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<blockquote data-quote="Dr Midnight" data-source="post: 2836881" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>Issue 3</p><p></p><p>Constructor was smashed in the face. </p><p></p><p>He flew forty feet back, straight through a light pole, embedding himself partially in the mortared walls of the Silverage Post Office before falling to one knee. He quickly stood and brushed dust off of his armor- today he was wearing a Silverage police car. “In the service of the people” was the slogan painted under the town’s golden seal on the door. </p><p></p><p>The New Legends stood ready to fight. They were battered already- the fight had been on for a full two minutes now and everyone would have a bruise or two in the morning. They really didn’t look any worse than the enemy of the day.</p><p></p><p>Across the intersection were three men, all costumed. One wore purple and green insectlike body armor. One wore a green and yellow costume that was set off with a lightning bolt theme, including a star-shaped face mask. The last wore a solid green suit that had a thick, swinging tail at its rear. </p><p></p><p>They were The Beetle, Electro and The Scorpion, respectively. Each was a recognizable supervillain, though none had recently had any great success in the world of crime. They’d each faced off against Spider-Man in their prime but they weren’t real threats- they were considered nuisances among the superhumans of New York City. Perhaps that’s how they found themselves in Silverage City hijacking an armored car- they thought the typically hero-less town would be an easy gig. More likely, they wanted to test the new kids in town.</p><p></p><p>Savant, ever looking for a tactical advantage, decided to test Beetle’s armor. He theorized that the joints couldn’t possibly protect his body that well, as there had to be some greater allowance of give. He did a double somersault forward and lashed out with a kick that struck Beetle in the side of his right knee. The metal buckled a bit. The Beetle grunted in pain. </p><p></p><p>Electro fired a blast of lightning at Constructor, who dodged quickly. Savant was hit hard with Scorpion’s clublike tail and was sent caroming into a nearby car. The hit was a good one- Scorpion had almost broken three of Savant’s ribs. </p><p></p><p>Hex stepped up and took off his top hat. “Hey, Scorpion! You’ll regret that one.”</p><p></p><p>“I doubt it, noob,” the seasoned super-crook grinned as he swung his tail from side to side. “Take your shot, though. I’ll wait.”</p><p></p><p>Hex reached into his top hat with his skeleton hand and brought out… a sleek black cat. It purred as it was placed on the ground, then darted off in front of Scorpion. It ran past him and disappeared behind a building. Scorpion watched the cat run away, muttering to himself. “What the hell?”</p><p></p><p>Then, a truck hit him. CRUNCHHHhhhh<em><strong>BGSHHHH</strong></em> It struck a wall with Scorpion flattened against the grill. His modified body chemistry and armor protected him from any real injury, but he was hurt. Badly.</p><p></p><p>Hex placed his top hat back on his head with a flourish. Some people in the crowd that dared to get close enough to watch began to cheer. </p><p></p><p>Taking advantage of the distraction, Constructor flew at Beetle with his rockets. He smashed Beetle back against a panel truck and attempted to weld him right to the metal with concentrated heat blasts from his palm emitters. </p><p></p><p>Scorpion was crawling from the wreckage of the truck when a roar shook the downtown intersection. A tyrannosaur with pink pigtails was lurching towards the green villain.</p><p></p><p>The Scorpion wasn’t as badly hurt as he seemed, and leaned back, dodging the immense biting T. Rex teeth. He used this motion to counterbalance his tail and send it whipping around into The Pixie’s jaw. CRACK!!! The thirty foot tall tyrannosaur rocked back on her feet from the blow. A tooth had been knocked free and flew into a nearby phone pole, where it stuck as if thrown by a master knife thrower. </p><p></p><p>The Beetle was wrestling with Constructor- two power suit heavyweights were going at each other with down and dirty streetfighting moves. Constructor was grabbing Beetle around his waist and attempting to pick him up when Beetle hit him with both hands clasped as a golfer swings a club. The blow knocked Constructor up over a low building and into the distand. The Beetle grinned behind his mask. </p><p></p><p>Gridiron swilled a Pepsi for the crowd, then wiped his mouth with a refreshed “Ahhh!” He held the can so that the logo could be seen. Dropping the can, he reached out with elongated arms and grabbed Electro from across the street. He then turned and leaned forward, pulling his arms over his head and Electro with them. He slammed Electro against a fire hydrant. The hydrant cracked but didn’t burst, as Gridiron was clearly hoping it might. </p><p></p><p>Electro responded with a fierce arc of lightning that Gridiron dodged by coiling his body around it. He didn’t’ see that behind him, Frenzy had chosen his moment. </p><p></p><p>Frenzy swung with a roundhouse punch… at the fire hydrant. The punch completely shattered the hydrant into flying metal pieces and a jet of water shot high into the sky. Electro’s back