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Legion World: home to the LMBP, as well as various other citizens who have come here for sanctuary from those in the world who look to bring pain and persecution. It is vast and beautiful, created by the trio of Nightcrawler, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl. These three founders looked to create a world where people would not be bothered by those who take pleasure in bringing misery to others, although this good deed was rewarded with the curse that they could now never actually leave Legion World. They were it's greatest caretakers, and all of Legion World depended on them, although they quietly depended on their friends for support since they could never again leave. A forth founder, Kid Prime, also helped create Legion World, and brought with him one of the most important contributions: the LMBP.
The LMBP was founded on many of the same principles as Legion World, the spreading of order, justice and good-heartedness. Existing as a force for 'good', the LMBP strived to make the world a better place. Enduring numerous roster changes, a long and often hard history, a cadre of enemies who looked to destroy their world and the death and loss of their loved ones, members and friends, the LMBP served as a beacon for all that was great in the world.
With the LMBP in place, Nightcrawler adapted Legion World in that the line between the LMBP and Legion World became blurry, so that the LMBP roster was almost always full and more effective than ever. The LMBP leader, a tradition stemming back from Lard Lad as the first, continued on as Legion World leader and LMBP leader simultaineously. Princess Crujectra, longtime LMBer, was elected as the first Legion World leader, although she was actually the tenth LMBP leader. Nightcrawler, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad assumed from the onset that they would never be involved in leadership elections; their job was to make sure Legion World operated correctly, they had no desire for a term in office.
On Legion World, it's citizens began creating a life for themselves. As a colony that acted as a sanctuary to keep them safe, the citizens developed a Security Office, Cafes, and other estabilshments to create a new life there. SHAKES, a bar created by Semi-Transparent Fellow, a resident of Legion World, soon became a second home to many on Legion World, and served as an example for what this community could be about. Another place on Legion World was the Hall of Fallen Heroes, created by the LMBP Spectre, the most powerful of all LMBers, where the dead who had fallen in battle were honored. Among them were Foodmaker Kid, Bowels-Bursting Boy, Tsarin Kid and most prominently, Space Tart.
With Legion World, the LMBP was introduced to a massive amount of new citizens that were immediately inducted into the ranks of the LMBP: Space Ranger, Outdoor Miner, Arachne, Harbinger, Fat Cramer, and others joined the previously formed crew and easily filled their depleted ranks. Old and new alike, Legion World now had a massive force for security and safety, or 'super-heroes' as some prefer, to go along with it's large community.
Everything was new and different, everything had a wonderful and strange new sense of awe. And many traditions continued, including the bad ones. Tales of sadness and epic battles were an ongoing occurance for the LMBP. Here is one of those tales...
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Esk, one of the newest LMBers, awoke in the middle of the night. She'd had a dream. Except her dreams often showed her what would one day occur. Usually they'd predict the future and give her forsight into the events of the near-future. This dream was different. It felt more like a mixture of her forsight power and a normal dream. As if it was a little of both. As if it could occur, and was likely to occur, but then again, could never exist at all.
"Likely to never exist at all" she decided, and with good reason. This dream took place many years in the future, at least five years after the LMBP disbanded. Besides some teenager kid, the words "Five years later" was all that she recalled, and after awhile, she knew that it couldn't be true, because it was starting to fade. Although it was strange...she usually never wakes up that way unless her foresight powers are kicking in.
"Who knows? Sometimes the universe acts strange and weird things happen" she smiled to herself. After all, she had already seen some pretty weird stuff here on Legion World and with the LMBP.
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Space Ranger sat at his security desk, buried in paper work. He grumbled to himself, since Cobalt had promised him months ago that there wouldn't be much paper work. What he really meant was that there wouldn't be much paper work until the new leader was elected, and then they'd have to rush together a huge overview of all that had happened during the previous term. While Cobalt smiled and shrugged and looked at a pretty young lady outside, Emerald Empress thought about her harem and Shark Lad thought only of his next meal, Space Ranger found himself feeling a bit of guilt at not getting this done on time, and so decided to take an active hand in fixing the problem. The others helped, but no one seemed to want to get the job done as fast as possible. Space Ranger didn't complain though, he'd been used to people not thinking the same way he did: he saw a potential problem and aimed to fix it immediately. To him it was pretty simple, but he understood others saw things differently and was comfortable with it. Besides, he enjoyed working with Cobalt Kid and liked having him as Security Chief, it seemed to be something that Cobalt excelled at. Although Crujectra originally gave him the job of Security Chief to help give him something to take him away from his all-consuming grief over his dead wife, Cobalt seemed to fit perfectly with the position. Within his first week of office, Cobalt had signed Space Ranger up as his partner and the two put down an invasion by Thora with enough time to celebrate at SHAKES after the battle.
