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ENTRY # : |
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TITLE : |
THE RESURRECTION MAN |
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ARC : |
THE CURSE OF CADMUS IV |
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ENTERED BY : |
Hazardman |
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DATE RANGE : |
November 16th, 2000 ctd. |
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HEROES : |
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VILLAINS : |
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PEOPLE : |
Tribunal,
Crucible,
Steel Tiger,
Dr. Karl Manning,
Philip Porter
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OTHERS : |
Coast City,
Humanidyne Inc.,
The Myriad Machine,
Pinging Pete,
Team Cyclops
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ENTRY : |
Anyway, where was I? Oh, yeah; we had just managed to get into Cyclops' cave
complex with but seconds to go in a mysterious countdown, and were stymied by some forcefields
keeping us from getting at the villain.
So there we were. The others began to tackle the second Servo, while I pulled myself to my feet
(having been thrown through the front windshield during the collision with Bludgeon - remember
to buckle up, kiddies!) and staggered towards the man trapped in the forcefield, shaking my
ringing head. He was trapped beyond my capacity to do anything about it, as a couple of kicks
at the forcefield proved. Tribu... err, Phoenix came up and began to bash at the field in my
place, which allowed me a brief moment to look around. Behind me Sub-Zero and Laserette were
double-teaming Servo, who was giving back as good as he got. Oberon, meanwhile, had his sword
out but seemed to be looking wildly around for something I couldn't see behind the cover of
the forcewall. I got the idea about what he was looking for mere seconds later as Phoenix
slumped and dropped, the victim of a mind attack from an unseen opponent (later identified to
me as probably being Stalker). There was also some sort of spider-like critter skittering
about and raising havoc amongst my comrades.
At any rate there wasn't much I could do to get at Cyclops, and the spider thing was sticking
to the roof, so I focussed my attention upon the one villain within reach. Seeing that Servo
was hovering with his back to me not far away, i took the opportunity to jump for him and
scramble up his back, even as he continued to take fire from Laserette and Oberon. What a
ride, let me tell you! Servo was flying around and trying to scrape me off even as I attempted
to cover his eyes - you'd still call robotic things like that 'eyes' wouldn't you? I got
wrapped around his head pretty well, and attempted to use the Kirk ploy to take him out, but it
seemed that this android was immune to illogical conundrums, alas. To keep him from targeting
my comrades by sound, I began to sing loudly into his ears - some Rodgers and Hammerstein
musical stuff; 'Oklahoma' if I remember correctly.
This pretty much tied me up for the rest of the fight, so I only have a few scattered
recollections of what happened afterwards. With Servo out of the way, the others concentrated
their efforts on the forcefield - in particular I remember Laserette firing bright blasty-things
right at the trapped man - and broke through it pretty quickly. While they were smashing open
the equipment and freeing the trapped hostages, they somehow set off a self-destruct mechanism
like something out of a Bond movie. Oh, yeah and I remember Phoenix literally beating the
crap out of that geezer Cyclops - this is a guy who can throw a tank, remember, and he was
letting the mad scientist have it but good! At about this point, Servo managed to ram my head
into a stalactite (or would that be a stalagmite - I never can recall) at full speed and I
remember falling and blacking out.
When I woke up, we were outside the cave complex again, which had apparently collapsed as a result of the
explosion of the Myriad Machine. The others had managed to get Porter and Manning and the man
from the forcefield (a local hero named Steel Tiger who had been badly hurt in the assault) out,
but it seemed that Stalker had got away in the chaos of the exodus with Cobweb and the broken
body of Dr. Cyclops. Servo had been caught in the collapse of the cave and we were all
desperately hoping that it was smashed. So we called in the cops and sat on the captives until
they came and took everyone away (they also took away Steel Tiger calling him a known vigilante,
though he seemed bound for the hospital rather than jail in the short term).
That pretty much wraps it up. We eventually got everything sorted out and crashed for the night
at the nearest hotel, then caught a flight back the next day. There sorta was some hassle with
the rental agency about the car, though. We sprung for the 'stupidity insurance', so I don't
know what their beef is! They should be happy for having assisted us in taking down some
dangerous villains! Instead they, err, said something about contacting your lawyers. Crucible?
Are you okay? Are you under mental attack or something? [...recording ends]
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WRAPUP : |
A Mixed Result. While the Heroes Vanquished the Evildoers, with several
villains captured, Servo theoretically destroyed and Cyclops sent Scurrying Back to wherever he
Came From, the Myriad Machine was destroyed in the collapse of the cave. Could Tribunal Be
Saved Without It?
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