| Match 1 - Brian Ailshie Alien Killers vs Star Trek's Next Generation Group AB - NCC1701-D "Enterprise" Brian: Well we join this match already in progress, though we haven't missed anything yet. Riker gathered his crew together, and the Alien Killers paired off and split up. Ripley and Hudson are getting close to the docking bay that the Next Gen'ers are currently in. As the door opens, the Space Marines charge the STNG crew. The pulse rifles are blasting everything in sight, but the phaser blasts continue. Riker goes down; then Ripley falls. Data goes down as well; and finally Worf ends that battle. Meanwhile, Mad Max and Riddick have found the Holo-deck. Riddick figures out how the computer works, and hacks his way in. He starts a program and finds a car for Max to run. He then gets to work on disabling the safety protocols. A while later, Worf and Yar get to the Holo-deck. As they enter they see a hilly, desert landscape. As they climb a hill they hear a loud engine noise. Suddenly Mad Max comes flying over the hill! He slams into Worf,mowing him down. Unfortunately he also runs off the end of the hill and crashes. Yar steps toward the car, but the heat of the fireball knocks her back. She's just getting up, when Riddick seizes her from behind. Riddick slits Yar's neck to end it. Winner: Alien Killers (3-0) Star Trek's Next Generation (1-3) Match 2 - Robert Newell The Star Trek Captains vs. The Gladiators Group T - Geonosis Arena "This looks remarkably like the coliseum in Rome" remarked Spartacus, "But this is definitely not anywhere I've ever been." "Quiet all of you" barked Maximus "I see our opponents" "Stay down! There is one African, two old men, and a woman." While this exchange was happening, the captains were arguing again. Janeway is trying to assert herself as the leader. Its remarkable what seven years without contact with a superior officer will do for insubordination. Even if Kirk wasn't the most senior present, there is no way Sisko or Picard would follow an idiot like Janeway. "They don't appear to be armed" Spartacus whispered. "Why don't we just charge?" "Are you volunteering?" Maximus replied. With that, Spartacus drew his sword and motioned the others to follow. At the approach of obviously armed opponents, the Captains quit their squabbling and concentrated their fire on the lead man. Spartacus was stunned three times and then killed by the fourth blast. Picard, Janeway, and Sisko looked incredulously at Kirk. "Why did you kill him?" the three said in unison. Kirk was shocked that anyone would even question the situation, but the captains didn't have any more time to argue. A well thrown javelin caught Picard in the chest. The resulting explosion killed the four captains. You see, Picard's artificial heart is powered just like every other bit of technology in Star Trek, with a plasma conduit that explodes whenever it gets damaged. I'm not sure the engineering necessities that would require such a thing, but no one ever accused the Federation of good design principles. Winners: The Gladiators (1-0) Losers: The Star Trek Captains (0-2) Match 3 - Mark Ailshie New York's Heroes vs. The Mob Group B - New York City Mark: Tendril is half man, half plant, with an intelligence nestled comfortably between the two. He lashes out with unthinking instinct, his huge tentacle like arms whipping at DareDevil and Electra. Stan Lee: But DareDevil's reflexes are too fast for the plant thing, and dodges. Electra is momentarily entwined in the weeds, but her twin daggers flash out and the creeper falls to the ground. Mark: To be replaced almost instantly with another, and now Electra is fighting to keep the plant away. Meanwhile, Mighty Mouse: HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAY!!! Mark: Right. Mighty Mouse flies in and clocks Tendril under the chin. The creature gives a horrible choking wail and snatches at the flying rodent, but MM is much too fast. Suddenly, a spray of webbing erupts from the ceiling, and Tendril is held fast. Mighty Mouse gives one last humongous punch, and Tendril's neck snaps back like a slinky. The plant man falls dead. Mighty Mouse gives a shout of triumph. MM: HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAY! Stan Lee: Electra steps forward, but DareDevil stops her with a shout. DareDevil: Watch out behind you! Stan Lee: Electra spins in place, her knives already