A TANGLED WEB Part 8: Endgame
Chapter 29
by Charlie Nelson a.k.a. Ordinaryguy2
Updated: 2-22-20222
The main crossovers in this chapter includes: Alien Legion (1984); DC Comics; DNAgents (1983); Doctor Who (1963-1965); Land of the Lost (1974-1976); Men in Black (1997); Metropolis (1927); Mystery Men (1999); Savage Dragon (1983); Star Trek: The Next Generation; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
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"Clear." Deadshot motioned for the others in his party to cross the intersection next to an exotic park and join him on the other side.
The golden gynoid Mekanique preceded the Time Lord known as the Master with green costumed Captain Nazi following right behind. Trap Jaw and Mantenna, both of whom had served under Skeletor, pushed the two captives along. The Doctor, known as the first incarnation of the being to use that moniker, said nothing, but kept a watchful eye on Trap Jaw and the vice-like grip the villain kept on his granddaughter Susan's arm.
Their venture toward the Gallifreyan palace had so far been without incident as they were able to bypass the few people who were about stealthfully. Once at the castle, they would learn who was the ruling power. If it was the infamous Pythia, after the Master had killed her, he would have to reinvent most of the mechanisms of time-travel himself, which he was prepared to do. But the scenario he hoped for was that Rassilon had already defeated Pythia and had set many of the time principles to use so that all the Master had to do was assume control. That being the case, they made their way toward the palace to sneak in through secret passages that the Master had known to have existed at this time.
"That is far enough," spoke a deep voice from the shadows.
Deadshot whirled and took aim as someone stepped out from the deep shadows produced by some of the larger foliage in the park. A stern looking man walked forward and made an idle gesture towards Deadshot. The costumed assassin fired his wrist-mounted guns only to suddenly become unmoving. Those looking on could even see one of the bullets floating still in the air between the marksman and his target. Even part of the flare from firing his custom-made guns was still in existence as if it were frozen in time, which it was.
Eager to prove his bravado, Captain Nazi flew quickly toward the newcomer only to fall to the ground halfway there and become enveloped in his green uniform. As they others watched, a confused, blonde baby emerged crawling from the clothing and began to wail.
Trap Jaw, using Susan as a shield, was about to use his mechanical arm to shoot the newcomer when he realized that the prosthetic limb had become too heavy to hold up. Loosening his hold on Susan, he fell, hitting the ground hard. "W-what happened? My hip! I think I broke my hip!" Susan, wide-eyed with surprise, backed away from the now very elderly villain lying on the ground reaching out to her for help.
"Who are you?" demanded the Master.
"That doesn't matter to you," answered the man. "What does matter is that you are stopped from acting on this foolish plan of yours to take control of Gallifrey."
The Master bristled in anger and outrage. He held his weapon, the Tissue Compression Eliminator that he used to crush his victims to death, and pointed it at the newcomer. "Who sent you here? Was it the Doctor?" He stole a quick glance to his prisoner, the first incarnation of the Doctor, but his longtime rival seemed as surprised as he was.
The man's smile was cold and confident. "You cannot harm me. I will not permit it."
The Master made to fire his weapon, only to watch in dismay as it crumpled into dust in his hand. "Who are you?" he asked again while shouting this time. "Mekanique, how's he doing this?"
The golden female-shaped android raised her chin before speaking. "He is emitting chronal energies in a manner that I am entirely unfamiliar with."
Behind Mekanique, Mantenna stood with his four legs shaking in fear. "Wh-wh-what do we do, Master? Do we run?"
The Master snarled. "Never! Mekanique! Kill this intruder!"
Mekanique raised and pointed her arm at the newcomer. The man raised his hand in response. A blast of energy from Mekanique's arm went out and struck an invisible shield around the man.
"You are the intruders here; not me," the man said, matter-of-factly.
Mekanique raised her other arm and fired with both. "His shield is redirecting the energy of my blasts to another place in time."
"It is over," stated the man. "Over before it even begins."
