Sunday, March 23, 2025

FFL 2025 Week 4: Washington Redskins vs. Darkseid's Horsemen of Apokolips

 Washington Redskins: Power Girl, Full Spectrum: Sinestro w/ White Lantern Ring, Sodam Yat (Green Lantern Ring), Indigo One & Munk (Indigo Lantern Ring), Saint Walker (Blue Lantern Ring), Carol Ferris (Star Sapphire), Black Lantern Larfleeze (Orange Lantern Ring), Dex-Tar (Red Lantern Ring), Scar, Air Zonk, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Nemesis Enforcer w/ Sword  of Darkness, Zuko’s Dragon, Quasar, Star Wolf & Rob in Stealth X-Wing, Jedi Master #1A (Final Death), Bashar Tarr, Buster & Lolo in Batcopter, Serpenter in Air Chariot, Black Dragon #1-10, Tallyhawk, & OA Guardian #2.


Darkseid's Horsemen of Apokolips: Supergirl, Ultron w/ Infinity Gauntlet containing the Power & Time Stones, The Eradicator, Orion, Amazo, Apocalypse, Zombie Superboy, Black Lantern Agent Smith, Mongul w/ Yellow Lantern Ring, Red Hood flying atop Oogi, Arsenal w/ Red Lantern Ring, Starfire, Tulin w/ 2 katana blades, Jeff in F-15, Wedge Antilles in A-Wing, Biggs Darklighter in B -Wing.


Match Location: Cloud City (they better be able to fly)


What an FFL match we’re gonna have here today!! 


It’s been a little over 7 months since i’ve watched a match, glad to be back, time to shake off the rust and get this match started. We got heavy hitters on both sides of the field (Cloud City) today. 


It’s gonna be a good one.


The Washington Football Team is going with a lineup containing the Full Spectrum today, while the Horsemen played multiple Kryptonians and the Infinity Gauntlet.


The Washington Commanders start this match by having their Full Spectrum + OA Guardian sit back and prepare themselves for the power they have obtained from their ring bearing companions. Washington sends out the rest of its team to attack the Horsemen head on in the clouds of Cloud City.


Star Wolf & ROB in an X-Wing with their teammates in the BatCopter, Tallyhawk & Serpenter in his Air Chariot take on Tulin, Jeff, Wedge & Biggs in their respective aircraft in a dogfight that rivals Top Gun Maverick in its coolness factor.


The Batcopter, Tallyhawk & Serpenter in his Air Chariot are taken out quickly by the awesome Wedge & Biggs combo. Star Wolf & ROB are stunned at how quickly Wedge & Biggs are able to take their teammates out. But the effect of the stun doesn’t last too long as Star Fox is an excellent pilot and gets behind Jeff with ease and takes him out using his X-Wing’s proton torpedo launchers. After Jeff is taken out, Tulin attempts to retaliate by shooting the X-Wing in the back with his bow and arrow, but it has no effect on the X-Wing other than a small scratch on the paint. This arrow gets Star Fox’s attention though as he quickly turns the ship around and scorches the wings of Tulin using the X-Wing’s laser cannons. Tulin has now lost the ability to fly and is falling in the sky to his death. Wedge and Biggs see their teammate falling to his death in the sky and focus their attention on the fox with pilot skills. Star Fox is initially arrogant towards Wedge and Biggs as their teammates have been so easy for him to take out. But he is quickly humbled as Wedge uses his A-Wing to distract Star Fox while Biggs gets behind him with his B-Wing. Biggs is able to knick one of the wings of the X-Wing with his bomber. Star Fox’s ship is weakened but still functional. He‘s able to take out Wedge in his A-Wing but not long after, Biggs gets his revenge and finishes off Star Fox and ROB. Biggs gets brief relief from the revenge as his ship is immediately burnt to a crisp by Zuko’s dragon.


While that dogfight was going on, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Nemesis Enforcer and the Black Dragons took on Red Hood and the Outlaws. The Transformers and crew proved to be quite the hassle for Red Hood and the Outlaws as Thundercracker and Skywarp took out Oogi and Red Hood. They then focused their attention on Arsenal and Starfire who were visibly struggling. Thundercracker was able to stun and knockout Arsenal causing his lantern ring to stop keeping him a float. He began quickly accelerating down into the clouds. Starfire dove down into the clouds to save Arsenal. She disappeared for what seemed like a minute, until she appeared out of the clouds with Arsenal in her arms. She was not able to wake him up, so she is visibly handicapped as she is not able to properly defend herself while carrying Arsenal. The Black Dragons, Nemesis Enforcer, Thundercracker and Skywarp are attacking all in unison trying to take her out. She is able to defend the initial onslaught but is getting exhausted quickly. Just as she was about to pass out from exhaustion, in the flash of an eye, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Nemesis Enforcer and the Black Dragons were taking out in a cloud of dust. After the dust settled, it was seen that Supergirl, The Eradicator and Zombie Superboy took the group of the Commanders out. Supergirl instructs Starfire to take Arsenal to a nearby building in the city and leave him to wake up while she joins the rest of the team in battle.


