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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gospog" data-source="post: 423078" data-attributes="member: 2348">Endgame!Time stops. Space stretches, distorts and unravels with a thoudsand screams of protest.  Five stomachs lurch.  Five minds struggle to adjust.  And in the heart of the nations' capitol, five giant mecha suddenly materialize!JAKE: Well, that sucked.CECIL: A lot.In Biznitches mind, the trip from California was much harder...at least for her.  The whispering sound in her head became a loud voice, the voice became a shout, the shout became a mantra.  The mantra became...instructions.  Due to the blinding pain in her forehead, Biznitch removes her helmet.BIZNITCH: Kill, kill, kill!!!MANUEL: Hang in there, Biznitch.  This is where Skyfire and that DHC Agent are headed.  Any second now, and he'll be coming to us!BIZNITCH: Kill, kill, kill!!! Destroy!MANUEL: Look, here it comes...fast!In the distance, a red and white speck is growing.   It's a jet fighter.  As the heroes watch, its' parts start to shift, rotate and move into new positions.  It's not a jet fighter at all!  It's a mecha! It slowly takes the shape of a mecha.   It stands a good 12-15 feet taller than the mechas of Force Six. It is built  like a man-shaped mecha would be, but a cockpit can clearly be seen on its' chest, and wings spread from either shoulder.   In one hand, it holds a large rifle. Missles rest on each wing.Desert Storm gets the party started, opening up with his Comet Gatling Laser.  The shots all either miss or bounce harmlessly off the red and white armor of Skyfire.Reaper runs forward, hoping to close the distance quickly.Praetor opens up with his Puma laser turret, striking Skyfire, but to no avail!Skyfire launches a missile, it streaks out, hitting Spartan on his shield, and enveloping him in a cloud of plasma.  Spartan's armor holds, however, and he regains his feet mostly intact.Inside Wrecker, a battle of wills has been taking place.  Biznitch's mind, not too stable at the best of times, has been battling the dark urges of the Dark Horror Core infection resident in her brain.  One of them just lost.BIZNITCH:  Destroy!!Wrecker turns in place, and is now facing the building that houses the Omega Center in DC.  She begins shooting large chunks out of it with her Gatling Laser!Inside Spartan, Johnny Axelrod snaps.  He has been shot time and again on this mission, and has yet to come out ahead in any respect.  No one ever gives him the respect he deserves.  Screw his parole, he's going out in style!JOHNNY AXELROD: Yeah! Destroy!Spartan turns and unleashes a blast from his laser cannon at Desert Storm!MANUEL & CECIL: What???Meanwhile, Reaper has dodged a few laser blasts and closed the distance with Skyfire.  He fires up his laser scythe, and swings his arm back--Just then, an emergency broadcast from HQ cuts across all channels:"Force Six, stand down. We just reviewed the security tapes from HQ.  That's not a DHC agent you're fighting.  It's Timothy Hawkins!  He's gone completely crazy!  He must be stopped, but you can't kill him.  If you kill the only hero of the Dark Horror War, it could demoralize the entire planet!""One piece of good news: We managed to break into the comm channel Hawkins is using.  Turn to channel 9-7 on your comm unit to talk to him."Wrecker keeps blasting away at the DC Omega Center.  Desert Storm backs up from Spartan, using local monuments to obstruct his line of sight. Praetor files in to the air, and swoops around, smashing his legs into Spartan, knocking him prone.In the cockpit of Reaper, Jake opens comm channel 7-9 to Timothy Hawkins. JAKE: Dr. Hawkins, do you hear me?  SKYFIRE: I hear omega waves in my head.JAKE: Good.  Now listen very carefully.  If you do not shut down Skyfire right now, I am going to skin your son alive.  Am I making myself clear?Skyfire's rifle comes up, the barrel inches away from Reaper.  The giant mecha trembles, the arm drops, and the lights on the mecha go out.  As if in slow motion, Skyfire topples backwards onto the ground with a crash.  The threat pacified, Reaper turns around to congratulate his companions.REAPER: What the hell?!?!?Praetor is knocking Spartan to the ground again, Desert Storm is laying down suppressive fire on both Spartan and Wrecker.  Wrecker has all but decimated the DC Omega Center!For the final time, the voice of HQ is relayed over thier comm units."Invoking protocol beta."A faint hissing noise accompanies the gas that floods each Force Six cockpit.  One by one, Force Six falls deeply asleep...AFTERMATH:147 levels below ground level, Biznitch lies strapped to an operating table.  Omega Force scientists approach her with needles and bone-saws...One level below that Johnny Axelrod tries to explain that he doesn't belong in prison.  He was being mind-controlled by aliens, too.  The only person who can hear him is his new boyfriend, Bubba, and he isn't listening.Time magazine honors the heroes of Force Six.  Cecil gives a touching interview about his time in Force Six and the two friends, so dear to him, that died in action against the Dark Horror Core.Jake appears in a related article, speaking to children all over the world about the importance of safety in the home.Manuel has some extremely vehement feedback for both the makers of Comet Gatling Lasers and the doctor who installed his cybernetic eye targeter.  He ends up with a new cybernetic eye (upgraded for free, of course) and is now the spokesman for new and improved Comet Lasers.Earth is safe again.  At least until the next time the Dark Horror Core threatens.   But Force Six will be there, standing tall against the alien menace.  They are, by the way, accepting applications.THE END</blockquote>

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