The report from the battlefield

[marktaggart]

Thantos had trailed a pair of Sentries to a warehouse in a remote location. With the enemy on the run and no civilians nearby, the newly super-powered Thantos saw the perfect opportunity to take the kid gloves off and see what he could do. As the enemy headed for the warehouse Thantos thought about calling in Star Warrior and Supernova for back-up, but decided that they'd just get in the way of the unscheduled "field test" of his new abilities and decided to go it alone.

Before the Sentries could make it inside the hero charged, taking the first one down hard with a shoulder ram and keeping him there with an energy pulse. Unfortunately for Thantos, the second Sentry wasn't as dumb as he looked and decided to use the battleground to his advantage. He grabbed a large piece of debris off of the ground and swung hard, sending Thantos flying back. Sentry #2 tried to press the attack but Thantos caught him coming in with a powerful Force Slam and followed it up with a MASTERLOCK, pinning him against a large boulder and taking him out of the fight.

Sentry #1 had recovered by this time and attempted to down Thantos with a rifle blast. The shot was easily avoided and the now angry Thantos used a Force Slam to send the Sentry flying into a nearby Sci-Lar stream. He then picked up the spent shell casing from the Sentry's own rifle and, to add insult to injury, hurled it hard enough to crack the lackey's face shield. Thantos was done toying with his adversary and defeated him by holding him underneath the Sci-Law Stream via MASTERLOCK until he was incapacitated.

Thantos looked down in disgust at the fallen Sentries and laughed. "Barely more than a light workout," he spat. "I need a REAL challenge to test these powers!"

As if on cue, the ground began to tremble and the warehouse loading door burst open. An enormous Adabot appeared and began lumbering toward Thantos. Thantos was not intimidated and rushed his would-be attacker with a sidewinder kick. The man-driven machine merely swatted Thantos away. The hero flew about a hundred feet through the air and landed all the way back on the other side of the Sci-Lar Stream. The Adabot gave chase to attempt to finish the job, but the terrain played to Thantos' advantage this time as the Adabot slipped in the oil-like stream and landed on it's back with an earth-shaking thud. Thantos hopped to his feet and used a powerful KINETIC EXPLOSION to finish off the huge but ineffective attacker.

Satisfied with himself and the immense power he was quickly learning to wield, Thantos decided to go inside the warehouse and see what Krakan's lackeys had been protecting. He reached no farther than the door when he was knocked back by a rifle butt to the forehead. Thantos attempted to shake off the surprise blow as KRAKAN himself stepped out to finish the job. A pellet bomb thrown at Thantos' feet disoriented the hero. Krakan took aim and a Rifle Blast took Thantos to one knee. A cranium crack knocked Thantos down and Krakan measured his prey for another vicious blow. Thantos rolled out of the way at the last instant and ended up by a Cetus Thorn tree. He attempted to break off a branch to use as a weapon until he could power-up again for a stronger attack but Krakan cut him off by tossing some battleground debris into his eyes, temporarily blinding the hero. Krakan tried to finish the job with a running elbow smash, but Thantos had the presence of mind to retaliate and block him with a Sweeping Energy Field. Back to full strength, Thantos unleashed with a Tidal Wave followed by a Force Slam and ended it for good with the MASTERLOCK.

Thantos was just about to make a call to the rest of the team to revel in his single-handed victory when an explosion rocked the warehouse. Thantos ducked for cover and looked up just in time to witness Krakan's ship flying overhead. A tractor beam came down from the ship and retrieved it's fallen leader. Knowing he was easily outgunned by the massive warship, Thantos could do nothing but stand by as Krakan was lifted away and watch as ultimate victory was snatched from his grasp.

[marktaggart]

Supernova was on patrol when she spotted Krakan's ship flying overhead. "Warrior, we've got trouble," she called out over the comlink built into her suit.

"Where's Thantos?" Warrior asked on the other end.

"No telling, he hasn't been responding to my calls," a frustrated Supernova replied.

The novice field leader was too engrossed in her conversation and watching the activity overhead to notice a team of Sentries heading her way. The Sentries were not at any such disadvantage, however, and quickly struck. The first Sentry leapt at Nova, but she saw him at the last instant, leapfrogged over, and took down Sentry number two with a flying scissors. A roundhouse kick to the first one took him down but Sentry two recovered and used a heat ray on his opponent.

The Sentries, used to working in pairs and trained in double team attacks, went on the offense. One used the paralyze gas, the second a freeze blast, then a crossfire attack and the Double Fumes finsihed off the rookie hero before help could ever arrive.

The Sentries stood over their defeated prey, leering and ready to "pick over the bones", when Star Warrior flew onto the scene. Seeing his teammate and would-be love interest at the mercy of the vile pair sent Star Warrior into a rage. He dove down and floored the first Sentry with a flying punch. A double uppercut and right-handed stun blast burned number two, and he finished the job with NOVA BLAST. The thrill of victory was temporary though, as the first Sentry recovered and used his paralyze gas. Warrior was temporarily incapacitated and a heat ray spelled the end for the second hero.

By this time Thantos had overcome the mix of shock and humiliation of having his capture of Krakan stolen from him and finally decided to respond to the calls of Supernova. Upon arriving on the scene, Thantos could do little more than chuckle at what he saw: one fallen Sentry and two fallen heroes. "It figures," Thantos mused. "The amateurs fall apart without me." He rushed in and used a sidewinder kick and force slam to easily take down the Sentry. Thantos, now being well-schooled in the battle tactics of the enemy, did not relish the win, but instead prepared for what was to come. Sure enough, an Adabot came ripping through the forest in the west, fists spinning and in full-on attack mode.

Thantos met the huge machine head-on, confident after his last victory over one of these monstrosities. However, this time there was no sci-lar stream to aide him and the Adabot grabbed him out of the air and tossed him hard into a nearby tree. Thantos attacked the Adabot's legs but was cut down by a buzzsaw attack. The Adabot stomped the hero and went on a brutal attack that Thantos could answer with little more than token defense. Finally, the Adabot uprooted a small tree and swung at the Cetus superhero. Thantos moved at the last possible moment and used his sweeping energy attack followed by a MASTERLOCK to fell the huge Adabot.

Thantos was left barely standing as he surveyed the battelground. Suddenly a voice boomed from behind, "Vengeance will be mine, upstart!" A rifle blast to the back took Thantos down and Krakan stood over him looking to finish the job. Thantos fought back and, despite the fantastic amount of energy spent battling the Adabot, gave Krakan a tremendous fight. The action raged on for several minutes until Krakan used his sonic ear splitter and a High Intensity Blast to topple the last of the hero team.

Krakan was about to call down Ghengis Khan from the ship to help him execute the losers when a battalion of Cetus troopers came rushing down the hill in the east. Krakan quickly shifted gears from attack to retreat and called for his ship to pick him up. "Next time, Cetus, the battle and the war will be mine!" Krakan yelled as the ship's tractor beam lifted him up and away once again.

[Alexander Ubel]

Pretty cool write-ups. Really haven't had time to mess with the superhero side of things. Trying to get my files back. Hopefully Tom will get my E-Mail soon so I can re-download them.

[orangeman]

Great stuff looking foward to more.