"One Universe" RPG thread.

[Logan Howlett]

Wolverine



So now that were loaded up with guns and amo, who else is gona help us on this intergalactic suicide mission?

So far we have been unable to succesfully comunicate with many of your kind, but we do have one man in there right now.

Who?

Captain Steven Grant Rogers.

...........................What.....YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!

What...did I miss somethin?

...........Captain America.

HAHAHA! Thats great, first aliens, now corpses.

Shut up Creed, if Rogers IS alive, than we may do ok yet.

We havent bee able to reach him in days. Our intel says hes flying an aircraft to that command ship now.

Great so how we supposed to get aboard.

Well hopefull he'll go by procedure and atempt to use the alien technology to get you aboard. But we have no garuntee, so we need to think of other possible options.

You mean you actualy have a procedure for alien invasion?

Son were SHIELD, we got a procedure for damn near everything.

 

[wiegeabo]

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...

 

[SuperFerret]

This is insanity. I feel like I'm flying through a Speilberg movie, flying soldiers all around, attacking at random, a few unfortunates coming to try and stop me. Parademons, they're called, or so the Motherbox says, but they don't stop me, they just slow me down a bit as I tear through them. I'm the only one who knows about this Darkseid, and logically, whoever is going to fight him will need my help. I've got about five or so plans running through my head right now, and that's in addition to my worrying about Dinah, my constant thrist thanks to this damn chest plate, and, of course, the fact that I'm terrified for my own safety. Luckily, I had a few drinks before coming out here, otherwise I'd be in a bomb shelter somewhere, snuggling up to Dinah's warm, soft body.

So far, it seems like Superman, that Spider-Man kid, and some big, blonde Himbo with a hammer are the only ones who've actually begun to fight Darkseid himself.

Time for Iron Man to join the fray. Seeing that the big guy now has a spandex-clad lunatic on his face distracting him, I decide it's a good opportunity to fire my repulsor rays at him. Darkseid, not Spider-Man.

"Superman!" I call, "We can't take him like this, we need some strategy first! Trust me, we're in way over our heads here!"

 

[Batman]

I look up at the planes flying overhead.

Looks like the cavelry finally showed up.

Suddenly, I notice Superman isn't floating over me. I look around, and see that he's duking it out with some big grey dude.


And getting the crap beat out of himself.


Without really thinking, I rocket down broadwya and hit the grey guy across the face with one of the stick thingies. I then jump onto his back, wrap my legs around his throat very tightly, and put my hands over his eyes.

"I think someone needs a time out!"

I hear Spider-Man's words as I pick myself up from the debris. He might've actually saved me, in that moment. I'll thank him when this is over...

I try to stand, and fight, but end up stumbling back. For once in my life, I actually feel weakened. I feel like I can't fight... It'd be asking for murder. And that's just from one throw... Who knows what other feats of power Darkseid is keeping hidden...

I watch as some kind of....ray,perhaps, hits Darkseid in the chest. I look up, only to see...

"Superman!" I call, "We can't take him like this, we need some strategy first! Trust me, we're in way over our heads here!"

It's that thing. Or man, maybe. I'm still not sure. He was at Oliver Queen's mansion, during the Hulk's attack. That's all that I know. The 'Iron Man', as I think I referred to him.

I fly up to him, as Spider-Man and Darkseid struggle. He has a point... Attacking him head on, without knowing the limits of his power, is rather idiotic. Suicidal, even.

"You're probably right. But I don't see how many options we have, at the moment. We have little time to strategise, at this point... Considering people are still in danger from Darkseid's forces."

I don't know what to do. Metropolis still needs me. The city I protect still needs me. Something about that makes me feel terrible for staying here for as long as I have. But at the same time, I can't ignore the people here, either...

I may be fast, but even I can't be in two places at once... Unfortunatley...

 

[LibrarianThorne]

I hear Spider-Man's words as I pick myself up from the debris. He might've actually saved me, in that moment. I'll thank him when this is over...

I try to stand, and fight, but end up stumbling back. For once in my life, I actually feel weakened. I feel like I can't fight... It'd be asking for murder. And that's just from one throw... Who knows what other feats of power Darkseid is keeping hidden...

I watch as some kind of....ray,perhaps, hits Darkseid in the chest. I look up, only to see...



It's that thing. Or man, maybe. I'm still not sure. He was at Oliver Queen's mansion, during the Hulk's attack. That's all that I know. The 'Iron Man', as I think I referred to him.

I fly up to him, as Spider-Man and Darkseid struggle. He has a point... Attacking him head on, without knowing the limits of his power, is rather idiotic. Suicidal, even.

"You're probably right. But I don't see how many options we have, at the moment. We have little time to strategise, at this point... Considering people are still in danger from Darkseid's forces."