"It's over when I say it's over!" spat the evil Time Lord. "Mekanique, blast the pavement in front of him! Shower him with fragmented debris! I don't care what it takes but kill him now!"
The golden female-shaped android raised her chin before speaking. "He is emitting chronal energies in a manner that I am entirely unfamiliar with."
"What is this?" demanded the Master. "What have you done to her?"
The man chuckled. "You call yourself a Time Lord, but you don't even know what has been done in front of you?" He tutted mockingly. "Truly, Gallifrey must have lost much of its greatness by the time you came to be."
The golden female-shaped android raised her chin before speaking. "He is emitting chronal energies in a manner that I am entirely unfamiliar with."
The Master frowned. "You've placed her in a time-loop. She's reliving the same moment over and over again."
"Very good. Slow on the uptake, but still the right answer."
The Master bristled in fury. "Who are you to talk so condescendingly to me?"
The man stood straight and tall. "I am Rassilon, ruler and master of Gallifrey and all it ever shall be."
"Rassilon…" The Master bared his teeth and glared in anger, but said nothing further. His plan could only work if he could have caught the fledgling ruler unawares.
Rassilon, knowing that the Master had given up for now, nodded. "And now that you know you will never succeed it is time for you to go."
A familiar grinding noise filled the air as the familiar shape of the telephone box shaped TARDIS came into view near them. A minute later the doors flung open as six of its occupants hurried out. The robotic K-9 rolled in close and aimed his muzzle weapon at the Master.
Ian Chesterton called out over to the Doctor. "Doctor, is everything all right?"
Susan had flung herself into her 'grandfather's' arms for solace now that they were safe. Both ignored the stooge Mantenna, who was shaking from fear and holding his arms up in surrender.
"Doctor?" Ian called again.
"We're fine. We're just fine," he responded. He watched as Concussion took custody of Mantenna while Invisible Girl first picked up the fussing infant Captain Nazi and then used her superpowers to create an invisible stretcher underneath the elderly Trap Jaw.
"We were on our way to get more help, when you called the TARDIS here," explained Ian. "How did you manage to do that?"
"I didn't," replied the Doctor, who was staring Rassilon.
"What about this fella? I can't seem to budge him." Agent Tom Sawyer tapped the still forms of Deadshot with his knuckles. With a casual flick of Rassilon's wrist, Deadshot collapsed unconscious to the ground like a puppet with his strings cut. "Okay, I guess that works."
"Take this guy in with the others." Frank the Pug trotted around as if he owned the place. "Make sure you get those weapons off his wrists before you tie him up, too. And use the wire; not the rope. There's no reason he should be more comfortable than you were, right?"
With a grunt, Sawyer managed to get Deadshot up with an arm over his neck. "Don't suppose you want to give me a hand?"
The canine-like alien glared. "Funny. Boy, I've never heard that one before," Frank said with heavy sarcasm.
The golden female-shaped android raised her chin before speaking. "He is emitting chronal energies in a manner that I am entirely unfamiliar with."
"What's with the tin lady?" Frank asked. "She on the fritz?"
"She will stay with me," Rassilon spoke up.
"Like hell she will! These bozos all have a date in court, and I-"
"She will stay with him, Agent F," the Doctor said hurriedly, not wanting to leave on a bad note with the most famous, and even more infamous, Time Lord to have ever lived on Gallifrey.
The pug-like dog frowned. "Yeah, well, fine. But you get to explain it to Agent Kay!"
Ian, twisting the Master's arms behind him, forced the prisoner toward the TARDIS. The Master grunted at the indignity of being manhandled by the human but kept his eye on Rassilon until he was forced into the TARDIS. K-9 rolled on after them in order to keep the Master in view.
"Susan, dear, would you be so kind," said the Doctor, "as to let me have a word alone with… our benefactor here?"
"Are you sure, grandfather?"
Her look of concern brought a smile to his face. "Very sure."
