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Teamwork Saves the Day!
Feb 6th, 2010 at 5:59pm
 
    The shuttle Artemis lands just outside the Black Mesa.  Its a picture perfect landing.   The only problem is, there is no space shuttle Artemis!
   Scion and Dark Warrior are scrambled to investigate when  Col Marshal Strong emerges from the cockpit.    The only problem with that, is that he was dead for a year.   And his body was stolen by space aliens!
    Col. Strong allows himself to be arrested and investigated. Agents Betty Noir, Jenny Zen and Nexus all agree that this is indeed Col Strong.   Strong then says that he knows where the missing Dr Apocopolos is.    The only problem with that is,  Apocopolos is not missing.   Zen makes a few calls and confirms that he was abducted yesterday and a false report was made.   Strong,  Scion and Dark Warrior fly off to Science City as per Strong's information says the Doctor is being held.
   Strong says that when he woke up he was on a base on the moon.  A computer program informed him that Mr Clean used his own powers along with Torgee Technology to fetch his soul and knit it back to his corpse.  He then used nanotechnology and some cloning to repair his body.  Along with Strong,  Mr Clean also revived John Marcini, AKA the Peacekeeper;  an unknown paranormal that turned out to be the Dark Warrior;  and the as of yet unrevived  Clarence Darbur, aka Magnum.
   The program then said that Clean used the last dreggs of his dimishing powers as the "Probablity Bender" that finalized the revivication.    Since no energy can be created or destroyed, just changed,  Mr Clean's "energy" was changed into the "energy" of the four patients.   The program says that Clean was dying of an unknown dieasse he contracted from his long association with Mr. Visitor, the alien he saved during the Roswell Crash of 1947.
    The last bits and pieces of information that Mr Clean gave to Col Strong was the following.
    1.  The Movian Empire is pushing to destroy all life on Earth as Earth was contaiminated by the Roswell Crash.
    2.  Doctor Apocopolos' mind was damaged by the Control Freak's  Mind Control.  The Doctor now is very paranoid and exhibits odd behaviors.
    3. The citizens of the lost Shamballa have taken residence in Clean's moonbase.  They renamed it Tycho City.  They declare themselves a sovgerien nation.
   4.  The Burning Man has somehow being stealing tech and information from CHESS for a year.  He is the reason that CHESS has been compromised.
   5.  The Burning Man has Dr. Apocopolos prisioner in Science City.

