Section Ten - Results
The Ring
A loud squeal of agony filled the arena.
Chang Koehan's shoulder was pierced by the long viper that was True Ogre's right arm. In retaliation, he smashed the beast in the knee with his trusty iron ball. Instead of falling to the ground, True Ogre fought back with a left hook to the face. The two continued to trade blows back and forth, refusing to fall-refusing to show weakness.
Elsewhere in the ring, Magneto and Doom fended off the heroes that dared invade their space. The Master of Magnetism knocked Terry out of a Burn Knuckle with a wave of his arm and a corresponding magnetic blast. With all of the ruckus going on he probably wouldn't have noticed the two samurais on their way to attack-
-if they hadn't been so damn loud.
"HA! YOU, MYSTIC MAGICIAN OF METAL, WILL NOW FEEL THE PAIN OF THE MOST LEGENDARY TEAM TO EVER GRACE THE ULTIMATE VIDEO RUMBLE! YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DEFEAT TERRY BOGARD (WHO HAS POTENTIAL TO BE PRETTY LEGENDARY), CAPTAIN AMERICA (WHO GETS SOME LEGENDARINESS POINTS FOR STAYING AROUND THIS LONG), AND THE REST OF THOSE WHO HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY LESS LEGENDARY STATUS THAN I, BUT YOU'RE IN DOUBLE TROUBLE NOW! TELL HIM, GENJURO!"
"-yes it is true that your time in the ring and perhaps your time living is quickly running out really really fast because the two of us are going to make a jack-o-lantern out of your ridiculous and also idiotic helmet and cut paper dolls out of your stupid cape and use your asinine boots as flowerpots or something and there won't be much of you left to throw over the-"
Genjuro didn't get to finish his rant. Something came out of nowhere and knocked the purple-haired samurai to the mat. Looking up, he noticed Takeshi Tsunami floating in the air, struggling inside his armor. To his left, a floating Vallah blindsided Haohmaru. Magneto stood behind a forcefield with a sinister grin on his face and his hands in the air.
"I hope you enjoy your new playmates."
"-that is a very neat trick but your new toys will be shattered by our incredible and dominating sword fighting skills which we will use to take out the fellow samurai and scantily clad viking loser slut and your already-meager chances for survival will run out as quickly as sake in haohmaru's presence which will show that history will not repeat itself and we will not lose to a piece of buffalo droppings like you! hyaaaar!"
With a HyakkiSatsu, Genjuro slashed Takeshi backward towards the "ropes," smoothly running the other man through. Genjuro held his blade over the edge of the ring and shook it a couple times, letting the other samurai slide off and into the dimensional field. At the same time, Haohmaru swung his sword at Vallah, sending her out of the ring with an upward carve.
The two metal-clad warriors found themselves inside a strange factory of red and pink. Takeshi noticed Vallah scream and take off running, but before he could turn around to find out why, he was crushed by a giant hammer, wielded by Smithy. The Super Mario RPG boss chased after Vallah, laughing his head off the entire time.
Chu Chu Rocket
Eddy found himself cornered by a PuyoPuyo with nowhere to go. Closing his eyes, he tried a roundhouse kick to its head.
When Eddy opened his eyes, he noticed the scraps of metal at his feet, next to the cleanly decapitated PuyoPuyo. He looked at a group of robo-cats with a newfound confidence.
"Bring it on, pussies!"
The Ring
True Ogre took a deep breath. Finally, his potbellied rival was down for the count. Unfortunately, after receiving a couple of slashes in the back, he turned around to find that Yoshimitsu was still spoiling for a fight.
"You threw me in the corner!" the robot wailed. "And nobody puts baby in a corner!"
True Ogre was not amused. "Your chances at victory are null, worm."
"Yeah? Well... um... goodbye!"
Yoshimitsu ran away. Not because he was afraid of True Ogre, but because he noticed the large shadow above the god's head-and that Chang was now no longer visibly at ground level.
