"One Universe" RPG thread.

[wiegeabo]

IC: Darkseid

Magic. Powerful magic at that. He hadn't sensed it before, but now he could clearly see that the human in front of him was wrapped in it. A second or third level demonic entity, one of the dimension kings no doubt, powered the being that stood before him. He would have words with Lucifer after this affair had ended. Surely hell did not desire to rise the wrath of Apokolips.

He brushed himself off. Some of the dirt from the rubble had gotten on his shirt, and he brushed it off. This farce would end. Now.

He ran forward, and kicked Juggernaught int he stomach, causing the magically powered man to double over in pain. Then, Darkseid raised his fists and clasped them together, bringing them down in a hammer blow on the back of Juggernaught's head.

He then looked to the sky, and ordered his command ship forward with a telepathic command. It edged forward slowly, blotting out the sun over Broadway.

I was right. He's pissed. Doubled over, I spit on his boot. Heh. It's then I notice a few flakes of blood in the spit. Oh, that's not good. I must still be a little weak. Need a few seconds. So, while I'm down here...

Doubling up my own fists I drive them into Darkseid's groin. Don't know if he's got anything there, but it does something as he bends forward a bit. I drive my head up, snapping back his head as the back of mine slams into his chin. I grab him by the throat with a big hand and fling him away into a building. I know it won't hurt him, but it should buy me the few seconds I need.

Looking down I see my helmet and pick it up. I also notice a group of freaks starting to form a couple of blocks down. Fabio's back up. So's Supes and Robo-cop. "Nope, don't worry about me. Got this covered. Don't you go thinkin' I could use a hand or anything. I can do this all day," I yell out to them sarcastically. Well, I guess I could do this all day, but I want to put this guy down. Then I notice it's gotten dark and look up at that big ship. "Or maybe you could do something about that," I say, pointing up.

Rubble starts to move. The big guy's back for more. Good, because so am I. Feelin' one hundred percent again.

Good ol' Cytorrak.

 

[LibrarianThorne]

I was right. He's pissed. Doubled over, I spit on his boot. Heh. It's then I notice a few flakes of blood in the spit. Oh, that's not good. I must still be a little weak. Need a few seconds. So, while I'm down here...

Doubling up my own fists I drive them into Darkseid's groin. Don't know if he's got anything there, but it does something as he bends forward a bit. I drive my head up, snapping back his head as the back of mine slams into his chin. I grab him by the throat with a big hand and fling him away into a building. I know it won't hurt him, but it should buy me the few seconds I need.

Looking down I see my helmet and pick it up. I also notice a group of freaks starting to form a couple of blocks down. Fabio's back up. So's Supes and Robo-cop. "Nope, don't worry about me. Got this covered. Don't you go thinkin' I could use a hand or anything. I can do this all day," I yell out to them sarcastically. Well, I guess I could do this all day, but I want to put this guy down. Then I notice it's gotten dark and look up at that big ship. "Or maybe you could do something about that," I say, pointing up.

Rubble starts to move. The big guy's back for more. Good, because so am I.

This was getting tiresome. It was perhaps a sign of his age that he had allowed this to continue as long as he had. He could feel his world shattering rage building again.

"I"

He began striding forward through the rubble, whisps of dust trailing behind him as he moved.

"HAVE HAD"

He reached into the eyesockets of the being's helmet, and ripped it off, throwing it into a building where it became embedded in a wall.

"ENOUGH!"

He struck with savage fury, blow after blow after blow rained upon this Juggernaught. His hands were a blur, fists moving beyondthe speed of human perception. They impacted again and again, each blow sending out waves of force. Finally, the Juggernaught dropped to his knees. Darkseid's hands dripped with Juggernaught's blood. Darkseid scowled, and unleashed a telepathic assault on Juggernaught's simple mind. The mere presence of a god in a mortal's mind is enough to shatter its sanity; and Darkseid did far worse. In a moment's time, Juggernaught's mind was utterly devasted, and he fell forward a vegetable.

It was then, and only then, Darkseid allowed himself a moment's rest. This battle had gone on far too long. Earth should have been his by now. What flaw existed in his plan? What had gone wrong? WHY HAD THEY NOT SURRENDERED?

 

[twylight]

Dinah stepped out from Tony's bunker..yet again. She sighed and looked down at her torn tights.

Good thing they already had holes in them. Fishnets...really..she rolls her eyes. That particular hole had come from when she'd tumbled to the roof in a middle of a fight with the giant ugly guys. Her gas had run out. She'd ran all the way back to the bunker to find another gaget and this time she'd struck gold. It seemed to be an anti-gravity belt of some kind. a nice thin belt..why hadn't she found it before? She'd also been relieved to find that the children were asleep. What was Tony going to say.

