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Chapter 10:
Stop the world I want to get off
"Another peaceful day in Mr. Spider-Man's neighborhood." He muttered as he swung through his adopted world. The city has had a few problems, but nothing a team of seven couldn't handle. 'Just wish some of these guys didn't hit close to home especially the last one.' He thought with a suppressed growl. As the red and blue hero was swinging home after doing a morning patrol he failed to notice a cloaked man in an alley watching him swing by.
'Finally, I thought he'd never stop patrolling.' Thought the man before leaving the safety of the passage and went to his destination. 'Just can't believe how long it took him to stop.' He added to the first thought, and when he got to the door, he saw a young boy at the counter with a single coin.
"Go ahead son. Give it to him." The woman said, gesturing to the smaller boy. The youth was more than happy enough to do as he was told.
"This is my first deposit." The young man said as he presented his coin to the bank teller. The man behind the glass, who had been doing his job for quite a while was not enthusiastic.
"Isn't that exciting." He answered back in a drawn out voice while watching the lad place the money on a small pad on his side. When he saw that he activated a very short range teleport device which sent the deposit from the boys side to the workers side. As soon as the man was about to do his job he was interrupted by a booming voice.
"Listen up, people!" The voice yelled out. The voice itself was added with thundering feet. After a collected gasp he continued with, "I am Massive. This is a robbery." He said while using his powers to rip the cloak and the sunglasses off of him. "So I'd appreciate your full cooperation." He asked calmly to the civilians. In truth filling his wallet was his main objective, he did not like crossing a line that one should never cross.
"Hands up." One of the guards said while positioning his gun at the intruder.
"That's not what I call cooperating." He commented, not liking that some people could not do a simple request. To punish the man that raised his firearm at him he moved his thick hand at the gun and just like that the blaster became seriously heavy. The man tried to hold it, but it still ended up hitting the floor. "Now half of you reach for the sky…" He said while moving one hand to the air, and some of the people found themselves stuck on the ceiling. "And the other half hit the floor." He added and moved the other hand down forcing the other half to be forced down on their bellies. In both halves there were people that tried to fight it, but couldn't. The one with the weighed down gun tried to pick it up, but Massive saw him and put pressure on the officer's body. "As you can see I'm into gravity. Heh, Heh. Well that and money." He explained to the captives.
'I hope my son is okay up there.' The dark skinned woman thought as she saw her boy on the ceiling looking down at the man. The gravity manipulator hovered over to the door and bent it out of the way. With some maneuvering through the small doorway he was in front of his target: the bank's safe.
"Ah, 5-foot thick steel-tanium bolts." He said to himself after seeing the defense. He then added, "Heh, hasn't anyone ever heard of the word 'challenge'?" He then used his right hand to force the bottom bolt to the ground, and then used his left hand to have the other bolt hit the ceiling. After making sure the new ceiling decoration stuck stayed there he turned his eyes to his prize. "Hmm. A hundred million in quasarlinium, and now its mine." He said with a grin. The blue skinned robber put a light barrier around the cart, turned it to where the handle was to him, grabbed the handle, and hovered out of the safe.
'That's a relief. He's going after the big money.' The boy, who was at the front of the line, thought before seeing robber glanced at the new piece of money. The man used his gift and forced the coin to his hand. "Hey, that's mine." He argued to the thief. Massive looked up and answered the youth truthfully.
"Aw, sorry, but every little bit helps." He then hovered to the metal-detector, broke it, and politely tossed the heap away from the door. He calmly ignored the alarms blasting as he left, and as soon as he was out of the building his manipulation wore off. People that were on the ceiling fell downward, and the boy landed on his mom's lap. The guard that raised his gun to Massive let out a growl as he went for his gun.
'No one gets away with that much money on my watch.' The guard thought and he with a few others ran to the door. The big man was standing calmly outside, in plain sight. "Hyah!" He yelled as he forced the men to fall on their backs and the doors to slam shut in the doorway.
"Oh, and have a nice day." He added as a comedic comment, ending in a laugh. The heroes on the other hand were lounging in various parts of their home.
'Wonder if this Basherball is all that its cracked up to be.' Peter thought as he was finishing up putting on his uniform. Ever since he arrived Danger Duck divided his discussions with the arachnid between: Misty Breeze, name change, and Basherball.
"Hey, Pete, see your done with recon." Lexi said as she saw the hero walk out of his room in full uniform. He looked over at her and nodded.
"Yeah, just went to see all of the kids, and all were fine." He answered back, while able to hold in the longing of having what those kids have: true parents.
"While you were away, Zadavia called most of us, and said that she may have a mission for us." She informed him and added with a smirk, "Care for a race?" He smiled back and answered.
"Sure." The two of them sped off, with the pink haired bunny in the lead…for now.
"Hello, and welcome to the ultimate showdown, the last game in the Basherball semifinals. The winner today advances to face the Acme Rangers in the Mondo Ball." A sportscaster said to the viewers before the words 'Mondo Ball' filled the screen. The mallard, who watched that announcement, stood up and spoke to his fellow couch potato.
"Check out this move." He then leaped into the air, did a mid-air somersault all while grunting, "Hunh! Whaah-hah-hah-hah!" The duck landed with his gun arm to the ground and added, "Hunh. Hah. Hmm?" He said the last part out of disappointment after seeing the preloaded ball simply roll out of the wrist mounted launcher and rolled away. "Of course, if I was a REAL Basherball player, I'd have a professional Basherball Gravzooka." He said after looking at the item he got from the toy store down the road.