*CRUNCH!*
True Ogre's eyes focused again, just in time to see Chang's gleaming skull crashing into his face. The God of the Fight flew right into the forcefield and shot back forward, the jolt turning him back into his smaller form. On the rebound, Chang swung his iron ball with all his strength.
Chu Chu Rocket
Eddy stood among the wreckage with a smile on his face. Finally things were looking up. The mice around him squeaked in admiration. Eddy looked down to thank them, but a sudden heavy thud from nearby interrupted him. The mice ran off.
Eddy curiously followed them to find the carcass of Ogre. Before he could taunt the creature, he noticed that the mice were licking up Ogre's blood.
His eyes got very wide.
Seconds later, Eddy was running for his life as dozens of giant mice chased after him. "No! No! I'm your friend! Remember?"
He was crushed and eaten well before he could reach the rocket.
The Ring
Chang held his ball over his head with both hands. "All hail Chang Koehan the God Slayer!" The crowd cheered for him, although some of them questioned the logic in that.
Licking his lips, he looked over to see Kirby, who was fighting with Falcon and Ralf.
"I wonder if that thing's jelly-filled," Chang said to himself. "Or maybe cream. I love cream."
Room 267, RumbleDome Hotel
Rose had ahold of Ran-Cid's head, trying a spell on him. The other Time Killers sat around them on the bed and on chairs, while Anubis stood silently in the corner of the room with his arms crossed. Somehow, his appearance caused that particular corner to be darker than the rest of the room.
Rose let go of 'Cid and went into the hallway with Anakaris, who had recently arrived. Other than Doom, who was currently in the ring, Anakaris was the only one she could think of to ask for help.
After some mumbling, the two reentered the room.
"So," the War Killer (or, uh, y'know, something) said, "Can you help me?"
Rose turned away and lowered her head. "I'm... sorry, Rancid. There doesn't seem to be anything we can do. The Ore is too deep inside your DNA. Even if we could pull it out, you would likely be reduced to a lifeless pile of ash."
Anubis growled and stormed out of the room in frustration.
"It can't be!" Matrix bawled.
Ran-Cid stood up and tossed the coffee table in a rage. "No! Make me like I was! Do it! Damn it, damn you, make me like I was!"
"We can't," the large mummy repeated.
"Forget you! Forget you all!" Ran-Cid rushed out of the room, cursing all the way.
Wulf tried grabbing his shoulder.
"Friend Rancid, please..."
Ran-Cid's War God instincts kicked in. Before he realized it, his chainsaw had appeared in his hands, and he'd lopped off the knight's arm. Horrified with what he'd done, he pointed at the rest of the party and shouted, "Stay away! Leave me alone!" With that, he teleported away.
The Ring
Ralf couldn't get close to Falcon. With the hulking brute and the harem girl outside the ring throwing in weapons and pieces of furniture (was that even legal?), he just couldn't get a piece of the English pilot.
After hitting Ralf away with a long pole, Falcon noticed Kirby (who'd since ditched his Terry look) trying to sneak up on him from behind.
Kirby froze and flattened himself, making a pink pancake on the ground.
Tossing the pole away, Falcon hit the adorable pink ball with a combination of punches and kicks, sending him out of the ring. While falling towards the field, Kirby puffed himself up and floated back into the ring, to the fans' delight.
This bought Falcon enough time to talk to his friends.
"Hey fellas, I think it's time to show them what we're made of, if you catch my airdrift!"
"I hear you!" Rouge told him.
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Gunrock said as he reached into his pocket.
The three Power Stone heroes each held up a glowing stone. Rouge and Gunrock tossed theirs into the ring, where Falcon snatched up. Bright flashes swirled around him, accompanied by a loud explosion.
"Uh-oh," Yoshimitsu said. "Spaghetti-Os!"
Falcon emerged from the explosion wearing a suit of gleaming power armor. What he didn't hose down with a barrage of missiles, he slammed into at superhuman speeds.
