After depositing the actors into the waiting arms of the crew behind her, Kamala whipped her arms back to a fighting stance, frowning at Atomic Skull through her mask. "There's something weird about this guy... like he's delusional or something. That or he's really dedicated to this barbarian prince act." She said quietly into her own ear-piece, silently disappointed with herself - a villain straight from nerd-dom, but not a corner of it that she frequented.
He was going to run off with the lady in a minute, though, if they didn't do something. "Static, distract him so I can yoink the hostage." She whispered. "After that we switch, I tank, you spank. Sound good?"
After that, Kamala circled around warily, waiting until Static did something suitably flashy before extending her arms forward in an attempt to snatch the actress away.
Steel noticed the others moving into position and nodded his approval. The best he could offer right this second was a distraction before everything exploded into action. Carefully sidling along with them to completely surround the man, he spoke.
"It's clear now that you're not an evil man, but just one who suffers from the palls of madness, Steel reason, hand extended, "Think now, where you are, what you see. Try to remember who you are and from whence you came. These are cameras, those men here before were actors, that woman an actress. You are not a bad man, but you are deeply sick and you need help.
Those kicks were fast as lightning - The sparring room
Tatsu used Ava's own force to separate them in her favor. Completely ignoring the possible implications for the position they were in, she leaned in, grabbed her sparring partner's shoulders and flung herself back, using her push to roll backwards and tossing behind her. If it were to succeed she'd simply turn around and stand up back on stance.
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song."What is with people I fight and addiction?!" Wally yelled through the Speed Force, making sure to go up a notch in speed due to the weight he was carrying. "Who's this guy and how do we make him stop following us?!"
Impulse still seemed very out of it, still looking at the ground in disarray, trying to comprehend what was going on.
Shopping Time
"What's a "french kiss"?" Angel asked curiously. Before that particular line of discussion could get any more "sixties", Suzie mentioned the suspicious black van. "Huh... where'd that come from?" The van suddenly burst apart in a winter blast as snow and ice coated the street. Walking out of the blue-white blizzard haze came... a strange gathering.
First there was a man in blue power armor with a blue bowler hat and blue skin that SEEMED to be made of snow.
He was joined by A man in a blue bodysuit with light blue icy accents,
◊ a man with white skin, a blue cloak, a silver crown and gold accouterments
, a blue-skinned doctor
and a... bald man with a strange yellow gun whose suit seemed to be made entirely of an argyle sweater.
"All right," said the strange snowman, "Everyone start bringing out your money! The Coalition of the Cold wants your ice!"
A Day at the Races
"His name's Cobalt Blue," Johnny repeated, "He has no connection to the Speed Force on his own, he has to steal it from other Speedsters. So all we have to do is keep him running til it burns out. Think you can keep up?"
DSA Base; Trouble's Afoot!
James threw his head back and laughed at the exact same moment as Logan, with Max, Sir Justin, Joe Ledger, and even Xavier joining in. Namor grumbled as he refused Madelyne and Robert's attempts to help him up and Madelyn righted the foosball table.
"Okay," Robert said as he dusted himself off, "Where were we?" Then a klaxon blared and a red light filled the room.
"The game'll have to wait, Marvel Boy!" Max said as he pulled his cowl back down. "The crimeputer is going haywire! Defenders Society, Assemble!" The team (sans Ava) quickly suited back up and gathered around the enormous monitor that quickly flashed to life and split into five parts, showing five different crime syndicates active in five different parts of the city.
"The Coalition of the Cold," Miss America muttered, "The Syndicate of Swords, Kobra, the Zoo Krew, and the Shadow of Fear!
◊"
"Good Lord!" Sir Justin said in astonishment. "Five of our most nefarious forces all striking at once, in separate regions of the city!"
"It's no coincidence," Doc Spectrum asserted as he dropped his fist into his open palm, "They're attacking in tandem, to separate our focus and weaken our resolve!"
