Chapter 2: Surviving the First Wave
Indeed the 18 contestants for the new Monday Night Combat felt odd being there, except for their mysterious host Mickey Cantor who was rather thrilled. A certain Lucius Malfoy who up above in a private booth within the stadium was watching the game from below, he was well in contact with Mickey from his cell who was doing most of the announcements from there.
"I must say, they don't look to be happy being there" said Lucius to Mickey who was on the other line.
"Well now, let me introduce myself to them shall we?" asked Mickey in an announcer like voice.
Lucius then signals a Pit Girl who was doing the audios to transfer Mickey to make the big announcement to the audience whom were at the stadium itself. Meanwhile the Hotshots and the Icemen were not the happy camper contestants that Mickey Cantor had hoped they'd be.
"I hate being watched" said Wolverine as he could see the audience being charged up in rooting for whatever team they were fans of.
"Yea, you get use to it, I've been around crowds this large" said Duke.
"Yea, because you're use to this kind of stuff" added Batman.
"Look, I don't care what's on our minds about this, we better just get this over with quickly" continued Bill.
"Yea, I guess you're right on that" added Lilith.
"There must be a way we can get out of here" said Jack who was still trying to find a way to escape.
"There is no escape from a place like this!" cried Scorpion, "Try living in the underworld like me, this is worse than that!"
"Whoever's behind this will not like what I'd do to them" said Kitana.
The Icemen were not having fun at all either as much as the Hotshots weren't.
"Big crowd" said Serious Sam as he gazed upon the audience.
"Too bad they got those robotic guards that'd protect them" added Dan Phantom who wanted to do some damage of his own.
"Look, the only way either one of us is going to get out is just play it through" said Louis.
"Since who died and made you in charge of this team?" asked Dan to Louis.
"Look pal, back off, I don't know what's your problem but if you want to get wasted like those zombies I often fight I wouldn't mind it at all" said Louis to which Ryu and Makoto held Louis back from getting in a fight with Dan.
"Yea, have your two new friends protect you as easy targets for me" laughed Dan.
Smoke indeed was silent as he was trying to search for a path to escape, making Sabertooth not happy with him.
"Why are you so silent?" asked Sabertooth to which all Smoke replied was in complete silence, "So it's going to be like that, is it?"
Indeed Mickey Cantor came in right on time.
"Hioh, Mickey Cantor here ready for another season of Monday Night Combat, we have decided to make a few changes to improve the ratings for Monday Night Combat, and have kidnapped, I mean forcibly volunteer some 18 contestants, nine for the Hotshots and another nine for the Icemen" said Mickey on the megaphone that was littered throughout the stadium.
"We're not going to fight unless we want something out of it" said Beautiful Gorgeous who wasn't happy being there.
"And I see that some of the contestants, well most of them are not the happy campers that they should be, but tell you what, if one of you survives the exhibition tournament I have in store, you'll get a prize that you'll always wanted, Hotshot's Pit Girl, why not show some prizes some of our contestants might win" continued Mickey.
Suddenly on the big screen, what seemed like a time machine appeared.
"One of these fabulous prizes that our contestants might win is a time machine, and we know one wanderer who is a contestant needs to go back home" said the Hotshot Pit Girl.
"A time machine?" cried Jack as he gazed at the extra large television screen.
"He must be wondering does it actually work, well we sent a scientist back in time and he brought home a caveman as proof that it works" continued Mickey.
Indeed footage of the caveman was shown on the big screen obviously wrecking his room that he was being kept in. The next picture showed various hi-tech weaponry as another possible prize.
"We know several contestants who either live their lives out in the wasteland in one of their worlds, or face hordes of unstoppable members of the undead wouldn't mind getting their hands on these" continued the Hotshot Pit Girl.
"Bah, none of these amuse me" said Dan.
"It sounds like we got a grumpy member of the Icemen who is not but the least happy among them all" said the Icemen's Pit Girl showing the picture of Dan Phantom on the large widescreen television.
"Well, if he seeks revenge as his middle name, then he'd love this prize" said Mickey, "one ticket back to his world and also a hi-tech powersuit that would be so deadly toward his arch nemesis whomever he is or anyone else who stands in his way. Enough of these prizes, let's get ready to rumble with Monday Night Combat!"
Indeed several Slimbots and Blackjack bots to be against both teams were sent in waves as part of the first wave. Duke Nukem took care of the Slimbots and any oncoming Blackjack bots quite easily.
"Ha, got quite a few!" laughed Duke as he fired his weapon at the bots.
Jack who was given a sword, but wasn't his sword sliced through some of the bots along with Kitana who was helping Jack. Wolverine was simply using his claws to do the work, while Scorpion was using his martial art skills. Brick was indeed smashing the oncoming bots that were just in his way.
"Ha, this is easy!" laughed Brick, "I thought they were going to kill us or something."
"Behind you" said Lilith as she took out some oncoming bots with her gun.
"We still need to find a way out of here anyway" said Batman to Jack as they were side by side fighting alongside with each other.
"I know what you mean, but that prize that he mentioned it might be my only ticket home" said Jack.
"Yea, it might but at what cost for the others?" asked Batman.
Although Jack thought for a moment when he began to fight the bots, the Icemen were having an easy time fighting the first wave as well. Serious Sam and Beautiful Gorgeous were taking down most of the bots along with Dan Phantom and Sabertooth. Louis who was trying to get a shot at the bots always got the bot he was targeting stolen from someone else.
"Man, let me have a shot at them!" cried Louis.
"Listen pal, don't make me waste energy on you" said Dan.
Smoke along with Sub-Zero, Ryu and Makoto were making quick work against some of the other oncoming bots that were out of the range of the others.
"There has to be a way we can still escape" said Ryu.
"I'm not sure if we can, everyone will be watching us if we try that attempt" said Sub-Zero.
"Ha, got one!" laughed Makoto as she took out a Blackjack bot.
Indeed the first wave itself was over for the contestants who had indeed survived mostly.
"Whoa, these 18 contestants on the two teams have done a better job than the usual bunch I have around, looks like my tactics here in improving my ratings have paid off!" laughed Mickey, "But will they survive the other waves and themselves more importantly? Find out more after these messages from our sponsors."