Space Ranger saw their partnership as something mutually beneficial. At first, Space Ranger didn't easily mesh with many Legion World citizens, his black and white outlook often rubbed others the wrong way and many questioned his intentions. He only had to remember blowing the doors off SHAKES to realize that. Joining up with Cobalt allowed for him to gain a new outlet into the life of Legion World and Space Ranger saw himself easily creating new friendships. He also saw the benefits for Cobalt, and knew Cobalt did the same, although they never talked about it. Cobalt was incredibly strong as a master of magnetism and wanted above all else to be a hero, although he was often impatient, emotionally-tempered and easily misled. Space Ranger acted as an influence to Cobalt to push him in the right direction, to give him a little subtle advice on how to handle himself. Unknown to most, Numf-El had once told Space Ranger that Cobalt was destined to be the "Greatest Hero of them all, and had not realized his own potential yet". At that point, Space Ranger decided that he'd make sure he did his best to help him realize that potential. After all, the Security office was just a fancy name for "Super-Hero Office" and every security officer new it. That was practically Cobalt's sell from the get-go in getting new officers.
Smiling a bit to shrug off his grumpiness, Space Ranger waded through the piles of paper on his desk. It had been one hell of a term. Between Dev-Em's return, the Invasion of Taltar against Thora, Ms. Grundy visiting SHAKES, and an ongoing problem of Illyiana Highlander, Whoredru, Climactus and the Time Mouse Trapper, this term had been fun but filled with huge battles. "Hell, Dusty and Rody are still missing" he smiled, since most of the LMBP could only imagine the kind of trouble they were getting into.
He was surprised to see one file. In it, a security officer was supposed to visit a young boy who was new to Legion World to assess his powers, since they were aware that he did possess some kind of power. No one had ever gone out to meet him, since a super-powered army of Giant Ants had ravaged the world with the Time Mouse Trapper...
"I'll have to fix that..." he thought, wondering if he should send someone, tell Cobalt Kid, or just go out himself...
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"Elagabolus is the boys name, although I have no idea what kind of name that is," said Space Ranger to Arachne and Shark Lad.
"Who knows with the number of worlds there are Ranger, for all we know that could be the most common name on his homeworld."
"Mmph" nodded Shark Lad, either tired or hungry, although none could tell.
"Well, we have no last name for the boy and he came here over a month ago when the latest group of immigrants came in".
Legion World was still amazingly new and every month a large amount of people would apply for membership and come to live there. "The boy must have easily made his way with a larger group, although he doesn't appear to have a mother or father. It says in the file that he's staying with a small family in the farming areas of Legion World, helping out there. He was picked up with a group of weary travellers, and displayed some sort of power that allowed him to speed up the growth of plants. He seemed to be useful so they brought him along". "OK, that makes sense. So he came here, and since everyone that comes to Legion World must be reviewed by the Founders for entry, the passed this file on to us to make sure everything is alright with his power. No problem. The two of us will go out there and make sure all is OK, and then get back here to help you out" said Arachne. Space Ranger smiled, since Arachne was one of the nicer Security Officers who had no problem helping him out. Although effective and deadly in battle she had a certain charm about her. "And if he's not OK, I'll eat him" said Shark Lad jokingly for no other reason than to annoy Space Ranger. "Just get going..." he said with a half-amused, half-annoyed look on his face. ------------------------------
Arachne and Shark Lad headed out to the farmlands of Legion World. Despite the new technology that was constant in their time, people still needed to be fed and people still needed jobs to keep them busy. Farming was a small business on Legion World, but absolutely necessary: it created a self-sufficient system for feeding the citizens, helped the eco-system of the planet and gave citizens their own property. The notion of farming being a thing of the past never even approached the sophisticated mind of Arachne, as she and her partner flew overhead.
She was a newer member of the Security office, although she'd been on Legion World for some time. She originally came during the original months of Legion World's founding, where she met the other citizens there as well as members of the LMBP. Getting to know the regulars at SHAKES, Arachne joined up with the LMBP along with Semi Transparent Fellow and others, and had recently signed on with the security office since she'd become good friends with StuRat, the current leader and Cobalt Kid, the Security Chief. Shark Lad was different, since he was once a very prominent LMBer from the past, serving on the team for some time. Like other LMBers, he left the team for a bit, although in his case it was because he had suffered a period in his life where he had become evil. After finally returning to the side of his fellow LMBers, Shark Lad took time off to rest, and never rejoined his fellows until his travels took him to Legion World, where the LMBP had regrouped after a recent terrible crisis. Overjoyed to see them and surprised to see how overjoyed they were to see him, Shark Lad rejoined the LMBP and became fast friends with the Legion Worders. He joined up in the Security Office too eventually, although he was always up for any LMB mission.
Arachne was still amazed at how many immigrants came to Legion World every month. Although it was a decision that made sense. Here, on Legion World, someone could find safe haven from the misery and more common rudeness that was sadly rampant in the world. The LMBP itself had just suffered a terrible crisis when it came to Legion World. A great many of their number were lost or retired, and they had suffered a rough period. Crusader, the brother to Princess Crujectra and former leader himself, now stayed at the LMBP Outpost to monitor that part of the galaxy, and more importantly to be there if any LMBers ever turned up looking for their lost friends. This was a serious under-taking that he had created for himself and required serious sacrifice in that he was away from his beloved sister and friends. However, it proved to be an important place, as LMBers did return and were directed to Legion World from there, such as Faraway Lad, Galahadran and her own boss Cobalt Kid. Worse off than Crusader was poor Space Tart, whom Arachne never even meant. Spoken of only in the higest regard, Space Tart was a consistent LMBer who everyone loved. She sacrificed her life in the great crisis so that the LMB could live. Worse, when she died, she believed her husband, Cobalt Kid, was also dead, although he returned a mere few months later to learn of her death. She was a major LMBer who was friend to many, inspiration to more and the true love to one in particulur; her death exemplifies the loss that the LMBP suffered before coming to Legion World.