was to the water but he wasn’t yet touching it. </p><p></p><p>The Pixie regained her balance and lunged again for Scorpion with her immense tyrannosaur jaws. This time she saw the counterstrike coming and timed his swing just right. She pulled back and snatched his tail out of the air, taking him with it. She shook her head back and forth like a terrier with a chew toy and released her bite, flinging him seventy feet southwest through the wall of an evacuated Starbucks. He smashed and rolled through debris, landing comically in a chair. He was out cold. The tyrannosaur with pink pigtails roared its defiance at the intersection of 87th & Main. </p><p></p><p>Gridiron whipped a long arm around Electro’s body, binding the villain’s limbs in place. He turned his arm hard and snapped if off at the elbow, leaving Electro effectively tied up… but still dangerous. </p><p></p><p>Savant walked up and gently pushed against Electro’s chest with his staff, tipping him back into the vertical jet of water. As he touched the water he screamed and there was a crackling sound like bubble wrap in a deep fryer. Lightning sizzled around him as the blast of water shot him up into the air, already reddening and unconscious. </p><p></p><p>Frenzy ran up to the Beetle, who braced himself for the attack. The Beetle had seen on the newsclips that Frenzy was the strong member of the group. Beetle was no slouch himself- with his power armor he could lift up to around two tons. He planted his feet and readied for the slugfest.</p><p></p><p>There was no slugfest. Frenzy’s skinny frame conceals a degree of strength only known in maybe two hundred metahumans worldwide. Frenzy’s brutal running punch knocked The Beetle up into the air, where his body smashed into a wide green road sign and froze there as if molded into the sign. </p><p></p><p>The Beetle began to stir. “Okay, so you’re tough. I’ve fought tough guys like you before. Only trick is to stay out of your grasp. Stay in the air. Blast you from…” he stopped and looked up in time to see something blurring towards him from the skyline. It was Constructor, flying with both fists out as fast as his rockets could push him.</p><p></p><p>Constructor shot straight through the sign, taking The Beetle with him to the ground and below. The pavement exploded as the two pierced it. Dust and asphalt flew into the air. From below, in the sewers, there was a sound of metallic thunking, as if two metal men were embroiled in a fierce fistfight. There was a sharp clang, like a frying pan on the fender of a Peterbilt, and silence. Constructor hovered out of the smoking hole in the ground, dangling a limp Beetle from his hand like a bag of garbage. </p><p></p><p>The crowd screamed and cheered- the home team, The New Legends, had won the day against a few supervillain tourists. The Legends gathered the super-crooks for the police and listened to the cheers of their city. </p><p></p><p>“Want to take some questions?” Pixie asked with a smile. The news crews were swooping in like vultures to carrion. </p><p></p><p>“Why not,” Gridiron answered. “We saved the day, let’s get some face time.” </p><p></p><p>The others agreed. It had been one week since the incident at Oscorp Technologies… one week since choosing names, revealing costumes, and fighting their first throw-down with other superhumans. It had been the best week of any of their lives.</p><p></p><p>Gridiron cracked another Pepsi, took a sip and smiled for the cameras. </p><p></p><p>The first reporter to outsprint the others to the scene shouted “Savant, Channel 4 news! As the leader of the New Legends, what do you have to tell the people of Silverage about your plans to deal with ‘The Unholy’?”</p><p></p><p>Savant almost frowned, but caught himself in time. A week’s worth of investigation hadn’t turned up any information on this “Unholy” or the people they’d fought at Oscorp. Some research into the Transatomic Subreplicator had told a few details, but pursuant to his better judgment (and Oscorp’s wishes), he wasn’t about to reveal these to the media. </p><p></p><p>“We have everything under control,” Savant said calmingly. “We cannot reveal our plans at present, but rest assured that we have things well in hand.”</p><p></p><p>“Should the citizens of Silverage evacuate? Can you tell us anything for our own safety?”</p><p></p><p>“We will protect you. Don’t worry.”</p><p></p><p>Hex cut in with “What kind of threat could ‘The Unholy’ be anyway? They don’t go to church on Sunday. Big deal.” This won a healthy round of laughter from the appreciative crowd. </p><p></p><p>“Hex,” one of the reporters said. “Action 10 news. What do you say to parents’ groups that claim that your skeletal appearance is inappropriate for children?”</p><p></p><p>That took Hex aback. “<em>I’m</em> inappropriate for children?? Have these parents ever been inside a high school?”</p><p></p><p>Gridiron cleared his throat and announced “Man, that battle sure was tough. I’m glad I had my Nike game cleats and the refreshing power of Gatorade.”</p><p></p><p>A man with a mustache said “Constructor, Channel 7 news… What do you have to say to rumors that you were photographed by Steven Piercey, the boy who named you, during your first uncostumed outing?”