Universe Bowl VII: Post 13

This report comes from one of the many brave souls we have out there in the field.

*the crackle of static sounds loudly in the reporters ear*

*a tiny female voice begins talking tentatively at first and then more and more firm and assured.*

Look, if anyone is out there please… please…  just listen… I don’t know how much juice this rig has left in it.  Heh, I was barely able to scrap it together in the first place with spare parts from my ship… which was mostly scrap and spare parts in the first place...

I guess when it comes right down to it I didn’t need the thruster relays or the emergency beacon… nobody is going to find me… I wouldn’t know where to tell them to look anyway…  

But it is vital to our universe, that this message get through to someone who can expose as many people to the truth as possible…  others must know about this so they can do something…  this can’t happen to anyone else… it…. it just can’t.

Deep breath kid… you knew this was how this could turn out… just do your job…  

Here goes...

*the reporter quickly scribbles down as much of the preamble as he listens to the voice begin her story. *

I come from a place we call Alak’sün’antera…  I overhear the monsters call it “the playoff planet” as if it is just some kind of amusement park….

My name….. it isn’t important, but my story is…  

Every year our home is ravaged, nearly decimated by the most insane groups of evil super powers my world has ever seen…  huge monsters as big as cities with seemingly unlimited powers even some smaller monsters wearing garish primary colors with red glowing eyes and matching red capes…  

No matter how they look we know that our entire home world is simply an anvil that they attempt to shatter each other upon year after year causing untold millions of my people to suffer and die… all of them except me...

And for what?!  “Pride”!?  “Honor”!?  I don’t see anything honorable about the way they behave and for certain nothing any decent being would be proud of!

*There is silence and the sound of angry breath being forced through two tiny nostrils as the speaker tries to regain control. *

*She begins again, in a whisper at first*

And now….  now they’ve awoken something deep within my world… something ancient and terrible…  this goes far beyond the stories we told to keep our children in their beds…  this is pure malevolence, and it’s fundamentally changed my home…   even the peaceful places feel haunted… no longer silent in the way such places are... that warm faint thrum of vitality in the air… it’s gone… replaced with a cloying lack of sound like a vitality sensor that has recently been switched off after the patient has simply stopped living.  The silence is seething with fury….

They thought this was their planet alone for years… the topsiders with their Mayor and their complicated governments... when the corruption began we felt it below first, where we live… they built massive ships to evacuate everyone… even the animals...  but somehow I doubt their opulence was enough to save them.  Our entire society scraped together just enough resources to build a single vessel… and in that vessel was room for a single pilot…  

That’s me….  heh… and that’s my mission… to save someone… even if I can’t save myself.

We hope to get the message out there that no world should ever be used like this; no planet should be treated like a sandbox for monsters…  These beings… they have virtually unlimited power, why do they not have the self esteem to know that this constant fighting is useless and they get nothing from it but death and the corruption of their very souls.  

Someone… anyone out there… find out who is responsible for this… and for my sake.. the sake of my people… for the sake of the universe… make them pay… the world they choose next may be your own… sold to monsters to bolster the egos of the madmen who think they own your planet…

*another silent pause descends on the transmission*

That’s…  that’s it I guess…  *the reporter hears the girl sniff, she’s obviously crying* I’ll… I’ve got enough food pills and life support to last for a while… heh… maybe someone will come by…  but I just hope someone got this… and I’ve done my job...so even if nobody comes for me… I’m ok with that….  I’m going to reduce power and set this transmission to loop for as long as it can.   Goodbye… and thank you for listening..  

*the reporter hears an audible click of the control panel of some unknown spacecraft… he wonders if he can triangulate the signal and find out where it came from… but he knows he has to get this story out to every major news contact he knows at the galactic information bureau…*

Universe Bowl VII: Midget's Correspondent Post #5

Below are the final portions of Zufa’s meeting with Governor Morris. Sorry for the delay.

Morris: It’s him, isn’t it? (In which he paused) What was, how did he get in here?

Zufa: Mxy, where the hell have you been? And where did you get that?

Mister Mxyzptlk: Oh this old thing. I guess Hal didn’t need it anymore. Seemed like a fun little guy.

Zufa: So all of them did die up there. Mr. Morris, he managed to kill a White Lantern. Do you understand the power that is behind this? I know you two were close but stopping Bill Duer is now our only concern. (Pauses) Have you known all along?

Morris: No, I mean, I suspected but I didn’t understand anything that was happening. Since he has been gone this long I figured he must have been killed by whatever was happening, but Bill; well, he doesn’t do anything without coming up with six ways to get out alive. Bill has been around a long time but with even that being said; I still never imagined he would be capable of something like this.

Zufa: Then why the letters to him? Why play stupid to every person on this planet?

Morris: I was not playing stupid to my people. Do you think this is what I thought he was doing with this power? I thought he was trying to find a way to defeat this thing, not the person behind the wheel. As crazy as he could be sometimes I never thought he would be capable of something like this.

Yoda: Manipulate. Twist him the power has. Stop him we must.

Morris: Look, if this is what you think has happened then fine. Bill was always a radical but perhaps…

Zufa: No perhaps Mr. Morris, we destroy him and that is it. How many more have to needlessly die before you stop protecting him. You still don’t get what is going on here do you?

