| Rumble 2008 Contestants! Mark Ailshie � Selecting: 1 MacBeth, 2 Incredible Hulk R.J. Harris � Selecting: 1 Wolverine, 2 Han Solo Alexander Strub - Selecting: 1 Darth Revan, 2 Pheonix (aka Jean Grey) Robert Newell - Selecting: 1 Vin the Allomancer, 2 Mat Cauthon Brian Ailshie � Selecting: 1 Peter Petrelli, 2 Duncan McLeod ROUND 7 Go to Rounds 1-3 Go to Rounds 4-6 Mark Wrote: Mark: First of all, sorry this is so late. My computer went and died, and I've been so busy with my grades... Orc Hordes: Less talk, more rumble!!! Mark: Okay, okay! First of all, on the far side of Center St., a blob of silver liquid has appeared, which coalesces into Robert Patrick - It's the Terminator T-1000, and in the absence of John Connor, he's decided to terminate everybody. He begins to stalk down Center St. toward the general hub-bub he sees at the crossroads. But only the Invisible Man - still watching from his safe perch atop Ottavio's - has noticed the Terminator. Everyone else has their hands full between zombies that don't seem to stay dead and gremlins that never seem to stop coming! Gandalf and Kerrigan still want to fight each other, but are too busy fending off more immediate threats. Batman, Hiro, and Indiana Jones have an advantage of numbers on their foes, but not much else. Michael Cole: Oh! and now they don't even have that! Zombie Thor has brought hi hammer crashing down on Batman's skull, caving it in. Zombie Thor and Zombie Green Giant turn toward Indiana Jones and Hiro. Jones is ready to fight, but Hiro knows the better part of valor, grabs Indy and teleports away. Tazz: Bad timin'! Hiro appears beside Gandalf, as he intended, but also appears right in the way of the lightsaber of Darth Maul Zombie. Hiro is chopped into quivering bloody sushi. Gandalf takes advantage of the momentary pause, steps forward and plats his staff in the zombie's stomach. Light floods the creature's body, nd it explodes! Hard to come back from that! KITT: BEEP, BEEP! Mark: Not much need for that warning! Kitt plunges into the fray, Cyborg John Silver in the driver's seat. Kerrigan jumps aside at the last second, and Kitt flattens Zombie Gandalf, scraping his face in the cement for a few yards before rolling over him. The good guys scatter, and Kitt barrels straight through, colliding with the T-1000 and splattering it all over the road! Ah-nold: He'll be back. Mark: Indeed, KITT turns on his windshield wipers (Extra points for anyone aware that KITT's windshield wipers are EVIL!!!), and clears his windshield of grey fluid. I don't think he's even aware of what he hit! Tazz: The gremlins have lost no time tyrying to devour Zombie-Gandalf, but suddenly, the zombie stands on its feet again!! Cole: Well, why not. It's not anymore dead than it was before. Kerrigan takes one look at the still-standing Gandalf and cloaks. I think she's had enough for now. The heroes are trying to get their bearings - still fending off gremlins - when suddenly Macbeth swings down from the rooftop, blasting his lightning gun behind him at Zonkey Kong, who doesn't seem all that affected by it. Macbeth: What say you, lads? Shall we have a temporary truce? Mark: Both Gandalf and Indiana Jones tilt their heads to look at Macbeth. Gandalf: Gimli? Indy: Sallah? Mark: Shriek steps up between the three of them and places a claw on each of their chests Shriek <speaking mind to mind, but we can listen in, cause we're just that cool>: I will join us better than a temporary truce. With a touch, we can now all share minds. It will allow us to fight as one. Mark: The three men look up and see that fighting as one will be necessary. From the North, Zonkey Kong stalks down University Toward them, From the East, Zombie Gandalf and a horde of Gremlins. To the south, Zombie Thor, the Zombie Green Giant, and now, BatZombie shuffle toward them. From the west, The T-1000 has reformed and looks very angry for a machine. Indy, Gandalf, Shriek, and Macbeth stand back to back in the center of the map, waiting to recieve them. Macbeth: Well, lads. At least we're not fighting each other. It could be worse. >FLASH OF DARKNESS< Indy: It's worse. Malissant: Prepare to die, puny mortals!! Gandalf, feel my wrath! Tazz: Malissant has appeared a little north of our heroes, and has immediately taken to the air riding on a storm cloud. He watches the situation from above, raining Malice bolts down on his foes. Gandalf tries