   Strong, Scion and Dark Warrior sneak into the Solar Plant at Science City in an attempt to rescue the Doctor.    As they are coming from the cooling water tanks, they are set upon by Disaster and the Brass Monkey.   Disaster seems to pocess the powers of a star.  He is able to radiate heat, gravity,  light, as well as tremendous strength and invulerablity.   Brass Monkey is a monkey.  A monkey made of brass.
     As Disaster shruggs off Dark Warrior's vibroblasts, and the Brass Monkey goes toe to  toe with Col Strong,  Scion glows with a nova brightness and blinds Disaster and channels her stunning ablity through that light.  Disaster falls to the ground.   
  Dark Warrior, realizing that physical punches do next to nothing to the Brass Monkey's metal flesh, blasts at it with his patented vibrational slavo.
  He and Col Strong, manage to put some dents into the Monkey's hide.    A stunned Disaster tries to fight Scion, but he lost the advantage and Scion takes him out with a few well landed chunks of debris.
    With both villains out of the fight,  the trio make their way into the Solar Plant's corridors when  a stong looking man in a black and white costume fires heat beams from hiss eyes.  He calls himself Alpha Male and declares that Scion is his.   Scion, taking umbridge at this declartion,  grabes the door Alpha Man smashed open, and uses it to block the heat beams and to smash Aphla Male over the head. Alpha Male then punches Scion in the head sending her back.   Col Strong takes a few swings at him, but he missess.  Scion, suing her body as ram, flys into Alpha Male flies him at top speed down the corridor into the far wall.   Dark Warrior hits hims with some vibroblasts and Scion smashes him over the head with a fire extinguisher.    This takes the fight out of Alpha Male.
Next the elevator opens and out comes the crazed Antichrist and Bloody Mary.    Scion slams them back into the elevator and presses the doors shut.   Antichrist punches her through the door.  Col Strong runs up and fires at the Antichrist through the openening.   Antichrists responds by breathing fire at him.   During this, Scion starts to bleed from her eyes, nose and mouth.   Bloody Mary is making her blood vessels erupt. 
    Dark Warrior and Scion both grab the elevator and fly it up at top speed.  They smash the car into the top motors, putting Mary  into a nice state of uncounciousness.   Scion tosses Antichrist down the shaft.   
   Now on the upper floor of the Solar Plant,  Dark Warrior and Scion see the workers are all tied up.  Dark Warrior unties one, and says that  there is a guy on fire in the next room experimenting on the workers.   He thinks that the Burning Man is turning them into supervillains!
    As they are talking,  Col Strong goes to smash the security cameras in the corner of the room.  As he does this, he notices a man in a gray suit.  This man didn't just apear there, he was always in this room but somehow he was just unnoticed.  Col Strong recognises the man as Louise Provost, aka The Rumor.  Acting quick,  Strong throws the secrurity camera at the Rumor, knocking him out.   Scion and Dark Warrior, meanwhile, are investing some sand that seems to be seeping out of the door to the next room.   As they are looking, the sand rises up, assumes a vague female form and attacks. Scion recongises this as Silcon Valerie, the metahuman she first fought when she gained her powers.
    Dark Warrior runs to the door, kicks it open and finds the Burning Man in the room with Doctor Apocopolos in the corner.    The Doctor calls for help and DW throws a punch at the Burning Man.   The Burning Man responds, first with flame attacks to which Dark Warrior adapts, then with a punch, which pass through his vibrating body.   Assessing the situation,   The Burning Man flings some flaming acid at the doctor and flees.   The Dark Warrior removes his cape and tries to smother the flames.
    Col Strong and Scion, figuring out that punches don't affect Silicone Valerie, change tactics.   Strong grabs some wires from the Burning Man's machinesn and electrocutes Valerie.  This renders her inert.
    Dark Warrior flys the doctor to Galen's Hospital. After making sure the doctor's know of Apocopolos' condition,  he flys back to the battle.  Seeing the Burning Man on foot,  Dark Warrior rams into him, knocking him out.   
    Scion calls for a CHESS dust off, while members of the media start talking to the Dark Warrior.     He handles himself pretty well, until Col Strong takes over.  The crowed goes nuts as they find out he is alive.   
  Philip Mann, the developer of Science City, offers the trio a headquaters and a top of the line system of computers if they stay and form the first super team here in Science City.
  CHESS is happy as the Burning Man has finally been captured,  and the mystery of why CHESS has been compromised has been solved with the apprehension of the Rumor.

Doctor Apocopolos is comatose with 3rd degree burns over 75% of his body.  It is not known at this point if he will survive.
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Reply #1 - Feb 7th, 2010 at 7:35am
 
A Detailed Recounting of the Battle:


PART I

(Note: some liberties have been taken due to failing memory and to provide a more fun read)

 
   Scion flew through the twisting labyrinth of the plant cooling system, following the Dark Warrior while towing Marshall Strong along with her. As the trio navigated the piping both Marshall Strong and the Dark Warrior signaled Scion to stop. The Dark Warrior pointed to a device that must have been some kind of sensor. Scion’s own perceptions were not keen enough to detect the device and she breathed a sigh of relief that her far more experienced companions had noticed it before the security system could be triggered.
     As Scion hovered patiently, watching the air bubbles from Marshall Strong’s breath mask, Wally Spec, aka the Dark Warrior altered the vibrational frequency of his body and phased outside of the piping to inspect the sensor device more closely. It seemed to Spec’s trained eye that the device scanned for vibrational disturbances along the water flow of the ducts.

“Perfect…” he thought with a smile.

Closing his eyes to concentrate and extending his fingers, the Dark Warrior set up a meticulous vibrational cloak along the path of the sensor’s scan range, allowing anything to slip through it unnoticed. Knowing he would not be able to hold the cloak in place long, he phased his head back through the walls of the Ductwork and signaled Strong and Scion to hurry through.

Scion and Strong sped through as quickly as they could manage without causing any damage and came to a turbine fan that regulated the water flow into the coolant tank. The two heroes peered through the spinning blades to see the Dark Warrior who must have phased ahead. Above them, glimpsed vaguely through the rippling water, was what looked like a blazing inferno suspended above the water’s edge. To the left was the Dark Warrior, staring amused, as what appeared to be a Brass Monkey, leaped at him from above the water only to sink harmlessly through his phased form. The Dark Warrior waved as the Monkey sunk quickly to the bottom, splashing madly in frustration at his inability to touch his quarry.

Seeing that the Dark Warrior was in no danger, Scion nodded to Marshall Strong and launched towards the flaming form above the water. As she smashed through the fan and rocketed through the water like a geyser, she saw what could only be described as a human shaped star. As she came within striking distance of the strange figure , she was veered off course by some unseen force and instead, slammed into the wall to the side of it.