Morris: Yes Zufa I do! I understand that I helped create a power that is responsible for the slaughtering of countless creatures out there and will likely continue doing the same until it has destroyed the only place that I have ever called home. I understand that a man that I have known for my entire life is behind this power, a man that I have always called one of my closest friends, a mentor even. I also understand that in order to save my world I must confront my friend and try to talk him out of whatever it is he thinks he is doing. Do you know where he is?

Zufa: Where he is? You still don’t get it do you?

Morris: Look Zufa, if we could find him and I could be given a chance to talk to him then maybe…

Zufa: Bill Duer is no longer your friend Mr. Morris because Bill Duer is no longer just a mere human. Your “Dear Friend Bill” is no longer in one place at any given time. What didn’t you understand about the voices of one mind comment? God I hate dealing with Men.

Yoda: Explain it further Zufa, distressing news this must be to Mr. Morris.

Zufa: Fine. Mr. Morris, Bill Duer is no longer in one place because HE IS in every place now. When I said he was in control of this power you misunderstood me. He IS the power now. The voices were of one mind because he is everywhere. Though like I said, the voices were not in unison. His mind is now in fragments, stretched to the point where it no longer is recognizable. There will be no talking to him Mr. Morris, the man you once considered a mentor is long gone. Replaced by a Demigod hell bent on destroying everything you once considered sacred. There is no talking your way out of this one Mr. Morris.

Mr. Mxyztplk: Well this is no fun, sorry I stopped by.

Zufa: You are not going anywhere Mxy. You found Hal’s White Lantern ring, which should have been destroyed in space with Hal, but it somehow survived. This means that for whatever reason, this thing still has a weakness.

Yoda: Quicker evil is, stronger it is not.

Zufa: Which is why you are going to be our eyes and ears out there. You are going to spread the word Mxy. It is just a theory but that ring should keep you safe.

Mr. Mxyztplk: Keep me safe! It didn’t keep Hal safe.

Zufa: I am not talking about it keeping you safe; you are more then clever enough to do that on your own. I am talking about him leaving the ring alone. For whatever reason, it was left out there. If Yoda and I are correct, there is a reason for this. Please Mxy, for once care about something other then yourself and do this for us. Or do it for yourself at the very least. (Pauses) Oh and Mxy, just spread the word. No magic, you understand? We need this to count.

Mr. Mxyztplk: Okie Dokie Z.

Morris: Where’d he go?

Zufa: Let’s hope to spread the word. We can’t worry about that now. Look Yoda, his ring changes things. Let’s continue to work on the plan we were talking about on our way over here. Mr. Morris, do you have somewhere where we can go? We need a room, a lab, whatever you have.

Morris: Yes, whatever you need. Nobody is left down here; almost everyone is on the surface right now preparing to leave.

Zufa: Good, what we are about to do may draw some undue attention. Do what you can to help your people Mr. Morris. If we need you again, we will find you. Until then, good luck.

Morris: Thank you Zufa, God knows that you are our final stand in this fight.

Zufa: Mr. Morris, if we can make this work, there will never be a fight.

(Zufa turned the recorder off at this point)

Universe Bowl VII: Post 12: Power

Power

Power is what drives us. Power gives us the strength to continue on.

Power also carries with it an evil that can consume you. Once some have had the taste of true Power, there is little you can do to give it up.

Both teams told the same thing. Both sides agreed to a truce. Yet, the fighting still continues.

Why?

Power

Emperor Joker does not have time for a silly truce between squads. He wants the victory all for himself. Which is why instead of just attacking the Kitties, he decided to attack everyone. The thing with beings that can bend and twist reality is that trying to figure out what they have done, can be nearly impossible. All I can tell you is that Fred, Daphne and Aquaman were the first to go. Daphne beating Fred to death with her Star Wand, no doubt thinking he was somebody else. Aquaman jumped in the middle of the fight, taking a beating from Daphne only to then see the under water god beat her to death. Then after his attack, he jumped directly into a massive crack in the ground, never to be seen again.

Most of the battle was just the Emperor laughing hysterically as everyone fought each other. All of the magik’s were firing spells off left and right. Avada Kedavra were flying off everywhere, with several people taking hits from multiple wands at once. Both Jared and Quil were hit simultaneously by the killing curse from Rodolphus and Regulus, who did not stop there. Ganthet was hit by the spell but blocked it in time with his ring; Space Usagi and Ariana were not so lucky.

Aberforth, the ever vigilante protector of his sister lost it at this point. Whether or not it was the Emperor’s doing, the outcome for Regulus and Rodolphus is the same. Two quick and to the point killing curses directly hit them both in the heart, instantly killing the pair. It was at this point that the first of the three Trireme ships had taken flight off of the planet. It was also at this point that the Eradicator made his first appearance.

It is unclear if he was under the influence of the Emperor’s power but the first person he went after was someone on his own team. Ganthet put up a protector shield, but it was no use. The powerful artifact of Krypton was far too powerful for the guardian, who literally tore him apart. Sam and Paul attacked him from opposite sides, while Aberforth and Rabastian sent curses and stunning spells toward him, unfortunately to no avail. As the Artifact took flight up above, the two wolves collided together and took the brunt of the spells, killing them both.