to keep him busy with magic, but the T-1000, the five huge zombies, and the gremlins are a bit distracting. Shriek: Let me! My poisons are no use on these foes anyway! Mark: She whips poisoned hairs skyward, but they burn in Malissant's halo of rage before they reach his mortal flesh. Malissant turns his hatred upon the spiderwoman, and she is forced to leap away from the group, avoiding his attacks. The three men find they can still hear one another's thoughts if they are in physical contact. Macbeth takes aim at Malissant with his lightning gun, and is struck to the ground by a direct hit from above!! (Which does NOT kill him, of course) Zombie Green Giant and Zonkey Kong converge upon Indy and Gandalf. Gandalf tries to fend them both off while Indy blasts away at Zombie Thor, BatZombie, Zombie Gandalf, and the gremlins with his gun. Malissant renews his attack on Gandalf, and this time it is too much even for the Istari champion. A blast of Malice envelops the wizard, and sears his sould from his body. Malissant laughs in delight, and turns his energy upon Indy... Tazz: Suddenly, a rocket flies straight into Malissant's storm cloud and throws him out of the sky. KITT has returned! Silver and Kitt plow straight through the arena again, splattering the T-1000 again and squashing a bunch of Gremlins. For good measure, Silver takes aim with his pistol and blows off Zombie Gandalf's head. Indy: Thanks, but it won't take long for them to regroup. Find whoever is making these dead things walk and shut him down!! Mark: Silver salutes and drives off toward the East, as the dead begin to stir again around Indiana Jones. Jones hesitates, but hears a voice in his head. Shriek: Run, O Jones! I will reach thee when I can! Mark: Jones obeys and high-tails it south on University, leaving bodies and foes in his wake. >FLASH< So: Indy is running south on Univ. Ave, while he can. The T-1000 is re-forming at the corner of University and Center. Zonkey Kong, BatZombie, Thor Zombie, and the Zombie Green Giant are shaking off the cobwebs on North University Ave (The other zombies now qualify as 'too dead to walk'). Macbeth is 'dead' on the sidewalk on the North side of Center st. Shriek has ducked into the sewers just below Center St. to try to regroup. Although she doesn't know it, she is not far away from Stripe, who has found a den in the sewer where he can keep on multiplying. There are gremlins everywhere. Malissant landed on the roof of a building on Center st., coincidentally the same building where Kerrigan is still waiting cloaked. Kerrigan is wondering whether to kill this terran now, or let him do some more damage first. Speaking of hiding on Rooftops, that';s what the Invisible Man is still doing, and Coffin Shaker is still entranced in the Parking Lot at the South East of the arena. KITT and Silver are driving around looking for him, although they don't know that that's who they are looking for. RJ Wrote: RJ (running in, brethlass): What did I miss? Mark: Didn't you read the recap? Anyway, forget about that, where have you been? You've had the Rumble for a few weeks now? RJ: End of school and grades are part of the problem. And now I don't have regular Internet access, so that is another issue and... Mark: What? RJ: I was going to wait till the end of the NBA Finals to say CONGRATS BOSTON CELTICS!! Mark: Yeah, whatever. RJ: So on with the show! As Kitt and Silver drive past Invisible Man's hideout, they see a flash *FLASH* Brian: It's darkness again. RJ: Yup, our newest competitor is.. JK Rowling: Lord Voldemort. Now we have a real villian in our mists. Mark: Excuse me! Malissant is still in the Rumble too. You are excused until needed further. Go to the Time out room. (JK leaves) RJ: Well, aside for her rude outburst, this is going to be...um, interesting. He appears beside the Invisible Man. Voldemort: I...can..."see"...you. RJ: The Invisible Man is obviously shocked. He has never dealt with a Dark wizard. Voldemort: If you wish to live and help me win this Rumble, tell me muggle, who awakens the dead here. RJ: I got a bad feeling about this. Lucas: That is my charachters' line! Voldemort: Perhaps this will loosen your tounge. Crucio! RJ: The Invisible Man screams in pain. Voldemort still wants the information he is sure the man has. Voldemort: Now, muggle, you have no Invisibility Cloak, yet no human eye can see you. Yet, I, Lord Voldemort