The Deadly Dozen
Loki (The Reigning) [MU] -- super-human strength/durability, sorcery
Vision (eXiles) [MM] -- super-human strength/durability, density control, energy beams
The Ghost [MR] -- invisibility, intangibility, assorted weaponry
Darkchylde (Inferno) [MR] -- teleportational portals, minor sorcery
Havok (Age of Apocalypse) [MR] -- plasma blasts
The above info is the summary provided to the opposing team.
For more info, see these links:
Loki(1),
Loki(2),
Vision,
Darkchylde(1),
Darkchylde(2),
Ghost,
Havok (AoA)
Notes: Loki (The Reigning) has
Dr. Strange's artifacts, Darkchylde is the demonic version of Magik, Havok (AoA) is evil, Vision (eXiles) was a member of the ruthless Weapon X team
One key point before I get going (I'll post some less essential points after):
I'm upgrading Darkchylde from regular to uber for the start of the battle
As we've agreed in the discussion thread, Magik/Darkchylde is a regular
outside of her "home dimension" of Limbo (not to be confused with the various other Limbos in comics), but she's an uber
within Limbo. This is because she can only use minor sorcery outside Limbo (in addition to her teleportation power), but
within Limbo she's the Sorceress Supreme -- an uber level mage whose feats include imprisoning the Enchantress (herself a powerful sorceress).
According to DTL rules, since I started the match with only one uber, I'm allowed to upgrade one reg to uber during the match. I just reviewed this rule in the last couple days over in the discussion thread, so no one can accuse me of trying to take advantage of the fact that Kaboom is new and might be unfamiliar with the rules.
~ Loki and Darkchylde vs. Nate Grey ~
As noted in the above profiles, Loki's magic allows him to influence and control people's thoughts in a way that resembles telepathy -- and he can even cross dimensions with this ability. So to start the battle he
mentally attacks Nate Grey from Limbo, where Darkchylde can use her full magical might to amplify his efforts, and where my team hopes Nate may be unable to counterattack against them.
But my team has underestimated Nate. He deflects this initial mental assualt, tracks it to its source, and taps into his own dimension-crossing abilities to materialize in Limbo -- where he can directly bring both his telepathic
and telekinetic might to bear against his opponents. My team is somewhat caught off guard by Nate's dimension hopping, but he is likewise surprised to find himself facing not one but
two uber mages. Recovering quickly, Loki and Darkchylde
bombard Nate with complex illusions that disrupt the concentration he needs to effectively use his psionic powers. Loki is literally a God of deception and trickery -- illusions are his bread and butter. Adding Darkchylde to the mix makes the effect all the more overwhelming.
As Nate struggles to block out the illusions and target the mages with his telepathy, Darkchylde summons up her "stepping disc" portals. She and Loki slip from one portal to the next, narrowly avoiding Nate's psi-blasts and TK blows, while maintaining their assault.
Next Darkchylde exploits the unusual nature of time within Limbo (essentially it's outside linear time, so that you may come face-to-face with your past or future self) -- and the fact that her discs transport through
time as well as space -- to turn Nate's own attacks against him. Nate finds himself psi-blasting his own self of one second removed. This strategy proves far more effective than Darkchylde dares hope, as the psychic backlash from two essentially identical Nates (even thinking the same
thoughts shifted by a second)
creates a feedback effect that leaves Nate stunned (similar to what happened when he faced Cable, only even more intense because of the added similarity).
Sensing Nate's disorientation, my mages go for the kill --
bombarding him with simultaneous blasts of mystical energy until at last Nate falls.
~ Loki and Vision vs. Mr. Majestic ~
Loki and Darkchylde return to the battlefield a fraction of a second after they left it. (Again -- time flows at its own rate in Limbo. The first time Magik went there she aged
years in what was a second of time on the outside. And anyway, Darkchylde can
control her temporal destination.)
Now back at regular-level power, Darkchylde goes to assist the other regs, while Loki deals with Mr. Majestic. Only Loki being Loki, hed rather eschew direct confrontation in favor of trickery and deception. Accordingly, he renders himself invisible, and then
fills the dome of Poseidonis with a thousand illusory Visions visions of the Vision, so to speak. All of which charge straight for Mr. Majestic.
Majestic is smart enough to realize that theyre illusions or at least, all but
one must be. But he cant afford to let that one hit him. Not when he doesnt know if Visions maximum density is enough to damage him. (Majestic would have the info that Vision increases density, but he wouldnt know exactly what his maximum is.) Using his super-speed, he flies between them, dodging their attacks while blasting at them with laser vision or striking them with super strong punches. Of course, the blows just pass right through, but whether that means hes struck an illusion, or the intangible real thing, who can say?
Realizing this is a hopeless stalemate, Majestic switches tactics. The dome that keeps the upper levels of the city dry also conveniently limits the size of the battlefield. Starting at the top of the dome, he zooms through the air in expanding circles, covering every inch of airspace faster than anyone else on either team can hope to react. Sure enough, within nanoseconds, he slams into a forcefield that protects the invisible Loki. Take out the mage, Majestros realizes, and the illusions will follow. He batters away at Lokis defenses, and its all the God can do to transmit a single telepathic thought: Now!