Both magik’s instantly shot their wands into the sky towards the Kryptonian but ultimately found themselves facing nothing but smoke and rain. It was at this time that the third Trireme ship had taken off from the planet, to no doubt search for another world.

It was also at this time that the Eradicator had found its next target.

With the Eradicator off on his own again, this left the remaining Kitty members to take out the Emperor. Both Wonder Woman and Donna Troy had been fighting the Joker for some time now but it was not until his very own teammate, the Bat-Mite set the world back in order before they were able to kill him. The fight being at a stand still at this point, I just assumed it would be over until another day.

From far up in the outer atmosphere you could see it. They were so far away that it made it difficult to see, though what happened was quite obvious. Three separate explosions, each an equal distance apart from one another. From down here it did not seem like much anything, but from what I gathered by the planet’s sudden reaction to it, I knew what had happened.

The Eradicator did what he was programmed to do. He destroyed an entire world’s culture in three easy steps. Like that, this world was erased from existence.

That was when the lines between teams forever went away.

Out from the ground came a darkness, only not just a solitary black cloud, this being was black to the core but emitted every color from the spectrum. Blast’s shot out everywhere, not caring in the least who was hit. Aberforth and Rabastian attempted to shield themselves from these blasts but they might as well have been holding up simple pieces of wood because they were evaporated in an instant. Mother Mae Eye, who lasted longer then I would have guessed, fell next.

Bat-Mite tried to manipulate the world around the creature but it did no good as he was crushed under a mountainside that came crashing down on top of him. The world was finally falling apart everywhere, leaving nowhere on the land safe anymore. Wonder Woman and Donna were already flying around the scene, shooting anything and everything they had at the creature, who was now everywhere around them. It just kept growing, with no end in site to its strength. The blast’s from the two woman were starting to back fire on them, one of them knocking Wonder Woman off balance and into a free fall.

Donna Troy flew down to steady her path, only to find herself become completely engulfed in the planet’s energy. She fought it off for only so long and eventually fell down into the now open earth floor. Wonder Woman continued to fight against the beast when she turned around and found herself surrounded by flames. The Phoenix Force Entity fired a blast directly at the creature, sending it back down to the ground. This was the first time I had seen anything push the beast back. The first time I had seen it falter.

The Phoenix force continued its onslaught on the creature, which was now escaping back into the ground. Wonder Woman was attempting to help as well, though I am not sure it was doing anything. Then as it appeared the Phoenix force was actually making a difference, the ground shook. More then a shook, I swear to you the ground was laughing. Then all of a sudden the darkness from the ground disappeared. For a moment, there was silence. The Phoenix Force and Wonder Woman just floated in the air, I assume waiting for whatever next it had in store for them.

What happened next I still cannot process.

After what seemed like several minutes of silence from the ground, came a blast of energy from below so fierce and so large that it caught both the combatants completely off guard. Wonder Woman lasted only a few seconds before being obliterated into nothing The true shock though, was watching the once fully engulfed Phoenix Force be reduced to nothing more then a pile of ash, eventually covering the ground below.

The blasts did not stop there; as it was quite obvious the planet was now after the destroyer of this world. Multiple Multi-colored blasts were sent every which way into the outer atmosphere but by the time they got there, the Eradicator was gone.

With so few combatants’ left in this match, it is difficult to say what is next. There is still no sign of Supergirl, so she may very well be dead.

I don’t know what else there is too report for me. I will stick around a while longer but this match may be over. For now I suppose this is the end.

Except for one last thing. A White light just appeared amongst all of the darkness. Strange yes, but even stranger is the White light sent the darkness back into hiding. The light was only there for a moment but perhaps, just perhaps, this story isn’t over with after all.

Power

It carries an evil with it that corrupts, but on occasion, it also contains the potential to overcome.

Universe Bowl VII: Kitties Correspondent Post #6

It is difficult to say what is going on here. Towards the end of our day’s journey yesterday we finally found somebody. He appeared out of nowhere and was glowing bright white, a white like I have never seen before. He told us where to go and what he thought was going on. It is like we had feared all along. We must stay together; this fight is unlike any other that we have been involved in. He left shortly after but made us promise we would follow his orders.

The Shape Shifters and Regulus were not exactly thrilled with following the orders of an opponent, but in lieu of what is happening here, we decided to listen to him. When we arrived we saw some familiar faces. Mother Mae Eye was taking care of a battered Fred and Daphne and Wonder Woman, Donna Troy and Aquaman were all on the far side of the camp in a very heated discussion with Ganthet and the Rabbit.

Though we outnumbered the Midgets five to one, there were no feelings of animosity towards one another. After a while we settled in and talked with everybody to see if they had received the same message about fighting the real enemy. Everybody here had the same story to tell in regard to the bright light. It makes us all sound quite thick to tell you the truth, but I do believe whomever it was to be trying to help us. Fred and Daphne told us how they had gotten out alive only to watch their friend and his dog being lost to the landscape.