flying. The daggers plunge into something that was totally invisible moments before. With a shimmering, the chameleon-like Wallflower appears, his mouth open in wordless shock. Spidey raises an eyebrow. Spiderman: I didn't even see him. How did you? Stan Lee: Daredevil doesn't answer. He hadn't been aware that Wallflower had been hiding in any way. Shifting camouflage skin, no matter how intricate, does no good against a blind man. Instead, he turns toward the open street, where he hears the strange shuffling strides of dozens and dozens of feet. DareDevil: We've got company. Mark: Coffinshaker is sitting cross-legged in the middle of a nearby cemetery, his face painted in the traditional colors of a voodoo priest. But Coffinshaker is more than that--he is a powerful mutant with the ability to animate recently dead tissue. Right now, he is in a light trance, seeing through the corroded eyes of some thirty zombies he has sent shuffling after our heroes. He reaches out with his mind and finds the bodies of Tendril and Wallflower. Stan Lee: Spiderman is about to fire webbing into the approaching horde of undead, when suddenly his spidey sense begins tingling wildly. He leaps away, just as a chunk of stone smashes where he was standing a moment before. He looks behind them, and is shocked to see Tendril, his neck still askew, nonchalantly yanking another chunk of cement out of the sidewalk. Electra: What's going on here! Mark: Electra's frustration is obvious, as she yanks her knives out of Wallflower's attacking corpse again and again, with no visible effect. The horde of undead reach DareDevil, and the blind super-hero does his best to fight them off, but every time he delivers what should be a killing blow, the zombie just keeps coming. Spiderman is having more luck by using his webbing to snare the zombies. Still, the dead keeping struggling to reach him. Mighty Mouse flies around them, punching without effect. "Here I come to save the Daaay!" he says in frustration. Stan Lee: Electra kicks Wallflower away again, but as she turns, she suddenly finds herself facing an extremely angry looking woman with long black hair. And suddenly, a lance of pain stabs Electra from her skull to her spine, and she falls over, unable to move. Mark: That would be Gorgon. She is a mutant with the psychic ability to inflict temporary paralysis on anybody she looks in the eye. She also has a vicious streak, and a burning hatred of just about anybody. Once Electra is paralyzed, Wallflower's corpse reaches her easily and plunges her own knife into her heart. Stan Lee: DareDevil hears his lady-love fall and rushes to avenge her. Gorgon gives him her stare as well, but there is no effect. Sometimes, it's good to be a blind man. Daredevil throws his baton end over end and connects with Gorgon's neck. The impact snaps it instantly. Mark: DD moves over to his fallen girlfriend, and cradles her body in a moment of grief. He is shocked when her body suddenly lurches at him and shoots its fingers into his throat. Dare Devil is stunned, and Electra's and Gorgon's bodies lurch to their feet. They swarm over him, and are about to kill him when suddenly a long web snaps Daredevil under the shoulder and yanks him into the air. Spiderman: Best if we take to the skies, Devil. Stan Lee: Spiderman and Daredevil dive over the rooftops of Manhattan, Mighty Mouse flying beside them, looking for Coffinshaker. The city has been evacuated for the duration of this match, so it ought to be easy to find him--just look for someone who isn't a reanimated dead person. Suddenly, Mighty Mouse sees someone. Mighty Mouse (Pointing): HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAY! Stan Lee: My two creations look down and spot Coffinshaker in the graveyard. The voodoo priest sits serenely, seemingly oblivious to their presence. DareDevil: I don't like this. Spiderman: Smells like a trap. Mighty Mouse: HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAY! Spiderman: Let's surround him--that should give us the best chance to take him. Mark: The three dive down, and approach Coffinshaker. But Coffinshaker has set a trap for them, and as they approach him, hands suddenly shoot out of the grass at their feet, followed by a half dozen festering corpses, including those of Electra, Tendril, Gorgon, and Wallflower. Coffinshaker can't use their powers--their minds die with them--but he can manipulate their bodies, without worrying about breaking bones or straining muscles. For Mighty Mouse, he has animated about ten dead alley cats and twenty big ugly sewer rats. Mighty Mouse: HERE I COME TO S-- Mark: But the rest of that refrain is lost as an undead alley cat swallows the champion of mouse-kind whole. Spiderman and DareDevil are getting overwhelmed. In desperation, Spiderman fires a random spray of web that hits Coffinshaker in the face. Stan Lee: Suddenly, all the bodies fall dead again! 