The figures dark, smoldering face cracked into a smile and called itself  “Disaster” as it began to taunt her with a hideously warped voice which sounded to her like the death cry of a planet consumed in a super nova.

The battle was joined in earnest! The Dark Warrior tried to enshroud the villain in a cloud of darkness while he sent volleys of vibroblasts screaming at him and Marshall Strong attacked with military hardware as Scion tried in vain to slam her ion-energized fists against his star clad form. Disaster returned each attack in kind but while the Dark Warrior was able to adapt to his flaming attacks, Scion knew that eventually this cosmic powered maniac would batter his way through her ionic shields, formidable as they were. The moment the thought crossed her mind a blast of heat vaporized her field. The intensity of the heat nearly overwhelmed her and it was all she could do to summon enough energy to replenish her shields before another blast could roast her. She was running out of time.

Disaster seemed to be as unaffected by the Dark Warrior’s vibroblasts as he was by her strangely misplaced punches. He seemed to emanate some type of field that prevented anything from touching him. As she lashed out at him, it felt like throwing punches at thin paper. The very air pressure from her punches seemed to push her target from her grasp yet, it wasn’t her target that moved away from her attack, rather her attacks just veered off their desired course. Once again Scion needed to fight an opponent that was immune to her sheer strength.

Meanwhile Marshall Strong had swam through the opening left by Scion and had tried to join the battle against Disaster by launching a salvo from his grenade launcher. Disaster was not amused and proceeded to slice the Mrshall’s grenade launcher in half with a quick focused heat blast. While trying to figure out how best to injure this flaming adversary he noticed a bulk of brass leaping at him from out of the water.

Guessing that perhaps Disaster’s abilities were linked to potential and kinetic energy, Scion tried to reach for his throat, slowly, as the Dark Warrior, using the water to focus and magnify his virboblasts, sent a charged geyser hurtling at him. But, just as before, both ionic-charged hands and vibration-agitated water deflected away harmlessly from the seemingly untouchable villain.
Again, as before, Disaster mocked the heroes and Scion in particular, as he regarded her vaunted physical strength with scorn.
Seething with frustration at her inability to lay a hand on her target, Scion latched onto the spark of an idea that might give her a ghost of a chance to stop this mocking monstrosity. The only thing that seemed to touch Disaster was light.

Scion calmed herself and prepared to push her powers in ways that she had never done before. A sliver of doubt stabbed her confidence and she turned an eye to the Dark Warrior. Wally Spec caught her gaze and though he didn’t know what she intended, he knew the look of a frightened kid who was unsure of herself and afraid of the consequences of failure. He lent her his strength in the form of a steely, confident nod as he turned to move away, both to give her clearance for whatever she intended as well as to assist Marshall Strong with this ridiculously powerful and irritating monkey.

Seeing that the Dark Warrior had enough trust in her abilities to literally, leave Disaster in her hands, she closed her eyes and concentrated. She imagined the natural radiance that the ionic fission of her body produced growing brighter and stronger. She imagined the ionic taser flash of her fists filling the illumination until she imagined herself glowing like a rippling kaleidoscope of crimson brilliance. With a final effort of will, her eyes blazed open as she pushed that brilliance directly at her enemy. Disaster screamed, as he was both blinded and paralyzed. Wally Spec’s lips curled in a smile as he watched Disaster plummet into the water like Lucifer’s fall from Heaven. “The kid’s got potential...” he thought to himself. “She’s just a bit too violent.” he whispered under his breath as he shrouded the Brass Monkey in darkness and proceeded to blast it between the eyes with a flurry of vibroblasts.

To Be Continued

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Reply #2 - Feb 7th, 2010 at 7:42am
 
PART II

Marshall Strong was happy to have assistance as the Monkey seemed to be shrugging off his hardest blows and causing his fists to ache with pain as he slammed them into his brass hide.
As he and the Dark Warrior joined forces to pummel the cheeky-monkey they were all blown back as Scion launched herself, full tilt,  at the stunned form of Disaster and slammed him into the concrete casing of the tank, shattering it and causing water to flow through the breach. The Brass Monkey, swept up in the flow, was sent hurtling out of the tank with the Dark Warrior hard on his heels…er…paws.

As the water level lowered, Scion prepared to continue the attack on Disaster when she noticed the villain was a limp, bloodied lump. Once his defenses were bypassed, he didn’t seem so tough. There was no time for her to dwell on her victory, as it seemed the villain’s injuries were severe. She flew his broken form to the safety of one of the upper catwalks that seemed to dot the chamber outside the coolant tank, and raced back to grab Marshall Strong.