The same had happened to the Rabbit who said he had found Mr. Wayne and Stilgar in a heated fight, only to see them overtaken by the earth itself. His description of it was actually a little different as he made it sound like a creature or a man, not just the out- gassing blasts that we had all been seeing for days. The Rabbit said that is why he came here; he was no longer worried about being fooled, as he believes this trip has been nothing but a fool’s errand to begin with.

There were other discussions taking place but nothing more important then the discussions involving both teams’ strongest fighters. Where are Supergirl and Yoda? Why have the Firebird and the Artifact stayed away. Are they already dead? Are we all that are left?

This is all very unsettling but….

I must go now, that crazy fool does not care about anything but himself. I leave you now, this is probably it. Goodbye.

Universe Bowl VII: Midget's Correspondent Post #4

Zufa sent me a recording of her meeting with Governor Morris. I have had the recordings transcribed so I could post them on the site. Every member has been named by us, for which we are 99.9% certain about the identities but to cover ourselves, we wanted to start with that disclaimer. It is a partial transcript as of now, for that I am sorry.

Date: Our best guess is anywhere between 1 hour to 12 hours after Zufa’s message was sent to Governor Morris.

Time: Unknown

(There was a small portion recorded by Zufa before the meeting, this is it)

Zufa Cenva: This is Zufa Cenva, testing this recording equipment prior to our meeting with Governor Morris. Test 1, 2, Test.

(The rest is from the start of the meeting. It does start quite abruptly I must admit)

Zufa: I told you we would find you Governor.

Morris: I still want to know how you found me so quickly.

Zufa: Does it matter! Your planet is going to be destroyed. That is a fact. Unless of course we can work together to stop this thing, a thing that I believe you created after all.

Morris: Look, I am grateful that you two are willing to help us, trust me I am. I just want to know how I was so easy to locate.

Yoda: Easy? Easy you say? Finding you was not an easy task indeed. Searching for you for some time now we have. Transmissions you sent, track them we did. To Zufa you must listen Mr. Morris.

Zufa: I have been listening to this place since I arrived and what I have discovered is a bit of a surprise. The first week I was here I heard a lot of voices, mostly that of the residents of this world but the longer I listened, the more I noticed a constant in the noise. You see, the voices usually change in a highly populated area. The more living beings around, the more voices. The difference here though, was past that first week, the voices stopped changing. Sure, there were plenty of voices to be heard but they were all of the same mind.

Morris: I think I am following you Ms. Cenva.

Zufa: I doubt that Mr. Morris but I will continue. As I was saying, all the voices were of the same mind, meaning, that even though each voice was conversing with the other voices and even sometimes disagreeing, there were still coming from the same person or in this case, thing.

Morris: Are you saying that a Schizophrenic has taken over the planet?

Zufa: Not exactly. You see, from what I understand about your letter to Bill Duer, you ignorant fools tore the power away from a God. Impressive display of scientific ingenuity I might add, along with being recklessly foolish.

Morris: I promise you we understand how foolish it was.

Zufa: Perhaps you do but I still believe you are incapable of understanding how truly foolish of a move this actually was. What we are dealing with here is that power, released without caution into every corner of this planet and somehow being controlled by someone who has no clue what they are doing with it.

Morris: It’s him, isn’t it? (in which he paused) What was, how did he get in here?

Universe Bowl VII: Post 11: Mayhem

Mayhem is an understatement to say the least.

Reporting what has occurred here in a singular fashion would be untruthful. What I mean by that is the fighting can only be described in one word; Mayhem. There were not single fights that took place but saying it was an all out Battle Royal does not correctly characterize it either. Calling this a battle pre-supposes that there was a point to the fight. If there were sides in this battle I could not tell them apart. It would be like trying to explain a fight between smoke and fire.

I blame much of the Mayhem on Emperor Joker, though saying for sure it was his fault is a little overreaching. The rain and smoke make figuring out anything for certain a difficult task, though I did get a clear view of Stilgar sticking his Crysknife in the neck of the Red Hulk. Whether or not this was a fatal blow is uncertain. Red Hulk’s death on the other hand is not. I can still see his dead body, one of the few clear sight’s that can be seen. Stilgar’s Crysknife was also lying next to the body, though Stigar was nowhere to be found.

The air was filled with so many different combatants throughout the fight, that telling one apart from another was more of blur then anything else. This is what I know to be true though. Monarch and Mr. Majestic put everything they had into the Emperor, a fight they would eventually both lose. It was enough of a distraction though for many other Midgets to be taken down. I only know they are gone because after surveying the sight after the fact, both Baby Wolverine and Impossible Man’s torched remains were all that was left.

The Mystery Inc. van along with Thomas Wayne’s Ferrari was left abandoned outside of the skirmish. They still remain untouched, with only the dead body of an Ewok as a sign that anybody ever occupied them. The constant earthquakes during this match, along with the massive sinkholes are another reason for so many of the deaths. The out gassing from the ground has taken on a life of its own as well, sending energy blast’s whether they be green, yellow or red in color, in every direction imaginable.

