Originally posted by crazyspinz
hmm i havent got the guidlines figured outi think it will be simmilar to other tournys where u can only have a ceartain amount of super powers
Actually, they have power groups, where you have one or two or a couple characters in a power group. I don't think it should be like that, just say you get the teams you picked with are what you bring tot he tourney, limit their strongest characters' power to say something like Herald or Superman/Gladiator levels (as in no Thanos or Odin-level beings) and make a rule about telepaths saying something like no automatic shutting down or controlling minds. They can attack and cause as much pain or illusions as they want, just no instant kills.
my teams powerfull yes but i would not say it is cosmic level, just above average strengh wise... though i have enver been able to understand the weird way that marvel seems to have off clssing things. and that does not seem to have any varrity. and of cource there is a question of metaphysics involved, as my shadow king is an astral entity and unable to be harmed physical... not every team has a power tht is telepathic and could hope to beat him on an astral level?
Here it is, Issue #1 in all it's mightiness! I have to divide it in three parts because its pretty long.
Weapon X: Issue #1
“The New Guys”
Endberry land,
Antarctica, Earth, Unknown Dimension
Stephen Wong Strange Jr. had never been in a colder place then this. The temperature must have been…what, minus fifty degrees Celsius? His clock and undershirt didn’t really protect him and he just couldn’t remember the temperature changing spell his father had taught him. It was really cold. And what was this place anyway? He didn’t remember how he got here. It had been a cold night in New York City, and he was enjoying a well-earned holiday from the superhero team Defenders. He was walking in the park when “The Dread One” decided that it was the day when he would devour the Earth.
He and the defenders were fighting Dormammu and the team was winning when…he was here. He probably hit his head or something because he didn’t remember anything of what had happened. Did Dormammu curse him? Did he, on his last action teleport him to a distant place as a revenge to Stephen’s father? Well, if he did, he was going to pay him when he would get out here. First he would…
*click-click*
Strange recognized that sound. It came from a gun that was pressed to the back from his head. He didn’t recognize the voice that spoke to him, however.
“Ok. Who are you, what is this place, and why am I here?! You have exactly six seconds to answer before I shatter your spinal cord!” Stephen lifted his hands up and started to talk with a nervous voice. “Hey, hey, HEY! I don’t know anything more then you, please, just don’t shoot me!”
The man behind him snickered. ”Calm down brat, I was only joking. I would shoot you in the legs, and then I would shoot your head open. So, you can still ask my first question. Who the hell are you?”
“M-m-my name is Stephen…Stephen Wong Strange…Jr...I am member of…”
“Ok, that’s enough,” The man said, removed his gun and put it back to its holster, “Stephen “Wong” Strange. I guess you didn’t choose it yourself, huh?”
“No,” Strange answered “It was the dumb idea of my parents.”
“Knew it,” The man said. Stephen then turned around to face him.
The man was dressed in weird suit. He wore a dark blue shirt and pants of the same color. Under his suit was an armor of some sort. He wore metal boots, a belt with ammos on it and two guns on it. On his belt were also twenty or so throwing stars. What was the strangest thing on the suit was his helmet. It was made from an unknown metal, and it covered the whole head, leaving only holes for eyes. It was nailed on the armor under the shirt. The helmet looked heavy; Stephen wondered how the man could move with it.
“What are you looking at?”
“Uh, nothing. So…who are you?” Stephen asked.
“Why do you need to know that?” The man himself asked.
“Well, I was…”
The sudden “SHOOM” sound interrupted Strange’s speech. He looked upwards, where a purple…portal, it couldn’t be described anything else, had opened. A woman, dressed in black leather suit, carrying a sword, mace and finally a mace, dropped from it. Strange had just enough time to move away under it, but the other man was not so lucky. The woman dropped just on top of him.
“Are…are you okay?” Strange asked.
“Let’s see, a woman, dressed in black leather suit is lying on top of me. Wouldn’t you be?”
Suddenly, the woman opened her eyes. With speed so fast, that Strange’s eye couldn’t follow it, she drew her sword and pressed it on the throat of the man. The man, with speed almost as fast, took his gun and pressed it against the woman’s head. The woman looked at the man, then at Strange.