Arachne's somber thoughts took a more upbeat turn, as Shark Lad flew down and dived into a river. Shark Lad lavishly enjoyed the feel of the water on his skin and when he arose he had a large amount of fish in his mouth. He was one who did not hesitate to let his animal side take over.
Slowly, they approached the farmlands. Cobalt Kid didn't kid around when he said that many citizens worshipped them as their idols. They had to be a bit subtle in their approach. Elagabolus was the boy's name, as strange as Space Ranger thought that was. Hopefully this would be quick, it was kind of a waste of resources to have both of them out there anyway...
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"There he is" said Arachne to Shark Lad, as the two watched from the shadows.
Up ahead, they saw a lot of people farming and doing day-to-day activities. Slightly to the left of them all, they saw a young boy playing in a garden, talking alone to himself, moving through the various crops that were there. He appeared to be as ordinary as any other boy, about ten years old, black hair and slightly shorter than average for his age. "Elagabolus," thought Shark Lad, "...that is a slightly weird name. Hopefully this will be quick..."
The boy played on, moving out of the garden into the long grass, letting his hand glide against the grass as he did. As he moved, the grass that he touched appeared to grow greener and even longer, although the boy didn't notice. He hummed to himself, trying to stay out of the view of the various farmers who were working incredibly hard. They allowed him to keep to himself and not join in on the chores, since he apparently had the power to make things grow easier. He stopped short suddenly, seeing a very pretty lady up ahead, dressed in a green outfit with sunglasses on that made her look cool.
"Hi," she smiled softely. "Elagabolus, right? I'm Arachne." The boy couldn't help but smile back, although he was weary of strangers. "I'm here to talk to you. I work for the government here on Legion World, and I know that you're a new arrival..." As Arachne talked to the boy, Shark Lad watched on, slightly paying attention to the conversation, but paying more attention to the scenario around him. It looked plain enough, just as the boy did (besides his name), and he wanted to make sure it was really as boring as he believed it to be. Besides, Arachne was more equipped to make the boy feel comfortable, and his appearance might scare him. Shark Lad let his instincts take over now, trusting them to alert him to any trouble.
"Do you talk?" said Arachne finally after introducing herself and explaining why she was there. "Yes." said the boy. "People call me Elag, so you don't have to pronounce my whole name. I just got here really. The farmers feed me and give me somewhere to sleep at night, but no one really talks to me that much. No one really has since my grandfather died...except in my dreams." Arachne felt bad for him suddenly, and almost a bit angry that the farmers didn't talk to the boy more, keeping him on to help with their plants. "Tell me about your grandfather then Elag, and how you came here. And tell me what it is you can do..."
Shark Lad closed his eyes for a second, to relax. The sun was hot, and he didn't like being out of the water for too long. Something stirred in him suddenly. He recognized his instincts kicking in immediately. Something seemed wrong. Looking over, he saw Arachne and the boy walking to him slowly, in conversation. He saw various other farmers walking around. One farmer in particulur was walking diagnolly towards Arachne and the boy. At once he felt his Shark instincts kicking in...endangering a friend and a mere boy was something that angered Shark Lad...what was this farmer doing?
Things happened fast, but Arachne reacted in stride. In mid-conversation with the boy, a farmer started walking to them quickly. He suddenly pulled out a long knife, attempting to stab the boy in the back. Shark Lad suddenly appeared out of no where, snatching the farmer with his jaws, and quickly and brutally ending his existence. Arachne had seen Shark Lad do that before, and like many of the LMB, had come to accept that that was part of Sharky.
Before anyone else could react, things got stranger. What appeared to be two black shadows suddenly came out of the grass to their side, apparently going for the boy. Arachne pushed Elag down, and prepared to meet them. Using her power to mentally create webs, she erected a large web in front of them, hoping to stop them. One lashed out at Shark Lad and his touch burnt Shark Lad's skin. Shark Lad yelled in pain, but both he and Arachne knew that if they could touch them, they too could be touched.
The boy scrambled around on the ground, looking up to see what was happening. One shadow became caught in Arachne's web, as Arachne suddenly turned into a large spider, shooting the shadow with venom. The battled Shark Lad, who attempted to bite it. And then suddenly...both shadows were gone.
"What...?" said Arachne.
"Gone!" yelled Shark Lad, "Damn that hurt! Is the boy safe?"
"Elag?" said Arachne, but the boy didn't respond. "Elagabolus?!" she said to him. Up ahead, he looked at what was left of the body of the man Shark Lad had eaten. It was bloody and disgusting, but that wasn't what bothered him. He could swear he was seeing a ghost rising out of the body, and flying off with a wicked grin.
