The Ultimate Showdown, Part 3 Screw the Rules

Trigon stood upon the Earth, glaring baleful hatred at his opponent.

Galactus stood upon the ground, staring wonderingly at this creature that had so caught him by surprise.

The ammassed heroes and villains stood, awed and aghast, at the stakes this battle had just risen to.

The civilians in their homes watched in wonder, not sure who to root for.

Cyborg had pulled out his video camera, saying, "THis is gonna be epic!"

Raven turned and offered the bowl to her friends. "Popcorn?"

Galactus spoke. "I know not who you are, hellish creature, but I am Galactus, Devourer of Worlds, and this world will be my meal, and you will not stop me."

Trigon spat on the ground in contempt. "I am Trigon the Terrible, Demon Conquerer of numerous dimensions who's names you will never know. And, as my incipient green son-in-law would say...I have dibs!"

Beast Boy tried hard not to laugh at this one.

"If you will not stand aside," Galactus said calmly, "I shall have to destroy you."

"Blah. Blah. Blah." Trigon worked imaginary kinks from his shoulders. "Are you going to talk all day, or are we going to fight eventually? My daughter promised me the profits from the hell dimension PPV showings, and I'd like it to be profitable."

"...you have no patience for the proper dramatic touch to things, do you?"

"Only when I'm the one doing it."

Trigon and Galactus stood, staring each other down. Suddenly, a distortion appeared in the air near them.

"Hold! I am Apocolypse, the supreme mutant, and-"

"SHUT UP!" Trigon shouted.

"Wait your turn," Galactus snarled.

Twin blasts, one of power cosmic the other of demonic energy, smashed into Apocolypse, annihilating him completely. Seeing what their opponents were capable of, the two combatants focused on the battle at hand.

Battle was joined.

At first, the combat was rapid trades of energy blasts. At first, it seemed Galactus had the advantage, as power cosmic cut right through Demonic magic, but the spells were cast to reform past contact point and could curve to follow the target, while power cosmic went only straight, and it was easy for Trigon to dodge.

Then it became a battle of traded blows. While the two were equally powerful, Galactus had a much higher physical defense. Trigon, however, was much faster, and had fought hand to hand thousands of times before, while Galactus was a relative amatuer.

"Go for the shirt!"

Thousands of human heads - and two giant ones - spun to face Raven. She quirked an eyebrow. "What? A girl can't have some harmless eye candy?" She high-fived Jinx and Rogue.

Trigon took advantage of Galactus' confusion to deliver a surprising uppercut to his chin. Galactus staggered backward, spitting the equivalent of blood.

"YOu are a formidable foe," he spat out. "But my hunger will not be denied!" He charged forward, intent on slamming Trigon physically with the power cosmic. He had landed physical blows before, and thought Trigon feared the power cosmic, since he had not let any of it touch him.

Trigon dodged around Galactus, and grabbed his foe by arm and head. "You are not the only one who hungers. Let's end this!" Jerking Galactus' head to the side, Trigon opened his jaws wide and bit down hard on Galactus' neck, his teeth tearing right through Galactus armor.

Galactus screamed, as the devourer found his life force, his power cosmic, his very essence...being devoured. SLowly, Galactus began to waste away, as the silvery white energy of the power cosmic streamed from him into Trigon. At last, the scream faded, and the body of Galactus dissolved into dust.

Trigon reared backwards, power cosmic mixing with his demon magic, and roared his triumph.