Dark Energy Amplifying Chamber, Sub Level 5 - 00:42AM, 4th September
Electro swelled with energy as lightning periodically sparked from his body causing random lighting fixtures and supply cranes, designed to move fuel safely to the jump gate, to spark and hiss before exploding in spectacular style. For Milos Masaryx, time slowed down, while his brain wasn't what it had been new pharmaceuticals had slowed down the decay and he was sure that he recognized some of the equipment. Looking up he saw that there were several fuel cells attached to the amplifying rings and at least two located near Electro were over half full. Firing a beam out of the 'third eye' on his forehead he watched as the beam of light scythed through Electro's shoulder and into the fuel canister. The light that signalled it was still active flicked from amber to red indicating a breach just seconds before the fuel detonated, dark matter spilling out of the canister and raining through Electro causing his body to ripple like the aurora-borealis as his former targets hit the deck. Moments later the energy died down and Electro simply broke apart, electricity sparking off into the remaining lights and computers.
"Well that was a let down." Deadpool huffed, "I was hoping for a massive explosion."
"Maybe next time." Unicorn announced, "Williams is there any danger from the ambient dark matter to people." he called as the villains got to their feet, looking for any signs of Electro. Stalking over to the guidance computer Tate quickly typed in a query before getting a diagnostic of the chamber, electro-magnetic snow plaguing the image.
"I have good news and bad news," she told the others, "Ambient levels of dark matter in this room are to low to do anything but give a mild headache."
"Ay Ay Ay mi cabeza se siente como un oso se sentó sobre ella." Deadpool complained in Spanish.
"Bad news is that sensors in the ventilation shafts are picking up irradiated V series gas coming from a maintenance shaft in sub-level 14." Tate announced, "And for those of you wondering how bad that is, I'd say it's a DEFCON 1 situation."
"Isn't DEFCON 5 higher then 1?" Deadpool asked innocently.
"You know very well that it isn't." Tate snapped, "We have a five minute window before it hits the main fan that feeds the air-conditioning, so we have to move quickly."
"Um behind you." Deadpool said pointing as the light fittings begun to flicker and the sound of thunder boomed around the surface as Electro reformed.
"You thought that could stop me?" Electro cackled, his very words ionizing the air and causing pockets of oxygen to erupt into flame, "I'm pure energy you can't destroy me, I'm invincible and you four are going nowhere." he told his victims forming a wall of electricity around them.
"Number 12." Tate told Deadpool, spraying his hands and feet with a quick set plastic, "Get out of here and stop the gas, we'll deal with Electro."
"Do you want me to get you a coffee too?" Deadpool asked.
"Black, no milk and no sugar I supply my own." she announced, "Get ready." she added twisting the nozzle on the right hand sprayer. "Now." she yelled spraying Electro with the same kind of plastic, right in the face. Deadpool put his hand into the energy field and watched as it dissipated before running through the electricity and to the door.
"He left us?" Boomerang asked, "Bloody Coward." he yelled as Deadpool closed the door. Screaming Electro withdrew the energy and used it to melt the plastic from his face.
"He knows what he has to do." Tate told Boomerang as Electro's body sparked off and formed into ten human sized copies while his head hovered over them. "Besides we have work to do." she added spraying the same kind of plastic over Boomerang's feet and fists. With a single loud cackle the Electro's charged leaping and springing towards the three convicts before throwing balls of electricity straight at their enemies, the orbs bouncing and ricocheting towards them.
Maintenance Hatch Opening, Sub Level 6 - 00:55AM, 4th September
"Time for my smart idea this chapter." Deadpool announced using his Katana to leaver off the hatch to the vent system. "Sod the stairs I'll let gravity do the hard work, that's the force not the character by the way." he added. "And we're good to jump." he stated peering down the shaft. Behind him the sound of boots could be heard as well as the click of a safety being removed. Deadpool turned and saw a woman dressed in black leather heading towards him an MP5 in her hand. "Hey babe." Deadpool yelled, "Do you have any climbing gear?"
Vandal stared at him blankly before opening fire as Deadpool held up the industrial hatch intercepting the flurry of bullets until he heard the trigger click, the gun's magazine obviously empty. "Okay next time I won't call you babe." he yelled throwing the cover towards her, the heavy slab of metal bouncing off her chest without even as much of a grunt of pain. Reloading Vandal opened fire again and Deadpool comically slipped into the shaft falling until her flashed past a large 10 painted on the wall. Dropping down to 11 he looked across to see a maintenance ladder nailed to the other side. Up above Vandal moved forwards and emptied the rest of the second clip into the shaft, the bullets pinging off the metal exterior before falling to the bottom floor.
"Okay Wade." Deadpool breathed, "You only have a crazy fan trying to shoot you to bits, people like Madonna and Britney Spears probably have to deal with this every day." he guessed holstering his pistol, "Geronimo only in a sideways movement and not a falling to my death kind of way." he screamed as he leapt the six feet to the other side. Vandal opened fire as he flew, this time with a USP, the last shot catching the strap of the bag he wore causing the contents to spill out one by one, each one cinematically clanging to the bottom of the shaft. "Oh no the humanity of it all." Deadpool wailed, "Do you know how long it takes to find an AK47 autographed by Scarlet Johansson, especially when she has a ten mile restraining order on you."
Vandal shrugged and dropped a grenade down the shaft, the explosive landing on the top rung of the ladder level with Deadpool's eyes. "Oh son of a bitch." he complained before the blast blew him off the top and sent him plummeting down three floors to a very convenient spur that crossed the shaft. Pulling the shrapnel out of his eyes Deadpool tilted his head before sticking it back on his neck and crawling towards the shaft access hatch.
