The Underhills Vs. The Doctor's Madhouse

 The Underhills are Mogo, Joh Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Radaghast (w/ a green lantern ring), Samwise Gamgee (w/ a blue lantern ring) and Bill the Pony, Miguel O' Hara (w/ a green lantern ring), Genral Zod, Matrix (Supergirl), Raven, Sauron (w/ The One Ring (to rule them all)), The Aerialobts: Silverbolt, Skydive, Fireflight, Slingshot, & Air Raid, Aule & Yavanna, The Incredible Hulk, Abomination, Neo (w/ 2 blue lightsabers), Percy Jackson, Namora, & Sea Worm #5 & 6.

The Doctor's Madhouse is Dr. Manhattan, Ursa, Ranx the Sentient City, Silver Surfer, Brainiac, Trigon, Abeloth, Darth Vader in his Imperial Shuttle, Batman (w/ Kryptonite Bat-suit) in The Tumbler Batmobile, Robin (Damien Wayne) on The Birdbike, Alfred Pennyworth (w/ double bladed yellow lightsaber) in an X-Wing, Nightwing in a Y-Wing, Red Tornado, Zatanna, Donna Troy, Blade, Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Peni Parker, Spider-Ham, Spider Noir, Spider-Punk, Spider-Man India, Spider-Byte, Zombie Kryptonian, Daxomite #1-4, Blood Bender #1-2, & Mutant #1-6.

Welcome to the Play-Off Planet FFL Fans.  No, this isn't the playoffs; this is what we FFL hardcores refer to as "The Big Week".  And do we have a big week for you.  It pleases me to introduce the greatest rivalry in all of Fantasy Fantasy today.  The Michigan/Ohio State of The FFL, The Yankees/Red Sox of all of fantasy sports, yes sir, even The Mantague/Capulets of modern fan writing.  That's right folks, you are about to witness The Underhills Vs. The Doctor's Madhouse.  These two powerhouses not only always bring everything and the kitchen sink when they play each other; but we are smack dab in the middle of a playoff race in the toughest division that seemingly for the first time since they started battling each other does not have room for the both of them.  This is not the match to leave anything behind in; but don't worry ladies and gentlemen with the massive point limit that it takes to fill this match, they couldn't of left the big boys at home if they wanted to.  

The military strategist and field commander for The Underhills, General Zod has carefully placed his soldiers in the various environments that thrive on The Play-Off Planet.  Dr. Manhattan on the other hand has a plan that he is not exactly explaining to his squad as he feels that his troops are better off being made aware of their part when and only when it is necessary for them to know it.  It is actually Batman, more than Dr. Manhattan that is more in touch with each individual Madhouse Member and acting as the field Marshall to keep the team in line.     

Percy Jackson, Namora, and the two seaworms volunteer to join forces with one of the land groups as The Madhouse do not seem to have much to send after them; but they are told to hold their position.  Zod would rather have them stay put in the water, knowing that someone will be forced to eventually come to them and when they do that battle will take place far below the surface to maximize The Underhill water dominance.  Mogo, flanked by his fellow green lanterns John and Kyle are demonstrating a similar exercise in patience while they are well into the outer space regions surrounding the Play-Off Planet.   The Aerialbots led by Silverbolt and The Kryptonian Commander General Zod patrol the skies, while Aule and Yavanna plant themselves deep in the forest,  with Sauron, Hulk, and Abomination keeping distance from each other in different regions of the desert.  A few other Underhills, working under deep cover are invisible even to my eyes for the moment.  With the Underhills established in their positions, The members of the Madhouse find themselves acting on the offensive, which is not necessarily a disadvantage.  

The Madhouse strikes first, and they strike hard.  Darth Vader, aboard his own personal Imperial Shuttle, pinpoints the position of The Abomination and locks on.  Diverting all power away from the engine and shields to the lasers, relying on his piloting abilities and The Force to control the ship, Lord Vader first unloads all of the ship's advanced missiles and proton torpedoes before emptying the ship's power supply via the lasers; but it is still not quite enough to destroy Abomination.  Although Vader's plan is not quite complete either.  Vader, ejects from the back hatch of the ship after he directly aims the shuttle to crash into Abomination.  Vader lands gracefully in the desert dunes and uses The Force to contain the fire and carnage around the body of Abomination until the life force of the massive creature is completely extinguished.  Vader turns slowly and begins to walk away, to the next battle, looking down at his dirtied boots thinking only of his hatred for sand.  

