A TANGLED WEB Part 8: Endgame
Chapter 27
by Charlie Nelson a.k.a. Ordinaryguy2
Updated: 2-17-2022
The main crossovers in this chapter include: Angel (1999-2004); The Colour of Magic (1983); DC Comics; Fantastic Four (2005); The Incredibles (2004); The Krofft Supershow 'Electra Woman and Dyna Girl' (1976); Land of the Lost (1974-1976); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); Lexx (1997-2002); Predator (1987); Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation; Static Shock (2000-2004); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996); The Transformers (1984-1987), X-Men (2000)
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AuThOr'S NoTeS: This is a big battle scene between the heroes and villains with several hundred players. Now I'm going to do this battle in two parts because it's just taking too long And if you think keeping this all straight in my head might be driving me mad, well then I guess you are right. If you think someone is supposed to be here but isn't, well, then they must be on the other battlefield facing the Borg or have died earlier. So here we go…
AND NOW ON TO OUR STORY…
On a small plain in the small micro-universe known to some of the locals only as the 'Land of the Lost', the battle had hit a feverish pitch as warriors from many worlds and from across many ages fought for all they were worth. It had by no means been a normal battle, even by the standards of some of the more unusual fighters. The exploding marshmallow man had covered the battlefield in ectoplasmic goo; alien trophy hunters had been revealed in their midst while trying to cut them down; monstrously ghoulish golfers insisted on playing through the battlefield; the Borg were attempting to press their advantage and assimilate everyone and everything; and now another influx of fighters had been brought onto the field by the Doctor's seventh incarnation.
Before any mistakes were made between allies, Professor X introduced himself telepathically to those there at the Doctors' request, and then added a quick reference guide to their subconscious minds as well as those arriving with him so that they would recognize who was on their side by sight.
Thor was the first to draw first blood by throwing his hammer Mjölnir and striking Superman's Earth-3 evil counterpart, Ultraman. Ultraman, hurt by the magical weapon, retaliated by flying back at super speed and knocking Thor a mile away. There in a low valley Ultraman and Thor traded blows that thundered throughout the Land of the Lost.
Black Adam, having just pounded The Commander halfway into the ground, turned to regard the newcomers. "Bah! There hardly seems a challenge amongst them."
Perhaps you need to remember your humbler origins, spoke Professor X's voice in Black Adam's head. Now let's hear you say that special word of yours.
Black Adam's jaw trembled slightly against the mental command, but opened to shout the magical name of the wizard who had originally empowered him with his supernatural attributes. "Shazam!"
A mystical bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere striking the darkly garbed villain, leaving him in his more mortal form of Teth-Adam and wearing his primitive garb from when he had first spoken the wizard Shazam's name over five thousand years prior.
And now forget that name and sleep, commanded Professor X. And the villain fell down to the ground and slumbered, heedless of the turmoil around him.
Professor X winced in pain as he felt another mind attack his. Ah, now you will be a much more interesting opponent than my last one even as pretty as dear Summer was, came a malevolence mental message. I am Hector Hammond, and my mind has been evolved many times past that of other men and women.
Xavier finished his mental barriers before replying. I, too, am a mutant born with mental powers beyond those around me. But I feel we should use our similar abilities to find common ground and see if we can end this needless battle. The Borg are the true threat-
Ha! You are a coward! sneered Hector. They could see each other now on the astral plane, and Xavier marveled that Hector's balloon shaped head seemed as swollen as the man's ego.
Xavier blocked the next assault, which nearly surprised him with its strength and hostility. Well, so much for doing this the easy way, he thought. And the incredible battle between the two great minds and wills was on.
oOoOoOo
Flying overhead, Iron Man blasted Radiation Roy of the Legion of Super-Villains into unconsciousness. After seeing the amount of radiation that the villain had hit him with on his internal screen, Tony Stark was glad that he had insulated his suit with lead after previous encounters with the green skinned Radioactive Man back in his home universe. And then he was blasted by one of Skeletor's minions known as Tri-Klops, and he had to correct himself to keep from spinning out of control. "Geez, now one-eye here reminds me of that Soviet spy who had it out for me, the Unicorn. Well, let's see if this guy can take it as well as dish it out."
Static Shock flew up high on his manhole sized Static-Saucer that he was electromagnetically riding on. "Man, this scene is huge!" He moved aside as the space dragon Zok, who was one of the Herculoids flew through the air while battling the shape changing Durlan, Chameleon Chief of the Legion of Super-Villains who had just changed from a gigantic centipede on Zok's back to a blob-like creature that was hindering the space dragon's wings. Static Shock sent out a small burst of electromagnetic energy that caused the blob-like form to spasm off Zok and turn into some sort of glider beast that flew away to look for another victim down below. The space dragon nodded in thanks and then turned to pursue the glider creature.
The Human Torch flashed past Static Shock to engage the android Amazo, who had most of the powers of the Justice League of America. The Wasp flew towards a squadron of lethal toy planes of the Toyman and began blowing them apart with her stinger blast much to the villain's dismay. On the ground Captain America led the charge. Using his shield to block bullets, Captain America plowed forward until he was within striking distance of Destro and then he struck.
From one of his coat pockets, Static Shock brought out a small camera in order to take a picture. "Man, no one'll believe this story when I get home. But a picture or more will prove this all happened."
A greenish glow engulfed him, painfully holding him still. The Emerald Empress flew over in a green platform created by the basketball sized Emerald Eye of Ekron. Reaching over she took what Static Shock had in his hand. She looked annoyed. "This isn't a weapon."
Static Shock tried to flare up a burst of electromagnetic energy to break free but found to his surprise that he couldn't. "Just wanted… to… have s-something… to remember… all this."
A mean grin spread across the Emerald Empress's face. "You use this primitive device to make still pictures?" Using her Emerald Eye, she could see how the camera worked. "Very well, how's this?" She snapped a picture of him contorted in pain. "How about another one?" She snapped another photo. "Hmm, I think you need to have a more pained expression to make the mood I want to capture."
The green aura around him deepened for a moment and the young hero cried out as his right arm broke in three places.
"Much better," she commented, while taking another picture.
The young hero ground his teeth in pain as tears flowed freely down his face.
A sudden clap of lightning blinded the trapped hero for a second. He had to reestablish his hold on his Static-Saucer to keep from falling. He blinked rapidly to try clear his vision and see what had happened.
"You really have to watch yourself more in moments like this," came a feminine voice.
"Storm? Is that you? Thanks for the save." He quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve ashamed to have been taken so unawares and then rescued by the hot woman he had been trying to impress earlier.
"You're holding your arm funny. Are you okay?"
He could see now that the elemental mutant was floating in front of him on wind currents that she controlled. "I'm – I'm fine. Really."
"No, your arm's broke. You need to go back."
"I can fight," he insisted while trying not to wince.
She reached out to touch his arm and he pulled back. She could see that he was going to be stubborn about this. Instead of arguing, she decided to redirect his need to help. "Why don't you go back and guard Professor Xavier? He's going to be focusing his attention of the battlefield. That makes him very exposed. And while guarding him you can also provide protection for anyone else that is injured and brought there."
He looked down solemnly at the ground where he could see the slightly charred Emerald Empress lying on the grass with the Emerald Eye floating protectively over her.
"Yeah. Fine," he agreed. "But if you find my camera down there and if it isn't broken, could you maybe take a few pictures for me? I'd appreciate it." He managed to give her a weak smile.
"It won't be a first priority, but I will see if I can find it later," she agreed, as she watched as two villains on the far side of the battlefield, Major Disaster and Weather Wizard, were working together to create a tornado in which to use against the heroes and the Borg. "I have to go take care of this." She flew off in a wind current of her own making, already her mind was focusing on the shape of the man-made tornado as it was about to touch the ground and determining the best way to undo it. She was surprised with the artificial entity Tempestra flew up to block her with wind, hail and lightning.
