“Dog eat dog,
Read the news;
Someone win,
Someone lose.
Ups above and downs below,
And limbo's in between;
Up you win,
Down you lose.
It's anybody's game,
Hey, hey, hey,
Every dog has its day;
It's a dog eat dog,
Dog eat.”
-AC/DC [Dog Eat Dog]
Read the news;
Someone win,
Someone lose.
Ups above and downs below,
And limbo's in between;
Up you win,
Down you lose.
It's anybody's game,
Hey, hey, hey,
Every dog has its day;
It's a dog eat dog,
Dog eat.”
-AC/DC [Dog Eat Dog]
I look upon the teams which will do battle in this Season 9 Stan Lee
Conference Finals Match located on the Playoff Planet. They are as follows:
The Royal
Highness: Mogo (9 death), Lady Q (9 death), Cyborg Doomsday (9 death), Superboy
Doomsday (9 death), Fantastic Four ([Assistant Coach] Reed Richards w/Ultimate
Nullifier, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and The Thing) in Anti-Galactus Suit,
(Offensive Coordinator) Yoda, (Assistant Coach) Metron (9 death), Ronan the
Accuser, Molecule Man, (Head Coach) Batman, Alfred, and Robin (Jason Todd) with
blue lightsaber, Elderly Bruce Wayne and dog (9 death for dog) (Batman Beyond),
Commissioner Gordon, The Flash (Barry Allen), Blade (Marvel), Agent Smith
(Matrix), Emperor Palpatine, Lex Luthor, Sinister Six (minus 1) (Doctor
Octopus (9 death), Electro (9 death), Vulture (9 death),
Hobgoblin (9 death), Sandman), Sandworm #1A, Maleficient (9 death), Rhas
Al Ghul (w/Green Lantern ring) (9 death), Detective Christian Walker and Deena
Pilgrim (Powers), Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit and the Batwing, Gungnir
(Marvel) (Transforming Helicarrier) and The Revenge (Transformers).
Griswold’s
Nut-busters: Galactus, Primus, Onslaught, Doomsday, Slym Dayspring (w/ a green lantern
ring (he has 9 deaths)), Redd Dayspring (w/ a green lantern ring (she has 9
deaths)), (Age of Apocalypse) Nightcrawler (w/ a green lightsaber (he has 9
deaths)), (Age of Apocalypse) Blob (he has 9 deaths), Evan Sabahnur (he has 9
deaths), Fantomex in a Fiat C.R. 42 Fighter Plane, Cluster in a Cierva W.9, Weapon
XIII (w/ magnoguard electrostaff) in a Bell X-2, Scarlet Witch (w/ 9 deaths), Emma
Frost, Dazzler, Black Tom Cassidy, Talon, Batwing and R-4 Unit #3 in a
Resistance X-Wing, Star Sapphire #3 (w/ 9 deaths), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) in
an F-22, Teneb Kel and Maggot, Exal Kressh, Dexter Jettster and R-4 Unit #2 in
a Resistance X-Wing, HK-47, The Witch King of Angmar (w/ 9 deaths) on his
Mordor Horse, Shelob, (Head Coach) Dexter Morgan and his bodyguard Stormtrooper
#3 (w/ 9 deaths) in a Y-1300 Light Freighter being piloted by War Skrull #6 (w/
9 deaths) and Jedi Master #2A (w/ a green lantern ring), Anaksunamun (w/ 9
deaths), Riddick, Kalder, Gotenks (w/ a green lantern ring), Super Shredder (he
has 9 deaths), G.W. Bridge in a landmaster, Krayt Dragon #1, Dark Side Adept
Kyle Houslander and Dark Side Acolyte Zachary Houslander in a Double Dash Mario
Kart and Annoying Orange on an adult sized tricycle.
The Royal Highness
Locker Room. . .
Yoda: Coach Batman - listen to him we will.
Batman: Do I really need to say anything?