Something crackled in her ear as she closed the last door. It sounded like a feedback of some sort..maybe delayed.

"This is-"

*SSSTTZZ*

" Arrow. Can anyone.."

*SSSSS*

"... Wilco and Hi-ho Silver?"

Dinah rolled her eyes.

"This is umm...Black Canary..I'm on my way." SHe lifted herself into the air and prayed that this time....there was no gas to run out she quickly spide the brightly clad figures in the air over New York.

Nice and descret of course. She landed on a nearby building and scanned the horizon before smiling, they were all clumped together on a building..SPider-Man, Green Arrow, Superman and .... DInah gave a little gasp and placed her hands on her hips, her mouth turning up in a sly grin.

Tony..the man in the Iron Suit. To bad he didn't wear it all the time...expecially the pants part... She ran some fingers through her hair and made a vain attempt at removing dirt from her face.

She flew up and flew near them, landing on the outside of the circle, just as Green Arrow finished what he was saying.

"........ we've got to do something. Everyone and everything we care about is dependant upon what do here in these next few moments."

"Nothing screams 'Attack me" moreso than a bunch of men in bright tights in a huddle." Dinah says, draping an arm on Green Arrows shoulder.

"You called." She winked at him before turning to the others.
"What's the plan? And these might help." She held out the communicators in one hand.

 

[wiegeabo]

This was getting tiresome. It was perhaps a sign of his age that he had allowed this to continue as long as he had. He could feel his world shattering rage building again.

"I"

He began striding forward through the rubble, whisps of dust trailing behind him as he moved.

"HAVE HAD"

He reached into the eyesockets of the being's helmet, and ripped it off, throwing it into a building where it became embedded in a wall.

"ENOUGH!"

He struck with savage fury, blow after blow after blow rained upon this Juggernaught. His hands were a blur, fists moving beyondthe speed of human perception. They impacted again and again, each blow sending out waves of force. Finally, the Juggernaught dropped to his knees. Darkseid's hands dripped with Juggernaught's blood. Darkseid scowled, and unleashed a telepathic assault on Juggernaught's simple mind. The mere presence of a god in a mortal's mind is enough to shatter its sanity; and Darkseid did far worse. In a moment's time, Juggernaught's mind was utterly devasted, and he fell forward a vegetable.

It was then, and only then, Darkseid allowed himself a moment's rest. This battle had gone on far too long. Earth should have been his by now. What flaw existed in his plan? What had gone wrong? WHY HAD THEY NOT SURRENDERED?

Damn he's fast! He's got my helmet off almost before I hear his words. I raise a hand to strike, but he lands a blow to my face. And another. And another. But I'm the Juggernaut. I don't feel a thing.

Then another blow. And that one I actually feel. And another. Again and again. I'm able to get a couple of hits in, but it doesn't slow him.

I'm hit over and over. I...I think I'm bleeding. This is impoosible. Sure the guy is strong, but nothing can touch me! My skin can't be hurt and I've got a forcefield. But I'm bleeding.

And then my brain is on fire. ****! He's a telepath. Who don't people tell me these things? And my goddamn helmet is too far away. I drop to my knees, trying to fight, but my thoughts are scattered...

And then it's over. My eyes roll back as my mind starts shutting down.

"That's right, Cindy. It's twenty three minutes past the hour, and now here's the Buckinghams with "Kind of a Drag"... "

It's the last thing I say before crashing down face first. Don't ask me what it means, my brain is fried...

 

[SuperFerret]

Dinah stepped out from Tony's bunker..yet again. She sighed and looked down at her torn tights.

Good thing they already had holes in them. Fishnets...really..she rolls her eyes. That particular hole had come from when she'd tumbled to the roof in a middle of a fight with the giant ugly guys. Her gas had run out. She'd ran all the way back to the bunker to find another gaget and this time she'd struck gold. It seemed to be an anti-gravity belt of some kind. a nice thin belt..why hadn't she found it before? She'd also been relieved to find that the children were asleep. What was Tony going to say.

Something crackled in her ear as she closed the last door. It sounded like a feedback of some sort..maybe delayed.

"This is-"

*SSSTTZZ*

" Arrow. Can anyone.."

*SSSSS*

"... Wilco and Hi-ho Silver?"

Dinah rolled her eyes.

"This is umm...Black Canary..I'm on my way." SHe lifted herself into the air and prayed that this time....there was no gas to run out she quickly spide the brightly clad figures in the air over New York.

Nice and descret of course. She landed on a nearby building and scanned the horizon before smiling, they were all clumped together on a building..SPider-Man, Green Arrow, Superman and .... DInah gave a little gasp and placed her hands on her hips, her mouth turning up in a sly grin.

Tony..the man in the Iron Suit. To bad he didn't wear it all the time...expecially the pants part... She ran some fingers through her hair and made a vain attempt at removing dirt from her face.