Mighty Mousette and the Wicked Witch were engulfed by the multiple blasts from below, sending them deep into the planets core. Hotspot, Hoist and Man Bat met the same fate as well, albeit in a more violent nature. I feel as if the Mouse and the Witch were, and this is going to sound strange, but it was almost as if they were being handled with care despite the fact that they were still being killed. I of course could be mistaken but like I mentioned earlier, making any sort of sense out of this makes little sense in and of itself.

Past that I am unsure of anything. Both vehicles being abandoned lead me to believe that all of the passengers are dead. Naturally I could be wrong, but I doubt this is the case. Emperor Joker is still unaccounted for as well, though I doubt he could be taken care of so easily.

I wish I had more reliable information for you but as of now, this is all I have. My apologies to everyone, but this is the best I can do for now.

One last thing

I know you want information on the whereabouts of Supergirl but I still have nothing. I have talked to as many people as I could find alive and still, nobody has heard a thing. When I saw the Red blast come from the ground I thought that maybe it was she, but I saw nothing to confirm that. I find it hard to believe she would be dead without so much as a fight, but in this battle, nothing would surprise me anymore.

Universe Bowl VII: Kitties Correspondent Post #5

We have been moving now for two days and we have seen not a soul as of yet. It was a quick exit away from the forest but once we left, it did not take long to realize the extent of the destruction. It is obvious that there was once a large body of water nearby, now all that remains is a large hole in the earth, holding nothing but small puddles here and there. There are cracks in the landscape as far as the eye can see. Smoke billows in every way you look, making visibility very difficult.

Our pace has been slow due to the never-ending rain, something that began about one week’s time ago. This place has quickly become uninhabitable for life of any kind. This is the type of place that I have only read about in literature. This is no longer the place that so many stories have been written about; this is now nothing but a tomb. The remnants of a once thriving world are very difficult to come by. Death lives here now.

The constant releases from the ground were startling at first but have now become commonplace. We are using spells at a steady pace for protection but that has been an exhausting exercise in itself. The shape shifters are growing weak despite their stoic nature to stay strong. It is wearing on everyone here, especially on my sister Ariana. She is not used to anything of this nature. I fear for her often, her life still being the one I care for the most.

We are now traveling through what I assume was a city at one time, though it is difficult to imagine how that was once the case. The sun is just coming up I believe, the smoke makes it hard to tell but I believe it to be true. We shall be leaving once again shortly and hope to make contact with anyone in the coming days. I do not know if I will have time to write again so this may be goodbye.

I hope this is still getting to you, as I would like everybody to know what is occurring in this place. If this is goodbye, I must say that I am okay with it. Nobody should have to endure such a contest. It is not good for the soul.

Universe Bowl VII: Post 10: Chaos

Chaos, it’s the only truthful way to describe it.

Both team’s combatants continue to fight despite the chaos that surrounds them. It is difficult to say whether or not either side fully realizes what is going on, the one thing that is apparent, is both sides are continuing this fight despite all the reports I have read involving an alliance between the Kitties and the Midgets.

The fight is taking place over the remains of what I believe used to be the Stalwart Valley region. It is now nothing but a ruin, filled with giant cracks in the landscape. Never ending fires with smoke billowing out with a consistency that would lead you to believe it was nothing more then an industrial complex design. The constant rain that has leveled the planet almost completely unrecognizable has lead most water creatures either to the surface or forced them deeper into the sea. The constant earthquakes and fissures in the earth have destroyed most bodies of water, relocating the water to who knows where.

Like I said, Chaos.

Above me flies Dick Grayson in his Rockwell X-30 followed closely by John and Mary Grayson via their Green Lantern Rings. Adam Warlock in on the ground but it is very apparent he has something up his sleeve. Due to constant changes in sea levels, Aquaman has been forced to the surface to fight on land. The shear amounts of water coming from the sky may be working in his favor but it is difficult to tell truly what is going on here.

A violent release of energy from the fissures is not uncommon anymore, keeping most of the fighting away from these cracks. Down on the surface, a fight breaks out between Duncan Idaho and Feral, a fight that leaves Feral dead and Duncan extremely hurt. In what looked like Mala giving her enemy aid in the form of care, has since turned into Hawkman slitting the throat of the Dune hero and verbally scolding his Wookie Teammate. Not that it has seemed to matter much as Thundercracker leveled the entire street that Hawkman and Mala were on, easily killing them.

Thundercracker landed momentarily but what happened next is a first as far as I am concerned. A new fissure opened up directly below the Transformer, yet instead of the usual blast of, whatever it usually is, a stream of green energy hit Thundercracker, taking him by complete surprise, destroying him where he stood. All that remains of him is the glow of his yellow lantern ring, which due to the growing fissure in the ground, eventually fell into the earth’s core or at least falling down into the newly born hole.

Nearby all three Grayson’s are now fighting with Adam Warlock, who has since taken to flight himself. As the four of them not only dodge attacks from each other, they also have to contend with the ever-constant blasts coming up from the ground. Warlock is able to blow the left wing of Dick’s plane, sending him into a tailspin that is quickly saved by Mary via her ring. Unfortunately for Mary, this moment of valor for her teammate left her unprotected as the NL Conference Finals MVP has taken full advantage by redirecting the planets energy blasts right into the female Grayson. I still have not seen a body but she is presumed dead.