</p><p></p><p>“We understand he lost his camera, so there’s really nothing to back up his claims.” </p><p></p><p>“But do you deny he took the photos?” The man asked. “Just forty minutes ago the police returned to Steven Piercey a camera that had been found in a brownstone flowerbed. It had his name on it.”</p><p></p><p>Frenzy stiffened noticeably. “What?”</p><p></p><p> <em><strong>Next:</strong></em><strong> Confrontation</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr Midnight, post: 2836881, member: 69"] Issue 3 Constructor was smashed in the face. He flew forty feet back, straight through a light pole, embedding himself partially in the mortared walls of the Silverage Post Office before falling to one knee. He quickly stood and brushed dust off of his armor- today he was wearing a Silverage police car. “In the service of the people” was the slogan painted under the town’s golden seal on the door. The New Legends stood ready to fight. They were battered already- the fight had been on for a full two minutes now and everyone would have a bruise or two in the morning. They really didn’t look any worse than the enemy of the day. Across the intersection were three men, all costumed. One wore purple and green insectlike body armor. One wore a green and yellow costume that was set off with a lightning bolt theme, including a star-shaped face mask. The last wore a solid green suit that had a thick, swinging tail at its rear. They were The Beetle, Electro and The Scorpion, respectively. Each was a recognizable supervillain, though none had recently had any great success in the world of crime. They’d each faced off against Spider-Man in their prime but they weren’t real threats- they were considered nuisances among the superhumans of New York City. Perhaps that’s how they found themselves in Silverage City hijacking an armored car- they thought the typically hero-less town would be an easy gig. More likely, they wanted to test the new kids in town. Savant, ever looking for a tactical advantage, decided to test Beetle’s armor. He theorized that the joints couldn’t possibly protect his body that well, as there had to be some greater allowance of give. He did a double somersault forward and lashed out with a kick that struck Beetle in the side of his right knee. The metal buckled a bit. The Beetle grunted in pain. Electro fired a blast of lightning at Constructor, who dodged quickly. Savant was hit hard with Scorpion’s clublike tail and was sent caroming into a nearby car. The hit was a good one- Scorpion had almost broken three of Savant’s ribs. Hex stepped up and took off his top hat. “Hey, Scorpion! You’ll regret that one.” “I doubt it, noob,” the seasoned super-crook grinned as he swung his tail from side to side. “Take your shot, though. I’ll wait.” Hex reached into his top hat with his skeleton hand and brought out… a sleek black cat. It purred as it was placed on the ground, then darted off in front of Scorpion. It ran past him and disappeared behind a building. Scorpion watched the cat run away, muttering to himself. “What the hell?” Then, a truck hit him. CRUNCHHHhhhh[I][B]BGSHHHH[/B][/I] It struck a wall with Scorpion flattened against the grill. His modified body chemistry and armor protected him from any real injury, but he was hurt. Badly. Hex placed his top hat back on his head with a flourish. Some people in the crowd that dared to get close enough to watch began to cheer. Taking advantage of the distraction, Constructor flew at Beetle with his rockets. He smashed Beetle back against a panel truck and attempted to weld him right to the metal with concentrated heat blasts from his palm emitters. Scorpion was crawling from the wreckage of the truck when a roar shook the downtown intersection. A tyrannosaur with pink pigtails was lurching towards the green villain. The Scorpion wasn’t as badly hurt as he seemed, and leaned back, dodging the immense biting T. Rex teeth. He used this motion to counterbalance his tail and send it whipping around into The Pixie’s jaw. CRACK!!! The thirty foot tall tyrannosaur rocked back on her feet from the blow. A tooth had been knocked free and flew into a nearby phone pole, where it stuck as if thrown by a master knife thrower. The Beetle was wrestling with Constructor- two power suit heavyweights were going at each other with down and dirty streetfighting moves. Constructor was grabbing Beetle around his waist and attempting to pick him up when Beetle hit him with both hands clasped as a golfer swings a club. The blow knocked Constructor up over a low building and into the distand. The Beetle grinned behind his mask. Gridiron swilled a Pepsi for the crowd, then wiped his mouth with a refreshed “Ahhh!” He held the can so that the logo could be seen. Dropping the can, he reached out with elongated arms and grabbed Electro from across the street. He then turned and leaned forward, pulling his arms over his head and Electro with them. He slammed Electro against a fire hydrant. The hydrant cracked but didn’t burst, as Gridiron was clearly hoping it might. Electro responded with a fierce arc of lightning that Gridiron dodged by coiling his body around it. He didn’t’ see that behind him, Frenzy had chosen his moment. Frenzy swung with a roundhouse punch… at the fire hydrant. The punch completely shattered the hydrant into flying metal pieces and a jet of water shot high into the sky. Electro’s back was to the water but he