"It's like some kind of... bake sale of evil!" Marvel Boy added. Wildcat walked over to Logan and jerked his thumb back towards the hallway. "Go get our sidekicks."
Sparring!
Ava rolled with Tatsu's throw and got to her feet, charging Tatsu in an attempt to tackle her to the ground. If she was successful, she would attempt to pin Tatsu down with one forearm and attempt to hit her with a headbutt that totally wasn't going to turn into anything other than a headbutt.
The Present
Atomic Skull frowned at Steel, as if he was trying to comprehend the words the other man was saying. They almost sounded like a real language to him but it was so much nonsense.
"Hey, Thun-darr!" Static called. "Get a load of this!" He sure hoped he could do this... He threw his hands up into the air and released a web of lightning that formed into the face of a dragon. Skull dropped Phantora behind him and leaped towards the Dragon face dramatically.
My various fanfics.DSA Base
“Sockamagee!” Robby exclaimed, then reached for the Hero Dial-
-only to find he didn't have it.
-*Oh right, I gave it to Suzie* he remembered. So instead, he pulled out his Iphone, and dialed her number.
Only to get a "no signal" message.
Huh? Oh, wait, right, the 50's, the modern phone network has not been invented yet, he mentally castigated himself.
What now? "Excuse me, anyone knows how I could contact Suzie?"
Ruined Shopping
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Suzie snorted. Couldn't she go even for a day just to have fun without running into supervillains? And such silly ones too!
"Go give them some heat, girls!" she told Starfire and Firestar, "I'll join you in a moment!"
She then ducked into a convenient nearby alley, then smirked as he pulled out the Hero Dial. Oh, they were going to be SO sorry they ruined her day.
So she dialed H-E-R-O. And the usual burst of light happened-
-but, something felt wrong.
She felt... odd. As if strange thoughts were filling her mind. Was she ill?
And why did everything look so- big? Even the trash can next to her was suddenly huge!
Then she realized, it was she who had shrunk down.
Then she saw her arms.
They were not human.
They were scaly, and grey, and clawed- like a demon's!
She screamed, in utter terror. But even her scream sounded inhuman: SKREEE!!
The scream, in fact, caused a strange effect- things began flying around the ally, and even the bricks in the walls shook. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?? she thought, panicking.
(Anybody who entered the alley would see this [1]
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edited 17th Feb '16 12:49:23 PM by Sijo
Sparring!
Tatsu had the benefit of see her coming and the disadvantage of not expecting a tackle. She tried to evade it by stepping back but Ava still collapsed atop her, pinning her to the floor. With her upper body immobilized and a headbutt incoming she wrapped her legs around her assailant to secure her to that position, securing her strike and tried to headbutt back at her... but aimed wrong, instead their lips met in an involuntary and forceful kiss. And it was horrible, for everyone, including whoever might be watching.
edited 17th Feb '16 1:33:06 PM by Sanojutsu
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.Wolverine did not really feel the need to suit up at the moment, so he went over map and looked over it. There were five supervillain teams attacking different parts of the city simultaneously.
"........yeah." Logan cracked his knuckles. "Time for a major workout," he said, popping his neck. James then suggested they get their sidekicks. "Right."
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!"Well, it's obviously a distraction. Though not necessarily for a bank robbery. I mean, so many villains at the same time? This must be something big" Robbie conjectured aloud, not realizing that he has lecturing older heroes; he was in full geek mode right now. "Hmm. Too bad our speedsters aren't here (where are they, anyway?) or we could have them check the whole city. Hey! Maybe Mister Majestic can do it! Meanwhile, the rest of us should split into teams and go after the villains. We can't ignore the havoc they are causing, after all."
Then he remembered Suzie. He also recalled the comms that Flash had given them. Maybe those would work?
He activated his, and said. "Suzie! Can you hear me? There's an emergency going on. We need you!"
But there was no answer.