“Strong!” she shouted “I need your help”
Strong’s only reply was a quick nod as Scion sped him to Disaster’s body.
“How bad is he?” she asked breathlessly. “I didn’t think I would be able to hurt him like this...he seemed untouchable!!”
A quick examination later the Marshall’s deft skills determined that his broken bones had punctured internal organs. “Well you hurt him alright…” Strong replied solemnly. “He needs immediate medical attention or he won’t make it. There’s a hospital near here...you better hurry!”
Scion’s only reply was the pressure wave of her Mach-speed take off.

Meanwhile, Wally Spec had made up his mind that he hated this monkey. He was nearing exhaustion with the number of vibro-bolts he had launched into the hide of this thing and although it still couldn’t lay a finger on him it just would not go down. He was relieved as Marshall Strong leapt from the catwalk above and hurled a thin, steel piece of the catwalk hand railing, impaling the creature. As the Monkey was pinned to the ground by its shoulder, the Dark Warrior and Marshall Strong’s fists dissolved into a blur of motion as they flurried blow after blow upon the creature’s brass hide.

     When they stepped back, breath ragged with the intensity of their efforts, they noticed a thin trickle of blood spill from the armored monkey’s lips as it ripped the metal spike from it’s shoulder and moved to attack the duo. They managed to share an incredulous look of disbelief for a moment before the battle was once again joined.

Scion sped into the emergency ward of Galens Hospital and pleaded for assistance. Immediately, Doctors and nurses responded to the scarlet-tressed heroine as they placed Disaster’s body on a gurney and sped him away for emergency surgery. Confident that the defeated villain was in as good hands as was possible she sped back to the plant, hoping that Marshall Strong and the Dark Warrior had things well in hand.

Marshall Strong had another length of steel well in hand and was beating the monkey relentlessly with it since his own hands were too bruised from endlessly punching it’s armored face. Wally Spec was drawing on the last reserves of his energy as he beat and blasted the creature in cadence with his companion.
“Ya know..” Strong quipped “..this would be funny if it wasn’t so damn frustrating”
“I know..” the Dark Warrior shouted back “…now shut up and keep spanking the damn monkey”

Scion sped back to the catwalk where she left Marshall Strong and assessed the battle below. She saw a large portion of the catwalk ripped out and debris that seemed to match the catwalk’s construction, lying on the floor not too far from where Strong and the Warrior battled the Brass Monkey. Following the clues of Marshall Strong’s lead she ripped off a large section of the catwalk and charged the Brass Monkey with it. As she slammed into the monkey and began to dent it’s skull with what was left of the catwalk the Dark Warrior chided her.
“Where have you been..??!!”
“Sorry..” was Scion’s only reply
“Just hurry up and put this thing down! We’re wasting too much time here!”
“Roger that Mr. Spec!”
With the combined efforts of the three heroes, Brass Monkey was finally put down for the count…..just as the Dark Warrior sensed a new threat approaching from the door below the North catwalk.

“Ahhh crap..”

To Be Continued
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Reply #3 - Feb 7th, 2010 at 7:59am
 
Part III

“What is it?”  Scion spun on her heel ready to face a new adversary.
“Something’s coming from that door.” his finger pointing to illustrate the correct passage as Marshall Strong, who had also sensed the intruder’s approach, leapt up to the ruin of the catwalk above the door.
Scion flew to join Strong and lie in wait as the Dark Warrior prepared to greet their latest nemesis.

They didn’t have to wait long.
The door buckled and flew inwards, crashing to the floor just a few feet from the Dark Warrior as a large, bald man, rippling with muscle, wearing a garish black and white costume sporting a large A on his chest and a cape asked

“Where’s the chick?”.
“It’s just you and me Kojack! Lets go!!”

The Alpha Male’s eyes squinted as he told Spec that he was claiming the girl for himself just as twin beams of scarlet energy lanced towards his sole target.
Fortunately, Scion, given to a burst of rage-induced, adrenaline-charged speed, from being referred to as “the chick”, was fast enough to fly down to the ground, grab the blasted steel door and charge the Alpha Male with it. Her attack managed to both shield her and Mr Spec from their assailant’s energy beams as well as to slam the Alpha Male down the hall into a solid concrete wall.

Without missing a beat Scion followed up her attack, charging toward her opponent. The Alpha Male was just as powerful as Scion however and as she was charging towards him he dislodged himself from the wall and charged her right back.

“I’m not a chick jerk!” Scion shouted at the testosterone pumped villain.
“No…Yer a BITCH!!” he shouted back as he proceeded to punch Scion hard enough to send her sailing back towards the door.

