The Odd Alliance
Maelstrom (MU)
Onslaught (Magneto/Xavier) (MU)
New Son (MM)
Shadow Thief (DR)
Damask (AoA) (MR)
VS.
Jailbait
Fernus The Burning (DU)
Mordru (DU)
Kang (MM)
Gentleman Ghost (DR)
The Wizard (MR)
Pre-Battle
I think Jailbait should work well together due to them having been together previous. Ill admit, my own team will have some issues adjusting because two of the three are new, however, there are no real contrasting personalities really so 24 hours preptime should give them time to iron out any differences and help them put that behind them.
Now, who will know who? As for the Odd Alliance they will know Fernus from their last encounter (not to mention an encounter with Martian Manhunter as well), and the same with Kang. The Wizard is a well known villain so Xavier should have a pretty good idea of who he is. Ghost should be known by Shadow Thief but Mordru could be a dangerous question mark. However, he seems to be a big threat for the JSA and to have been around for a while, and since Shadow Thief is an arch-foe of Hawkman, a member of the JSA, Id stretch to assume that theres a chance of him at last knowing a little about Mordru
if nothing else than the fact that hes a powerful sorcerer.
Now, Jailbate knows a bit less than the Odd Alliance. They will know New Sun and Onslaught from their previous encounter. Ghost should know Shadow Thief. Damask and Maelstrom will be mysteries, as they are other worldly in both dimensional and cosmic ways.
And the last portion of Pre-Battle
strategic advantage. I have to say it
Odd Alliance has this one. Now, if you look at the line ups you may be saying What the fudd?!. Yes, Jailbait is filled with strategic players and the Odd Alliance only has one, but heres the deal
. Jailbait has strategic players full of pride (Fernus, Mordru, and Kang specifically
Wizard to a lesser degree). They can come up with some great stuff but I dont see any of those first three taking the lesser role of grunt. Stuff would be accomplished but not to the degree of their potential. The Odd Alliance has only Xavier, and Maelstrom to a small degree. But the team also has Damask, New Sun, and Shadow Thief, all of whom can take orders. Even Maelstrom isnt quite egotistical like those of Jailbait. Sometimes, one strategic mind with a bunch of characters willing to follow can accomplish more than a bunch of conflicting strategic minds. Just sayin.
The Battle Begins
Okay, Ive typed up about four different scenarios to open this with and I keep hitting the same point
. Both sides have tons of things they can do to kill the other side in an opening assault. I try to be fair to both sides but its just a sudden slaughter fest and everything depends on subtle alterations with tons of room for arguments on minor things for both sides. So for the sake of fairness and headache well just say there was an amazing opening hurrah involving all the characters, though Id assume that the ubers would be the forefront cause of it all. Everyone took some blows and the area was pretty roughly damaged. Im not trying to be weak, theres just too much with all these power sets to pick one opening. So Im starting it mid-battle
no casualties thus far. Obviously everyones minds are protected via Onslaught and Fernus.
Now, as a result of this amazing opening assault that Ive not detailed; Maelstrom is dealing with Mordru, Onslaught is fighting Fernus, Shadow Thief is taking on Gentlemen Ghost, Damask is dealing with Wizard, and New Sun is taking on Kang
all as expected to this point. Team work will commence as the story moves forward.
Now is usually the case the Uber battles drag on longer than the others so lets start with the lesser ones:
Damask vs. Wizard
The original plan was to protect Damask for the plan of having her quickly take out Fernus. This is a problem, however, as in the initial AMAZING opening assault, she was separated from the rest and pursued by the Wizard. Wizard is flying after her and while they do not know what her powers are he has hopes of taking control of her with his helmet. He fires electrical blasts from his gauntlets but she dodges them behind rocks and such. Being from the Age of Apocalypse shes lived her whole life surviving and isnt one to be taken lying down. She worked her way up the lists to a direct servant of Apocalypse and so she knows this type of scenario. Not only that but this broken fiery dead land is just like home for her so she knows how to move in it. He takes to the air as she hides below and eventually he loses her. He checks his tech trying to track her. He finds her whereabouts and comes closer for an assault, but as she drops in close a sudden springing of mental chains fling out. His shields or helmet does nothing against these as they dig into his mind and shred his brain. He falls to the ground. She steps out and drives a dagger into his neck just to be sure.
Shadow Thief vs. Gentleman Ghost
This could be an interesting match in that both can phase, both can become invisible (to an extent), both can create portals/teleport, both can call forth weapons (shadow or spectral), both are basically ghosts. Now, some differences, and these are the deciding factors, are that Shadow Thief can extend his body, use Ghosts clothings shadow against him, and is an expert in martial arts hand-to-hand. Ghost has energy blasts.
Honestly, I think these two could go forever. As comics always depict, when two people can phase they just need to find the right frequency and they can touch. Id assume that also goes for their weapons and such. There may be some slight differences due to Ghost being an actual Ghost but as far as I know theres nothing to back that up in the comics or bios Ive read, so for the sake of argument and comic reasoning Ill assume they CAN fight.
It could obviously go either way depending on minor alterations in the battle so Ill just have a little outside help decide the victor. Id imagine that having just defeated her foe, Damask could be making her way back to the rest and hears the battle going on. Seeing them, she makes her way to them. Ghost is distracted by Shadow Thief and doesnt see her coming and mentally she reaches out and skins Ghosts mind. Now, yes, hes dead, but if hes talking and thinking and assaulting then he has a mind. There doesnt need to be a physical brain there for her to mentally skin them, as shown when she skinned the AoAs Shadow King without him even being present, just using his astral form. And thus, the Gentleman Ghost falls.