"What does this FOOL-*oof*!"
"Scatter, everybody!"
"Aw, man, this just keeps getting better and better..."
"Houston! We have a problem!"
"Geki never said there'd be days like this..."
"Get... get AWAY from mah belly!"
Simply put, the next thirty seconds were painful to anyone in the ring who wasn't Falcon. Even Magneto couldn't react fast enough to repel the barrage heading towards him. Bodies tumbled and rolled like beads in a maraca. Chaos reigned supreme in the ring-more so than usual, anyway-and the audience roared as they witnessed the spectacle.
Unfortunately, thirty seconds was about all the stones were good for. With their power now temporarily drained, Falcon's amazing powers fizzled and he dropped to the floor. Satisfied, he turned to his friends. "Hey guys! Did you see me smash up the rest of those hooligans?"
Gunrock turned to Rouge. "Should you tell him, or should I?"
Rouge yawned. "Oh," she said, "I think he'll figure it out on his own."
Falcon turned around to see everyone else in the ring looking straight at him.
With very pissed off looks on their faces.
Falcon knew that this was going to be painful.
*POW* *SOCK* "Ow-" *BAM* "MAGNETIC-" *BIFF* *WHAP* "Web Ball!-" *SOCK* *CLANG* "You little English freak-" *SMACK* "Hey, that hurts-" *CRUNCH* "Ow, not the face!" "Eat ninja dagger, you-" *SLASH* *SLAP* "-AND THIS ONE IS FOR YOUR UNLEGENDARY *MOTHER*-" *SLASH* *THUMP* "Red ruuum! Red-" *SMASH* "Powaaaaah... GEYSER!" *WHAM!* *WHAM!* *WHAM!*
A minute and a half of bloodshed later, Haohmaru and Genjuro looked down at him, then at each other.
"EVENS!"
"-odds-"
"SHOOT!" They both yelled. They did so, and drew out a sum of two. Haohmaru lifted Falcon and tossed him out of the ring. When Falcon awoke in the Super Smash Brothers node, he saw a man in purple, also named Falcon, who was asking him to show him some moves.
As Falcon disappeared, Yoshimitsu was the first to notice the scattered Power Stones all across the ring. He scrambled after them, hoping to seize the advantage, but
"Let's go, freaky!" Ralf shouted.
Yoshi looked shocked. "But you said you loved me!"
Yoshimitsu found himself tossed into the air, then landing painfully on top of Ralf's shoulders and being thrown back to the mat. He leapt back up expecting another assault, but with a shout of "Galactica PhanTOOOOOM..." Ralf stood in place, holding back his right hand with his left arm.
Yoshi turned his head to the side inquisitively.
The power of the Galactica Phantom is matched by only a few attacks. Many have seen this move coming at them and frozen stiff like a deer caught in a car's headlights. Surely Yoshimitsu was about to feel a truckload of pain.
That is, unless Yoshimitsu became the first person in history to actually sidestep the move-
-"DOKKEEEEEEEN!" Ralf shouted, flying forward-
-which Yoshi now was.
Ralf hit nothing but air. When he felt Yoshimitsu grab him by the bandanna and toss him out of the ring, he wasn't really surprised.
Ralf ended up in Metal Slug. Minutes after getting himself out of a scrape, Ralf ended up boring the game's hero with stories about the old days. "Yep, yep, yep. I remember it like it was yesterday. The sun was shining. The bullets were whizzing by. People kept calling me 'Vincent'. Ahhh, the memories... hey, you got any beer, man?"
Meanwhile, back in the ring...
"CHARGING STAR!"
"MAGNETIC SHOCKWAVE!"
Magneto made short work of Captain America's attempt at an elimination. The crowd screamed as Cap flew towards the ropes, but luckily he stopped flying with a foot to spare.
At the moment, Magneto was too busy to follow up, what with Spider-Man trying to cover him in webbing, but Heihachi Mishima would take the advantage. "Look at you, you Star Spangled Fool."