I don't know what to do. Metropolis still needs me. The city I protect still needs me. Something about that makes me feel terrible for staying here for as long as I have. But at the same time, I can't ignore the people here, either...

I may be fast, but even I can't be in two places at once... Unfortunatley...

IC: Darkseid

Gnats. Bugs. Crawling and scraping and biting on him. Beings not worthy of his notice dare to touch him? Dare to shoot him? What sort of world was this, where those who were defeated and dead knew not when to give up?

He felt something raising within him. Something he had not felt in a great long while. It was a fire that burned as hot as a sun. With a revelation, he knew what it was. It was an emotion, one of the many he'd divested himself of so long ago. But this, this emotion he knew. Anger, hot and bright and furious. Anger at the temerity of these beings, that they would interrupt the plans of a god. Anger, that they would deny him his grand vision.

The Spider-Man had wrapped his legs around his neck, and was striking him with a stolen shock-pole. With a scream of rage, he reached up and grabbed the blue and red garbed creature with one hand, and threw him down broadway.

"Squirming beasts! Your gods have abandoned you, for they know what has arrived! I am will and power incarnate!"

Red beams erupted from his eyes. He would not erase these "heroes" from existence. Not yet. He would defeat them, break them, crush them, and then give them to Desaad. Only after they had known the deepest agonies would he grant them the mercy of death. They had dared to defied his supreme will, and for that, they would suffer. They struck the man in the red and gold armor, knocking him into a building across the street.

"I am the dread Lord of Apokolips! I am the master of a million worlds! Lords of Order and Chaos bow before my supremacy! What are you, children who would resist me?!"

Still the rage fueled him. It drove him, perhaps the same as it drove his son, Orion. He knew that it was dangerous to submit to the base urges like this, but thse fools must be taught a lesson.

The only one left was the Kryptonian. Earth's Superman, guardian and protector.

He would die by Darkseid's hand.

"YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU REPRESENT NOTHING! AND NOW YOU DIE FOR DARKSEID!"

He ran forward, and smashed Superman in the chest with one fist. the force was so great that an immense building behind them was shattered by the concussive force of the blow. The Kryptonian was knocked away by the impact.

It was then Darkseid was startled. He was actually breathing heavy. These... gnats had exerted from him actual effort and expenditure of energy.

 

[SuperFerret]

IC: Darkseid

Gnats. Bugs. Crawling and scraping and biting on him. Beings not worthy of his notice dare to touch him? Dare to shoot him? What sort of world was this, where those who were defeated and dead knew not when to give up?

He felt something raising within him. Something he had not felt in a great long while. It was a fire that burned as hot as a sun. With a revelation, he knew what it was. It was an emotion, one of the many he'd divested himself of so long ago. But this, this emotion he knew. Anger, hot and bright and furious. Anger at the temerity of these beings, that they would interrupt the plans of a god. Anger, that they would deny him his grand vision.

The Spider-Man had wrapped his legs around his neck, and was striking him with a stolen shock-pole. With a scream of rage, he reached up and grabbed the blue and red garbed creature with one hand, and threw him down broadway..

Crap. I turn in mid-air, I've gotta catch him before he becomes street pizza.

"Squirming beasts! Your gods have abandoned you, for they know what has arrived! I am will and power incarnate!"

Red beams erupted from his eyes. He would not erase these "heroes" from existence. Not yet. He would defeat them, break them, crush them, and then give them to Desaad. Only after they had known the deepest agonies would he grant them the mercy of death. They had dared to defied his supreme will, and for that, they would suffer. They struck the man in the red and gold armor, knocking him into a building across the street.

"ARRRGGGHHH!!!" I'm hit and flying through a building before I know it. This guy's a hell of alot tougher than the Hulk, and that was by far no walk in the park. My last thoughts before I black out are of Dinah. Honey, whereever you are, I hope you're alright, and I love you. And that's when darkness overcomes me, shutting out the rest of the world.

 

[LibrarianThorne]

IC: Green Arrow

He wakes in a daze. That was a particularly stupid move. He'd let himself get too angry. Stupid, stupid move. That Canary babe was right. Punching and shooting Darkseid wasn't going to accomplish anything. Whatever he was, Darkseid was above his ability to deal with.

Alone, that is.

He touched the commuicator he'd recieved from Canary. "This is- this is Green Arrow. Can anyone hear me? Roger Wilco and Hi-ho Silver?"

He poked his head around the corner of the building he'd been knocked behind. Darkseid battled all those other heroes he'd heard about. Superman, Iron Man, even Spider-Man was there. And that's when he saw Thor, lying in the rubble of a building.

He took one last look to make sure Darkseid was distracted. He ran a hand through his hair and licked his lips before running across Broadway. By some miracle, he escaped notice, both of Darkseid and the other heroes.