“Who are you two?” she said.
“I could ask the same thing,” the man answered to her.
”Hey...let’s not make any quick actions...everybody...could you put your weapons back? And let’s introduce ourselves properly?” Strange suggested.
Both the woman and the man glared at Strange, who quickly took few steps backwards and muttered: “It was only suggestion.”
The woman and the man glared at each other. Then the woman started to talk.
”You first.”, Said the man.
”Right. What if I take my sword away? But I warn you. I can move at 99% of light speed. If you shoot me, I grab the bullet and force it down your throat before you realize that I am moving.”
”Ooh, I already like you.”
Both put their weapons back to their places and slowly stood up, still glaring at each other. Strange shyly smiled and said: “Okay, then. My name is Stephen Wong Strange. And you two are?”
The woman lifted his chin and stood straight. He swept the hair from his face with is hand, and in the same time, Strange could see that her ears were pointed. ”My name is Jeanne-Marie Beaubier. And My codename...in battle is Aurora.”
“And you’ve been fighting for Mother France since the good old 70’s?” Laughed the man. He then stood as straight and saluted Aurora. “French, right?”
“Actually, I am Canadian.”
“Oh, how awesome! I love Canada.” The man said and put his both of his thumbs up.
“So, what is your name?” Strange asked.
The man swirled around. ”Me? I’m nobody. I don’t even know my own name, honestly. In there where I’m from, they called me Bullseye.”
Aurora laughed. “God, you are corny.”
“Many have said that. None are alive,” the man answered.
“More action flick sentences…are those where all your vocabulary comes?”
“Look, why don’t you just jump away from a cliff and…”
“Hey, let’s not take it too far, we still have to…” Strange said, but an unknown voice stopped him. “Excuse me,” the voice said. They turned around. Who they saw, was one of the weirdest beings that Strange had encountered. He had a muscular body, glowing with strange color of radioactive green. He had a yellow glowing star insignia in his chest. Only item of clothing that he had was a dark green loincloth. What was most unique on him, however, was his face. It didn’t resemble a normal human face. Not at least one who was alive. It was a skull; you couldn’t put it simpler. It had every feature, no eyes or other organs. It had the death grin that the skeletons have. How he could talk…that was a mystery.
“You wouldn’t be related to Johann Schmidt? Are you “Green Skull?” Bullseye said.
“…I beg your pardon?” The green man said.
“Sigh…never mind him…” Aurora said, “He is an idiot. So who are you?”
“Ah, my name is Chun Lu. My enemies gave me the name, “Radioactive Man” that suits me somewhat, so you may call me with it, if you wish…I believe that I ended here same way that you did... I don’t know how, or why, but my friend has a theory of how we got here?”
“Your friend? You mean there are more people here?” Strange asked.
“Yes. I think he is coming here now…” Radioactive Man said and pointed at the landscape. Everybody saw a distant glow far away. It was coming closer very fast and they started to see a human form. Suddenly, he landed right next to them. He was fully covered in something that resembled fire, but he didn’t seem to be disturbed by it. His eyes glowed with fiery yellow, and he carried a spear on his right hand. He eyed the group, and started to talk.
“Greetings. My name is Human Torch. I would like to know your names, if possible?” His voice sounded like it would have been spoken from a distant space. It was wise, but it didn’t have a hint of emotion on it and it was cold, in opposition of his appearance. Strange answered him: “Uh…my name is Stephen Strange. These here are Aurora and Bullseye.” Aurora just plain stared him. Bullseye didn’t seem to be even phased by his looks. Though, he wore a helmet so you couldn’t really tell. He then asked him: “This skull-guy here said that you have a theory how we got here. Spit out.”
The Human Torch just stared at Bullseye for couple of seconds. “Yes. I believe that we have been transferred here by a higher being. He naturally seems to be a very powerful one, as he has transferred us from our respective homes and called us here. Within my life, I have seen powerful beings. This one I haven’t met. We should go to the place where he resides and reason him to get us back to our homes.”
“So, you mean that we should kick his ass and force him to release us? Great plan. One question, where?” Bullseye asked again.