"But you don't." Slam, the other couch potato, mumbled in his own language to the duck. The duck billed hero, who did not understand those words, glared at the member sitting in front of the food.
"I don't know what you said, but I'm gonna be insulted anyway." Danger said after a short growl and finished with crossing his arms around his chest.
"Shh." Slam said and pointed back to the screen when he saw the sportscaster back on the screen.
"Mr. Leghorn, who are you rooting for today?" The news man said to the red haired human. The camera closed in on the man as he was more than happy to answer.
"I would like to say how pleased - I say - pleased I am to announce the Mondo Bowl will take place at the world-rome." The camera moved in between the man to show the location that he was talking about. Just as the teleport expert sat down they began to lose the picture.
"What's-." Duck questioned before standing back up. He looked to his friend, who also didn't know what was going on; luckily the picture came back, but it was their founder.
"Team, we have a problem." Zadavia said to the two before her. Danger, who hated it when a crisis happened when HE was trying to watch TV tried to talk her out of the mission.
"Can't it wait till halftime." He offered with a groan. The woman, who was still ticked of how he treated her in her altered state decided her return would be in a yell.
"Now, Duck." As soon as she said that the others entered the room, with one of the final two swinging in.
"Looks like I win, Cottontail." He said as he hung upside down from his line. The female hare glared at the blue spider symbol of her comrade.
"You cheated. You used your webbing." She said to him, since he used some to tie up her ankles after a corner run.
"Really? I don't remember you saying I couldn't use them." He said to her in his usual comedic tone. She glared at him and was about to brain blast his bum just like she did to Duck, but Ace spoke to the blonde haired woman.
"What's up, boss?" He asked to her calmly. She answered him in her normal tone of voice.
"There's a thief at large committing all sorts of crimes all over Acmetropolis." She informed them, and most of them really could not believe this assignment.
"A thief? Isn't that beneath us super types." Lexi offered with a stroke on her fuzzy chin. The team leader looked at her and decided to stick up for why Zadavia gave them this mission.
"Not if he's a super-thief." It was at that time that Parker through his two cents into the conversation.
"And most thieves back home often commit a crime so a random hero could chase them." This got the others attention, but mainly Lexi Bunny.
"Really, like who, Spider-Man?" She questioned which got him on the spot.
"Well…you know…random thieves." He answered her in a nervous fashion. The yellow furred hare did not want to waste anytime so before Lexi could get anymore from this he said his usual line.
"Anyway, Let's jet!" The guys headed over to one of Tech's latest jets and flew over the city.
"Man, so where is this guy?" Duck complained as he looked out of his window.
"Maybe those people running from the Acmetropolis Museum seen him." Spider suggested with a hint of his humor. As they prepared to land, their target was already inside.
"I am Massive." He said to them, and saw that the three guards on the ground were trying to stand, but Massive increased their gravity. "You guys, chill out, and while your lying around I'll relieve you of your trinkets. Ha, ha, ha, ha!" He informed them and hovered to a diamond encrusted blue egg.
"Ok, doc, step away from the egg." Ace said to the enemy while adding his families trademark word. The blue man saw the seven and then was greeted by another member's voice.
"Don't you know that the bigger the egg, the worst the cholesterol count." The muscular man ignored the strange sentence with ease.
"The Loonatics, huh? Interesting. It appears Massive's popularity is growing." The gravity man said and added, "How about I give YOU a choice instead?" He turned his left hand to his target, and used his powers on it. "Save this one trinket or save your selves." He focused his powers on the ground the seven were on. Six of them were caught off balance but not Spider-Man. "Don't you know the cost of being heroes is rising." He said as a lousy humor moment. He then focused on the ceiling right over them - forcing it down. "Time for a hero sandwich." He commented after his move.
"No way, Tech." The field leader said the long eared genius, who already knew what he was going to ask of him.
"On it, chief." He said to him and then called on his magnetic powers to stop the ceiling. Massive did not like how they were defending so he decided to distract them somehow. He looked around and spotted a sculpture that looked like an eight.
"Need some condiments?" He questioned after using his powers on the other sculpture and threw it at them.
'Easy shot.' Ace thought and blew it to bits easily. This angered him even more.
"Rrr! Try to stop this, rabbit, and this!" He shouted in anger as he gravi-threw a bench and two pedestals at them which were blown away by Ace, Lexi, and Duck. After seeing that, he decided to try something else. "I'm finished yo-yoing with you Loonatics." He called out to them while grabbing his prize. With his attention on something else the good guys leapt or quacked off of their pedestal and landed on the ground.
"Ace, the guards." Lexi warned him. He saw that some loose debris was going to hit, but he defended with his optic blast. Their opponent hovered to the doors, but when he saw that the building was about to give way he decided to help it along. He used his powers to crush two support beams and finished it with a shockwave clap.
"The museum is now closed." He announced to them before making his getaway. The seven had bigger concerns than getting him, and the head bunny knew that for a fact.
"Loonatics, we got to get these people out of here." Ace ordered to the rest of the team. He decided to act on two of the three guards by carving a small trench around them which Slam picked up, and carried on his back. He worked on those two since Rev was dragging the third one; which Tech helped out once he saw that.
