Flooded Water Cycling Centre, Sub Level 17, Negative Island - 21:35PM, 3rd September
"Got to be in here somewhere." Deadpool said rifling through his bag. Tiger Shark surfaced next to him before grabbing his arm and ripping it off leaving the bag floating on the water. Angrily Deadpool drew his pistol with the remaining arm before shooting down into the water, the shots missing his target save the last that grazed his foot. "Oh god what have I done." he moaned as Tiger Shark surfaced his dark emotionless eyes darting excitedly around the room before charging in at full speed towards De Largo, the warden quickly reaching into Deadpool's bag and pulling out a loaded RPG Launcher. With a quick smack on the nose Tiger Shark backed off as Deadpool retrieved his arm and slapped De Largo with it. "Nobody goes in my bag but me." he yelled as Tiger Shark submerged.
"I'm sorry would you like to loose a second arm?" De Largo asked as he threw the bag at Deadpool. Fishing inside Deadpool retrieved what looked like an inhaler, holding it up triumphantly as De Largo took hold of the arm and reattached it to the stump that Tiger Shark had left behind. Looking down they saw Tiger Shark push off from the bottom of the air lock before accelerating up to the surface breaching out of the water and heading straight for Deadpool's neck.
"Holy Sardines an Exploding Shark." Deadpool cried spraying Tiger Shark with the inhaler causing him to sail over his head and into the water. "Shark Repellent Robin." he announced to De Largo.
"I don't think that's what you were meant to do with it." De Largo sniped.
"Hold that thought." Deadpool announced as Tiger Shark floated up roaring in anger at the foul taste in his mouth, "Martyrdom FTW." Deadpool yelled pulling out a live grenade and tossing it down Tiger Shark's mouth. Seconds later an explosion erupted in the villain's mouth causing him to float belly up. Deadpool paddled over and checked for a pulse before yelling, "Its okay we can release him into the wild later."
"Just go and activate the marker so we can get out of here." De Largo ordered, "Who knows how long Mr. Assails will stay unconscious for."
"Right." Deadpool replied doggy paddling to the submerged door, "Stay here and don't get attacked by and super villains." he ordered before throwing the shark repellent over, "Here go nuts." he added before diving under the water. Steallthfully he positioned himself under De Largo and tugged causing the older man to spray him in the face. "Ow that burns." Deadpool yelled, "Told you that's how it was meant to work."
"The marker." De Largo growled dunking Deadpool under the water. This time the mercenary swum to the door before surfacing in the corridor before taking a deep breath and swimming to the chosen room, the door barley open just enough for Deadpool to squeeze through. Surfacing he coughed and spluttered before going back under and slamming the computer button, just like he had done last time. Nothing happened and Deadpool angrily pressed the button again only to achieve the same result. Surfacing he checked the part of the computer above water only to see that somebody had ripped the screen and base out of the wall.
"Oh come on." Deadpool yelled, "That's cheating."
Security Office, Dock 17, Negative Zone Entrance Portal - 21:56PM, 3rd September
"Well." Vandal asked.
"Well what?" Janissary snapped
"He did make it to the beacon, do I tell him where to go next." Vandal asked.
"It makes no difference; Deadpool and De Largo have positioned themselves into an inescapable position." Janissary explained, "All the doors on that level will be jammed shut because of water pressure, they can't escape." Suddenly an alarm went off and all the computers flashed a single warning, "Perimeter Breach - Convict 0049 has escaped."
"Who, how and where?" Verity asked, "I want answers now."
"Prisoner 0049 is Curtis Connors AKA the Lizard." Janissary reported, "He physically escaped from the prison on level 0, scaled the wall and headed into territory held by Annihilus."
"So he hasn't actually escaped the Negative Zone then?" Verity asked, "Monitor the feed, once he makes contact activate the homing function driving him back here. Once my agent is clear he will make short work of the remaining Populus."
"What about the Deadpool problem, shall we give him the next location?" Janissary asked.
"It's your game." Verity replied smiling sinisterly at him, "Play it any way you want."
Flooded Water Cycling Centre, Sub Level 17, Negative Island - 22:10PM, 3rd September
"Tell me again." De Largo said slowly, trying not to loose his temper.
"The computer was broken, I did everything right but it didn't show anything." Deadpool replied eyeing the twitching Tiger Shark. "And worse I think that the way out of here is…" De Largo put his hand over his mouth and pointed as a large shape with burning red eyes stood in the doorway before quickly vanishing.
"Ok now that is getting creepy." Deadpool announced, "Hey somebody turned on the emergency lighting." he snorted pointing at the feint green lights illuminating the floor. "I guess we follow them to the nearest emergency exit, positioned here and here." he told De Largo carrying out the motions of a flight attendant.
"I guess your right." De Largo sighed, kicking off. "Just be on the lookout Body Steeler and Dragon Rider are aquatic and Man Thing and the Lizard are both highly amphibious, it's a sure bet that one or more of them are down here as well as Tiger Shark."
"What's amphibious mean?" Deadpool asked sticking his hand up.
"It means that they can operate on land and water." De Largo announced
"Why?" Deadpool asked
"Because of their physiology." De Largo muttered, "And recorded history, both live in semi aquatic environments."
"Why?"
"Because they do." De Largo answered
"Why?" Deadpool asked ducking under a ripped out door left propped against the wall. De Largo cursed something under his breath before saying, "Well it's like this." spraying Deadpool in the face with the Shark Repellent again.