can. What does that tell you? I have gone beyond mortality. Tell me who makes the dead alive and you might be spared. RJ: The Invisible man points over to the parking lot where Coffin Shaker has been staked out. Voldemort pulls out his wand and utters two words before he leaves. "Follow me" R2D2: BEEP BROO BREE PEEP BOOB C3PO: I quite agree R2, that One-who-should-not-be-named is quite bad. I hope I never have to deal with him. RJ: Why don't you update us on what else is going on in the Rumble C3? C3PO: Just a commentator and updater now; oh well, it's my lot in the Rumble. Shriek has found Stripes lair and has sent "word" to the others connected to her mind. KITT and Silver arrive at the intersection of University and 100 South to pick Indy up and drive around to the west side of Center street. MacBeth is up again and has decided to get even with Malissant. Meanwhile the Dark Shehap has gone over to see the zombies--knowing he has enough power to destroy them all, if necessary. Kerrigan follows, still cloaked. The Terminator has also reformed and follows the line of terminates. And brings us to.. *DOUBLE FLASH* RJ: Another flash of light obviously brought in another Rumbler, but what was the second flash. Madden: The second one occured over here by the City and county offices. It looks like Lord Vol...oh, you know the bad guy from those Parry Hotter books, killed the Invisible Man now that he knows who controls the zombies. RJ: And with a simple unforgiveable curse, Voldemort now controls him. WOW. And it looks like our new competitor can fly. The flash of light (that is a good sign) came from near the Wells-Fargo building he spots KITT and lands nearby. KITT: Hello Tony Stark aka Ironman. RJ: Stark is impressed that a car knows who he is, but immedately appriciated the technology behind the auto. Indy updates him on what they are doing and he agrees to help. I'm not sure but I think this is Stark's first Rumble. Mr. Statistics: I'll have to get back to you on that one. RJ: Ok Mr. Statistics: Yes this is Ironman's first Rumble, though he's been in the Tournaments. RJ: That was fast! Brian: Somebody has to be . . . Madden: Lord V-guy has had Coffin Shaker awake Invisibe Zombie. They all head towards the lawn in front of the Tabernacle. A big battle is going on there too. T-1000 is fighting off zombies as Mailssant and MacBeth parry unsuccessful blows at one another. Kerrigan, unipressed with either, uncloaks and sends and Ensnare around the zombies and the Terminator. She then starts to create a 3-way, very evenly matched fight. RJ: Meanwhile, Ironman has blasted a whole into the sewers. He lights it up and fried a couple thousand gremlins. Shriek emerges with a poisoned Stripe. Her commrades finish him off. A few gremlins remain in the darkest corners of the sewers. They are now out of contention, but may still pose a risk to other Rumblers. Madden: As Voldemort and Coffin Shaker come closer to the 3-way battle, a blast from the cyborg Silver rips Coffin Shaker's head off. He is quite dead now and all of his zombies return to that state as well. That guy-who-doesn't-have-a-name seems pleased to see so much destruction. He turns his attention to what is left of the Knight Group and.. *FLASH* Alexander Wrote: Terribly sorry for the delay -- I've been pretty busy lately. I know Robert's been really busy too -- he just got married. Anyway, here's my brief rumble, since I'm somewhat pressed for time. <FLASH!> The furious fighting in the Rumble has left downtown Provo in ruins. A solitary figure gazed over the carnage. Small, white, and unassuming, no one would suspect that this creature is in actuality the incarnation of entropy and chaos. It is the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog! The lethal bunny disappears into a nearby hole in the rubble; who knows where it will resurface, or who it will destroy? Five minutes later, there is another <FLASH!> It is Eris, the Greek Goddess of Discord! In the form of a diminutive young woman, no one would expect such destruction from the likes of her. She immediately begins to sow chaos and suffering in her wake! John Madden: Holy cow! Who knows what's gonna happen now? If, if, if these two aren't stopped, I, I don't know what'll happen! Alexander: IF they get started. They haven't actually done anything yet. Summary: Everything is the same as before, except the Killer Rabbit and Eris are now somewhere within the confines of the Rumble. It's up to the next writer to determine the consequences of the arrival of these two. Brian Wrote: <FLASH!