'Good thing I've seen Gambit, Psylock, and Cat steal stuff back home.' The wall-crawler thought before making a big web sack and started to put paintings in it. The leader saw that there was still one just standing there.
"Duck, don't just stand there with your hands in your feathers, grab somethin`!" Ace yelled to him before following the devil. Danger looked around if fear that they were going to be buried alive, but he did grab something= a golden anvil.
"Stop thief, stop…" A robot voice warned from the pedestal that the anvil was sitting on while producing a small laser which shot the mallard in the butt. The hero rubbed his offended seat and had a few words with the machine.
"Hey, what's with the Roast Duck? I'm one of the good guys." He said before barely dodging another shot. It tried again, but the duck was out of range. Danger concentrated on collecting a few himself, with a bag that he always kept on him if he saw new Misty products. Spider-Man web-swung out and Danger Duck quacked out before it fell into itself.
"Well, guys, looks like Massive skipped." Ace said in a low voice. Lexi could see that her leader was upset so she tried to lighten him up while taking a shot of using a Spider-Man angle.
"How does something that big skip?" She asked and the arachnid heard that and put his own spin on his work.
"It's been known to happen like when Jean did a Jedi trick on Thing." He said and realized that he let his past friends slip past his lips. He saw that the pink hare was about to ask for him to got deeper, but he was grateful Danger interrupted her.
"Oh, who cares? I risked my feathers to save this, uh…" Duck said to the three and after he saw the yellow mask he added, " What is this?"
"Speaking as a professional, I'd have to say it's a mask." The wall-crawler said to the duck. Not wanting to loose their perp the yellow bunny decided to change the subject before the spider could open his mouth.
"We need to pick where the next fight goes down, get the home-court advantage." The field leader said while taking a few steps forward. His, and the others com links activated with the sound of their boss.
"We could set up a sting." She suggested to them. The team raised their com links up, and when Peter saw that he was reminded of a familiar environmentally friendly series. He stopped that train of thought and focused when the hologram of Zadavia appeared.
"A sting? That sounds painful." Duck said when she was in view. The statement annoyed her, but she went on just the same.
"Lay out a trap for him. What is the one thing Massive wants the most?" She said and then questioned the team and had a feeling two answers were coming - the right answer from Ace and a funny answer from Peter.
"To be Mister Universe." Parker suggested while giving off a fairly decent Australian accent. 'Thank you, Dingo.' He thought after he said that, praising that an old enemy had a natural Australian accent.
"No. Money. Lots of it. That egg was worth 150-million quasarlinium." Ace said and could have sworn he saw a smirk of the blond woman's face after he answered. He decided to move on so he added with a smile, "I'm a little short. Got any pennies in your piggy bank, Zadavia?"
"I have a little set aside for a rainy day. Do you have an idea?" She stated to him and widened her eyes for the second sentence; since she did like his plans.
"Yeah, what if we made a very public investment." He said to her, and with that the connection stopped.
"What are you planning?" Spider questioned the hare. He did not know what he was doing since the arachnid mainly preferred to plan on his feet, but he did trust Ace Bunny.
"Don't worry, Spidey just let me take care of this." He said and they all boarded back in their jet and took off. After a few minutes Peter saw that they were landing at an auction of sorts. Before the crimson warrior could ask he was being dragged to a changing room. He picked things that reminded him of an old friend, and when he got out he saw Rev with what Spider could only assume to be Zadavia's money. "We'll hide in the crowd while you get on and get off; that should get Massive's attention." Ace informed, and then they got started.
"Today is a glorious day for the Luxury Rocket Industry." An elderly woman said to the group of people. She was informed by Tech, while they were still flying, that they really were going to give her that money, but it was also going to double as a trap for the heavy-set man; luckily she was still all for it. "Please join me in welcoming our newest investor, Mr. David Stark." She said and a light was shone on a man in a black business suit with short black hair and beard around his mouth. The people in the audience clapped in a dignified manner.
"Thank you, Ms. Earhart, everyone." Peter said to the elder woman and to everyone else. Since he was in a rush he didn't see what the others used, but now he did. He had to admit the bunnies made their outfits look good, Ace - wearing a brown suit from a black and white flick, and Lexi - wearing a beautiful red dress with matching red bow in her ears. Duck went a little overboard with an ambassador outfit, but he kept looking at the pink hare.
'Sure hope he doesn't do anything stupid.' Lexi thought and got the feeling that he was looking right at her which she didn't what to make of it.
'I should have did this, at least I would have did it with more flare.' Duck thought, glaring at the seventh member.
"Truthfully, I would be honored to give 200 million quasarlinium so we may customize magnificent vessels such as these." He told them and gestured to the vehicle behind him. "Maybe for the next one, or seven, you can give them paint jobs of your heroes the Loonatics." He said to the others and got some cheering from that last part; in the cheer Peter's ear com link went active.
"Bug, don't ad-lib, remember get on and get off." Ace whispered in his com link. Parker knew that he was milking it, but he couldn't help it.
"You got it." Spider whispered back. "In closing, like I said earlier I am honored to donate this money, because I know the scientist have what it takes to…" Ace listened to this, but he also wanted to see if the other three were ready on their end.
"Everyone else, in position?" He questioned on the com link, and received three answers.
"Oh, yeah." Slam set as he was setting up a fuel tube to a space vehicle.
"In position." Tech said while pushing a hover-cart, which none of the others knew how he fit such a thing in their jet.