She flew up and flew near them, landing on the outside of the circle, just as Green Arrow finished what he was saying.

"........ we've got to do something. Everyone and everything we care about is dependant upon what do here in these next few moments."

"Nothing screams 'Attack me" moreso than a bunch of men in bright tights in a huddle." Dinah says, draping an arm on Green Arrows shoulder.

"You called." She winked at him before turning to the others.
"What's the plan? And these might help." She held out the communicators in one hand.

Dinah. She's alive. It takes everything I have to not rush over and hug her. I was so worried about her, much more worried than I thought I was, I realized, feeling wetness on my face under my mask. Tears of joy, I guess. And she's wearing those clothes I gave her, in public. I catch the Spider-kid staring at her legs, I'll have to have a talk with him later. But, damn, I'm a lucky man.

I walk over to her and take one of the comms she held out. "Thank you, Miss." I say, examining it. Stark tech, hmm. Gotta love a resourceful woman. "Stark Tech. So you're the mystery woman Tony told me he was sending?" I wink under my faceplate, but the remember that she can't see my face. Luckily too, I was blushing with embarrassment of having forgotten that. Hey, don't judge me, you try and stay calm in the presence of a woman like Dinah Lance. I just hope she gets what I'm trying to do.

 

[twylight]

Dinah opened her mouth to respond, his audacity...

*CRASH*

Dinah spun to see a huge man face first in the top of the building, the concrete buckled like dirt under him.

"HERE" She shoved the comms into the Green Arrows hand. Maybe this time he'd actually listen to her.

Running towards him she felt his pulse as she ducked behind his huge frame.

"Who is he?" She asked, trying to ignore the huge looming figure of Darkseid.

 

[SuperFerret]

Dinah opened her mouth to respond, his audacity...

*CRASH*

Dinah spun to see a huge man face first in the top of the building, the concrete buckled like dirt under him.
Running towards him she felt his pulse as she ducked behind his huge frame.

"Who is he?" She asked, trying to ignore the huge looming figure of Darkseid.

Damn her! What is she doing!? Running over to Darkseid!?

But, she's right, we need to help that big guy. Gotta do this quickly.

Rockets boosting I zoom to where she kneels, my armor sending out a blinding flash to confuse Darkseid (which I doubt will work) then I grab her and the big guy, him with my right hand, and her in my left arm (it's broken and she's lighter than this big guy), and then I rocket off towards my bunker, calling out to the others to follow me. We just stole from Darkseid, and I bet he'll be pissed.

On the way there, I decide to have a talk with my lovely fiance.

"Dinah, what were you thinking doing that!? I was worried about you the whole time, and when I finally see that you're ok, you go and run straight for the big bad guy!"

 

[twylight]

Dinah twisted out of his grasp and flew next to him, whispering through her teeth and covering her comm so one one else could hear.

"You lummox, you PUT me in the bunker..you shouldn't be worried about me."

 

[Logan Howlett]

Alright, its been a while, and I dont like waitin around to die! Colonel, wheres the radio?

Inside, in the cockpit.

Alright, im gona try to radio for help, If Cap gets here great, but if not, I dont want this to be a complete waste, and with Two crazed animal/soilders, and one broken battered old man, we aint gona get far. Creed you wait here, and take care of the Colonel, and by that I DONT mean kill him, got it?

Ya ya ya, sure thing hero.

I head inside the Cockpit, find the radio, fiddle with the compicated little bastard and finaly get it workin.......I think.

Hello. HELLO! Can anyone hear me? This is......Wolverine, Im with Colonel Nick Fury aboard Darksied's control ship, weve been able to open and secure one of the hangar bays, but I aint sure how long thats gona last, we need imediate help! We dont want this mission to be a waste! ................Can anyone hear me?!!!

 

[SuperFerret]

Dinah twisted out of his grasp and flew next to him, whispering through her teeth and covering her comm so one one else could hear.

"You lummox, you PUT me in the bunker..you shouldn't be worried about me."

"First off, have you seen what this Darkseid guy can do?" I say, lifting the unconscious big oaf for effect. "And second, why're you just dressed like that in public? I mean, I like that outfit, I wouldn't have bought you it if I didn't, but did you see how the Spider guy was staring at you? And then you lean on the Robin Hood wannabe, like you're with him or something?"

 

[twylight]

"First off, have you seen what this Darkseid guy can do?" I say, lifting the unconscious big oaf for effect. "And second, why're you just dressed like that in public? I mean, I like that outfit, I wouldn't have bought you it if I didn't, but did you see how the Spider guy was staring at you? And then you lean on the Robin Hood wannabe, like you're with him or something?"

Dinah rolled her eyes.

