Day one.
A Longbow Officer walked over to Hyper-Man. They had been informed of the situation, and each of the heroes wore the same metal brace on their wrists.
Hyper nodded and turned to the other heroes as Burning entered the room. "Alright, you heard them, let's move."
The heroes stood, some heading to the teleporters to gather info while others moved to control stations as the power flickered back on.
Hyper pulled Burning over, who was about to head out. "Listen, I understand you wanted to warn your family. You're lucky they aren't taking you in now for resisting arrest."
"I know, Hyp."
He nodded and walked over to the control room.
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Danica and Mystillumin looked around Independence Port. "Follow me," she said, leading him to the base portal.
They reappeared in the 'Kickers base, and alarms blared.
Hyper and Shard quickly ran up to the portal, but stopped when they saw Danica had already 'caught' the villain.
"It's alright, he helped me," she said.
"What do you mean? He's one of the reasons we're in this whole mess!" said Shard.
"I apologize. I had no idea, or, I mean, I didn't think Seeker was capable of..." The mystic was at a loss for words.
"Apparently, Heat was about to go too far, so he helped me escape," explained Danica.
"Wait, so you can testify for us?" asked Hyper.
Mystillumin nodded.
***
Heat Seeker paced back and forth. "This is bad. Very bad. That fool could undo everything!"
He turned to Torcher who boredly tossed a fireball like a toy.
"Do you understand what this MEANS?!" he yelled.
"What? You sayin' something, boss?"
"Ugh. I'm surrounded by IDIOTS!"
He was furious. Everything had been going as planned, and he was ready to attack The Masters. Without Mystillumin, his plans were not enough. His illusions were necessary to overwhelm the villains.
"No matter... we're going to proceed as planned! Get the men ready!" he ordered.
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Blightlord sat in his large, ornate chair in the base, observing his mirror.
Images flashed of his fellow Masters of Mayhem. It was important to keep an eye on them, watch what they're planning.
As an image of Elitist came into view, he was looking over the computer.
Blightlord saw him type a command, and the Masters' communicators beeped. It was a signal to meet in the Control Center.
Blightlord considered sending Grime, but something about the way Elitist was pacing made him wonder exactly what was going on.
A few moments later, the Masters were waiting for Elitist to explain.
"Ruby Blade and Nictus Brawler have just come back from gathering information in Paragon City," he said. "It seems Project Heat Seeker has been working to eliminate the Buttkickers of the Fantastic, but he has also sent us a challenge, one we will accept, and crush him and his pitiful group of thugs."
"You of course know this is a trap," said Blightlord.
"That is why your undead will be leading the front," he said.
Blightlord's fist clenched as he attempted to manage a grin. "But of course..."
Elitist typed the codes in, and motioned for everyone to enter the teleporters.
They stepped inside in groups of threes, and in a moment, the Masters were inside an underground base, filled with wide stone tunnels.
Torches provided the only light, and the sound of water dripping from the ceiling echoed.
A few uneasily waited for an ambush, while others prepped their forces.
A large group of undead appeared behind them.
A few moved to attack, until they saw them move towards Blightlord.
Elitist nodded, and pointed forward. There was a sound at the end of the hall, voices.
The undead led the way, with Tyrant's robots staying in back. They came to a set of large double doors. Two zombies shuffled forward and opened them, revealing a large hall, and over a hundred men waiting.
At the top of a large stage, Seeker merely pointed, and they charged.
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The undead took the brunt of the attack, leaving the Masters themselves able to easily down the first few.
Harlequin grinned mischievously as she convinced a group to fight one another, while Elitist and Smashing Pumpkin ran in, quickly taking down a group.
Tyrant's robots lined up from behind the group, and fired, taking down several. Blightlord ordered his minions to charge, and the Knights rushed in, quickly hacking and slashing, and stealing life force to repair their wounds. The Lich, Grime, quickly cast spells of fear, boosting Harlequin's effects on the groups.
GeoWatt came in, quickly bashing the ones that came too close, easily breaking some, while others were covered in their own protections.
"This seems too easy..." remarked Blightlord.
Knave grabbed Ruby Blade's attention and pointed at Seeker, who patiently stood at the top of his platform.
