Me: Test one is complete, here come the results.
Danny: I know I can't wait to (ghost sense) Oh, perfect timing, I'm Going Ghost. (Transforms) Keep my seat warm for me. (Phases through wall)
Me: A hero's work is never done. Ok, we got some great feedback and some great reviews. Let's recap a couple. Danny has officially changed his vote to Harley Quinn after the first test. Missbliss8527 is backing Harley as well. And soulknight121 has still laid $50 on Kim. Meanwhile I'm still waiting for the $50 he still owes us from Danny vs. Lantern. Right now, we are waiting for the test results from the Martial Arts tests. Let's find out…(turns on TV)
In the Flight Club, our experts are determining who takes the edge in Martial Arts Skill. With a split decision, the final word falls to Geoff.
"For me," he started. "It's a no brainer. Both Kim and Harley have similar strike strength. But Harley went for the kill shot and she fought dirty." Quinn began smiling as Geoff began talking in her favor. "Kim may not have the equipment a kick to groin can hurt, but whose to say Harley won't fight dirty to make Kim flinch in the simulator. And in that split second, she can kill Kim. Edge, Harley Quinn."
For Martial Arts Abilities, edge: Harley Quinn.
"I should have known," Kim snapped. " I had this feeling in my gut that Harley would play by her own rules, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt." Kim sighed heavily in disgust. She paced around the table containing her equipment for a couple minutes before Ron came up to her.
"She's not Shego, KP," Ron said to her. "At least she had standards. You got to step your game up and show Harley who da man, so to speak."
"Time to show what I can really do," she replied reaching onto the table. Gripping her Hair Dryer Grappling Hook, she held it up with confidence. "And this is going to help me."The camera shifted to the outdoor test range and our hosts were standing with our combatants.
"In order for you to use your martial arts abilities against each other," Mack began. "You have to be in close quarters. But sometimes there is a gap of cliff you need to climb to get to each other. There you would need to resort to your long range equipment."
"You mean weapons, Mack," Geoff said.
"Not in this case, Geoff," Mack said as he picked up the two grappling devices. "These, by design, are not weapons and cannot be expected to act as such. It is up to the operator and how they use these that will define whether or not it is a weapon. So our test will be as such." The camera shifted again, this time to the outdoor firing range. Geoff and Mack stood at their computers while Kim and Ron looked on at the heavily guarded Harley Quinn. Ron naturally was drawn to the craters in the area from the show's previous visits.
"Man, loooota boomin' been happening here," Ron said in awe.
"Stick around, Blondie," Quinn quipped. "I might be able to arrange a few more." The GCPD officers drew their guns, cautious of the Clown's statement. "Tough crowd," she snapped sarcastically. The clown and the red head gathered around as they looked at the grappling devices.
"Kim, what is this?" Geoff asked. Kim reached down and took hold of the converted red hair dryer and presented it to the experts.
"This little beauty, used to be a common hair dryer," she began. "Now it is a triple clawed grappling hook launcher. Before I upgraded my equipment, this was my 'go to' piece in a pinch."
"How do you get this stuff?" Geoff laughed.
"Ten year old super-genius," Kim replied. "This houses a three pronged steel hook attached to 1/8" inch Professional Manila Rope. Wade made the rope himself with black resin for extra strength and water proofing. It is also half as thick as commercially available robe. There is 100ft of rope housed in the body and the tensile strength of the rope is 625lbs. The firing mechanism is highly pressurized gas."
"Wow," Geoff said. "Is this a multi-shot device?"
"I don't know how Wade does it," Kim started. "But he somehow built a micro-pump into the handle and a quick retract mechanism. I can use this grapple quite a few times before replacing the rope."
"Now are you saying the rope you use in this gun is not commercially available?" Mack asked.
"No, bro," Ron said. "Wade hooks us up custom style." The group around the table gave a collective roll of their eyes at the blond.
"And you don't use this grapple anymore?" Geoff asked. Kim shook her head at the scientist.
"Wade decided to streamline my gear when I became a senior," Kim started as she displayed her wrist mounted Kimmunicator. "This baby is fully loaded, communications, spectrum analyzer, scanner, super magnet, and grappling hook." Kim pushed a button and a small hook slid out of its compartment.
"That's so cool," Geoff said in awe. "Why don't our soldiers have this?"
"And I thought Ivy's lectures on toxins were boring," Harley said in a dry tone drawing a look of ire from Kim.
"Ok, Quinn," she replied with attitude. "What do you have?" The perky blond grabbed her pop stick and held it up.