With Washington’s squad taking an early beating in this match, the lantern bearers have joined the rest of their teammates to help after getting the full spectrum prepared. 


Power Girl sees the lantern bearers appear and yells “Finally! We’ve been getting our ass beat out here while you guys were meditating, or whatever it is you guys were doing!” Sinestro disregards Power Girl’s comment and commands his lantern bearers to work together to defeat the Horsemen. 


Supergirl is cautious as Superman has warned her about how dangerous the Full Spectrum can be. She also remembered that Kal taught her that the only way to defeat a Black Lantern ring is to combine the powers of two rings. She calls out to her team “The Full Spectrum is dangerous and uses our emotions to defeat us. We need to keep an even keel throughout this match and work together if we want to…” Before she can even finish her sentence, Mongul rushes to attack using his Yellow Lantern Ring. Sinestro uses his White Lantern Ring to shoot an energy blast to take the Warzoon out with ease. In the midst of the explosion, Supergirl sees Mongul’s Yellow Lantern ring flash in her eye, she flies to it and picks it up before the dust settles. Sinestro is not aware that Supergirl has the ring in her possession. 


Once the dust settles, Sinestro calls out “Lantern Corp, attack with full fury!” The Lantern Corps attacks as one unified being and does devastating damage to the Horsemen. In one quick flurry, Sodam Yat uses his ring to create two huge arms and grab Starfire by her arms and legs to rip in her half. Sinestro creates a huge energy blast with his White Lantern Ring and destroys Orion in one fell swoop.The other lantern corps members and Power Girl attack the other Horsemen but thankfully the horsemen are able to defend and survive the first wave of attacks. Supergirl calls out to The Eradicator “GO GET ARSENAL’S RED LANTERN RING, STARFIRE LEFT HIM IN ONE OF THE NEARBY BUILDINGS!!” The Eradicator zooms off into the clouds to find Arsenal while the rest of the Horsemen hold their defense. 


Supergirl then goes to Apocalypse and says “Try and use your telepathic powers to take control of Power Girl, telepathy is a common weakness in Kryptonians.” Apocalypse responds with “I’ll try, but I’ll need someone to protect me while I do.” Supergirl then calls to Amazo “Amazo, use your mimic abilities to mimic Sodam Yat’s Green Lantern abilities and create a force field around Apocalypse to protect him while he uses his telepathic powers on Power Girl.” Amazo responds with “You got it boss.”


Amazo sets up the force field around Apocalypse as tries to take control of Power Girl. Eventually, Apocalypse is successful and gets her to attack her own teammates. She uses her laser vision to slice Zuko’s Dragon in half, then she grabs Air Zonk with her own bare hands and rips the tiny robot in half. Finally she uses her freeze breath to freeze and shatter Quasar’s Quantum Bands. Without those bands he loses his ability to fly and falls to his death. 


Sinestro calls to his corps “Someone figure out why Power Girl is attacking her own team!!” Carol Ferris notices that Amazo is using a shield around APocalypse while he sits there with his eyes closed. She calls out “Apocalypse is using telepathy Power Girl!!” Sodam Yat turns around and shoots an energy blast from his ring. Amazo notices but has to remove the force field from APocalypse to block the blast from hitting him. With Apocalypse without protection he stops his telepathy and continues on to the battle. 


Zombie Superboy is hungry and sees a floating bald man with white hair. He flies to the OA Guardian and eats him to satisfy his hunger. While he was focused on eating the OA Guardian, Power Girl swooped and snapped his neck from behind.


Agent Smith calls out to Supergirl “Going on the defensive this long sickens me!! I’m going on the attack.” Agent Smith charges towards the corps but Black Lantern Larfleeze combines his Black and Orange Lantern Ring to take out the fellow Black Lantern Ring carrier with ease.


Supergirl yells to Ultron “Damnit, we need to work together!! We can’t keep making these stupid decisions, the Full Spectrum is tearing us apart one by one!! Where is Eradicator with Arsenal’s Lantern Ring?!” Just as she finishes her sentence, The Eradicator swoops in from behind the Redskins, he flies into Scar’s back with full force and obliterates her into a million pieces without breaking his stride and stops right in front of Supergirl. He says with a smirk on his face “Did I hear my name?” 


Supergirl smiles and takes the Red Lantern ring out of The Eradicator’s hands “Go help the rest of the team in battle” she says. She then turns to Ultron and hands him Mongul’s Yellow Lantern Ring and Arsenal’s Red Lantern and orders him to combine the rings to take out Larfleeze. Ultron follows her commands and combines the rings. He flies to Larfleeze and hits him with an energy blast from his combined rings to take him out. Sinestro sees Larfleeze taken out and calls for the two rings to come to him. He now possesses the white, yellow, black and orange lantern rings.  


