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<blockquote data-quote="Broccli_Head" data-source="post: 1090645" data-attributes="member: 105"><p><strong>issue #8, part II</strong></p><p></p><p>Cosmic Knight flew as fast as he could towards the Museum of Fine Arts. To him, clung the Warwolf, slowing him down but only enough for Theo to notice—and annoy—as he saw the aerial combatants ahead with his infrared sensors. At his maximum range, Cosmic Knight let fly his with his <em>tangleweb</em>. Bluejay, focusing on dodging Darkfire’s <em>fireballs</em>, could not avoid the attack and soon she was losing altitude, caught in Cosmic Knight’s web. </p><p></p><p>Then Cosmic Knight heard a voice.</p><p></p><p><em>Hey, you’re kinda cute. You know, we could go out one of these days, if you’d just do me a favor... Take out the dark-haired <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" />! She’s given’ my friend a hard time.</em></p><p></p><p>Strangely, that sounded like an excellent plan to Theo, but first, he had to get this pooch off his back. He did a twist and a loop and the Warwolf, uncharacteristically caught unawares, fell and smashed headfirst into a large golden-gilded lamppost. Theo flew buy and laughed as he saw the big wolf-man sprawled ignobly on the pavement. From up here it looked like he had doggy legs. </p><p></p><p>Cosmic Knight turned his attention towards Darkfire. The flying beauty dodged the trashed police car as it flew up towards her, thrown by the athletic woman in black on the grounds below. Cosmic Knight smiled even more broadly as he recognized her as Black Diamond…and she was on his side <em>this</em> evening!</p><p></p><p>He fired a <em>tangleweb</em> at Darkfire, catching her by surprise just as he had caught ‘ol Scooby. Like Bluejay before, she too became caught in Cosmic Knight’s sticky polymer and ceramic web. It was <em>his</em> unique formulation after all. Darkfire, unable to fly with both her hand restrained began to fall. However, Black Diamond kept her in the air. A wrought iron section of fence went slamming into Darkfire sending her further into the night sky. </p><p></p><p><em>Nice job, cutie! We make a great team!</em> said the young woman’s voice in his head. </p><p></p><p>Cosmic Knight had the vision of hummingbirds pleasantly buzzing around in his mind. He flew towards the rotunda of the museum. </p><p></p><p>As Darkfire fell, Bluejay blasted free of her bonds and accelerated towards Darkfire ready to pummel her into unconsciousness with a full salvo of blaster fire. Darkfire saw the inevitable and snarled vowing revenge at both this blue-thing, the dark lady <em>and</em> Cosmic Knight…</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: red">Now would be a good time, sister. These bonds will not be able to hold me…</span></em></p><p></p><p>“Yes, yes! Hurry!” shouted Darkfire out loud in response to her Other Self. </p><p></p><p>Bluejay hesitated as briefly she saw Darkfire change into a large black unicorn with a nimbus of fire surrounding it. Then it disappeared. She did a loop and followed Cosmic Knight towards the dome. </p><p></p><p>The unicorn, invisible above both sets of flying armor, silently followed. </p><p></p><p>** </p><p></p><p>Slipstream had no other choice but to go toe-to-toe with the demonic being. </p><p></p><p>“OK, you Freddie Krueger wanna-be. Let’s see what you got!” </p><p></p><p>He sped at the Monster and whacked it a few times, but the creature merely laughed as the hero punched his wiry, withered body. Slipstream gave himself enough room to retreat, but the beast was soon tearing rubble aside to get at the speedster. Then it leaped at him as he fled over the debris to the far side. He ducked as the wicked claws swung past his head and tore gashes in the concrete wall as if it were paper. </p><p></p><p>Under the rubble, Armando Montoya aka Somnus attempted to crawl his way out. Hurting from the piles of stuff that lay on him, he still managed to pull away enough garbage to find an opening to see the combatants. Reaching into the mind of the Monster, Montoya was soon screaming in pain and wishing he hadn’t. The intense evil tore at his very soul. Blood poured from his nostrils and soon Montoya blacked out. </p><p></p><p>One would think that Dragonfist was the favorite “nephew” of Dr. James Lu. Whenever the doctor felt that Anaka would likely be in danger he gave him a little bit of <em>Egg-Fu Magic</em> to aid him. Tonight had been no exception. Before he had left on patrol, Dr. Lu had given him a <em>Lucky Charm</em>. Now as Dragonfist crouched in the rubble he could hear the Monster’s laughter and Slipstream’s