Dr. Manhattan knows that he must send some sort of squad into the water if his team is going to remain on the offensive; but is slightly disappointed when he realizes that his team is coming up short on this end and that the best bet for a water victory is by him going into the deep himself.  So, Manhattan embarks into the ocean solo.  Water may not be the perfect setting for Dr. Manhattan, but it is hardly a hindrance.  He is not affected any more by the water than he is by intense heat, intense cold, or even the deep of space.  Percy and his water squad take up a defensive position deep in the corals but Dr. Manhattan keeps consistent with his crew in the plan to strike first, strike hard, and show no mercy.  Manhattan blows up SeaWorm #6 with a wave of his hands.  Namora, riding atop Seaworm #5 comes rushing at Manhattan but their fate is the same of the other worm.  Percy feels bad about using Namora and the Seaworms as a diversion; but it was not necessarily by design.  Percy swims in swiftly towards Manhattan with his sword drawn when he and Manhattan lock eyes.  Manhattan smirks arrogantly without speaking; but Percy breaks the silence (mentally of course, they are under water after all).  Percy speaks saying:  "your science is cute Manhattan; but pales in comparison to the power of the gods".  Percy runs Manhattan through and catches a glimpse of Manhattan's look of absolute shock as he is not able to make the the blade phase through him.  Percy leaves the blade inside of Manhattan leaving him in a state of dead, but not destroyed, so he cannot reform himself as Jackson swims to the surface to aid the rest of his team.  

The Aerialbots are locked in an intense dogfight over the city as the Bat-Family battles with them in their various vehicles.  Brainiac locks himself into a knock down, drag-em out skirmish over-top of the mountainous skyscrapers in the massive Play-Off Planet city of Great Dagapest with General Zod.  While on the other side of the city, a similar brawl takes place between Matrix-Supergirl and Ursa.  Down on the ground, in a seedier part of town Miguel O'Hara and Neo are sneaking through some back alleys awaiting a perfect time to show themselves.  But in true Madhouse fashion, the Underhills find themselves found before they choose to.  Neo and Spider-Man, look up to find that they are surrounded by a gaggle of other Spider-Men descending from above.  A wicked battle ensues, that would be everyone's favorite part of this match to talk about at B-Dubs if this were being witnessed on the silver screen instead of being read on a blog.  A fast-paced battle commences with webs, lightsabers, roundhouse kicks, and the like ensue.  Spider-Man India, Miles, and Spider-Noir triple team the green energy powered Spider-Man 2099 to take him out; but Neo has already dispatched Peni, Byte, and the Punk.  Neo throws his two lightsabers directly into the heads of Miles and India, while he engages Gwen in some Kung-Fu style fighting.  Gwen is joined by Spider-Ham and his enormous hammer.  Neo flips out of the way and falls to his knee in a perfect landing, where he plants himself directly over top of his twin blue lightsabers which he ignites directly into the chests of Gwen and Ham as they attempt to converge over top of him.  Neo then turns his attention to Spider-Noir and finishes the battle after defending himself from a quick flurry of attacks from the trench coated hero.  Almost simultaneously, Zod of the Underhills and Ursa of The Madhouse show their opponents with a pair of vicious, neck breaking attacks what it is to be a true Kryptonian as they leave Brainiac and Matrix straight slump on the top of two towers on the opposite sides of town.  You the reader are hit with a vicious blast of foreshadowing as we know that this ain't over until the two Kryptonian warriors face off one on one later in this match.  The Bat-Family is engaged in an intense aerial dog fight with the five Aerialbots, with The Tumbler providing heavy weapons support from the ground.  Robin crazily has his motorcycle on top of a large building, using the weapons attached to take the flying autobts out of the sky as well.  Although Damien meets his demise when he is hit by a heat seeking missile from Air Raid.  Alfred and Nightwing are both hit in their respective X-Wing and Y-Wing but both are able to eject to safely.  The Aerialbots do not think that they are quite powerful enough as separate units to breach the hull of The Tumbler; so they impressively merge to form Superion while still in mid-air.  The massive gestalt Superion comes down hard over top of The Tumbler crushing it into the cement.  Destroying not only the Batmobile; but the operator as well.  Bits of shattered Kryptonite, from the suit can be seen in the rubble as Superion takes flight in search of his next battle.  

