SMSTSS 7: Hero Unleashed! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: R1/2, SM, ST, DC/Marvel Comics and the other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 21: "World War Sailor Moon!" (I)
"I am…Uatu, the Watcher," said a large, bald man who dressed in robes similar to a Roman senator of old. He appeared to be speaking on the Moon, with the Earth shining bright in the background…and the bodies of what appeared to be a killer whale and a man that looked suspiciously like the actor Tom Cruise.
"For billions of years, I have watched over the planet called 'Earth'. During that time, many sentient beings have advanced the Terran condition, only to fall at the hands of the 'Sheeda', forcing Humankind to begin again. Nevertheless, from one of those eras was born the fabled 'Moon Princess', a being of great power, and is heir to a throne that once stretched beyond the proverbial shores of the Sol Star System. As one of the so-called 'magical girls', the Moon Princess has had many guises, which she uses in order to fight universal Chaos. However, even a champion of Light such as herself can succumb to the darker impulses of the mind…"
Pause.
"Witness how the Moon Princess, in her latest guise, hurtles down the twisted path of a tortured, yet gentle, soul, as she embraces the role of…the Red Hulkusagi-"
"Uh-hum," said a voice from behind.
The Watcher turns around to see Red Hulkusagi.
"Moon Princess?" the Watcher asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, the Moon IS my place of birth, you know," Red Hulkusagi said, as she saunters towards the Watcher. She can survive out in space without a space suit, and has done so for years. Also, she was still running around nude.
"But I can't have you peeking into my business, you know."
"I am a Watcher," Uatu said. "It is what I do."
"Yeah, you see, I can't let that happen."
"Are you going to use violence to force me to break my oath, Moon Princess?"
"What do I look like? Some savage female running around uninhibited?"
The Watcher raises an eyebrow.
"Okay, at the moment, I am that, but I don't think I have to beat you up to get you to break your vow."
"Nothing you can do will force me to break my vow."
"Oh, really?" Red Hulkusagi said, as she lowers herself below the alien's eye-level.
"Princess!" the Watcher said in surprise. "Wha-what are you doing?"
"Just me thanking you for watching my home, the Moon Kingdom…such as it is…"
"Ack-!"
It will be a long time before the Watcher recovers his faculties, after the Red Hulkusagi did to him…
Meanwhile, back on Earth, in a safe-house, Hulksuna stirs while in bed, as others were watching her…
"This monster should be contained," Ryker said, as Ranma pulls out the last of the rounds from his body. Since they were barbed, they had a difficult time pulling them out. Had they been normal rounds, the Red Hulk could have either expelled them from his body, or melted them within his body.
"So says the man who can change into one," Ranma said, as he removed the last round with a pair of pliers. He then drops it in a pan with the rest of them.
TING!
"Ranma, what do you want me to do with them?" Bra asked. Contrary to popular belief, the Saiyajin Princess was an intelligent woman, thanks to being the daughter of another intelligent, yet self-centered, woman. As result, she was trained in emergency medicine and xenobiology, mostly because of constantly fighting aliens, and wanting to find out about their weaknesses…
"Have Ranshinko run an analysis on them for cataloging purposes. That way, I can keep a track of General Ryker in the future."
Ranshinko was Ranma's digital avatar. Ranma uses her services (called "RanStar") whenever he needed to be off the grid, or if the SS "Ranusagi" has been compromised. With Red Hulkusagi running around, he could not take the chance that his use of his ship's systems would not be compromised…
"Okay," Bra said. "I'll be back with some snacks, too."
"Humph," Ryker said, as he waited to be patched up. "You don't trust me, do you?"
"Good guess," Ranma said sarcastically, as he used an advanced medical instrument to artificially mend the general's wounds.
"You know what? You're right about me, Colonel."
"Of course I am. I haven't lived this long to know a thing or two about ambition. Although, what you've been doing lately tends to provide me a reason to not trust you."
"I did what I did to protect the country."
