Round Robin Saga 2
The rain was pouring down outside. It was splattering off the sidewalk onto the tires of the cars in the parking lot of Panjo’s. The restaurant was very quiet in fact only one table had food on it. Three small pizzas sat in front of a trio of people at a long wooden table. They had all been friends for a very long time; in fact the man with the black briefcase was the couple’s best man at their wedding. He kept glancing out at the parking lot. Finally the man opposite him spoke. “Are you okay Ryan? You have done nothing but glance out the window since we got here. Marion and I are almost done eating and you haven’t really touched your pizza.” “Yeah this is not like you by this time you’re usually asking if one of us are going to eat the rest of our food.” Ryan glanced out the window and looked down. He put his face in his hands. Finally he looked up and met their eyes. He opened his mouth to speak and closed it shaking his head. Three times he did this. Finally the words came out. “I don’t know how to say this so I’ll get to the point. I need help.” Zac and Marion both in unison said, “Anything you need man you know that.” “You don’t understand I need the other kind of help. I need the White Shadow and Thunder Kitten, but just the two of you are not going to be enough. Even with my Cisco Kid armor I was not enough.”
For about a year now their friend Ryan had been working as a part time hero in a suit of armor styled like an old western cowboy. He called himself the Cisco Kid it was a play on words going back to his and Zac’s Cisco computer network training. The armor was a thin microfiber weave that fit in his briefcase. It absorbed solar power and channeled blasts into wrist mounted Gatling guns that fired high power lasers. When the armor was on his strength was amplified. The helmet bore the face of a bulldog and had a cowboy hat on the top of the head.
“So what are you saying Ryan?” “I found a problem I can’t handle. It almost killed me and destroyed my armor. I stopped what seemed like a simple weapons trade deal a few weeks ago. There were these guys in suits and glasses meeting with these other people with robes and helmets that sported Roman numerals. I opened fire on them and went to destroy the weapons. I found stuff that looked like it belonged in a science fiction movie. As I was looking at all this I heard a roar then felt a blow to my head. Hours later a wino spilled his drink on my armor causing it to reboot. Half the systems were malfunctioning I finally got back to my base and found a note. “Our employers asked us to make you go away. Signed The Wrecking Crew and other powerful people.” I finally got my armor functional again but I need help finding and stopping these people.” Marion sat tapping her phone. “All I can find on robes, helmets, and Roman numerals is some vague info involving Spider-Man, Punisher, Darkhawk, Nova, Night Thrasher, Moon Knight and some Secret Empire. Seems they are a splinter faction of A.I.M. or Hydra bent on world domination. They have been known to employee super powered help.” “Ryan stay low for a while let us do some leg work. I’ll see what help I can get you.”
Three nights passed. Two young women were crouched on the roof of the American Bank Center. The redhead handed the blonde a pair of binoculars and whispered. “Look by the seawall off to the left of the gazebo there. I saw something strange in my scope I need another set of eyes.” Lifting the binoculars to her eyes Artemis sighted in on what Cover Girl had asked her to look at. A small motorboat was nearing the seawall. “I see a big muscular man in black and white with a mask of a skull over his face. There’s a skull and crossbones on his shirt. I also see 2 men in dark blue robes hard to make out. Wait, wait a huge green shape just jumped out of the gazebo.” Cover Girl caught movement near the street. With instincts born of many years fighting on the G.I.Joe team she swiveled the rifle and trained it on the approaching van. She watched thru her scope as more men in robes poured from the van towards the water. “CG we have a problem the green figure is Emil Blonsky the Abomination my bow and your rifle will just tickle and make things worse.” “Well Artemis those are Secret Empire goons alright and Crossbones. Direct assault is out the window time for the pajama party.” Cover Girl reached down ejected the clip from her Walther 2000 sniper rifle picked up another and loaded it. Artemis walked behind her prone friend and came up on her left. During her move she had silently deployed a collapsible compound bow and drawn a very special arrow. Pfft pfft. The bow gave a soft twang almost at the same time as the rifle spat a bullet of very special design. Cover Girl spoke into a headset. “JQ can you confirm that we are the tag team champions and the package is ready?” “Roger that will have package confirmation in moments JQ out.” From the emergency exit of the American bank Center there came a stirring of air and a swish od red and yellow. Three minutes passed then a response came. “You are the tag team champions and operation Pajama Party is a go.” “Alright Artemis the van and boat are tagged let’s get out of here.” Cover Girl switched clips in her rifle again this time to live ammo with armor piercing rounds. She checked her waist for her 9 mm automatic pistols and followed Artemis in running across the roof. Pfft. Artemis fired another arrow she secured the line attatched to it then used her bow to rappel to the next building. Cover Girl was right behind her using a grapnel gun. As they both landed on the rooftop an access door swung open and a young woman in yellow and red shimmered into view. “Artemis, Cover Girl good shooting I’ve already requested transport the Owl Jet is on its way.” Jesse Quick was the resident speedster helping the women on their recon mission. “I gotta go meet my partner time to rock and roll.” “Go get em Jesse.” replied Artemis.