Roger Rabbit: Pppppppllleease Batman!
Reed Richards: Batman is a man of few words, but as you know
I am not. This year started with. . .
Human Torch (interrupting
Richards): Let’s kick some Nut-buster balls!!!!
The entire Royal Highness team rallies
around the Torch’s words. Richards looks somewhat sullen and disappointed that
he could not finish his twenty minute diatribe.
Griswold’s
Nut-busters Locker Room. . .
The Witch King of Angmar screeches and the entire room
becomes silent.
Emma Frost: The time
has come for the Nut-busters to rise to this occasion.
Stormtrooper #3 mutters to himself: That’s not all that’s on the rise due to
Frost’s outfit.
Doomsday: Death to
the Highness!
Fantomex: Death!
Talon: Death!
The repeated word of “Death” crescendos as the entire locker room
erupts in a frenzy.
Let the Battle
Water Region. . .
A large mass of buoyed detritus
floats in the middle of the Water Region.
The hunter-killer assassin droid, HK-47, stands with Exal Kressh.
HK-47: Why have we been teleported to the waters of
this planet? It does not compute.
Exal Kressh: It does not matter. All that matters is that we defeat who will
be teleported here on behalf of the enemy.
HK-47: My servomotors stand ready.
A flash of intense light bursts
in the area and Emperor Palpatine stands among the floatsam.
Palpatine gains hits wits. Kressh leaps to his piece of jetsam and
ignites her lightsaber. Although taken
somewhat unaware, the Sith Lord manages to avoid being sliced in half. As Palpatine jumps to another piece of
floating wreckage, HK-47 fires at the Emperor.
In midair, Palpatine skillfully deflects the bolts with his newly ignited
lightsaber.
Palpatine: You may
both be sufficient in the ways of villainy, but your prowess does not compare
to my existence within the Dark Side itself.
Palpatine sheaths his saber and unleashes
Force lightning upon Kressh. The Sith
hybrid writhes in pain and screams as she is burned from the inside out. Bubbles rise to the surface of the water as
her body drifts to the waters below. HK-47 manages to fire a few blasts before
Palpatine lifts HK-47 off of the debris.
The water engulfs the droid and is sinks below, joining the
free-floating body of Kressh.
Palpatine: They will have to do better to defeat
me.
Palpatine cackles and begins to
Force push himself back to shore.
Black Tom Cassidy muddles through
the brush of the Forest Region. He feels
the plant-life around him and gains strength from their essence. As he turns through a copse of trees and
vines, he notices spider webs strung throughout the area. He accidentally stumbles into a web. The mutant looks up and sees an immense
spider walking down its webbing.
Cassidy: You’re one ugly mother.
Shelob opens its maw in
anticipation of its prey. As the giant
spider traipses down the strands, it fails to notice the vines as they begin to
wrap around its limbs. The vines begin
to strangle the spider and they suddenly tighten, ripping the limbs and head
off of Shelob’s torso. Cassidy struggles
out of the webs and walks on, victorious for now.
Desert Region. . .
Anaksunamun stands next to
Riddick. The beautiful, Egyptian warrior
and space mercenary look at one another.
Riddick: Right up our alley.
Anaksunamun: I’m not sure what an alley is, but I’m extremely
comfortable in this region.
Riddick: That’s what I said.
The two give each other a look
and smile. The duo are in their element;
they are ready to fight. As they scan
the area, they notice a landmaster drive up next to them; it is G.W. Bridge
Sandman: You may be used to the desert, but you’re
sure not used to me being the sand!
Electro: You have a lot of pretty jewelry on
Anak. You know, gold is a great
conductor of electricity.
Anaksunamun looks at her body
which is covered in gold. She attempts
to shed the jewelry quickly, but without success. Electro laughs as the electricity rips
through the Egyptian’s body. A singed Anaksunamun
falls to the sand.
Riddick grumbles non-intelligent
words as he fights with the Vulture.