Dark Energy Amplifying Chamber, Sub Level 5 - 01:00AM, 4th September
Boomerang kicked an Electro back causing it to explode onto the floor, a mild shock running up his arms and leg, not enough to cause anything more then a tingle. Almost immediately a line of electricity arched back to the head before darting up into the head before emerging reformed from the original Electro's mouth and leaping back into the battle.
"Um Tate." Boomerang said as the Electro Clone ran at him, "These guys don't die."
"Seems right." Tate announced spraying two Electro's with quick set plastic, "Energy can only be transferred never created and destroyed." she added as twin lines of lightning streaked back to the head.
"This helps us how?" Boomerang asked as Unicorn blasted an Electro before dodging a bolt of lightning from a second Electro that was hanging onto the maintenance catwalk.
"We keep fighting and hope he gets bored." Tate suggested as three Electro's sprouted out of the head and glided to the catwalk dropping balls of energy and firing random lightning shots at the flesh and blood villains on the ground.
"What about transferring energy, if we opened the portal couldn't we in theory get rid of him." Boomerang suggested as he threw the severed tip of a crane arm through one of the gliding Electro's severing the head from the body, as both arched back to the floating head.
"I have one hundred and one arguments against it but right now it's our only chance." Tate yelled as an Electro clone charged her only to be intercepted by a blast from Unicorn, the energy beam lancing through the 'mother' head and out the other side. "Boomer if you hit the manual portal activation lever, I'll set the guidance computer to take Electro somewhere he can't do to much damage." Boomerang nodded and ran, smashing through two reforming clones and dodging strikes of lightning that darted out of the main Electro.
"You're not done with me." Unicorn growled firing a wide beam up at the head. Electro shrieked and stuck out his tongue, the long electrical beam impacting with Milos's head and causing his third eye to short out sending him reeling backwards grunting as his body arched with electricity before collapsing. Tate peered out over the console as she finally set the co-ordinates for the middle of the Siberian Tundra, hopefully without any electricity to feed him Electro would simply short out and dissipate. Of course that was wishful thinking but at the moment it was better then being electrocuted or chocking on the immanent chemical strike from the VX gas Stink Bug had planted in the vent system. Firing a blast of liquid at an Electro Clone that was perusing Boomerang, Tate suddenly found herself the focus of attention as the remainder of the Electro's ran towards her, she destroyed two before they swarmed her, the combined electrical jolt knocking her unconscious.
"Myres, where are you?" Electro announced as Boomerang edged towards the manual override lever. Taking a deep breath he ran past the head, dodging the first and second bolts it threw at him before being ambushed and grabbed by a clone just as he reached the leaver, it's touch causing him to shudder with electricity. "Too little, too late." Electro mocked as Boomerang reached for the switch, "Once I'm done here I'll kill the idiot Deadpool."
"Any other day I'd pay to see that." Boomerang grunted, "But not today." he stated pulling the switch. The portal glowed blue before explosions rocked the frame and it suddenly began to suck Electro into the abyss. Summoning all his clones back into his body Electro strained and begun to break free as a second round of explosions detonated the remaining fuel canisters attached to the amplifying rings causing Electro to waver, his face and body turning into a skeletal figure, the electrical flesh ripped off his bones. With one almighty leap Boomerang leapt at Electro, the impact of him hitting the electrical villain causing him to be ripped apart by the jump-gate. Boomerang staggered forward before being plucked off his feet by the portal just as Tate and Milos came round.
"Boomer." Tate said as the gate, deprived of its fuel shut down, a few pieces of debris floating around the entrance their eerie flight powered by dimensional energy. "He's gone."
"Is that meant to be doing that?" Unicorn asked as the portal's light and gate turned orange, a ball of energy forming at the centre. Tate shook her head before turning and running towards the door Deadpool had escaped through Milos hot on her heels as the orb imploded, the whole room simply dissolving leaving a dark void behind them.
Maintenance Shaft, Sub Level 14 - 01:12AM, 4th September
Deadpool crawled along the shaft armed with only his pistol and a katana, the former clenched in his mouth as he scrabbled on his hands and knees. Time was running out and after two dead ends and a detour to sub level 15, Wade was sure he was getting closer to his goal. Reaching a fortified blast door that led to an incinerator, Deadpool peered inside before carefully opening the door and dropping into the chamber. It was freezing inside and Deadpool swore a family of penguins had waddled past him before he found a frozen Stink Bug alongside a set of canisters marked with the sign for radiation and a skull and crossbones.
"You're as cold as ice, and as willing to sacrifice." Deadpool hummed as he went through the dead thugs pockets. "Ice Ice Baby what do we have here?" he asked as he pulled out a mobile phone decorated with a green snakeskin pattern. "A-Hoy Alexander Graham Bell are you there?" Deadpool asked, "So what happened? Who stopped you?" he mused before crawling along on all fours sniffing about before coming to a white boot. "A clue." he barked before looking up.
The boot's owner was wearing white jeans and a trenchcoat, a ballistic mask and carrying a massive flamethrower, the see-through tank full of a blue gas. "Scou…Scou… Scourge." Deadpool yelled as the boot's owner fired, the blast of gas causing a freezing flame to engulf Deadpool's body sending the Merc running as he fired a few pistol shots back, the small calibre rounds bouncing off the Scourge of the Underworld's Body Armor. Reaching the door Deadpool slammed it as a second burst of cold fire scorched the armoured door. Holding down the lock and leaver Deadpool felt the door slam and shudder as the Scourge tried to open it, eyes burning behind the Ballistic Mask as his breath fogged up the bulletproof glass panel.