Thor stepped out of the car first to survey the damage.
"Well, this will take a little more gold than I have on my person." he sighed.
"You're telling me," Vegeta said while also getting out of the car, "What hit us anyways? It was really uncool."
"That would be us."
The two princes turned to see Bane and Shao Kahn.
"Shao Kahn. So I'll guess that it was you who depowered me and Vegeta!" Thor accused.
"So it seems that Luthor's Weakening Overpowered Resistance Fighter Bombs proved effective."
"Is that what they're called? That's a bit of a mouthful." Vegeta pointed out.
"The name is pending." Bane replied,"But for now," he trailed off…
Shao Kahn finished for him.
"FIGHT!"
"Finally!" Vegeta cried out, "It feels like it's been like, five weeks since those stupid trucks came into this damn city. At least now, I can get a good fight!"
"It's been three hours."
"It's called 'hyperbole' thunder man," Vegeta replied, "'Sides, I'm high right now- OOF!"
"I said, FIGHT!" Shao Kahn repeated, retrieving his maul via telekinesis.
"Okay," Deadpool began, "We need some filler until Vegeta and Thor are working the plot. Anyone here have some interesting stories about their roommates?"
"C'mon everyone! A bit of character building wouldn't hurt to help set up for future plots." Pinkie mentioned.
Everyone in the room sighed. There wasn't any getting out of this anytime soon. May as well play along.
"Yo! Locktits! How's your girlfriend doing?"
Tifa growled at the mangling of her name, "She's doing fine, thank you very much. Still needs comfort durring her nightmares, but she's fine."
"Just wait until Scarecrow shows up, and we'll really see how much that claim holds water." Deadpool murmured, "Chief, what about you?"
"To be honest, I'm just wondering where that Carolina girl is."
"I'm legally not allowed to tell you what's going on with her, but I can tell you that she's basically on sabbatical. Or was that the yellow guy, I don't remember." Pinkie piped up.
"I'm still working on that red and white guy." Spider-Man mentioned, "I still have no idea why you don't have Tony work on him, but whatever."
"Eh, can't have him putting in any upgrades that would make the fight unfair, plus he's egging Cap for being on secondary carpending for Wonder Woman's movie. What about the Blue Bomber, how's he doing?"
"He's trying to get that X guy in a fight. So he's been spamming X vs X-23 all day." The web-slinger answered, "Now what was that about carpending?"
"Why?"
"Because I'm genuinely curious."
"No, I mean why X vs. X-23? Does he want X's fans to go at the hosts' throats? - Actually, that might be funny, maybe that should be an actual figh-"
"Pfft. Please. Everyone knows that a better opponent for Laura is that weird pink sharkface from Scorp's 'verse." Wolverine said before returning to his beer.
"Save some of that six pack, will ya?"
"No promises, bub."
"Well, I was thinking-"
"Ah, no time, Scout. We gotta get back to the plot."
"What are you talking about you stupid-"
Meanwhile, at the plot
Thor grunted as he leaped out of the way of the Kahn's incoming attack. With Vegeta being knocked away to fight off Bane, Thor was left to contend with the konqueror.
"Face me, cretin!" Shao growled, "It's only a matter of time until you lose. So it's best to give up."
"There's a certain contract that one must sign when becoming an Avenger, Kahn." Thor said from behind a car, "In that contract is a certain requirement to remain an Avenger. Can you guess what that is?"
"Is it to throw away your life so recklessly in the face of a stronger opponent?" Kahn taunted, approaching the car that Thor had taken cover behind.
"No," Thor uttered as he spotted Kahn's shadow closing in on have to wait a little longer, and - NOW!
He leaped onto Shao Kahn's back, using his cane to force his opponent into a chokehold.
"WHAT THE-"
"We never give up!" Thor shouted, "And while your device has sapped me of my powers, my skills still remain!" He held onto his cane with both hands and delivered a mighty kick to the back of the Kahn's head, letting go to let himself launch off and into the streets.
"I do battle with Rayden regularly, you are nothing compared to him." Kahn shouted.
"And I wield a 40-pound hammer that he has no defense against." Thor retorted.
"He is still a much better strategist than you." Kahn rebutted.
"Well," Thor began, "He is certainly no Loki." He reeled back, and swung hard.
He saw Kahn slam into a car, and struggling to get back up. "How are you still so strong?"
"Biology." Thor responded, "If a martial artist can punch a hole in your chest, then I should be able to send you flying into a car."
Shao Kahn stareddown the Thunderer…
Perhaps retreating wasn't such a bad idea.
Meanwhile, at the other part of the plot…
"There's no way for you to win, prince. My training is far superior to yours."
"How do you figure that? I've trained under about eight hundred times normal earth gravity. You don't even come close."
Bane chuckled, "but without your powers, you are left with little to do."
"We'll see about that." The prince muttered.
Vegeta moved to pick up a car.
"What are you doing? You know you can't lift that."
"I'm not trying to lift it." Vegeta countered, "I'm just going to grab something from - AHA!"
Vegeta pulled out the exhaust pipe, and started to wield it like a weapon.
"Let's go, you Recoome knock-off!" Vegeta taunted.
Meanwhile, at the secret plot…
"Hey yo! Bitches!" Joker called out from truck three.
"What the hell?" Willy asked, "I thought that there were only four trucks, and that number three was just omitted to throw people off."
"Who the hell think started that rumor?" Joker asked, "Those goody-two-shoes are going to be too busy to figure out they've been conned to figure out that we have the device."
"Hmm, you really are smart."
"Was there ever any doubt?" Joker rhetorically asked, "OHH LEX!" He shouted as quietly as possible, "YOU GOT A DELIVERY!"
Lex Luthor entered the delivery bay, and opened the back of the truck, "Excellent. At least there is someone who is competent in this place."
"Hey, I'm not Ganon." Joker deflected.
"Never said you were." Lex replied, "Now, let's get to work."
"Amazing what you can do if you threaten the right people." Joker mentioned, "Speaking of 'people,' Kahnny and Bane should be crawling back with their tails between their legs in a few minutes."
"At least they're a good distraction."
X: Okay. You got your win. Now disarm the damn bomb!
Joker: Now now, maybe you should go on vacation. There's no need to be angry.
X: You literally tied up Deadpool, Alexis, and Pinkie; held me at gunpoint, and placed a bomb full of your smilex gas in here.
Wade: Mmmph mmph mph mmmph!
X: Why did you gag Deadpool anyways? - Not that I'm complaining.
Joker: Eh, he talks too much.