Dejectedly, Static Shock flew back and down to where Professor X sat in his wheelchair. The X-Men mentor sat there with his eyes closed in a deep meditation so Static tried not to disturb him. Enik the Altrusian stood at his side seeming to mediate as well in what Static assumed was supposed to lend Prof. X strength. The small alien Rygel sat on a nearby rock watching the battle with wonder, glee and fear. "Do you know how much a gladiatorial battle between such diverse groups would cost on the open market? And here we can watch it free! Ho! Ho!"
The young hero glared angrily at the diminutive alien. "Hey, some of those fighters out there just saved your tiny alien hide a little bit ago."
"So? That doesn't mean I can't enjoy watching as they fight. It's not like I forced them to go out there into that battle zone merely for my pleasure."
"No, I guess not. But still…" He paused to gape for a moment. "Oh, man! Did you just see Iceman bring down an avalanche on the guy that looked like he belonged in a volcano? And look, now the guy he buried is melting his way out of eight feet of snow and ice!" Indeed, the Volcano Man pushed through the snow and ice which melted quickly due to his naturally high body temperature, emitting a cloud of vapor that rose up into the sky, causing several of the flyers to clear out before they were steamed too badly. The Volcano Man pushed on toward Iceman, exclaiming a loud, "Sssssssss!" to communicate his anger.
"Yes, and over there it looks like our winged friend Angel has been entangled in the long red hair of that woman." As they watched, Spider Girl of the Legion of Super-Villains, whose power it was to mentally control her long, strong hair, had the legs of Angel of the X-Men ensnared and was trying to pull him down.
Static managed a small chuckle. "Looks like she wasn't prepared for him to be able to lift off with her weighting him down." He sat down being extra careful of his injured arm.
Rygel jumped down off his rock and moved over to look at something in the grass. "Say, what is this?"
"You find something?" Static asked, trying to ignore the pain in his arm.
"Yes, an unusual green ring. I wonder if it's worth anything?"
"Rygel! Look out!"
The former Hynerian emperor looked up from the new green bauble on his finger to see one of the drones that belonged to the Sleestak Borg drone coming toward him. "Oh, frell."
A highly intense green beam came out from the ring and struck the drone so intently that for all intents and purposes it had been vaporized.
"What happened?" exclaimed Static.
"I-I-I think I did it." Rygel stared down at the ring, wondering whether or not he should take it off. "With this. This ring." He held the ring up and was surprised to find that he was levitating off the ground.
"Hey, do you normally float?" asked Static.
"Only twice before when I was badly constipated and had a painful buildup of helium, but no, this is something different." Rygel looked at the ring with wonder. "This must be a gift from the gods. I can use this to go back to my people and reclaim my throne!"
Static felt a little nervous, not liking the gleam in Rygel's eyes. "Yeah, I guess, but first we have to deal with this battling over who gets to stop the Borg thing, and then actually deal with the Borg."
Rygel looked over at the battles being fought and then down at the ring again. A wicked smile slowly spread across his face. "It is time I showed them what real power can do in the hands of someone who can use it properly!"
"Wait, are you planning to go out there with that ring? You don't know what its limitations are! You could-"
But Rygel had gone flying into the melee like a cannonball using the newfound power in the ring to shield himself from harm. He didn't care that the emerald ring on his hand had once belonged to the villain Power Ring, an evil counterpart of Green Lantern, who had died while fighting the Borg, or that the ring had become lost after two of the villainess' fought over it. He didn't even know about the curse on the ring. All he knew was that he had power again, and while it wasn't the power of royalty, it was a start in the right direction as far as he was concerned.
oOoOoOo
On the field of battle, others had already come to blows. Ben Grimm, known on his own world as the Thing of the Fantastic Four, crushed the robotic frame of Kra like an accordion. Crumpled beyond repair, the self-proclaimed King of the Robots sputtered, emitted a few sparks, and then the Challenger-Hater was no more.
The Thing continued to crumple the robot into a ball shape. Then, using his great strength, he used the ball as if it were a bowling ball and sent it rolling at a new group of drones just arriving from a path.
"A strike! I still got it!" Grimm turned and tried to determine who he should tackle next. Immediately, he found his candidate, but it was trying to batter down the mystic shield erected by the young teen called the Cavalier who appeared quite frantic about the situation.
Picking up a nearby large rock, Grimm threw the boulder striking a glancing blow to Solomon Grundy's head.
The chalk-white Solomon Grundy turned and growled in irritation, forgetting Eric the Cavalier who was quickly backpedaling away.
Right away the Thing could tell that this was not going to be an easy fight. "Sheesh! You look like a bleached-out version of the Hulk."
The tall albino monster roared in outrage. "Solomon Grundy will crush the orange rock man!"
"You're welcome to try, sport, because IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!" Ben blocked Grundy's first blow as well as the second. The third blow, however, knocked him back a couple dozen feet. "All right, Grundy. You got one lucky shot in, but I'm telling you right now that that won't be happening again."
Solomon Grundy roared his reply and charged. The Thing did likewise.
oOoOoOo
Elastigirl of the Incredibles was busy trying to contain a villain that was surprisingly dressed like an old-fashioned cloth doll. Even more surprising was the fact that she was having great difficult holding on to the creep. "I'm warning you, Ragdoll. Stop fighting me or-"
Ragdoll kicked sideways in an impossible 360-degree circle, managing to kick Elastigirl in the side of her face causing her head to stretch out nearly six feet before snapping back.
"Oops! I guess I really stuck my foot in it that time!" chortled Ragdoll.
She stretched out her arms and slammed him into the ground, but he just kept laughing at her efforts.
"I'm guessing that you use your powers to enhance your physical attributes, or do you just expect people to think that what they see is the real you?"
"What?" She couldn't believe this creep was saying this to her. They were in a battle for crying out loud.
"I suppose your subconsciousness could have been responsible for molding you into a more appealing shape," he went on, while signaling someone behind her.
Elastigirl had wrapped her arm python-like around Ragdoll and still he managed to get an arm and leg free. "Geez, what does it take to get you to shut up?"
From behind, someone grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back with super-strength. She morphed out of the person's grip but made sure not to let Ragdoll loose.
Ragdoll laughed. "Say hello to my great big friend Sabbac. He's quite the ladykiller, isn't he?"
Sabbac was tall, bald and wore a long green robe. His teeth resembled fangs and something about his eyes suggested a demonic connection.
Using Ragdoll, she swung the triple-jointed villain at Sabbac, but the blows had little effect on him.
"Ow! Hey! Come on already, Sabbac! Stop her before she actually manages to break something of mine!"
Before she could do anything, Ragdoll managed to poke two of his fingers into her eyes. Sabbac reached out to grab the distracted superheroine with a fiery grip but encountered an unseen barrier inches from her throat.
"What? Who dares to interfere?" demanded Sabbac, with both of his hands now on fire. For his answer he was suddenly struck be something unseen repeatedly. He tried burning whatever was striking him only to discover that he was incased in an invisible bubble in which he had just burned up most of the oxygen. Sabbac struck the wall a few times, yet his super strength proved to be unable to break through the barrier before he finally sank to his knees and passed out.
"Hey! No fair!" complained Ragdoll.
For her response, Elastigirl clocked the villain directly on the chin, finally knocking him senseless. "Violet, I told you to stay in the TARDIS, not that I minded being saved from a nasty situation, (Good job on that attack, by the way. It looks like your practice has been paying off.) but your dad and I need to know that you will obey us in a hostile situation, or else we won't-"
A blond woman in a blue outfit with a number four on the chest became visible near where Elastigirl thought her daughter was.
"Oh! I'm so sorry. I thought you were my daughter Violet."
Susan Storm smiled. "Hi, I'm Invisible Woman, though you probably already know that from the reference guide Professor X put in our heads. I take it that your daughter can turn invisible?" She glanced to the side and created an invisible barrier with her thoughts just in him to block a hail of bullets from the Baroness. Before Susan determined what she should do to the Cobra agent someone named the Sphinx had cut her weapon in half with his mind, so she decided to leave what happened to the Baroness up to the Sphinx.
"Yes," answered Elastigirl. "She can turn invisible as well as create invisible barriers like you just did." She sent out her elongated fist and struck the Penguin who had been taking aim with his customized uzi-umbrella on the Thundercats who had just rescued two of their young from some wreckage. She then wrapped her arm around the villain several times and spun him like a top as she quickly retracted her arm. "I was just thinking… when this is all over, do you think you could give my daughter a few pointers on using powers like yours?"