Vulture attempts to grab the merc, but Riddick slashes the wrists of the
Vulture before being reached. Blood
spurts from Vulture’s wrists and the old man eventually bleeds out and
dies. Seeing their mate killed, the four
remaining Sinister Six gang up and kill Riddick. Krayt shuffles over to Doc Ock and Electro. Sandworm bursts from the ground and wrestles
with Krayt Dragon #1 before the Star Wars behemoth is able to rip the duo apart. The two monstrosities battle, but in the end,
Sandworm #1A is victorious.
Water Region. . .
Palpatine lands on the shore. The Emperor is tired.
Palpatine: Finally –
land.
Palpatine is engulfed in a bright teleportation light.
Space Region. . .
Rhas Al Ghul flies to Mogo. Ghul notices Primus heading toward Mogo.
Ghul: You understand that by doing this you are
going to die!?!
The living planet sends a message
to Ghul by having its trees bloom.
Ghul: Live another day? But you won’t! You will be sent to the Graveyard! The Graveyard!
Mogo’s foliage rattles in
response.
Ghul: You were a true champion on this team.
Ghul flies away, leaving Mogo and
Primus. Mogo shudders when Primus is
within 10,000 miles of the planetoid.
Unbeknownst to Primus, Mogo has supercharged his green lantern ring. Mogo also had hidden the Revenge, which has
been set to self destruct, including the placement of all moleculon missiles
near the ship’s core.
9,000. . . 8,000. . .
7,0000. . . 6,000. . . 5,000. . .
4,000. . . 3,000. . . 2,000. . .
1,000. . .
An explosion unlike anyone has
seen in the FFL is emitted throughout the Space Region of the Playoff
Planet. Entire stars are consumed and spatial
rifts emerge as both Mogo and Primus disappear in an instant. After the flash – nothing in the area remains.
City Region. . . Fawcett Sector. . .
Dark Side Adept Kyle Houslander and Dark Side
Acolyte Zachary Houslander ride in a Double Dash Mario Kart while Annoying
Orange peddles on an adult sized tricycle.
The trio rides around, looking for trouble. They bump into their teammates, the Age of
Apocalypse Blob and Nightcrawler.
Annoying Orange
Blob incredulously looks down.
Annoying Orange
Blob: Shut
up! You’re on my team too you annoying.
. . orange.
Annoying Orange
Blob has had enough and squishes Annoying
Orange.
Nightcrawler:
I know he was annoying, but like you said, he’s on our team.
Blob: Don’t care.
Now he’s on the dead team.
Plains Region. . .
The expanse of the Plains Region
is great, allowing the combatants plenty of area to fight. It is the battle of the Ds as Doomsday
battles both Cyborg Doomsday and Superboy Doomsday.
Doomsday: I am the original. You are mere copies not worthy of my
recognition.
Superboy Doomsday: We’ll see who’s not worthy of recognition old
man.
The Doomsday entities battle
against one another in a frenetic cluster of blood, sweat and spit. Although
the Royal Highness Doomsdays are pummeling the Nut-buster original, Doomsday
still manages to ultimately destroy Cyborg Doomsday.
Doomsday: As I said, a mere copy.
Superboy Doomsday takes advantage
of the damage the original has taken, especially with his immediate fight with
Cyborg Doomsday.
Superboy Doomsday: It is time for someone else to carry on the
name.
Doomsday smiles: And that shall
be the original.
Doomsday comes upon Superboy
Doomsday and places him in a sleeper hold, eventually breaking the copy’s
neck. A wearied Doomsday turns and is
immediately struck by Ronan the Accuser’s universal weapon. A stunned Doomsday slowly rises from his
knees. Ronan the Accuser is then joined
by Molecule Man.
Doomsday: Congratulations for doing that which no
imitation could.
Doomsday shudders and falls to
the ground, dead.
City
Region. . . Metropolis Sector. . .