He knelt down next to the godling. It was clear that whatever passed for the spine on a god was broken. He wasn't a doctor or a priest, or whatever the hell the vikings used. But he knew that he had to do whatever he could. No one had ever heard of a cripled god, right? So maybe there was some hope. He straightened out Thor's body.

"Hey, hey Thor buddy? God of the storm and the lightning? You with me here? We need you, man! This is the damn apocalypse! That whole ragnarok bit? You know that one, right? End of the world and Valhalla and the death of the gods? That's what's going on!"

Spider-Man flew past him, thrown by Darkseid.

"Jesus! Thor, come on! Wake up! You're a warrior god, remember? Get up and crack some skulls!"

In the distance, he could hear the roars of Darkseid. Like thunder, ominous and dark, it rolled down the street.

"You need someone to believe in you? Gods need belief to be strong, right? Well I believe you in you, Thor. So help me God, I believe in the Norse and and Ragnarok and I believe that a god named Thor with his hammer Mjolnir is the last thing on Earth that can stop the end of it all!"

It was then the body of the god stirred. His blue eyes fluttered open and he looked at Green Arrow with something like comprehension.

"You have done something worthy of praise this day, Olliver Queen. Do not forget that."

Thor rose, Mjolnir gripped in his hand.

"Before you go off and beat the tar out of Darkseid, Thor, let's see if we can work up something like a plan. We're all taking our shots at this guy, and it's not even denting him. If we're gonna beat him, we've got to work together. Do you understand?"

 

[The Question]

IC: Darkseid

Gnats. Bugs. Crawling and scraping and biting on him. Beings not worthy of his notice dare to touch him? Dare to shoot him? What sort of world was this, where those who were defeated and dead knew not when to give up?

He felt something raising within him. Something he had not felt in a great long while. It was a fire that burned as hot as a sun. With a revelation, he knew what it was. It was an emotion, one of the many he'd divested himself of so long ago. But this, this emotion he knew. Anger, hot and bright and furious. Anger at the temerity of these beings, that they would interrupt the plans of a god. Anger, that they would deny him his grand vision.

The Spider-Man had wrapped his legs around his neck, and was striking him with a stolen shock-pole. With a scream of rage, he reached up and grabbed the blue and red garbed creature with one hand, and threw him down broadway.

"Squirming beasts! Your gods have abandoned you, for they know what has arrived! I am will and power incarnate!"

Red beams erupted from his eyes. He would not erase these "heroes" from existence. Not yet. He would defeat them, break them, crush them, and then give them to Desaad. Only after they had known the deepest agonies would he grant them the mercy of death. They had dared to defied his supreme will, and for that, they would suffer. They struck the man in the red and gold armor, knocking him into a building across the street.

"I am the dread Lord of Apokolips! I am the master of a million worlds! Lords of Order and Chaos bow before my supremacy! What are you, children who would resist me?!"

Still the rage fueled him. It drove him, perhaps the same as it drove his son, Orion. He knew that it was dangerous to submit to the base urges like this, but thse fools must be taught a lesson.

The only one left was the Kryptonian. Earth's Superman, guardian and protector.

He would die by Darkseid's hand.

"YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU REPRESENT NOTHING! AND NOW YOU DIE FOR DARKSEID!"

He ran forward, and smashed Superman in the chest with one fist. the force was so great that an immense building behind them was shattered by the concussive force of the blow. The Kryptonian was knocked away by the impact.

It was then Darkseid was startled. He was actually breathing heavy. These... gnats had exerted from him actual effort and expenditure of energy.

I crash into a building.


Hard.

I try and stand up, and start walking towards Darkseid. My head's woozy as hell, I can taste blood, and I'm sore all over. Wait. Why can't I feel...my...arm....

I look down, and see that my arm is mangled, with shards of bone sticking out of the skin, and bent in the opposite direction of the joint.


Then, the pain hits me.

"AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

ohgodohgodohgodoh....

Suddenly, that black gunk on my glove starts to grow. It keeps growing and growing until it covers my hole body. And then, the pain stops. And then, my arm.....heals.

What the hell's happening to me?

The gunk keeps growing until it covers me like my costume. In fact, I can't even feel my costume under it. Just the gunk. It coverse my eyes, and I cant see. But, then eye holes form. I....

Suddenly, I feel even stronger. Than before. I don;t really know what the **** is going on.....

But I ain't going to waste my time trying to figure it out while there's a bad guy to beat down.

 

[wiegeabo]

I land, my legs driving about halfway into the ground. I'm finally here. Just outside New York. Took longer than I though (gettin' across the river was the hard part).

I look up..."Holll...ly...Crap!" is all I can say. The ship floating above the city is even bigger than the one I took out over Metropolis. Well...better get started. I get up a good long run and plowing up a mass of ground behind my as I jump. Man, it feels like I'm flyin'...right into that ship! Perfect.