Sinestro uses the power of his combined rings and shoots Apocalypse with an energy blast. Initially, Apocalypse was able to absorb and endure the energy, but eventually, Apocalypse began to glow like there was a lightbulb inside his body, brighter and brighter until he exploded.


Supergirl and The Eradicator work together to try and take out Power Girl. After a fury of attacks from the duo, Power Girl is alive and well as she did a good job of defending herself. As she is about to go on the offensive, Amazo uses his mimic powers to temporarily override and shut down Power Girl’s abilities. She begins to fall as she’s lost her power of flight. As she’s falling Supergirl grabs her by her arms and The Eradicator grabs her by her legs and fly in opposite directions. Ripping the Krytponian in half. 


Sinestro is sick and tired of Amazo’s mimic abilities and destroys him using his powers from the multiple rings in his possession.


Supergirl and The Eradicator continue their offensive streak and fly towards Dex-Tar. Dex-Tar shoots an energy blast at them but they endure through the blast until they reach the Lantern bearer. The Eradicator gets behind Dex-Tar and pulls his arms back while Supergirl pulls his lantern ring off and then punches through the neck of the ringless Dex-Tar. While the Kryptonians were focusing on killing Dex-Tar, Sinestro was able to call the red lantern into his possession.


Ultron and the rest of the Horsemen join Supergirl and The Eradicator on the offensive as they have gathered momentum heading towards the end of this battle. Ultron uses his Power Stone to destroy Saint Walker & Indigo One & Munk. Sinestro is able to retrieve the Indigo Lantern Ring from Indigo One but Sodam Yat retrieves Saint Walker's Blue Lantern Ring. Sodam Yat with now immense power carrying both a Green and Blue Lantern Ring shoots energy blasts at Supergirl & The Eradicator that are just too strong for the Kryptonians to handle. They both fall to their death. 


Now it's just Ultron by himself against Sinestro, Sodam Yat, & Carol Ferris. The trio shoot an energy blast in unison towards the Artificial Intelligence being, but just as the energy blasts are about to strike him, the blast starts moving backwards towards the trio of lantern bearers. Ultron is using his time stone to go back in time. The battle reverses back to just after Indigo One & Munk and Saint Walker die, but right before Sodam Yat get’s the Blue Lantern ring in his possession. Ultron then uses his Red and Yellow Lantern Ring to call the Blue Lantern Ring into his possession but just as he’s about to receive it, Sinestro uses the power of his many rings to overpower Ultron and get the Blue Lantern Ring into his possession. 


Sodam Yat was focused on the power struggle over the Blue Lantern Ring and left himself vulnerable to the two Kryptonians. Supergirl and The Eradicator used their laser vision to cut an X through Sodam’s body. Sinestro also calls for that lantern ring into his possession. Now it’s just Sinestro and Carol Ferris left against Ultron and the two Kryptonians. 


Sinestro orders Carol “Give me your Star Sapphire ring, I’ll combine the powers of all the rings to take these guys out” Carol uses her ring to get to a nearby building balcony and begrudgingly gives Sinestro her ring. Sinestro then combines all the powers of the rings and shoots one large energy blast to the Horsemen. The Horsemen respond, with laser vision from the Kryptoniains and a combined energy blast from Ultron’s power stone and the yellow & red lantern rings.The energy blasts from the opposing teams meet in the middle as they push back and forth on each other. One not able to take over the other, eventually the energy blasts create a huge explosion.


The dust settles and it can be seen that the explosion killed Ultron, Supergirl and The Eradicator from the Horsemen and Sinestro from the Washington Redskins. 


Carol with a sigh of relief says “Finally, … it's done.”


She turns around and walks towards the door of the balcony, as she grabs the door she is struck in the center of her back with an arrow and falls to her death. 


Arsenal had woken up from being unconscious and hit her with an arrow from a nearby building rooftop.     


7 comments:

The Underhills said...

The Horsemen are Victorious!!

Survivors:

Washington - None

Horsemen - Arsenal

David Parks said...

Dude, a full Lantern spectrum with heavy hitters like Sinestro and Larfleeze, vs. Ultron with some Infinity Stones and some Kryptonians is such a prime matchup to write. Nice work.

Josh the Commish said...

That was a really good match Kyle. A total nail biter.

Congrats on your birthday win Alex!!

Josh the Commish said...

I sent it all, but it still wasn't quite enough to take out The Horsemen. Kyle did a great job.

The Underhills said...

That was the most difficult decision I’ve ever made as a watcher. Two amazing teams played.

Darkseid's Horsemen of Apokolypse said...

Nice work Kyle!!!!!!!

I loved the imagery and description, I had a very clear vision of what that arrow shot from balcony to balcony would have looked like, great match all around.

I love your determination to research and ask questions too; signs of a great watcher.

Another week, another win! On to the big week.

Josh the Commish said...

You did great.