“God, you are thick! How about THERE?” Aurora said and pointed behind them.
Behind them, was an enormous igloo. It was clearly made from snow and ice, but it was a size of Empire State Building. It didn’t seem to have any windows, but it had pictures on side of it. A bright star, an ancient hammer, head of a devil, a ruby-colored eye, a butterfly, and a “4” inside of blue circle. Everybody stared it for an half of a minute, looking the pictures of it and just watching its sheer size. Then Bullseye made a smart remark to stop their gazing and they started to move towards it. Only the Human Torch stayed still, watching the “4” silently. Strange also stopped.
“Are you coming?” He said to Human Torch.” “Yes, of course. I can carry two of you and fly there,” He answered. “Great. I can fly myself,” Strange said. “So can I,” Added Radioactive Man. “I am able to fly too,” Said Aurora.
“Guess that leaves me. I don’t have wings,” said Bullseye.
”I can carry you,” Human Torch said.
“Great I meet you there,” Said Aurora and disappeared in a flash.
”That girl is fast,” Said Bullseye.
Part 2:
The group flew to the skyscraper-igloo. They landed to the huge twin-doors that were on the entrance of the towering building and went in. They walked in the long corridors of the building and heard noises from the small kitchen room in twenty-eighth floor. They went in and saw a woman, dressed in purple cape and cloak. Her features were elegantly British, but her hair was strangely purple, as were her eyes. He glanced at them without saying a word. There was also a man, but he was next to a stove, making food. He then turned around to face them.
He had dark black hair, sideburns that connected to his beard and strange eyes. The pupils were white and rest of the eyes was black. He wore a tuxedo and a checkered bow. He smiled warmly to the group. “Hello, team. Good that you are here. Food is ready soon, I am making spaghetti. Would you like some coffee? I know, you probably want to…”
“First things first,” Bullseye interrupted, “Are you the guy that brought us here?”
“Why, yes I am but let me first…”
He was once again interrupted by a cruder response. Bullseye had pulled his weapons out from their holsters and aimed them to the man’s eyes. “You better get me back in the place where you took me. I was fighting this guy and I want him dead! So you…” Suddenly everybody heard distant feminine voice inside their heads. Drop the weapon, you bloody idiot. Let him explain why we are here. Everybody turned to watch the purple-hired woman in the table. She glared at them.
“Ahem, yes. Like I was saying, you probably want to know why you are here. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Timebroker. I have not teleported you here to annoy you; I am not your enemy. This is not a dream that some of you have been conjuring. I could say that you all are in serious trouble. This is a really long story, so I am making it short.
There are different realities and dimensions. Nobody really knows how many there are. There are at least billions, if not more of them, and every second a new one forms up. Every dimension has same beings that live on there. For example, there are over a billion of you, some are good some are bad…most have taken same path then you have.
You all stem from different realities; none of you is from the same. You don’t know each other very well, so let me introduce you to each other of you.”
The man took a remote controller and pressed a button. A widescreen TV appeared from the wall. He clicked another button, and Strange’s picture appeared in the TV.
“Stephen Wong Strange Jr., or “Strange” as he likes to call himself, is son of Sorcerer Supreme, Dr. Stephen Strange Sr. and Clea Strange. He has inherited his father’s and mothers magical skills and is as powerful as both of them together. He has easily potential to become the next Sorcerer Supreme although he is not interested in it. He is full ranks member in his father’s superhero team, Defenders.”
*click*
“Bullseye. A mercenary for hire who doesn’t even know what his real name is. Gifted with perfect aim, ability to use any object as a weapon and gear made from adamantium, indestructible metal, he is perfect killer. A mortal enemy to protector of justice, Daredevil, he has signed his position as his number one enemy by killing his girlfriend, Elektra Natchios.”
*click*
“Jeanne-Marie Beaubier. Also goes by her superhero name Aurora. She was a member of Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight for a short time, but because of longtime feuds with her brother, Jean-Paul and his ex-boyfriend, Walter Langowski, she left the team to start superheroing of her own. She was successful, with her amazing super-speed, strength and ability to create blinding light; she became the favorite of Canada.”
