "This is the central computer of an intricate array of satellites and space probes that encircle the globe. With these knobs and buttons we can destroy and area, any region, any people in the blink of an eye. And to start, we shall destroy the invaders." With that, Red Skull flipped a switch and peered out the window. The camera panned over to see..
Nothing. A clear black sky. Suddenly a loud boom was heard and a cocky voice came from the hallway.
"Wait wait wait. Let me guess. You were going to use a 'laser' to destroy the armies of the world," stated the Green Lantern, as Aquaman, the Flash, Wonder Woman, the Martian Manhunter, and Superman strode in. "There is nothing more pathetic than a 80 year old megalomaniac Nazi trying to take over the Earth using a plan immortalized by an Austin Powers movie."
"Wh.who are you? How?" inquired the 80 year old megalomaniac Nazi in question.
"Who are we?" stated the Flash. "We are the Justice League. We are here to stop you. Y'know, standard stuff. As for how we stopped the machine there, I would venture to say that we disconnected the doohickey from the whatchamacallit, and reconnected to the whatzit."
"Niiiiice." said GL giving the Scarlet Speedster a high five.
"Enough of this!" yelled Apocalypse. "I assume you are the ones that helped the heroes and instigated all of this."
"We are," stated Superman, stepping forward, "and we will do everything in our power to see this through. But we are not vicious. Step down now, relinquish your hold over the city, and we'll let you go."
Apocalypse stared at Superman.and began to laugh. Hard. "Foolish man. You know not whom you deal with. We are not scared of pastel colors, and you interfering with our plans will not stop us. We have the power and the numbers out there. We have the numbers and the power in here. You are six. We are seven. We have powers beyond your reckoning. You have lost your element of surprise. You may have dismantled the machine here, but there are other ways of setting off the weapon. All you had was surprise, which you have squandered. You can't stop us. Red Skull, set off the weapon."
Red Skull made a move, but was promptly greeted with a fist appearing out of the darkness, knocking him to the ground. The Nazi grabbed his jaw and looked in to the shadows, his eyes slightly widening to see two white slits materialize into a darkened form. "Mein gott."
"I am terror. I am vengeance. I have come for you Red Skull," spoke the Batman with a voice of broken glass.
Superman spoke up drawing the attention of Six of the Seven from the scene, "From where I stand, Apocalypse, the numbers are even. You won't take this city. Not without a fight."
And then the battle was joined.
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The Martian Manhunter flew and rejoined his teammates on the roof of Madison Square Garden. The team had stopped to give Aquaman a quick stop over to hydrate himself before the battle and had arrived a few minutes prior.
"Lady, gentleman" stated the Manhunter, "our conclusion was right. There is another being behind this attack. And what it is its mystical and quite powerful.
The Manhunter then went on to relate his experiences at the Seven's base of operations. He had discovered plans and blueprints of a doomsday device laid out by the one called Red Skull. Evidently he was chosen for the task cause on this world the Nazis had designed multiple doomsday devices and he had experience. Manhunter had been able to disable the main console without detection, but knew from the blue prints there was another mobile trigger held by the Red Skull.
"This is where I ran into trouble," recounted the Manhunter. "Obviously, I searched the mind of Red Skull, but ran into a mental block. Startled and knowing that our allies informed us that none of our enemies had psychic abilities, I probed the block and discovered it was mystical in nature. I probed the others and discovered that all of them had mental blocks preventing me from discovering the identity of the eighth.
"I was able to discern two things though. One, this being is immensely powerful. The others follow out of fear, and the Seven we are faced are not used to fearing anything. Two, although this being is immensely powerful, for some reason he is prevented from coming back at whim. The being is detained and is not expected back for some time. However, outside of that we don't know anything about the eighth. And the only thing I do know about the remote detonator is that Red Skull has it, not where."
Superman queried, "Does anyone else know where it is, or could you not tell."
The Manhunter replied "They do not know. If the information would have been blocked, I would have known."
"Leave the remote detonator to me," growled the Batman. "The telecast is about to proceed. Lets go."
The Seven stood before the cameras, and Apocalypse stepped forward as the little red light went on. "Greetings inhabitants of the Planet Earth. I am Apocalypse, a representative of the powerful Seven that holds the city of New York, as well as your leaders. Know this. We are not content with this pathetic bauble that is this city. We will be content with nothing less than the total of the world. Currently, your heroes and armies are storming the streets of this, our stronghold, and are being met with strong resistance. But we do not see this as a hurdle, but as an opportunity. Red Skull, if you would do the honors?"
The hideous visage that was Red Skull appeared on the camera in front of a large array of consoles. "This is the central computer of an intricate array of satellites and space probes that encircle the globe. With these knobs and buttons we can destroy and area, any region, any people in the blink of an eye. And to start, we shall destroy the invaders." With that, Red Skull flipped a switch and peered out the window. The camera panned over to see..
Nothing. A clear black sky. Suddenly a loud boom was heard and a cocky voice came from the hallway.
"Wait wait wait. Let me guess. You were going to use a 'laser' to destroy the armies of the world," stated the Green Lantern, as Aquaman, the Flash, Wonder Woman, the Martian Manhunter, and Superman strode in. "There is nothing more pathetic than a 80 year old megalomaniac Nazi trying to take over the Earth using a plan immortalized by an Austin Powers movie."
"Wh.who are you? How?" inquired the 80 year old megalomaniac Nazi in question.
"Who are we?" stated the Flash. "We are the Justice League. We are here to stop you. Y'know, standard stuff. As for how we stopped the machine there, I would venture to say that we disconnected the doohickey from the whatchamacallit, and reconnected to the whatzit."
"Niiiiice." said GL giving the Scarlet Speedster a high five.
"Enough of this!" yelled Apocalypse. "I assume you are the ones that helped the heroes and instigated all of this."
"We are," stated Superman, stepping forward, "and we will do everything in our power to see this through. But we are not vicious. Step down now, relinquish your hold over the city, and we'll let you go."
Apocalypse stared at Superman.and began to laugh. Hard. "Foolish man. You know not whom you deal with. We are not scared of pastel colors, and you interfering with our plans will not stop us. We have the power and the numbers out there. We have the numbers and the power in here. You are six. We are seven. We have powers beyond your reckoning. You have lost your element of surprise. You may have dismantled the machine here, but there are other ways of setting off the weapon. All you had was surprise, which you have squandered. You can't stop us. Red Skull, set off the weapon."
Red Skull made a move, but was promptly greeted with a fist appearing out of the darkness, knocking him to the ground. The Nazi grabbed his jaw and looked in to the shadows, his eyes slightly widening to see two white slits materialize into a darkened form. "Mein gott."
"I am terror. I am vengeance. I have come for you Red Skull," spoke the Batman with a voice of broken glass.
Superman spoke up drawing the attention of Six of the Seven from the scene, "From where I stand, Apocalypse, the numbers are even. You won't take this city. Not without a fight."
And then the battle was joined.