"This is Rev in position, and, man, Ace, I gotta tell ya this is exciting." Rev said after showing a couple of late-comers to their seats.
"We got it, Rev." The field leader said back to him in a calm fashion and then added the canine big-brain, "Is our little surprise ready to go?" The green Loonatic, while pushing the cart, lifted the lid to reveal his invention - that he made two weeks ago.
"My specially made handcrafted gravity stabilization gyro is all set." He informed as he looked at the red and black blaster. "Any gravity affected by Massive can instantly be restored to normal." He informed the team leader of its ability. He then closed the lid, so no one else could see it.
"Then we are good to go." The yellow bunny commented with a smile, having a feeling that they were going to get him this time. Tech, was still pushing and not looking where he was going until he bumped into something.
"Two sparkling waters." The bald man said to the vendor while holding up the number two finger sign. This comment caught the canine off-guard since he was not planning on selling anything.
"Oh, uh…I…uhm, I'm closed." Tech said back to the man in a completely nervous tone. The statement confused the customer.
"But, uh, you just got here." The man said back to the undercover hero. This REALLY made Tech nervous, so he decided to look in the cart again; praying that there was something he could use.
"Well, uh…that is to say." He said before looking. "Here have a straw: on the house." He added once he looked in his cart and saw that there was something he could give, may not have been much, but it was something.
'Looks like someone forgot to fill up the food cart.' Peter thought as he saw the canine having troubles with one person. 'My mind must be going because that dude looks like a thinner version of Fred Dukes aka: the Blob.' He thought once he saw the man that was trying to order something. The wall-crawler was about to delve deeper into his train of thought, but was interrupted by a familiar bellow.
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" The voice was that of Massive, who was using his power to levitate down to the ground. "Massive amounts of quasarlinium and Massive amounts of me." He added after he got a good look of the cash. The civilians instantly fled in sheer panic, and David Stark went with them.
'That's weird, he didn't take a hostage. He only came for the money.' Spider thought as he took off the wig, beard, and suit. Most thugs would have kidnapped someone, but to his knowledge no one got hurt during the heists.
"That's right, run! Run, before you make me throw my weight around. No one stands up to Massive." He said to the fleeing people, not noticing the collection of heroes who, just like Spider-Man, look off their disguises and got ready to fight. He raised his left hand to the money: ready to do what he had done with the other heists, but someone spoke out.
"Yo, mean and green!" The voice was that of their field leader: Ace Bunny. After seeing that he had the super-thug's attention he added, "Didn't your mother ever tell you that money can't buy you happiness."
"She did. That's why I'm stealing it." He answered back while sporting the same grin that he had on since he first appeared. Ace tried a blast right at the man, but when the blast hit him square on the chest…it only made him laugh. "My body's so dense, I'm invincible." He explained to them while under fire. Seeing that special powers weren't the way to go he went old school, mainly with the sword he always had on him. He unsheathed it, jumped while adding spinning the sword, and then struck. Massive blocked with his left arm, doing no damage at all, and was flung away with a punch from the bruiser's right arm. "You really think your puny attack will do any good, you have no chance against my powers." He said to the hero team, and was bout to use his special power, but was hit by a tornado right shoulder lunge; which sent him into a wall.
'That had to have at least tickled.' Spider-Man thought as he ran over to the battle.
"Quick, everyone, while he's down." Ace ordered to the team, who all rushed him by: running, super-speed running, and quacking to the enemy. Massive, who was recovering from being hit into a wall, got into a kneeling pose and used his powers. At first he saw that he had only caught five of them, he then adding the Devil (who was recovering from the body-check maneuver).
"Feeling a little light headed." He commented to them but then felt a tickle on his chest. He looked over and saw Danger Duck with an outstretched arm.
"Forget about somebody." The mallard commented after he cleared his throat to the gravity manipulator, who was not even tickled from the attack.
"Not exactly." He answered back in a calm voice. With his free hand he used his powers and forced the Duck's back to his the concrete. "You see, all their weight has to go somewhere." He explained to the grounded fowl.
"Thanks for clarifying." Danger said back with a voice filled with pain because of the strain. He then turned his attention back to the majority of the Loonatics before him.
"I think you all need a vacation, but where to send you." He said to the six, and was about to answer his own statement, but was interrupted.
"Whoa there, big fella." Spider said with raised hands, in the slow down pose, and then added, "Before you do that can I just say that your, 'throw my weight around' gave me the image that you are REALLY big-boned under those duds." The sentence angered their opponent greatly.
"Just for that, now I really do know where to send you: the Moon!" He informed the soon to be astronauts. "Farwell, Loonatics." He said to them and then moved his wrist up: sending them flying. All of them were screaming at the top of their lungs, mostly out of surprise. And then started to glare the comical member of the six.
"How was I supposed to know that he couldn't take a joke." Peter said to them with a shrug of the shoulders and then added, "Really wish this area didn't have low ceilings" . The brainiac scanned the bubble and came up with an amazing discovery.
"According to this I weigh: negative 1,268 pounds. Fascinating!" This did not make the others feel any better of where they were going.
"Real interestin`, Tech, but can you make us heavier." Ace said to his friend with a slight rushed speed.
"That is: without makings us look bloated." Lexi added to Ace which forced Peter to open his big mouth.
"Which I doubt none of us, namely you, wouldn't be able to pull that look off." This caused the pink hare to go a little deeper pink. Their field leader decided to get back on track.