John is not taking this death very kindly but despite his rage and his lantern ring, it is still no match for the super powered Warlock. John is taken down to the ground by Warlock, striped of his ring and killed on the street. Warlock then took to flight once more, forced the once protected X-30 plane of Dick Grayson down into one of the fissures only to see it blown to bits moments later after another release from the planet.

It looks as if Warlock is alone now in this ruined city, taking in what is left of the battered landscape. I suppose this is it for this report…wait, Warlock is fighting once more. It is difficult to tell due to the heavy downpour and smoke but it looks like he is near the new crack in the landscape that destroyed Thundercracker. It is a woman or a girl, she is easily holding her own though against him. There is now a third person, who, and I could be wrong, is climbing out of the crack in the ground. Yes, she is still alive; both Troy’s are now fighting Adam Warlock. Wonder Woman somehow survived her fight and fall with Zombie Supergirl all those weeks ago.

It now appears that her and Donna Troy are taking on Adam Warlock, by surprise nonetheless. The fight is fast but it is quite apparent that the two women are more then a match for Him. Warlock is now on the ground with Diana standing on his neck. Donna has taken flight over head, still ascending. She has now turned around, heading back down towards the ground. Warlock is struggling to get up but Diana is having very little trouble fighting his advances. Donna is heading straight down towards the Midgets very powerful fighter and wow, just wow. There is rubble everywhere and it is, hold on, yes, Adam Warlock is dead.

Donna came down at breakneck speed and pummeled the Midget member directly into the ground.

The brutality took me off guard there for a moment, I apologize for that.

Both Wonder Woman and Donna Troy have now left this place, no doubt in search of their remaining teammates. It also looks like Aquaman has left with them. It is unclear why he did not fight with his team but it does not look like the super powered women are giving him any grief for it either.

That makes one disappearance accounted for with Wonder Woman and as we said, we are now presuming Zombie Supergirl to be deceased. In regards to the living, breathing Supergirl, she is still nowhere to be seen.

A surprisingly eventful battle here in the former Stalwart Valley.  If anything else happens I will surely contact you guys again, for now though, I think I have seen enough action for one day.

Universe Bowl VII: Letter from Morris to the League: HELP

To Whom It May Concern

I am writing this letter to anyone league wide who would be willing to help us. We have hit a critical point in our planets survival that has lead me to write this letter. We now know that without a shadow of a doubt, our planets time in this Universe has come to an end. In less then a month’s time, the power that we have erroneously manipulated will destroy us completely. I am talking the complete and utter annihilation of our entire civilization.

If there is anyone out there that is willing to offer their help, support or even safe passage off of this world, we would forever be in your debt. We are planning a mass exodus of our planet in less then two days time. We are occupying three large space vessels as I write this. Filling it with everything we can fit; thus leaving our planet forever. If you could offer us protection at the very least, we would greatly appreciate it.

I understand that this request is an unusual one, especially in lieu of these circumstances being the fault of nobody but our own. We ask that you can find it somewhere to see past these indiscretions and offer us whatever assistance you can.

This is our most desperate hour and we would appreciate whatever you can bring.

With Sincere Regrets,

Governor William Morris

Universe Bowl VII: Post 9

No sign of a battle could be found in the Particle Valley section of The Play-off Planet, however this recording was retrieved.

"Hello? Is this on? My nephew bought me this new fangled smart phone for my 103rd birthday, and I just can't figure any of this out. The Facespace and the Tweet Machine and what ever else these kids today are into... I don't get it, and I don't... Oh! Looks like this thing is recording after all. I suppose... I suppose I just wanted to leave something behind in case the worst happens, which seems likely at this point. I've never been one to rock the boat, but times have gotten bad, and we are all desperate. We've gathered in a cave, Midget and Kitty alike, although I've never been partial to the name Kitties. I always thought Cats was a bit more appropriate. And another thing, I... Foolish old woman, rambling on even at the end. Heh. (Audible sigh) I think we may be the only ones left after... oh dear... at... at the very least, I’ll be able to see you soon, Ben."

"Hey Bea Arthur! Are you about ready to do this thing? We ride out at sunset lil lady, just you and me! We're like Butch and Sundance! Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday! Riggs and Murtaugh! Turner and Hooch!"

"The name is May Parker, and I don't know who any of those people are. Except Wyatt Earp, he was in my graduating class in high school, and let me tell you..."

"No! My probable last moments will not be me listening to old lady stories about times of yore! What we need to do is go back out there and get a little joint revenge for our fallen teammates! I mean, I didn't see them die, but I can only assume that since I barely survived SPOILER, there's no way any of those losers had a chance! Wait did I just get censored?!? I'll show you, I'll pull back the whole curtain!!! SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!!! C'mon man, you used to be cool.... SPOILER? Fine, have it your way. Jerk. Anyways, if they think they are going to get one over on Wade Wilson... They're pretty much right. I've read the Universe Bowl so far, and lady, we're done like dinner! The jig is up! The goose is cooked! IT'S OVER, JOHNNY!!!"

"Peter! Behave yourself!"