> Brian: The first flash brings in Duncan McLeod. He strides up to the T-1000. You're going down machine. He grabs the thing and leaps into the sewers. Madden: Huh, his sword ain't gonna do much against the Terminator. C-3P0: You are right sir. See the Terminator just disemboweled him and ran down the south through the sewer system. Brian: Bahh! It will take much more than that to take down the Highlander. He does lose some time however while his bowels repair themselves. Tolkien: Malissant finally gets a good hold on Macbeth and blasts him with such a powerful blast of Malice that the Scot flies across the arena smashes into the East 'wall' and slides north until he slumps to the ground in the furthest Northeast corner. Malissant is truely someone to be feared. John Cleese: Ah! But another fearsome creature has joined the fray. Enter the Rabbit of Caerbannog! It leaps at Malissant from behind while he is busy with Macbeth and tears his head from his shoulders! Run AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark: What! Aaarrgh! That's . . . Brian: Well that can happen in a Rumble, even the powerful can be taken down. Cindy: What about his ability to take possession of a new Avatar? JK: Enter my dark Lord. Reborn as Maldemort! Brian: Moldy-Wart? <FLASH> Madden: The second flash bring's in a young man standing in the basement of the Tabernacle. About 10 yards ahead of him, the T-1000 crashes through the wall near the furnaces. T-1000: Are you John Conner? Human's must be eradicated. Teen girls: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! It's Edward! Edward Cullen: Actually I'm not human anyway, but you won't be able to eradicate me. Brian: And Duncan storms into the fray! Then stops, gritting his teeth. Edward: You may not be able to fight here, but I have no rules against it. Lucas: So saying he leaps at the T-1000. He bites and tears it to pieces, lobbing the chunks into the furnace. Duncan: Well now, that's one way to take down that thing. We've got a few more enemies above if you care to join me? Edward: Why not? Brian: Meanwhile Moldy-wart has blasted the bunny with a Crucio spell until the bunny keeled over and died, and know he's attacked Kerrigan. So: MaliMort is fighting Kerrigan, Duncan and Edward are returning to the surface via the Tabernacle, Macbeth is still shaking off the cobwebs in the NE corner, and KITT, Silver, Indiana, Shriek, and IronMan are arguing over who should be the leader of their group while Eris chuckles in the background. ROUND 8 Mark Wrote: FLASH! Crow T. Robot: A tall robed figure has materialized in front of Edward and Duncan. Duncan stops short, thinking he recognizes him... Duncan: Morgan D'Estaing? Crow: No, Duncan is confused because Morgan D'Estaing was played by Marc Warren, who also once played... Count Dracula: Good evening, gentlemen. Crow: Edward sees the fangs and thinks this may be a kindred spirit. Edward: Hey, a fellow vamp! Maybe we should... Crow: With decisive fierceness, Dracula backhands Edward in his oft-marble-compared face! The whisper-thin O.C. reject flies backward through the air like a perfectly-framed miniature bird and collapses into the wall like an extremely buff marionette with it's strings expertly cut. He is knocked unconscious, possibly never to awaken. Duncan: Morgan! Holy ground, you fool! Crow: Dracula doesn't seem impressed however, and punches Duncan directly in his chest, rips his heart out and eats it. Tom Servo: Won't really hurt him, actually. As long as his head is attached to his body, he'll regenerate quickly. Apparently, Drac doesn't know that... Crow: With a puff of smoke, the count changes into a bat and flies out the tabernacle window to the street below where Moldymort and Kerrigan are squaring off. Mark: By the way, I'd like to pint out that that is Voldemort himself, not Malissant inside of Voldemort. Tom Servo: How are you sure? Mark: Well, he is using Cruciatus curses and such. Malissant doesn't work that way. He doesn't cast spells. Crow: But if it's Malissant inside of Voldemort... Mark: No, no, no! Malissant doesn't become an amalgam of the people he avatars. He just takes their bodies. It's not like he can go into their heads and use their skills. It doesn't work like