"And do it before we run out of air to breath." He said to them before activating his com link to the soldier on the ground. "Duck, can you point Tech's gyro up at us." He spoke into the link. The creature in question forced his head to the left and saw the cart, which was not struck by Massive's attack, and then looked back at the sky.
"No. Unless I do it here without moving." He then looked up at the aircraft to his right, and that was when an suggestion came to mind. "Hang on, I have an idea." He told them before quacking into the machine, which was a little bit harder. He managed to port himself on top of one of the consoles. "Oh yeah, the duck has landed." He said in praise of what he had done and that was when he remembered that he was still under Massive's influence, "Whoa, Still heavy!" He added before the metal he was sitting on gave weigh. Once it did, he slid on the controls with an, "Oof." The vehicle immediately started the engines and took flight.
'Really hoping that duck can do something.' Ace thought, wondering what the idea he was thinking of; his wait was over when he heard a voice on his com link.
"Hold on, I'm comin` for ya! If I can steer this thing." Duck said as he tried to man the controls, but couldn't due to the barrier around him. When it reached the higher levels of the atmosphere the others spotted their lift.
"Thanks, Duck, we see ya." Ace said in his com link. He then added to the other six, "Everybody, hang on." They all formed a chain with: Tech to Ace's right hand, Spider to Ace's left hand, Lexi to Spider's left hand, Rev to Lexi's right foot, and Slam to Rev's right hand.
'Seems like I'm an anchor for the bunnies of the team.' Peter thought sadly once he realized where he was. The space vehicle came zipping up right beside them after he thought that.
"Slam, let's hitch a ride." Ace suggested to the devil who slammed his right hand on the hull of the vessel. They were anchored but they were still flying, but the yellow bunny knew what to do next. "Got one shot at this." He said to himself before welding a door in front of them, and when he went in; they were all launched to the cockpit.
'Thank you wall-crawl power.' The blue Loonatic thought while using that power to slow down his crash to all of the important buttons. He was able to watch Tech sit down, and strap in. He then pressed three button to gain some control, but not a whole lot.
"Duck's weight has crushed the controls beyond repair." The coyote said to them after seeing the damaged consoles. "It's going to be a rough landing." He added to them since most of the controls that he needed were destroyed due to the mallard. They some how landed in the same location that they left, but crashed. "Now to grab the gyro and restore us to normal gravity." Tech said to them after walking over to the door, sticking his hand out, and used his powers on the down cart. He stood it up and pulled it to him, and then after letting go of the wall he opened up the compartment. "That's it come to papa." He said when he saw his device, which activated on it's own.
'Let's see: Tech, Ace, Slam, Rev, me, and Lexi.' Peter thought as he felt the affects of the machine. He watched as it even hit the duck, but was more concerned with another thing, but soon he stopped hovering, and began to fall. Thanks to his reflexes he was able to land on his feet and catch the falling bunny. "Couldn't let you land on my bum, could I." He whispered to her when he saw her somewhat disappointed expression which earned him a shove.
"The gyro works: we have gravity." Tech said in praise of his latest baby. The others got out as well and gathered together. Lexi, decided to speak: get her mind off of the slinger.
"That's Massive two and good guys zero." She informed them with two hand signs. After saying that those ears of hers caught onto someone's voice.
"Because I couldn't stop him." The voice was Peter, who often took it to heart when the bad guy got away. None of the others heard him except for one, and she knew this was not the time to comfort him.
"So we know his power is all about give and take - making something lighter or heavier then vice versa." Ace told them after getting the gist.
'Or in my lingo: A guy with the body of Juggernaut, the short-sightedness of Rhino, the power of Graviton, and I guess the zen of Iron Fist.' Peter thought while using references of his home, a habit that he tries not to do.
"Maybe we could figure out how to use that against him." Ace added, breaking Peter's train of thought, and getting a reply from the other bunny.
"Got that right. It's about time for us to throw our weight around." Lexi said even though she knew that she set Spider-Man up to open up his mouth.
"I'm all for that but I think the one with the best chance for that would be Slam. The heavy weight champion of the team." Peter said and got a happy nod from the Tasmanian. Their leader spoke aloud of a thought of his, since he deciphered Massive's power, he was now working on possible next targets.
"He stole a hundred million from the bank, the egg was worth 150, and we set him up with 200 million quasarlinium." Ace said to the team, not knowing or hearing the growl from Spider.
"Oh, he keeps one-upping himself. So what's worth more than that?" She said after getting what the leader was saying and asked a simple question. She was doing everything possible not to make the seventh member feel worse, since she knew he often took the hero thing too far sometimes.
"All this chasing is going to make us miss the Basherball game at the world-rome." Duck said to them before the arachnid could say something stupid. With wide eyes he added, "And I want to see who wins this years trophy." The last part got all of their attention: all of them knew of the trophy and they all had the same idea.
"That trophy's been all over the news." Ace informed them, even though he had a feeling that most of the team knew what he was getting at. "And I bet it's pretty expensive." He added with his left hand to his chin and his right hand to his waist: in fist form.
"Well, we know where to go, so let's get going." Spider-Man said, ready to end this before someone got hurt. As the others got over there by pack, Peter thought it best to take his time by web-slinging. 'Got to calm down, I DO NOT need to go dark.' He thought as he swung. Soon he was in the area that looked like Time Square with all of the screens speaking of the game.
