And here we go:

$Onward!


About 33% of the Iron Rose's systems had come back on line when she saw
Power Man land only a few meters in front of her.

"Oh dear." She looked at the display, focusing on one system in
particular.

$Oh, dear.

Since it's an exclamation, rather addressing someone, I don't think it needs
the comma, though I could be wrong.

to
be followed by an abrupt stop. His eyes were barely able to focus on the
crater of rock surrounding him, and at the people that now stood below,
staring in awe at where he had ended up.

"I think I'll stay put this time. Good night. " The eyes rolled into the

$night."

$Heh.  That's either a 'You play too rough, I'm leaving!' or a 'Screw
you guys, I'm going home.'  Either way, it's remarkably good sense.

He's taken a hard shot from Thor, Shellhead's repulser rays, and the Hulk.
I'd say he has permission to drop out of the fight now.

The A-bra-mination tried to hit the little man, bit Captain Japan proved
too
nimble as he leapt out of the way. The monstrosity was about to try
again
when he saw the Hulk run forward, shouting, "Hulk does not have
Hally-Toe-Sis!"

$Strange he would react so strongly to accusations of bad breath.

Hulk: Hulk takes good care of dental hi-gene.

"Does that mean Hulk has evil twin brother?"

"Now that's a scary thought." Captain Japan considered what the world
would
be like with two Hulks after his blood.

$Or a good one.  Hey, who's She-hulk?

Aki Hibiki, or course. :)

Even Captain Japan backed away from the fight. The force from the blows
the
pair exchanged were producing winds that he could feel even twenty
meters
away. "I'm not getting involved in that unless big and stupid is really
getting his head handed to him," he muttered to himself.

$Which one?

The Hulk. Ranma knows who's on who's side here.

Thor strode through the vast halls of the mountain fortress, becoming

further enraged with each step. The low ceiling prevented her from
flying,
forcing her to search on foot. Worse, the true master of the fortress
was
undoubtedly hiding from her wrath rather than confront her in combat. In
truth, there seemed to be no one else present. No more lackeys, no
internal
defenses, not even a pack of rabid guard dogs. Even Loki used to keep
rabid
guard dogs around his various hideouts. It was traditional.

$And that irked her most of all.

Heh.

*Go ahead and try the doors. They're composed of a special
osmium-titanium
alloy that you'll never breach. This is your end, intruder!*

$Nah.  She's a main character, and even if she dies she's entitled to
come back to life dozens of times.  The Dragonball crew weren't the only
ones to have a ressurect-o-matic.

Heh. True. Now if you're a minor hero, like Blue Shield, then you might be
out of luck.

With the last word, the engines roared fully to life.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Down below, din of battle drowned out the roar of the rocket's launch.

$Impressive.  But what about Daredevil?

Stalemate, currently.

He didn't have a chance to wonder for long as a hundred pounds of
porcine
might shouted out "BWEEE!" then hit him right between the eyes. The
A-bra-mination staggered back, momentarily stunned. The Incredible Bweee
continued his assault by leaping into the A-bra-mination's stomach with
his
head, momentarily winding him.

$I do not like green ham and eggs.  Wait, that's not right...
*scratches head*

Heh

Tarou snorted at the implication. "She's so gentle she'd probably sink a
knife in your gut if you laid a hand on her, and she was 'deflowered' a
long
time ago."

$With the backstory, yes.

Yep.

Swordsman scowled at the implication. "Nay. I can could clearly tell she
is
chaste and pure."

"Pure slut, maybe, though a hell of a lot more professional than you.
And
don't get your tights in an uproar. I hate to break this to you, well
actually I'll enjoy it, but even if she is still alive, I'm the one
that's
going to get into her pants.

$There's that fetish for womens clothing again.

Pantyhose: One thing I have in common with Happosai, an appreciation for
women's undergarments.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Mandarin raised the glass of wine to his lips as he watched the
results
of his years long handiwork reach fruition from his monitor room. The
rocket's liftoff had been a complete success, despite the goddess'
attempt
at stopping him. In twenty minutes it would reach its proper place in
orbit,
and its payload would be released high above the atmosphere. Another
hour
for it to activate and move into its proper position after that, and it
would all be over but the bargaining. Within the next forty-eight hours,
the
Gods above willing, he would be master of the entire planet.

$I guess Giant Man and Wasp will take care of the actual rocket.

Nope. it had a successful luanch. They should be recovering consciousness
soon.

Expecting his strikes to incapacitate rather than merely cause pain, the
Mandarin was only partially able to evade the blow. A part of the side
of
her hand caught him in the chest, and he was hurled across the room.
Even
rolling with the blow, he still suffered more pain than he had in years.

"Die now!"

$Funny, I didn't think Mandarin knew Power Word: Kill.

Thor's got too many hit points for it to work, anyway (at least if I
remember the spell correctly)

I was always a bastard DM. . I always used to make the verbal component for
'Fingers of Death'. "Kootchie, Kootchie, Koo." ^_^

"Thou didst destroy mine hair!" she raged.

$Heh.  The Ranma 1/2 content had been being kinda low.

It is more in the superheros vein, it's true.

engulfed
Thor's form as a blast of pure chi slammed into her. To make matters
worse,
traveling in the energy dragon's wake, beams of fire, electricity, air,
ice,
and kinetic force slammed into Thor.

$That last sentance was a little awkward.  Suggest you switch it around
a little.

Okay

The Mandarin steepled his hands before his eyes, keeping his stare
riveted
on the goddess. This was a matter that required some consideration. Yes
it
did. Thor would remain alive as long as he could manage. If his schemes
played out as he thought they should, he would rule the world and ensure
his
clan's control of it forever. This Thor was a gift from the gods in
every
sense of the word.

$She's gonna be pissed.

Oh, you've got that right.

A laugh erupted from Herb's mouth and echoed throughout the halls of the
Musk Fortress. The world would be his to rule as he pleased, and it
would
remain so from now until the end of time.

$Or not, as the case will be.

Yes, but it's from his POV, so he's entitled to think of terms of 'forever'
:)

xxxxxxxxxxxx

Special thanks to Gary Kleppe for punning for me the 'A-bra-mination's
name.

$Figures.  Everybody subcontracts now.

He threw it out when I mentioned it on FFIRC. It was perfect.

Well, as usual, that was fun.  I look forward to seeing the return of
the Wasp and Giant Man.

Early in next chapter.

 I guess you're going to finish this arc before

you do anything else?

Err. No.

I was rather looking forward to the Dual! lemon.

That's next. Only got a few sentences done the other day. Just haven't had
the time and mood to be conductive to good writing. Mostly it's the time
thing. I'm not good at doing little bits in like a half hour and such. I
need to get some time before the prose skills get up to snuff and then start
writing. I think half of Avenging was done in one day over the course of
seven hours.

Just saw the prologue to The Things We Wish For, which looks rather
interesting.  I'm hoping for a
mostly-lighthearted-comedy-with-serious-bits along the lines of Vacation
Days or Old Acquaintance, which is by far my favorite kind of story.

That's what I'm going for. Humor potential in the situation is too high to
make it somber, though there will be some serious dealings in it as well.

You mentioned something to that effect, but I know it could still turn
out kinda dark.  Looks interesting though, especially how you're going
to deal with the paradox.  After reading both it and Larry F's comments,
I've decided that there's little of use I can actually say, so...

Anyway.  Look forward to more.

Hopefully will have more before too long. Thanks for all the help. It's
really appreciated.

D.B. Sommer




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