Armageddon Syndrome
Author's notes: The road to hell may not be paved with good intentions in this fanfic, but our players are still over halfway down it! Danse Macabre and Marla plan there escape and take down a ton of civilians in the process. Meanwhile, Syndrome tears the city wide open, only to get a nasty surprise from Hellfire and Lady Snowblood unveils just what she, Macabre and Gazer Beam have been working on since chapter one. The question is…by the end, will anyone be left alive to stop them.
Chapter 7
Betrayals
Syndrome smiled as he surveyed the destruction he had caused. Firing a massive blast of energy from his gauntlets, he saw everything in its path become atomised, turning to ash in an instant.
"There's no denying it…it's good to be all powerful" Syndrome said, firing again, frying fifty cops who were pointing guns at him. Guns! At him! He was Syndrome, future ruler of the world, and they dared to point there pathetic weapons at him? Fools, they would soon learn respect.
"Pity Hellfire isn't here to enjoy this! It's the greatest thrill in the world" Syndrome said. At that pointing, there was a loud bang, and Hellfire stood, surrounded by flames and holding a triple barrelled weapon.
"Syndrome…" Hellfire began, causing him to whirl around,
"You are relieved of command. I am now in charge, and you are my prisoner. We are going to assume control of this city" Hellfire continued, smiling.
"Oh, so that's the game you want to play? Heh, I hire you, I give you the Exterminators to train, I pay you a couple billion to help me…and you turn on me? What is this, betray your boss week? So what, you're going to try the force rack treatment on me?" Syndrome asked.
"No. Perhaps prisoner was the wrong term, and when I said we, I meant myself and the Exterminators. You…are no longer required. I'm sorry if you found my words misleading" Hellfire said, pointing the laser at him.
"Oh, you're going to kill me? Sure thing, whatever you say. Just try it you stupid lousy traitorous…" Syndrome began, before Hellfire fired, blasting Syndrome instantly.
"Well, that was far too easy. And now…for my proclamation. Attention Exterminators!" Hellfire yelled out, stepping through the wreckage, and speaking to the various villains, all of whom turned to listen.
"Our leader, Syndrome has fallen! And I, Hellfire, proclaim myself leader of the Exterminators!" Hellfire said. Bomb Voyage removed an explosive from his belt and primed it.
"Ah Mademoiselle, will you be paying us as much as Syndrome? We were paid one billion a week for our continued assistance" Bomb Voyage said in his heavy French accent.
"Well, I can't match that" Hellfire said, before Bomb Voyage flung the explosive. It connected with Hellfire, and she didn't even have time to yell out in surprise, before it detonated, blowing her to pieces.
"Wow. She really should have though that out more, shouldn't she?" Marla said; smirking as Hellfire's smouldering corpse turned to ash.
"Indeed. Now Marla, we need to leave. Our exit waits" Danse Macabre said, pulling Marla away into an alley.
"Kill everyone? Well, you'd better get a head start. You've got a lot of work to do" Violet said. Lady Snowblood allowed a humourless smile to appear on her lips, as Gazer Beam operated a series of controls.
"Oh, not one by one. Just more of a package deal. All of them in one moment. That's where you come in" Lady Snowblood said.
"Oh sure. I 'Take the power in my stone right hand' right? I am the one" Violet said, smiling at the two movie references and wondering if Snowblood would get it.
"Amusing, little girl. But you are not very far from the truth…you are the one. And you will use your power to end the world" Lady Snowblood said.
"So I guess Skeletor over there is your 'Kroenen' huh?" Violet said, still smirking.
"Silence. It is time. Gazer Beam, prepare the lab. It is time to begin" Lady Snowblood said, striding away.
"Keep looking! Dig through the wreckage until you find him!" Shadowkat ordered, as the various villains picked through the rubble caused by the explosion. At that point, a metal gauntleted fist smashed through the rubble, and Syndrome pulled himself free.
"Okay…now I'm pissed" he said, an evil grin visible on his face.
"I ave already dealt with ze mademoiselle who attacked you" Bomb Voyage said.
"Well, what am I gonna do with all this excess rage I'm feeling? Maybe I should take counselling…group therapy! Ah, who am I kidding…I'll just crispy fry a couple hundred of these morons!" Syndrome said, gesturing around the city, as he burst into laughter. Syndrome lifted into the air on his jet shoes, firing a blast of energy that demolished an apartment block.