"Yes I have seen what he does. But I was MILES underground. Perfectly safe. As for the the outfit..you didn't pack me anything else. Unless you wanted me to sit around and knit waiting for you. But you didn't leave me knitting needles and you aren't the only one who can be a hero."

 

[SuperFerret]

Dinah rolled her eyes.

"Yes I have seen what he does. But I was MILES underground. Perfectly safe. As for the the outfit..you didn't pack me anything else. Unless you wanted me to sit around and knit waiting for you. But you didn't leave me knitting needles and you aren't the only one who can be a hero."

"And how are you going to be a hero in that? At the very least you could've worn something with more protection to it, who do you think you are trying this hero stuff anyway? You're just a nineteen year old girl without any superpowers or high tech gadgets, except for what you stole from me. You're not Batman you know."

"And don't dodge the subject of the way you were acting all chummy with Sherwood back there."

 

[twylight]

"And how are you going to be a hero in that? At the very least you could've worn something with more protection to it, who do you think you are trying this hero stuff anyway? You're just a nineteen year old girl without any superpowers or high tech gadgets, except for what you stole from me. You're not Batman you know."

"And don't dodge the subject of the way you were acting all chummy with Sherwood back there."

Dinah dodged a stream of energy from a troop of giant ugly guys firing at them from behind.

"I didn't steal anything. That imply's breaking and entering..I didn't break in and you keyed every lock to my biometrics.

Which by the way I'm not "Mrs. Stark" yet so what's up with that?

Reguarding the 'Heroics' need I remind you, you're the one flying around like a glorified Knight in armor."
She took a deep breath her anger rising.

"As for 'Robin Hood Man in Tights' I happened to save his life!

FURTHERMORE if you take so much account of my age then why are you marrying me?" She said harshly trying to hide her hurt.

 

[LibrarianThorne]

IC: Green Arrow

This was bad. Very bad. Ollie saw it first. Darkseid was heading towards them now.

"Um, guys, Darkseid's headed this way and we don't have a plan. Hell, we don't even have a vague suggestion."

He drew his last two explosive arrows from his quiver. This was it.

"I might have a plan, friend Arrow."

Ollie raised an eyebrow quizzically at Thor. "Now would be a very good time for all thunder gods to reveal any plans they may have, Thor."

"He hath shown resistances to all forms of energy, but mayhaps an attack of forces material and mystical may prove enough to hurt him."

Hell. It was a better idea than anything else he'd thought of.

"Did everyone hear our resident deity? Pour on everything you've got! I want to see laser beams and heat beam eyes and the works, people!"

Best thing he could do now was pray that the god's plan would work. Of course, praying when you've got a god on your side may be redundant.

 

[wiegeabo]

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Get up

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Get up

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Get up!

I don't want to go to school today..

Get up!

10 more minutes...?...

Get up! NOW!!!

Wha...? Where...where am I? where are you?

In your head, which is finally starting to clear. You must get up and help them.

Who are you?

A...visitor to your world.

Are you with Darkseid!?! I'll kick your...

No, I am here to help. His arrival awakened me from my slumber. It is good that your mind is strengthening.

Yeah, thanks to Cytorrak probably. So you're gonna help? You can kick 'Seid's butt?

No, I am too far away to physically assist. But I have used my mind to repair yours.

Damn telepath. I hate telepaths.

I know.

I bet you do. So now what?

I am still too far away to help directly. But I can tell you that you are on the right track. Only by banding together do you stand a chance of defeating the Dark One.

Let me guess. Your an alien too?

And my people were killed off fighting one of his attacks. I am all that remain, and I doubt I would have survived if he had been directly involved in the attack like he is on your world.

So what do we do?

What you are starting to do. Work together. I must go now. This contact is...taxing. If I can help later, I will try. Hopefully I will arrive on your world while their is still time.

Before you go, what's your name? Who are you?

...No one has asked me my name in such a long time. You can call me J'onn. J'onn J'onzz...


That's when I wake up. And I'm flyin' through the air. My head's killing me, and I feel like crap. But I'm alive, and Cytorrak's doin' his job healing me up. I look up and see Robo-Cop is carrying me. "Hey," damn my voice is weak. I nod back to where we were. "Who's gonna go back and get my helmet?" Then I notice the fine blonde flying next to us. "Hey hotstuff, what's your name?" I must be feeling better to hit on her. Although, hell, as good as she looks, I'd hit on her even if I felt like crap, which I still do.

 

[SuperFerret]

That's when I wake up. And I'm flyin' through the air. My head's killing me, and I feel like crap. But I'm alive, and Cytorrak's doin' his job healing me up. I look up and see Robo-Cop is carrying me. "Hey," damn my voice is weak. I nod back to where we were. "Who's gonna go back and get my helmet?" Then I notice the fine blonde flying next to us. "Hey hotstuff, what's your name?" I must be feeling better to hit on her. Although, hell, as good as she looks, I'd hit on her even if I felt like crap, which I still do.
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I stop, landing on a rooftop and putting down my very heavy passenger, and ignoring his comments, I pull Dinah to the side.