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Cobalt Kid stood in the Hall of Fallen Heroes. He looked up at the statue before him. "Space Tart" read the plaque. He smiled slightly, looking at his dead wife, the only woman he'd truly ever loved.
He couldn't tell whether the smile was from remembering her, or a way for him to try and hide the pain that he still felt. Things were different without Spacey around, and he still missed her so much everyday...
"Cobalt!" yelled Invisible Brainiac coming over to him quickly. Invisible Brainiac was the newest Security Officer and the youngest LMBPer of them all. Most of the LMBP found him to be refreshing, and were glad that he was around. He had already developed a few fast friendships, including one with Cobalt Kid.
"What's the matter IB?" asked Cobalt. "They need you at the Security Office. Some little boy was attacked by shadows or something like that. Something weird, Space Ranger wanted me to get you. He said to check SHAKES, but Vee said I should probably check here." "Good. I was on my way to SHAKES anyway, everyone knows me too well" he smiled. "Let's head over then, and then maybe I'll sneak you into SHAKES for a drink"
Inivisible Brainiac smiled at the thought, as he checked out the Hall of Fallen Heroes. He had never actually been in there, but he knew that the LMBP Spectre lived there somehow, like a ghost or something. He saw the statues of Fallen LMBers and felt a bit uncomfortable. Was that a price he or his friends might have to pay someday? He saw the statue of Space Tart and suddenly felt bad for his friend and boss.
"Everything OK, boss?" he asked. Cobalt looked at him, with a hint of surprise. He smiled. "Everything is great. Now tell me about this boy..."
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"So what do we know so far?" said Cobalt to Space Ranger and the other Security Officers.
"He was attacked" replied Space Ranger, "But let's start at the beginning. His name is Elagabolus, which I think is a rather strange name. We don't have any last name and don't know if they used him on his home planet. Mainly because, we don't know what his home planet is. He said that he doesn't remember his parents, and that since he was a boy, his earliest memories are of his grandfather, whose name was Cirrus. When he was about nine, his grandfather died. From what he tells us, his grandfather used to take in weary travellers. When he heard about a place being created called Legion World from these travellers, he asked that they take the boy with them in return for his allowing them to stay at his home. They agreed and that's how he got here"
Cobalt smiled, admiring Space Ranger's bluntness and ability to weed through the details and get to the point. "OK. What else?"
"Supposedly, the boy has the power to make plants grow, and showed it to the travellers, which is probably the main reason they agreed to take him along, since they were all farmers. They've pretty much left him alone most of the time, except encouraging him to play in the crops to help them grow. That's how he got here, with the farmers. That's why I sent Arachne and Shark Lad out to see him, since Nightcrawler requests that everyone with a power undergoes an initial interview."
"Sounds good." said Cobalt. "Arachne?"
"We approached the boy and talked to him and he seemed normal enough. A bit shy, but what do you expect from a boy that hardly anyone talks to. And suddenly, we were attacked. A farmer, one Jacob Yszzger attacked him with a knife, until Sharkey bit his head off" At this point Sharkey laughed to himself, as Space Ranger raised an eyebrow. The Emerald Empress grinned. "Then two shadow-like things came at us. We fought them off and I had one incapacitated in my web, knocked out from my venom, when they suddenly dissapeared. Out of thin air. They were real enough though, one burned Sharkey."
"There's more" said Shark Lad. "When the shadows dissapeared, the boy, Elagabolus, said that he saw a ghost rise up out of the dead man's body. This guy, Jacob Yszzger, was a normal guy. No reason to attack anyone. He had a nice life, good friends, had been here for awhile, no reason to act strange, he never had before. He may have not been controlling his own actions" Space Ranger put his fingers to his eyes thinking about Sharkey killing him. Cobalt looked at him and widened his eyes, but said nothing. Sharkey was a shark after all, and had come so far from where he once was.
"So he may have been possessed or something. Great, a mystery is on our hands. What about the boy?" said Cobalt Kid.
"He's here in headquarters with Super Lad Kid." replied Emerald Empress.
"We don't really know much about him. What his power really is. Why would ghosts and shadows attack him? Who is this kid?" said Cobalt.
"We will have to protect him now" said EE.
"Agreed" said Space Ranger
"He's just a kid though guys" said Arachne, "go easy on him"
"Yeah" said Invisible Brainiac
"You're just a kid too!" said Sharkey smiling
"We'll protect him" said Cobalt. "I'll have to tell Stu though, and try and figure what's going on. Someone get Doctor One to see if he can run some tests on the boy"
"Cobalt..." said Arachne
He smiled. "Space Ranger see if you can get Harbinger to talk to him too. She's good with kids, knows how to talk to them. This looks like it'll be a Legion World problem now, we can't have people being attacked here. I'll talk to a few people, see what I can find out."
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Cobalt Kid walked into SHAKES, noticing that it was still early in the day and not a lot of people were in the bar yet. Semi was behind the counter readying the bar, while Vee was at the bar too. Kara was picking up a few glasses at the tables. Space Ranger was already there, having a Johnny Walker Black with Kid Prime, who was having a Grey Goose and tonic.