"I'd love to," agreed Invisible Woman. "So is that your husband over there? He has the same pattern of uniform as you do."
She nodded. "Yep. That's him, Mr. Incredible himself." They watched as Mr. Incredible exchanged blows with Baron Blitzkrieg, a super-powered Nazi.
"And there's my husband, Mr. Fantastic himself." The Invisible Woman pointed to where Mr. Fantastic was working on containing the malleable villain known as Clayface.
Elastigirl blinked in surprise. "He has stretching powers like I do."
"I wonder if the similarities between us are more than a coincidence."
Elastigirl's eyebrow rose. "Your group wouldn't by chance be called the Fantastics, would it?"
"Close, we're the Fantastic Four. Our two other members are my brother, the Human Torch, who you can see flying up there, and then there is the Thing, who is practically family. He has super-strength."
"We're the Incredibles. Named after my husband, of course. But how can two totally different groups from different universes each with four members yet have three of each group having very similar abilities. Invisibility, stretching, and super-strength. What are the odds?"
"We can have Reed, my husband, look into it later," said the Invisible Woman. "He's also a super-genius, but he came by that naturally."
A look of concern crossed Elastigirl's face as she spotted her husband and Baron Blitzkrieg. "I'd love to talk, Invisible Woman, but that metal-plated super-powered Nazi managed to get my husband in a headlock."
"Understood," agreed the other heroine. "I think I have to go save my brother's bacon again, too. See you later," she said as she became invisible.
"Easy for you to say," chuckled Elastigirl as she quickly used her lengthened arm to pole-vault over a scuffle between the white-ape form of the Ultra-Humanite and the werewolf Oz.
oOoOoOo
Mina Harker was crouched down holding her prey tight as she drew deep gulps of the hot salty blood that she craved so dearly. In her grasp, Ocean Master trembled uncontrollably as his world became cold, dark and empty.
"Pardon me for interrupting. I know it's rude to intrude while someone is eating, but, well, I was hoping you could help me with something."
Mina snarled as she looked up from her kill. The interrupter was a young, attractive, blond woman in a scantily clad outfit that she found to be incredible that someone would wear to a battle. She also noted that she was a vampire, too. "What do you want?" she asked guardingly, taking only a moment to wipe the blood from her lips.
"Well, my name is Harmony Kendall. I came along with on this venture with Angel, the big brooding vampire who is hard to miss. He's been trying to give me a second chance and get my unlife in order. Anyway, I couldn't help but see you do some rather amazing things out there and, well, I was wondering if I could do an internship with you."
"Internship?"
"Yeah. So I can learn to do some of the vampire things that I've seen you do. That flying thing you did was awesome. To be honest, I'm not really much of a vampire yet; I was left on my own right away, but I have been trying to do the best I could."
Mina looked at her in disbelief. "Are you asking to be my apprentice?"
"Apprentice. Intern. Whatever you want to call it. And if you want, I could help you out with some of the things I'm really good at, like fashion. I mean, just because we died doesn't mean our wardrobe has too as well, am I right?"
Mina knelt down and ripped off Ocean Master's head as a precaution to keep from accidently raising him as another vampire. "I'm not sure what I could teach you. I do not like what I have become or my fiendish appetite. As a result, I only feed on killers, thieves and rapists."
"So you're like a good version of Jack the Ripper. That sounds cool. It's kind of like performing a type of community service."
"…something like that, I suppose." Was she truly that naïve?
"So will you take me on?"
Mina first thought was to just say no. Her second thought was to rip off Harmony's head as a mercy killing. But a third thought came to mind. If she could get Harmony to focus her appetite on the worst sorts of society, then maybe it would be worthwhile to train this fledgling bloodsucker. "I will talk to this Angel fellow and see what he thinks. He seems particularly honorable for one of our kind."
Harmony fidgeted. "I hope he isn't mad at me coming to you."
"Is he your master?" she asked, referring to the one who had sired her as a vampire or the one who had accepted her as an underling.
"Angel? No. He's not the type, though I wouldn't mind him being my master, if you know what I mean." Her eyes took on a daydreamish lusty look of contemplation.
Mina rolled her eyes and began reconsidering the idea of ripping off Harmony's head. Or maybe she could pawn her off on that vampire calling herself Vampirella. Only problem was that she wasn't sure she could do that to either of them.
oOoOoOo
Elsewhere on the field of conflict, one of the young Yautja hunters was finding himself blocked now that his cloaking field had been rendered inert by the unusual white stuff that had exploded all over the field. Even though their starship had somehow come to this strange land accidently, his first hunt could be considered very successful as he had captured three skulls for trophies. The first had come from the alien bounty hunter Dengar. The second had been from on this battlefield where he had speared Terra Man and his winged horse together in one shot. The third skull had belonged to one of the Foot ninjas that had attacked him on sight. He had underestimated the ninja and had a small cut on his shoulder to remind him of his carelessness. But he had not wanted to free up his left arm with which he carried the trophy of one of the wings from Terra Man's horse and had been fortunate to only have paid a small price.
Now two others challenged his passage out of the battlefield. Regretfully he dropped the wing of the Pegasus with hopes of collecting it later. A moment of exhilarating anticipation flowed through him as he held his arms out with a roar to accept their challenge.
Shredder stood tall in his modified armor with his sword held loosely in his left hand. He admired the other creature's armor and hoped to convert parts of it into something he could wear if it proved to be as deadly as it appeared. First, he turned to the other challenger. "He has killed one of my ninjas. I claim the right to face him first."
Deathstroke the Terminator nodded in agreement. "As you wish. He's all yours." He was relatively certain that the arrogant Shredder would be defeated, but he himself would have a much better opportunity of defeating the alien warrior after he had a chance to study it's fighting strategies.
Shredder moved forward as did the young Yautja hunter. He swung his sword intending to test his opponent's speed in blocking, but was unprepared when the young hunter lashed out with the extended twin wrist blades, cutting his sword in half. Shredder ducked and rolled away while throwing two metal shuriken which the alien stopped to deflect with his wrist blades.
Shredder looked at his damaged blade and scowled. From his belt he pulled a canister and threw it directly at the large hunter. The inexperienced hunter reacted as Shredder planned and lashed out contemptuously with his wrist blades again. A small explosion blew the young Yautja back as he disappeared in a cloud of flame and smoke.
Shredder looked back to Deathstroke who was still standing where he had been observing. He snorted as he moved through the haze to where the young hunter laid. On closer examination, Shredder placed the youngster at about seven feet in height. He only marveled a moment at the florescent green blood splattered on the alien's chest. Using what remained of his sword, Shredder jammed it through the thick thigh muscle of his opponent and received no response. But it was not enough to defeat such an amazing creature, he wanted to see its face. He glanced around and was reasonably sure that he wasn't going to be attacked by anyone just then. With some experimental pulls and releases of latches, Shredder removed the alien's mask. Even after all his experiences with Krang and various mutants, he was unprepared for the alien visage before him. "It's monstrous!"
The creature's eyes snapped open, and Shredder fell back. He was not quick enough. It lashed out with its wrist blades effectively chopping off most of Shredder's right hand. Shredder was up and backing away while trying to staunch the flow of blood.
He stumbled but managed to keep moving until he came to Deathstroke who was still standing in the same place. "What are you doing? Fight it! Kill it!" He reached back and grabbed part of his cape to wrap over the wound.
"Wasn't sure you were done," said the assassin in a very laid-back tone.
One of Shredder's Foot ninjas broke away from his teammates attack against Captain Dylan Hunt and Mr. Furious. Leaping to his master's side, the ninja took some material from his belt and quickly put it in place so that it made a sturdy temporary bandage.
"Do they serve you breakfast in bed, too?" taunted Deathstroke.
The Foot ninja took a fighting stance, preparing to attack the assassin at a signal from Shredder. Instead, Shredder's broken sword flew through the air and imbedded itself in the ninja's skull, killing him instantly.