Nodding, she bent down to pick up Frank, who started to protest until she began to scratch behind his ears.
The Doctor watched her walk back to the TARDIS before returning his concerns to Rassilon. "How did you know he would be here?"
Rassilon snorted. "By looking into the future and taking the appropriate precautions, of course."
"We are forbidden from looking into our own futures. The ramifications from such-"
Rassilon had heard more than enough. "Do not dare presume to tell me what to do! I know of the dangers which is why I created those very laws! Which is also why I alone am exempt from Gallifreyan laws concerning time!"
"But-"
"Your adventure here is over. You should be more concerned with your return to the battle with the Borg in that little micro-universe you had just come from."
"Yes, well,…" The Doctor hesitated as his mind scrambled over various arguments to present to this legendary Time Lord. "I don't suppose you could give us something that we can use against the Borg?"
For a moment, the Doctor saw a hint of compassion on that stern face. "Absolutely not. I have an agreement with the Q Continuum which forbids them from interfering with Gallifrey and from Time Lords interfering with them."
"I've never heard of such an agreement."
"That is irrelevant."
"You can't possibly be blaming my future incarnations and myself for this fiasco, are you?"
"No." Rassilon pointed into the air right in front of him and a small 3-dimensional holographic image of the Doctor's TARDIS being hit by quantum tunnel cutting through the very fabric of the multiverse. "Your encounter with these so-called 'Sliders' occurred before the entity known as Q involved himself in these matters. Therefore, you and your future incarnations are clear of any implications. And since Q never made a move toward Gallifrey, he is likewise clear of misdoing against us."
Looking down, the Doctor nodded. "Then coming here has changed nothing."
"On the contrary. The Master is your prisoner as well as some of his agents. Plus, you have one of the few vehicles capable of transporting you back to your battlefield. I would say you are ahead of the game."
"Except for the fact that this is no game."
They exchanged hard looks, during which the Doctor could feel a telepathic probe from Rassilon. Breaking away, the Doctor headed for his TARDIS. Neither man spoke another word.
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THE LAND OF THE LOST
Torie Montroc was second-in-command of Force Nomad, and he did his job well. He had initially only joined the Alien Legion as part of a requirement to inherit his family's vast wealth. Only somewhere along the line Force Nomad had become his family and home. A violent, messed up one by any standards, but still it was home.
And now they were returning a debt to the enigmatic being known as the Doctor. The Doctor was an admirable man who was selfless in giving aid to others. Even so, right now, Montroc, sitting with a busted leg and hurt hand, would like to belt him one across the face for bringing him and his team here.
Private Ibrm Vesper lay at his feet trembling as the Borg nano-probes tore their way through his body, his green furry legs kicking feebly. Vesper had been a bit of a religious crusader, but a positive, likable guy.
Next to him was Force Nomad's medic, Meico. Meico was administering an inoculation to Vesper that the Starfleet people had put together to stop the conversion process into a drone.
Meico was from Cho-Ad and had two eyes to either side of his head. There was no visible eyes or mouth, but he had some ESP abilities that were mostly let him know other people's emotions, and with effort he could read their thoughts. His caring nature helped to make him a good medic, as did his four arms.
Montroc covered them the best he could by firing on the drones coming their way.
Further away, Montroc could see Private Badj being led away to be converted into a drone. Badj was an invertebrate, but not of a quick species, so was easily captured by the Borg. And there was nothing Montroc could do about it at the moment.
Glancing to his left, he could see Tamara helping a reluctant Neebo Brodix from his downed battlesuit. Brodix was of the Zor who had been initially denied entrance into military combat units due to small stature and lack of functioning legs. Not letting that stand in their way, they created battlesuits so they could fight as well as anyone else. The only problem here was that the battlesuit's metal and technology seemed to draw the Borg. Tamara soon had Brodix free, and she carried the angry Zor to a safer location while also handing him one of her smaller HEL guns.