Detective Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim slowly
walk down the street with both Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit.
Roger Rabbit:
Ppppplllleeeaaassee Eddy!
Pilgrim:
It’s a nervous bunny thing Walker
The four return to their task of scanning for the
enemy.
Emma Frost and Dazzler step from a
storefront. Dazzler immediately hits the
four with her mutant abilities and the lights blind both Walker and Pilgrim.
Roger Rabbit: Such pretty sparkles!
Frost turns into her diamond form and in an
instant, uses both hands to pierce the chests of Roger and Jessica Rabbit.
Walker and Pilgrim focus on the mutant duo and
begin to fire their weapons. Both
Dazzler and Frost scurry out of the way.
The detective duo hears a sound behind them. In tandem, the two turn around. Before their weapons are fired, Walker
Air
Region. . .
Lex Luthor and Lady Q ride Gungnir. The Nut-busters set upon Gungnir with all of
their flying vehicles - Fantomex in a Fiat C.R. 42 Fighter Plane, Cluster in a
Cierva W.9, Weapon XIII in a Bell X-2, Batwing and R-4 Unit #3 in a Resistance
X-Wing, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) in an F-22, Dexter Jettster and R-4 Unit #2
in a Resistance X-Wing, (Head Coach) Dexter Morgan and his bodyguard Stormtrooper
#3 in a Y-1300 Light Freighter being piloted by War Skrull #6 and Jedi Master
#2A.
Luthor: It
is fine to have such an able bodied and superior minded participant in this
portion of the battle with me.
Lady Q: I
agree Luthor.
The two stand in the ship and watch the fireworks
around same. The battlements of Gungnir
hold, while the targeting systems facilitate the staccato destruction of the
Nut-busters’ ships. Although Gungnir
takes damage due to the sheer number of the enemies’ fighters, it still stands
at the end of the skirmish. The entire
Nut-buster fleet of vehicles is destroyed; the devastation and smoke shattering
the sky around the battle. The one
positive note concerning the skirmish for the Nut-busters is the fact that, like
a fight in G.I. Joe, no one living dies.
Thus, Fantomex, Cluster, Weapon XIII, Batwing, GL Hal Jordan, Dexter
Jettster, Dexter Morgan, Stormtrooper #3, War Skrull #6 and Jedi Master #2A
survive; R-4 Units #2 and 3 are not as lucky.
While floating down in their various escape devices, they are teleported
to additional sections of the Playoff Planet.
Luthor:
Another victory for Luthor. . . and for Lady Q, of course.
Galactus sets upon the scene and the smiles of
both Luthor and Lady Q disintegrate.
Galactus: . . . Albeit a short lived victory at
that.
Just as Gungnir begins its transformation, with
the powers cosmic at full force, Galactus rips into and destroys Gungnir. Luthor and Lady Q scream in agony as they are
ripped apart within.
Water
Region. . .
Emperor Palpatine lands in the detritus of the
waters, once again.
Emperor Palpatine: Oh, come on!
Yoda: No
longer against one another we are. Now with you shall you fight.
Emperor Palpatine: We shall.
The duo focuses on a flotation device which
contains the newly arrived Dexter Morgan, Stormtrooper #3, War Skrull #6 and
Jedi Master #2A. Jedi Master #2A ignites
his lightsaber and clashes with Emperor Palpatine. Palpatine easily dispatches with the master,
but it takes longer then expected since Jedi Master #2A not only used his
lightsaber, but his green lantern ring also.
The Emperor balls his hands into fists and shoots lighting at Dexter
Morgan.
Stormtrooper #3:
My love!!!!
Stormtrooper #3 leaps in front of Morgan just as
the serial killer was to be hit by the Sith’s lightning. The lightning rushes through Stormtrooper #3
and he falls to the ground. Dexter
Morgan cradles Stormtrooper #3’s head.
Dexter Morgan actually has a tear in his eye.
Morgan:
Let me see your face.