Walking over to Semi and Vee, Cobalt nodded, and Semi grabbed him a Jack on the rocks. "What's up Cobie?" said Vee. "Eh, actually a bit of business tonight." He said. Everyone knew that Semi didn't allow politics to enter SHAKES and didn't like the idea of business going on in the bar either. But every so often, Cobalt would come in not to drink, but to talk to Semi and Vee about matters of Security. As bartenders and co-owners of SHAKES, they often had access to a lot of information that they could overhear. Never one to talk about someone's secrets, Semi was still willing to help out Cobalt once in awhile if someone's welfare was at stake. Cobalt knew that preventing the death of a young boy was more than enough for Semi and Vee to volunteer any info they had.
Sadly, they had none. "Nothing Cobie, I've never even heard of this boy...Elagabolus?"asked Semi.
"Yeah, neither had I. Something strange is afoot though. I guess just keep your ears open guys...thanks".
"No prob Cobie" replied Vee, "but be careful. I know you hate it, but this sounds a bit like magic. Let Semi and I know if you need anyone for some espionage."
"Will do" smiled Cobalt
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Doctor One stood in front of the boy as he was sitting, examining him with a device he created. A large and intimidating rock-like figure, Doctor One served as the resident, doctor/scienctist on Legion World. Although he continually tried to tell the LMBPers that he was limited in his knowledge of science and medicine, most of the LMBP knew he was being modest; in short, he was brillant. However, his large rock-like body was more of an illusion. Despite his size, Doctor One was relatively weak, as strong as an ordinary man who never worked out.
"Hm, nothing" he thought to himself, "everything on the boy seems normal, despite having the power to make things grow. Which is a bit strange in itself, usually my equipment can detect any mutations in a person's physiology..."
"Elag," said Harbinger, "is there anything else that you can do with your powers?" Harbinger was also by Elagabolus's side, having been asked by Space Ranger to stay with him. She understood, the boy had recently been attacked and now they wanted him to be examined by the resident doctor. She understood, but she also understood how children were and wanted to make sure the boy was alright. Besides being a powerful and mighty LMBer, not to mention a gorgeous bombshell, Harbinger was also an educater, a teacher to children. She understood kids, and both Cobalt and Space Ranger figured she'd be the best pick to talk to Elagabolus.
"Besides helping the plants grow Belinda?" asked the boy.
"Yes. Is there anything else you can do?"
"I don't really know, I never really tried. I don't think I make them really grow though..."
"What do you mean Elag?"
"It's more like I make them healthier. Like I just make sure they don't get dirty and sick. It's hard to explain..."
"You're doing fine. What makes you think that about your powers?"
"Well, I...I can just feel it when I touch them...and I don't know...when I wake up sometimes, I feel like I've been practicing in my dreams..."
Doctor One raised an eye-brow at this. Harbinger was apparently getting a lot more information than he was, so far nothing happened. "Do it to this plant" he said, handing him a small cactus plant. "Ok" said the boy, a bit intimidated by Doctor One's huge stature. Elag put his hand on the plant, and just like he said, it appeared to grow greener, and a bit larger. More healthy looking.
"Amazing..." smiled Harbinger, not really too amazed, having seen some incredible powers in her day. After all, why would shadows attack a boy with this small power.
"Yes..." said Doctor One, touching the cactus. The spikes were even sharper than before too! He could tell, as he accidently cut his hand on one. "Ow, that actually hurts" he half-smiled.
Elagabolus reached over and grabbed his pricked finger. The boy's forehead looked like he concentrated quickly, and then he smiled. Doctor One's pricked finger...was now healed.
Doctor One looked up, his eyes wide. "Now that...is interesting."
"Elag," smiled Harbinger, "didn't I ask you if you can do anything else?"
"Oh yeah" the boy said sheepishly, "I can do that"
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Emerald Empress watched from the corner, as Doctor One and Harbinger talked to the boy Elagabolus. She stood upright tirelessly, a habit of good breeding and etiquette that had become part of her personality. With the Emerald Eye of Ekron, she was one of the most powerful of all the LMBers, which was only heightened by her shrewd mind and willfulness. She had recently come to Legion World some months earlier and joined the Security office sometime later, after proving herself in battle by taking on Evil Queen, the Royal Inquisitor and some others. Before coming to Legion World, she had a history of unlawfulness, often standing against authorities for various reasons. She had turned to the other side though now, and after months of suspicion had finally earned the complete trust of the LMBP, including Cobalt Kid and Space Ranger, her two friends in the Security Office. Still, this Elagabolus affair seemed to bore her slightly, she was not one to enjoy baby-sitting duty.
By her side was Invisible Brainiac, the newest member of the Security Office and the youngest LMBer of all. He stood invisibly, not very comfortable in the spotlight. He was a bright young man himself, although if one were to ask him he’d reply that he was “nowhere as smart as Doctor One”. Cobalt had recognized this as shy modesty immediately, the boy was simply brilliant. The LMBers believed his intelligence worked when he was invisible, although this was something Invisible Brainiac had led them to believe. In truth, his power worked fine, he just was uncomfortable to have people watch him think, especially the LMBers that he admired so much. He didn’t realize that the LMBers all held him in the highest regard, especially after he was able to rally them together at the Hootchie Hut to return to battle the Rainbow Man of Ekron some weeks earlier. He had shown his true colors that day and showed that he held the qualities that would make him a great leader one day, as well as a great hero now. Cobalt even looked at him as a little brother, someone who continued to grow every day as a hero. Watching Doctor One and Harbinger though, he could tell that something strange was going on with Elagabolus at the moment. The two seemed excited, and the Empress began to move forward slowly to see what was going on.