Samwise and Radaghast, aided by their lantern rings fly through the forest.  Radaghast in a traditional superhero form of flight and Sam riding on Bill the Pony in an adorable fashion that I really wish someone with artistic talent would draw for me.  Radaghast feels the power of The Madhouse that is coming against them as the trio lands.  Sam finds a comfortable area to hide and instructs the faithful Bill to hide there.  "Now don't you consider moving Bill.  It's dangerous out there and I can't have you gettin hurt.  Just wait here and one of us Underhills will come back for you soon".  

The pair venture out on foot to remain more stealth and find the best way to help their team.

"That was kind of you you Sam.  I appreciate such good will towards animals".  Says Radaghast.

Sam replies: "Thank you Mr. Radaghast.  I just hope that wasn't a fib that I was tellin to ol' Bill back there.  Cuz I got a bad feelin that wherever we are going might be a one way trip".  

Back in the desert, Zatanna attempts to work her magic; but the Hulk works his fist through her face instead.  The Blood Benders actually succeed in bending The Hulk's blood after this; but it just serves to make him mad.  And we all know what happens when The Hulk gets mad.  Donna Troy comes at Sauron with some perfectly executed Amazonian moves; but it isn't enough to keep her from taking a massive mace ball to the chest from The Dark Lord.  Far above the desert, in space Kyle Rayner and Silver Surfer reenact the Marvel/DC cross over that led to the Amalgam Universe.  For those of you too young to have read that, it doesn't work out very well for Kyle in this case (Pun intended).

Well now readers, this is the big week after all and we have a lot of characters here.  Some with great powers.  Now I am not trying to say that epic battles are not happening all over this massive map of battle; but there were certainly several instances of power cancelling out power here; and we are going to summarize them for the theatrical cut here.  If you want to know more you are going to have to wait for the director's cut or read the Silmarilliion.  Mogo and Ranx have fought dozens of times.  One is more powerful, and the other has the edge.  Today they join each other in destruction.  Raven was born with the  purpose to sacrifice herself to either destroy her father or usher in his reign.  Today it is the former.  Beings with godlike powers from the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings universes share many similarities, today those are expounded upon as Aule and Yavanna join Abeloth in death.  John Stewart floats alone, as he reenters the Play-Off Planet atmosphere from space as he is confronted not only with Red Tornado; but with his entourage of The Zombie Kryptonian and the four Daxomites as well.  Stewart, knowing that he is outmatched in raw power, focuses his green energy in a giant bubble around the six attackers.  He contains their power; but finds that he cannot contain his own.  AS the green bubble dissipates, the seven lifeless bodies fall to the ground.  

The six mutants and Blade search the forest for combatants, as do Radaghast and Samwise; but they have yet to find anyone.  

The Underhills and The Madhouse both blow their proverbial horns to call their remaining teammates together.  Radaghast, Sam, Zod, Sauron, Superion, Hulk, Neo, and Percy meet outside the beach while The Surfer, Vader, Ursa, the remaining Bat-Family members, Blade, and the Mutants combine forces in the city.  Both squads move towards the desert where they will meet for a final battle.   

 Neo locks his new blades with Blade in a pitched battle, while The Six mutants converge on Percy Jackson.  Alfred and Nightwing pop their double yellow lightsaber and bo staff as they stand a bit mismatched against The Incredible Hulk.  Ursa and Zod engage in a pitched battle which begins right off the bat with punches that could easily sink battleships.  

The M-Men, as the mutants for The Madhouse are commonly known use their powers of flight, strength, durability, telepathy, energy projection, and enhanced agility to keep the demi-god Percy at bay; but once Neo finally lands the killing blow with his left lightsaber to relieve Blade of his head and come to Percy's aid the duo of chosen ones are able to dispatch the M-Men and pick them off one by one.  Zod in turn proves that he is the most powerful of the Kryptonians (except for that one guy) and delivers a killing blow to Ursa with a knee to the neck after unloading a potent blast of heat vision on his former lieutenant.  Zod takes a few moments over her body on his knees as he is overcome with fatigue as well as both battered and bruised from the epic battle with Ursa.  