Montroc spotted Captain Sarigar, the leader of Force Nomad, battling a large drone. Sarigar was a native of Jentek, and his race genetically engineered as a slave stock. The top half of their bodies were humanoid, but the bottom half was that of a long snake. Sarigar was smart, loyal and one of the best fighters Montroc had ever seen. The drone Sarigar was fighting surprised Montroc because despite its muscular humanoid body, it had the head of an anthropomorphic pink rabbit.
Almost crashing into them was Private Spellik, a short, blue gelatos being of unknown origin. The government hadn't known what to do with Spellik since they couldn't even communicate with him, so they tossed him into the legion. And so far, he has proved to be obedient as well as indestructible. Currently, Spellik was wrestling with an unprocessed drone of a Human male with a Flaming Carrot for a head.
The three Iks were Tyoians who Jugger had nicknamed Mik, Ric & Nik, because their species didn't use names because individuality was an unknown concept due to their having telepathic communication with each other, were climbing the skeleton of a large dinosaur while shooting at something that Montroc couldn't see. They were small and seemed to look like an armadillo, but they were good at getting into places and were devoted to Jugger for reasons that no one have figured out.
A string of loud suggestively anatomical impossibilities and curses came from behind the skeleton of a large dinosaur. There was only one person that he knew that could keep up such crass talk while fighting for his life. And that was Private Jugger Grimrod.
The three Iks leapt away as Jugger and someone else crashed through the skeleton. Since the massively muscular green drone with the fin on his head had no left arm, Montroc immediately supposed that Jugger had used his highly illegal molecule thin Molly-wire to slice off his opponent's technological prosthetic, thereby 'unarming' him.
Tonk Or'Molloe, an Eebreem who grew up on a heavy-gravity planet, charged through what remained of the dino bones, scattering and shattering them. In his arms was a muscular Human drone, who he used as a battering ram against the drone with the fin on his head. Jugger just managed to get clear.
Montroc spotted a ferret approaching him quickly from the side. Not trusting anything at the moment, he aimed his HEL gun with his good hand at it. The ferret stopped and then changed shape into that of a small whitehaired boy. "Can you get him to stop? He's going to hurt my friend!"
"Your friend? The guy with the fin on his head?"
"No, not the Savage Dragon, though I do know him, we aren't friends. Just acquaintances. I mean Tank! The one the big green guy is bashing!"
"Who are you, kid?"
"I'm Sham. I'm a shapeshifter. My friends and I are part of a team called DNAgents. We found this place while searching for some bad guys. Those guys calling themselves took Amber, Surge, Crossfire and Tank away. I had to get Rainbow to safety."
There was a blaze of electrical activity. Sham extended himself up high and modified his eyes like a telescope. "Looks like the Borg have completed working on Surge, too. He's fighting some whitehaired electrical guy out there! You have to help me! Please, these are the only family I have!"
Montroc considered. "Kid, can't you just shapeshift into something like that Savage Dragon guy and free them yourself?"
Sham frowned. "I've never tried something like that."
"Then try already. You could be the best chance they have of being saved."
Sham grimaced. He didn't like pressure. "If I am able, can you get your team to help?"
"I'll try if you'll try."
Sham took a step back and started to change. In moments Sham now looked just like the Savage Dragon."
"You should maybe not look like him as a drone."
"Oh yeah!" Sham made the adjustments.
"When you change, are you still as strong as you were before are you able to make yourself as strong as the Dragon fellow?"
"Huh, I don't know that I have ever tried that." Sham concentrated on his form again. "I guess I will… Oh no."
Montroc scanned the fighting but couldn't see what Sham was reacting to. "What is it?"
"Him." He pointed to a man on all fours running toward the fighting. It was a blond man with a red shirt, and he was barking. "Badger."
"Is he a friend of yours?"
"No. But I think he followed us here. He's also crazy."
"Can he fight?"
"That is what he does best. Besides being crazy."
"Then, as long as he's on our side, he's welcome to join… Is he biting that drone's butt?"