Cap's head shook as he struggled to see who was talking to him. Heihachi quickly snatched Captain America off the ground and put him in a headlock, preparing to break his neck.
In desperation Cap backhanded Heihachi in the face with his shield. Mishima's head snapped backwards as Captain America turned around and swung his shield at the criminal boss's head. Heihachi went straight into the corner of the ring.
"Stars and Stripes!"
When Heihachi landed, he found himself in Mega Man X4, where some strange red robot with blonde hair kept bowing down to him and calling him "master."
Meanwhile, in another part of the ring, Chang strutted on his way towards his next snack, singing a happy tune:
"I just kicked some godly ass, BERZERKER! I hope that squid won't give me gas, BERZERKER!"
Chang sauntered up to Kirby and bent forward, staring downwards at the small pink ellipse in front of him.
"Hi-i-i!" Kirby piped, waving up to him.
"Don't give me the whole cute act, twerp!"
Kirby responded with a look of confusion.
"Look at me! I'm bigger than you! Get! In! Mah! Belly! Get! IN! MAH! BELL-Hey!"
Kirby tried his best to swallow the man-mountain but the disgusting taste was just too much. "Bleah! Pa-tooie!"
Chang flew pretty far, for a man his size. Unfortunately, he went in the direction of the ropes and, for the second time that night, he fell through the dimensional field. He also set the world record for the largest belly flop in recorded history as he fell, stomach-first, into Ecco the Dolphin.
When Chang finally got to shore he hoped that Kim wouldn't be too angry, seeing as how the tuna he ate while swimming was definitely not 'dolphin-safe'.
Room 727 RumbleDome Hotel
Lin-Lin looked at the hotel room's television. "Feh," she said, "we would've destroyed that cream puff if we were still in there, sis. Luck of the draw, I guess." She turned her head to her sister who was still fuming. They were now confined to their hotel room, after Rumble security had broken up a fight between her and Lilith. "Let it go, sis!"
"Maybe you're right," Hsien-Ko sighed. She perked up. "Say, want to check the halls for Morrigan or Victor or Sasquatch or..."
She noticed the angry look of Lin-Lin.
"...or we can stay and watch the rest of the UVR. Yeah."
Hallway, RumbleDome Hotel
Like before, Rimururu and Lion were peeking through a door crack. This time, they were looking into a slightly friendlier atmosphere.
"Do you think she's a mage, Rimmy?"
"Look at her. She has to be."
Room 727 RumbleDome Hotel
"So, explain it to me again, sis? If I'm a Darkstalker, how am I supposed to kill all of the Darkstalkers when-"
Hsien-Ko was interrupted by the door opening while being knocked. Lin-Lin looked at the two teenagers who had just entered.
"Who are you, and what are you doing in our room?" she asked.
"Hi, I'm Lion Rafale and this is Rimururu. We... well... we..."
"We need your help!" Rimmy cried loudly.
Hsein-Ko stared at them with a look of confusion and surprise. "Okay," she said after a short pause. "With what?"
Room 1216, RumbleDome Hotel
It was hard to tell who was more frustrated.
On one hand, Sabertooth, as fast as he was, had a really hard time getting his hands on Guy. For every Berzerker Claw he landed, he'd trade it for four dashing elbows in the face.
On the other hand, Guy, as offensive as he was, had a very hard time keeping Sabertooth down. Guy was in awe at how quickly Sabertooth would recover from a Bushin Izuna Drop, considering how many times he'd landed them by this point.
"Is that all you got, punk? How did a runt like you become champ in the first place?"
"If you're so good, why did you lose in the first section?"
"Oh, you have a death wish, ninja boy!" With that Sabertooth pounced at Guy, only to be taken upward by three spinning kicks to the face. Sabertooth was launched into the wall and slid down to a sitting position.
"Had enough?" Guy queried.