The Owl Jet was halfway to get Cover Girl and Artemis flying low and fast. Marion sat at her communications console. “Targets 1 and 2 on the move sending interrogation teams Pancho and Lefty to Cisco time to get Marvelous be advised Abominable snowman with Bonehead. Starr, Quick you are clear as well beware the unknown.” Zac pressed a button on the pilot’s console. “Be right back TK off to teleport the boarding party.” With that the White Shadow vanished and in moments was back with Cover Girl. In seconds he came back with Artemis. “Strap in ladies we’re leaving.” Controls are yours again White Shadow.” He reached up again enabling the thrusters. Fwoosh!
In the few days that Zac had told Ryan to wait he and Marion had called in favors in the super hero community. They had trained and put together some phone calls and even informed some powerful people to help them. While their assault was in progress a phone call several states away was being made. “Taylor Foundation this is Joann how may I help you?” “Yes, I need to speak to Dwayne Taylor the owner of your foundation.” “May I ask who‘s calling sir?” “Tell him it’s Marc Spector of Spector Corp.” “One moment sir as I attempt to get a hold of Mr. Taylor for you.” A few moments passed as the operator made a phone search thru the tower for her employer. She had orders if a call ever came in from such a high priority person the boss was to be notified a.s.a.p. Dwayne was in the gym near the penthouse in the middle of an intense workout. He was doing one-armed handstands on a block of wood 5 feet off the ground. Suddenly an alarm sounded and a computerized voice spoke. “Incoming call from a Marc Spector.” Dwayne brought his right arm down thrusting off with both hands launching himself airborne back flipping twice landed and ran to the phone. “Taylor Foundation Dwayne Taylor speaking.” “Dwayne this is Marc Spector I’m not calling on business but about your more heroic job. Do you remember when we fought the Secret Empire a few years back with Spider-Man, The Punisher and some of your teammates? I received a call from one of my informants seems more local heroes from New York were leaving to stop the Secret Empire in Texas.” “Marc I’d like another crack at those goons for how they treated Nova and Darkhawk.” “After the way they treated Midnight I’m inclined to agree with you. I hear they may be employing super villains again so if you can be free in an 20 min we can go.” “Let’s do it!”
The van full of men in shades and suits pulled away from in front of the American Bank Center. It got about 10 miles down the road with the arrow stuck in the side then pursuit began. Within seconds Power Girl and Jesse Quick were a mile behind them. From high above in the cloud cover Power Girl spoke into her headset. “Jesse take a sharp left at the next stop light they’re stuck in traffic.” “3x2(91/2)4a” was the only response she received. “Jesse the plan is Shake and Bake but we need someone to interrogate.” “Roger that PG do you want to bake or shake first?” “Shake I’ll be down in a second.” “I’m on it.” Jesse Quick poured on the speed coming up on the right side of the van. In full run she grabbed the rearview mirror from the passenger side of the van punched out the window and threw the mirror in the lap of the person in the cab. “Here hold that!” she yelled. Before he could respond she went to the driver’s side of the stalled van and repeated this. Finally she began punching the hood. She was simply a blur to the guys in shades. In the back of the van sat 5 men who began to feel the van bounce. “Hey what’s going on up there? Why aren’t we moving?” One man got up and looked out the window to see what appeared to be a woman with close cropped blonde hair in a white one piece swimsuit with ample cleavage exposed and a red cape. “It’s Power Girl open the doors and fire.” The men raised high power plasma rifles. “Jesse meet me at the rendezvous point I have to get airborne they’re armed need to protect civilians in this fight.” Power Girl reached down and took the entire van airborne. A rifle blasted a hole in the door and an arm pointed it out trying to get a shot at her. More and more shots flew by her body as she levitated the van. She tilted her head up and shot the man’s hand with heat vision. He began cursing and making all manner of obscenities fly from his mouth. “Really that’s just rude! First you shot at me I defended myself the you have the nerve to call me that. Now I’m mad!” After a 10 minute flight she finally set the van down close to Ropes Park. Power Girl removed the doors of the van after she had flipped it upside down. The men tried to resume shooting again as they were attempting to raise their weapons the air shimmered as Jesse Quick disarmed them all. Then she proceeded to