"We need some privacy, big man."

"Dinah, I didn't mean to upset you. I just don't want to see you getting hurt out here, I love you to much for that."

I turn at the sound of Green Arrow's call, Darkseid's almost on top of them and they're getting ready to fight back.

"Crap. I'm going to go help, you stay here and stay out of harm's way. Please?"

I can see she's still upset, so I do something risky for my "secret identity", especially with the big guy nearby. I lift my faceplate, revealing the ever handsome Tony Stark, and leaning close to my young, beautiful fiance, I give her the most tender, loving kiss I've ever attempted.

"I'll be back for you, you can count on it."

I pull down my faceplate, and lift off, flying towards the fight-to-be, I call back to the newly energized big man, "Let's go! We've got an ass to kick!"

 

[twylight]

Dinah blushes at the large man's comment but don't have time to reply as she lands next to Tony on the roof and he pulls her to the side.

"We need some privacy, big man."

"Dinah, I didn't mean to upset you. I just don't want to see you getting hurt out here, I love you to much for that."

Dinah opens her mouth to protest. Who does he think she is?!? Some damsel in distress?

"Crap. I'm going to go help, you stay here and stay out of harm's way. Please?"

Dinah crosses her arms, she knows now isn't the time for this, but she won't stand idley by while he....

Tony lifts his faceplate causing her to gasp. His 'secret' identity..... he leaned over and kissed her. Dinah's eyes fluttered shut as she wrapped her arms around his neck and felt his armored arms around her waist. He pulled back gently.

"Tony.."

"I'll be back for you, you can count on it."

Dinah touched the ring around her neck, and her eyes went from soft to hard.

"You better!" she muttered under her breath before turning back to the large man.

"I hope you feel better because I'm benched."

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm about halfway between the fight and where I left Dinah, when the armor picked up a strange transmission.

Hello. HELLO! Can anyone hear me? This is......Wolverine, I'm with Colonel Nick Fury aboard Darksied's control ship, we've been able to open and secure one of the hangar bays, but I aint sure how long thats gonna last, we need immediate help! We dont want this mission to be a waste! ................Can anyone hear me?!!!

I open up communications with this Wolverine guy, if he's still listening. "Hello, this is Iron Man. We're engaging Darksied at the moment, how badly do you need help? And what type of help do you need?"

I do a head count on the battlefield. Superman, Thor, that big guy I saved, and myself were the most powerful, and therefore should stay and fight Darksied. That leaves Spider-Man and Green Arrow free to possibly go help this "Wolverine". I'm not sure how they'd take the suggestion, or if we can trust this guy, but he's supposedly a friend of Fury's, so I can assume he's on our side (unless he's lying).

 

[Logan Howlett]

I'm about halfway between the fight and where I left Dinah, when the armor picked up a strange transmission.

Hello. HELLO! Can anyone hear me? This is......Wolverine, I'm with Colonel Nick Fury aboard Darksied's control ship, we've been able to open and secure one of the hangar bays, but I aint sure how long thats gonna last, we need immediate help! We dont want this mission to be a waste! ................Can anyone hear me?!!!

I open up communications with this Wolverine guy, if he's still listening. "Hello, this is Iron Man. We're engaging Darksied at the moment, how badly do you need help? And what type of help do you need?"

I do a head count on the battlefield. Superman, Thor, that big guy I saved, and myself were the most powerful, and therefore should stay and fight Darksied. That leaves Spider-Man and Green Arrow free to possibly go help this "Wolverine". I'm not sure how they'd take the suggestion, or if we can trust this guy, but he's supposedly a friend of Fury's, so I can assume he's on our side (unless he's lying).

Great out of all the Super-nuts out there I get the tin woodsman! At least I got someone.

Well pal, were on the command ship, ya know the one that controls all the rest! Personaly I'd like to rip this thing apart from the inside out, but maybe youd perfer to shine the hull!!.........Sorry, just....I just watched about 45 armed troops ripped apart by some sort a plasma rifels held by Alien freaks, so forgive me if im a little on edge, not to mention the fact that I just got though tearin apart all the guys that did it to em' and prayin there aint no more comin! Whatever you can do, DO IT! and do it fast bub! We aint got much time, sooner or later these fellas are gona send a welcome party and I realy dont want it to be Two on one. Yea and by the way Fury's hurt bad, he needs transport outa here! If ya wana find us just look for the fireworks pal..........literaly. We need whoever and whatever you can give pal! But if we dont get it quick were gona be soilent green for sure! If we take down this ship, this invasion aint gona last to much longer. Granted I understand the importance of takin out that Darkseid freak, but I think we'd seriously put a dent in his plans if we can rip this thing apart! If you got anyone down there that can cause a whole heap a damage and can be spared, send em our way Rocket Man!