The young hunter was on his feet again and had his mask back on. A trickle of florescent green blood flowed from the wound Shedder's sword had made in the alien's thigh along with a number of smaller cuts from the explosion.
"I claim the right to face him first," came Shredder's words, replayed from some instrument on the alien's body.
The young alien hunter shuffled forward tentatively, and then reached back to pull out his Combi Stick which extended into the shape he desired. Drawing the Combi Stick back, the hunter threw with all his might, but faltered slightly.
Having just picked up the weapon of his dead Foot ninja, Shredder managed to duck the alien weapon and it traveled on to imbed itself in the back of Giant Man's ankle causing the massive hero to fall backwards in pain. Most everyone cleared out from beneath the colossal hero except for one of the Cybermen, the ghost Slimer, Scumbag, and the 30th Century villain Ron-Karr. None were hurt much. The Cyberman had been standing in relatively soft soil so had been hammered into the ground like a stake, Slimer just remained immaterial while Ron-Karr became 2-dimensional and laid flat on the ground hoping the large man would get up so he could breathe again. Scumbag, having been mutated into being part cockroach, got up again after a few moments and shrugged off the affects.
The very large Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man leaped onto Giant Man to continue their battle making the lower half of his body to wrap the large man's in his tentacles, his arms and fists became diamond and his torso and head were made of oak.
Deathstroke had to knock Shredder out of his way as he managed to get clear of the two giant thrashing forms. He only stopped to watch as Giant Man shoved one of the Cybermen up A-V-M Man's wooden nose. Turning back, the mercenary elite was almost decapitated by the Yautja hunter, instead he managed to just duck clear of the other's blade. To stop another attack, Deathstroke lashed back with his power staff striking the alien in the ribs.
The Yautja hunter pulled back, his nerve ending of his chest were on overwhelm. He stepped back and let his head clear and a chance to breathe normally again. He had planned to kill the other one first, but this one-eyed fighter had gotten in the way. He was surprised to note that this second one had a grace of motion that was worthy of a seasoned hunter. And his weapon had hurt him horribly, but had not truly wounded him, as he suspected it was designed to do. Did this one-eyed Human hunter mean to toy with him? Did he use such a painful weapon to train youngsters to fight? He looked down at his shrapnel wounds and the place he had been stabbed in his thigh. They weren't lethal yet, but he needed to get to a more secluded location and patch himself up before they became critical. Hopefully, then he could come back to try claim this one-eyed Human's head for a trophy as well as his interesting weapon.
"I know your type," Deathstroke said, glancing at the three chopped off heads the young hunter carried in a netting bag connected to his belt. "You're going to keep coming back to collect an assortment of trophies off of us so you can impress your family, friends and probably some girl you hope to marry. As long as someone here looks like they might make a decent trophy for your wall or den, you are just going to keep killing us. That is unless we kill you first."
Deathstroke sprang forward just as the young hunter had anticipated. He raised his wrist blades to strike, but at the last possible moment Deathstroke ducked under the swinging blade and jammed his power staff into the Yautja's neck. The alien convulsed uncontrollably. Deathstroke pressed his advantage and struck him with his power staff again and again. Then, when he was assured that the young hunter was senseless on the ground, Deathstroke pulled out a large knife and slit its throat.
Shredder stared in anger and disbelief at the ease of which this mercenary assassin had dispatched the alien that had injured him. His fury rose high when he saw that now Deathstroke meant to claim the alien's weapons for himself.
Even in his pain, Shredder almost laughed when one of the large robot Decepticons came down for a landing crushing the remains of the Yautja, and causing Deathstroke the Terminator to scurry to safety with nothing for his efforts.
"Where is the one who calls himself the Master?" cried out Starcream, but not with Starscream's voice. Next to the tall robot landed Soundwave, who began scanning the area after shooting down two of the drones. "And who are these others you are fighting?"
Shredder scowled under his mask, and he applied pressure to his wound. "The Master has not been seen since these newcomers attacked us. He may have been captured or killed. There is also the possibility that he is in hiding." Having said all he knew, Shredder went to have his injury treated more thoroughly before he engaged in anymore battles.
Megatron, who had stolen Starscream's body, was furious, but not without hope that he could still have his revenge. "Soundwave, scan for any sign of the Master."
"Scanning completed. The Master is not on the battlefield."
"Then scan outside the battlefield! He must be found!" he demanded. He looked about for signs of his Decepticons. In the next valley, Megatron could see the massive frame of Devastator fighting against a massive Borg drone that had been partially made with the female Giganta and another large robot that Megatron had not encountered. Bonecrusher, the Constructicon that made up Devastator's left arm, had broken off the composite robot. While he emitted a series of sparks, Bonecrusher attempted to fly back and resume his position on Devastator's frame.
The Giganta / Mr. Atom Borg drone sent a series of blasts to which Bonecrusher tried hard to avoid. The main frame of Devastator moved between Bonecrusher and the large drone in order to give Bonecrusher a chance to reattach and bring them back to full strength while receiving a blast that knocked them back.
Behind the large Borg drone approached another large robot that Megatron did not recognize. The different colors on each limb suggested that it was also a type of composite giant that separated to five or six different units.
Voltron rose up, dirt and vegetation falling from off of its frame from where it had been partially buried in the ground. Rushing forward, Voltron tackled the drone from behind, causing them to collide with Devastator. The flying form of Bonecrusher was the only one in view now, and the Decepticon fired a series of shots at a target Megatron could no longer see.
Looking around the battlefield, Megatron spotted Rumble facing off against a number of Humans, who he was having great sport in tossing around.
"Heh, you guys are just puny bugs compared to me!" proclaimed the diminutive Decepticon who was just a little taller than the Humans with whom he was fighting. He tossed Lt. Paul Wang at Capt. Shane Vansen who had to catch the other man causing both to fall back onto the ground
Lt. Cooper Hawks blasted away at Rumble's chest plate and face forcing the Decepticon to shield his face with his arm. The blast only scorched the robot's chest, but Rumble knew better than to allow his optical sensors to be damaged.
Hawks figured that the annoying robot would respond protectively of its face giving Lt. Col. McQueen a chance to run up behind Rumble and slap a plastic explosive onto it's back.
Rumble startled at something came in contact with his back. "Hey, what was-"
An explosion rocked the area. As the dust cleared, Rumble craw
led out of a small crater the explosive had made, slightly stunned and dented.
Lt. Col. McQueen was about to lead his team on another assault against Rumble, but were forced to scatter when Megatron fired a series of shots in their direction making them scatter like mice.
"Starscream? Man, I never thought I'd be glad to see you," said the disoriented robot. "Uh, I mean-"
"Follow me," commanded Megatron as he flew overhead in search of more of his Decepticons. Behind him flew Soundwave and a very wobbly Rumble took up the rear.
They came across the canine-like Ravage, who had just finished destroying K-9, a copy of the companion robot that the Doctor had, which he had given to Sarah Jane Smith as a gift. Nearby, Sarah Jane sobbed at the savagery of the assault on her robotic friend, unsure if the replica K-9 could ever be restored.
"Come," commanded Megatron. And Ravage flew to join them.
They flew over Felix Faust who was finding it difficult to kill the nimble Sinbad who laughed at the magician. Deathstroke the Terminator had found a new opponent in River Tam who had surprised him by nearly killing him a few times. Rygel flew past with the aid of his newfound power ring while using it to blast away at Bizarro who kept coming back for more. The cyborg Metallo had been captured by the Borg and the plant-like Floronic Man was using his ability to control plants to push or pull the Borg away from the battlefield with limited success.
Megatron spotted Blitzwing just beyond where Multi-Man was using his newly acquired wind powers against the super blowing powers of Marsha Holloway. The sudden turbulence proved to be only mildly difficult for the flying robots. As they pushed their way through the wind, Megatron looked to see what kind of battle Blitzwing was engaged in. To his surprise, he saw a robed man with a pointed hat being held in one of Blitzwing's hands over the robot's head. The man seemed to be very frantic and was trying to use a golf club to pry the robot's fingers open. Meanwhile, there was a thing attacking Blitzwing's legs that looked like… some type of luggage, an animated traveling chest of some sort that the Humans use, but it was alive.