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Dr. Liz Shaw tried ignoring the melee around her as she sewed the gunshot wound in Captain Mike Yates shoulder closed. She had been pleased to note that when extracting the bullet, during which he had fortunately passed out, that the bullet had just missed nicking the top of one of his lungs, so now all she had to worry about was to keep him from bleeding to death or getting an infection.
"Is that it then? Is he going to live?" asked Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
"He should," she said as she attempted to tie off the stitches. "That is as long as he doesn't get shot again while we are in this battle zone. Can you hand me that bandage?" She indicated her medical kit that she had taken off one of the fallen medics that had been serving in the UNIT under the brigadier.
The brigadier ducked below the rocks and log that he was using for cover before pushing aside a few items in the bag to get one of the sealed bandages. "The Doctor sure got us into a sticky wicket this time."
She tore open the small envelope that contained the gauze bandage with her teeth, something she would have never done in a hospital. "Considering what he told us was at stake, could we have really dared to turn him down?"
"Of course not," he responded with more than a hint of annoyance. "I always knew he was keeping quite a bit from us, but nothing to this extent." He ducked down lower as an explosion went off nearby. Dr. Shaw automatically leaned over Captain Yates to cover his unconscious form with her own body. When the dust had mostly settled, she leaned up again, careful to not brush the dust onto Captain Yates.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart glanced over the rocks again only to duck as something flew past him. "Damn those ninjas!" He fired off a volley at the leaping Foot Ninjas but was only more frustrated when he realized that he hadn't hit any of them.
Both of them prepared for a fight as two people jumped down into the hole beside them.
"Mr. Furious sent us to help you out over here," said an enthusiastic young African American male.
The brigadier looked over their brightly colored costumes. "You're some of those extraordinary chaps with unusual abilities, yeah?"
"That's us!" said the other fellow, a white man with a pale, blemished complexion and greasy hair.
"Ha! Perfect timing! The ninjas are just about to overrun this position!" The brigadier took a moment to fire on the ninjas again.
"Ninjas?" The clammy pale man froze, a look of uncertainty passed over his face. "I thought by volunteering to come over here we were getting away from the ninjas."
"We can do this!" insisted the younger man, who gripped his friend's arm.
"We can?"
"You aim and I'll pull." He made a quick pulling motion with his hand. "Besides, now that we're here we don't really have a choice but to fight."
"There is always surrender," the pale man suggested.
The younger man shook his head. "They'd kill us anyway. So we should fight. Even if it is to the bitter end."
The pale man nodded, picking up some of the younger man's resolve. "Well, we might as well see how many we can take down before they get us."
"What are you going to do?" asked Dr. Shaw. "You don't seem to have any weapons on you."
The pale, pimply man tried to give her a steely look. "Ma'am, my body is a weapon." He turned to his young black companion. "Are you ready, Invisible Boy?"
The Invisible Boy had glanced over the barrier. "The nearest targets are at five o'clock and seven and a half, Spleen. Both roughly forty-five feet away and closing."
Hunched over, the Spleen hurried and put his back against the wall. Grabbing a handful of dirt off the ground, he let it gently sprinkle back to the ground while he looked to confirm the wind direction. Satisfied, he nodded to his friend and held out a finger. "On three, okay?"
"What are you going to do?" asked Dr. Shaw.
"One."
"It's okay, we're professionals," Invisible Boy said with a grin.
"Two."
"He's not even facing the right way," she emphasized with a look of dismay.
"Three!"
The man calling himself the Spleen stood partially up and pointed his butt out into the battlefield. Before Dr. Shaw could comprehend what he might be doing, Invisible Boy pulled his friend's finger and a great gust of wind burst silently from the older man's butt cheeks, first at one ninja and then at another. To her amazement, both oncoming ninjas staggered for a brief moment before collapsing to the ground as though dead, twitching spasmodically from time to time.
"Did he just…?" Dr. Shaw began while Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart openly gapped.