wasn’t yet touching it. The Pixie regained her balance and lunged again for Scorpion with her immense tyrannosaur jaws. This time she saw the counterstrike coming and timed his swing just right. She pulled back and snatched his tail out of the air, taking him with it. She shook her head back and forth like a terrier with a chew toy and released her bite, flinging him seventy feet southwest through the wall of an evacuated Starbucks. He smashed and rolled through debris, landing comically in a chair. He was out cold. The tyrannosaur with pink pigtails roared its defiance at the intersection of 87th & Main. Gridiron whipped a long arm around Electro’s body, binding the villain’s limbs in place. He turned his arm hard and snapped if off at the elbow, leaving Electro effectively tied up… but still dangerous. Savant walked up and gently pushed against Electro’s chest with his staff, tipping him back into the vertical jet of water. As he touched the water he screamed and there was a crackling sound like bubble wrap in a deep fryer. Lightning sizzled around him as the blast of water shot him up into the air, already reddening and unconscious. Frenzy ran up to the Beetle, who braced himself for the attack. The Beetle had seen on the newsclips that Frenzy was the strong member of the group. Beetle was no slouch himself- with his power armor he could lift up to around two tons. He planted his feet and readied for the slugfest. There was no slugfest. Frenzy’s skinny frame conceals a degree of strength only known in maybe two hundred metahumans worldwide. Frenzy’s brutal running punch knocked The Beetle up into the air, where his body smashed into a wide green road sign and froze there as if molded into the sign. The Beetle began to stir. “Okay, so you’re tough. I’ve fought tough guys like you before. Only trick is to stay out of your grasp. Stay in the air. Blast you from…” he stopped and looked up in time to see something blurring towards him from the skyline. It was Constructor, flying with both fists out as fast as his rockets could push him. Constructor shot straight through the sign, taking The Beetle with him to the ground and below. The pavement exploded as the two pierced it. Dust and asphalt flew into the air. From below, in the sewers, there was a sound of metallic thunking, as if two metal men were embroiled in a fierce fistfight. There was a sharp clang, like a frying pan on the fender of a Peterbilt, and silence. Constructor hovered out of the smoking hole in the ground, dangling a limp Beetle from his hand like a bag of garbage. The crowd screamed and cheered- the home team, The New Legends, had won the day against a few supervillain tourists. The Legends gathered the super-crooks for the police and listened to the cheers of their city. “Want to take some questions?” Pixie asked with a smile. The news crews were swooping in like vultures to carrion. “Why not,” Gridiron answered. “We saved the day, let’s get some face time.” The others agreed. It had been one week since the incident at Oscorp Technologies… one week since choosing names, revealing costumes, and fighting their first throw-down with other superhumans. It had been the best week of any of their lives. Gridiron cracked another Pepsi, took a sip and smiled for the cameras. The first reporter to outsprint the others to the scene shouted “Savant, Channel 4 news! As the leader of the New Legends, what do you have to tell the people of Silverage about your plans to deal with ‘The Unholy’?” Savant almost frowned, but caught himself in time. A week’s worth of investigation hadn’t turned up any information on this “Unholy” or the people they’d fought at Oscorp. Some research into the Transatomic Subreplicator had told a few details, but pursuant to his better judgment (and Oscorp’s wishes), he wasn’t about to reveal these to the media. “We have everything under control,” Savant said calmingly. “We cannot reveal our plans at present, but rest assured that we have things well in hand.” “Should the citizens of Silverage evacuate? Can you tell us anything for our own safety?” “We will protect you. Don’t worry.” Hex cut in with “What kind of threat could ‘The Unholy’ be anyway? They don’t go to church on Sunday. Big deal.” This won a healthy round of laughter from the appreciative crowd. “Hex,” one of the reporters said. “Action 10 news. What do you say to parents’ groups that claim that your skeletal appearance is inappropriate for children?” That took Hex aback. “[I]I’m[/I] inappropriate for children?? Have these parents ever been inside a high school?” Gridiron cleared his throat and announced “Man, that battle sure was tough. I’m glad I had my Nike game cleats and the refreshing power of Gatorade.” A man with a mustache said “Constructor, Channel 7 news… What do you have to say to rumors that you were photographed by Steven Piercey, the boy who named you, during your first uncostumed outing?” “We understand he lost his camera, so there’s really nothing to back up his claims.” “But do you deny he took the photos?” The man asked. “Just forty minutes ago the police returned to Steven Piercey a camera that had been found in a brownstone flowerbed. It had his name on it.” Frenzy stiffened noticeably. “What?” [I][B]Next:[/B][/I][B] Confrontation[/B] [/QUOTE]
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