UNIVERSE BOWL VI: CHAPTER XXX: FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

            Metroplex scans the remaining inhabitants of the city complex.  The robot computes that he alone has the capacity to complete his team’s endeavor and he will attempt to accomplish said task. The Autobot locates Joseph.  As he is about to destroy the mutant, he is struck by cosmic fire.

            “Why don’t you pick on someone your own size,” demands Phoenix.

            “I would if I could find one," responds Metroplex as he blasts Phoenix out of the sky.  “The last one provided by your team was a fraud.”

            Phoenix crumbles to the ground.  She barely manages to escape behind a small building. 

            “Looks like you can use some help,” states Hope Summers creeping toward her teammate.

            “Girl power,” smirks Grey.

            Summers uses her mimicry powers to parallel the essence of Grey as the Phoenix.  In addition, she uses her link to the Phoenix Force, itself.  The unrivaled powers rip through Summers and she screams at the agony surging through her body.  Summers falls to her knees and slowly imbibes the energy within her. 

            “Okay?” asks Grey.

            “Okay,” stammers Summers. 

            “Let’s rock!” shouts Grey as the two women take to the air.

            The giant unleashes a barrage of weaponry at the flying mutants.  The pair is struck simultaneously.  Due to the sheer force of the fusillade provided by Metroplex, the two are thrown through several buildings. The duo eventually slows down and shakes off the blows produced by Metroplex.

            “Ready?” asks Grey.

            “As much as I can be,” answers a shaky Summers.

            Before the women are able to instigate their plan of destruction, they are both backsided by the arms of Metroplex.  The women’s bodies crunch to the ground.  Metroplex is about to finish his enemies, when the two hold each other’s hands and together, psionically manipulate the matter that composes Metroplex.  The two women shake at the strain caused by this action, but they manage to both rearrange and disintegrate the robot at a subatomic level.  The Autobot’s massive body quakes and explodes.  The two women are victorious, but seriously drained at the intensity of the battle. 

            In unison they look to the sky and see Eradicator. 

            “No time like the present,” mutters a tired Grey.

            A weary Summers sighs, dusts off the dirt on her costume and readies for battle.