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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3982167" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter Twelve “The Negative Zone” (An original Fantastic Four/Exiles scenario)The group arrives on a planet with green stone boulders, star-lit skies, and exploding volcanoes in the distance.    Hank McCoy says “Where are we?”   Cassie interjects “From Blink’s description I would say that we have reached the Negative Zone.   That’s the place where we have to rescue her team the Exiles and another group called the Fantastic Four.”   Hank exclaims “The Fantastic Four!”   Mojo says, “Yeah, why?  Have you heard of them?”Hank explains that the Fantastic Four are the most famous superhero team from his world.   Narg says, “Okay, then who exactly are they so that we’ll recognize them when we see them?”   Hank briefly explains that the blue uniforms with the circle and number four on the chest are a big giveaway.   He describes the appearance and powers of the Human Torch, Thing, Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic.   Cassie says, “Yeah, we heard about him, he’s supponsed to be some sort of genius.”   Mojo sarcastically quips “Yeah, some genius, he’s outfitted his team with uniforms with great big targets on their chests.”  Cassie confirms from the Tallus that their mission is to rescue the Exiles and Fantastic Four. They hear sounds in the distance which they follow, climbing up to a rise overlooking a rocky valley below.   Within the valley are close to 200 creatures, most of whom resemble crosses between orcs and hobgoblins with several dozen others that look like crosses between ogres and bugbears.  In the center is a large pink-and-green winged creature who Hank McCoy says would be Annihilus, the ruler of the Negative Zone. Situated behind him are the nine bound prisoners, four of whom are the aforementioned Fantastic Four.  Hank McCoy recognizes and names some of the Exiles, one is a member of his world’s ally New Mutants team known as Magik; another is a large blond man identified as Sabretooth  who is an enemy of his New Mutant teammember Wolverine; another is Snowbird, a Canadian superhero who is a friend of Wolverine’s; the fourth he recognizes as wearing a costume that resembles a mutant known as Thunderbird, who Professor Xaviar had unsuccessfully tried to recruit for the New Mutants; he does not recognize the fifth Exile, an oriental woman in a blue dress (Psylocke).   Narg says, “Okay kids, this is how we do this.  We go in as three paired group.   Two of us will deal with the cannon fodder, two will take on the big cheese, and the other pair will rescue the prisoners.”  Alton puts on his space armor, commenting “That leader guy has on what looks like metal armor, I could fly in and cast a Heat Metal.  They break into the collection of potions with Mojo taking the last Flying potion, to accompany Alton against Annihalus.    Potions of Speed are distributed to Narg and Hank McCoy for the fight against the troops.   Cassie and Timothy become masked in Invisibiliity for the rescue team. Although uncharacteristic for the Silver Moon, the plan goes reasonably close to the plan, with Narg and Hank managing to get around and past over half of the enemy troops before they get dogpiled on by the remander.   Their exceptional strength then kicks in, with Narg and Hank both tossing around the orc/hobgoblin type creatues like bowling balls while slipping around any that attempt to hit them as a result of their superior speed.      Meanwhile, Mojo and Alton fly in toward Annihalus, who takes to the air himself to intercept them.   Mojo flies in first and tosses his hammer while Alton casts his Heat Metal.   Unfortunately for him Annihalus successfully saves, although Mojo does manage to get in three good hammer strikes.   Alton decides to try the direct approach himself and flies in closer, letting loose with his armor’s laser weapons.   Annihalus gets in a few good blows of his own in retrurn as well as an electrical-based attack.  Cassie and Timothy reach the shackels holding the hereos, finding them to be magical in nature.  Some well placed Dispel Magic spells take care of that, at which point the heroes themselves attempt to physically break the manacles and locks, with Thunderbird, Sabertooth and the Thing having little difficulty shattering them with their strength. Snowbird transforms into a snow owl to get free of her shackels.  Magik frees herself with a spell.  Mr. Fantastic contracts his hands and legs to get out while the Invisible Woman uses a forcebubble to pop hers.  Psylocke calls forth her psionic daggers to pick the locking mechanisms.   And the Human Torch increases the temperature on his wrists and ankles until they melt.  With fifteen heroes now all engaged in battle the monster army is quickly defeated, with Annihalhus being knocked unconscious.    Mr. Fantastic stops Mojo from killing the enemy, to which Mojo makes some snide remarks about hating to work with pacifists.   Mr. Fantastic makes some adjustments to the Tallus device to send the Silver Moon back to their world and then return the Tallus back to the Negative Zone so that the Exiles can move on.    The party rematerialize back in Ki-Geloryn’s castle in Gelorynth, the five Silver Moon members surprised to see that Hank McCoy was transported with them.   The Tallus then vanishes from Cassie’s forearm.    Cassie looks towards Hank and says, “Welcome to our world.”  Mojo adds “It’s a silly place”.   Alton says “I’m a transplant from another world too.  I’lll summarize this for you.  Magic here is real, superheroes are not.”  Hank decides to make the best of being stranded on this new world and is welcomed by the Silver Moon to join their band of Adventurers.   The Silver Moon decide to keep the unused potions in return for letting Derieki keep the magical jewel.   A big party is held.  End of Module.</blockquote>

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