Morgan takes off the helmet and winces.
Morgan:
Better keep that on.
Morgan puts the helmet back on Stormtrooper #3’s
face and is skewered by Yoda’s lightsaber.
Yoda: With
him you are now. Together, in each
other’s arms you will spend eternity.
War Skrull #6 is then killed by the combined
efforts of both the Jedi and Sith working together.
Palpatine:
Back to shore. . .
Black Tom Cassidy walks through the foliage to
see teammates, Talon and Scarlet Witch.
Talon:
About time you made it.
Cassidy:
Listen, I just killed a heckuvah big spider back there.
Scarlet Witch shudders: I hate spiders!
Cassidy:
What are you two doing?
Talon: We thought we saw Metron out here.
Cassidy instantly is on the defensive, waiting
for Metron to appear. Suddenly, a red
blur comes to the scene and a crack is heard as Cassidy’s neck is broken by the
Flash.
Metron: My
superior intellect knew that if you were looking for me alone, you would fail
to see the friend.
Talon enters into hand-to-hand combat with
Metron, who is adept at that skill set also.
Metron bests Talon after a lengthy skirmish. Scarlet Witch stands alone.
Scarlet Witch:
I’ve bested my brother, Quicksilver; you should be no more than he.
Before the Flash can react and race away, Scarlet
Witch stops the Flash in place. With a
twist of her wrists, the Flash’s body becomes puddy. The Scarlet Witch then reaches out again and
the Flash’s body becomes rigid. The
Flash’s body cannot take the strain that is imposed upon it by Wanda; his
healing powers cannot compensate for the demands and he succumbs to these
rigors, dying at the hands of the witch.
Desert
Region. . .
Sandworm #1A slithers on the surface of the sands
in the region. It fails to notice huge
pieces of Mogo, Primus and the Revenge before they fall from the sky, killing
the Dune inhabitant.
Plains
Region. . .
Maleficent faces Star Sapphire #3.
Maleficent:
I love a strong female, even a common.
Star Sapphire #3:
I hate talking.
Star Sapphire immediately encases Maleficent in a
green bubble. Maleficent scans the
bubble and the evil fairy waves her hand. The bubble pops.
Maleficent then moves the earth upward. Although Star Sapphire #3 reacts in time, he
body is still somewhat shattered with the rocks and debris. Not mortally wounded, Star Sapphire #3 still
crawls on the ground injured.
Maleficent:
Another morsel.
Maleficent changes into a black dragon and her
maw chomps down on Star Sapphire #3, who is too injured to react in time.
City
Region. . . Gotham Sector. . .
Batman and Robin (Jason Todd) slowly tread down
the streets of the Gotham sector. Batman has his batarang out while Robin
ignites his blue lightsaber. Joining the
dynamic duo are Elderly Bruce Wayne and his dog, as well as Commissioner Gordon. The Batwing flies to the scene, hovering over
the group, flown by Alfred.
Robin:
There are only two.
Batman: Two is enough in this case. Cover!!!!
The Highness scatter as both Onslaught and Evan
Sabahnur ease on down the road.
Onslaught sends a psionic blast at the Batwing
and the ship explodes. Alfred was not
lucky enough to take advantage of the “G.I. Joe” moment from the Air Region of
the Playoff Planet occurring earlier in the match; he is dead.
Evan Sabahnur focuses on Elderly Bruce Wayne and
his dog. Sabahnur chases the two down
into an alleyway. The two stand their
ground against the young mutant. The dog
stands in front of its master.
Sabahnur:
Isn’t that beautiful. A faithful
pet willing to sacrifice itself for its master.
Sabahnur’s eyes glow red. Both Elderly Bruce Wayne and his dog lower
themselves to the ground. They cuddle
and die together.
Sabahnur:
A beautiful thing. . .
Meanwhile, Onslaught destroys Commissioner Gordon
without much fanfare. Onslaught is then
joined by Sabahnur. Batman and Robin
come from a building, armor encasing the duo.