The Dark Warrior and Marshall Strong, benefitting from their ample training and experience, which Scion lacked, bided their time waiting for a clear opening to strike at the Alpha Male in the narrow hallway.

Scion reeled from the force of her assailant’s punch and from the leering look on his arrogant face, it showed. She had never been physically hit that hard before and she knew, despite the brutish schoolyard arrogance of this macho fool, she needed to take him seriously. Thus far, he had always kept his feet on the ground, which she hoped meant, he could not fly.

Before he could land another blow, she took off and flew over and behind him, landing a quick blow to the back of his head that knocked him off balance allowing her to connect with an uppercut that lifted him off his feet and halfway to the ceiling. Following in the wake of momentum generated by her blow, she charged as much ionic energy into her fist as she could, and landed another telling blow onto his jaw as he came back down, hoping to stun him. Before she could test the results of her attack, the Dark Warrior and Marshall Strong, sensing their opportunity, launched their offense.
The Dark Warrior was first, screaming down the hall like a demonic missile and slamming into the Alpha Male’s midsection as he stumbled to his feet. The force of the blow sent the Alpha Male sailing and imbedded him into the concrete wall, with only his hands and feet visible outside the gray debris. Marshall Strong was next, wailing on the villain’s form, further embedding it into the wall itself. By the time he was done the Alpha Male looked more like insulation than a Super villain.
As Marshall Strong looked at his handiwork, he noticed the villain’s form was rocked by spasms as crimson energy flashes emanated from him.
“Hmm…I guess Scion paralyzed him after all”
The Dark Warrior raised an eyebrow and commented, “Incapacitated and paralyzed is better than just paralyzed”.
“Agreed and well timed since I doubt anything friendly is going to come out of those elevators when the doors open”
Scion’s eyes grew wide “Oh no… more of them!”

Scion’s speed and recklessness placed her at the elevators first. As she sped to the opening door she caught sight of a man that looked remarkably like Steve Buscemi dressed like Mr Orange from Reservoir Dogs except that he had red hair and a red goatee and looked absolutely insane.
He also looked as thin as Steve Buscemi and Scion surmised that maybe his powers were not based upon physical strength so she crushed the elevator doors together to seal him inside.
As she braced the doors with her mighty hands, crumpling the metal to seal the doors, a fist smashed right through them and slammed into her jaw. Her head snapped back but she held her ground and did not let go of the doors. A leering face appeared in the new hole in the elevator doors.
“Ya can’t keep the Anti Christ out baby!” he sneered.
Scion looked hard at the macabre Jack Nicholson-esque image before her and punched the Anti Christ dead in the face…..and pulled her hand back in intense pain realizing that she had just broken it.
The Anit Christ tittered madly at her “I’m invulnerable ya dumb bitch!”.

“Oh yea… eat this!” Marshall Strong screamed as he pointed his pistol directly into the hole smashed into the doors and fired a blazing salvo of shots that ricocheted across the enclosed surface of the elevator like the silver orb of a pinball machine. Repeated muzzle flashes lighted the hallway and the smell of cordite was thicker than incense in an airport. When the gun finally went silent, Scion could see a trickle of blood flowing from the Anti Christ’s temple as he screamed at Marshall Strong: “I actually felt that you jerk!! I’m going to kill you!”

With those venomous words a gout of thick, billowing flame poured from the Anti Christ’s screaming mouth and engulfed the entire hall outside the elevator. Marshall Strong ducked but was somewhat singed while Scion’s ion shields held. The Dark Warrior’s body simply adapted to the flame rendering it harmless.

Meanwhile the Dark Warrior had already determined how to defeat the Anti Christ and the mysterious blonde woman standing behind him in the far corner of the elevator that no one but him had spotted.

“Scion!” the Dark Warrior shouted “Grab the bottom of the elevator and lift!”

Following her more experienced teammates lead Scion grabbed the bottom of the elevator car and quickly pulled it free of the safety locks, which snapped with a sharp crack, until she had raised it above her head.

“Got it Mr Spec.”

The Dark Warrior flew under the Elevator car with Scion and pointed up as the two of them took off like rockets pushing the car straight to the top of the shaft with enough combined force to break orbit.
As they rushed skyward through the elevator shaft they could hear the shouting of the Anti Christ inside. Aside from the shouting, Scion could feel rather than hear, a low hum. A moment later she began to bleed from her eyes, her nose and her mouth. She then began to feel a dull ache throughout her body as well as a more distinct sharper pain at the areas from which she was bleeding. Shrugging it off she focused on the task at hand guessing that this may be another of the Anti Christ’s abilities. A tap on her shoulder turned her head.

