Role Play Board: Re: The Death of an Amazon (part three

Re: The Death of an Amazon (part three - Whatever Week)

Posted by Wonder Woman (vixen) on 8/30/2008, 7:45 pm, in reply to "Re: The Death of an Amazon (part two - Whatever Week)"
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27th of August 2008: 13:42pm: Luthor Corp:
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He had gone straight to the one place he believed he would be, every fibre in his kryptonian cells told him Lex’s bravado would force him to be in the public spotlight. He was wrong, instead he found himself facing several members of the league. The warnings came from both sides, us telling him to step down and stop what he was doing and his warning for us to get out of his way. At first it seemed like no one was willing to raise arms against him, which is exactly why J’onn had ordered that Guy Gardner had been sent on the first team.

His ring blazes with emerald energy, striking Kal-El in the chest, it stings, but nothing more. Kal soon fights it off. He manages to stay calm, once more explaining why Lex needs to pay, but Guy doesn’t give him the chance to sweet-talk anyone else over to the cause. The next few minutes the rest of us on the Watchtower can only look on in horror, Guy Gardner is the first, in a burst of rage Superman sweeps in, snapping the arm like a twig. Unable to use his ring Guy drops down out of the sky, saved only by the assistance of Raven who quickly begins healing what she can. Power Girl and Hawkman are next in, Hawkman’s energy mace strikes hard, it’s mystical Nth metal forces Kal to scream. Power girl continues with the heavy assault, her attacks relentless, unlike Supergirl who has been missing since the start of Superman’s press conference, Power Girl appears to have made peace with what needs to be done. Her blows are staggering, we all knew she was strong but cutting lose like this, it’s almost scary to witness. Still the fifth player sent has only just begun to make his presence felt.

Dr Fates energy blasts slam hard into Kal’s body, magic has always been one of Kal’s biggest weakness and yet even now it only just seems to break the surface of his almighty power. Striking back he grabs hold of Hawkman, swinging him round and round he sends him flying in to Dr Fate, the strength of which sends both hero’s plummeting to the ground. Leaving Power Girl alone against Superman. He goes to speak but she instead fly’s straight at him, her fists outstretched as she builds speed. Kal meets her, fist on fist. The resulting explosion knocks out all the glass in every window for several blocks. Every one waits watching their TV screens as the fight is now broadcasted throughout the world. They can only look on as the dust settles and Superman continues his pursuit of Lex.

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14:28pm; The Island of Themyscira:
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“By the gods Diana you are safe”

“Mother it is good to see you, but I am in need of your help”

“Name it child”

“I need the gauntlet of Atlas”

“Diana you can’t be serious, in a normal woman it can increase their strength and stamina by ten folds, in you it would make you more powerful than even Hades”

“I don’t need to be stronger than the gods mother, just Superman”

“Our eyes are not so blind that they do not see what happens beyond our shores, Diana I am your mother and this is your home. You would be safe here you know that and yet still you ask for the gifts needed to defend the outside world”

“What else would you have me do mother, stand by and let everything I have come to believe in be destroyed”

“No my daughter, but come. If we are to prepare you for battle, then you shall leave here as a true Amazon, we have more than just gauntlets at our disposal”

By the time I leave Themyscira, the gauntlets of Atlas are in my possession; even now I dare not place them upon my hands. Upon my head, golden armour in the shape of an eagle protects most of my body, on my hips as always my lasso and tiara rest on one side, on the other a sword forged as a gift from Hephaestus himself, so sharp it is said to split even atoms, I prey it is enough.

I contact J’onn who tells me he has still to receive word from Batman, as for Clark it is a different story, by now he has defeated several waves of the league. Each time the outcome is the same; the only difference is the ending result. Every attack has so far lead to a more brutal encounter, Kal-El’s attacks become that much more aggressive.

So brutal have the attacks been that now there are only three more heavy hitters strong enough to go up against him, the first is already on route. The second is still missing and the third, well the third is flying away from Themyscira at high speed ready for the biggest battle of her life.

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Gothem City: 15:28pm:
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“You sure we’re going to be safe here?”

“No where on Earth is going to be safe for you right now Lex, not even here. But for now this is the safest place I can think of and it’s keeping you alive. Now before we continue let me make one thing perfectly clear. You deserve to die for what you did, but I wont let Superman be the one to do it.”

“You’re wasting my time”

“I’m glad you think that, now just how badly do you want superman dead”

“Why Batman you’re kidding right?”

“I’m not prone to making jokes. I have faith in the league, but realistically they can’t stop him and the ones that maybe could will hold back just enough to lose the fight. Which means its down to you and me Luthor, we have has much time as my friends can buy us, and all the resources of the entire league at our disposal to make a weapon that can kill Superman and you my friend, you are going to help me build it”

“Now you are speaking my language”

Turning on the lights, the underground caverns illuminates an eerie glow of green, scattered around are large quantities of unused equipment, enough to build anything a mad man can think of. Even better enough Kryptonite to make sure Lex can finally fulfil his so-called destiny.

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15:49pm
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The red streak that has slowly been making its way around the world, comes to a stop for what has been the sixth time today, the last five times have consisted of more and more league members being taken apart by the best they had to offer. Now a single champion chosen by J’onn stands defiantly in the path of the man of steel. His red and gold costume shines in the sun.

“I was wondering when they would send you”

“Come on Superman, we don’t need to fight”

“I know, you can just step aside”

“I can’t do that”

“Then it looks like we have a problem”

This time it is Superman who strikes first, knowing that the man before him may win if he doesn’t. However blessed with the speed of Mercury, Captain Marvel dodges the attack, instead grabbing Superman by the cape. With the strength of Hercules he pulls hard, dragging the hero back, whilst at the same time he strikes with a clenched fist. The resounding hit strikes like thunder. Sending the man of steel thundering towards the earth, flying behind him Captain Marvel races fast, slamming hard in to Superman’s chest.

Both beings hit the dirt as an explosion on par with a bomb sends rock and dust high in to the air; a cloud with the strength of the world’s strongest missile scatters outwards. Inside the cloud, noises like the sound of thunder can be heard, more dust explodes, as the dust intensifies like a sandstorm creating a wall of impenetrable particles that makes it almost impossible to see. Unless that is you have x-ray vision.

“If you know what is good for you, stay down” Superman’s words are harsh and bitter, as he slams a fist into the face of the young Captain Marvel, a second blow follows, then a third and a forth.

Believing the fight to be over, superman goes to move away, only to find his foot caught, turning he sees a hand clenched tight around his ankle.

“SHAZAM” Marvel speaks the word as he lets go of Superman’s foot just in time to move out of the lightning’s path. It strikes Kal-El with all the strength of a god. The magical lightning of Zeus causes even Superman to scream. He attempts to rise, but a single word drives him to the floor once more. “SHAZAM”

The lightning keeps coming three, four, five times. The man of steels clothes burn, as does his skin. For the first time in a long time, Superman is forced to bleed blood over the scorched soil.

What happened next was lucky never to be recorded, it was the moment Kal-El, Clark Kent crossed the line that could never be pulled back.

“SHAZAM”

No sooner has Captain Marvel uttered the word than does he feel the hand clasp tightly around his throat, the strength takes him by surprise and the lightning does the rest. Unable to avoid it’s path, the lightning strikes its course true, forcing the great and powerful Captain to be turned back in to his human guise Billy Batson. Now a simple human boy, stripped of the strength of Hercules and the courage of Achilles he screams for help, instead his scram is silenced as two beams of crimson light slice through his skull, piercing his brain and spilling an innocents blood to land lifeless on the earth below.

To Be Continued…