whimpers of fear. He homed in on the sound and jumped through the rubble. He did not notice as the charm glowed a little and redirected him mere inches from his originally planned trajectory out from the pile of debris so that he hit the stressed material perfectly crashing through without problem. The charm continued to glow brighter as Dragonfist did a flip in the air and landed perfectly in front of the Monster, interposing himself between it and Slipstream. As if in slow motion, he watched as the demon attempted to claw him. The bloody nails sprayed droplets across his face, but they did not find purchase. Then Dragonfist double-fist punched the beast emphasizing the hit with a loud <strong><em>Kiah!</em></strong>. The Monster flew back over the pile of rubble and crashed through the opposite wall. </p><p></p><p>Again it rose. However, this time instead of rejoining the melee, it darted away with a mischievous chuckle. </p><p></p><p>“Bra’, we can’t let the Monster get away. Who knows how many Bostonians it will kill.”</p><p></p><p>Slipstream took off after the creature with Dragonfist running far behind. Already it was halfway across one of the runways headed towards Boston Bay. </p><p></p><p>“You ain’t gettin’ away, Big Ugly.” </p><p></p><p>Slipstream ran past and whacked at him, then stood before him. As the Monster closed he let loose with a <em>sonic blast</em>. The Monster howled in pain and covered its ears. Slipstream had caused enough of a delay for Dragonfist. The speedster heard a cry of <strong><em>Hakuden!</em></strong> and a ball of pure positive energy rolled across the air exploding when it hit the Monster. The creature dropped, and it less than a second, Slipstream was over it pounding it with more sonics. Dragonfist joined him and continued to pour his own <em>ch’i </em> energy blasts into the downed demon. </p><p></p><p>Finally Slipstream was able to pause enough to check in. </p><p></p><p>“I’m gettin’ no response, DF. I’m outtie. Take care of things, won’t ya?”</p><p></p><p>He took off in a flash heading across the bay towards the Museum of Fine Arts. </p><p></p><p>Dragonfist paused to call the Feds and then nearly jumped out of his gi when the Monster shuddered. He blasted it until it began to burn and soon the creature faded into a smelly black and greenish smoke, banished to what nether plane it came from. As it “departed” Dragonfist heard an evil chuckle and saw what he thought to be a red pentagram appear briefly and then fade along with the Monster. There was no naked man standing in front of it. </p><p></p><p>“Dang!... D.E.M.O.N!”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broccli_Head, post: 1090645, member: 105"] [b]issue #8, part II[/b] Cosmic Knight flew as fast as he could towards the Museum of Fine Arts. To him, clung the Warwolf, slowing him down but only enough for Theo to notice—and annoy—as he saw the aerial combatants ahead with his infrared sensors. At his maximum range, Cosmic Knight let fly his with his [I]tangleweb[/I]. Bluejay, focusing on dodging Darkfire’s [I]fireballs[/I], could not avoid the attack and soon she was losing altitude, caught in Cosmic Knight’s web. Then Cosmic Knight heard a voice. [I]Hey, you’re kinda cute. You know, we could go out one of these days, if you’d just do me a favor... Take out the dark-haired :mad:! She’s given’ my friend a hard time.[/I] Strangely, that sounded like an excellent plan to Theo, but first, he had to get this pooch off his back. He did a twist and a loop and the Warwolf, uncharacteristically caught unawares, fell and smashed headfirst into a large golden-gilded lamppost. Theo flew buy and laughed as he saw the big wolf-man sprawled ignobly on the pavement. From up here it looked like he had doggy legs. Cosmic Knight turned his attention towards Darkfire. The flying beauty dodged the trashed police car as it flew up towards her, thrown by the athletic woman in black on the grounds below. Cosmic Knight smiled even more broadly as he recognized her as Black Diamond…and she was on his side [i]this[/i] evening! He fired a [i]tangleweb[/i] at Darkfire, catching her by surprise just as he had caught ‘ol Scooby. Like Bluejay before, she too became caught in Cosmic Knight’s sticky polymer and ceramic web. It was [I]his[/I] unique formulation after all. Darkfire, unable to fly with both her hand restrained began to fall. However, Black Diamond kept her in the air. A wrought iron section of fence went slamming into Darkfire sending her further into the night sky. [I]Nice job, cutie! We make a great team![/I] said the young woman’s voice in his head. Cosmic Knight had the vision of hummingbirds pleasantly