The Dark Warrior was issuing instructions “We’re almost to the top!” he shouted
“When I give the word push as hard as you can and break off back through the nearest set of doors and into the building or we’ll crush ourselves against the reinforced springs at the top of the shaft. You got that?”
Scion nodded

The Dark Warrior looked upward for a few more seconds then shouted “NOW!”

The two heroes shoved the elevator car ahead of them and blasted through a set of double doors into a top floor of the building as the elevator slammed into the apex of the shaft with the impact of a bomb. The entire building shook as the large metal compartment crumpled in on itself and split open with the force of the impact. The Dark Warrior saw a bloodied, blonde figure fall from the ravaged elevator car and sped to catch her. His superior reflexes taxed to their limit, he managed to break her fall just in time to save her from a gruesome death. As he checked her still form he found her breathing and pulse a bit ragged but steady enough to convince him that her life was in no immediate danger. As he brushed her bloodied mop of blonde hair out of her face he heard struggling from above him inside the elevator shaft. He laid the girl’s body down and walked to the edge of the shaft and looked up. There he saw the Anti Christ, bloody and battered, dangling from the debris of the elevator car.
“If Mary’s dead I’ll kill you all!!” he screamed. “I’ll avenge you Bloody Mary!”
“Well that explains who she is and what caused this...” Scion said as she wiped the blood from her eyes and nose.
The Dark Warrior winked at Scion as he pointed to the Anti Christ and clenched his fingers into a fist. “Going down.” he said as he blasted the Anti Christ’s handholds with vibro-bolts.
As the Anti Christ began to fall down the shaft Scion hefted one of the elevator doors and flew at the his falling form. She braced the door against her arm and caught the villain between the shaft wall and the slab of metal with an echoing crash. She then pulled the broken door up and slammed him across the face with it once before swinging it over her head and smashing it down upon his with all her might, sending him hurtling down the shaft like a comet to land with a very wet and ugly splat.

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Reply #4 - Feb 7th, 2010 at 8:15am
 
PART IV

As Scion was finishing up with the seemingly, indestructible Anti Christ, Wally Spec had discovered a room full of gagged hostages. Running to the closest one and removing the gag, the terrified prisoner coughs hard and then talks to him.
“There’s a flaming guy in the other room! He kidnapped us and I think he’s experimenting on us. I think that crazy red haired guy you just tussled with used to work on the 4th floor.What the hell did he do to him!! Fer God’s sake get us outta here please!!”

As the Dark Warrior tries to calm the captives and assure them that all will be well Marshall Strong races along the stairs to catch up to his his more air friendly companions. Scion hovering in the shaft mourns the second death she has caused. She has faced this before and realizes that try as hard as she may to avoid it, when such violence is engaged in, eventually, this will be the cost. Her thoughts drift back to the Mighty Spartan and how she was too late to save his life. For a moment she is overwhelmed by self doubt and remorse but the strained, fearful speech of one of the captives that the Dark Warrior has just freed breaks her out of her selfish reverie.
“More lives are at stake. I have to focus!” Scion races into the building and as she is apprised of the situation by Mr Spec she decides to escort the hostages to safety while the Dark Warrior goes to confront the Burning Man.

     As she heads for the stairwell, Marshall Strong meets her. She gives him a quick rundown of the situation and as Scion speaks to him, he notices the security cameras watching their every move. Concerned that Scion will meet with heavy resistance as she tries to evacuate the hostages, he moves to dismantle the cameras. As he pulls one down he notices something…a shadow from the corner of his eye. There, standing in the middle of the room is a man in a grey suit speaking into a walkie-talkie, giving details of everything that is transpiring to some unknown entity at the other end of the communication device. No one seems to notice his presence, as though he didn’t even exist. Suddenly Marshall Strong realizes who he has spotted. Louis Provost aka The Rumour. This bastard has been a thorn in his and C.H.E.S.S.’s sides for years. Now the tables were turned. For once, someone undetected was watching the Rumour! Quickly and quietly he approaches his quarry. The feel of the dislodged security camera a comforting weight. Confident and triumphant he bears down upon this mysterious phantom of a man, untraceable, undetectable, untouchable…until now.

The Dark Warrior stalks cautiously towards the door of the room the captives had claimed held the Burning Man. He nears the door and without a sound rises up before it. With a motion faster than the eye can follow he kicks the door in and speeds inside. There in the middle of the room as if laying in wait for him stands a man dripping with acid and perpetually scorched by flame. One might think he was smiling if there were any flesh left to form lips upon his burning skull.