'Shaker frantically wipes the webbing off his face, his concentration broken. He needs a few seconds to fall back into his trance. He leaps to his feet and tries to get away. Mark: But, of course, DareDevil and Spiderman are much too fast for him. Spiderman snares him with a webline, and DareDevil breaks his neck like a popsicle stick. Winners: New York Heroes (1-0) The Mob (0-1) Match 4 - Brian Ailshie The Borg vs The Gladiators Group T - Geonosis Arena Maximus: Stay with me men. I've fought one of these before. They can kill you by touching you, and they've got some type of crossbow thing, that cuts through armor. Stay together and we'll get this done. Hagen & Juba: We're with you general. Spartacus: If you know this enemy, I'll follow you too. Picard: Here come the Borg. They enter by the main gate, and the gladiators are already in the middle of the arena, by the columns. Maximus has his men take shelter behind the columns. As the Borg get closer, he calls to his men. Maximus: NOW!!! Charge them! Picard: Maximus charges ahead of his men, and cuts the arm off of the first Borg. Weird "Al" Yankovic: He's been dis-armed! There is a multi-person groan from the commentators booth. Picard: Yes, well. Maximus picks up the Borged arm, and pries the phaser from the hand. He fires at the second Borg, who goes down. The second shot bounces off the Borg shield. This may be the end of the Gladiators. Ridley Scott: Don't count Maximus out yet. He leads his men in another charge. Spartacus and Hagen go down under the phaser blasts, but Maximus and Juba reach the last two Borg, and find that their shields don't stop sword blows. Maximus takes down 3 of 3, and Juba cleaves the head off the Borg Queen! Winner: The Gladiators (2-0) The Borg (0-2) Match 5 - Robert Newell The Pokemon vs. The Gargoyles Group AA - Shrek's Swamp Ash was frightened. Things were not turning out according to plan. It began with catching the occasional glimpse of what he thought were eyes, staring at him from the dark. He also had heard the sounds of rushing winds in the trees. His opponents must be fliers, so he had deployed Pidgeot to hunt them down. The bird pokemon had flown off into the darkness and Ash had sat down by a tree, comfortable that he would have another victory. Pidgeot never returned. Ash then deployed Venusaur to entange any foe that might come. He eventually caught something, but it probably would have been better had he not. Venusaur tangled Hudson in his vines, only to have the vines chopped to bits by Hudson's sword. Ash had run like... well, a frightened little boy. He heard Venusaur's pathetic cries for help that eventually fell silent. His opponents were demons from his worst nightmares. He deployed all of his remaining pokemon. Surely one of them would be able to defeat the gargoyles. One by one, his pokemon fell, valiantly trying to save him. Blastoise was worse than useless, as his water cannon only made the opponents wet. Charizard had wounded the smallest gargoyle, or at least Ash thought he had, but the larger gargoyles ripped him to pieces before the fire lizard to finish Brooklyn off. Pikachu actually killed Hudson as he raised his sword to skewer Ash. The electric mouse electrified the old gargoyle, but an enraged Goliath tore the pore pokemon in half moments later. Ash had kept Jigglypuff close by him, hoping that he could pull out another victory like his last by putting all his enemies to sleep. Jigglypuff did his thing as Goliath and Broadway closed in, but nothing happened. Gargoyles don't sleep. They turn to stone in the daytime, but I don't even think that they can sleep. Broadway crushed the little puff, and Goliath put the quivering child out of his misery. He had thought to spare the boy, but the death of his old friend had driven him berzerk. Winners: The Gargoyles (1-0) The Pokemon (1-2) |