do the same to the driver and passenger. Jesse and Power Girl pulled all the men out then they took portions of the vehicle and bound them all. “PG to TK we have prisoners from the van permission to ask them questions.” That’s a negative PG there are interrogators inbound the Moon is going to eclipse the Night. Can you keep them chilled for a good 15 minutes? Look for a Crescent Roll.” “Roger that.” Jesse addressed the men. “We have questions.” The foul mouthed former gunner told her with obscene references to her parentage they wouldn’t talk. “PG can we do something about him before they get here?” “Sure just make sure he can talk later.” Jesse grabbed the man ran and drug him by his feet about a mile out in the Gulf of Mexico bouncing his head underwater repeatedly. When she returned she punched him in the nose hard and fast. “That should have washed your mouth out. Now stop using profanity it’s a poor use of the English language and it’s offensive.” Power Girl grinned and said, “If any of you want to use profanity around us or while being questioned and we hear about it I will personally neuter you with heat vision.” Having established some semblance of fear the ladies calmly awaited the arrival of a Moon Copter. Within 17 minutes it arrived. Out of the fantastic machine disembarked Night Thrasher of the New Warriors and the vigilante known as Moon Knight. Both Dwayne Taylor and Marc Spector had dedicated their considerable wealth and lives to becoming living weapons in the ongoing war on crime. They were here to find out what the goons in suits knew about the Secret Empire’s plans and what the secretive meeting had been about.
The yacht had gone out away from the shore about 2 miles out. The Cisco Kid and Ms. Marvel went airborne from the roof of the First United Methodist church. “Got the tracker locked in Ms. Marvel time to pour on some speed and see where this is going. Let’s use the clouds and night sky for cover.” “You got it Cisco.” The duo streaked across the water on an intercept course. There was a soft whirring in the housing of Cisco Kid’s armor as Ryan deployed the Gatling guns from his gauntlets. From his knees and shoulders appeared long titanium spikes these were both offensive and defensive weapons as he could fire them like rockets. His armor was almost in full battle mode and he was ready for a fight. On his right flew Carol Danvers known to the world as Ms. Marvel a Kree/human hybrid warrior possessing flight, strength and energy manipulation powers. Their mission was simple recon to see where the yacht led them and why Abomination and Crossbones were helping the Secret Empire.
Meanwhile back at Ropes Park the moon was high in the sky. Night Thrasher approached the captives and addressed Power Girl and Jesse Quick. “We’re your designated interrogation team” PG asked him “Is this going to be a sort of good cop bad cop type of thing?” Moon Knight said “No this will be more of a talk or Night Thrasher will gladly break their jaws thing.” Night Thrasher popped a blade from the armor on his wrist and said “It’s also going to be a when I want their opinions I’ll beat it out of them type of thing.” All this was said within earshot of the prisoners. Moon Knight pointed to the man who had gotten a bath courtesy of Jesse “What’s the deal with him?” Power Girl replied “He wouldn’t stop using profanity and he shot at me so we taught him a lesson. “Can you set him free for the moment I have an idea.” Moon Knight walked across the grassy field and waited for the man to be turned loose. “Why did you ask for me to be freed?” The man asked. Moon Knight said nothing he simply handed his bo staff and belt of crescent darts to Night Thrasher. Finally the cowl of the white and jet Avenger looked at the man and he spoke. “If you beat me in unarmed combat you’re free to leave along with your buddies. If you don’t you all get to stay and answer our questions.” His friends began to cheer him on. The man still seemed nervous but started walking towards Moon Knight. They circled each other for a few moments. Moon Knight let him have the first blow taking a kick to the left thigh. The man tried to press the blow trying for a left hook. The punch was good and solid but never landed. Moon Knight went under the arm and delivered a nerve strike inside his elbow joint. The man tried to pull his arm back which now hung limp. The next blows were faster than the eyes could follow. The man took a foot sweep landed head first on the hero’s knee bouncing in the grass. Moon Knight took his left weakened arm and popped the shoulder out of socket. The man screamed! “I give up ask me and them whatever you want!” “Why did you meet with the Secret Empire tonight?” “They were buying weapons and missiles from us said something about a hydro base.”