Before he could determine if there was a malfunction in Starscream's optical relays, the dark blue shape of Nightcrawler appeared next to the captive man in the robot's fist. And then both Humans disappeared in a burst of smoke. The anthropomorphic Luggage looked about frantically for its owner for a minute, giving Blitzwing a chance to escape it into the air.
"That-that thing was unnatural!" Blitzwing, a veteran warrior of numerous battles, was quite visibly shaken by his encounter with the ferocious Luggage. Indeed, Megatron was surprised to note a series of dents and strained joints that could be seen on the other's frame.
"Where are the other Decepticons?"
"Starscream, what's the matter with you? Your voice sounds like Megatron's."
"It's because I, Megatron, now occupy this frame that used to belong to Starscream. Even when being utterly crushed and left for ruin, I fought to return to my rightful place as leader of the Decepticons and thereby have my revenge!"
Blitzwing looked to Rumble who just shrugged.
"You did not answer my question. Where are the other Decepticons?"
Blitzwing fidgeted for a moment before coming out with it. "They are all gone, destroyed, except us and the Constructicons over there. It was the Borg mostly."
"What?" Megatron clenched his fists in fury. He turned to Soundwave. "Is this true?"
Soundwave nodded. "Affirmative."
"Damn the Master! He must pay for the destruction of my Decepticons troops!"
"So what do we do?" asked Rumble.
Megatron considered his limited options. "The Master will have to return at some point to collect whatever remains of his troops. When he does, we'll be ready." They flew off toward where the Constructicons were still continuing with their gargantuan battle.
Inside of Megatron, in the small confides of what would have been a jet pilot's seat, General Martok was able to listen and watch on the dashboard screen. He found it frustrating that they had not found the Master right away, but he was a Klingon who was a master of himself, and he could wait to make his kill.
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From down on the battlefield, the Earth-1 version of the Joker looked up as the Decepticons flew away. "Oh, that's not good."
"What now?" asked his diminutive companion, the Dummy, who was a living, wooden ventriloquist dummy with a passion for crime. "Geez, the robot men are taking off? They were some of our heaviest hitters."
Professor Amos Fortune looked up from his barricade. "Our luck seems to be taking a turn for the worst."
Ten of Clubs, one of Prof. Fortune's Royal Flush Gang, followed their example and looked up. "Hey, where are the tin men going?"
Hearing her, Ace and the Jack of Clubs climbed up to take a look.
"And now the other robots – the ones that came together to make the giant robot – they're leaving, too." All they could do was watch as the Constructicons broke away from the Giganta / Mr. Atom drone and followed the other departing Decepticons. The Jack of Clubs fired his weapon at a distant drone more out of fury than intent to kill. "Damn you, Fortune! What have you gotten us into?"
"We can play the blame game later," responded Fortune. "What matters now is what we do to survive."
The Joker let out a laugh and twirled with his arms out. "Well, you know what they say, 'when the steel rats abandon ship, it's time to get your rear out of here'."
The Dummy checked his revolver, and shook his head when he saw how few bullets he had left. "I think you're right on the money, Joker. We'd best take our chances out in the jungle."
"You aren't going anywhere!" proclaimed a strong feminine voice. The flashy appareled Dyna Girl used her ElectraCom to first zap the Dummy's gun away along with the weapons of what remained of the Royal Flush Gang. Then she used the device to form an electric cage around them. "That ought to hold you. And I wouldn't touch those bars, if I were you. They're made of pure electrical energy."
The Joker scratched his chin. "Pure electrical energy you say." The Clown of Crime suddenly reached down and grabbed the Dummy by the waist, spun and threw the ventriloquist doll through the electric bars with all his maddening might. Dyna Girl, not expecting anyone of being able to pass through her cage, was caught totally off guard. The resounding clunk when their heads met knocked out the young heroine.
The Dummy stood up and twisted his head back to the correct position. Only then did he notice the striped smoking scorch marks on his suit. "Geez, do you know how hard it is to get an Armani suit in my size? But, you guessed right, Joker. I could pass through the bars without being harmed or killed. But how did you know that?"
The Joker laughed as the cage came down. "But I didn't. It just seemed like the thing to do at the time."
The Jack and Ten of Clubs edged over toward their flying playing card platforms after retrieving their weapons. There was a saying that had been spreading around the super-villains that working with the Joker could prove to be more dangerous to them than fighting their enemies. They believed it now and wanted nothing more than to put some distance between them and the mad clown. And even then, when every instinct told them to run, they looked back to their longtime leader, Prof. Fortune.
"That's more favorable," commented Prof. Fortune. "Now we have a hostage."
"Hostages do increase our chances of success significantly." Tharok, leader of the Fatal Five, walked over with Mano, who was also a member of said group. Both villains had come from the 30th Century. Tharok had once had the left side of his body destroyed. Surgeons created and fused a robotic form modeled after his body, thereby boosting his strength and his intellect. Mano was the mutated product of his planet's polluted environment, for in the palm of his hand was a small disc that whatever he touched it against was disintegrated. He also wore a shadowy dome over his head that mimicked the poisonous atmosphere of his homeworld. Behind them were the bound forms of the eighth Incarnation of the Doctor and his companion Dr. Grace Holloway being pushed along by Terrus and Esper Lass of the Legion of Super-Villains.
The Doctor was clearly frustrated. "You are doing the Borg's work for them. Our best chance of beating them is by not fighting each other, but to join forces against the Borg before they grow too powerful to stop."
Terrus laughed. "This from one of the groups that attacked us as soon as you arrived."
"Actually," said the Doctor, "if you remember correctly, it was the Master that had you attack us."
"This discussion is moot." Tharok turned to the Doctor. "I estimate that you have more influence over your comrades than your companion. Tell them to cease all hostilities or the two women die."
"Do you really think they would trust you?" said the Time Lord.
The Joker giggled as he tugged up on Dyna Girl's cheeks so that it looked like she was smiling. "Well, we could always kill them now and then just say you were being unreasonable."
"Not if we have anything to say about it!"
Coming toward them was a short man and two young women wearing costumes.
Mano stepped between the newcomers and the three prisoners. "By all means, if you wish to die, keep coming forward."
The short man nodded to one of the young ladies and she continued on.
As Shadowcat neared her target she suddenly leaped for the two women. Mano reached out to touch her, but his deadly hand just passed through her. Shadowcat then grabbed a hold of Dr. Holloway and Dyna Girl and phased them so that they could not be touched either. She couldn't phase that much extra mass for long, but then again Wolverine's fights rarely lasted very long.
"She must be from Bgztl like Phantom Girl. She can't be touched," complained Mano, referring to one of the members of the Legion of Super-Heroes he fought back in the 30th Century.
"Let's rumble!" Wolverine leaped through the air, lashing out with his claws, cutting off Tharok's robot arm and leg, freeing the Doctor and leaving Tharok awkwardly crippled. The Joker ducked backwards while smiling insanely; Wolverine followed.
"You know, there are better ways to reach out and touch someone," teased the Joker.
Wolverine growled as the large frame of the Ace of Clubs came to face him. "I prefer claws." He leaped forward, slashing without restraint since his nose informed him that the Ace of Clubs was an android.
"I always preferred to convey my message with flowers myself." The artificial boutonnière on his purple jacket sprayed acid onto Wolverine and the Ace of Clubs. The already damaged android sparked and sputtered in its finality, but Wolverine writhed in anguish.
The Joker's piercing laugh was cut off when Rogue grabbed his head from behind with her two bare hands. They collapsed as Rogue used her mutant powers to absorb the memories of the disturbed Clown of Crime.
Terrus and Mano moved in on Wolverine. Growling, Wolverine threw one of Ace's severed android arms at Mano who instinctively disintegrated it with his hand. Wolverine rushed Terrus, Mano moved in to tap and disintegrate Wolverine with his palm, but the feral mutant expected that and rolled and lashed out, cutting off Mano's deadly hand at the wrist. Manos screamed in pain and shock while Terrus took off and ran into a Borg drone that assimilated him.