Onslaught: What one Earth 616 made you think
armor was a good idea?
Onslaught and his psi armor takes on Batman. The two engage in a knockdown, drag-out
skirmish, but ultimately the human being is no match for the enhanced
mutant. As Bane did to Batman at one
time, Onslaught raised Batman above his head and slams the caped crusader’s
body over his knee; this time though, his back is not broken, but his entire
body is ripped in half. Robin screams
and rushes Onslaught, his blue lightsaber out.
Sabahnur uses his mutant ability to kill the boy wonder before reaching
his partner’s killer.
Sabahnur:
Score: Six – mutants; Humans-
none.
Space
Region. . .
Nothingness is felt amongst the lack of stars due
to the decimation wrought by the previous fight. Galactus has decided to make this area his
place to watch the battle below. He is
suddenly set upon by Reed Richards in the Anti-Galactus suit. Watching on the Playoff Planet below, are Mr.
Fantastic’s teammates.
Human Torch:
He has to win!
The Thing:
At one billion dollars per second, he better or the Highness will go
bankrupt.
Invisible Woman:
Come on, Reed.
Richards and Galactus spar for what seems to be
an eternity, but is only a matter of minutes.
Thus, the Highness is only 180 billion dollars in the hole to the FFL
Bank of Scheming. A huge eruption occurs
and Galactus is killed. The suit is
damaged beyond repair, so Reed leaves it drifting in the atmosphere around the
Playoff Planet.
City
Region. . . Star City
Kalder, Gotenks, Super Shredder, Teneb Kel and
Maggot walk together.
Teneb Kel ignites his lightsaber: I feel them;
they will appear any second.
Blade, Agent Smith, along with Doctor Octopus,
Electro, Hobgoblin and Sandman are flown
by Rhas Al Ghul’s green lantern ring to the Star City Sector. Each Higness combatant lands on the ground,
ready to fight.
Teneb Kel and Maggot fight with the Foul
Four. Maggot is immediately surrounded
by Sandman and finished off by Hobgoblin.
Teneb Kel manages to not only cut through the tentacles of Doc Ock, but
also decapitates Spiderman’s nemesis in the process. Electro reacts and electrifies Kel, who drops
to the ground a deadened husk of ash.
A bamf is heard and AoA Nightcrawler and Blob
arrive at the scene. Blade unsheathes the
two swords located on his back.
Blade: You’re dead vampire.
Nightcrawler:
I’m not a vampire.
The two battle one another in a vicious sword
fight without one gaining the upper hand over the other. Eventually though, Nightcrawler bamfs behind
the vampire hunter and skewers Blade through the heart.
Gotenks enters into a skirmish with Agent
Smith. Although Gotenks holds his own,
the warped reality created by Agent Smith is too much for the Dragon Ball Z
fighter, even with his green lantern ring.
Gotenks is killed in the melee. Meanwhile,
Kalder fights Rhas Al Ghul and is unsuccessful in his attempts to kill the
green lantern enhanced villain. AoA Blob
joins the fray and assists Kalder, Ghul’s ring is not enough to protect him
from the combined strength of the two and Ghul dies.
Super Shredder focuses on the Hobgoblin and
manages to take out the masked marauder’s glider and then kill the villain in
one action. Super Shredder is then
ripped apart by the combined efforts of Electro and the Sandman.
AoA Nightcrawler, AoA Blob and Agent Smith fight
the standing Highness combatants of Electro and the Sandman. The Highness’ luck runs out in this skirmish
as the final two Sinister Six move to the FFL Graveyard.
City
Region. . . Bama Sector. . .
The desolate cityscape will hold the final battle
between the two teams.
The remaining Royal Highness of Reed Richards, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, The Thing), Yoda,
Metron, Ronan the Accuser, Molecule Man, Agent Smith, Emperor Palpatine and
Maleficient stand together.