"Not a chance!" Creed retorted, snapped his fingers. "Birdie!" Sabertooth looked to the door expecting to see a blonde woman with a gun. Guy looked to the door, expecting to see a large black man with chains and a blonde mohawk.
Neither was there.
"Oh yeah," Sabertooth said to himself. "Security got her."
Guy dashed at his would-be captor and tore into him with a barrage of punches, kicks, knees, and elbows. 'Tooth stumbled back, dizzy.
"Time to finish you off," the Bushin said.
Guy coming straight at him was the last clear image Sabertooth saw. The next few seconds were complete darkness, with an occasional flash of Guy's sneaker pounding his cheek or Guy's elbow barreling into his ribs.
Guy watched Sabertooth drop, took a couple deep breaths and walked away.
He immediately had to duck as a yellow and blue blur streaked over his head. In a flurry of motion, Sabertooth was put back down against the floor.
Wolverine looked down at his life-long rival, who was now finally flat on his back. "Can't you play nice with the other kids, Creed?" The claws retracted.
"Your name is Wolverine, right?" Guy questioned.
"You got it, bub." Logan didn't turn his head away from Sabertooth. "And you're Guy."
"Yes, I am. Who is this man and what does he want?"
"Sabertooth? He's a Girl Scout going door to door trying to raise enough money for a canoeing trip." Guy didn't smile, but Wolverine didn't care. "I heard a crash a few minutes ago. Usually I would have stayed out of other people's affairs, but when I heard my old friend's voice, I figured I'd make it my business. As for why he's after you? I don't know. But I know how to find out."
"How's that?"
The claws came out again and Wolverine smiled at Sabertooth, who was struggling to breathe.
"Get me some coffee. This might take a while."
Sub-Basement, RumbleDome Hotel
Geese Howard sat behind his desk. "I'd imagine you're visiting me with good news. Otherwise, I'm going to have to ask you to stop smiling."
"Indeed, Howard. You may wish to know that one of my men found this lying in a trash can." Bison opened his hand to show the Power Gem. The glow from the Gem flashed briefly across Geese's now-grinning face like the light from a copy machine.
"Beautiful, my friend. That means together we have three of the six Infinity Gems. That leaves Time, Space, and Reality. The first two may prove difficult, but the latter will be ours soon." Geese took off his shirt and left it on the chair. "Wish me luck, Bison."
"Good luck, Howard."
"Ryuji, let's go."
The crime lord and the psychotic mercenary left the office, on their way to the Ready Room.
The Ring
The duo of Haohmaru and Genjuro would have proven unstoppable during regular circumstances-but not against Magneto. Right now, the two found themselves fighting as hard as they could to avoid committing seppuku.
Magneto, controlling their swords, simply grinned at them, moving their swords with small gestures. He looked every bit the puppet master, arrogant and aloof-
-right up until he got kicked in the spine. As Magneto bounced off of the ground, Sub-Zero followed up with a slide kick to his ribs. The samurais finally regained control of their swords.
"WOW! THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE, MY PARTNER WHO IS GRADUALLY GETTING MORE AND MORE LEGENDARY, ALBEIT AT A SNAIL'S PACE! THAT SON OF A MOTHERLESS CIRCUS MONKEY TRIED TO KILL US WITH OUR OWN WEAPONS! I CAN NOT ALLOW YOU TO KILL YOURSELF, FOR THAT IS MY JOB AND MY JOB ALONE!"
"-you may think it is because you are so na ve but after we dispose of the rest of the participants I will prove to you that I am the supreme warrior as you will die by my blade in front of all of the viewers of the ultimate video rumble three but as for the sorcerer who just tried to kill us he is having enough problems with the ice ninja who has just been joined by that very odd skinny man in the red underwear-"
Genjuro was right. Magneto was at his wits' end. Every attack against Sub-Zero meant getting hit with a Spider-Swing, and every attack to Spider-Man meant getting hit with a 5-hit combo in the back or side.
"Enough! MAGNETIC TEMP-"
Magneto froze still, literally, as one of Sub-Zero's ice balls finally made contact.