"I really don't use this thing a lot," Quinn started. "It's much more fun to shoot the guard and break the glass." Harley laughed at her last statement while everyone else stood at a deadpan. "Its 75ft of ¼ inch Manila Rope attached to a solid steel jester hook." Looking at the face on the pop stick, Harley tickled its chin and gave a lustful chuckle. "Kinda looks like my puddin'." Kim sighed as Ron looked visibly sick.
"Ok, gonna retaste my Naco," he said.
"Harley…" Mack said to the love struck clown.
"You are interrupting my interlude, Baldy," Quinn snapped annoyed. After another moment, Geoff finally spoke up.
"You were saying about the pop stick…" he said. Harley let out a sigh of disgust as she continued.
"The launching mechanism is a high pressure spring," she started. "It makes a funny BOING when I fire it, hehe." Harley's demeanor quickly changed as she spoke on. "But it's a pain in the ass to reload. That's why I don't use it."
"So in a nutshell," Mack said. "This essentially is a one shot piece."
"Which would you pick, Baldy," Quinn started. "This thing or a Tommy Gun, and I'm not talking Rocky V or porn." Kim blushed at Harley's comments as Geoff turned 50 feet downfield. In the distance was a Styrofoam torso with crosshairs painted on its chest.
"Ok, ladies," he started. "Downfield there will be a target for each of you. You are going to stand 25 feet away from your targets and fire your hooks. What we are looking for is how well the two of you can use your tools as weapons." Mack nodded and pulled out a blindfold and put it on Kim. He then handed her some ear protection to cover her ears.
"In order to keep the tests objective," Mack started. "You won't be allowed to see how Harley uses her pop stick or hear us discuss it, Kim. This way, you cannot use the same tactics as your opponent. This will also help give a value to Instinct and Battlefield Tactics, which are two of the key X-Factors we use in the sim. Can you see or hear anything, Kim?" The cheerleader shook her head and placed the ear phones on. Harley picked up her pop stick with a wicked smile. The GCPD officers drew their guns, taking no chances with Quinn. Harley was led over to the staging area. Geoff readied his equipment as Harley took aim.
"3…2…1…FIRE!" he shouted. A loud boing echoed through the air as the head of the pop stick rocketed away. A line trailed behind it as the gap closed on the target. The steel head impacted the target in the throat and Harley raced toward the dummy. With a tight grip on the stick, she began bashing the head of the dummy with the spent stick of the grapple device. Once, twice, thrice, "blood" erupted from the makeshift skull until Quinn stopped and turned to the scientists.
"Damn, I'm good," she said as she dropped the "blood" stained weapon. Mack and Geoff laughed and walked over to the carnage.
"Nice shot, Harley," Mack said. "Right in the throat."
"What do you mean, I missed," Harley replied. Geoff and Mack returned to the dummy, noting the damage to it. The throat was deeply caved in and the head leaked "blood" and was barely recognizable.
"Anyway," Geoff began as he assessed the depth of the throat injury. "The shot to the throat definitely crushed the trachea, rendering this guy unable to talk. But forceful enough trauma to the throat can also sever the Carotid Artery and cause internal bleeding. It could be severe enough that you could bleed out internally and die very slowly. But that is a best case scenario for this shot."
"I'm more interested in the head shots, Geoff," Mack said. The three looked at the head and very little imagination was needed to see what this trauma would do to a living person. "Harley, you essentially turned his brain into jelly with the edge of that stick. The first shot more than likely fractured the skull and rendered him unconscious. The second depressed that fracture driving skull fragments into the brain. And the third was likely an all grey matter shot. This is a kill." Harley smiled at the assessment.
The camera shifted back to Geoff's computer and the high speed footage. Mack, Geoff, and Harley watched as the Joker Head plunged into the neck.
"That shot is guaranteed to knock you down," Mack said. "And Harley followed it up by bludgeoning the target to death. This shows "good" instincts and tactics which are going to be huge factors in the sim."
"I agree," Geoff said.
Harley Quinn has set the bar very high and impressed our experts. How will Kim Possible respond? The camera zoomed over to Kim as she was taking the earphones and blindfold off.
"Ok, Kim," Geoff began. "We got a kill from Harley on her target. Now we need to see what you can do." Kim look a little nervous as she took her position at the firing stage.
"Don't faint there, Red," Harley called. But with a sigh, Kim regained her usual confidence and took aim.
"Keep calm, KP!" Ron called as Harley mocked him.