As I get closer I look down. The Big Apple's a big mess. Lots of damage and people running around. Those uglies are flyin' around shootin' up the place. Looks like there are some freaks in costumes running around too. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

I look back up. The ship's right there infront of me, and I mean RIGHT INFRONT of me. How can something be so damn big. Well, time to make it little bitty pieces.

I'm getting closer, almost to the wall...BAM!!! I hit...something. But there ain't nothin' there. I haven't even made it to the ship. That's when I notice that I ain't movin' forward anymore. "Dammit! Why'd they have to have shields?!? What is this, Star Trek or somethin'?" I yell as I start to fall. I twist my body and look down as the ground gets closer and closer.

This is gonna hurt...someone else...a lot. And then I smash into the ground, a cloud shootin' up above me. I crawl out of the hole and look back up to that ship, spittin' on the ground at the sight of it. "Ok, guess we'll have to try it another way."

That's when I hear voices from around the corner talking about comin' up with a strategy to take someone down. I take a look and see a freak in a cape, a kid with a spider fetish (yeah, I know some of those big word, got a problem with that?) holding onto a grey skinned dude, some robot thing flotin' around, and some blonde guy laying in the rubble. The caped guy I've seen before on the news. Works out of Metropolis or Gotham or one of those loser towns. So I figure the grey-skinned guy is one of these aliens. And from the way the others look beaten up, I wouldn't doubt this being the great Darkman, or whatever that alien commander called him. And boy does he rip those other guys a new one. In a few seconds he's got the spider flying, robo-man crashing down, and Superduper on the ropes.

Well, if these guys need time, I can sure give them some. I step out and crack my knuckels, which is loud enough to get everyone's attention. I start running. "Hey tall, dark, and really really really ugly. Stop THIS!" I leap into a dropkick and plow both feet into his head. I shove him through a car, which explodes, and into a bulding. As the smoke clears, I'm standing on his head while he's burried in rubble.

"YEAH! Nothin' stops the Unstoppable Juggernaut!" I point to the others. "If you guys need time for a plan, I'll give it to you. I'm all ready for a good fight." That's when the ground beneath me begins to shake. I look down.

"Oh **** me..."

 

[LibrarianThorne]

I land, my legs driving about halfway into the ground. I'm finally here. Just outside New York. Took longer than I though (gettin' across the river was the hard part).

I look up..."Holll...ly...Crap!" is all I can say. The ship floating above the city is even bigger than the one I took out over Metropolis. Well...better get started. I get up a good long run and plowing up a mass of ground behind my as I jump. Man, it feels like I'm flyin'...right into that ship! Perfect.

As I get closer I look down. The Big Apple's a big mess. Lots of damage and people running around. Those uglies are flyin' around shootin' up the place. Looks like there are some freaks in costumes running around too. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

I look back up. The ship's right there infront of me, and I mean RIGHT INFRONT of me. How can something be so damn big. Well, time to make it little bitty pieces.

I'm getting closer, almost to the wall...BAM!!! I hit...something. But there ain't nothin' there. I haven't even made it to the ship. That's when I notice that I ain't movin' forward anymore. "Dammit! Why'd they have to have shields?!? What is this, Star Trek or somethin'?" I yell as I start to fall. I twist my body and look down as the ground gets closer and closer.

This is gonna hurt...someone else...a lot. And then I smash into the ground, a cloud shootin' up above me. I crawl out of the hole and look back up to that ship, spittin' on the ground at the sight of it. "Ok, guess we'll have to try it another way."

That's when I hear voices from around the corner talking about comin' up with a strategy to take someone down. I take a look and see a freak in a cape, a kid with a spider fetish (yeah, I know some of those big word, got a problem with that?) holding onto a grey skinned dude, some robot thing flotin' around, and some blonde guy laying in the rubble. The caped guy I've seen before on the news. Works out of Metropolis or Gotham or one of those loser towns. So I figure the grey-skinned guy is one of these aliens. And from the way the others look beaten up, I wouldn't doubt this being the great Darkman, or whatever that alien commander called him. And boy does he rip those other guys a new one. In a few seconds he's got the spider flying, robo-man crashing down, and Superduper on the ropes.

Well, if these guys need time, I can sure give them some. I step out and crack my knuckels, which is loud enough to get everyone's attention. I start running. "Hey tall, dark, and really really really ugly. Stop THIS!" I leap into a dropkick and plow both feet into his head. I shove him through a car, which explodes, and into a bulding. As the smoke clears, I'm standing on his head while he's burried in rubble.

"YEAH! Nothin' stops the Unstoppable Juggernaut!" I point to the others. "If you guys need time for a plan, I'll give it to you. I'm all ready for a good fight." That's when the ground beneath me begins to shake. I look down.