"Yes. The biggest, most expensive trophy in the world is up for grabs today because this is the modobowl and we are live at the World-rome." The sportscaster from earlier said to the camera. "Tonight's game is sure to be a spectacle. It's the Acmetropolis Rangers vs. the Labrakian Manglers." The man added before spotting someone he could have a few words with.
'This is one thing I've gotten used to.' The player thought before adding, 'Just want to know why one of my men gives me those looks.' He shoved those thoughts aside and went over to the camera.
"And with me now is Ranger starting backer - Trick Daley. How do you feel today, Trick?" The man informed and questioned to the athlete beside him.
"I feel pumped and ready to play, Mr. sports caster-man." The blonde haired youth said in return.
"Good luck Trick, and remember this is what you'll be playing for." The sportscaster said to him, letting the camera zoom in on the trophy. When the item was insight the news man added, "The solid gold, diamond studded mondo-trophy of the World-rome. Worth over 250 million quasarlinium."
"That's got to be what that guy wants next." Peter said and swung over to the location as fast as he could. He did not know however that his target was watching the same broadcast, and when Massive heard the amount he held a BIG grin.
"Think you can win tonight." The interviewer questioned.
"Oh man, we're the best team in the league. We're going to mangle the Manglers, man." The MVP said while pointing at the camera, which came back to them after looking at the trophy.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Trick, but tonight's victory will not be a team effort." Massive commented after calming down from his excitement. He then got up from his lazy-boy recliner and left for the game.
"Sorry if I kept you guys." Peter said as he got to the World-rome. He saw that his friends were seated three to one set of seats; he was grateful that they had an extra seat. He sat down and got ready to view the action. 'Last time I went to see a ball game was…with…MJ' He thought sadly, but cheered himself up by adding, 'Too bad this time I had to pay.'
"I'm here with World-rome owner and Basherball League President: Mr. Leghorn. What do you have there sir?" Sportsman informed and then questioned to the man with a white suit and red hair.
"When I watch a Basherball game I always, I say, always keep a pot of my own Special recipe Chili-Gurt close by." The man answered while digging into the big bag to his left. He stood up and practically shouted, "It the official snack of the World-rome."
"You ready Tech?" Ace question the member to his left. The leader was with the canine genius and the speed creature. Rev had Pop Corn and Tech had a couple of tools.
"Yes, these gauntlets use the same gravity stabilization technology as my gyro and should neutralize Massive's powers." He answered back while showing a pair of gold painted handcuffs. He put them down and added, "All we have to do is get them on him." The team's attention was cut short as they watched the start of the game.
"The Acmetropolis Rangers are one their bikes and entering the arena." The white haired man said as a group of five guys in red and yellow suits with red/yellow bikes. "And her come the Lobrocian Rangers." He added as a group with the same number of players only wearing black and purple uniforms took to the field. "The game here today will settle a long running feud between these two teams." He said to them. Both teams hovered in a stand-by form, ready to start the game.
'TV's on the back of the other chairs is a nice touch.' Peter thought with a smile as he saw the sports announcer on the screen who was about to tell the audience an obvious statement since the spider and his team was right across the players booth.
"The Rangers and the Manglers have taken the field and Mr. Leghorn is about to Grab-zooka the first ball into play." The red-haired business man waved to the crowd before aiming the gun and fired the ball into the fray.
'The real ones are a lot more fun than the store bought.' Peter thought as he saw the force of Leghorn's shooter and compared it to Duck's shooter: since he messed around with it almost all the time.
"And their off. These are two fierce rivals and we can clearly see they we call it Basherball." The white topped male announced. Spider-Man saw the guys punch one another and grind one another with their vehicles.
"Sports wise, it is definitely Football based in my opinion." Peter whispered as he saw the passes made by both sides. The match was good until the ball in play stopped.
"I can't believe it. It stopped in mid-air. This is the most incredible thing I've ever seen!" The narrator of the game said to the crowd after seeing that the Rangers were using the 'Hook and Ladder' maneuver. As the civilians their seven heroes were not.
"He's here." Ace said when he saw that happen. Both the Rangers and the Maglers gathered around the sphere with all of them wondering, 'what was going on?'
"Folks, your witnessing sports history in the making." The narrator said to the in awe audience. The ball slammed to the ground giving off a minor explosion. "And what's this?" He questioned due to the boom and then added, "A new player on the field?" He questioned when he saw Massive leave the same hole that the teams did.
"Let's move." The yellow one ordered to the others, and they got up and decided to get a different look at their battlefield. As they were leaving Longhorn decided to get this nuisance out of the way…somehow.
"Sorry for the Massive interruption. I'm sure you all recognize me, so, yes, it is safe to assume: this is a robbery." the blue skinned man said to the booing and hissing crowd. "Now half of you reach for the sky." He said once he spotted the security, and did the same thing at the bank. "And the other half: hit the floor." He added and forced the other half of them force to meet the ground. About that time the owner of the stadium had enough of this new arrival.
"Okay son you made, I say, you made your point." Leghorn said to the man. As the enemy hovered to the box seat the man in white took off his watch and presented to him. "Here take this and scram." He told him in a serious fashion; not wanting anyone to get hurt.
