Brock Sampson's Fighting Murderflies VVs. The Horsemen of Apokolips

Brock Sampson’s Fighting Murderflies are Sandworm #2-5, Graboid #1, Rancor #2, Jawa #2-6, Zombie Godzilla, Al-Qaeda Terrorist #1-9, Squirrel #12, and Ewok #35.

The Horsemen of Apokolips are Sheeana Brugh, Sandworm #14, Asgardian #1-6, Nazgul #4, Amazon #1-13, and Army Ranger #1.


“The league calls for commons, and The Horsemen send gods. It seems, no more than appropriate”. Says Asgardian #1 to his teammates, as he sheaths his axe pre-battle.

“My ancestors once viewed the sandworms as incarnations of the one true God, far more worthy of worship than someone who flaunts parlor tricks from a perch in Asgard” says Sheeana, the unofficial team captain of The Horsemen’s desert squad. She continues: “You have seen the menacing beauty of our own Sandworm, but as you know, the four largest sandworms in the league are still in play for our opponents. So, let us not be too arrogant”.

The amazons, the training force of The Mighty Horsemen of Apokolips have worked tirelessly since season 1 to get their team to the position that it is in now, and they along with the first Army Ranger were all greatly honored by the opportunity to represent their team on the front lines this week. As Nazgul #4, Ringwraith to Sauron the Deceiver slowly treads out onto the dusty battlefield of greater Arrakeen, The Army Ranger, Amazons, and Asgardians follow behind him in perfect 3 by 3 formation. Sheeana on the other hand wanders out in to the center of the dunes by herself where she sees wormsign peaceably surrounding her in a circular motion.

For The Murderflies, the squad scatters off into their own directions. Mindless beasts most, the monsters that The Brock Squad has sent off are not much for formulated plans of attack. The Jawas and their adopted pet squirrel hide in a rocky outcropping, while The Al-Qaeda “Freedom Fighters” are strapped up with explosives, bent on the idea of destroying the infidels from Asgard, who dare question that there is any God other than Allah, and that he has any prophet but Mohammed. Ewok #35 on the other hand is valiantly gripping his paw made spear in preparation for his battle with…. Oh, never mind I think he just forgot who he was getting ready to fight and is instead hunting desert rodents….

Feast Happens Yo.

As both teams fill the battlefield, the wormsign around Sheena becomes even greater. It looks and feels as though a lightning storm is happening under the sand; but all who have encountered Shai Halud before know that no form of lightning can do damage like the beasts that are about to make themselves visible.

This would be a great time for me to introduce some dialogue from The Murderflies Squad; but none of the people on the team speak the same language, and of the languages they are speaking, I don’t understand any of them. So, let’s get down to some far from “common”, common action!!

The nine Taliban trained Al-Qaeda Terrorists slowly walk toward The Asgardians while chanting: “Allah Akbar… Allah Akbar…. ALLAH AKBAR… ALLAH AKBAR”. The Asgardians draw their oversized axes and broad swords and stand ready against the “tiny, puny” earth dwellers. Asgardian #1 yells to his comrades: “LET US TAKE THE LIVES OF THESE LUNATICS…. FOR ASGARD!!”!! The Asgardians converge upon the terrorists, and easily begin ripping them apart causing the suicide bombers to die before their bombs even go off; but go off they do indeed in the most glorious fashion. The 72 virgins that they receive will be honored to bang the hell out of the men who just killed 4 false gods (Asgardians #2 and 5 survived the explosions, the rest are enjoying Valhalla).

Ewok #35, charges valiantly at the 13 amazon warriors just to quickly get his face stomped in by Amazon #7; but the amazons soon are met by a much heftier challenge. Graboid #1 bursts from the ground in a manner that is miniscule in comparison to the mighty Makers of Dune; but with a still considerable power and fright factor. The Graboid instantly “grabs Amazons #11 and 13 ripping their bodies in half. The other Amazons, draw their swords and attack the Tremor in unison. Amazon #5 is lost into a treacherous cavern created by the prehistoric monster, while #s 6 & 10 sacrifice themselves for the cause before the remaining Amazons are able to chop and hack at the Graboid until it no longer is moving. The Amazons fight as fiercely as ever, but in truth it is all done in vain as the Graboid would not have lasted long once Shai Halud makes his presence known.