“How often have you healed before?” asked Doctor One, now visually excited to learn the extents of the boys power.
“Not often. Just myself on occasion. Sometimes animals in the woods that are injured, like birds who couldn’t fly. Is that ok?”
“That’s fine honey” replied Harbinger. “We’re just wondering how much you could heal. How far you can go. That’s quite an extraordinary power.”
“Thanks” he said shyly. He was only a ten year old boy Doctor One reminded himself.
“Elag, I’m going to bring in another hurt LMBer, Numf-El, who has a sprain collar bone. Do you think you could lay your hands on him and heal him?” asked Doctor One
“I-I could try…” said the boy.
“That’s all we ask” smiled Harbinger.
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Invisible Brainiac watched as Numf-El joined the heroes in the laboratory. He and the Empress had moved up to join the others, as Doctor One continued to ask the boy questions. It was apparent that Elagabolus had the power to heal, as well as makes things grow. Doctor One had seen healing powers before, but not like this. By healing the human body as well as plant organisms, Elagabolus contained some kind of power that was able to make life grow, or make life healthier. In essence, the boy could further life to some degree. It was a very strange ability, but a powerful one.
Numf-El was one of the more colorful LMBers, and Invisible Brainiac got a kick out of him. Harbinger smiled at him with a mixture of amusement and thoughts of “here we go again” going through her head. Numf smiled back.
“What’ve we got here? Some little git makes things grow, an yer askin’ me to come by? What the hell fer?”
Doctor One shook his head. “Just to see something Numf. It’ll be quick. I promise”
“It better be. I got half a pint to finish before I move on to the next one, yer cutting into me drinking time.” Harbinger shook her head slightly with a smile. “What’re ye smilin’ at? We should be the ones smilin’ with those wonderful bazoobies around” Invisible Brainiac chuckled and the boy Elagabolus looked at Doctor One quizzically. Emerald Empress sighed and walked away. “Where’re you goin’?”
“Shh.” Said Doctor One. “Numf, how’s the shoulder and collar bone?”
“It fuckin’ hurts, what’ya think?”
“OK. Elag, I want you to lay your hand on his shoulder for me. Try to make it feel better. When you’re done we’ll see what we can do about his mouth and that language”.
Invisible Brainiac watched as Elagabolus, timidly at first, put his hand on Numf-El’s shoulder. The boy seemed to concentrate, as Numf-El gave him a look like “What the hell are you doing?”, although Harbinger gave him a nudge. Suddenly the boys eyelids closed, and a blue light came from under his hand. And suddenly, Numf-El felt no pain.
“Shite! I feel better!”
“You’re better now,” said Elagabolus. “It’s not broken anymore, I fixed it.”
Doctor One smiled widely, in shock. The boy evidently had the power to heal, and there was no telling how powerful he was. Elag smiled at the reaction, as Numf-El stretched out his arm.
The Empress came back over, and she began talking to Harbinger and Doctor One about what was happening. Numf-El made a few more comments about Harbinger and the Empress, and Invisible Brainiac laughed along with him. Elagabolus, however, froze solid for a minute. In front of him, he saw a person. The person had been in his dreams for months.
Septimus. That was the man’s name. With a thick black beard and black-grayish hair, and a face that looked worn and wrinkled, as if he had been concentrating too hard for too many years. He appeared in Elag’s dreams, and spoke to him. And he was very mean, to the point where the only word that Elag could think of to describe him…was ‘evil’.
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Lard Lad snuck into the kitchen in Stu’s mansion. He had just drank about fifteen beers at SHAKES and decided to raid Stu’s kitchen because he knew Stu had recently re-supplied it with goodies. Grabbing a huge chicken drumstick, Lardy found a keg built into the kitchen wall and poured himself a huge beer. He figured he’d finish this snack and go find a woman to bed down with for a few hours, although, why even wait until he finished when he could just find one now? He spent a good deal of his nights with Hummer Lass, but Lardy was hardly the poster boy for monogamy, and enjoyed finding new ladies to for him to spread his debauchery. After all, it was what he was known for.
He was also known as one of the major forces in the LMB. Cobalt Kid always thought of him as the LMB’s “Big Gun”, what he considered the most potent LMBer to have in battle. Lardy had always been a mainstay of the LMB, and was one of the original founders. He was also voted as the group’s first leader, with almost the majority of the vote, since he was the natural leader of the group. Everyone knew he could have been leader multiple times, but he always tried to decline his nominations to let others get a chance at leader. He was a Lard-Knight, one of the most powerful forces in the universe, who wished to serve the forces of good over evil. Using his own and other peoples Lard to power himself, Lardy’s Lardforce was immeasurably powerful.
