The Deadly Dozen
Doomsday-Brainiac (DU) -- super-strength/speed/durability, supergenius intellect, adaptation
Zoom (Blitz) (DU) -- time-based super-speed
Magneto (Pre-Fatal Attractions) (MM) -- controls metals and electromagnetism
Deadman (DR) -- invisible/intangible spirit that possesses the bodies of others
The Ghost (MR) -- invisibility, intangibility, high-tech weaponry, controls computers systems
vs.
Juggernaut (MU)
Martian Manhunter (DU)
Gorilla Grodd (DM)
Captain America (MR)
The Atom (DR)
**Overview**
Here's the short version of why my team would win:
All Nightwing's meds/regs match up poorly against Magneto
--
Magneto is telepathy resistant. He's resisted Xavier's uber level telepathy for an extended period, so Grodd's mid-level telepathy should be no big deal
- Magneto's forcefield can block a sustained blast from Cyclops, so he should be able to take a sustained pounding from Grodd without much trouble
- Cap's main weapon is a metal shield which Magneto can repel (he's done this when they've fought before)
- He should be able to repel the Atom with an electric field.
Shrinking to atomic size won't block electromagnetic fields. In fact, electromagnetic fields are the main tool physicists use in controling and manipulating individual atoms -- as I know from my own thesis research.
I know some people don't like the idea of any version of Magneto as a med (although Wieg approved it so that's what counts.) But note that the main reasons Magneto has an edge here are good shields and psi resistance, neither of which consistute pushing him past medium. If anyone really thinks I pushed Magneto too far in my writeup, I'm prepared to pull out multiple examples of reg and mid level characters who've displayed similar feats and abilities.
The "Smarts" Factor
Of course, Captain America is a great combat leader and Grodd and the Atom are geniuses, so they may manage a few tricks despite being rather disadvantaged against Magneto. But I also have two very formidable regs in the Ghost and Deadman. Ghost and Magneto are both brilliant intellects as well, especially when it comes to utilizing a technology-heavy setting like this one. And in the ubers, I've got Brainiac.
Battlefield Knowledge
Magneto knows the Xavier mansion better than anyone else on the battlefield. He even led the New Mutants based out of the mansion when he temporarily reformed. So he's had time to study all the mansion's secrets. Juggernaut knows the mansion (wasn't it Xavier's family home? And Jugs is his step-brother). But he doesn't know about all the technology Xavier has added to the place, and how to use it. (Note that Nightwing's version of Juggernaut was from when he was still an X-Men foe -- from before he reformed and joined the team.)
Last but not least, the ubers
- Doomsday-Brainiac would kick the crap out of Martian Manhunter. He's already proven himself far superior when he battled the JLA.
- Of course, Nightwing probably wants to use Juggernaut to keep Doomsday occupied and use Martian Manhunter's telepathy to defeat Zoom. To combat this, I've figured out a way to (1) Keep Juggernaut out of the fight long enough for Doomsday to beat Martian Manhunter, and (2) Keep Zoom safe from Martian Manhunter until he goes down. To find out how I do this, you'll need to read my full writeup, below.
- Even when it does come to Doomsday vs. Juggernaut, Doomsday has a big advantage since he has at least Superman level speed, whereas Juggernaut doesn't have any super-speed that I know of (certainly not at Superman's level, anyway).
**Prep-Time**
The five chosen members of the Deadly Dozen find themselves in the X-Mansion. Even as the other members of the team take in their surroundings, Magneto springs into action -- magnetically tearing open the hallway wall and gripping a heavy-duty wire within. The mutant master of magnetism sends a massive surge of electricity down his arm and into the wires. Almost immediately, the lights above the team's heads flicker and cut out -- the whole mansion plunged into darkness.
"You've
blacked out the whole building," says the Ghost. "Why?"
"I know this place," Magneto explains. "A school of sorts, for mutants -- super-powered beings like me. I was a teacher here, once."
"Then you know every resource the place has to offer," Zoom points out. "Why destroy our own weapons?"
"
Because," Magneto explains, with a hint of irritation at being questioned, "these walls contain extensive files on me, my powers, and what my enemies perceive to be
my weaknesses, as well as technology that can locate and track my movements, and perhaps all of yours as well. We
cannot afford to let these fall into our enemies' hands."
"
But," the mutant adds, "I've destroyed nothing. This was merely a controlled overload. I should be able to
repair and reactivate those systems we wish to use -- once we are ready to take full control of them. And between Brainiac, the Ghost and myself, we should be more than capable of thwarting any efforts by our opponents to deprive us of that control. As for their database," he adds, glancing at the list of opponents that has appeared before them, "I suggest we destroy it. It will only contain significant information on the Juggernaut, and I'm already quite familiar with him."