A carefully laid plan springs into action, as
a portal springs open above Majestics head. Since the morning of the day of prep-time, the true Vision in his maximum density state had been far above the Earths atmosphere, falling between two portals. Every time he hit the lower one, he had been teleported back to the upper, and on each pass he gained speed, without even air resistance to limit it.
Now this massively dense, massively fast projectile slams into Majestic from point blank range faster than even
he can react. The Kherubim Warlord falls, and a blast from Loki makes
certain he stays down.
[Note: Vision falling at maximum density from high above was enough to beat Count Nefaria a better-than-Thor level brick. This is Vision accelerating for a
far longer period of time, and without air resistance to limit his eventual velocity. Its definitely overkill, but my team had
no idea how durable Majestic was, so overkill made since. As for how they knew to target Majestic as opposed to, say, Blade, whose description also lists enhanced strength, etc. well, they didnt. They just decided to go after whoever tried to attack Loki,
knowing this would probably be their most
powerful foe.]
~ Regulars vs. Regulars ~
Knowing from the descriptions provided that their opponents have powers that lend themselves to hand to hand combat (Blades strength, Nocturnes agility), not to mention the fact that Nocturne can possess people,
my team opts to try and take them out from afar. During prep-time Ghost cobbled together some radio-headsets from his various tech. Now he scouts the area invisibly, while Havok and Darkchylde stay out of sight (they
dont even need to be on the battlefield, as long as they have a small portal open to receive Ghosts transmissions.)
Spotting the opposing regs in the un-submerged portion of the city, Ghost relays their coordinates. Instantly,
a portal snaps open above them courtesy of Darkchylde and
a barrage of Havok's plasma bursts rain down upon them, powerful enough to incinerate them all.
But the opposing team reacts just as fast Blades ability to sense the supernatural warned him of Darkchyldes portal a second before it appeared. (As I understand it,
summoning them is her mutant power, but the portals
themselves come from Limbo, and are thus
inherently magical.) He shouts a warning as he dives to one side the agile Nocturne leaps out of the way and Elijah Snow dives directly into the nearby water, creating a shield of ice above him as he swims to safety.
This team has made preparations of their own they
had been linked telepathically by Nate, but as a backup in case he went down, they have their own communication devices constructed telekinetically by Nate based on Majestics instructions. Now Elijah relays coded instructions to split up so as to make themselves more difficult to track, and to initiate a plan of their own.
~ Havok vs. Nocturne ~
After further searching, Ghost spots Nocturne hiding near the base of a tall building, and relays the coordinates. This time, Darkchylde ports Havok
directly to his target to insure he wont miss, and he releases an omni-directional plasma blast which no amount of agility will allow Nocturne to dodge. But all he hits is a highly-realistic decoy again, telekinetically constructed by Nate during prep. Before he realizes his mistake,
Nocturne drops from the shadows beneath an overhanging ledge, and falls directly
into his body. Havok is now hers to control.
~ Vision vs. Havok (possessed) ~
Wielding Havoks power comes easily to Nocturne, since she has blasts of her own. Hastily, she blasts open a door and climbs the interior stairs to the top of a tall tower. Through Havoks communicator, she shouts a message Help, they have me cornered! and flings herself out the highest window of the building.
I hope this works, she thinks.
Sure enough, Vision catches her on the way down, and carries her to the ground. Are you alright? he asks. In reply, Nocturnes
plasma burst reduces him to slag. (Vision of course had to be tangible to catch the falling mutant.)
~ Darkchylde vs. Blade ~
Meanwhile, Blades sense for the supernatural has led him to Darkchylde. He leaps for her, sword in hand, but she ports behind him. You like swords? she says. Try this one! Her magic-disrupting Soul Sword
slashes straight through Blades chest, leaving him . . . utterly unharmed.
Um, I take it youre not a
magical vampire? she asks. (Indeed, Blade is only slightly magical his mother was killed by a vampire while giving birth to him, but most of his powers come from the
scientifically created vampire, Morbius.)
If it
helps, demon, Blade snaps, his own sword
lopping off Darkchyldes head, I do have a bit of a headache.
Darkchyldes headless corpse doesnt dignify that with a response. I did say
if it helps, Blade adds. And then, Huh?
~ Ghost vs. Blade ~
That last syllable is the sound Blade makes when Ghost appears in front of him, hand still extended from
sticking a bomb to Blades chest. Ill spare you from knowing the sound he makes when said bomb reduces him to Extra-Chunky Daywalker Ragu. (And
that beautiful image was for Xs vote.)
Ghost, having just switched from
invisible to
intangible, is of course
unharmed by the explosion.
~ Ghost vs. Elijah Snow ~
As the blast fades, Ghost restores his invisibility.
Now to track down he starts to think, before toppling to the ground and
shattering into a million shards of ice, courtesy of the very man he was trying to track down. Elijah Snow arrived too late to save Blade, but not too late to avenge him.
~ Loki vs. Nocturne and Elijah Snow ~
Elijah meets up with Nocturne, whos still wearing Havoks body. Looks like now we just need to find a way to beat Loki, Snow says.
Yeah, but I have bad news, Nocturne answers.
Whats that? asks Snow.
Loki wins. And as
a plasma blast reduces Snow to ash, those words come true.
[Note: Loki met up with Nocturne after she beat Vision, and hypnotized her. So it was Loki controlling Nocturne controlling Havok. I had that happen off-camera to preserve the suspense.]
Deadly Dozen win