"Oh **** me..."

IC: Darkseid

A fool. This must be bad comedy. Who was this that would have the utter stupidity to attack him so blatantly?

He reached up through the rubble, grabbing this "Juggernaught" by the leg, and threw him into the air. In a moment, Darkseid was on his feet, and walking over to the Juggernaught.

"You desire a struggle, simpleton? You desire battle? Then come. Fight me to your heart's content, for then you shall know terror and pain the like of which your kind has no word for. Come now, and face Darkseid."

 

[LibrarianThorne]

I crash into a building.


Hard.

I try and stand up, and start walking towards Darkseid. My head's woozy as hell, I can taste blood, and I'm sore all over. Wait. Why can't I feel...my...arm....

I look down, and see that my arm is mangled, with shards of bone sticking out of the skin, and bent in the opposite direction of the joint.


Then, the pain hits me.

"AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

ohgodohgodohgodoh....

Suddenly, that black gunk on my glove starts to grow. It keeps growing and growing until it covers my hole body. And then, the pain stops. And then, my arm.....heals.

What the hell's happening to me?

The gunk keeps growing until it covers me like my costume. In fact, I can't even feel my costume under it. Just the gunk. It coverse my eyes, and I cant see. But, then eye holes form. I....

Suddenly, I feel even stronger. Than before. I don;t really know what the **** is going on.....

But I ain't going to waste my time trying to figure it out while there's a bad guy to beat down.

IC: Green Arrow

He saw then a black-clad figure swinging past on what looked like a spider web. Could it be?

"Hey! Spider-Man! Wait! Don't run back yet!"

 

[wiegeabo]

He threw me! The bastard Threw ME!!!

Good.

Now we can get started.

I rush this Darkseid and pull back my fist. He's going to be in for a world of hurt. "Let me show you what I did to that ship of yours over Metropolis!"

I swing...

 

[The Question]

IC: Green Arrow


He saw then a black-clad figure swinging past on what looked like a spider web. Could it be?



"Hey! Spider-Man! Wait! Don't run back yet!"

What?


I jump down and run back towards the Robin Hood wannabe.

"Hi. What do you want? And who the hell are you?"

 

[LibrarianThorne]

He threw me! The bastard Threw ME!!!

Good.

Now we can get started.

I rush this Darkseid and pull back my fist. He's going to be in for a world of hurt. "Let me show you what I did to that ship of yours over Metropolis!"

I swing...

Darkseid scowled, and casually swatted away the massive human's attack. With a sound like a thunderclap, he struck the Juggernaught in the chest, knocking the hulking form back.

"You said you were unstoppable, did you not? Foolish mortal, you have no comprehension of what you now face. Begone."

Red beams erupted from his eyes, impacting into the Juggernaught and pushing him back.

 

[Logan Howlett]

Wolverine



So now that were loaded up with guns and amo, who else is gona help us on this intergalactic suicide mission?

So far we have been unable to succesfully comunicate with many of your kind, but we do have one man in there right now.

Who?

Captain Steven Grant Rogers.

...........................What.....YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!

What...did I miss somethin?

...........Captain America.

HAHAHA! Thats great, first aliens, now corpses.

Shut up Creed, if Rogers IS alive, than we may do ok yet.

We havent bee able to reach him in days. Our intel says hes flying an aircraft to that command ship now.

Great so how we supposed to get aboard.

Well hopefull he'll go by procedure and atempt to use the alien technology to get you aboard. But we have no garuntee, so we need to think of other possible options.

You mean you actualy have a procedure for alien invasion?

Son were SHIELD, we got a procedure for damn near everything.

30 minutes later


We just been waitin here in the A.C. for bout half an hour, no word at all. I keep hearin explosions and chaos outside, what the hell is goin on out there? Finaly the door opens and Furys smillin face comes back to great us.

Sorry boys change of plans. We havent had any communication from the Captain in aproximately thirty minutes. With the threat level out there we have to assume that hes either incapasitated or dead. We must now persue a different option. One I aint exactly to thrilled about it myself but its for my country.

Yur comin with us arent ya bub?

Actualy this intire A.C. and all the troops there in will be acompanying you and providing support on that carrier. The plan is to board while thier docking bays are open, and the only way to do that is to fly in as thier flyin out?

Somehow........suicide mission....just doesnt cover it anymore.

Be quite god damn it. If we can manage to sucure at least one docking bay, for at least a few minutes, than we may be able buy Steve some time to get in too.

Thought ya said he was most likey dead Colonel?

No, I said that we had to ASSUME that hes dead, its procedure, but I can tell ya right now........they couldnt kill THAT S.O.B.

Well what are we waitin for?

 

[LibrarianThorne]

What?


I jump down and run back towards the Robin Hood wannabe.

"Hi. What do you want? And who the hell are you?"