The other assassin nodded, and the two faded from sight, silently creeping forward.
Nictus Brawler transformed into a large crab-like creature, roaring as he charged in, absorbing the strength of the enemies near him to quickly slam his foot on the ground, releasing a wave of Nicti energy.
Void Brawler cautiously moved around the edges, striking from the shadows before delivering a quick flurry of blows and disappearing.
Blade and Knave readied to strike. The two were about to attack when Seeker quickly turned, draining large amounts of energy from them.
His own strength boosted, he breathed a wide arc of flame while throwing explosive fireballs.
The two were forced to back off as more Legion members appeared.
Some of Techno Tyrant's robots began to fall as another group of robots came down, firing concentrated beams through critical systems.
Techno-Flame hovered down behind them, waving as he charged up a bolt of fire.
Pyra came down onto Smashing with a double-hand blow.
She quickly slammed her fist into his stomach as Elitist came up behind her.
His head jerked forward as something slammed against the back of it.
He turned to see Torcher perched on the wall, flinging more and more blasts of fire and grinning.
Elitist growled in anger as he flew at him.
The Immolator charged forward, letting loose a wide blast of flame at the Masters who had stayed together.
Harlequin tried to get a grip on his mind, but couldnt find a hold as he shot another burst.
GeoWatt stepped in front of the attack, taking the full force of it as he charged to attack.
Smashing kept up his grin as he hit Pyra with a shadowy fist, sending her stumbling back.
He charged, flinging a quickly flurry of blows, which she quickly sidestepped.
She cuffed him with a flame-wrapped fist, and kicked him in the back.
He turned to see her smirk, and moved in to attack again.
Elitist grabbed Torchers shirt, holding him high.
He slammed his fist into the stone wall as the boy teleported away, laughing hysterically.
Elitist growled in rage and charged again, even more frustrated as he was wrapped in a heat that seemed to drain his strength.
He flew quickly and right before reaching him, Torcher teleported away. But Elitist expected this, and quickly flew the chunk of stone he had taken from the wall at him.
It slammed into Torcher, sending him flipping back where he crashed into the wall.
Techno-Flame let loose the beam of fire. Tyrants force-field generator saved him from most of the attack as he lined up his own shot.
Flame spun back is it clipped his armor. He angrily ordered his robots to focus their full attention on Tyrant.
Geo hit Immolator with an uppercut that sent him staggering back. He stared at him for a moment, cracking his neck back into place.
Immolator charged, slamming the butt end of his rifle into Watts chin, before firing a burst right into his stomach.
Seeker flew over Knave, flinging blast after blast at him, and draining his speed.
Ruby leapt from a wall and came down hard. His sword clanged against the armor, only denting it.
As Blade was sent flying back by a burst of kinetic energy, Seeker swooped down and stole even more of Knaves strength before blasting him in the back.
Knave turned, and waved his hand in front of Seekers eyes, making him forget about attacking.
He was about to strike when a Legion member interrupted him, throwing an explosive fireball at him.
He turned, and angrily came down on the thugs head with a heavy strike.
Nictus grabbed another Legionnaire and tossed him at a group while Void Brawler quickly struck at the one that had been sneaking up behind him.
Harlequin began to cause chaos as she sent the last thirty standing into a fear filled frenzy, making them attack each other. Grime added to the fear with his own spells before sending a wave of nether energy that scattered them even more before ensnaring them in shadowy tendrils.
Blightlords Grave Knights rushed in, quickly hacking apart the last few standing.
Seeker floated back towards his platform, clapping.
Torcher teleported back behind him, as Pyra leapt away from the fight to join him. Flame quickly jetted away from Tyrant, and hovered behind Heat. Immolator was about to attack Geo again, but a teleport from Torcher took him away. He glared at the boy for a moment before turning to his leader.
Im sorry this visit had to be cut short, but we have other things to attend to. I hope youll enjoy our parting gift.
They disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the Masters alone in a room full of unconscious and dead thugs.
Alright, lets get out of here before this entire place is blown up, said Elitist, directing them forward.
The Masters nodded and walked down the hall. They knew they had won, but it didnt feel like a victory. Something felt
wrong.
Especially as they heard a clattering from where they came from.
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