Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Every 10 Years Forum FIVE FACES OF DEATH: The Tower - a distant memory, fading out...

<hands crackling with energy, she rages>

You dare ensnare me? You dare take the body which I have chosen? Too long I have tolerated your continued annoyance, Enchantress. Soon it shall be you who feels death's sweet embrace!

<raises hands and fires a stream of death bolts>

The hand of glory beckons, Amora. Your time on this earthly realm is coming to an end. Then you shall join my army of the dead and I shall be the sole wielder of Asgardian magicks in this dimension!

There's no such thing as magic... and time travel too. My teachers said there's equations that prove it.

Okay i'm babbling. It's been a rough day and this is way out of my league.

<Amora uses mystical energy to create a force field around herself, deflecting Hel's bolts.>

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

<When Hel hesitates while re-thinking her strategy, Amora suddenly drops the force field and blasts Hel with the biggest, most intense mystical bolts yet.>

<Without missing a beat, Amora summons the souls of those unfairly condemned to Hel's realm, and gives them physical form. They swarm around Hel, attacking her.>

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

pop

<appears in Tower>

Cali?

<looks around, sees nothing but a pair of red, glowing eyes>

Who--?

<fists glow with purple fire>

Thanks? What are you talking about?

<remembers vision>

Oh, you'll be stopped alright, ugly...no matter what the cost!

But...I don't understand how were you able to get to Clive? Did you just...force your way in?

<smiles>

You won't succeed, Tyrant--I know that for a fact...amd I know how to stop you!

In a couple of hours, you will be wiped out--but it won't cost Legion World Caliente! I swear it!

<the Tyrant screams and fires deadly red bolts from its positronic brain>

<Lardy erects a forcefield to deflect them>

I know your attack, Tyrant...it put me out of action in the original timeline. But my power was drained by whatever's taking everyone's power. This time...I took a little time to meditate and replenish!

<fires purple Lard Force bolts at the Tyrant>

<with a lot of effort, the Tyrant deflects Lardy's bolts with his own brain blasts>

What is this fool talking about? He talks as if he's played out future events already? Is he delusional? Even if he were to somehow defeat me now, I am still within Legion World's techno-net! Surely, he doesn't believe that defeating this body here and now will be enough?

<both fire powerful volleys at each other>

<on the upper levels of the Tower>

Even now they grow ever closer, but with my powers depleted by Everyday Girl, I am still a formidable opponent for them all!

<turns hands into giant sickles>

They are powerless within the Tower, and I shall have their blood!

<leaps down the steps, growing wings via Durlan abilities>

DIE LEGIONNAIRES!

<cuts deeply into Everyday Girl, Sir Roy, Rockhopper Lad and Faraway Lad>

At last! We've finally come back from our Search for Varalent and arrived here, at the Dark Tower! I have no idea what's gone down on Legion World, but I don't like the look of things if we're in a giant, ugly tower in the middle of Legionnopolis.

<Rex Veridian, Condo, Pol, Cobalt Kid and Bob the Cat arrive back, appearing directly in the Tower>

Guys, <turns to others> good luck. I hope you'll be able to do what you have to with Metternich. I know there are other LMBers all around that will help you.

I, on the other hand, have a score to settle with the man called Slim.

<pulls out omni-com>

Jailbait Lass? Are you with My Whee Fem and Everyday Girl? Because its time to settle things with Slim once and for all. Any idea where he's been...and yeah, I missed you too ...

Luck to you Cobalt!


Metternich, you swine. Turn and face me if you dare!

Lord almighty! I can feel the temperature dropping everywhere. And the air taste stale! We're losing oxygen as well. Maybe that's why Vee kept me in reserve!

I don't know if I'm strong enough to do this but I have to try!

Turning to Bob the Cat, Condo says

I'm told you are a powerful mage. Can you amplify my efforts?

"Well, I was waiting for one of you dodos to recognize the fact that I was with you all this time. Since you have, I'll give you a small boon and do as you ask. But just this once." replies Bob the Cat.