that. Crow: So where is Malissant? Mark: Dead. Dispersed. The bunny got him. Kind of underwhelming, but what can you say? That's the rumble. Everyone dies. Tom Servo: And some come back from the dead, like all three of those in the action down below. Voldemort and Kerrigan pause in their attacks to regard the newcomer who has just reformed from a bat. Voldemort: Sirius Black? Crow: Played by Gary Oldman, who was also Dracula. But while Lord Moldy-pants is distracted, Kerrigan shrieks something in Zergish, and suddenly a psionic storm is raging around them. Both her adversaries are catapulted in opposite directions. Tom Servo: Meanwhile, across town Eris is working her malicious magic on our more heroic heroes. Eris chuckles and rolls an innocuous golden apple into the middle of them. LJ Silver: Arr, Gold! Iron Man: I think that's a Stark industries bomb! Indiana: That's a priceless artifact, it belongs in a museum! Tom Servo: Silver snatches the apple, and Indiana Jones leaps at him to intercept it. Iron Man leaps into the air and blasts at them, but Shriek throws a net of webbing around his foot, throwing him off balance, and instead he blasts KITT's engine, which explodes in a tremendous fireball! Crow: Wow! That Eris is good! >FLASH< Tom Servo: Seemingly out of the fireball appears a red sleigh with a little old driver so metal and slick, they all knew in a moment, it must be... Robot Santa Claus: Tony Stark, Henry Jones, John Silver, and Shriek! According to my list, you've all been VERY, VERY, NAUGHTY!! Not Santa: How festive and in keeping with the holiday spirit! My robotic counterpart draws a rocket launcher from behind his back and blasts Cyber- Silver to kingdom come! The Golden Apple is blown across town, and Iron Man flies off after it. Robot Santa: Where are you going, Tony? Selling dangerous weapons to terorists, drinking enough gin to cover Detroit an inch thick, cavorting with half-naked stewardesses - all very naughty! Crow: Robot Santa flies off after Iron Man in his robotic sleigh, blasting him with lazers as he goes. Luckily, Iron Man's suit seems to be largely immune from his weapons. Jones: Got to get that artifact! Tom: And Jones is chasing after them. Shriek meanwhile is looking around curiously. She thinks she heard chuckling. She finally spies Eris, and whips poisonous barbs in the goddess's direction. Eris shouts in pain and ducks into the Provo City Offices to get away. Shriek follows. Crow: Meanwhile, Iron Man has become tired of evading Robot Santa's lazers, and has blasted his sleigh into slag. Robot Santa crashes to earth making a deep crater near the intersection of University and 100 South, not far from where Dracula is shaking out the cobwebs from Kerrigan's Psionic Storm. Indiana Jones arrives and stops short. Indiana: Count Ottokar Graf Czerin? I haven't seen you since I was a kid! Crow: No doubt when he was being played by Christopher Lee in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. The vicious vampire smiles, showing fangs and replies, Dracula: A Count, yes. But for the rest of that name, I cannot answer. Crow: Suddenly, Santa-bot emerges from the rubble, an M-16 in his hands. Robot Santa: Hermes Conrad from the Planet Express crew! I recognize your voice, and you have been VERY naughty this year! Tom Servo: Robot Santa begins shooting at Dracula, whom he has mistaken for the voice talents of Phil Lamarr, who also plays Dracula on the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. And there's a new flash of light! Summary: Indiana Jones, Count Dracula, and Robot Santa are near the intersection of University and 100 South. Kerrigan and Voldemort are a few dozen yards to the North in the tabernacle park, trading attacks. Edward Cullen is knocked cold inside the tabernacle, near Duncan MacLeod, who has just finished regenerating. Macbeth is near the intersection of Center Street and 100 East, where he has just picked up a curious looking gold apple. Iron Man is in the sky over Center Street, looking for the apple. Shriek has just entered the Provo City Offices, where Eris is waiting. RJ Wrote: RJ: The flash of light has brought us a tiny competitor. CS Lewis: He might be small, but he has a big heart. It is Reepicheep, the Valiant Mouse. RJ: He appears in the Tabernacle where Duncan MacLeod is reviving a weak Edward. Reepicheep: Ho there man! Be we friend or foe? Duncan: I am Duncan MacLeod