“Cisco kid to TK we are about a mile back from the yacht now it has disappeared and the tracking signature seems to have gone underwater.” Suddenly his communications were cut off by heavy weapons fire as an underwater base surfaced bristling with all manner of gun turrets. “Cisco report what happened?” “Ms. Marvel and I are under attack my armor is transmitting the coordinates.” Thunder Kitten thumbed another communications link. “Frenchie get everyone aboard your Moon Copter we have some fish to fry and dip in secret sauce!” As the fight over the water started to rage; Frenchie, Moon Knight’s copter pilot, worked frantically to get his employers attention. Power Girl having been blessed by her Kryptonian heritage with super hearing listened in on his whole conversation. She amplified her voice and said “Moon Knight, Night Thrasher, Jesse forget these small fry. Cisco and Marvel found the base and need our help.” Within moments all heroes were present, aboard and in route. The Owl Jet and Moon Copter streaked thru the sky.
Ms. Marvel was dodging missiles left and right. Cisco Kid took down one cannon when out of the corner of his eye he saw something fly by. Ms. Marvel was hit by a blast and landed hitting the water. Her body all 120 lbs. hit skipping like a rock. “TK where’s that backup Ms. Marvels down?” As he finished the question 3 missiles and a gout of flame shot thru the air. A voice filled his helmet. “Shields at 92% warning Crimson Dynamo approaching.” “Targeting lock onto his boot jets” Ryan commanded the armor. He lowered his arms to his side and went on the defense weaving between concussive energy blasts, machine gun fire, and missiles. Thru this deadly flight Crimson Dynamo followed closely firing on him. Cisco Kid cut a sharp left and flew as close to energy cannon as he could. He reached to the hips on either side of the suit of armor and withdrew 2 discs. One disc he hurled down the cannon’s barrel the other he threw at his pursuer. Both discs were highly explosive and heat seeking. The cannon started exploding as he was flying away. Cisco Kid took off taking a sharp right. From out of the water he saw Ms. Marvel’s lithe body shoot skyward. Energy was pouring off her body in currents of blue and green. She yelled “Cisco disable your jets 3, 2, 1!” Crimson Dynamo shot over Ryan while Ms. Marvel blasted him point blank with Photon energy. Cisco Kid fired his boot jets and came back up lasers blasting. He unleashed about 6 of the armor’s spike rockets. Crimson Dynamo hit the water like a one ton rock. Weapons fire continued to fill the air. “Good timing Cisco but we’re not done yet let’s find some landing pads for our friends.
Aboard the Owl Jet Cover Girl unfastened her seat restraints and started walking towards the armory where Artemis joined her. “That right there set those out for the White Shadow.” “What about the electro morning star?” “Thunder Kitten might want it leave it out. It’s a full assault I say we go loaded for bear.” Cover Girl set an m249 machine gun against a wall along with a box of ammo. She drew her 9mm’s from her holsters ejected the clips and checked them again. She continued by picking up a bandolier of grenades wrapping it over her shoulder. Artemis grabbed 2 quivers of arrows putting them on alternating shoulders. On each quiver was written the words “special arrows and party favors.” She and Cover Girl faced each other and grinned. In unison they said, “It’s all about the game and how you play it we are the game you know you can’t take us.” Not more than 40 feet away on the Moon Copter the bomb bay doors opened. Power Girl and Jesse stood looking down at the water flying by at an incredibly high rate of speed. “Whenever you’re ready Jesse you tell me.” “You set me down somewhere I’ll get us ways in.” “Moon Knight, Night Thrasher you two ready?” Night Thrasher was checking all the armaments in his armor and nodded saluting with his 2 inch blade in his gauntlet. “Let’s crack some skulls and destroy that base.” Moon Knight seemed to be muttering something to himself only Power Girl picked up with her super hearing. “I’ve become a ghost the Moon’s Knight of vengeance and I’ve got work to do.”