"Somehow, I don't really believe that, even after you wanting to help me on this…"
FLASHBACK!
BLAM!
Bra, seeing the Gammazon Sailor Pluto (albino, black hair) about to pounce on her man, tried to intervene.
"Oh, no you don't-"
POW!
Bra was rocked, as she took the full punch. She fell over, and skids one hundred yards away.
"Bra!" Sentry said, before he felt a blow onto his head.
WHAM!
"Arrrgh!" Sentry said, as he fell down on his knees.
"Hulksuna teach you to pay attention to her," Hulksuna said. "Ranma no visit Hulksuna, Hulksuna no get snoo-snoo!"
"Why I ought to-"
"Dead Scream!" Hulksuna said, as she released a more powerful version of a classic attack.
FWOOSH!
Sentry was caught up in a field of pure entropy, as he screamed while withstanding the pressure of being disintegrated.
"Yaaaarrrggggh-!"
Meanwhile, Red Hulk observes this. On one hand, he can finally get rid of an enemy. On the other hand, he could potentially be facing a more potent threat, if this Gammazon version of Sailor Pluto is of any indication.
So, the Red Hulk made a decision.
"RRWORRRRL!" the Red Hulk roared, as he smashes the ground with his fist.
THOOOM!
The attack causes Hulksuna to stumble.
"Wha-?" Hulksuna said in surprise, before the Red Hulk pounced.
BAMF!
Red Hulk tackles Hulksuna, and begins to pound on the enhanced senshi.
BAM! POW! SOCK-!
"Sorry about this, but I need Saotome alive-"
Hulksuna rakes her finger nails over Red Hulk's eyes.
SCRATCH!
"Arrrrgh!" Red Hulk yelled in pain, as he covers his bleeding eyes.
"Red Hulk no touch Hulksuna!" Hulksuna yelled, as she tucks her legs, and kicks the Red Hulk in the chest.
THOOM!
As the Red Hulk goes flying, Bra come flying up.
"How dare you!" Bra yelled, as she was about to punch Hulksuna, as she rises to her feet.
"Stupid monkey-girl!" Hulksuna said, as she presents her Time Key Staff. It begins to charge up with energy.
"Not this time!" Bra yelled, as she increases her speed.
"Dead Scream-!"
Suddenly, Bra seemingly winks out of existence from in front of Hulksuna.
"Huh?" Hulksuna said, as Bra reappears behind the Gammazon senshi.
"Blue Light Special!" Bra said, as she produced a powerful ki attack. Ranma was once able to teach the Saiyan Princess her own fighting techniques based upon what she was into. In this case, it was fashion and shopping that drove Bra.
CHOOM!
"Ack!" Hulksuna yelped, as she was blasted in the back. The force, driven by Bra's anger, sent Hulksuna many hundreds of yards away…
"So there!" Bra said, as she harrumphs in triumphant. She then turns towards Sentry, who was slowly rising to his feet.
"Ranma!" Bra said, as she goes over to her husband. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Sentry said, as he got up. "Put me through a loop there…"
"Saotome!" Red Hulk said, as he stumbles about blind. "Where are you?"
Sentry and Bra floats over where Red Hulk was.
"What do you want?"
"You owe me, Saotome," Red Hulk said. "I need your help…"
"I owe you?" Sentry asked.
"Yeah, I got blinded trying to save you for that Gammazon!"
Sentry turns towards his wife.
"Bra?"
"I don't know what happened, but this guy did attack Setsuna," Bra said.
"Hhh," Sentry said. "Okay, Bra, tend to this…jerk's injuries. I'll do the rest."
"But you were hurt by 'Suna's attack!"
"True, but I know what to expect. Be right back."
And, with that, Sentry flies over towards the guardian of Time…
Meanwhile, Hulksuna rises to her feet.
"Monkey-girl think she can stop Hulksuna?" Hulksuna sneered. "Hulksuna show her-"
"Sailor Pluto, stop," said a familiar voice.