"3…2…1…DO IT!" Geoff shouted. Kim took her aim and pulled the trigger. The three pronged hook soared through the air and over the shoulder of the target. Harley began to laugh at the miss until Kim pulled the trigger on her grappling hook again. The hook stopped in mid air and fell to the ground with the rope still over the shoulder of the dummy. Suddenly, it began to retract at a fast pace. Harley stopped laughing as the hook drag itself across the ground and up the dummy. The hook then buried itself into the shoulder. Kim gave the rope a quick tug and dragged the dummy across the ground towards her as the Hair Dryer Grapple launcher rewound the rope. In a cloud of dust, the dummy came to rest at Kim's feet. To the shock of those around her, Kim stomped on the head of the dummy and yanked the hook out of the shoulder. Chunks flew from the shoulder wound and simulate grey matter oozed from under Kim's feet. Geoff and Mack stood in awe at the sight of the "blood" Kim had spilt. Ron shook his head in disbelief, while Harley smiled a little.
"I'm no one's push-over, Clown," Kim hissed with venom.
"I like you, Red," Harley said. Kim turned to give Quinn a piece of her mind before she was interrupted.
"If I may," Mack said as he looked at the carnage Kim had left. "Any doubts I had about you abilities are put to rest, Kim. You overshot your target so you could get the claws of your hook into the flesh. Dragging it across the ground, using the body weight to inflict more trauma, ripping the hook out, and finally stomping on the head. I, I just never expected this from you. Ruthless, but also very good tactics. This is going to jump up your Ruthlessness and Battlefield Tactics in the sim."
"The head is self explanatory," Geoff started. "A full blown Bruce Lee stomp, but the shoulder is what interests me. That hook has three inch prongs and you dug them deep into the shoulder." Sticking his finger in the wound, Geoff felt how deep it was. "Oh yea," he continued. "Through the back and deep enough to his the back of the clavicle. This means, the chunks you tore out include the Trap Muscle and sliced the Subclavian Artery. That is a major artery, Kim. You didn't even need to stomp him in the head. Once the subclave is severed, you literally have minutes before you're dead." The camera shifted back to the computer with Geoff, Mack, Kim and Ron.
"Oh Jeez," Geoff said looking at the footage. The hook embedded itself in the dummy's flesh and it was pulled to the ground.
"Remind me never to forget your birthday, KP," Ron said.
"Unfortunately, that's the only high speed footage I have," Geoff started. "But now, Mack and I have a very tough decision to make."
Kim Possible has answered Harley Quinn's challenge but who gets the edge with their Grappling Hook? The camera zoomed back to the Fight Club with Geoff talking with Mack.
"You have to agree," Geoff began. "What Harley did was one of the most brutal kills we have ever seen on Deadliest Warrior. Bludgeoning a dummy to death with the handle of her weapon. Not only is that a first for the show, but that will significantly jump up her Killer Instinct in the X-Factors."
Our experts have excellent data to judge their decisions. Who will get the edge? Who will be the Deadliest Warrior?
(turns off tv)
Me: Hey guys, I'm back. Let me tell you I hate all the research that goes into the Fusion Series. And for a while I thought about abandoning the story. But you guys kept me going. For that, much love and thanks. I've gotten a few messages with the future of the including Wolverine vs. Predator and Shredder vs. Cobra Commander. Look guys, I also have 4 other stories going too. So after this installment of the Fusion Series. It'll be gone for a couple months. But I have decided who the next two fighters will be.
Danny: (materializing) Did I hear you right? The next fighters have been chosen?
Me: Yea, they have. What took you so long?
Danny: Box Ghost decided to be extra annoying today. But Tucker emailed me this chapter.
Me: As I speak, I am still finishing writing this chapter, how'd he get it? Uh, never mind. Need new firewall. Well who do you think will get the edge here Danny?
Danny: Honestly, I'm calling it a tie. Harley is brutal, but who knew Kim could be so ruthless?
Me: Hey, she threw Shego into an electrical tower.
Danny: True, but I want you to spill. Who are the next fighters? And don't argue, you owe the fans a little love.
Me: Actually, I have a better idea. I'll give a clue as to who the next fighters are. If anyone can guess who they are…they will be invited to provide the commentary with me during the next story.
Danny: That's awesome, dude.
Me: It is, but now it's time for the fans to speak out. Click the review button at the bottom of the page and cast your vote for who is the Deadliest Warrior.
And the clue is: Japan vs. America…