Ms. Marvel and Cisco Kid were flying between blasts unleashing their own firepower taking out as many weapons as they could. They finally secured a small landing pad for the Owl Jet. Meanwhile Power Girl and Jesse Quick had jumped from the Moon Copter. Jesse was running before her feet even touched the water. The speedster shot across the Gulf of Mexico spraying a huge wake behind her. Power Girl streaked over to help the other airborne heroes. The Moon Copter and Owl Jet landed in an unprotected spot on the hydro base. The collected heroes disembarked and ran for where Jesse was using her speed and strength to make an entrance.
Inside the Hydro Base orders were being barked by a Secret Empire agent with the Roman numeral for nine on his robes. “Man the battle stations, get our super powered help. Crossbones, Abomination go defend the larger missile silos let nothing stop their launch.”
Finally Jesse had established an opening for them and they began to split into teams as the corridor they entered curved in opposite directions. Night Thrasher, Moon Knight and Artemis took off in one direction while Cover Girl, Thunder Kitten and the White Shadow off in the other. The mission was simple: wreak havoc and destroy the missiles before they were launched at any target. Both teams were employing hand to hand fighters and someone with firepower while keeping their airborne teammates in reserve and as a distraction. Jesse Quick was to use her speed and run recon and report to each team where the missile launch points were.
Thunder Kitten walked along wary of any movement. She and the White Shadow were proposing ways to end this battle. Cover Girl had an idea all three of them liked. “Have Jesse kill any circuit breakers she finds. No power no missiles can launch. Night Thrasher was listening in to all of this on the radio frequency. “She can’t do it all alone bring Power Girl in with her. “Let’s make it happen people” said the White Shadow. No sooner had he finished speaking when Cover Girl pushed between him and Thunder Kitten and screamed. “Get Down!” Gunfire began filling the hallway. Secret Empire agents were unleashing firepower with wanton abandon. Cover Girl returned fire with her M249 machine gun. Thunder Kitten advanced blocking bullets with her armor and flaming sword. The White Shadow waited for a break when people were reloading slipped in a side door and teleported behind the gunmen. He began subduing the m one man at a time. When the last man fell he took a step forward when the wall next to him imploded as a huge steel ball connected to a chain hit it. It was quickly followed by a man clad in green and yellow. The White Shadow was forced to go on the defensive as a huge fist flew towards his head. “Blue Blazes!” As he rolled to the ground he triggered his communicator in his cowl and yelled “Marion, Allison look out!” A man wearing purple and deep blue clothes charged from a side door swinging a massive glowing crowbar. Between blows Zac spoke into his communicator “Cisco we need help fast lock in on me. The Wrecking Crew is aboard we just found Wrecker and Thunderball.” Moon Knight broke into the frequency. “We’re having the same problem we found Bulldozer and Piledriver They’re making things bad.” Ms. Marvel replied “We’re on our way to help.” The Wrecking Crew would do almost anything for a price. The Wrecker possessed a mystical crowbar endowed with Asgardian magic that granted super strength to him and his three friends they were also pretty much invulnerable.
Thunder Kitten yelled at Cover Girl. “Can you keep him busy till Cisco arrives and I’ll go help the White Shadow?” “Go Thunder Kitten go!” She took off running dodging a swing by the Wrecker. Thunderball had regained his ball and chain and was keeping the White Shadow at bay swinging it. The White Shadow wanted to teleport but he had to be able to move in order to do so and in the narrow corridor he was quickly being cornered. He tried many times to block with his truncheons but the impact behind the ball and chain nearly tore his arms off. That’s when the cavalry arrived in the form of his gorgeous wife clad in teal armor. With Thunderball occupied she dropped her left hand unclipped and readied the electro shock morning star. In her right hand she twisted Widow Maker into a reverse grip. She swung both weapons connecting with his neck and waist. “Fight me!” she roared. He turned grunting with pain. “You actually hurt me you’ll pay for that” He turned to attack her but turn was all he was able to do before he dropped to one knee. The White Shadow chose that exact moment to bring both truncheons to bear on the back of Thunderball’s knee. He followed it up with an elbow to the back of the neck. “Thunder Kitten time for shock therapy.” She swung underhanded catching Thunderball under the chin with the electro shock morning star. Twelve thousand volts channeled thru his body launching him thru the air.