However, he was hungry first and foremost. And a chicken drumstick wasn’t going to cut it. Then he needed to spread his seed. Then maybe some more drinking before he found a place to pass out.
Then he heard a scream. And some yelling. And maybe some…blasting? Immediately, Lardy recognized the sounds of a large fighting erupting on Legion World, and his keen Lardforce senses detected them as coming from Doctor One’s laboratory. Using his Lardforce, he ported over there immediately.
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Septimus smiled at Elagabolus, a grim slight smile that appeared to be forced form an otherwise grim man. “My boy…what are you doing with these people? They are not the ones for you” The boy, very scared, just stared back. “I have not visited you for awhile…I was hoping you would visit me. Our relationship cannot always be so…one-sided”.
“I…I don’t want to talk to you” replied Elagabolus. “I am sorry then young man, because I am talking to you,” replied Septimus. “I have been visiting you for some time now, I have tried to tell you the truth about your nature. And it does not adhere to the nature of these people you have found yourself with. You are like me boy…you have power. Magic.”
“I don’t want you to visit me in my dreams anymore. I don’t like talking to you…I-I’m scared…”
“BE SCARED!” yelled the Mage. “I am offering you a chance to talk to me peacefully. If you decline like you did last time, then I will show you what happens to those who decline my offerings…like last time,” replied Septimus, this time smiling with those last three words. “Let me show you your true nature, your true power”.
“N-No” said Elagabolus. The mage’s smile left him. He disappeared.
Invisible Brainiac suddenly noticed that Elagabolus was shaking. He looked pale white, visibly shaken. On a closer looked, the boy looked horrified, frightened out his mind! “Elag, are you OK?”
The boy never had a chance to respond. All at once, shadows arose out of the floor. A swarm of them came at the boy, as the LMB reacted accordingly. The Empress immediately used the Eye to blast one, although it maneuvered around her. Harbinger leapt at one, knocking it back, although the touch of it burnt her hand even through her gloves. “What the-?!” yelled Numf-El as two shadows grabbed him by the shoulders burning him. Doctor One immediately grabbed the boy and covered him with his massive body. Invisible Brainiac knew that Doctor One wasn’t invulnerable however, and grabbed the probing device Doctor One was using to swat at the shadows.
Six shadows swarmed them, their touch burning the LMBers, as they moved in and out of the walls. The Emerald Empress blasted a shadow, destroying it, showing that these ghouls could be destroyed! Harbinger, with a renewed sense of being able to fight these things, flew at two of them, clotheslining them backwards, despite the burning sensation they gave. Still, there appeared to be too many, especially since one touch could seriously injure Elagabolus.
Suddenly, Lard Lad appeared a drumstick and pitcher of beer in his hands. “Lardy! We need help!” yelled Invisible Brainiac, as the Lard-Knight took into account what was happening. Using his Lardforce, he quickly blasted two of the shadows swarming in on Doctor One and Invisible Brainiac, instantly destroying them. Numf-El and Harbinger fought the others, pushing them into a quickly thrown together trap, as the Empress and Lardy focused their powers on the spot they were all being pushed into.
Just as the shadows began to disintegrate, a large “BOOM!” erupted! Thrown forward by the blast, the Emerald Empress landed on Lardy, as both looked up to see what made the large noise. Appearing before them, was a large demonic looking dog with three-heads grinding their teeth and snarling at them. The size of small horse, the demonic beast growled loudly and let loose a cascade of fire…
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Cobalt flew magnetically across the street of Legion World. He had heard the loud fight as far down as SHAKES, and then heard the loud “BOOM!” that came after. Using his magnetism to fly above the crowds on the streets of Legion World, he flew over the daily citizens who were rushing to get home now that it was getting pretty dark. “Look, up in the sky!” one yelled, and Cobalt smiled to himself.
The noise definitely came from Doctor One’s laboratory, and that was where the boy Elagabolus had last been left. If that was the case, and he was being attacked, this would be the second attempt on the boy’s life here on Legion World, something that had never occurred before. That made matters far more serious. Space Ranger whizzed by him at top speed, evidently aware that the noise was originating from where they had left the ten-year boy. “Good, SP will be able to lend a hand…” he was thinking, when suddenly, shadows began to rise out of the streets of Legion World, blocking the way to the laboratory.
Attacking Space Ranger immediately, the shadows swarmed around him, burning his skin with their touch, despite his natural invulnerability. Cobalt immediately used his magnetism to lift a fairly large cruiser towards them, hurling in their direction, although they phased right through. Catching the cruiser, he lowered it down, as Space Ranger regrouped on the ground. The shadows honed in on him, until Outdoor Miner suddenly appeared, teleporting him back down the street to Cobalt.
“Everyone inside!” Cobalt yelled to the people in the streets as the three LMBers looked on at the shadows. “Alright, let’s go,” said Miner to Cobalt and Space Ranger, as the three prepared to attack.
“Wait!” they heard, as they looked up to see Iron Rat levitating down to them. Stu was the current leader of the LMB and had many forms, but right now, he was in his human one. “I can sense what kind of attack this is, and it’s one that you are all unprepared for. It’s magic.”
