TEAM is: Frank Herbert, God Emperor Leto II, Loki (w/Sceptre and Space Stone), The Collector (w/ Reality Stone), Trigon, Titan #1, Duke Leto Atreides, Iron Hide, Duke Nukem, Ultra Magnus, Hammer Bros. #1-10
The Old Man stared out at the vast expanse of the Arrakken landscape for the first time. A world previously restricted to the confines of his imagination, now come to life in front of him. It was hard for him to contain his excitement, his pure joy at seeing his creation in the flesh. He took off his hood, removed the stillsuit catchtube from his nose, and took a deep dry breath of the spice filled air.
“This,” he thought, “is the perfect place to write my new masterpiece.”
The Old Man walked along the shield wall until he found a small recess in the formation. A cave no larger than a small room but big enough to provide shade from the relentless heat of the midday sun and protection from wind-blown sand. He steadied himself against the wall and slowly lowered himself to the ground with a deep sigh. It has been thirty three years since he used this body, so his movements were slow and precise.
Comfortable, he removed his portable typewriter from the protective case he had been carrying. The Old Man reattached the catchtube in his nose and as his fingers found their home again on the keys, the Imperial Basin that lay in front of him was transformed into a battlefield of new characters forced to bend to his will.
The skirmish started small, Geonosians (from that dirty Star Wars, written by that thief Lucas), fired their guns at the attacking Hammer Brothers. Wave after wave of endless hammers barraged the five bugs but they kept firing while jumping and evading. Hammer Brothers 7, 6 and 2 all fell before the first hammer found its mark. Geonosian Spy was first to die followed quickly by Sun Fac who was caught off guard. The fight didn’t last much more than a minute or two but in the end, only Poggle the Lesser remained. His victory was short lived, for as he tried to escape, he found himself soon run over by Iron Hide as he and Ultra Magnus moved in to the next battle.
The two TEAM Transformers show up to a fight already in progress. Duke Nukem and Titans #1&2 are taking on Red Lantern Jeff Houslander, Jason Bourne and Henry Jones Sr and Jr. (they named the dog Indiana). Indiana looks up in time to see his teammate Dragonstorm burning a line in the sand toward him and his fight. Using his whip, he manages to attach himself to the exposed member of Dr. Manhattan who flinches at the pain and lifts Indiana to safety. Dangling safely above, He can only watch as his father and friends are burned alive along with both titans and the bad mouthed video game hero.
Iron Hide and Ultra Magnus arrive to watch as the aforementioned carnage takes place and waste no time firing arm mounted rockets at Dragonstorm. He reacts by arcing its flight path quickly and charging back down toward the duo. Rocket after rocket continue to find their mark but the two find themselves engulfed in flames before the damage can bring down the giant beast. Dragonstorm struggles to maintain balance after the last attack and crashes ungracefully in the sand. Dazed, it barely has time to regain its bearings when its head is impaled by a bolt from Trigon.
The beast falls with a thud and Trigon steps down off its corpse. Vision fires energy blasts from his mind stone as Ajax sends projectiles his way using constructs from his Green Lantern ring. Trigon rips a horn from the head of the fallen Dragonstorm and fires it through the chest of Ajax. Trigon continues toward Vision who tries to slow his progress long enough for Franklin Richards to assist. Vision falls as Trigon commands the air around him to change into cyclone of flames engulfing the hero. Vision’s death is quickly avenged as Franklin Richards takes over the mind of Trigon and sends him through a thousand lifetimes of hell in a single minute, long enough for the unaware Trigon to gouge out his brain through his eye sockets with his bare hands.
Franklin Richards sees a canteen at his feet. Dying of dehydration he pops the cap and consumes the contents.
“Thirsty?” a nearby voice asks.
Richards turns to see The Collector smiling. Richards feels strange and the veins in his skin turn black as the Aether takes control of his body and kills him. He chuckles to himself briefly before the sword of Ginaz Swordsman Larry Reamer is driven into his back and out his chest. The Collector turns around and grabs the noble roofer in a bear hug and falls on him, killing them both, shish-ka-bob style.
“Indiana! Indiana!” Yells Henry Jones, Sr.
Surprised to see his father alive, he drops down off of Dr. Manhattan. (Yes, he was dangling there the entire time.) “How did you survive? I saw you get burnt to a crisp over there!” he says turning and pointing at his father’s corpse. Confused, he slowly turns back around to see a smiling Loki.
“Sorry ol’ Boy” says Loki who then grabs the nearby whip and strangles the professor to death.
Dr. Manhattan upon seeing the shapeshifter change, attempts to destroy the distracted Asgardian but finds himself immobilized. Loki is surprised to see a fully conscious but not moving Dr. Manhattan standing next to him. Confused he looks around to see Duke Leto Atreides and his Grandson God Emperor Leto II standing next to him.
“Finish him off”, The good Duke says. My Grandson’s got him tied up for you.
Controlling the very environment of Arrakis is second nature to the son of Muad’dib. Loki casually unsheathes his sceptre containing the space stone, and taps the Dr on the knee banishing him to another dimension.
The Old Man pulled the final sheet out and stacked them with the others inside his case. He carefully set the typewriter on top of the stack, shut the lid and slowly raised himself back up to stand and looked out over the empty landscape again.