"I was cursed by an old gypsy woman when I was a teenager," explained the Spleen with a grin.
"They're rallying!" interrupted Invisible Boy with a yell.
The Spleen moved into place again taking aim with his rear.
"They won't fall for that again," the brigadier said with a calculated tone. "The rest of the rats will be holding their collective breathes."
Guessing that the brigadier had an idea, the Spleen asked, "What do you suggest?"
The brigadier's face took on a mean grin. "Give them another bout of your super-flatulence and when they get closer, I'll give them what for," he answered while digging rapidly through his pockets.
The Spleen looked to Invisible Boy who shrugged not knowing what the military man had in mind either. The Spleen took position again while Invisible Boy repeated the finger-tugging procedure.
"It's not working!" called out Dr. Shaw, who risked spying on their attackers. "They're still coming!"
"Let them come to their doom," responded the brigadier as he brandished a cigarette lighter. Leaning over, he easily lit the toxic, highly flammable air which produced a fifty-foot fireball straight at their attackers. The Spleen, startled by the flare, produced an extra burst of flatulence that extended it another fifteen feet.
Three of the Foot ninjas had been engulfed by the sudden flames, setting their clothes on fire. They had sense enough to drop to the ground and roll to try get the flames out, but Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart quickly shot them down, putting them out of their misery. The last smoldering ninja hurried away as Invisible Boy let out a cheer.
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Elsewhere on the field of battle, the bad guys were proving to be more formidable than the heroes. The super-strong Neanderthal King Kull, longtime foe of the Captain Marvel Family, had managed to knock out the X-Man known as Colossus and was using his metal body as a weapon by swinging him around by the ankles, battering Mr. Incredible away first and then the Commander. The Wizard, a villain from Earth-2, had managed to hypnotize Ookla the Mok and set him against Mega Boy, who backed away in fear from the fearsome looking opponent.
The serpentine villain Copperhead had wrapped himself around the Shoveller and constricted so as to crush him to death, but the hero had managed to swing his weapon of choice up and smack it into Copperhead's face, breaking his nose, and causing him to release his victim. Copperhead hiss in fury, jumping onto the Shoveller, intending to bite him with his poisoned fangs, only to find that the hero had been turned to stone. "Who daresss?"
"My apologies, Copperhead. You looked like you could use a hand." There standing over the fallen form of one of the UNIT soldiers stood a man in a black magician's outfit.
"Wizard, why didn't you let me kill my prey?"
The Wizard rolled his wand casually between his thumb and first two fingers; an insignificant gesture, but one that made the serpentine villain cringe back a foot. "You can kill him later if you wish," stated the Wizard casually. "I've only placed him in a form of suspended animation because we may need him for now. And we need to make our move soon. Look and see." He pointed dramatically to an encounter on the far end of the battlefield.
Orange silicone lifeform General Traag was limping slowly to safety with a Yautja disk imbedded halfway into his back. Meanwhile, Krang, the warlord from Dimension X, screamed for aid from the confines of his human-shaped exo-suit that the Borg had immobilized with a stun beam. "I don't want to be part of your damn Collective! I work better alone, or at least when I'm in charge!" screamed the protoplasmic being. "Traag! Come back here and save me!"
"Soon the influx of Borg drones will be so numerous that we will not be able to fight against each other," stated the Wizard. "So we must end this now. While we still have some chance of victory."
Copperhead hissed angrily. "You wisssh for us to join forcesss with them?"
"I agree with the Wizard's assessment." Lex Luthor hurried over, followed by Brainiac, Cosmic King, the Key, and Vandal Savage. "If we don't find a way to join forces with the heroes, then we will inevitably join them in the ranks of the Borg as drones."
Key gripped his key-like laser rifle tightly while he watched Cosmic King transmute the air into a metal barrier between them and the direction of the Borg. "I think we are out of options. The key to our survival lies with the heroes."
"If we are to live to fight another day, we must do this. So says Vandal Savage!"
