Week 8: The Underhills vs The Horsemen

The Underhills are: Magglio Ordoñez, Neo w/ 2 lightsabers, X-24, General Zod, Professor Snape, and Pterodactyls #1-6

The Horsemen are: Supergirl, The Juggernaut, Black Lantern Darkseid, Grand Admiral Thrawn w/Green Lantern Ring, King Leonidas

Overcast at night in downtown Detroit and the lights shine on the Comerica Park field. A soft rumble of thunder can be heard in the distance but any storm seems to be moving away. Six shadows passed over the stadium as pterodactyls shrieked through the air, circling their roost atop the light towers. On the field Magglio Ordoñez is wondering why his Tigers uniform doesn’t fit as well as it once did. He taps his bat against his cleats and starts tossing a baseball up to himself for a little BP before the match starts, trying to recreate the home run from the ‘06 ALCS. Beside him in the on deck circle, Neo twirls two crimson lightsabers, their hum slicing the silence. X-24 slashes at the infield grass while General Zod is levitating just above the pitcher's mound, surveying the field. Chilling in the dugout, Snape starts whispering incantations, preparing his first volley of dark magic.

The air shifts and a boom echoes through the stadium, The Horsemen arrive.

Coming quickly from above, Supergirl landed hard on the Pepsi Porch, cracking the concrete beneath her boots. Her eyes glowed red, scanning the opposition. The wall in left field explodes as The Juggernaut blows through the bullpen wall on a Phil Coke sprint. Black Lantern Darkseid descended from the clouds, death itself in his wake, his anti-life aura blackening the ivy covering the Chevrolet Fountain. Grand Admiral Thrawn, elegant and cold, hovered above the bleachers, his Green Lantern ring pulsing with calculated energy constructs. At second base, King Leonidas stood alone with spear in hand, shirtless and defiant, a relic of war unafraid of gods or monsters.

Zod wasted no time. With a guttural scream, he launched toward Supergirl, fists colliding midair in a shockwave that shattered every window in a five-block radius. Neo ran forward, lightsabers whirling, meeting Leonidas in a clash of ancient combat and digital grace. X-24 leapt like a beast at Juggernaut, who barreled forward, unfazed. Their collision left the infield looking worse than BiCi Field 1.

From the stands, Snape raised his wand.

"Sectumsempra!"

A slash of invisible force sliced toward Thrawn. The Grand Admiral countered with a glowing emerald shield and returned fire, manifesting a pair of green, spectral TIE Fighters that strafed the field. Magglio takes aim at the TIE fighters and hits a perfect line drive straight through one of them, exploding it mid-air. The explosion causes the other to crash into the fountain, flooding the outfield and sending the brand new 2025 Chevrolet Corvette and Silverado EV tumbling to the ground. Both cars are available now at any one of your 38 Metro Detroit area Chevy dealers, starting at around $70k

The pterodactyls screamed and dove in formation, claws aiming for Leonidas and Thrawn. One snatched the Spartan off his feet; he drove his spear upward, impaling the beast midair and crashing to the ground in a tangle of blood and wings.

Supergirl overpowered Zod momentarily, slamming him through the upper deck and into the concourse. But Zod returned, bloodied but smiling, charging her into the Comerica carousel. The two Kryptonians exchanged blows like gods in a hurricane.

Meanwhile, Neo and Leonidas dueled across the base paths. The lightsabers hissed against the bronze shield sending sparks flying with each strike. Leonidas fought with strength and honor, but ultimately, Neo was able to best the Spartan.

X-24, despite his ferocity, was thrown across the outfield by Juggernaut’s unstoppable momentum and was impaled on the statue of Ty Cobb. But as Juggernaut turned to help Darkseid, a swarm of pterodactyls descended, clawing and dragging him into the lower tunnels of the park. Screams echoed. Then silence.

Darkseid advanced. His eyes flared with omega beams. Snape shouted “Protego Maxima!” just in time to deflect them, though the shield cracked and buckled. Thrawn’s ring transformed into a barrage of alien weapons. Magglio ducked and ran for cover.

Snape, bleeding and drained, cast one last desperate spell—“Fiendfyre.” A dragon of living flame roared into the sky, engulfing Thrawn's constructs. Thrawn, anticipating this, sealed himself in a green sphere, but couldn’t counterattack in time. The flames consumed the bleachers, and both Thrawn and Snape vanished in fire and smoke.

Neo, now beside Zod, faced off against Supergirl and Darkseid. He nodded once to Zod.

Zod flew at Supergirl again, buying Neo time.

Neo rushed toward Darkseid, blades igniting at the last second.

The field exploded in light and a blast of energy tore through the stadium.

When the dust settled, only one man stood.

Magglio Ordoñez surveys the carnage. X-24 disemboweled on the Georgia Peach, Juggernaut lost in the depths and buried under rubble, Leonidas slain at second base, Thrawn incinerated, Neo unmoving beside Darkseid's crumpled form. Zod and Supergirl had vanished into the clouds, still fighting for all of eternity..

Above, a single pterodactyl circled silently.

Magglio raised his bat one last time, picked up a baseball, and hit the perfect home run into the 8th row of the left field grandstands. He smiles, raises his fist, and starts rounding the bases in victory.