“I have been watching you and your companions Dark Warrior”’
A hissing voice emanated from lipless jaws.

“You will not be allowed to interfere any further!”

Dr Apoculous, seeing his rescuer only a few feet away, screams for help as the Dark Warrior springs into action attacking the Burning man with a few well placed punches. The Villain responds in kind with a flame blast but the Dark Warrior manages to adapt to the flames instantly. Next the Burning Man attacks with a flurry of flaming fists which pass harmlessly through the Dark Warriors phased form.
Realizing the battle is at a stalemate, the Burning Man pauses.

“it seems your abilities render you immune to my unique overtures..”
the Burning Man’s eyes shifted unnervingly in their flaming sockets.

“You have forced my hand. I suppose I shall have to provide you with a fitting distraction while I make my escape!”

The Dark Warrior’s mind exploded with the realization of what was about to happen but it was already too late for him to do anything to stop it. As he leapt forward, the Burning Man had already turned to the hapless Doctor. Had already raised his hand, smoldering with dripping acid. Had already sent a jet spray of burning, stinging liquid across the Poor Doctor’s body.
Before the Dark Warrior could move, Dr. Apocolous was on fire.

Scion was about ready to follow the hostages down the stairs to ensure their escape when she saw Marshall Strong cursing at the unconscious form of a man in a grey suit.

“I got you, ya damn haunting bastard!" The Marshall growled.
“I’ve been trying to convince C.H.E.S.S. of your existence for years but no one would believe me!! Now I’ve got the proof  right here in yer damn hide!!”

“Strong, who the hell is that?” Scion asks.

Marshall Strong looks up, confident and supremely triumphant.

“This my dear lady Scion, is Louis Provost. Also known as the Rumour. He has the ability to mask his presence from every living being on the planet and to make anyone who does know of his existence forget him…everyone but me that is!”

Sensing Strong’s accomplishment Scion beams back at him
“Congratulations Marshall…well done” Scion’s eyebrow curls as hazy memories resurface

“Actually he does look slightly familiar…”

“I’m sure he does and I’m sure plenty more people could attest to the same sensation your experiencing right now but we are running out of time.”

“Oh ..right of course..the hostages”

The Marshall reaches into his pack and pulls out a set of plastisteel binders. Once Provost is secured he hefts him up by his neck and hands him off to Scion.

“Make sure C.H.E.S.S. picks him up with the hostages. He is the biggest catch ever made. Don’t lose him!”

“I’m on it Strong” Scion promises as she throws Provost's unconscious form over her shoulder and races downstairs after the hostages.

The Dark Warrior’s eyes scan the room for some type of flame retardant but realizes there is none. Desperate to save the Doctor’s life he pulls off his cape, made of the same proto-matter as the rest of  his costume, and clings to the desperate hope that it’s unique properties will douse the flames seething across Apocolous's body. He enshrouds the Doctor’s burning body in the cape, picks him up in his arms and flies through the window towards Galens Hospital as quickly as he can.

Marshall Strong hears the crash of glass precipitated by the Dark Warriors desperate exit but before he can react he notices a line of shifting sand swirling about his feet.
“Oh what the hell is this now…?”

“This is agent Scion. Sitrep follows!” Scion spoke clearly and quickly to the C.H.E.S.S. agent on the line.
“Line is green agent Scion, proceed.”
“Seven Hostages found on site and liberated. Proceeding down stairwell B4 now. Several perps down, in custody and medical attention is required. One perp of specific interest is one Louis Provost aka The Rumour. Copy? Over.”
“Did you just say you have Louis Provost in custody Scion?”
“Yea, now get yer butts down here! This ain’t over yet!”
“Roger Scion. ETA 3 minutes for dust off”
“Good! I’ll be where all hell is breaking loose as usual! Over!”

To Be Concluded
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FINALE

Having made sure that C.H.E.S.S. agents were on the way and after finding a good spot for the hostages to await them, Scion flew back up the stairs to rejoin Marshall Strong. When she ascended the stairwell, a disturbingly familiar sight greeted her. Marshall Strong was fighting a swirling storm of animated sand.

“Silicon Valerie!” Scion shouted.
A face formed in the shifting waves of sand. Recognition burned into the particles of it’s shifting eyes.
“You!!”

“Nice to see you Val. Shall we dance or would your rather just give up this time?”

The only answer Scion received was a painful blow to the back of the head.

“I ain’t done yet baby” a gravelly voice shouted.