"My God it burns." Deadpool screamed
"Your right this is how you use it." De Largo joked as he swum past. Both of them didn't notice the figure behind them staring out from one of the cells, deep red pools of light burning from its eyes.
A little while later, at least physically, for De Largo it seemed like hours of Deadpool asking, "Are we there yet?" almost every other second they reached the end of the corridor and the emergency exit to the stairs the door locked by an old fashioned key as well as a more up to date retinal scanner.
"We made it." Deadpool cheered, "And you thought those water villains would be a problem." he snorted. From one of the side rooms a spear flew out embedding in his skull before emerging the other side like some stupid carnival hat. From the room Dragon Rider appeared, regally stepping forward clutching the massive horn Deadpool had tried to steal from the Armoury in their last meeting.
"We meet again Deadpool." she hissed, "Now I have the advantage, you are in my world now."
"Creepy and defiantly less hot then Blood Tide Atlantean Chick." Deadpool said, "I forget the rest but get out the way or face my wrath." Dragon Rider screamed something in Atlantean before swimming forwards attempting to slash Deadpool with a knife carved from an Orca tooth before being flipped out the way. "Seriously is that it, I'd be more terrified of a dolphin on a seg-way."
"Interesting that you mention fear." Dragon Rider hissed as she blew down the horn she carried.
"Well that wasn't good but it wasn't terrifying." Deadpool joked as somebody put a hand on his shoulder, "Yeah what?" he asked before turning round, "Argh," he screamed in mock terror to see Man Thing staring down at him, "Seriously a giant plant, you've got to try harder then that." he replied just before Man Thing threw him against the wall dislocating his neck.
"Kill him." Dragon Rider hissed as Man Thing lurched forwards towards Deadpool
"Oh come on Man Thing I thought the whole Zombie head thing was past us." Deadpool whined as he dodged Man Thing's first blow before slicing part of his arm off with the katana he carried. Man Thing grunted before catching Deadpool with the back swing before following up by pinning him underwater with his foot, Deadpool fighting for air.
"Leave him alone." De Largo shouted as a woozy Tiger Shark appeared at the end of the corridor. Dragon Rider laughed, a strange hissing sound before she tackled De Largo before picking him up and slamming him into the wall. Struggling he escaped from her grip before grabbing Deadpool's bag and pulling out a flare gun. Sticking the gun into Man Thing's chest he fired, the incendiary causing the giant creature to back off wheezing.
"What did I tell you about the bag." Deadpool snapped pushing De Largo down as Dragon Rider rushed them slashing with the knife, cutting the warden's arm. Deadpool retaliated by head-butting her before pulling De Largo up and pushing him into her, causing both of them to stagger backwards. "Not so hard." Deadpool commented as Man Thing grabbed him. "Nahh not again." he complained as he was rammed head first into the wall before being pulled up ripping a tear in the side, water flooding out of the chamber. Kicking franticly Deadpool managed to get Man Thing to pull him out before he was dangled upside down and used as a bludgeon knocking a recovering De Largo and Dragon Rider off their feet once again. As he was slammed again Deadpool grabbed the horn and smashed it against the floor, bending the mouthpiece and causing Man Thing to blink before releasing him, trudging past De Largo and up to Dragon Rider.
"No stay away." she screamed as Man Thing picked her up, caustic chemicals burning her to nothing but cinders.
"Nasty." Deadpool commented, "We okay?" he asked. Man Thing didn't reply he simply disappeared in a thick grey fog leaving nothing but the remains of Dragon Rider as evidence he had ever been there. Placing his hand on the scanner De Largo opened the door as Tiger Shark charged down the corridor. Deadpool turned and ran, the spear in his head splintering as he passed through the frame, the lock automatically sealing just as Tiger Shark impacted with the steel doors.
"Try biting your way through that." Deadpool challenged as Tiger Shark roared in anger, "Yeah that's what I thought you would say, sorry but the giant man eating shark never survives the end of the film." he announced, "Same with Shark Men like you. Now thank you and goodnight." he announced as he lowered the security shutters over the pane, "Now will somebody get this ruddy spear out of my head." he yelled as he and De Largo hit the stairs.
Mess Hall, Sub Level 2 - 22:29PM, 3rd September
The Absorbing Man thudded down the hall while Pit Viper followed him, barley making a sound as they passed doors and ransacked armoires, the bodies of the staff testament to the brutality of the prisoners. As they reached the Mess Hall they found the first body of a prisoner, the Tattooed Man lying on his back, his back flayed and a patch of skin removed.
"Jesus Christ." Creel cursed as he moved the body out the way and looked through the mess hall doors, Gobby is in there with some guy wearing shades…indoors…in a dark dimension. Looks like that hero Blade I remember reading about that guy in the paper, claims he kills vampires." Pit Viper nodded and begun to count down from three carefully fingering the smoke grenade in her hands. As she reached one Creel kicked the door open as she casually dropped the grenade as both the hunters moved through the smoke into the room. Before the smoke dispersed, three shots rung out and the sound of a door opening could be heard as somebody bolted from the room.
"Creel." Pit Viper called, "Creel are you there?" she asked as she tripped over something. Lying on the floor was the body of the Absorbing Man, seemingly dead, two tungsten bullets sticking out of his skull. Leaned up against a table was Blade, a third round in his cranium, blood leaking out of his wound. The Hobgoblin was nowhere to be seen, but it was clear that he had been the one that had fled during the brief yet brutal firefight. As she looked round the room Pit Viper noticed something written on the wall, scratched as with a knife, hastily and roughly. "Justice is Served." Pit Viper read, "He's back."