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?"

 

[wiegeabo]

The guy knocks me back. He's lucky I stopped to drive home my fist or he would have found out why I got my name.

Then the guy shoots frickin' laser beams from his eyes! They hit my chest and...hurt? They actually hurt!

At first it's not bad. My skin tingles as the energy envolopes me. Then I start pushing, fighting back the pressure, and it hurts more. My skin feels like it's on fire. Ever since I got my hands on that crystal of Cytorrak I've never felt pain like this. I've never even felt pain as the Juggernaut at all.

I push and push and finally my foot starts to move. I can see Darkseid put more into his blast. My foot comes down. Then my other goes up and comes down. It's not much but I move forward. And once I get going, nothin' stops me. I stomp again, and again, closing the gap. I'm gettin faster as I get some speed behind me. The pressure grows worse. I'm really tickin' this guy off now.

AGGHHHH!!! The pain is in my muscles now! They feel like they burn! But I don't stop for nothin'! Darkseid's really pouring it on. My bones begin to ache but I get within range of him and start bringing my hands up.

"You...ain't...got...nothin'...on.......MEEEE!" I lift my arms. My hands take the blasts, but the energy still pours over me and now my hands feel like they're going to fall off. I think I'm losing skin from my fingers. But I inch closer, then lunge, grabbing his head with my hands and covering his eyes.

Red energy pours over both of us and we shake. Then there's an explosion...

***

I lift my head up and notice I'm laying in rubble. I look at my hand. It's still there, but it, and my body, is smoking. I sit up and feel joints pop. I crack my neck and realize that my helmet's gone. The guy blew my helmet off! Good thing he doesn't look like the telepathic type. I look around. The buildings around us have almost been vaporized. And then I see him. Darkseid's getting up after being blasted back himself. He's smoking too, and doesn't look as good as he once did. And he's really pissed off now.

Good. Because that was...fun. Those other heroes better have gotten out of here, and taken that Fabio wannabe with them. I think we're going to need a lot of breathin' room to fight.

I feel the magic healing my body and I'm already standing up. "One more time pretty boy?"

 

[SuperFerret]

Initiating Armor Status Overview...
All Motor Systems Running At 94%...
All Offensive Systems Running At 99%...
All Defensive Systems Running At 67%...

Initiating Repair Systems...

All Systems Running At 100%...

Initiating Scan Of Human Pilot...
Human Is Severly Wounded...
Fractured Ribs x4...
Hairline Fracture In Left Forearm...
Head Concussed...

Initiating Medical Procedures...
Setting Bones...
Injecting Painkiller Drugs...

Medical Procedures Completed...

Initiating Reviving Procedures...
Injecting Adrenalyne...

Reviving Procedures Completed...

 

[Logan Howlett]

Wolverine



Were all straped in now, and seconds away from hurling into a giant Spaceship...........cant believe I put that sentence together without laughing.

Ya know Creed, I watched that new Star Wars movie a little while before I came to see ya, a field trip for the X-kids ya know, and there was a scene alot like this in there.

Oh yea....howd that go?

They crashed the ship and everone but the stars died.

HA! You sayin were the stars?

If weapon x has a hollywood.

So.....tell me, what happened next, was Vader realy his father?

.........................................When was the last time you went to the movies.

Sometime in the 80's, why?

.....................shut up Creed.

If you two Trekkies are done yakin, we gota mission to do!

We start to come up on the ship, the engienes increase, and I hear military grade weaponry firing, but of couse with the size of a SHIELD A.C., I cant see a damn thin, hell this things bigger than air force one, and were behind several layers of metal. All of a sudden I feel a sudden crash. We must have landed. And of course Fury come back to brief us.

Ok boys we gota bout 15 seconds so listen up. Both of the planes wings have been ripped off, the pilots Dead, half of our infantry has been badly burned, and We were the only ones incased enough to be srcratch free. Those adamantium doors are about to swing open, and we along with the surviving infantry are gona have to take out these alien freaks and sucure this Docking bay! If we can keep it open for at least 5 minutes than someone may be able to come, Hopefully Captian Roggers. Do you understand your orders?!

SIR YES SIR!
SIR YES SIR!

What the hell? Its like that just came out like reflex. I look at Creed, seems like hes in the same boat. To late to worry about that the doors are opening!

 

[SuperFerret]

Ugh...

I stand, dusting off my armor. I feel like I was hit by a truck, but then I remember that I had just been attacked by Darkseid. The "Motherbox" informs me that I'm lucky, 'Seid could've erased me from existence, so the aches in my ribs, arm and head are just signs that I'm fortunate to still be able to feel pain. Jesus Christ, I need a stiff drink.

Time to get back into the game.

I fly out of the ruined apartment I had landed in, and begin to head back to Darkseid, who had just tossed some huge guy in a domed helmet like he was a frisbee. Not a good idea there, but luckily a new one presented itself.