Esper Lass kneeled in front of Shadowcat, who still held the other two women in phase with her. They locked eyes. "So you can't be touched?" She smiled. "Then it's a good thing my powers don't have anything to do with touching." Mentally she reached out to grab the teenager's mind. Shadowcat gritted her teeth and resisted the telepathic assault with all the defenses Prof. X had taught her.
Esper Lass frowned; she had expected an easy victory over this child, but now she realized it was going to be more of a feat. "Mark my words, child, I will crush you."
"No, you won't." The Doctor stood just behind the three women.
Esper Lass laughed and then she lashed out to assault the Doctor's mind. The Time Lord staggered slightly but stood his ground. The evil mentalist probed hard and deep into the Doctor's mind only to realize the trap too late. Her mind was stuck like a fly in amber. She frantically pulled but the Doctor just held on, letting her weaken. And then when she was pulling with all her might, he let go causing her powers to backlash and render her into a light coma.
The Doctor staggered and fell to his knees. "Telepaths can be so draining."
"Tell me about it." Shadowcat relaxed phasing herself and the two women. Sitting down in a relaxed place she started a breathing exercise that Prof. X had taught her to relieve the pain that a telepath can cause. She kept her eyes on the battle around them so that if they were in any danger, she could phase herself and the others. "My frontal lobe feels fried."
Dr. Grace Holloway put a hand on Shadowcat's shoulder. "Thank you," was all she could think to say.
Blocking the energy blade of the Jack of Clubs with his claws was not easy by any means. The contact of the energy blade to Wolverine's adamantium claws sent waves of electrical pain throughout his metal skeleton. Ten of Clubs fired her projectile weapon that shot razor sharp miniature club-like symbols which mostly just pierced Wolverine's skin before bouncing off his adamantium skeleton. Two of the sharp clubs ricocheted back to the Jack of Club's side making him cry out for her to stop until he way clear.
Wolverine lashed out again with his other hand, damaging the hilt of the weapon and cutting off most of the Jack of Clubs' thumb. The Ten of Clubs aimed for Wolverine's legs cutting some of his tendons in order for her and the Jack of Clubs to have a chance to get to their flying card platforms. Professor Fortune was already hovering high above and shooting more of the razor-sharp clubs so the others could get away. He didn't want to lose anyone else in the Royal Flush Gang. He may not have shown it, but losing the King and Queen of Clubs, both friends of his since childhood, had been very hard for him since he had been the one to get his old friends to form the Royal Flush Gang in the first place.
Unable to pursue the Royal Flush Gang until the tendons in his leg healed, Wolverine used his claws to bat away the annoying club symbols until they flew away to engage someone less lethal with their blows.
In an unpleasant mood, Wolverine glanced around. Mano had passed out due to blood loss. He determined to put on a tourniquet later if he had time, but not because he wanted to; he just knew Professor X would bawl him out if he didn't. Tharok was scowling angrily resenting having to scramble awkwardly on the ground due to his partially chopped off prosthetic arm and leg. Shadowcat had one of the Doctors and two women under her protection, so he didn't bother with them. What did catch Wolverine's eye was Rogue kneeling over the Joker and going through his pockets.
"Rogue, darlin', whatcha doing?"
Rogue turned to reveal a fright. Her face was pale and her hair dark green, but it was her wide-eyed maniacal grin that told him that she was not in control of her possession of the Joker's mind.
She snapped out a gun that she had retrieved off the Joker. "Ha ha ha ha! Time to put down the rabid mutant!" But instead of a bullet, a small red flag on a short stick popped that had the word 'BANG' on it. "Oopse," she said. "Don't you just hate it when that happens? And don't say it doesn't happen to you because studies have proven that it is more common than you think."
"C'mon, Rogue, take control of this joker."
"Oh, you've heard of me! Must be a fan. So here's a souvenir for you." The Rogue / Joker fired the gun again. This time the flag of the stick was fired and impaled Wolverine in the stomach. "Now I don't want to find out that you just turned around and sold that on EBay; because that's just tacky."
Wolverine sheathed his claws, grabbed the shaft in his gut and yanked it out with a grunt of pain. "Sorry about this, darlin'." He closed the distance between them, blocked her arm that held the lethal electrical joy buzzer and hit her squarely on the jaw. Rogue / Joker spun around and collapsed on the ground senseless.
He just noticed something behind him when an explosion occurred blasting him head over heels forward. Shaking his head to clear the stars in his eyes, Wolverine glanced back at the small crater. The Dummy was here and there blown to pieces, but near his torso was the severed hand of Mano. Wolverine quickly realized that the wooden villain had tried to kill him by touching him with the deadly disc in Mano's palm.
He didn't have to wait long for his 'rescuer' to reveal himself. The Rogue Yautja stood there in the open with the clear intent to let Wolverine have a chance to evaluate him before they closed for combat. Wolverine noted the twin wrist blades the alien had, as well as the spear-like weapon and a large axe. It was the net-like bag connected to its belt that drew his attention, the rogue Yautja had a collection of heads: the partially polished skull of the bounty hunter Zuckuss, the skull and vertebra of the Persuader as well as his atomic axe, and just on top of those was the newly acquired head of Kai, the undead Divine Assassin that Wolverine had gone against when under Kang the Conqueror's control. His eyes couldn't help but follow those in the bag when the alien tossed them onto the ground.
"Wolverine?"
"I got it, darling," he said to Shadowcat.
"You might want to rethink this," spoke the Doctor. "That's a Yautja hunter. It is their custom to hunt the most dangerous prey they can find in the universe, sentient and non-sentient alike. Plus, they are very formidable with or without their weapons."
"Well then, I'd hate to disappoint him because I'm the best at what I do, and what I do best isn't very nice."
"Let's rumble!" came the eerie recording of one of Wolverine's statements. The Rogue hunter jammed his spear and the Persuader's axe into the ground, extending his twin wrist blades for the fight. The Rogue had been impressed with what he saw of Wolverine's fights. He was more impressed when his internal sensors indicated the strong alloy over Wolverine's bones and claws. He'd never heard of anyone collecting a trophy with a metal skeleton. And that was why he didn't allow the Dummy to kill Wolverine; he wanted the honor of doing it himself.
They clashed together, both surprised that they had not immediately cut through the others weapon, but instead causing sparks to fly about. They each scored minor wounds on the other, but when the Rogue hunter realized that Wolverine's wounds were already healing, he brutally batted the mutant away and leapt for his other weapons.
Wolverine grinned. He loved a good fight. "What's the matter, sport? You can dish it out, but you can't take it?"
The Rogue Yautji bellowed another challenge as he gripped hard to the Persuader's long handled axe.
"Your funeral, bub."
The Rogue Yautji lashed out with the axe, Wolverine blocked with his left hand claws only to have them cut down by two-thirds their length as well as clip him in the chin. The short mutant ducked the next swing and grabbed two of his adamantium claws off the ground that had been severed before jumping back. He used the two claws as darts making the Rogue hunter go on the defensive while Wolverine ducked and rolled into the strike zone and slash the axe's handle with the claws of his right hand cutting it in two.
Furious, the Rogue hunter jumped up high and fired his netgun. Wolverine found himself suddenly thrust to the ground by the mesh netting. Before he could squirm to a better position, the netting began to constrict, cutting into his flesh. "Bub, you are definitely starting to piss me off!"
His right arm was pinned underneath him but by using what remained of his claws of his left hand he started to cut his way free. Unfortunately, the Rogue Jautji was right on top of him with his spear and thrust it into his chest, only to find it blocked by Wolverine's unbreakable adamantium ribs. Wolverine, realizing the alien wasn't going to make that mistake again, looked for some kind of weapon. As his left hand came free, he spotted what he needed. Quickly reaching over, he grabbed Mano's severed hand and pressed its palm against the Rogue Yautji's leg. The Rogue hunter barely had time to scream before he disintegrated into nothingness.
"Wolverine!" Shadowcat hurried over, took his hand, and phased him to get him out of the constricting netting.
"Thanks, darlin'," he said, trying not to stagger.
"You've lost a lot of blood."
"It's ok. Been through worse."