Sheeana looks to her side and sees the death of terrorists and Asgardian beings alike dying in the sand; but she knows that despite these efforts, despite powers and giants of all different sorts, that it will be Shai Halud who decides the outcome of this battle. Sheeana stands peaceably and motionless in the sand as the five worms (#2-5 and 14) circle around her beneath the sand and then emerge into the open air. The Makers, though immensely territorial by nature do not even attack each other as they are under the psychic enchantment of Sheeana. The Army Ranger, The Amazons, the remaining Asgardians, and even the evil Ringwraith begin moving toward the center of the dunes, awestruck at the abilities of their teammate. Each and every one of the sandworms dwarfs every other being on the battlefield. Even the wandering zombified version of Godzilla, who has not quite found his way into the battle proper looks small compared to the structure dwarfing menaces that are the Sandworms of Arrakis. As for the other Murderflies, the Jawas still hang back, whether it be out of fear or intelligence cannot be deciphered even by me.

Sheeana lets the Makers swirl around her as she taps into the heart of what it is to be a true controller of the spice. She closes her eyes, knowing that she needs to have no semblance of fear of the worms, until she all of the sudden finds herself in two pieces, with her top half in the belly of the beast. The Rancor, who had wondered aimlessly and ignorantly into the circle of Sandworms is powered only by his drive for food and the hunt. The Rancor relishes in the consumption of The Fremen/Atreides descendant dying inside his gullet; but as he eats her whole the grip of empathy on the sandworms is released and all hell breaks loose as the worm’s territorial instinct takes over and they are driven by a need to defend their space, defend their spice, and destroy everything in their wake. The sandworms come crashing back into the dunes consuming the rancor even easier than it consumed Sheeana. For as of now, this is not a battle of The Horsemen Vs. The Murderflies but of the sandworms vs. everything else. The Army Ranger, The 2 Asgardians, and all the amazons but #9 escape into the rock outcroppings, the Nazgul on the other hand was just simply too slow to escape the wrath of the worms and their infighting.

The Amazons, have no idea how to combat the mighty worms, so they divert their anger and attention elsewhere. They find the hideout of the Jawas and unleash their fury on the diminutive hooded figures. Jawas #3 & 4 are able to hide even deeper into their small cavern; but Jawas #2, 5, & 6, as well as their pet Squirrel (#12) are massacred by the physically stronger Amazons. Only Amazon #8 falls from a lucky Mini-Ion Cannon pot shot from Jawa #2. The victorious Amazons rally with the rest of their squad as they are called back to regroup by The Asgardians and The Army Ranger.

As the 5 sandworms begin to battle amongst themselves, The Army Ranger makes it clear to the rest of his squad that they can still take control of the battle. He speaks: “We cannot possibly hope to control what those worms will do to each other, we can only hope that they all kill each other and that we are all left standing to take control of this battle. But that zombie abomination of a fire-breathing dinosaur over there, well we could possibly destroy that if we work together”.

The 6 remaining Amazons and 2 remaining Asgardians follow the lead of The Army Ranger as they rush towards the enormous Zombie Godzilla, as the movie monster approaches the city of Arrakeen, due to its uncanny want to randomly destroy anything remotely looking like a city.

In the meantime, Sandworm #3 is the first mortal casualty in the fight over the spice laden land occupied by the Makers. Sandworm #5 is the second.

The Asgardians lead the charge against Zodzilla, and although the wounds they inflict on the beast are considerable, they find that there is no god-fearing within the psyche of an oversized zombified dinosaur. The Asgardians both find themselves on the business end of Zodzilla’s massive rotting feet. The Amazons begin climbing up the side of the monster, attacking in their fierce yet primitive style, creating a diversion for their Army Ranger leader. The Amazons inevitably are all caught by an intense stream of lightning breath that boils them all to the bone; but this emptying of primordial energy provides an opening for Army Ranger #1 to take a cue from The Al Qaeda Terrorists and leap into the mouth of Zodzilla with enough explosives strapped to him to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Army Ranger dies almost instantly inside the maw of Zodzilla; but he manages to take down the enormous foe as well.

With the valiant effort being undertaken by The 5 and 0 Horsemen, it falls short in accomplishing their goal. The smaller, Sandworms #4 and 14 fall in the all worm battle leaving only Sandworm #2 as the ultimate protector of this area’s spice. And leading this uncommon battle of commons to a close….