Uhhh...okay. Thank you I guess. Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction, I can speed that up in the plants around Legion World and force them to release more oxygen into the air. Hopefully that will be enough to sustain everyone for a bit. I can also speed up chain reaction in the fusion powerspheres, generating more heat from them to warm the planet up a bit until we can figure out what is causing these problems. But I need you to help me amplify both so I can reach as many of them as possible and to help me sustain it as long as we can. Can you do that?

"Duh! What do you take me for...an apprentice wizard? Of course I can! But if you keep pestering me with stupid questions, I'll just turn you into a mouse instead. So get on with it!" Bob grumbles.

Okay...here goes!

*Condo stands at the top of the tower steps and reaches out with his senses. Using every ounce of his unique power, he begins to push the trees, flowers, and other green plants to release more and more oxygen into the atmosphere. At the same time he kicks the power spheres up a notch and they begin generating more energy, releasing heat as a by product of the effort.*

*as Rex begins blasting Metternich with Emerald bolts from the Eye, the Eye apprises him of a startling discovery*

Pol! Everyone! Metternich is much more than a normal Durlan! The Eye has identified the source of his extra powers. There is a gland at the base of his skull what allows him to duplicate any of the powers he encounters. We have to destroy that gland...quickly...or he'll soon replicate all of us!

Startled by this revelation, Pol stares down the stairs at Metternich but catches Roy's eye instead. Somehow, the two of them understood what each needed to do in that split second of eye contact.

"No wonder Vee made me take some of his power," Pol thinks before raising his arm and bending his will to the task at hand.

At the same moment, Roy rushes forward and leaps at Metternich. As his feet leave the ground, Roy seems to disappear from sight! But in truth, he has been reduce in size so much that he is able enter Metternich's molecular structure through his tearduct.

Suddenly Metternich yells in anguish and Pol instantly realizes why, for he too now feels the shredding of the tenuous connection between the Tower and the Variable Realm.


<span style="font-size: 25px;">Noooooo....Veeeeee!....Dad!</span>


Desperately he sends his power out, searching for some way to establish a path of escape..a lifeline of hope...

**Lolita hugged My but said nothing**

Brit! Oh no. My, what do we do? I wish Cobalt Kid was here...

**And then...**
**Lolita gasped, surprised but also relieved**

Cobalt! I'm here. You have no idea how much I've missed you.

No sign of Slim but Metternich, the Computer Tyrant and Hel are putting up plenty of fight. Also, something's happened to Brit. She-she's older somehow.

My and I have been removed from our weapons. What should we do?

<in the midst of its battle with Lard Lad, the Computer Tyrant receives readings telling of Condo's attempts to slow down the effects of the oxygen depletion and dropping temperature>

Fools! They dare to attempt to reverse what I have wrought to rid this worldof its meat infestation? Well, they have only hastened their demise by pushing me to do this...

<Concentrating, the Tyrant commands the master fusion powersphere to completely shut down. Within moments, all of the subordinate power spheres will shut down as well>

Yes, all of their powers and efforts will only delay the inevitable...Legion World's technology is completely and irreversibly under my control! The meat infestation will soon be cleansed!

<resumes its epic battle with Lard Lad>

<as the battle rages, Lard Lad struggles with what he must now do...>

I...I know I've got to put him down, but Hugh...Clive...

<remembers his prophetic flashes>

No...originally, I was ill-prepared for this fight and was knocked out. Then, he went on and killed Jailbait Lass! No, I've got to do what I have to and eliminate the Tyrant's physical threat, even if it's at Clive's expense!

I'm so sorry, Hugh...

<ramps up his power and heaves a devastating wave at the Tyrant>

<the wave overwhelms the Tyrant>

<span style="font-size: 25px;">AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!</span>

<bolts flash wildly from its positronic wave and bounce off the Lard Force energy, turning all that power back on the Tyrant>

<falls limply to the ground>

{Time Teller Lad and Hyvvie run to Rockhopper Lad's side}

TTL: Rocky? Are you all right?

RhL (breathing is somewhat labored): My feathers and Pyngwyny hide are thicker than he realized, but it's still a pretty bad scratch.
(Puts his arm around Hyvvie). We're on the sidelines for the moment. Lardy and Roy have this round.
(Under his breath)
I hope.