I spot the blonde hammer guy standing talking with Spider-Man, who seems to have changed his costume (how long was I out?) and some Robin Hood wannabe who, upon getting closer, looks suspiciously like Ollie Queen. Hmmph, looks like he learned a few things on that island after all.

I lower to the rooftop and join the gathering.

"I assume we're discussing how to take out our big grey friend over there, correct?"

 

[LibrarianThorne]

The guy knocks me back. He's lucky I stopped to drive home my fist or he would have found out why I got my name.

Then the guy shoots frickin' laser beams from his eyes! They hit my chest and...hurt? They actually hurt!

At first it's not bad. My skin tingles as the energy envolopes me. Then I start pushing, fighting back the pressure, and it hurts more. My skin feels like it's on fire. Ever since I got my hands on that crystal of Cytorrak I've never felt pain like this. I've never even felt pain as the Juggernaut at all.

I push and push and finally my foot starts to move. I can see Darkseid put more into his blast. My foot comes down. Then my other goes up and comes down. It's not much but I move forward. And once I get going, nothin' stops me. I stomp again, and again, closing the gap. I'm gettin faster as I get some speed behind me. The pressure grows worse. I'm really tickin' this guy off now.

AGGHHHH!!! The pain is in my muscles now! They feel like they burn! But I don't stop for nothin'! Darkseid's really pouring it on. My bones begin to ache but I get within range of him and start bringing my hands up.

"You...ain't...got...nothin'...on.......MEEEE!" I lift my arms. My hands take the blasts, but the energy still pours over me and now my hands feel like they're going to fall off. I think I'm losing skin from my fingers. But I inch closer, then lunge, grabbing his head with my hands and covering his eyes.

Red energy pours over both of us and we shake. Then there's an explosion...

***

I lift my head up and notice I'm laying in rubble. I look at my hand. It's still there, but it, and my body, is smoking. I sit up and feel joints pop. I crack my neck and realize that my helmet's gone. The guy blew my helmet off! Good thing he doesn't look like the telepathic type. I look around. The buildings around us have almost been vaporized. And then I see him. Darkseid's getting up after being blasted back himself. He's smoking too, and doesn't look as good as he once did. And he's really pissed off now.

Good. Because that was...fun. Those other heroes better have gotten out of here, and taken that Fabio wannabe with them. I think we're going to need a lot of breathin' room to fight.

I feel the magic healing my body and I'm already standing up. "One more time pretty boy?"

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.

 

[Batman]

The only one left was the Kryptonian. Earth's Superman, guardian and protector.

He would die by Darkseid's hand.

"YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU REPRESENT NOTHING! AND NOW YOU DIE FOR DARKSEID!"

He ran forward, and smashed Superman in the chest with one fist. the force was so great that an immense building behind them was shattered by the concussive force of the blow. The Kryptonian was knocked away by the impact.

It was then Darkseid was startled. He was actually breathing heavy. These... gnats had exerted from him actual effort and expenditure of energy.

His words smash their way into my ears, as his fist comes at me. The massive hand rockets forward with a speed that probably dwarfs my own, and connects to the symbol of my costume. The pain is the single worst pain I've ever felt in my life.

AGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!"

The last thing I feel is the immense pain....and air, before everything goes black.

- - -

My eyes open, half way, as I try to take in whatever happened. My bones... I can actually feel them wanting to crumble. My skin stings. I can feel parts of my costume torn, in areas. Most of all, though, I feel the realisation that there's actually a chance that Darkseid could win.

I groan, as I try to move. My body won't let me. No... I won't let me. It's the pain of it all... I can't will myself to move...

I think of Ma and Pa. How they taught me to never give up, and how they gave me the will to become what I am today. I think of Jor-El, and Lara... my true parents...And how they gave me a purpose. To defend. To protect. To inspire. I think of Lois... and how she, and most of the people I've come across see Superman...me as a hero. As someone who they can count on.

And then, I realise something. Darkseid... He was wrong. I DO represent something. Maybe not to him. Maybe not to many people, like Lex Luthor. But I represent something to the people who want me to protect them. I represent something to the people who NEED me to protect them.


I represent hope.


Suddenly, my body finds new life, as I push myself up. I stumble amongst the rubble, trying to find my balance as I stand, looking at the damage infront of me.

I've been knocked through countless buildings, cars, and other objects throughout Broadway, and even onward. And that was just from a single punch. If I were probably any other man, I would be paste on the end of Darkseid's fist. But I'm not.

I try to fly, but only hover a few feet off of the ground, before hovering back down. I need to rest, for a minute. Usually, I'd be fine, by now. But with Darkseid's ship covering up the sun, and Jor-El's lesson about my abilities being solar powered, It may take alot longer for me to recover than usual.