New Sun vs Kang
New Sun doesnt need to touch things to charge and blow them up. He just feels the potential kinetic energy, makes it kinetic, and then charges it. This can be anything from organic to inorganic and even air. So he feels the air inside of Kangs force fields and makes it go kablooy! Kang will survive this just fine though it will hurt, but that gets rid of the shields, as any erected can just cause him harm again. Now, as he begins to bring weapons to the foreground New Sun charges the kinetic movement of the machinery, thus, the gun blows. Through this he leaves each of Kangs technology useless the moment its brought into our era. Im not saying Kang doesnt get a single shot off, but in the end New Suns just too quick for him, and when he has an opportunity, the air going into Kangs mouth and lungs charges and explodes. This may or may not kill Kang, but it will definitely take him out of the match.
Maelstrom vs. Mordru
Maelstrom hits Mordru with a surprise blast of energy. Mordrus magical shields take the brunt of the blast and he returns with another blast, which Maelstrom shrinks and dodges. Maelstrom then grows mid-leap and hits Mordru in the chest with a blast that knocks him back. Two gigantic stone fists spring from the ground and attempt to flatten Maelstrom but their intense hits do nothing but strengthen Maelstrom as he absorbs the kinetic energy of them. He shoots up through them, shattering them, and then bounces at Mordru, who flies into the air and dodges his assault. As Maelstrom leaps after him he is blasted down by a magical assault. This hurts him but there is still kinetic energy in the air around the assault, and so he heals from the blow and is ready to go again.
A blue energy suddenly hits Mordru in the back as Maelstrom leaps upward and clings onto the sorcerer. Mordru attempts to shake him off but finds he is unable to. Despite his strength, Maelstrom continues to leech on, his arms around Mordrus neck. As he attempts to fly down into the ground to crush Maelstrom he suddenly begins to glow blue and an explosion does three things. 1) It shakes Mordru, 2) it strengthens Maelstrom, and 3) it cushened the impact of the intended fall. This explosion was New Sun arriving. I quote this from the bio I provided above:
If [Maelstrom] had a perpetual source of kinetic energy, his strength would know no limits
And with New Sun there, who is a perpetual source of kinetic energy, suddenly Maelstrom is as strong as this tournament will allow (obviously not limitless, but the top tier strength allowable, definitely more than Mordru). The initial blast gave him the strength to cling onto Mordru despite his magic and strength, and the explosion further helped that along. And with all this strength he tightens his grip until Mordrus neck snaps and then he rips it right off. Now do note that I acknowledge hed have a magical shield up, but after the kinetic assault from two sides and a struggle and full fledge fall and so forth, its not hard to imagine a loss of focus for those to drop. Despite that, the level of strength of Maelstrom at that point could likely break through it, as often in comics magical barriers are shown to be broken.
Onslaught vs. Fernus the Burning
Id imagine that these two having faced each other before they will prepare again. Mentally theyd be fairly even. In other powers Onslaught has his magnetism and telekinesis. Fernus has his phasing, eye beams, heat, pyrokinesis, etc. Itd be a good fight but I hate to admit it
its going to go to Fernus. This is one location where it really helps Fernus out. He is surrounded by lava and fire, and with him being pyrokinetic he can control these things. As they fight he basically takes the fire and heat around them, including the heat of his own body, and just erupts on Onslaught like a nuclear explosion. Onslaught is powerful but not THAT powerful. This would weaken him dramatically and with no one near to drain energy from he should be easy pickings for Fernus. With Xaviers mind taxed Fernus should be able to break open the psionic shell and just slaughter the man within.
Fernus vs. the Odd Alliance
Fernus is a beast. After destroying Onslaught using his pyrokinesis and his surrounding I could see him lashing out at the rest, whoever he sees. Id imagine that hed see Maelstrom first, and Maelstrom would be one heck of a battle for him. Hes every bit a match when it comes to strength and resistance to injury. Theyd fight for a while but Maelstroms brain would no longer be protected thanks to Onslaughts defeat. And so Fernus will eventually make his way in and stun Maelstrom long enough to rip him limb from limb. This will take quite a bit of time, however, as New Sun is also there and his mind is protected from telepathy, and his power furthered enhanced Maelstroms powers. Now New Sun is left to fight.
This, however, serves as an unintentional distraction, allowing Damask and Shadow Thief to make her way toward them. New Sun charges portions of Fernuss body to explode a second later, and though his body shifts they will explode and sling him to the ground. The heat begins to intensify again like with Onslaught but New Sun has a proper defense for it.
New Suns Bio said:
He can cause another being to be unable to move or unable to stop if in motion. He was able to cause or simulate various energies by manipulating the kinetic energy present, such as infrared and microwaves by increasing molecular agitation, or cold by reducing it.
He immediately grabs every bit of kinetic energy surrounding himself and Fernus and drops it to below freezing to extinguish the flames. That air then explodes all around Fernus. He phases through it and races for New Sun, who drops toward the ground, but as he hits suddenly he finds himself stuck. New Sun stopped him in motion. He could probably phase out of it given the chance but the reason this was done was that Damask had finally arrived and reached out with her mental chains and skin the mind of the martian. His mind and brain are then destroyed and all his abilities are for not as he callapses to the ground.
And thus, New Sun and Damask, as well as Shadow Thief, stand victorious (Damask the obvious MVP of the week)
Winners Odd Alliance