Huh? The device seemed to work- it didn't depend on a satellite network like their phones did- so why wasn't she answering? Suddenly, he had a very bad feeling.
"Starfire, can you hear me? Is Suzie with you? What is going??"
edited 18th Feb '16 11:50:14 AM by Sijo
"You should be asking yourself that!" The Flash said as he put on a bout of speed. "I'm the fastest man alive, remember? See if you can catch up!"
Still holding onto Impulse, the Flash ran as fast as possible, ignoring the vibrations around him growing louder and louder. He just needed to get back to the base, and get Impulse to a safe place. That's all. That's all.
edited 18th Feb '16 4:14:03 PM by Stratofarius
Starfire, Ruined Shopping Trip
"Yes, the Coalition of the Cold just showed up robbing the jewelry store," Starfire explained to Robbie. "Why do I always have to fight ice-themed villains?"
Seeing as they were already there, Starfire began blasting the Coalition of the Cold with her Starbolts,
"Let us heat up all the things!" Starfire attempted to use a Silver Age Punny Taunt against the Coalition of the Cold.
Wizard Needs Food BadlyThe Present
Perfect!
Wonder Girl resisted the urge to gawp at Static's dragon - she could geek out at him about it later - and leapt into action herself. Dashing around behind the distracted Skull, she whipped her arms forward again, scooping "Princess Phantora" up and pulling her away from the fight.
"It's OK! I gotcha!" She said to the woman as she reeled her back in, her arms still somewhat oversized to hold the older woman. Turning, she thrust the actress back towards the waiting TV crew and their vehicles. "Get out of here! We'll take care of this guy!"
edited 1st Mar '16 7:50:50 PM by Gaunt88
Present
"Now I must pin him."
Which was a thing Steel said very calmly, and mostly to himself. At odd with how he completely exploded into action then, vents opening in his suit that flashed with bright blue. He blurred forward at Atomic Skull in a full body tackle.
Running police_takedown_03.exe
Steel's trajectory turned at the very last second, his feint for Atomic Skull's torso turning into a run for one of his arms. He aimed to grab it, twist spin behind the man and take control of his whole body through his arm, ala a police take down of some kind.
Now, more specifically a hammer lock
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edited 1st Mar '16 7:49:24 PM by God_of_Awesome
The Past; DSA Base
"That may be, but-" Max began to say before he was cut off by a beep from his communicator ring. "This is Quicksilver. What's the situation?"
"Max!" Crackled a voice over the speaker, "''It's Johnny! Me and the future-kid are being pursued by Cobalt Blue! We need your help!" Max's eyes went wide as he yanked his cowl on.
"Miss America," he said, "You have command until I get back." Then he disappeared in a blue-white streak and tore out across the ocean. If it was Cobalt Blue, he'd have to make a stop...
"It's undoubtedly a trap," Shining Knight agreed as he too pulled on his cowl of chainmail and his helmet. Namor nodded with his hands on his hips.
"As always, there is only one thing for it."
"What's that?" Majestic asked. Captain Comet gave a faint smile as he strapped on his space helmet.
'Spring the trap.' Miss America nodded and turned her attention to the remaining Justice Avengers.
"Justice Avengers," she said, "As of this moment, you are duly deputized members of the Defenders Society of America. Who's going where?"
Sparring!
Ava quickly pulled her lips away from Tatsu's and her face was bright red. Then she heard the bead curtain moving and scrambled to pull herself away from Tatsu's entanglement.
Running!
"Yeah?" Johnny asked as he caught up with Flash, "Well you ain't alive yet, kid!" As Johnny and The Flash pushed themselves through the Speed Force, Flash would see something on the edge of his periphery. Something familiar.
A Jewelry Heist? How trite
"I don't know what you're talking about, Star, I'm just a regular person!" Angela said tersely through gritted teeth before she sprinted towards the alleyway and waved her arms over herself to generate her costume... then she saw Suzie and shrieked like she'd seen a rat.