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Inside the laboratory of Doctor One, a large three-headed dog stood in front of the six LMBers and Elagabolus, snarling and gnawing it’s teeth together. Suddenly, breathed fire at them, a large stream of it that threatened to engulf them all.
The Emerald Empress through up a shield in time to block it, while Doctor One grabbed Elag and moved him to the back of them. As soon as the fire died down, Numf-El, Harbinger, the Empress and Lard Lad went to work, swarming the demonic beast on all sides, making sure that none of its three heads was able to bite them. While Numf and Harbinger pounded away, the Empress and Lard Lad blasted it with their powers. The beast apparently remained un-phased by it, and suddenly kicked both Lardy and the Empress back, then turned towards Numf-El, knocking him to the side. Harbinger flew over and held the mouth of one of the heads open, as it tried to bite down and rip Numf-El asunder! Another head swung sideways, and knocked them both to the side.
The beast now ran full speed at Doctor One and Elagabolus, who hurled in a ball in the corner. The boy was terrified; this monstrosity was the biggest and most horrifying thing he had ever seen. And thoughts of Septimus ran through his head, this strange mage who visited him in his dreams. Doctor One moved forward to meet the best, his large form blocking the view of Elag. Nevertheless, Doctor One knew that he had no power to speak of except his superior intellect, and that would not be able to save him now. Unsure of what to do, he stood forward, hoping at least to give the boy a chance. The Hellhound slowed down and walked over to Doctor One, growling loud enough to shake the floor. It stopped short and paused for a moment. Suddenly, it snapped forward, hoping to devour the LMBer.
Invisible Brainiac leaped across the beast to tackle Doctor One out of the way, everyone having forgotten that he was in the room. The rolled to the corner, as Invisible Brainiac made sure they were far enough away to escape the Hellhounds jaws. They had nothing to worry about, the beast turned to Elagabolus.
The boy began shaking, his fear visible in his face. He was sweating uncontrollably, and knew that any second he would wet his pants. The dog let loose a loud growl “RAWR!” into the boys face, and made his ears ring. It leaned forward. Elag, a tear running down his face, had no idea what to do. The Hellhound inched its nose closer, sniffing the boy, when Elagabolus suddenly reached out to touch the snout.
The boy’s hand hit the snout, and immediately, the fear that Elagabolus felt began to swell up in his body. He felt as if he was being emotionally drained through his hand. The dog suddenly began to weep in pain. Where it had just seconds before been ready to bite the boy in half, it began to whimper uncontrollably. Underneath Elag’s hand, a red glow could be seen. The boy was terrified still tremendously, and mad at himself for being so terrified. He was madder at the Hellhound.
Suddenly, the Hellhound began slowly to disintegrate, until in a puff of fire, it slowly burnt to ashes and dust…
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Lard Lad was the first to regain his senses, and immediately ported over to the boy. His eyes amazed him. The Hellhound was now ashes and dust, slowly burning out and fizzling away. He looked at the boy wondering what the hell he was. The boy looked scared, exhausted and embarrassed.
Elagabolus didn’t know how to feel. He wanted to throw up. He stepped forward, his legs shaking. He felt like he was walking on eggshells. The large LMBer just looked at him in shock. “That was something little man” he finally said. Elag wasn’t sure whether to cry or lie down. Harbinger flew over. She scooped him up into her arms. “Elag, are you OK?”
“I don’t know” he replied.
“Did’ja see?” asked Numf-El to the Empress, who replied with a “Sshh.”
“Elag, it’s alright. You did what you had to” said Harbinger, as Doctor One and Invisible Brainiac walked over.
“Elag…you saved our lives,” said Doctor One. “Thank you.”
Elag nodded slowly to Doctor One. He wrapped his arms around Harbinger.
“Atta boy,” whispered Numf-El, “go for the guns.”
Lard Lad looked at Doctor One, as Harbinger walked with Elagabolus in his hands. “Who is that? And did you see what he did? He just disintegrated that flaming hellhound! That boy has the power to destroy!” said Lardy, still amazed at the show of strength.
“Evidently,” replied Doctor One, “that boy has quite a bit of power.” --------------------
Iron Rat moved forward using a levitation spell, focusing his magic together, concentrating to cast a spell on the shadows. He was the current leader of the LMB, and a master-mage. Of all the LMBers, he understood magic best, and was the only one who could recognize it so easily. And that was exactly what these shadow creations were, shadow-golems summoned to attack whatever was their target. Stu unleashed a spell upon them, using an ages old chant that none could understand. However, by the time he reopened his eyes, the shadows had disappeared again. They were gone.
Cobalt Kid, Space Ranger and Outdoor Miner looked on, watching the shadows, preparing to attack them if they moved out of Stu’s range or attacked someone. The watched as Iron Rat began casting a spell, something that none of them really understood. “Magic…” thought Cobalt, “…I hate it.” However, the shadows suddenly disappeared.
“Stu, was that you?” asked Cobalt.
“No…it was not. They have gone, their mission must be over, although I don’t know if it was a success or failure.” Replied Iron Rat.
“Only one way to find out” said Space Ranger, zipping off to Doctor One’s lab.
“Miner?” said Cobalt. “To Juan’s lab.” Outdoor Miner teleported the three there immediately.
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