Across the beaten path, the remaining Nut-busters
of Onslaught, Slym Dayspring, Redd Dayspring, (Age of Apocalypse) Nightcrawler,
(Age of Apocalypse) Blob, Evan Sabahnur, Fantomex Cluster, Weapon XIII, Scarlet
Witch, Emma Frost, Dazzler, Batwing, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Dexter
Jettster, The Witch King of Angmar on his Mordor Horse, and Dark Side Adept
Kyle Houslander with Dark Side Acolyte Zachary Houslander in a Double Dash
Mario Kart hold firm.
The Houslanders immediately take the offensive
and rush their Mario Kart at the Higness crew; their lightsabers are ignited,
ready for action. Palpatine stands in
front of the vehicle and looks incredulously at the duo racing toward his team.
Palpatine: Oh, if you were only on my team. I would have much to teach you and be honored
to do so.
The Houslanders scream as they are ready to
strike the Emperor.
Palpatine:
But you are not.
Palpatine spins and decapitates the Houslanders
as they ride by. The Double Dash Mario
Kart crashes into a bunch of trash cans near the scene.
The Witch King of Angmar’s horse rises and
whinnies in anticipation of its necessity in battle. The Witch King unsheathes its sword and
screeches. Maleficent walks toward the
Tolkien villain. Maleficent immediately
casts a spell, disintegrating the horse.
The Witch King falls from his steed and the two fantastical villains
face one another. The spells fly at one
another, but in the end the Witch King is triumphant. The Witch King raises its sword above its
head.
The Thing:
It’s clobberin’ time!
The Thing strikes the Witch King, who crumples to
the floor at the impact. The King is
then struck by the intense fiery blasts of the Human Torch. The Witch King screams and lashes out at the
Thing. The Thing is struck down, but
slowly rises. The Invisible Woman
creates a bauble around the King and the Molecule Man joins the fray.
Molecule Man:
May I, Sue?
Invisible Woman:
You may, Owen.
The Molecule Man manipulates the molecules in the
bauble and the Witch King explodes.
Metron and Batwing spar with one another.
Metron: I
am your superior, human.
Batwing:
We’ll see about that.
The two fight with one another and although Batwing
manages to hurt the New God, Metron uses his universal knowledge of fighting
skills to defeat and kill Batwing. Green Lantern, Scarlet Witch and Evan
Sabahnur join the fray after watching their teammate die. Without the Mobius Chair, Metron is unable to
defray the battle forced upon him by the three enemy. Ultimately, Metron falls, but takes Hal
Jordan with him in death.
Fantomex and Cluster join Weapon XIII, who has
pulled his magnoguard electrostaff out.
The trio faces Agent Smith. Agent
Smith’s moves and abilities mirror those of the three Nut-busters. The skilled mutants manage to repeatedly beat
upon and injure Agent Smith, but his Matrix abilities regenerate each time the
mutants are in a position of power. Ronan
the Accuser walks toward the four fighting each other.
Ronan the Accuser: This is a waste of time.
Ronan gathers the powers cosmic in his utility
weapon and unleashes its ferocity at the four.
The four are shredded apart and while the others’ essences are being
dissolved, Agent Smith becomes whole again.
Agent Smith:
It was the only logical choice.
Ronan: It
was not logical, it was merely a means to an end. It became tiresome to watch.
Emma Frost: As do the two of you.
Frost comes to the scene with Dazzler and Scarlet
Witch.
Dazzler transforms the sounds into light waves
that temporarily blind both Agent Smith and Ronan. The Scarlet Witch and Emma Frost hit Agent
Smith with their telekinetic abilities and Agent Smith’s face becomes a blank
stare as his being is jumbled by the duo.
Agent Smith explodes. Ronan
reacts and points his weapon at the two women.
Scarlet Witch:
Not so fast!