"Web Throw!"
When Magneto broke free from his ice prison, he found himself in the Wastelands of Mortal Kombat 2, face to face with an angry shark-faced creature.
"You trespass on property of Baraka! Now you must die!" the creature snarled.
"I am not in the mood to deal with a nuisance like you."
"Me Baraka not nuisance! Me Baraka king!" The mutant extended his right blade and lunged at Magneto. He stopped a couple feet away from him and gradually levitated into the air.
"That extraordinary metal doesn't happen to run through your entire body, does it?" Magneto asked, his eyes narrowing.
Baraka screamed as he went flying past the horizon.
Back in the ring, Dr. Doom, realizing that his team's defense was down with Magneto's absence, attacked his opponents with more ferocity than before. With Haohmaru and Genjuro fighting Terry and Joe in the corner, he chose to teach Sub-Zero a lesson.
Doom proceeded to tear the ninja the proverbial new one, blasting him with lasers from his fingertips and keeping him at bay with fields of electricity. While the Lin Kuei ninja did try to put up a fight, his punches, kicks and ice attacks were completely inadequate against Doom's onslaught. Doom held the slightly conscious ninja aloft by the neck to finish him off, but he then reminded himself that his ally Taki was still fighting with Ibuki.
"You are lucky, ninja. The Monarch of Latveria has more important matters."
With that, he slammed Sub-Zero into the ground and walked away.
Ever since the two had first started fighting, Taki and Ibuki had never even tried to attack anyone else. Ibuki wasn't trying to test her own training anymore.
Now she just wanted to hurt this bitch.
Taki backflipped away from a thrown dagger. "You're an embarrassment to ninjas everywhere, girl! And you dress like a whore! What is the point of the two holes in your outfit other than to show the boys that you're not wearing underwear?"
"I wouldn't talk if I were you! What did you do, steal the pajamas off a Barbie doll? I've seen BEDSHEETS that are less form-fitting than that!" Ibuki moved out of the way as Taki soared to the ground like a lightning bolt.
"What's a Barbie doll?"
Ibuki didn't get to answer before a concussion bolt sent her flying. Taki turned around to see Doom, smoking pistol in hand.
"Now that Magneto has left us, you must leave the ring and join him. Together you must meet a man named Ichiro Tsunami. He will explain the rest. You will leave Doom to take care of these knaves."
"Very well. But how am I supposed to get eliminated without raising suspicion?"
Doom pointed behind her. "I believe that she could do it."
Taki turned around just in time for Ibuki's fist to enter her ribcage. After a loud eruption, Taki flew out of the ring and into the dimensional fields.
She found herself in Hong Kong, where the Twisted Metal tournament was taking place. As a massive, black tank passed by her, smashing street carts and passersby alike, she smelled the familiar scent of a demon.
Taki's eyes narrowed.
The next time Minion came by her, she was waiting for it on top of a fire escape. She jumped, falling two stories and landing on the assault tank's roof. With the blade of her sword, the legendary Rikkimaru, she pried open the hatch.
Minion didn't even get the chance to turn around. Taki had his head off in seconds. Wiping the demon blood from her blade, she said, quietly, "The deed is d-"
A barrage of Cotton Candy Napalm hitting the tank interrupted her. It also caused the tank to explode in a dramatic fireball. The last thing Taki heard was the insane laughter of the man driving the ice cream truck.
Joe and Haohmaru kept cancelling out each other's whirlwind attacks, as well as bragging at a rate that could be considered unhealthy. Terry ducked under Genjuro's sword and scored with a Rising Tackle, sending Genjuro into the air. Luckily for Terry and Joe, Genjuro landed on Haohmaru.
"Joe! Stand back!"
"You got it!" Joe leapt backwards as Terry drove his fist into the mat.
"POWAAAH GEYSER!"
The samurai duo was sent flying towards the other side of the ring.