Cover Girl dodged another overhead chop by Wrecker’s crowbar. “You’re kind of a one trick pony aren’t you? You’ve swung like that six times already and never connected but you have given me an idea.” Wrecker swung again leaving a hole in the wall where Cover Girl had been. She whispered something into her com-link. Suddenly the roof caved in as the Cisco Kid burst thru with his boot jets launching himself fist first into Wrecker’s head. He twisted in midair landed and brought a right cross to the villain’s jaw. Wrecker growled and tried the overhead chop on this new opponent. Cisco dodged brought his mini guns to bear on Wrecker’s body. He turned his head and asked “is there a flood warning in effect today Cover Girl?” She ran by rolled dropping the bandolier of grenades under wrecker triggering them with a device in her hand. The White Shadow teleported the Cisco Kid out of the blast zone as Thunder Kitten pushed Thunderball into the Wrecker. The ensuing blast caused both of them to drop thru the deck of the Hydro Base into the Gulf of Mexico.
Jesse Quick came to a stop before an array of computer systems and circuit breakers. Between her goal was an array of lasers crisscrossing in the air filling the room with the smell of burnt ozone. She spied a man at the computer controls dressed all in black fatigues a shirt bearing skull and crossbones and over his face was a skull mask. He began laughing and spoke. “I have already triggered the missile launch and self-destruct sequences. You’re all going to die here. All the lasers are motion controlled you’re quite trapped here.” He stood pressed a button on a wall and left. “Power Girl I need help I’m in a room with motion sensors attached to lasers and the base is on self-destruct with missiles set to launch.” “Hang tight girl I’m on ow ow ow………”
Power Girl had been streaking thru a corridor when a huge green fist stopped her flight diverting her head into the nearest wall. She tried to get up when a foot of the same green tint made her dodge. “Suffering Shad that hurt” Jesse spoke into her earpiece. “Karen what happened?” “Abomination happened! Get the White Shadow to bring you help I’m going to be busy for a while.” The massive green monster came towards her again. A ham sized fist shot thru the air. Whoosh! Power Girl’s thought was there happened to be a lot of air behind that fist. It took her a full thirty seconds to realize her left cheek had been hit and blood was coming from her mouth. She turned firing heat vision from her eyes. Abomination snarled and began running towards her. He swung his left arm palm open. The gamma irradiated nails ripped her white outfit. Half a second later his right fist caught her ribs and she heard an audible pop. “Just give up or I’ll kill you. I’m stronger than you.” “Abomination you might be stronger and you might even hurt me but I’m the most stubborn hero ever.” Power Girl got to her feet again her breath hissing between her teeth. Her Kryptonian body had seriously not been this hurt in years. Abomination tried to kick her knee. she snagged his tree trunk like leg with super speed and brought her elbow down hard on the patella. A thunderclap erupted from the blow. She swept her foot under his other leg knocking him to the ground. He tried to rise only to be met with a forearm to the nose. He rolled then backhanded her into a wall. She rose again levitating and unleashed a double axe handle blow. Abomination tried to rise but the blow to his patella had been very brutal. He grabbed a doorframe and the plastic walls became splinters in his huge powerful hands. Bam! His head was suddenly rocked by Power Girl’s blue glove. His vision spun momentarily. He launched himself into her abdomen shoulder first. She hooked his head and peppered his back with heat vision. The ham sized fist shot out in rage connecting with her thigh with the force of a motor scooter launched from a back hoe. Power Girl was no longer feeling stubborn about how the fight was going. Oh no she was beyond that she was enraged!
The White Shadow, Thunder Kitten, Cover Girl and Cisco Kid had heard the distress Jesse Quick was in. She spoke slowly so as not to be picked up by the motion sensing lasers and risk getting shot. “Jesse help is on the way just stay calm and breathe.” “Ok White Shadow.” “Cisco you’re with me. Thunder Kitten here take the remote for the Owl Jet get all the heroes you can out of here. Someone tell Frenchie to get his employer out of here. Take all the aircraft and target anything that looks like giant missile silos. If this place is set for self-destruct we’re going to help it sink. Cisco, show me a map of where Jesse transmitted from. I’m going to teleport in with you and we’ll bring this place down.”