"I'm not some petty thief, Mr. Leghorn." He explained to the owner and added while floating down to his level, "Who else in Acmetropolis would EVER have the guts to steal something on LIVE TV." The gravity guru gazed at the target before telling the both of them, "I'm the greatest thief Acmetropolis has ever seen! So, I'm going to have to go home with something a lot bigger." He then put a barrier around the trophy; scaring Mr. Leghorn a bit.
'Again with the, no harming civilians, thing.' Peter thought as he and the others watched him from in one of the corridors that led up to the court. All of them watched the current baddie at work: ready to strike.
"Thanks to you, Mr. Leghorn, this is the crime of the millennium. Your ratings should go through the roof." Massive said while hoisting the prize skyward. This sight angered six of them, but Spider-Man was still wondering about it.
"You know, for the price of the ticket, you'd think we'd get a better halftime show." Ace said the others while putting his right fist into his left palm. The devil started up his twister mode and headed for the heavy set enemy. "Take him down, Slam." Ace said, cheering his friend's attack on. As soon as the man had his prize it was jutted out of his hands with Slam's body check.
'If my know-how of muscular opponents is true then this will soon be an outdoor battle.' Peter thought and decided to weigh his options if he should stay or go.
"Rev, go!" The leader said to the speed creature when he saw the trophy crash to its starting point and Massive falling to the ground.
"Okay, Ace, now let's give this guy a taste of his own medicine." Rev said after speeding behind him and kicking the gravi-dude in the back. "Let's see how you like being pushed around, big guy." Rev added after racing to the other side of the court and hitting the same spot.
'Now, seems as good as time as any.' Peter thought while seeing the life-sized ping/pong game. As soon as he had his back to the group Lexi saw him, and wanted to know what he was doing.
"Why are you leaving?" She asked while trying to keep her focus on the battle.
"Past experiences with guys like him tell me that this is going to go out of bounds; just hold the line." He answered back to her, and made that last part a lot more serious. For the moment Massive may not have hurt anyone, but sometimes a villain can get carried away. When he saw her nod he swung through the passage.
"Time for you to slow down, bird!" Massive said after having had enough of being used as a pinball. While in the air he angled his body just right and used his powers neutralizing Rev's speed.
"Too heavy!" Rev said after not getting any traction and added a, "Yah! Nnnnnnnn!" As he was falling down. Slam saw his friend meet the ground - back first and didn't like it, so he charged right at him. Massive saw that he was about to be attacked and was ready.
"Not this time, Big Guy!" The levitation expert shouted and made the twister to hit the ceiling and stay there.
"Uh-oh." Slam said when he hit the ceiling. He knew that he was vulnerable since he couldn't move a single inch. The good news came to a man with a pair of green ears flying at him.
"Gotcha Slam." Tech said when he got up to the wind maker of the team. The coyote's move did not go unnoticed since Massive used his powers on the device that he guessed freed them the first time. "I'll reverse this with my-" He stalled when he saw the field, but continued with, "Going down." He was then pulled down with a dull look on his face. The field leader saw this and decided to see if the long-eared egghead was fine.
"Tech, you okay?" He questioned when he got there and tried to move him, but couldn't.
"Define, okay?" Tech said back with minor strain.
"Hey, uh, I'm just gonna borrow these." Ace informed him while picking up the gauntlets. The bunny saw the somewhat hurt look on his face, but he knew the canine was fine: due to his power.
"Fire!" Lexi commanded to the Basherball players. As the others were stalling Massive she made a plan with the players to launch the Basherballs and have them boosted with a brain blast. "Tag, your it!" She commented when she saw the body builder get hit three times. "Score one for the home-team!" She said to the helpers proudly, but there were a few that didn't like what she said.
"Don't insult us." The leader said in his native tongue while getting right in the pink one's face.
"Oh, and you guys." She said nervously while wondering where Spider-Man ran off to. Out of nowhere an image of what he might say entered her mind.
"Uh, uh, uh; back off scale-belly. Now unless you want a face full of webbing I suggest you beat it." He then would end it by holding her shoulders in a defensive manner. As she was thinking of that, Massive was in the cover of the smoke glaring at the upstarts.
"Why you little…" He muttered, but decided to let his powers finish his comment. He shot the usual blast, but Lexi was able to dodge just in time. He did however got one of the lizard creatures. Ace saw his opening and fired on the back of his left shoulder which naturally had no affect.
"Game's over, Massive." The head bunny informed him after the attack.
"I told you, you can't hurt me." He said back to him after a laugh, and looked right at him.
"Maybe not, but I'm working on making pretty uncomfortable. Duck, Lexi blast `em!" The rabbit said as a reply with a pointing finger and then the three of them opened fire with: eggs, brain blast beam, and optic blast. Alone the attacks wouldn't have done squat, but together they sent him through the owners section, and straight to the roof.
"My trophy!" He yelled when he saw the golden trinket and the cowering humans, but the humans didn't matter. While he was flying he used his powers on the trophy to make it his, but wasn't paying attention to his surroundings.
"Man, maybe I was wrong." Peter commented to himself. The seventh Loonatic was just outside the World-rome: waiting for the enemy heavy weight. As he waited he made a small web-ball and filled it with a bar of Chilly Gurt he…found. He was planning on doing something stupid with it, but his target hasn't shown. "Guess those guys are better without me." He whispered down-heartedly, and he believed it until he heard a 'boom'. When he looked up he saw Massive slam onto the ground, and then using his 20/20 vision he saw the trophy dangling over the edge.