"Coalition of the Cold!" The Blue man in charge called as he thrust out his hands at Starfire, "Sound off! Blue Snowman!" Each of the other ice-themed supervillains called their names as they attacked.
"Mister Zero!" declared the man in the sweater.
"Blizzard!" Shouted the blue man.
"Minister Blizzard!" called out the nearly-naked man in a cape and crown.
"Doktor Blizzard!" Shouted the doctor, in a thick Austro-Hungarian accent.
The Present; Lights, Camera, Danger!
The Production crew and actors quickly scrambled away as Atomic Skull was summarily electrocuted, punched by Supergirl, and put in a hammerlock by Steel in an attempt to pin him to the ground. It seemed like everything was going pretty well.
Then Atomic Skull roared in frustration and his hair flared as Steel caught a faceful of atomic fire.
edited 3rd Apr '16 12:12:46 AM by SonOfSharknado
My various fanfics."You're just a copycat-" The Flash defiantly yelled back at Cobalt Blue, turning his speed up a notch. "-I'm the real deal!" Eventually, his speed had to run out, right? All Flash had to do was run as fast as possible, and the laws of superpowers- if there actually was such a thing- would do the work for him—
Although his legs were focused on going forward, his eyes suddenly turned to the right, trying to catch a glimpse of the battle happening just outside his field of view. This dichotomy between thought and action had only one conclusion, and soon both Flash and Impulse were stumbling through the streets of Jump City at high speed, before flying through the storefront window of a shoe store and landing in the back.
Ouch was the only thing on slowed-down Impulse's mind.
DSA Base
"As I have been saying" Robby said to the heroes, almost snorting- "take me to the Jewelry Heist! Suzie is there, and she, eh, has the Hero Dial, without it I'm not much help." Because that was totally the only reason he wanted to go there, he wasn't worried about her or anything.
Jewelry Heist
Suzie, in her strange new demonic form, tried to explain to Firestar who she was, but all that came out of her mouth was that strange, horrid language again, which caused even the bricks on the alley walls to shake once more. She shouted in frustration (which only made things worse) and then turned around and ran away, crying- leaving behind a certain dial.
edited 3rd Apr '16 7:06:36 AM by Sijo
Starfire, Jewelry Store
"Let me heat up all the things!" Starfire quickly said as if she was repeating herself as Firestar left to change. Starfire was about to fire off her Starbolts when she heard a scream from the alleyway. Frowning as she left the Coalition of Cold, Starfire headed to the alleyway... and found the HERO Dial.
"Robbie, Suzie's vanished... and she has left the HERO Dial! Something bad must have happened!" Starfire said over the communicator, quickly picking up the HERO Dial before talking to Angela. "Get dressed so we can deal with the Coalition of Cold and try to find Suzie later."
"Robbie, get here as fast as you can so you can pick up the HERO Dial!" Starfire grumbled as she put the HERO Dial around her wrist. While Starfire did not know how to use the HERO Dial, she had to keep it with her so it did not fall into nefarious hands.
edited 3rd Apr '16 2:18:11 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlySparring room
It took a few moments for the normally reserved and stoic Tatsu to process what just had happened but as Ava sought to pull herself away from their grapple, she saw her and her expression. It dawned on her and her somewhat pale flesh began to redden with a blush as he looked to untangle herself too. Her embarrassment was compounded by her mentor's voice calling for her to which she replied -"Yes sir, I will! right away!"- with a nervous hastiness that probably would have brought Logan some confusion. She fumbled for Luckless, her belt and her mask, breathing deeply at intervals to calm herself. That didn't erase all of her blush and she was still sporting a bit of a blush on her cheeks when she emerged through the bead curtain.
-"Where are we needed?"- she asked, attempting nonchalance with a tinge of a still embarasse, nervous tone slipping into her voice .
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.

"Nothing, Robbie." She-Hulk chuckled. "Just more proof that behind every great man is an even greater woman."