 

[wiegeabo]

I stand up. My head's pounding, but not as bad. I twist and my back and neck pops. That felt good. And then I realize everyone's getting ready to take on Darkseid again. Fine by me. Time for a little payback. If only I had my helmet.

But not everyone's getting ready. The woman's just standin' there like she's waitin' for the big men to protect her. But somehow, I don't think she's really that kind of woman. I can tell just by the way she's standin' there she's way to strong to be the hide n' protect me type. And if she's got any powers at all, we could really use them.

I walk up to her. "Hey babe. Listen, we're gonna be in deep **** soon, and we can't have anybody holdin' back. So if you've got some fancy superpower or something that can help, then step up and bring it. Otherwise, you'd better find yourself a safe place to hide 'cause it's gonna get nasty real soon."


OCC: I'm just wondering what the canary cry would do to Darkseid, if anything.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Over the city of Metropolis hovered a warship of Apokolips. Hordes of parademons desended on the city while platoons of fire tank were transported into the streets. People ran and cried out for their new hero Superman. And while some people fought back, and some heroes appeared and helped, Superman was no where around.

And the general commanding the ship couldn't be more satisfied. The attack on the city was going well. Resistance was as expected. Damage to the city had not been as severe, keeping more structures intact then predicted. Great Darkseid would be pleased.

Then the ship shuddered. And again. The general looked around the command room as the crew frantically ran to different stations trying to determine what had happened. The general could see that nothing had struck the ship, no attack from the outside. Yet the ship shook again as explosions rang out below decks.

"What in the name of the Pit is going on!?!" the general demanded. His first officer quckly stood and reported. "Sir! There is a...problem...below decks."

"What problem?!?" the general demanded. The ship shook again.

"We were transporting some humans onto the ship for interrogation. And..."

"What. Happened." the general spit impatiently.

"One of the planets...heroes...jumped into the beam, knocking away the humans."

"A single hero? Have him killed immediately."

"We tried. But none of our weapons work. Nothing stops him."

"Fool!" The general took out his gun and shot the first officer dead. "Second!" he called out. His second in command stood at attention. "Sir!" "You are now the First. Assemble a team, intercept this 'hero'," he virtually spit out the word, "and finish him off."

"Yes, sir!"

***

Ok, this day has officially turned into ****.

I was just makin' may way north to meet up with my my step-brother Chuck. Well, actually, to pound his smug bald head into mulch. So what happens? Just I'm passin' through Metropolis headed up to New York to pay dear Chuckles that visit...alien ships drop from the sky. Yeah, freakin' alien ships...That's the same thing I though when I saw them.

And then they start attacking us. It's an all-out alien invasion! And I'm just wondering one thing...who the hell would want this planet. Ain't nothin' much to it, especially if you've already got super big spaceships and weapons.

Oh well, I wasn't about to let a big fight go on around me and not stick myself right in the middle. Hell, I ain't worried. I'm not called Unstoppable for nothin'. Besides, if anyone was gonna rule Earth, it'd be me...if i was interested that is.

Anyway, this invasions starts and I start bustin' heads. And let me tell you, we're talkin' some seriously ugly heads. And they got them some fire breathin' tanks. Those went down just as easy. That's when I notice them round up and beam away a group of people. Well hell, that's what I needed, a way on that ship.

So when they get a few more people together, I rush them. The flying guys go down with no problems, and the people run away screamin' for their lives. I chuckle. Fine with me. I step where they were and get beamed up on that fancy ship...

...And start bustin' some heads as soon as I appear. They shoot their weapons, but I don't much notice. I grab the last one standing, point to the people in the room they beamed up, and back at their transporting machine. He gets the message and sends them back down. Then I crack his skull. And I start breakin' down walls as I walk through the ship. Like I said, once I get goin', ain't nothin' stoppin' me.

I bust through some more walls and explosions go off around me. Big deal. I'm lookin' for the head honcho, but what I find is what's got to be the biggest mother of an engine room anyone's ever seen. I'm actually impressed. That's when a group of soldiers start poundin on me with some big ray guns. Heh, sort of tickles. I stomp my foot, and everyone's shakin' to the floor.

Then I start punching and kicking anything in the room, including equipment. Some more explosions go off, lights flicker, and the ship stats tiltin'. I think we're goin' down. Too bad for them.

I grab the guy who looked like he was in charge of the group and say "Take Me To Your Leader," in my 'nicest' voice. I think he got the message and he points the way as I carry him by the back of his uniform.