Hulksuna growls, as she whirls around.
"YOU!" Hulksuna said, as Sentry floats down unto the ground.
"Setsuna-"
"Hulksuna not puny Setsuna!"
"Oh, great," Sentry said, as he rolled his eyes. "I have another one…"
"Pig-Tailed Man make fun of Hulksuna?"
"No, I'm not."
"Then Pig-Tail Man make snoo-snoo with Hulksuna NOW."
"No."
"What?"
"Um, Hulksuna, you're not in the right frame of mind. I don't know how this happened, or why, but you need to calm down, so you can be normal-"
"No! Hulksuna no like be normal. If Hulksuna is normal, Hulksuna will be weak and lonely like Setsuna."
"Come again?"
"Setsuna is lonely and needy…and weak! Setsuna would not be free from burden of guarding Time Gate. Setsuna cannot get snoo-snoo…but Hulksuna CAN!"
Hulksuna points her Time Key Staff at Sentry.
"Make snoo-snoo with Hulksuna!"
"No."
"Then Hulksuna make you! Dead Scream!"
CHOOM!
As Hulksuna's attack was launched, Sentry raises a hand, and caught the energy sphere.
BLOOM!
"Urg!" Sentry said, as he held the sphere in his hand. Fully prepared now, Sentry could now withstand the attack.
"Dead Scream!"
CHOOM!
BLOOM!
At the last moment, Sentry caught the second entropy sphere with his other hand.
"I don't know if I can deal with another 'Dead Scream'," Sentry said. "Time to…end this-"
With the power of a million exploding suns, Sentry pushes the spheres back to their owner.
"HA!" Sentry yelled.
Just as the spheres were about to hit their mistress, Hulksuna raises her staff.
"Time Stop!"
WOBBBLE!
In previous years, the "Time Stop Technique" was a forbidden technique that used to result in instant death for Sailor Pluto. However, thanks to mastering her element to become a living entity of that element (i.e. an "Exemplar"), as well as being an avatar of the Darkness (i.e. thanks to the events of the "War of Light" and the "Blackest Night"), she no longer has that problem, although the power to freeze Time is a taxing proposition. Unfortunately, now that she was a Gammazon, even having her energy drained from stopping Time is a non-factor now…
"Now, I will get Pig-Tail Man to date Hulksuna-"
POW!
As Hulksuna fell into Sentry's arm unconscious, he regretted having to use significant force to fell the albino Gammazon.
"Good thing I know a thing or two about Time, and possess the power to circumvent Hulksuna's actions…"
END FLASHBACK!
"Ohhhhh," Hulksuna said, as she stirs some more.
"She waking up," Ranma said, after he finishes patching Ryker's back. "Get out."
"I still have a rank over you, Colonel," Ryker said, as he gets up from his seat while picking up his shirt. "Whatever you may think of me, show some respect for my…status."
"Very well. Get the hell out, SIR."
"Much better," Ryker said, as he leaves the room. "You know, I think a sandwich will hit the spot…"
After he closed the door, Ranm turns towards Hulksuna.
"Poor dear," Ranma said to himself. "No one should have to go through this…"
Hulksuna wakes up, expecting to be in her own bedroom. As soon as she realizes that this was not the case, she immediately bolts up.
"Huh?" Hulksuna said, as she sits up.
"Easy," Ranma said, as he pulls up a chair. "It's okay."
Hulksuna looks at Ranma, and then ate her body…
"So, it wasn't a dream, then," Hulksuna said with a sigh.
"Nope. I couldn't figure out a way to reverse your physical condition, I was able to use the Vulcan Mind Meld to unify your fractured mind…"
Hulksuna nods her head, as she looks down and away.
"'Suna, I need to know exactly what happened to cause all this," Ranma said gently. "But if you can't-"
"I need to get what I know off my chest, Ranma," Hulksuna said. "And we need to find the Princess and the others."
Ranma nods his head in reply, as he holds Hulksuna's hands for support.
Tbc.