of the clan MacLeod. I hold no malice to you little creature. Reep: Little creature! You shall taste the wrath of my rapier then man! RJ: Reep unleashes a fury of slashes to the Highlander's legs and arms. Duncan is content to try and catch the mouse first. After a few minutes of the fray, Duuncan succeeds in grabbing the mouse's attention. Duncan: Brave mouse! You are a true warrior. Come and join me and this young boy in this Rumble and perhaps we may yet preserve life. The path and choice are ours. Lewis: Reepicheep agrees and extends a paw to both Duncan and a still confused Edward. It appears that he might not realize who he is right now. RJ: Meanwhile right outside the Tabenacle, Dracula, Robot Santa and Indiana are sizing each other up. Dracula's last response to Indy has made him a bit nervous and he heads off into the Tabernacle and meets up with the others. He updates defacto-leader Macleod of the situation outside. Across the park from their hideout, Kerrigan and Voldemort have continued to exchange attacks. They have moved over to the smoldering remains of the NuSkin Tower. Ironman is flying overhead and sends a few blasts in their direction. Kerrigan is distracted but for a moment and Voldemort takes advantage of the situation and utters the Killing Curse taking down another victim and Disapperates. Mr. Obvious: He's really bad. RJ: Ironman continues flying overhead and sees MacBeth with Eris' golden apple. Tony lands close to the man and begins shouting at him. Ironman: Give that to me now or I'll kill you where you stand. It's a Stark Industries bomb and only I have the knowlege to properly dispose of it. MacBeth: I doubt seriously that it is a bomb as you say, but you are even more wrong about killing me where I stand. I cannot be killed by one born of woman. You are clearly mortal and pose no theat to me. RJ: There is another *FLASH* of light followed by a Dark pop. Voldemort has Apperated in between MacBeth and Ironman and Wolverine has entered the Rumble in the Provo City Offices. Mr. Statistics: This is RJ's #1, or "immortal" pick. Just like MacBeth is for Mark. Now things can get interesting. Voldemort: I am sure that I can kill you MacBeth--for I was born of a witch. As for you Ironman, I have work for you. Imperio! RJ: Ironman, now under Voldemort's control, flies of to do the Dark Lord's bidding--bringing the goddess Eris to him. Voldemort turns his attention to MacBeth who has retreated to the Provo City offices. Voldemort: You cannot hide from me for long. RJ: He turns and follows. Meanwhile, Wolverine has found Shriek and Eris in an odd battle. Shriek has overcome the effects of the chaos the goddess dispells, but has yet to achieve her aims of fireing her projectiles. Eris has turned many of them into feathers and bubbles. Wolverine chuckles at the comedy of it all. Eris, bored at Shriek, turns to leave the offices after placing Shriek in a large plastic sphere. Wolverine jumps down from his perch after Eris leaves the building. Wolverine: Looks like you're in a bit of a cage there oh 8 legged one. I could help you out of it, but I really don't see the need yet....Ahhhhhh! Get out of my head! Madden: What is going on? Why is Wolverine going into a rage? Mr. Obvious: Shriek is trying to connect with his mind and he must not enjoy it. RJ: It appears that Logan's mutant mind is resisting the connection. His rage might be brought on by Eris or Voldemort though (who has just entered the offices trailing MacBeth)...intersting developments. Wolverine smashes the plastic sphere and tears into the spider with his destructive claws. Shriek is no more. Wolverine turns and smiles at Voldemort, lowering his claws. Madden: Before we close I gotta mention that MacLeod, Reep, Indy and Edward have exited the Tabernacle and run into Dracula and Robot Santa. Dracula has transformed into a bat and Robot Santa is firing his M-16 at the flying mammal. It appears that another epic clash is about to happen with this flash of light.... RECAP: Voldemort controls both Wolverine and Ironman via the Imperius Curse. He is in the Provo Offices as is MacBeth who is hiding with Eris' golden apple--he cannot takes his eyes off it! Dracula and Robot Santa are battling on the Tabernacle grounds, while Indy, MacLeod, Reepicheep, and Edward watch on. Eris is hiding somewhere in the area and Ironman is flying around looking for her. Robert Wrote: |