When we get up to the command room, the place is a mess. Smoke and fire and people yelling. I'm good. I drop the guy I've been carryin' around and point to the guy sitting in the center chair. "You the head man around here?" I ask him.

He says something in some language. Then he pushes a button on his chair and all of the sudden English is commin' out of his mouth. "Surrender and your death will be painless," he says.

"...You've got to be ****tin' me."

The leader guy looks at the loser I brought in. "Traitor! You disgrace Lord Darkseid by bringing...that...here. How could I make you my new First?" He pulls out a gun and shoots the guy dead. Oh well. I start walkin' up to the boss man and everyone's shootin' at me. You'd think they'd figure it out by now. "Lord Darkseid will rule. First the city of New York will fall by his hand, then the world!" "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe I should meet this Dark-guy." That's when something rolls under my feet. I look down it it. Even I know what that is. "Oh shi...!" I say as the grenade goes off. The floor collapses and I fall through, but as I land, I just punch through the next floor, and the next. "I'll show them," I say as now my speed just crashes me through each floor like a bullet. I fall into another engine room, right through the engine itself. And everything goes white with the explosion...

***

The people of Metropolis look up in awe as the giant space craft explodes. Debris rains down, but that does not stop the people from cheering. The army of Apokolips retreats as every person and hero in the city rises up with new energy.

Earth has just scored its first victory in the war...

***

I land...HARD. It takes me a minute to climb up out of the crater I made. As I brush myself off, I notice I'm a couple of miles away from the city. No big deal. I start running then take a giant leap hundreds of feet in the air. I land a couple of miles away. At this rate, I'll be in New York in no time...

Even inside his darkened office at the top of Lexcorp Towers, Lex Luthor was thrown to the ground by the deafening volume of the explosion above him. Frantically scrambling to his feet, he brought up the security footage on his monitor. Since he was locked in his office, he had cameras on the roof to let him keep an eye on the ship hovering above Metropolis.

But now, the ship was gone!

All that was left was slowly falling debris. The ship had been destroyed. Metropolis - his city! - was the first city to fight off the invasion. Of course, Lex Luthor would take the credit himself, but he wanted to know who had destroyed the ship. Rewinding the CCTV footage, he noticed, among the falling debris, a hulking figure in a red helmet falling to the ground. Another one of these...metahumans.

"At least they're good for something."

Just then, Lex Luthor intercepted a radio signal.

Hello. HELLO! Can anyone hear me? This is......Wolverine, Im with Colonel Nick Fury aboard Darksied's control ship, weve been able to open and secure one of the hangar bays, but I aint sure how long thats gona last, we need imediate help! We dont want this mission to be a waste! ................Can anyone hear me?!!!

Excellent! Metropolis was won, and now he had the opportunity to attack this...Darkseid, right where it hurt the most. Luthor scrambled over to the intercom.

"Mr...Wolverine, this is Lex Luthor. I have a batallion of fighter planes on the battlefield over there in New York City. I can lead them to your current location. I'm currently remotely piloting a plane myself, so I will make my way up there to collect some samples. After that is done, I may have an idea of how to do some serious damage to that mothership."

 

[LibrarianThorne]

IC: Darkseid

Children. That's what they were. Weak, simpering foold who had dared to oppose him in his glorious might. And, wonder of wonders, they had succeeded. They had hurt him.

He was recieving telepathic updates on the invasion. The ship above Metropolis had been destroyed. His ship above the small nation of Wakanda had simply vanished. Over the Pacific ocean, another of his ships was under assault by all manner of Earth's aquatic life, with a strangely grabed man leading them.

All over the Earth, it was the same. His forces were being pushed back, the heroes of this place serving as a rallying point for the people of Earth.

It was then, he knew, this invasion was a mistake. Apokolips would not conquer Earth. Not today. But he could still have a victory.

He strode towards the assembled heroes at the end of the street. He would kill them all with his bare hands. No Omega Effect. No telepathy. Nothing but the raw, brute force at his command. Earth may survive this day, but by Darkseid's hand, their heroes would not.

 

[The Question]

IC: Green Arrow

Finally. The attention of one of the superpeople. Maybe, just maybe, Canary's plan would work.

"I'm Green Arrow, and the big blonde guy with the hammer behind me is Thor. Before you go off and get thrashed against Darkseid again, I was wanting to know if you wanted to try a new plan. One that would, hopefully, end up with you in a lot better shape than your last one."

He looked down the street. Now Darkseid was fighting some huge, musclebound guy, and absolutely destroying him.

"There. See that? We're not going to beat him by ourselves. Doesn't matter how powerful we are, we go at him mano a mano and he's just going to obliterate us one by one. So, Spidey, I'm thinking we get everyone to rally here and go at this Darkseid guy as a team. What do you say?"

"Fine by me. It's not like we've got too many options at the moment."