"Listen, you old hag, I'm not your nephew! We just have a similar costume. For the eighth time, the name is Wade, Wade Wils..."

*SLAP!

"Peter! What's gotten into you? The nephew I raised would never show such disrespect! And he certainly wouldn't give up at a time like this! No matter how bad it looks, we always get up and fight for what we believe in! We... no... Peter, it's here..."

"Eh, what the heck. I guess I could always use some practice with my trusty ol web shooters... Thanks Aunt May."

"... Those look like guns to me."

"Look, don't ruin the moment, okay?"

Thus ending the recording. Information has been difficult to gather during this Universe Bowl, but all participants are presumed dead.

Universe Bowl VII: Post 8

            According to the cardigan-wearing Fred of Mystery, Inc., “she appeared from the mist.”  Fred refers to Black Lantern Aunt May, who single handedly managed to kill both Velma and Scooby Dumb despite her frail appearance.    Fred tells the story of a dark and stormy night in Reliance City, driving the emblazed motor vehicle of Mystery, Inc.  He slammed on the brakes of the van as the gang was confronted by Black Lantern Aunt May. 

            Shaggy, also of Mystery, Inc., explains the events following the screeching of the tires upon moist pavement.

            “If it weren’t for Scooby’s back legs paddling at incredible speed and spinning that pizza plate at Aunt May, ZOINKS, we would be gonners for sure!”

            Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby Doo all corroborate that after Velma and Scooby Dumb were killed by being pulled from the van’s side door, Scooby Doo tripped over a plate of pizza, centered in the middle of the van’s back floor.  The plate flew across a small expanse and sliced the ring finger off of Black Lantern Aunt May.  The desiccated corpse looked down and screamed as her body exploded into a pile of dust.  

            The remaining Mystery, Inc. members eventually started the car again and drove on through Reliance City.  The vehicle came to a dead stop at the sight of two children and a cat.  Later, the trio was identified as Heathcliff the Cat, along with Peppermint Patti and Marci. 

            “Our vehicle went kablooey, man,” exclaims Shaggy.  “Fred didn’t stop it himself.  The van was sabotaged by Glom.”

Fred was unable to start the vehicle again. 

            “It was apparent that Glom siphoned the energy out of the van’s battery, just as it does with all types of energy,” says Fred.

            As Glom emerged from the vehicle’s hood, it was struck down by Green Lantern Alan Scott who managed to find his compatriots in the knick of time before further damage could be caused by Glom.  While Glom was destroyed by Scott, the Mystery, Inc. members fought with the Peanuts’ characters and the Gately created cat.  It was only a matter of time before Scooby Doo ripped Heathcliff apart due to his portly stature and because the cat was unable to move quickly enough away from the jaws of the canine. 

            “They just seemed to be in their own world arguing,” says Daphne of Mystery, Inc. about the female duo.  “The one wearing glasses just kept saying to the other, ‘Sir this’ and ‘Sir that’.  They caused enough of a distraction between themselves, allowing me to wipe them both out with my Star Wand and the assistance of Batgirl’s utility belt weaponry." 

            “I arrived to the scene and knew that both Ganthet and myself had to focus on the majors of the battle,” said Katma Tui (from an earlier interview)

            According to the Korugarian, both she and Ganthet managed to kill both Nightbird and Batgirl by using their rings’ powers, creating and constructing energy fields.  Although the Batman protégés held their own, they were overmatched and eventually succumbed to their fates. 

Katma Tui then fell in a skirmish to Scott, who was, in turn, killed by Ganthet, right before my eyes.

            “Rooby roo!!!” emoted Scooby Doo.

            “That’s right Scoob.  You, Fred, Daphne, this reporter and me just high tailed it out of there before Ganthet could catch us,” responded Shaggy.

            At the time of this article, Mystery, Inc. and Ganthet are confirmed as being the only members of both their respective teams as surviving the event. I will report back if anything changes back here, which I suspect will be quite soon.

Universe Bowl VII: Kitties Correspondent Post #4

To Whom it May Concern,

As Mr. Black has informed you, I am to take over his duties in sending these telegraphs’s out to you. His pack has taken his death quite hard but as you know, they are fierce warriors and will continue this fight without fail. We are aware that this battle has been a unique one indeed and are apprised that this strange presence that we have been detecting is not that of our supposed foe, but that of an unknown origin.

We know that something happened last night, something that destroyed affiliates of both teams’. We have been suspecting of this planet’s intentions and the events of last night have all but confirmed what we already knew. This is no longer just a simple “Rock” as the shape shifters have been calling it; but a Sentient being, much of the like as Ego or Primus. We now know that this is not a war between the Midgets and ourselves, it is more of a game of survival for everyone involved. We have decided to move away from our home of these last couple of weeks and look for whatever is left of our team.

There is still no sign of Big Red, as he left shortly after arriving with the Shifters. I am hoping we are not the only ones left alive on our team, as this planet is no longer safe for anyone. I will write back as soon as we find others to commune with. If we are to survive this war, we are surely going to need all the help we can get. I wish I had something positive to report back but until the next time, this is what I have.

A.D.