"It seems this Juggernaut is but an alternate version of one I fought previously in this contest," Doomsday-Brainiac adds. "Only this one lacks telepathy, making him all the more easily beaten. Martian Manhunter I know from personal experience, and his power too is inferior to mine. He and the Atom are both famous in my world as members of the so-called 'Justice League.'"
"That leaves Captain America, with whom I have battled in the past," Magneto says. "He lacks power, but his resourcefulness is not to be underestimated. And lastly . . . "
"Grodd," Zoom says, his voice an angry hiss. "I have dealt with him before. In some ways, he made me the man I am today."
[Author's Note: Hunter Zolomon was injured at the hands of Gorilla Grodd, starting him on the path to becoming Zoom.] "I will relish destroying him."
"Only if you survive not only his telepathy, but Martian Manhunter's as well," says the Ghost, glancing at the descriptions of their opponents. "I seem to recall that was something of a problem for you in the past."
[Author's Note: Zoom fell pray to Exodus's telepathic power in my battle with Wiegeabo -- at least in Wieg's version, which got the most votes, so I'm treating it as definitive]
"Fortunately, our present location provides us with the answer," says Magneto. "There is a chamber hidden beneath the mansion . . . . But tell me, Zoom, how is your patience?"
"Horrible," Zoom answers succinctly.
"A pity then, that you have no choice," replies Magneto. "Not if you wish to win this battle. The best course is for you to lie in wait." Magneto explains his plan, and Zoom reluctantly agrees -- on the condition that his teammates save Grodd for him to finish.
With that settled, Magneto, whose superior knowledge of the battlefield make him the obvious leader for this match, moves on to the last order of business. "That leaves only one more question -- why have we been sent into battle with only
four?"
"You haven't," says the Ghost, or rather Deadman speaking through the possessed form of the Ghost. He's seen enough to piece together the basics: this team has been pulled together from multiple worlds to face an opponent likewise assembled. He now explains his nature, and his teammates fill him in on the rest. He doesn't much care for the ruthless crew he's been surrounded with, but it's not as if he's been given the choice of standing on the sidelines. Deadman and the others reach an uneasy agreement -- he will help them win the battle, but will play no part in bringing about the deaths of any of their opponents.
And with that, the preparations begin in earnest . . . .
**Uber Battle Part 1**
"Be careful," Martian Manhunter warns, as he and the Juggernaut race through the halls of the X-Mansion. "I still
haven't been able to pick up any telepathic trace of Zoom."
[Author's note: This will be explained below -- in "Uber Battle Part 2"] Indeed, he hasn't been able to detect Deadman either, but this is not surprising if he's in spirit form. But the seeming invisibility of Zoom's mind is quite concerning. At least Magneto seemed to be making no effort to hide himself, and already Grodd and Captain America have engaged him. Meanwhile, Jonn and the Juggernaut are heading straight for the opposing teams biggest gun, the Brainiac-possessed Doomsday.
"The Ghost is nearby as well," Jonn adds. "Perhaps hoping to team with Doomsday against us. But he keeps darting through walls whenever we get near him."
"Bah, he's not the only one who can walk through walls," Cain scoffs. Any illusion that he was referring to Martian Manhunter's intangibility is quickly dashed, as the Juggernaut smashes right through a wall, bringing himself face to face with Doomsday. "I'll handle him," Cain says confidently, "you keep scanning for Zoom!"
"Juggernaut, look out!" the Martian yells, as the intangible form of the Ghost charges straight through Doomsday and through Juggernaut as well.
"Huh?" the Juggernaut grunts. Then he shrugs his colossal shoulders. "I don't know what the hell that was supposed to do," he declares, swinging a massive fist at Doomsday, "but it won't stop me from beating your bony --
wha?" Cain's most drops open in surprise, as
his fist passes straight through Doomsday's face. "The bio didn't say you were
intangible."
"Cain, your back," says the Martian Manhunter. For indeed the Ghost has
planted a portable intangibility circuit in the middle of the Juggernaut's back, rendering him untouchable.
"Don't bother trying to remove it," the Ghost scoffs as Juggernaut tries to do exactly that. "It's phased on a slightly different frequency than you are -- your hand will pass through it just like you now pass through everything else. Only I can remove it."
"Then remove it," says Martian Manhunter, with his telepathic brain lending the command irrestible force. But as Ghost reaches to do just that, a huge grey hand wraps around his head . . . and crushes it into jelly.
"You killed your own teammate?" gasps Martian Manhunter, horrorstruck.
"A calculated sacrifice," says Brainiac coldly, "and one that is justified if it removes the Juggernaut from the battle." As Cain raises off in search of some way to remove the device, Martian Manhunter is left to face Doomsday-Brainiac alone. He knows he can't aford to hide behind his intangibility. The rules of this contest dictate that he must beat Doomsday before he can hope to help his weaker teammates, and it is not a challenge a hero such as he can shirk. Nor can he rely on his telepathy alone, as even if he were to succeed in removing Brainiac's mind, he'd still have to face this mindless engine of destruction in combat. He has only one option -- to do what seems impossible. He must defeat Doomsday in physical combat.