“Perfect... “ he whispers to himself before slowly walking off into the horizon.
The Old Man walked along the shield wall until he found a small recess in the formation. A cave no larger than a small room but big enough to provide shade from the relentless heat of the midday sun and protection from wind-blown sand. He steadied himself against the wall and slowly lowered himself to the ground with a deep sigh. It has been thirty three years since he used this body, so his movements were slow and precise.
Comfortable, he removed his portable typewriter from the protective case he had been carrying. The Old Man reattached the catchtube in his nose and as his fingers found their home again on the keys, the Imperial Basin that lay in front of him was transformed into a battlefield of new characters forced to bend to his will.
The skirmish started small, Geonosians (from that dirty Star Wars, written by that thief Lucas), fired their guns at the attacking Hammer Brothers. Wave after wave of endless hammers barraged the five bugs but they kept firing while jumping and evading. Hammer Brothers 7, 6 and 2 all fell before the first hammer found its mark. Geonosian Spy was first to die followed quickly by Sun Fac who was caught off guard. The fight didn’t last much more than a minute or two but in the end, only Poggle the Lesser remained. His victory was short lived, for as he tried to escape, he found himself soon run over by Iron Hide as he and Ultra Magnus moved in to the next battle.
The two TEAM Transformers show up to a fight already in progress. Duke Nukem and Titans #1&2 are taking on Red Lantern Jeff Houslander, Jason Bourne and Henry Jones Sr and Jr. (they named the dog Indiana). Indiana looks up in time to see his teammate Dragonstorm burning a line in the sand toward him and his fight. Using his whip, he manages to attach himself to the exposed member of Dr. Manhattan who flinches at the pain and lifts Indiana to safety. Dangling safely above, He can only watch as his father and friends are burned alive along with both titans and the bad mouthed video game hero.
Iron Hide and Ultra Magnus arrive to watch as the aforementioned carnage takes place and waste no time firing arm mounted rockets at Dragonstorm. He reacts by arcing its flight path quickly and charging back down toward the duo. Rocket after rocket continue to find their mark but the two find themselves engulfed in flames before the damage can bring down the giant beast. Dragonstorm struggles to maintain balance after the last attack and crashes ungracefully in the sand. Dazed, it barely has time to regain its bearings when its head is impaled by a bolt from Trigon.
The beast falls with a thud and Trigon steps down off its corpse. Vision fires energy blasts from his mind stone as Ajax sends projectiles his way using constructs from his Green Lantern ring. Trigon rips a horn from the head of the fallen Dragonstorm and fires it through the chest of Ajax. Trigon continues toward Vision who tries to slow his progress long enough for Franklin Richards to assist. Vision falls as Trigon commands the air around him to change into cyclone of flames engulfing the hero. Vision’s death is quickly avenged as Franklin Richards takes over the mind of Trigon and sends him through a thousand lifetimes of hell in a single minute, long enough for the unaware Trigon to gouge out his brain through his eye sockets with his bare hands.
Franklin Richards sees a canteen at his feet. Dying of dehydration he pops the cap and consumes the contents.
“Thirsty?” a nearby voice asks.
Richards turns to see The Collector smiling. Richards feels strange and the veins in his skin turn black as the Aether takes control of his body and kills him. He chuckles to himself briefly before the sword of Ginaz Swordsman Larry Reamer is driven into his back and out his chest. The Collector turns around and grabs the noble roofer in a bear hug and falls on him, killing them both, shish-ka-bob style.
“Indiana! Indiana!” Yells Henry Jones, Sr.
Surprised to see his father alive, he drops down off of Dr. Manhattan. (Yes, he was dangling there the entire time.) “How did you survive? I saw you get burnt to a crisp over there!” he says turning and pointing at his father’s corpse. Confused, he slowly turns back around to see a smiling Loki.
“Sorry ol’ Boy” says Loki who then grabs the nearby whip and strangles the professor to death.
Dr. Manhattan upon seeing the shapeshifter change, attempts to destroy the distracted Asgardian but finds himself immobilized. Loki is surprised to see a fully conscious but not moving Dr. Manhattan standing next to him. Confused he looks around to see Duke Leto Atreides and his Grandson God Emperor Leto II standing next to him.
“Finish him off”, The good Duke says. My Grandson’s got him tied up for you.
Controlling the very environment of Arrakis is second nature to the son of Muad’dib. Loki casually unsheathes his sceptre containing the space stone, and taps the Dr on the knee banishing him to another dimension.
The Old Man pulled the final sheet out and stacked them with the others inside his case. He carefully set the typewriter on top of the stack, shut the lid and slowly raised himself back up to stand and looked out over the empty landscape again.
“Perfect... “ he whispers to himself before slowly walking off into the horizon.
Posts
3 comments:
TEAM is Victorious!!
TEAM: God Emperor Leto II, Duke Leto Atreides, Loke and Frank Herbert (The Old Man) survive.
Assassins: all dead
Ahh, looks like a three way tie for second now. Good thing I have lead over both since I have a win over both. Interesting to see how this season plays out into playoffs.
That was the best written match of this season. Glad Chris is doing The Universe Bowl. Congrats Ed, nice team Zack.
Post a Comment