Iron Man was right... we need a strategy. If I keep attacking him head on, This isn't the last time something like this is going to happen to me today. A group effort, with thought put behind it, might be the answer to this.

I stumble into the streets, which are virtually deserted, now. Rubble and glass are now inplace of the traffic that I witnessed just hours ago. A grave reminder about how this invasion has affected us all.

I stand, for a moment, taking in the last of the pain within my body. Pain isn't something I'm used to... Especially on this level.

And then... I rocket into the sky, using all of my strength, all of my ability to push myself into doing it. I fly back into Broadway in the space of seconds, flying past partially destroyed buildings and anarky, as I spot various, strangley clad people in the streets, once more.

Iron Man and Thor, however, are the only people that I recognise, aside from Darkseid, whose battling someone else. Someone bigger, clad in red, almost the size of the Hulk. One of the others is clad in black, with a white spider on his ch...

...

Spider-Man. He's...changed clothes, I see. I quickly ignore it as my attention comes to a man in green spandex, standing among them. I've seen him before, during the beginning of the battle...

I fly into the area, and land among them aswell.

"I assume you're all ready to try something new?"

 

[LibrarianThorne]

Ugh...

I stand, dusting off my armor. I feel like I was hit by a truck, but then I remember that I had just been attacked by Darkseid. The "Motherbox" informs me that I'm lucky, 'Seid could've erased me from existence, so the aches in my ribs, arm and head are just signs that I'm fortunate to still be able to feel pain. Jesus Christ, I need a stiff drink.

Time to get back into the game.

I fly out of the ruined apartment I had landed in, and begin to head back to Darkseid, who had just tossed some huge guy in a domed helmet like he was a frisbee. Not a good idea there, but luckily a new one presented itself.

I spot the blonde hammer guy standing talking with Spider-Man, who seems to have changed his costume (how long was I out?) and some Robin Hood wannabe who, upon getting closer, looks suspiciously like Ollie Queen. Hmmph, looks like he learned a few things on that island after all.

I lower to the rooftop and join the gathering.

"I assume we're discussing how to take out our big grey friend over there, correct?"

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."

 

[Logan Howlett]

Wolverine


The door swings open, and Oh my Lucas if it aint just the same! Thier everywhere, scuryin like insects. But......calculated, efficiant. These guys are pros, but so are we! A blaze of bullets and blasters sweep through the air. All of us using the best military traing we got under our respective belts. But it aint enough. Thier better, swifter, stronger, than most of our men, they go down like flys, a few lucky shots are taken, and even a few dead eyes, but it aint enough.

SCREW THIS! TIME FOR SOME NATURAL TALENT!

I drop the gun and pop my claws.

More like it runt!

Together we rush them. Hot bursts of energy tearin through mybody, my claws tearin through thiers. We take down more and more. Strange blood coats the floor. I keep killin, and killin.......and.......

15 minutes later.

Wha......What ....happened......

I can barely remember where I am. I look around, limbs, blood, and organs, some of which I aint never seen the like of. I must have lost it. Gone completely berzerker.

At a boy! Thats how its done! You injoy yurself Runt?

He puts his hand on my shoulder, and I swipe his arm with my claws.

GET OFF A ME!

Ya see......Ima let that one slide cuz of all the good work ya did, but try it again and Darkseid aint gona be yur only worry!

Wheres Fury, I dont see him around?

Back by the plane.

I look back to see him with his leg nearly broke clean off.

General, you ok sir?

Do I look ok dip ****?

Charming to the last.

Last ****! I aint dead yet! You boys just keep this thing open, and try to signal the Cap.

And how e supposed to do that?

How do we celbrate in America soilder? Fireworks.

What?

In the back of the ship, we got miltary grade flares that acts as a signal for downed aircraft. Fire em off at the end off the bay, He'll know.

I re-eneter the A.C. and head for the back. I begin to search the cargo for the flares. Finaly I see a huge honkin stick marked explosive. Guess thats it. I head back to the hangar bay and set em' up.

Lets see what we got for the Cappin.

I light the fuse and back away. A huge explosion of light, woulda blinded anyone else, luckly it was facin the Generals BAD eye..............Well I'll be damned, RED, WHITE, and BLUE!

 

[SuperFerret]

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."

Thor? Asgardians?

Oh well, help is help, and he seems to know all about Darkseid, which is good. I'm going to keep what I know to myself right now, so I don't arouse any suspicions. This Thor fellow gave out all the info I would've, so there's no harm done by it, but I still have a feeling that Dinah'd probably kick me in the balls if she found out about this. Damn that woman, where is she?

I can't let that distract me, Darkseid's the big problem at the moment.

"I assume you're all ready to try something new?"

And now, Superman has joined the party. Damn, he looks like crap.