"Hey guys, can you give me a hand?" Spider-Man asked. He shot by them like a rocket, bouncing off of the mat, the forcefield, Haohmaru, Sub-Zero, and Ibuki, dodging plasma fire all the while, before landing a solid punch against Doom's chest plate. It rang like a struck bell, but Doom had no reaction; he simply summoned a wall of floating rock to stand between him and Spider-Man.
"We're coming!" Joe turned to Terry. "That tin soldier doesn't have a chance! Right, Terry?"
"You got that right. You help Spider-Man. I'll meet you there in a sec." Terry ran to help Sub-Zero, who was struggling to stand.
"Thank you," Sub told him as he was helped up.
"No problem, pal... Are you okay?"
Not sure why the crowd was going crazy, Sub said, "I'll be fine. Now let's go defeat that-"
"BUSTAAH WOOOLF!"
Sub-Zero ended up in Resident Evil, right next to Jill Valentine. She was wounded, alone, and facing down a dozen zombies. Sub looked at her and her empty gun, then waded into the moaning horde of the undead. In seconds, he was standing in a pile of frozen corpses.
"How did you do that?" Jill asked him.
"When you've lived the life that I have," Sub responded as he turned around, "you learn a thing or two about fighting the undead."
Terry, having gone for the easy elimination, didn't notice what was happening on the other side of the ring.
"MAXIMUM SPIDER!"
"Hurri-CANE UPPAAH!"
Doom blocked the arachnid's attack, sending him bouncing backwards. Before the tornado could reach Doom, he put his hands forward and shocked them both with the Electric Cage.
Terry yelled Joe's name. He began to run towards his friend, but that damn pink thing (now in a Spider-Man mask the size of its whole body) attached itself to him, rapidly flew straight up, and drove Terry into the ground.
Terry bounced high into the air, sailed clear over the ropes, and into a strange city. A familiar scent reached his nose. The scent of... of... freshly baked pizza?
His blood began to boil in anger as he realized that he had landed in Yo! Noid.
Control Booth
"You did that on purpose, you son of a bitch!" Wanderer exclaimed as he throttled Birdman.
Birdman somehow was able to shout for security. Mimic and some other security guards barged in and pulled Wanderer away, giving him a couple shocks with cattle prods just to make sure.
The Ring
Meanwhile, the Electric Cage finally wore off, sending Spider-Man and Joe over the ropes. They plummeted into a hole in E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial.
Spider-Man looked at the surroundings.
"Well, we're going to be here for a while. You don't happen to have a deck of cards on you, do you?" he asked.
"In this outfit?" Joe asked.
"...great."
Elimination Seating
"Ryo! Thank God I found you!"
Ryo turned to see Nakoruru looking at him with a smile on her face. "Hey, Nakky. What's going on?"
"Ryo, I found a man who can help you find Demitri and destroy him once and for all! He says he needs to see you right now-" Nakoruru looked at Athena, who was wrapped under Ryo's right arm, "-alone."
The Ring
"All your allies have been disposed of, hero."
Captain America coughed up some blood. "I'm not the only one who's lost his allies, Doom."
"Leave my presence now and you will be spared of my wrath."
"You know I won't back down." Cap took a deep breath. "Not even from you."
Doom sighed. "So be it."
On the other side of the ring, Yoshimitsu held two of the Stones that Falcon left earlier on. With the third one in his sights, he had to put them away.
The new fighters were coming in.
Hallway, RumbleDome
"So who is this guy?" Ryo asked Nakoruru.
"I... I can't tell you right now. Someone might be listening." She ran up to a closed door. "He's in here. Follow me."
Ryo followed Nakoruru into the lightless room, only to be smacked upside the head by Siegfried's zweihänder. Before losing consciousness, he saw two red eyes looking down at him.
"...Maximov."
Original Authors
Gavin "Gavok" Jasper
James "The MultiMediocre Knight" Howard
Geson "Racewing" Hatchett
Thomas "Wanderer" Wilde