"I would have come sooner but some idiot that called himself the Shadow Thief had attacked us. He's kind of untouchable like me."
"Any problem taking him down?" He could see that the Doctor's friend, Dr. Holloway, was busy putting a tourniquet on the stump of what remained of Mano's arm.
"Not really. Once he realized I could touch him and that I don't fight like your typical girl, he took off."
"I told you training with me would help." Wolverine picked up his severed claws hoping that he'd find someone to reattach them later. Somehow, he didn't think super glue would work very well on his claws. He held onto Mano's hand as well, thinking it could be useful to get rid of the smelly garbage back home instead of waiting for the trash collectors to get it at the end of the week. That and any pesky mutant-killing Sentinel robots that came by.
He was startled for the moment when Kai's headless body walked over, retrieved his head out of the assortment in the bag, and then placed it on the stump of his neck where it belonged. To Wolverine's amazement, the head and body healed together in just a few seconds. "Well, now I know how people feel when I heal in front of them."
In the distance and above the din of people fighting, he could hear Rygel give a war cry as he encountered Star Sapphire above the battlefield. "Give her hell, bub."
To be Continued!
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Original AuThOr'S NoTeS: 4/30/2009
Hope everyone loved my mega large crossover battle. I love big crossover battles, but I can't find many to read so I write my own.
Now the Green Lantern power ring that Rygel found was actually an item that had belonged to Green Lantern's evil counterpart Power Ring from Earth-3 who some may remember I had the Borg kill in a previous chapter right before Star Sapphire and Emerald Empress fought over it and it was lost on the battlefield.
As for Prof. X forcing Black Adam to say 'Shazam!', it just made sense that he would do something like that since he always tried to use his powers to get his stepbrother, the Juggernaut to surrender peacefully.
I wanted Elastigirl and Invisible Woman to meet and discuss more things, but there is only so much you can say when people all around you are fighting for their lives. I did enjoy the Harmony asking to become the apprentice of Mina Harker of the movie version of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
I managed to get the first part of my 'Megatron Returns' inner story arc done. And man is he pissed at the Master. First his body is destroyed, then he had to jump into multiple pieces of machinery – Spock's tricorder, the bounty hunter 4-LOM, a terminator, until finally taking over Starscream's body – only to learn that over half his Decepticons had been destroyed or taken over by the Borg.
Now there have been a couple of K-9 robots in the DOCTOR WHO series, one of which he gave to Sarah Jane Smith.
I was glad to figure out how I wanted to use the Joker. Rogue had no chance when she absorbed his mind. And as for Wolverine, I just want to point out that the Persuader's axe is said to be able to cut electrons in half, even the fabric of reality. Nothing is able to withstand it for long. Not even Wolverine's claws. Not even a force field.
ChArAcTeR InDeX FoR ThE ChApTeR:
Ace of Clubs of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #204 (1982)
Amazo of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Brave and the Bold #30 (1960)
Angel / Worthington III, Warren (Ben Foster) – from the movie X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (mentioned only)
Angel / Angelus / Liam (David Boreanaz) – from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Angel (1999-2004)
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man of Earth-1 / Larsen, Dr. Sven – from DC Comics Doom Patrol #89 (1964)
Baron Blitzkrieg of Earth-2 / Reiter – from DC Comics World's Finest Comics #246 (1977)
Baroness (voiced by Morgan Lofting) – from the cartoon G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983), G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (1984), G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986), G.I. Joe (1985-1986), G.I. Joe (1990-1992)
Bizarro of Earth-1 (voiced by William Callaway) – from the cartoon Challenge of the Super-Friends (1978), Super Friends (1980-1981), from DC Comics Action Comics #254 (1959)
Black Adam of Earth-S / Teth-Adam / Adam, Theo (voiced by Lou Scheimer) – from the cartoon The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981-1982), from Fawcett Comics The Marvel Family #1 (1945)
Blitzwing (voiced by Ed Gilbert) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Bonecrusher (voiced by Neil Ross) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Borg – from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Captain America / Rogers, Steve (Chris Evans) – from the movies Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Cavalier / Eric (voiced by Don Most) – from the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons (1983-1985)
Chameleon Chief of Earth-1 / Tannuz, Jall – from DC Comics Superboy #208 (1975)
Cheetara (voiced by Lynne Lipton) – from the cartoon ThunderCats (1985-1989)
Clayface of Earth-1 / Hagen, Matthew (voiced by Lou Scheimer) – from the cartoon The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Tarzan and the Super 7 'Batman' (1978), from DC Comics Detective Comics #298 (1961)
The Commander / Stronghold, Steve (Kurt Russell) – from the movie Sky High (2005)
Cybermen – from the TV series Doctor Who
Dash / Parr, Dashiell 'Dash' (voiced by Spencer Fox) – from the movie The Incredibles (2004) (mentioned only)
Deathstroke the Terminator of Earth-1 / Wilson, Slade – from DC Comics New Teen Titans #2 (1980)
Dengar (Morris Bush) – from the movie Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (mentioned only)
Destro (voiced by Arthur Burghardt) – from the cartoon G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983), G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (1984), G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986), G.I. Joe (1985-1986)
Devastator (Bonecrusher, Hook, Long Haul, Mixmaster, Scavenger, Scrapper) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1985-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Doctor, The 7th / Professor, The (Sylvester McCoy) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1987-1989)
Doctor, The 8th (Paul McGann) – from the TV movie Doctor Who (1996)
Dummy of Earth-2 – from DC Comics Leading Comics #1 (1941)
Dyna Girl / Judy (Judy Strangis) – from the TV series The Krofft Supershow 'Electra Woman and Dyna Girl' (1976)
Elastigirl / Parr, Helen (voiced by Holly Hunter) – from the movie The Incredibles (2004)
Emerald Empress of Earth-1 / Sarya– from DC Comics Adventure Comics #352 (1967)
Enik, the Altrusian (Walker Edmiston) – from the TV series Land of the Lost (1974-1976)
Esper Lass of Earth-1 / Ulnoor, Meta – from DC Comics Superboy #212 (1975)
Faust, Felix, of Earth-1 (voiced by Peter Cullen) – from the cartoon The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, from DC Comics Justice League of America #10 (1962)
Floronic Man of Earth-1 / Plant Master / Woodrue, Jason – from DC Comics Atom #1 (1962)
Foot Ninja clan – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Fortune, Prof. Amos, of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #6 (1961)
Giant Man / Wilson, Ron (Kevin Heffernan) – from the movie Sky High (2005)
Giganta of Earth-1 / Zuel, Dr. Doriz (voiced by Ruth Forman) – from the cartoon Challenge of the Super-Friends, from DC Comics Wonder Woman #9 (1944)
Green Lantern of Earth-2 / Scott, Alan – from DC Comics All-American Comics #16 (1940) (mentioned only)
Grundy, Solomon, of Earth-1 / Gold, Cyrus (voiced by Jimmy Weldon) – from the cartoon Challenge of the Super-Friends (1978), Super Friends (1983), from DC Comics Superman #319 (1978)
Hammond, Hector, of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Green Lantern #5 (1961)
Harker, Mina (Peta Wilson) – from the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Hawkes, Lt. Cooper (Rodney Rowland) – from the TV series Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996)
Holloway, Dr. Grace (Daphne Ashbrook) – from the TV movie Doctor Who (1996)
Holloway, Marsha (Courteney Cox Arquette) – from the movie Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)
Hook (voiced by Neil Ross) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Hulk / Banner, Bruce (Eric Bana) – from the movie Hulk (2003) – (Edward Norton) – from the movie The Incredible Hulk (2008) – (Mark Ruffalo) – from the movies The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) (mentioned only)
Human Torch / Storm, Johnny (Chris Evans) – from the movies Fantastic Four (2005), 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Hunt, Capt. Dylan (Kevin Sorbo) – from the TV series Andromeda (2000-2005)
Iceman / Drake, Bobby (Shawn Ashmore) – from the movies X-Men (2000), X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Invisible Girl / Parr, Violet (voiced by Sarah Vowell) – from the movie The Incredibles (2004) (mentioned only)
Invisible Woman / Storm, Sue (Jessica Alba) – from the movies Fantastic Four (2005), 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Iron Man / Stark, Tony (Robert Downey, Jr.) – from the movies Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Jack of Clubs of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #6 (1961)
Jack the Ripper – Historical person (mentioned only)