But as he stares down those bleak odds, one question knaws in the back of Jonn's mind...
Where the hell is Zoom?
**Reg/Med battle**
Meanwhile, in the hangar of the X-Men's Blackbird jet . . .
"Is that your best?" Magneto scoffs,
easily resisting a mind blast from the telepathic Gorilla Grodd. "If
Charles couldn't beat me, do you really think I'd fall to an overgrown Gorilla?"
"Typical human arrogance," Grodd replies, leaping over a large chunk of metal debris Magneto had hurled at him and slamming the master of magnetism with a two-fisted strike. At the same time, Captain America slashes Magneto from behind with the edge of his unbreakable shield.
Magneto grunts, but his protective forcefield holds. A blast of Magnetic force hurls Cap's shield away, carrying the Avenger along with it. Magneto whirls back around to face Grodd, his face contorted with rage. "Don't call me human!" the mutant yells.
As Grodd raises his fist for another blow, Magneto vibrates the floor with a wave of magnetic force, throwing the Gorilla off balance. Before Grodd can recover, Magneto has
torn two metal support beams from the walls, coiling them around Grodd's arms and hoisting him into the air. The mutant
magnetically reinforces the metal so that even Grodd's fantastic strength is not enough to break free. (When Polaris was possessed by Malice, she used a similar trick to restrain Rogue.) Two more beams wrap around Gordd's legs, as Megneto prepares to tear the great ape limb from limb.
"Personally," says Captain America, "I think you ought to aspire to a bit more humanity."
"Do you aspire to be a worm, Captain?" Magneto sneers. "Do you long to attain the virtues of the humble cockroach? For I am as far beyond you as you are beyond mindless vermin!" As he speaks,
Magneto tears up tiny pieces of metal from all around the hangar and hurls them at Captain America with the speed of bullets. But with astonishing speed and agility, the star-spangled Avenger dodges, and what he cannot evade he deflects with his unbreakable shield.
"Your shield is a truly remarkable alloy," Magneto admits. "A pity that it can only protect you from one direction at a time." Tapping into the Blackbird's electronic weapons system, Magneto locks two small homing missles onto Captain America and fires them both simultaneously. A magnetic shove sends one missle on a wide arc towards the Avenger's back, while the other charges him head on. "You'd be surprised what one man can do!" the Captain declares, and as he speaks he moves, leaping directly over the oncoming missle and knocking it to the floor with his shield. The missle explodes as Cap tucks into a ball and lets his shield absorb the blast, the force of it sending him somersaulting right over Magneto's head. The second missle, still locked on to Cap, slams right into Magneto's forcefield.
But as the fire and smoke clears, Magneto still stands, albeit looking somewhat stunned. This time he wastes no time with words, preparing to stike down his foe with all of his magnetic might. And surprisingly, Captain America makes no effort to dodge, instead simply standing in place and speaking in a voice that sounds strangely unlike his own. "Finally!"
"I thought I'd never get ahold of him," Deadman continues, for indeed it is he speaking through the
now possessed form of Captain America. "Never have I faced a will so formidable. But finally his resistance melted away, almost as if -- no, wait, it's a --" but the word "trap" catches in his throat, as the Atom enlarges himself from microscopic size
just large enough to block Captain America's airway. Cap falls to the ground, unconscious, with Deadman still trapped inside his mind.
"You should have stayed hidden," Magneto says, sucking the Atom out of Cap's body with a powerful electric field. The Atom tries to escape by shrinking out of sight, but Magneto bends magnetic fields around him to
create a magnetic atom trap from which the hero cannot escape. The Atom reverses strategies, now trying to rapidly enlarge to break Magneto's hold on him, but
a burst of electricity shocks him into unconsciousness.
"The advantage of aligning oneself with heroes," Gorilla Grodd muses, having torn free of his bonds while Magneto was preoccupied, "is that they're all too willing to sacrifice themselves for the so-called 'greater good'." With that, he takes a pair of electrical cables, ripped from the hangar wall, and tosses them straight at Magneto.
"You seek to defeat the Master of Electro-Magnetism with electricity?" Magneto laughs, incredulous. A moment later, he notices the hole Grodd has smashed in the Blackbird's fuel tank, and the puddle of gasoline that now extends all the way to his feet. A moment too late. The sparking wires hit the gas, and as William Shakespeare might once have said,
"KA-BLAMMO!"
Continued Below
and I'm not going to get my internet until friday (IF the tech guys come around friday, cause I have a feeling they'll want to split early and won't get around to come to my house 