Unwillingly to take her attention off of Valerie, Scion charged her full tilt and swung a flurry of blows, not one of which was able to connect with her constantly shifting target.

“I’ve learned a few tricks since we last tussled honey”
Her voice sifted across Scion’s ears like sand across ancient stone.

“You can’t touch me but I sure as hell can touch you…Hard!”

Long tendrils tipped with spikes formed from the ambient sand swirling about and lashed out at the two heroes. The dusty bludgeons battered both Marshall Strong and Scion.

“Scion!” Marshall Strong shouted,
“Focus on the Anti Christ. I’ve got a surprise for Valerie here!”

“The Anti Christ!” Scion exclaimed "...but I thought…"

“I’m baaaa-aack” the Anti Christ Hissed through a regenerated but mis-set jaw.

As Scion turned she saw that apparently not only was the Anti Christ strong, able to spout gouts of flame, incredibly impervious to harm but also able to regenerate. However judging from his misshapen form, regeneration was not the same as reintegration.
The Anti Christ Hobbled after her on inverted legs that did not seem to join properly at misaligned hips. His right arm hung low and his arm ended in more of a claw than a hand. His left shoulder was placed too high upon his collarbone giving his arm the appearance that it hung from a hump instead of a joint.
Despite his dilapidated appearance Scion could not take pity or mercy on him since it was obvious he was still intent on murdering her.
Circling around to the left of the Anti Christ she lined herself up, placing her target squarely between her and the now open elevator shaft. She stepped back a few paces and then took off at top speed ramming him into the elevator shaft wall in the exact same spot she had slammed him into previously. Again she punched him in the jaw, then brought both her fists high above her head, and slammed them down upon him with such force that the entire building shuddered. As the Anti Christ sped to the bottom of the shaft like a meteor once again, Scion could hear him screaming... 
“Not Again…..!!!”
followed by a very loud and wet crunch.

“Maybe he’ll stay down long enough for C.H.E.S.S. to vacuum him up.” Scion thought to herself.

Marshall Strong had managed to dodge Valerie’s attacks and frustrate her enough to get her to follow him to within reach of a ruptured access panel and some dangling cables that were attached to some very odd looking machines. Most likely they were of the Burning Man’s devising and may have been part of his process to create Meta Humans.

“ I’ve got some shocking news for you lady!” Strong quipped

“What’s that you worm!”

Strong’s reply was to kick the access panel while ripping the electrical wires out of the cable housing and shoving the ends into Valerie’s shifting body of sand. Tapped into the main electrical supply of the building, enough raw current shot through her body to cause her indescribable pain and render her inert.

“Nuff Said..” Strong snorted.

After having dropped the Doctor off into the capable hands of Galen Hospital’s trauma ward the Dark Warrior was speeding back toward the building to catch the Burning Man.

“No way is he getting away after..”
The Dark Warrior stopped in his tracks.

His enhanced senses directed him to look just to his left and down the block. There running down the street like any other thug was the Burning Man. Running like a common thief, pushing innocent passers-by out of his way.

Wally Spec turned slowly, lining up his shot and taking aim.

At the last minute he thought he would prefer a more direct approach to take this scum down. Something a bit more personal…and painful.

The Dark Warrior accelerated to top speed and smashed the Burning Man directly into a brick building. Debris flew everywhere and the Burning Man was unconscious before he even knew Spec was there.
The Dark Warrior knelt down and grabbed the unconscious but still burning, Burning Man, from the rubble and flew off to deliver him into C.H.E.S.S. custody as well as to learn the final fate of Dr Apocolous.

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Reply #6 - Feb 7th, 2010 at 1:38pm
 
Nice!   And I forgot about the second attack from the Antichrist.
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   She's tough, well mannered and she can produce detailed and well written reports. This whole Mr. Spec thing is making me feel a little old though. Let's just stick to Wally, shall we????

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Very nice gaming summaries!
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THE ONI wrote on Feb 7th, 2010 at 4:55pm:
   She's tough, well mannered and she can produce detailed and well written reports. This whole Mr. Spec thing is making me feel a little old though. Let's just stick to Wally, shall we????

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Hammer wrote on Feb 8th, 2010 at 1:28am:
Very nice gaming summaries!


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Reply #11 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 7:46pm
 
STORMDANCE wrote on Feb 8th, 2010 at 1:56am:
THE ONI wrote on Feb 7th, 2010 at 4:55pm:
   She's tough, well mannered and she can produce detailed and well written reports. This whole Mr. Spec thing is making me feel a little old though. Let's just stick to Wally, shall we????

   D.W.

You Got it Mr Spec!!   Wink


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