"Okay, I've really had enough of-" The big man started after getting up, but was stopped when a web-ball hit him in the face.
"What's the matter, pal? You don't like Chilly Gurt: beans and all of that…gurt." Spider said when the guy smoothed it off of his face with one hand, and was looking right at him. "Of course, this stuff is said to pack on some serious poundage that's why us Spider's will never…" Peter added, but this time it was he who was interrupted.
"Oh! You wanna be lighter. Fine!" Massive said back before using his powers on the arachnid.
"Would you look at the time: gotta go." The wall-crawler answered back and tried to take off swinging - get the guy to follow him, but as soon as he jumped he found himself flying up instead.
"Did you get him, bug?" Lexi questioned to the new battlefield after using her agility up to the hole and then looked down. The spider who was in between Massive and the hole looked back up at her.
"Let's see…comedic spider hanging around without any webs, and the world's ugliest magnet down below. I'd have to say: no." Peter said back to her with his usual amount of sarcasm in his voice.
"Come on down, and join the party." Massive said while using his free hand to gravi-grab her as well. The comment naturally made the blue Loonatic angry until their two spheres became one.
"Ew, gross: spider-cooties!" She said when their bodies were in the same bubble. As the two were spinning around in the sphere Peter realized something.
"Hold still, I…think…I think we're holding each other in place." He said to her in a whisper. When the two of them stopped Lexi was in a place she liked and didn't like.
"Ew! My face is in your neck." She shouted while trying not to get a good whiff of his scent.
"Now, where was I?" He questioned while thinking of the captured heroes: two of them in one bubble, Slam on the ceiling, Rev and Tech on the floor: the current baddie of the night remembered what he was after. "The trophy?!" He yelled out when he saw the object swaying in and out of the hole. "When are they gonna learn: Massive always gets paid." He said to himself, making a reference to the incompetence of the guards and the Loonatics. "Now, now; gently." He said calmly as he tried to lower the prize to him.
'No way he's gettin` that thing.' Ace thought before grabbing an emergency rope on the wall and positioned himself on the edge of the wall-crater. "You know you didn't win that." Ace said in a funny tone and then jumped and swung a little.
"Your through, you flea-bitten rabbit." Massive shouted back and with a laugh and armed a blast with his freehand.
"That's bunny, doc." The bunny said to him, grateful that he watched how Spider-Man swung through the city. The enemy tried a blast, but the bunny let go of the rope, did an air-born summersault, and landed on the hovering trophy. "Aw, ya missed." He said back at him, and had a feeling this plan may work.
"Well then, bunnies going down!?" Massive said back to him after dodging an optic blast not realizing that his hands were not glowing, and countered with his powers, but hit the trophy instead.
"No, you are, doc!" Ace said to him after landing on the ground from the trinket. At first the opponent didn't know what he meant until he looked up and saw his prize coming at him which hit him dead-on. Luckily he was only slammed into the floor, and not dead since he tossed the trophy aside. The yellow Loonatic saw him about to use his powers, so he gave him Tech's gift.
"Here's a little bling-bling for your trip to sing-sing." Ace said to him after cuffing him. He then looked over and saw that his friends were all on the outside landing near him; with blue holding pink while going to them on a web-line.
"If you think these can hold me, your wrong." The enemy said while struggling in the cuffs before adding, "You can't control gravity."
"Yeah, but it will do for now." Lexi said back to him, not wanting Spider-Man to use a line that is his style. A new voice was sounded from above them: the voice of an owner.
"Terrific, I say, terrific job." Mr. Leghorn said from the hole in the wall. "I'd like to give a reward for saving all these people who paid good money to come to my World-rome." Leghorn added while raising his hands to the sky. The leader spoke to what all…or at least: most were thinking.
"But, you know we can't accept your reward, Mr. Leghorn." The team captain said, but the one of the seven that often thought with his ego decided to ask a moot question.
"Uh, but, if we could - what kind of reward are we talking about?" Duck said while rubbing his chin with his right hand.
'Wasn't counting on that.' He thought and then remembered the button he installed on his cane, a cane he carried on all of the games. "Well, what about a life time supply of my own red-hot Chilly-Gurt." He said with a big smile.
"Too rich for us, but not Slam." Ace said while scratching in between his ears. The devil in turn opened his mouth and pointed downward.
"Right down the hole." He mumbled happily. With that as his answer Leghorn pressed the button on his cane: exposing a steaming pot from the ground he was standing on.
"Go to town, son." The red-head man said and pushed the container down with one swing of his arm. As soon as the contents left the container the Tasmanian moved his mouth so he did not miss a drop.
'Time for the ol` spider shield.' Parker thought and made one. At that moment most of them but duck was last since he had to say to the shielded others.
"Ok, it's official: I'm gonna be sick." He was hit by post Gurt. With the team distracted with this Peter decided to leave, since this guy, and this adventure hit him close.
"You guys hold this, and I'm gonna prep the hose. I have a feeling this stuff is going to dissolve the web-shield." Peter said to them, and without a discussion he swung away.
'Thanks it's time for another talk.' Ace thought as he watched the seventh one flee. "Tech, get that gurt-can down." He suggested which the green Loonatic did so. He lowered it down and gave it to Slam, who was still chugging it down. "Come on, let's head home." The male bunny said to the others. They all headed back with the team leader wanting MORE info from Peter Parker/Spider-Man/Loonatic: Blue.