"Whatever else you may say about ze boss…you cannot fault hees disregard of innocent life" Bomb Voyage said, throwing an explosive at a car, causing it to explode. Baron Von Ruthless fired bolts of energy at anyone passing by, before being smashed across the face by a black gloved fist. Standing in front of the fallen Baron Von Ruthless, was…Mr Incredible!
"What the hell? He's supposed to be dead!" Syndrome said, looking at Shadowkat in rage.
"I…I don't understand. The voltage was triple what was needed to kill him!" Shadowkat said. Syndrome fired a massive blast of power at Mr Incredible, before receiving a massive punch to the face plate. Mr Incredible lifted him into the air, and smashing his fists into his armour repeatedly, causing the armour to buckle and fall apart. Shadowkat smiled as her eyes glowed, before a piecing sound rang out, causing her to collapse, clutching her head, as Dash ran forwards smiling.
"Hey, Voyage? This is for last time!" Dash said, rushing towards Bomb Voyage, and slamming his fists into his face a couple hundred times, rendering the luckless Frenchman unconscious.
"Where is she Buddy! Where is my daughter?" Mr Incredible screamed, strangling Syndrome.
"Go on…kill me. And I guarantee that you'll never see your daughter alive again!" Syndrome said.
"Where is she?" Mr Incredible repeated.
"My base. I'll take you to her" Syndrome said.
"If you ever come near my family again…" Mr Incredible threatened.
"Kitty, get the jet ready. We'll take Incredible to see his daughter. Where the hell is Marla and Macabre anyway?" Syndrome asked.
"Don't ask me boss. Meow, they got out of here as soon as Hellfire showed up" Kitty said.
"You just can't get good help these days, can you?" Syndrome asked.
"You kidnapped my daughter Buddy! Do you think I'm going to banter with you!" Mr Incredible asked.
"Hey pal, you ruined my life. I was just returning the favour. And what exactly are you going to do with me after this? Put me in jail? I know your secrets Incredible…where you work, where you live…where your kids go to school. I bet there are a ton of old friends in jail, who'd love to know all about you…and the couple hundred other supers I had Mirage spy on" Syndrome said.
"Buddy, if you even breathe a word of this…" Mr Incredible began, before Syndrome cut him off with a wave of the hand.
"Spare me. And I paid for this suit for a reason, pal. I'm Syndrome. Buddy Pine is dead. He's been dead since that night at the bank, with Bomb Voyage" Syndrome said, as his jet descended.
"I don't have time for your games Buddy" Mr Incredible said.
"Games! Games? You think this was a game? All this…this was designed to prove once and for all, that I was worth your attention! You still don't get it, do you! You crushed my dreams! You cast me aside like dead weight! Well, look what the dead weight did! I just have to press the button, and my army will swoop down, and crush this pathetic city! This was never about conquering the planet; no matter what I told those idiots…it was about showing you I was able to conquer the planet!" Syndrome said. At that point, the ground around them burst into flames, as Syndromes Oblivion robots swooped down, firing bursts of energy.
"Call them off, Syndrome!" Mr Incredible ordered.
"I didn't call them! Someone's blocking my frequency. Damn it, what is it with my creations turning treacherous? First the Omni-Droid, now this!" Syndrome said, blasting down one of the robots with his power gauntlets.
"Buddy. Who else had access to the machinery?" Mr Incredible asked.
"Just Shadowkat and…Danse Macabre! That damn traitor!" Syndrome said, only to be pushed to the ground, seconds before a beam of energy flew over his head.
"Where would they be controlling them from?" Mr Incredible asked.
"The sub section of my base. Where your daughter is being held" Syndrome said.
"Then get me there Buddy" Mr Incredible said, as Syndrome said climbing onto the jet.
Gazer Beam smiled, as the readouts appeared on the screens. Violet's powers were reacting with the machinery exactly as he had hoped. Soon he would be free of his pathetic shell, and would be young and vital again. Then he would return, and the masses would see only the resurrected hero…they would never guess his plan. He whirled around, as he heard the doors blasted outwards.
"Macabre, you lousy…who the hell are you?" Syndrome asked.
"Gazer Beam? It can't be!" Mr Incredible said.
"Oh it can, Incredible. You two are too late" Gazer Beam said, as a capsule opened.
"Far too late" Gazer Beam continued, breaking into a rasping laugh. Then there was a light, burning with the intensity of the sun. Then darkness.
To Be Continued
Authors Notes: Well, that's Chapter 7 finally done! TheFLHurricane thanks for the comments, as I don't mind criticism when it's constructive. I tried to make Syndrome more IC in this chapter, and I have to confess that I based a lot of his personality off of fanfic and fan sites, and my own interpretation of him.