"I calculate our chances of success to be 16.8356 percent more likely of success if we join forces with the heroes immediately."
"Then it's agreed." Luthor's brow furrowed. "Now we just have to convince the heroes of that."
I think I can help in that area, said a weak voice in their heads.
Luthor resisted the urge to turn on an anti-telepathy device that he had sewn into his collar ever since learning that the Martian Manhunter was telepathic. "And you are…?"
You may call me Professor X. My students and I belong to one of the groups that your fellow villains are facing. His thought faltered for a moment. My apologies. My mental battle with your mentalist, Hector Hammond, left me more drained than I first thought.
I almost had him, came the whiny thoughts of Hammond. But he cheated. He had help from a telepath that is indigenous to this land.
"Enough, Hammond." Luthor shook off the simpering loser's thoughts. "Can you make this so, Professor X?"
Indeed, came the telepath's reply. Enik and I are already in contact with one of the Doctors. He agrees that joining forces is our best bet for all of us to surviving this.
Luthor nodded, knowing that was going to be their answer. The heroes could be so predictable at times. "Professor X, I have a question for you."
Yes?
He could sense the others staring at him; he ignored them. "The one who calls himself the Master, is he still around?"
There was a moment before there was an answer. I don't believe so.
"Hey, we have some activity," called Cosmic King.
There, coming out from where the Borg were now starting to swarm, was a young blonde-haired woman wielding a large scythe that seemed to cut through anything the Borg tried to use to block her. Right on her heels was a tall, gaunt man in black robes that seemed determined to catch her.
"That –that man!" exclaimed the Wizard. "That's Death itself chasing her!"
The Key snorted. "And people say I'm overly dramatic."
"You don't… you don't understand," the Wizard finally said. "It's written in magical lore! When a wizard is about to die, the personification of Death will appear to make sure that death actually happens. I am talking about Death! The real thing as an actual being!" He leaned back and worked on calming himself before he gave himself a heart attack. Wouldn't it be ironic if just seeing Death caused him to die?
To be Continued!
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Original AuThOr'S NoTeS: 4/17/2010
Sorry for the long delay. Life hasn't been very kind lately. Hoping for a change.
Updated AuThOr'S NoTeS: 2-22-2022
I added the Alien Legion and DNAgents segment. Most everything else just needed some straightening up.
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ChArAcTeR InDeX FoR ThE ChApTeR:
Amber – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #1 (1983) (mentioned only)
Badger / Sykes, Norbert – from Capital Comics Badger #1 (1983)
Badj – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Borg – from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Brainiac of Earth-1 (voiced by Ted Cassidy) – from the cartoon Challenge of the Super-Friends (1978), (voiced by Stanley Ralph Ross) – Super Friends (1983), SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984), The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985), from DC Comics Action Comics #242 (1958)
Brodix, Neebo – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Captain Marvel Family – from Fawcett Comics
Captain Nazi of Earth-S / Krieger, Albrecht – from Fawcett Comics Master Comics #21 (1941)
Chesterton, Ian (William Russell) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1963-1965)
Colossus / Rasputin, Piotr 'Peter' (Daniel Cudmore) – from the movies X-2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
The Commander / Stronghold, Steve (Kurt Russell) – from the movie Sky High (2005)
Concussion / Shepard, Connor (Kevin Zegers) – from the movie Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)
Copperhead of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Brave and the Bold #78 (1968)
Cosmic King of Earth-1 / Bolto, Laevar – from DC Comics Superman #147 (1961)
Crossfire / Endicott, Jay – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #9 (1984) (mentioned only)
Deadshot of Earth-1 / Lawton, Floyd – from DC Comics Batman #59 (1950)
Death / Door, Bill – from the book The Colour of Magic (1983), by Terry Pratchett, of the Discworld series; (Christopher Lee) – from the movies Wyrd Sisters (1997), Soul Music (1997), The Color of Magic (2008), (Ian Richardson) – Hogfather (2006) (mentioned only)
DNAgents – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #1 (1983)
Doctor, The 1st (William Hartnell) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1963-1966)
Enik, the Altrusian (Walker Edmiston) – from the TV series Land of the Lost (1974-1976) (mentioned only)
Flaming Carrot – from Image Comics Visions #1 (1979)
Foot Ninja clan – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Foreman, Susan (Carole Ann Ford) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1963-1964)
Frank the Pug (voiced by Tim Blaney) – from the movies Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), Men in Black 3 (2012)
Grimrod, Jugger – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 1 (1984)
Hammond, Hector, of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Green Lantern #5 (1961) (mentioned only)
Invisible Boy (Kel Mitchell) – from the movie Mystery Men (1999)
Invisible Girl / Parr, Violet (voiced by Sarah Vowell) – from the movie The Incredibles (2004)
K-9 (voiced by John Leeson) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1977-?)