On the other half of the base Moon Knight was doing hit and run attacks with his bo staff and throwing crescent darts at Bulldozer. Piledriver had chosen Night Thrasher and Artemis to harass. Piledriver charged making the heroes set their bodies into forward evasive rolls in opposite directions. Artemis rose to a kneeling position raised her bow firing 2 arrows in succession. They flew on either side of the villain stuck in the walls. “Ha you missed me.” No sooner had the words been uttered when the arrow heads popped open and sonic blasts bombarded his head. Night Thrasher chose the distraction as a chance to unleash a few punches to Piledriver’s abdomen. His full body armor added more pain to the blows. Piledriver lashed out and broke the arrows and shoved Night Thrasher away. Artemis let loose another arrow straight to the shoulder it flew. Upon impact a sedative began to pour into the skin of Piledriver. His swings from his right arm became slower. Night Thrasher ducked under his arm popped the blade on his wrist jabbing it straight up into the bicep. Piledriver roared in pain. As he staggered back Artemis unleashed her favorite arrows in her quiver. Twang, twang with unerring accuracy her cement arrows flew. Piledriver screamed from the pain in his arm then a light bulb went off in his head as it finally registered he was stuck to the wall. Night Thrasher ran using Piledriver’s own knee as a springboard vaulting thru the air bringing an armor plated boot to the side of his temple. “Nap time”, said Artemis. They turned to check on Moon Knight and Bulldozer fighting. The wall behind Bulldozer suddenly exploded as Abomination’s huge body came crashing into him. Moon Knight heard the wall behind him begin to shake. Ms. Marvel blasted her way thru her plasma blasts collided with Bulldozer’s head. Abomination tried to rise but was greeted promptly by Power Girl flying thru the hole his body had made. As he fell she grabbed his head and hammered it with her knees knocking him out cold. Power Girl stood scanning with her x-ray vision. Her hair was matted with sweat, blood poured from her mouth and a huge bruise and welt had formed on her thigh. “The missiles are three rooms over I’m pretty well spent but I can freeze them with arctic breath if you get me there.” Ms. Marvel grabbed her and flew. With one hand she fired plasma and the other carried her friend. Night Thrasher, Moon Knight and Artemis ran for their transport. Both women began destroying the missiles then flew skyward.
Jesse stood motionless with sweat pouring down; then with the sound of glass breaking and metal tearing her cavalry arrived. Cisco Kid stood in front of her. His armor withstood the blasts. The White Shadow teleported her out and then came back for his friend. The Owl Jet Moon Copter flew back towards land as the Hydro Base sunk worse than the movie Titanic.
People often read my stories and seem to want things explained at the end. I wanted to do a story for my friend Ryan but I didn’t want it to be just any story because he is my best friend and was the best man at my wedding. We both took Cisco computer networking classes together in college. He’s my tech support. The bigger story behind is this years ago I bought a comic for my friend David for Christmas. Years later I traded stuff for the same comic. It was part of a series called the Round Robin saga. I became a comic book fan because of that and a Fantastic Four comic. I used many of the same people in the Round Robin saga and made a sequel. I’ve always thought Power Girl is one of the most underwritten heroes in the DC Universe. She’s been called one of the most stubborn heroes ever. I’ve also heard her referred to as being Super Girl with a different cup size. I have a wife I can talk about bras its okay calm down. I’ve read that Abomination is a former Russian soldier and an enemy that stands toe to toe with the Hulk. Give PG a real challenge I thought someone who can hurt her, then let them beat the crap out of one another. It also reminded me of the awful Street Fighter live action movie where Blanka and Zangeif fought like King Kong and Godzilla throughout all the chaos in the movie. I mean really when’s the last time you ever read that in a story?
The biggest story of all this though is what happened in my life. Marion had been sick. I had somehow developed the oddest form of writer’s block. It wasn’t till I turned her health over to God that I was able to write again.
The anti-profanity rant and lesson is something I really wanted to put into a story. I often listen as people talk as well as watch TV and movies. One thing that truly makes me mad is profanity and people using God’s name in vain. I remember telling someone once “Once you begin to understand the holiness of God it literally hurts to hear people use his name in vain.” Also Ephesians 4:29 says “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment so that it will give grace to those who hear.” God says stop it! Also if you were to ever look up the definition of most profanity you would see it as a poor command of the English language.
As with any story I’ve done I use heroes you can find in comics, video games, WWE and cartoons. You can look them up and get a frame of reference for them.
my friend @john Simonson created this picture just for my story.