IC: Green Arrow

Well, that was unexpected. Seems Stark's bodyguard is back in the game.

"As I was just telling the webhead here, I'm pretty sure we can say that taking on this Darkseid guy one on one is going to get us all killed. We can't run away, either. Too much is on the line, here. But this... whatever Darkseid is, he's shown no weaknesses. Thor, he seemed to know you, what do you know about him?"

"Little, and thank the Allfather for that. I know that there are few beings in the universe as powerful as that creation. He rules the nightmare world of Apokolips with an iron hand, and has turned that world into a hellish place of death and despair. My fellow Asgardians were either too apathetic or too cowardly to come and face this monster. I could not let a world such as this fall to one such as he."

"So, no weaknesses, then?"

"Aye, none that I know of."

"Damnation."

It looked like that hulking figure that had been fighting Darkseid was on his last legs.

"Ok, this is where we come up with a plan, gentlemen. I've got nothing, and he took me down without any effort. But we've got to do something. Everyone and everything we care about is dependant upon what do here in these next few moments."

Oh joy. And just a month ago, I was an average nerdy kid getting good grades and watching too many Joss Whedon shows. Life's funny like that.

IC: Green Arrow

This was bad. Very bad. Ollie saw it first. Darkseid was heading towards them now.

"Um, guys, Darkseid's headed this way and we don't have a plan. Hell, we don't even have a vague suggestion."

He drew his last two explosive arrows from his quiver. This was it.

"I might have a plan, friend Arrow."

Ollie raised an eyebrow quizzically at Thor. "Now would be a very good time for all thunder gods to reveal any plans they may have, Thor."

"He hath shown resistances to all forms of energy, but mayhaps an attack of forces material and mystical may prove enough to hurt him."

Hell. It was a better idea than anything else he'd thought of.

"Did everyone hear our resident deity? Pour on everything you've got! I want to see laser beams and heat beam eyes and the works, people!"

Best thing he could do now was pray that the god's plan would work. Of course, praying when you've got a god on your side may be redundant.

"Alright.Sounds like a better plan than nothing.

I see darkseid walking towards us.

He looks pissed.

"You see guys? We're finally gonna die."

 

[taskmaster]

"Oh no. I won't do it, Castle. I'm not telling you anything about the Gnucci's."

"Micky..."

"You're not going to scare me into telling you about them. There's no way I'd survive the rest of the week if I tell you."

I reach into my inside pocket, Micky recoils, thinking I'm going for a gun. Instead I pull out a couple of hundreds.

"Here, money for a plane ticket. Tell me what I need to know and you can go where ever you want."

"Damn it Castle."

We sit silently for a minute as he thinks it over. I understand his concern. From what I have heard of the Gnucci's, he has a reason to be worried.

"Alright, the family is made up of three sons and Ma Gnucci. The three sons , Eddie, Bobby and John, are incredibly loyal to Ma. They'd go to hell for her."

"Good thing because they're going to."

"The smartest thing to do is to hit them all at once, because if you only kill one the rest will come at you with all they've got. Hundreds of mercs and assassins, they'll send them all. This isn't a good move you're making here Frank, it's suicide."

"Thanks for the help, Micky."

"Fine, don't take my advice. You won't be alive enough to hear me say I told you so."

Hundreds of mercs and assassins. Let them come.

I've been trailing Eddie for the last hour and a half. He's been hanging out with the girlfriend his wife doesn't know about. He's been enjoying his night, it's about to go bad. I've been thinking of ways to kill this bastard, the whole time I've following him. Thought of some good stuff too, like throwing him off of the empire state building. But this one has to be simple. One bullet and a sign will get the point across.

He drops off his girl, then starts to go home. I rev my engine and get on his side. He sees me and starts to speed up like he was supposed to. I hit the side of his back bumper and he spins out. I get out of my car and walk over to his. He starts to crawl out and then he sees me standing over him.

"Pl..."

A gunshot rings out. I don't want to hear his plea for forgiveness. I leave my shirt at the scene, so they'll know it was me. I get back in my car and drive away casually.

"I'm coming for you Ma."

 

[SuperFerret]

"Fine by me. It's not like we've got too many options at the moment."




Oh joy. And just a month ago, I was an average nerdy kid getting good grades and watching too many Joss Whedon shows. Life's funny like that.



"Alright.Sounds like a better plan than nothing.

I see darkseid walking towards us.

He looks pissed.

"You see guys? We're finally gonna die."

"I wouldn't bet on it, kid." I say, landing behind him, "At least for you and the archery nut, if you accept another, yet equally important mission. I've just got word from a team of people who've actually gotten into Darkseid's ship, but they need back-up, and since I figured you two would be less likely to put a major hurt on our would-be conquerer here, I think it'd be better for you to help there."

"If you want, I can fly you up there now, before the pain comes."