The Joker of Earth-1 (voiced by Larry Storch) – from the cartoon The Batman/Superman Hour (1968-1969), The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), (voiced by Lennie Weinrib) – The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Tarzan and the Super 7 'Batman' (1978), (voiced by Frank Welker) – The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985), from DC Comics Batman #1 (1940)
K-9 (voiced by John Leeson) – from the TV series The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011)
Kai (Michael McManus) – from the TV series Lexx (1997-2002)
Kang the Conqueror – from Marvel Comics Avengers #8 (1964) (mentioned only)
Kendall, Harmony (Mercedes McNab) – from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2001), Angel (2001-2004)
King of Clubs of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #6 (1961) (mentioned only)
Kra, King of the Robots of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Challengers of the Unknown #8 (1959)
Krang (voiced by Pat Fraley) – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996) (mentioned only)
Lion-O (voiced by Larry Kenney) – from the cartoon ThunderCats (1985-1989)
Long Haul (voiced by Gregg Berger) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1986)
The Luggage – from the book The Colour of Magic (1983) by Terry Pratchett, of the Discworld series
Major Disaster of Earth-1 / Booker, Paul – from DC Comics Green Lantern #43 (1966)
Mano of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Adventure Comics #352 (1967)
Martok, General (J.G. Hertzler) – from the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995-1999)
The Master – from the TV series Doctor Who (mentioned only)
McQueen, Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' – from the TV series Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996)
Megatron (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Metallo of Earth-1 / Corben, Roger – from DC Comics Superman #310 (1977)
Mister Atom of Earth-S – from the cartoon The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981-1982), from Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel Adventures #78 (1947)
Mister Fantastic / Richards, Reed (Ioan Gruffudd) – from the movies Fantastic Four (2005), 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Mister Furious (Ben Stiller) – from the movie Mystery Men (1999)
Mister Incredible / Parr, Bob (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) – from the movie The Incredibles (2004)
Mixmaster (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Multi-Man of Earth-1 / Pramble, Duncan – from DC Comics Challengers of the Unknown #14 (1960)
Ocean Master of Earth-1 / Marius, Orm – from DC Comics Aquaman #29 (1966)
Osbourne, Daniel 'Oz' (Seth Green) – from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2000)
Penguin of Earth-1 / Cobblepot, Oswald Chesterfield (voiced by Ted Knight) – from the cartoon The Batman/Superman Hour (1968), (voiced by Lennie Weinrib) – from the cartoon The New Adventures of Batman (1977), (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985), from DC Comics Detective Comics #58 (1941)
Persuader of Earth-1 / Ti, Nyeun Chun – from DC Comics Adventure Comics #352 (1967) (mentioned only)
Phantom Girl / Wazzo, Tinya – from DC Comics Action Comics #276 (1961) (mentioned only)
Power Ring of Earth-3 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #29 (1964)
Professor X / Xavier, Prof. Charles (Patrick Stewart) – from the movie X-Men (2000), X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Queen of Clubs of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #6 (1961) (mentioned only)
Radiation Roy of Earth-1 / Travich, Roy – from DC Comics Adventure Comics #320 (1964)
Radioactive Man / Lu, Chen – from Marvel Comics Journey into Mystery #93 (1963) (mentioned only)
Rag Doll of Earth-2 / Merkel, Peter – from DC Comics Flash Comics #36 (1942)
Ravage (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1986), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Rincewind – from the book The Colour of Magic (1983) by Terry Pratchett, of the Discworld series; (David Jason) – from the movie The Color of Magic (2008)
Rogue / Marie (Anna Paquin) – from the movies X-Men (2000), X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Ron-Karr of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Adventure Comics #314 (1963)
Rumble (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1986), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Rygel XVI, Dominar (Jonathan Hardy) – from the TV series Farscape (1999-2003)
Sabbac of Earth-S / Karnes, Timothy – from the cartoon The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981-1982), from Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel, Jr. #4 (1943)
Scavenger (Don Messick) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Scrapper (Michael Bell) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Scumbug (voiced by Pat Fraley) – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Shadowcat / Pryde, Kitty (Katie Stuart) – from the movies X-Men (2000), X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Shredder (voiced by James Avery) – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Sinbad (Zen Gesner) – from the TV series The Adventures of Sinbad (1996-1998)
Skeletor (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – from the cartoon from the cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985), She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985)
Sleestak / Altrusians – from the TV series Land of the Lost (1974-1976)
Slimer – from the movie Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989)
Smith, Sarah Jane (Elizabeth Sladen) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1973-1976), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011)
Soundwave (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
The Sphinx (Wes Studi) – from the movie Mystery Men (1999)
Spider Girl of Earth-1 / Paka, Sussa – from DC Comics Adventure Comics #310 (1963)
Star Sapphire of Earth-1 / Remoni-Norta / Darnell, Deborah Camille – from DC Comics The Secret Society of Super-Villains #1 (1976)
Starscream (voiced by Chris Latta) – from the cartoon The Transformers (1984-1987), the movie The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Static Shock (voiced by Phil LaMarr) – from the cartoon Static Shock (2000-2004)
Stay-Puff – from the movie Ghostbusters (1984) (mentioned only)
Storm / Munroe, Ororo (Halle Berry) – from the movies X-Men (2000), X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Superman of Earth-1 / Kent, Clark / Kal-El (voiced by Bud Collyer) – from the cartoon The New Adventures of Superman (1966-1970), The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967-1968), Aquaman (1968), The Batman/Superman Hour (1968-1969), (voiced by Danny Dark) – Super Friends (1973-1977), The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977-1978), Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978), The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979), Super Friends (1980-1983), SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984), The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985), from DC Comics More Fun Comics #101 (1945) (mentioned only)
Tam, River (Summer Glau) – from the TV series Firefly (2002-2003)
Tempestra (voiced by Gaille Heideman) – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Ten of Clubs of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #6 (1961)
Terra-Man of Earth-1 / Manning, Toby – from DC Comics Superman #249 (1972) (mentioned only)
Terrus of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes #2 (1984)
Tharok of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Adventure Comics #352 (1967)
Thing / Grimm, Ben (Michael Chiklis) – from the movies Fantastic Four (2005), 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Toyman II of Earth-1 / Nimball, Jack (voiced by Frank Welker) – from the cartoon Challenge of the Super-Friends (1978), from DC Comics Action Comics #432 (1974)
Tri-Klops (voiced by Lou Scheimer) – from the cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1984), She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985)
Ultra-Humanite of Earth-2 / Shugel, Gerald – from DC Comics Action Comics #13 (1939)
Ultraman of Earth-3 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #29 (1964)
Unicorn / Masaryk, Milos – from Marvel Comics Tales of Suspense #56 (1964) (mentioned only)
Vampirella – from Warren Vampirella #1 (1969) (mentioned only)
Vansen, Capt. Shane (Kristen Cloke) – from the TV series Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996)
Volcano Man of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Challengers of the Unknown #27 (1962)
Voltron – from the cartoon Voltron (1984-1986)
Wang, Lt. Paul (Joel de la Fuente) – from the TV series Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996)
Wasp / van Dyne, Hope (Evangeline Lilly) – from the movies Ant-Man (2015)
Weather Wizard of Earth-1 / Mardon, Mark – from DC Comics Flash #110 (1960)
WilyKat (voiced by Peter Newman) – from the cartoon ThunderCats (1985-1989)
WilyKit (voiced by Lynne Lipton) – from the cartoon ThunderCats (1985-1989)
Wolverine / Logan / Howlett, James (Hugh Jackman) – from the movie X-Men (2000), X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), The Wolverine (2013)
Yautja – from the movie Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (2004), Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Predators (2010)
Zok (voiced by Mike Road) – from the cartoon The Herculoids (1967-1969), Space Stars 'The Herculoids' (1981)
Zuckuss (Cathy Munro) – from the movie Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (mentioned only)