UNIVERSE BOWL VI: CHAPTER XII: THE FIERY FIRMAMENT

            “I am exhausted,” claims Charles Xavier.  “I can no longer maintain the functionality of the entire ship with only you and I.”

            “What does that mean?” asks Vampire Jean Grey.

            “It means that the next phase of our plan must commence immediately,” says Professor X.  “Jean, make your way to the hangar bay before I implement the self destruct sequence and collision course setting with the Technodrome.”

            “Don’t spout your male bravado at me Charles,” scoffs Grey.  “The Captain doesn’t have to go down with the ship.  Not on my watch, that is.”

            After a few minutes of knob pulling and button pushing, a metallic voice sounds overhead.

            “Self destruct sequence initiated.  T-Minus ten minutes. . .”

***

            BL Thanos stares at the U.S.S. Enterprise in his view screen.  He notices that the starship is on a collision course with his Technodrome.

            “Evasive action!” shouts BL Thanos.

            The Enterprise smashes into the Technodrome. 

“NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” screams BL Thanos aboard the devastated Horsemen ship.

Before the two vessels explode in a fiery apocalypse, a small shuttle shoots from the hangar bay of the Enterprise.  The pair of Professor X and Vampire Jean Grey looks at the destruction caused by the crash and smile.   

***

Outside of the annihilation, Ursa and Rayner fight a violent battle against one another.  Parallax-Rayner lashes out at Ursa with a heavy curtain of yellow constructs.  Ursa is repeatedly assaulted, but manages to successfully land a few of her own strokes on Rayner.  Rayner eventually gains an upper hand on the Phantom Zone villain.  He manages to wound Ursa, who cringes at the sight of actually being harmed by her foe.  As Rayner attempts to deal a death blow to Ursa, the skirmish is joined by Eradicator.  Eradicator’s computer enhanced analytical capabilities focus on the weak points of the Rayner-Parallax hybrid.  Eradicator manipulates the “fear” energy surrounding the Rayner-Parallax combination.  The Kryptonian being then converts and releases a refocused, albeit opposite energy form which engulfs Rayner-Parallax.  The being is imbibed with opposing energies, which, in turn, rips him apart.  An explosion of white light occurs, destroying both the entity and its host. 

“Thanks,” a weakened Ursa says to Eradicator.

Eradicator acknowledges the appreciation and flies onward.  As Ursa is about to join her teammate, she is confronted by both Scar and Krona.  The combined psionic abilities of the pair are too much for a diminished Ursa.  The former Guardians release a barrage of blasts which holds the Kryptonian in place, while destroying her at the same time.  Ursa cannot escape her fate.  Her last sight is that of the Doomsday trio approaching to assist her.  They are too late as Ursa dies at the hands of the Oans.   

Immediately after the death of Ursa, Doomslayer, Steel Doomsday and Superboy Doomsday unleash an animalistic fury upon both Scar and Krona.  A battered Krona still manages to blast a psionic pulse that surges through Superboy Doomsday.  Superboy Doomsday attempts to clear his head and is unable to do so before Krona uses his enhanced telekinetic ability to focus his own fist to smash through Superboy Doomsday’s face.  Superboy Doomsday crumples and falls.  In response to their brethren’s death, Steel Doomsday and Doomslayer combine their brute strength and powers to decimate Krona. 

While focused on Krona, the Doomsday duo fails to notice Scar fly away from the fracas and toward Flamebird.  The two women discuss a strategy to destroy the Doomsdays.  After a hurried conversation, the women soar toward the Doomsdays.   Eradicator blockades the duo and immediately kills Scar.  Flamebird ricochets from the area and strikes Steel Doomsday.  After a pitched fight, Flamebird manages to destroy the incarnation of the alien beast, using all of her Kryptonian abilities.  As she begins to fly away, she is met by both Doomslayer and Eradicator.   Flamebird’s screams shatter the clouds as she is ravaged by the duo.

As Flamebird’s body plummets, Eradicator and Doomslayer fly together and meet the shuttle carrying both Professor X and Vampire Jean Grey.  The four glide away and fail to notice the ground below.  Beneath the rubble of the Technodrome a gauntlet reaches toward the sky.