Key of Earth-1 – from DC Comics Justice League of America #41 (1965)
Krang (voiced by Pat Fraley) – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Kull, King, of Earth-S – from Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel Adventures #125 (1951)
Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier Alistair Gordon (Nicholas Courtney) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1968-1975)
Luthor, Lex, of Earth-1 (voiced by Stan Jones) – from the cartoon Challenge of the Super-Friends (1978), The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979), SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984), from DC Comics Adventure Comics #271 (1960)
Mantenna (voiced by Lou Scheimer) – from the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1987)
Martian Manhunter of Earth-1 / J'onzz, J'onn / Jones, John - from DC Comics Detective Comics #225 (1955) (mentioned only)
The Master – from the TV series Doctor Who
Mega Boy / Williams, Tucker (Spencer Breslin) – from the movie Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)
Meico – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 1 (1984)
Mekanique of Earth-2 – from the movie Metropolis (1927), from DC Comics Infinity, Inc. #19 (1985)
Mik – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Mister Furious (Ben Stiller) – from the movie Mystery Men (1999) (mentioned only)
Mister Incredible / Parr, Bob (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) – from the movie The Incredibles (2004)
Montroc, Torie – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 1 (1984)
Nik – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Ookla the Mok (voiced by Henry Corden) – from the cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1984)
Or'Molloe, Tonk – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
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)
Pythia – from the book The New Doctor Who Adventures: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (1992) (mentioned only)
Q (John de Lancie) – from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-?), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager (mentioned only)
Rainbow – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #1 (1983) (mentioned only)
Rassilon (Richard Mathews) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1983), (Timothy Dalton) – from the TV series Doctor Who (2010)
Ric – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Sarigar, Captain – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 1 (1984)
Savage, Vandal, of Earth-2 – from DC Comics Green Lantern #10 (1943)
Savage Dragon – from Image Comics Graphic Fantasy #2 (1982)
Sawyer, Tom (Shane West) – from the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Sham – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #1 (1983)
Shaw, Dr. Liz (Caroline John) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1970)
The Shoveller (William H. Macy) – from the movie Mystery Men (1999)
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) (mentioned only)
Sleestak / Altrusians – from the TV series Land of the Lost (1974-1976)
Sliders – from the TV series Sliders (1995-1997)
Spellik – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
The Spleen (Paul Reubens) – from the movie Mystery Men (1999)
Summers, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) – from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) (mentioned only)
Surge – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #1 (1983)
Tamara – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Tank – from Eclipse Comics DNAgents #1 (1983)
Thunderbunny / Caswell, Bobby – from Charlton Comics Comic Crusader Storybook #1 (1977)
Traag, General (voiced by Peter Renaday) – from the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987, 1993)
Trap Jaw (voiced by Lou Scheimer) – from the cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985)
Vesper, Ibrm – from Epic Comics Alien Legion #1 Vol. 2 (1987)
Wizard of Earth-2 / Zard, William I. – from DC Comics All-Star Comics #34 (1947)
Yates, Capt. Mike (Richard Franklin) – from the TV series Doctor Who (1971-1974)