buzzing around in his mind. He flew towards the rotunda of the museum. As Darkfire fell, Bluejay blasted free of her bonds and accelerated towards Darkfire ready to pummel her into unconsciousness with a full salvo of blaster fire. Darkfire saw the inevitable and snarled vowing revenge at both this blue-thing, the dark lady [i]and[/i] Cosmic Knight… [I][color=red]Now would be a good time, sister. These bonds will not be able to hold me…[/color][/I] “Yes, yes! Hurry!” shouted Darkfire out loud in response to her Other Self. Bluejay hesitated as briefly she saw Darkfire change into a large black unicorn with a nimbus of fire surrounding it. Then it disappeared. She did a loop and followed Cosmic Knight towards the dome. The unicorn, invisible above both sets of flying armor, silently followed. ** Slipstream had no other choice but to go toe-to-toe with the demonic being. “OK, you Freddie Krueger wanna-be. Let’s see what you got!” He sped at the Monster and whacked it a few times, but the creature merely laughed as the hero punched his wiry, withered body. Slipstream gave himself enough room to retreat, but the beast was soon tearing rubble aside to get at the speedster. Then it leaped at him as he fled over the debris to the far side. He ducked as the wicked claws swung past his head and tore gashes in the concrete wall as if it were paper. Under the rubble, Armando Montoya aka Somnus attempted to crawl his way out. Hurting from the piles of stuff that lay on him, he still managed to pull away enough garbage to find an opening to see the combatants. Reaching into the mind of the Monster, Montoya was soon screaming in pain and wishing he hadn’t. The intense evil tore at his very soul. Blood poured from his nostrils and soon Montoya blacked out. One would think that Dragonfist was the favorite “nephew” of Dr. James Lu. Whenever the doctor felt that Anaka would likely be in danger he gave him a little bit of [i]Egg-Fu Magic[/i] to aid him. Tonight had been no exception. Before he had left on patrol, Dr. Lu had given him a [i]Lucky Charm[/i]. Now as Dragonfist crouched in the rubble he could hear the Monster’s laughter and Slipstream’s whimpers of fear. He homed in on the sound and jumped through the rubble. He did not notice as the charm glowed a little and redirected him mere inches from his originally planned trajectory out from the pile of debris so that he hit the stressed material perfectly crashing through without problem. The charm continued to glow brighter as Dragonfist did a flip in the air and landed perfectly in front of the Monster, interposing himself between it and Slipstream. As if in slow motion, he watched as the demon attempted to claw him. The bloody nails sprayed droplets across his face, but they did not find purchase. Then Dragonfist double-fist punched the beast emphasizing the hit with a loud [b][i]Kiah![/i][/b]. The Monster flew back over the pile of rubble and crashed through the opposite wall. Again it rose. However, this time instead of rejoining the melee, it darted away with a mischievous chuckle. “Bra’, we can’t let the Monster get away. Who knows how many Bostonians it will kill.” Slipstream took off after the creature with Dragonfist running far behind. Already it was halfway across one of the runways headed towards Boston Bay. “You ain’t gettin’ away, Big Ugly.” Slipstream ran past and whacked at him, then stood before him. As the Monster closed he let loose with a [i]sonic blast[/i]. The Monster howled in pain and covered its ears. Slipstream had caused enough of a delay for Dragonfist. The speedster heard a cry of [b][i]Hakuden![/i][/b][i][/i] and a ball of pure positive energy rolled across the air exploding when it hit the Monster. The creature dropped, and it less than a second, Slipstream was over it pounding it with more sonics. Dragonfist joined him and continued to pour his own [i]ch’i [/i] energy blasts into the downed demon. Finally Slipstream was able to pause enough to check in. “I’m gettin’ no response, DF. I’m outtie. Take care of things, won’t ya?” He took off in a flash heading across the bay towards the Museum of Fine Arts. Dragonfist paused to call the Feds and then nearly jumped out of his gi when the Monster shuddered. He blasted it until it began to burn and soon the creature faded into a smelly black and greenish smoke, banished to what nether plane it came from. As it “departed” Dragonfist heard an evil chuckle and saw what he thought to be a red pentagram appear briefly and then fade along with the Monster. There was no naked man standing in front of it. “Dang!... D.E.M.O.N!” [/QUOTE]
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