Radaghast, with his own powers combined with a ring of power of a very different sort than he is used to at 200% thanks to Sam and his own blue ring of power.  The Brown wizard, despite his power level exceeding what should be possible for him is met with the exact same fate he met last year in this same battle as The Silver Surfer bursts into the scene at the speed of light and hits him with a cosmic energy blast that obliterates the Maiar.  Nightwing and Alfred do their best to keep their distance from The Hulk while still getting in a few jabs that do very little to the Hulk besides upsetting him further.  But at this moment when it seems as though The Hulk is being prodded unnecessarily is when Batman, whom was thought deceased earlier emerges from the shadows and hits The Hulk with a flurry of smoke bombs from his utility belt.  They done and gave Batman some prep time while they thought he was dead and The Underhills may pay the price for it.  As it turns out, it was actually just the kryptonite suit with the Wayne Industries AI Tech attached that was earlier driving The Tumbler, while Batman formulated a weaponized knock out gas to put the Hulk to sleep.  Alfred does not get out of the way of The Hulk's rage before the strongest Avenger goes down as Pennyworth is sent flying off in the distance; but once Batman's concoction sets in, The Hulk not only falls down but returns back to Bruce Banner.  After that, the killing blow is easily dealt him via Nightwing, using Alfred's double lightsaber.  

Batman greatly regrets giving up his kryptonite suit as Zod approaches him; but he is saved by his teammates as Vader uses The Force to topple a mountain on the Kryptonian, who is then finished off by the strength of the Silver Surfer.  Sam, despite his amazing spirit and hope is unable to get his blue energy aura up fast enough as he is hit in the jugular by a batarang.  Nightwing and Batman engage in a pitched battle with Neo and Percy Jackson and show that their years of training and fighting side by side has paid off. Nightwing delivers a lightsaber through the chest of Percy before he is taken out by Neo in similar fashion.  Batman uses this moment to implant a device into the back of the neck of Neo that initializes his internal brain to redigitize his being and revert him back to ones and zeros; but Bruce does not have a moment to celebrate as he discovers a lightsaber through his chest as he watches Neo dissipate into thin air.  

Superion takes flight and manages to chase down The Silver Surfer after he makes his swooping attack run on Zod.  The much larger Superion grabs The Surfer off of his board with his right hand and knocks the space-faring board to the ground with his left.  The massive combiner focuses his strength into his hands and crushes the former herald of Galactus until he takes his last gasp.  

Lord Vader, the last remaining member of the Madhouse looks up at the massive Aerialbot Superion and says aloud:  "You think your size matters.  It does not.  Your brute strength is insignificant next to the power of The Force".

  Vader reaches his clenched fist into the air and brings Superion to a dead stop.  He then watches intently as he slowly uses The Force to separate the five members whilst crushing their components.  He reaches out with The Force to find that their spark is still united in the center of the crushed Autobot that was once known as Silverbolt.  Vader releases the mechanical monstrosity that he has turned Superion into and throws his lightsaber with perfect aim, sending it directly into the spark of the Cybertronian, not only destroying Superion; but killing all five Aerialbot components as well.  

As Vader uses The Force to bring his lightsaber back to his hand, he turns his head to see if anyone still remained from The Underhills forces.  He seems triumphant.

But, The Ring would not be undone.......

The Dark Lord of Mordor and The Dark Lord of The Sith size each other up as they slowly stroll in each other's direction.  Sauron hits Vader with a flurry of shots that send him into a rock outcropping breaking his suit apart.  Vader lays on the ground, with his face and scorched body exposed to the air; but he manages to bring himself to his feet.  Sauron begins to laugh with an evil and maniacal bellow; but Vader assures him that The Force can sustain his body long enough to seek the destruction of his enemy.  Both creatures of evil, sustained almost completely by hate move towards each other one last time.  Sauron come down hard once more on Vader; but the former Jedi Knight, turned to the dark side turns his crimson blade upwards and cuts the ring from the hand of the great deceiver known as Sauron.  

A swell of evil energy dissipates from the hearts of all as the two dark lords lay dead on each other in the middle of the disgusting, body-riddled battlefield.  Leaving both teams completely destroyed with every warrior dead.  All except one very loyal, little pony; hiding in safety in the forest just like his friend Sam told him to.