Universe Bowl VII: Midget's Correspondent Post #3

This is Zufa here. I sent this correspondence to Mr. William Morris a short time ago. I have come to a conclusion that I believe to be accurate. I do not want this information out yet before I have time to discuss it with the leader of this planet. The letter is below and will explain things a little better.

Mr. William Morris,

My name is Zufa Cenva and I am a member of the Midget’s. Since I have arrived on your planet I have been researching this “Entity” that has taken hold. After much time attempting to decipher what has happened to this place I have come to a conclusion that will possibly help us fight back. I need to meet with you immediately to discuss my findings, as I believe everyone interested will undoubtedly discover our transmissions by the time you read this.

I have also contacted a member of the Kitties (as they call them), as I believe he is our best chance of defeating this enemy. I refer to this “Entity” as our enemy, as we have come to an understanding that there is now only one enemy at this moment. There is no need for you to respond to this transmission with your whereabouts. Please stay where you are Mr. Morris as we have already discovered your location.

We will come to you.

Zufa Cenva

Universe Bowl VII: Letter from Morris to Duer: HELP US

Bill,

I know you have been in hiding but I also know you well enough to know you are still three steps ahead of us all. If you know what is going on then please help us. Our evacuations our starting in less then two days, a mass exodus that even by our most conservative estimates are too risky to even consider. With what happened last night with “The Process” or whatever it is we are not even sure if it will let us leave, but as we are left with no other choice, we still have to take the chance. We know our planet will not the survive the month at this point.

Please Bill, if you can do anything you have to get back with me. I don’t know if you are making a play on something as I write, but we are just about out of options at this point. I have one last avenue to go down and I will give you one hour to respond before I execute that plan.

I still trust you more then anyone else on the planet. Your help right now is mandatory. Everything we hold dear is counting on it.

William 

Universe Bowl VII: Post 7

I found the complete letter from Governor Morris to Bill Duer. It was evidently from last spring, shortly after the Week 5 matches. In lieu of what has occurred it sheds a little bit more light on what we are dealing with.

April 27, 2014

Mr. Duer,

As you know, the past couple of weeks have been complicated to say the least. The casualties on every side were great, more then even I imagined. I never wanted it to go this far but since it has, I see no way for us to turn our backs on it now. When we gained control of the “Process”, as our scientists are now calling it, we thought we were just taking control away from the Watchers, which we were, but we did not fully understand the power that we created.

Now I know per our many conversations that we did not actually create this power. I realize that we stole this power from the Watchers by the only way we knew possible. What I am writing to you about right now is something different. I say different because the power that we thought we were in control of is not exactly the power we intended to create. I apologize for the vagueness of this letter but as of right now, we are still not sure what it is.

I do not need to explain everything to you as you already know much of the internal research, but I need to go over a couple of things. When we manipulated the Chaos King, we didn’t think twice about what we were doing in regards to consequences. We were so preoccupied with taking over the Process that we didn’t even consider the repercussions of doing it. Despite our success with taking over the Machine as we set out to do, we failed to put any research into what it would mean overall.

With that being said, we have since looked into it and what we have found is quite startling to say the very least. We knew from the beginning that the Process was tied directly to the Graveyard. Given we are still not quite sure how this was originally created, but we are sure that this is how they have regenerated our planet for all of these years. Which naturally means that the Graveyard is older then we originally thought, possibly as old as our planet itself.

Back on point though: How does this relate to what we did?

When we took over the Process, we did it to take power away from the Watchers; that was it. What we created in the interim is vastly different from what we originally conceived and so much worse. The energy we stole from the Chaos King was unstable to say the least and therefore uncontrollable for the most part. This led us into forcing the residual energy into certain levels of our research facilities that stretch throughout our planet. After months of cycling through these different facilities we assumed that it’s dissipation was either a natural occurrence or just the energy losing its, well, energy to put it bluntly.

At first we worried about what it might do to our planet but once we gained control of the Process, we put it to the side as something to deal with at another time. We now know we have made a grave error in judgment. This unstable energy was unstable because we separated it from itself. Now this is a very basic explanation of what has occurred but it is the simplest way to explain it. The real reason why we have lost so many people over these last few weeks has very little to do with the constant battles that have been taking place. That energy has taken on the form of something that we are still not sure what it truly is. The only thing we know for sure is that the energy is a concentrated form of the power that exists in the Graveyard; only it is not being controlled by anyone outside of itself. This means that despite our greatest efforts to tame whatever this “Being” is, we have no way of stopping it. That means that very quickly our entire planet, including everything inhabiting it will eventually be overtaken by it.

The timetable is still fuzzy at this time but our most conservative estimates put the total annihilation of our planet at 184 days, just over six months. Bill, I know much of what you have supported in the past has been overzealous to say the least, but I know even you never wanted anything like this. We took the power away from the Watchers and in the process, have destroyed everything that we originally sought out to save. Please Bill, listen to everything in this letter and do whatever you can to help us.

We will continue to find a way to fight this but as of right now, we have nothing. Once the planet is infected, there will be nothing we can do. Though as one of our chief analyst’s pointed out, we are not fighting an infection, we are fighting the cure.

With Sincere Regrets,

Governor Morris