Scarlet Witch pulls the weapon from Ronan’s
hand. Ronan rushes at the Avenger but is
stopped by a diamond Emma Frost.
Frost: Not
so big and bad without your weapon, are you?
Emma and Wanda pin Ronan to the ground with their
abilities. The Invisible Woman, Human
Torch and the Thing attempt to save their teammate Ronan and are
successful. Ronan rises and calls for
his universal weapon. In the meantime, the
Human Torch dispels with Dazzler. There
is a lengthy fight, but the enhanced weapon of Ronan tips the scales to the
Highness. The Thing is killed by Emma
Frost, who is, in turn, killed by the Torch and Ronan. Wanda is set upon by the entire Highness combatants,
but manages to mortally wound Invisible Woman before her death. Reed Richards sees his beloved struck and
rushes by her side.
Invisible Woman:
For the Highness, Reed. For. . .
The. . . Highness. . .
Reed Richards looks to the sky and shouts at the
top of his lungs in agony. The Human
Torch de-ignites his hand and places it on Reed’s shoulder.
Yoda and Palpatine stand together, once
again. In front of them stand Slym
Dayspring, Redd Dayspring, AoA Nightcrawler and Blob and Evan Sabahnur.
Yoda: A
test of our skills, this is.
Palpatine:
Let us even the field immediately.
With the use of the Force, the Sith rips off the green
lantern rings on both the hands of Slym and Redd.
AoA Blob shambles over to the duo. Thinking that the lightsabers will not harm
the behemoth is a mistake as Yoda and Palpatine slice chunks out of the
Blob. Blob is eventually dissected piece
by piece and AoA Blob falls to the ground dead.
AoA Nightcrawler teleports next to Palpatine and is about the skewer the
Sith Lord when Palpatine instantly turns around and grabs the mutant by the
throat before he can use his lightsaber against Force wielder. Palpatine cackles as he squeezes the life’s essence
from Nightcrawler.
Palpatine:
Did you really think you could sneak up behind me?!?!
Nightcrawler smiles: Nope.
Just distract you.
As Nightcrawler dies, the full powers of Redd and
Slym Dayspring strike Palpatine. Palpatine screams and dies. Yoda turns to his Sith partner and shakes his
head in dismay.
Yoda: An
alley you did become. A true warrior you
were. Your death in vain will it not
be.
Yoda ignites his lightsaber and motions for the
mutant duo to come to him. The battle is
intense as the diminutive Jedi Knight fights for his life against the two, but
ultimately (and somewhat miraculously) Yoda is victorious at the end of the
melee. The bodies of both Slym and Redd
are crumpled on the ground. Yoda slowly
walks away and his body is pulled apart without anyone being near him. Onslaught moves from the shadows.
Evan Sabahnur:
Nice work, my friend.
Onslaught:
Yoda has been a thorn in everyone’s side at one time or another. He needed to be removed from this fight, on
my terms.
The Nut-buster mutant duo face Richards, Molecule
Man, Ronan and the Human Torch. It is
only a matter of minutes before the Human Torch is killed by Evan. The Molecule Man pushes his abilities to the
limit and Evan responds in kind. The
Molecule Man drops to the ground, as does Sabahnur. Ronan takes advantage of his enemy’s fall and
strikes the mutant with his weapon, crushing the skull of the young man. Onslaught reacts and blasts a psionic wave, crushing
Ronan. Onslaught focuses on the Molecule
Man. The two fight with one another when
Reed Richards stands tall with the ultimate nullifier in his hands.
Richards:
For Sue. . .
Richards blasts the ultimate nullifier at
Onslaught, who was focused on the Molecule Man.
Onslaught screams as the nullifier rips the mutant apart. Richards walks toward the Molecule Man; blood
is dripping from his mouth and ears.
Molecule Man:
We did it Reed. We did it.
Richards:
You did it Owen. I’m proud of
you. The entire Royal Highness is proud
of you.
Owen Reece dies with a smile on his face.
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