*click*
“Radioactive Man. Real name is Chun Lu. The most feared enemy of his reality’s Thor, he was the answer of China against the United States of America. A living nuclear reactor, he has been endowed with multiple superhuman powers that make him a dangerous opponent. In his reality he formed a team called Masters of Evil, and fought his reality’s Avengers.”
*click*
“Lastly, we have Human Torch. Born as Johnny Storm, he joined a Superhero team called Fantastic Four in his reality, alongside his sister, his sisters husband and his brother-in-laws best friend. They got superpowers from cosmic radiation, and started to fight crime. However, their most dangerous enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom slaughtered every member of the team except Johnny, who he “did not think as a worthy kill.” Desperate and wanting revenge, Johnny went to speak to another villain of Fantastic Four, Galactus, to have more power to defeat Doom. Galactus endowed him with Power Cosmic, and increased his powers by over a hundredfold.”
*click* the man closed the TV.
“Alright, then. Now to that why you are here.
Time is like a living being, it has shape, it has motion and it has growth. It is like a massive chain of DNA, and all along that chain are strands that make up the unlimited number of various realities. Everything usually goes like it should go in these realities. The right people die, and born, right people get power, and the right people fall. But sometimes, there are bad strands of DNA that can cause some effects. Usually they are minor changes and they should not be disturbed, but sometimes, they cause big effects, and alter the time of reality in radical way. This is where you came in.
Each of your realities has been altered in that radical way.
Strange, your father was killed before he had chance to meet your mother, so you were never born.
Bullseye, you were killed in battle with Elektra, something that was not meant to happen.
Aurora, you never left the Alpha Flight, and later you got killed in battle with the Hulk.
Radioactive Man, you accidentally killed Thor with your vast radioactive powers, speeding the process of Ragnarok and destroying the world in the same time.
Human Torch, you got killed alongside your teammates. There was nobody to stop Dr. Doom conquering the world then.
I know, it is hard to swallow on the first place. But what is the point, is that your can fix your situation; erase the things that caused your wronged reality. There are other realities too with the same problem that your realities have. Your realities problems exist because of these realities. You are given an opportunity to fix these realities and in the same time, fix your realities. I will send you to erase to problems in the other realities.
If you are successful, you will return to your old lives, with every problem there erased. If you die or simply fail in your mission, you will return to your realities where there is a ripple in time. Except some of you, because you simply die in there too, and cease to exist.”
The Timebroker let the team to swallow their fates for a minute. Then Aurora looked at the woman sitting in the table. “I am sorry, but who is she?”
“Oh, she is Elizabeth Braddock, or Psylocke. She was a member of the former team of mine, “Weapon X” as I call the teams that are assigned to more…radical work. All of the team except she got killed in a fight with alternate dimensions Silver Surfer. She prevailed in fight against him however, and I transferred her to wait here for a new Weapon X team, you. Okay, then. Take this, Strange. It is a device called Tallus. It tells you what to do in each dimension to fix it. You are the only one with ability to teleport, so with that ability, it allows you to hop from dimension to dimension.”
The man handed Strange a weird golden wristband with red jewel on it. Then he looked at the team. “Any other questions to ask, or should I just send you to your first mission?” he said. “Just one more,” Said Strange, “Where do you come from?”
The man smiled. “Oh, I am just a construct of your collective consciousness.” He then faded away and left the gazed team in the building. “Well, I guess we have to leave…” said Strange. He then took a mystical wand from his belt. It extended to a staff and he started to swing it with fast speeds and a mystical bolt of energy came out of it. It formed to a portal which glowed with yellow light.
“Step in,” said Strange. Reluctantly, everybody walked through the portal…
New York City,
USA, Earth, Dimension 19648
The portal opened to their destination reality. Weapon X found themselves on Manhattan, on top of the United Nations Building. Only it wasn’t anything they had seen in their own realities. The building was destroyed, it burned and many of the windows have been broken. The flags in front of the building have been ripped away; only one flag was on the entrance. It was probably fifty times the size of a normal flag. It had a silhouette of a man, wearing a cape and having a Mohawk haircut. Behind the man was the UN symbol.
“What does the Tallus tell you, Strange?” asked Radioactive Man.
“We are…we are ended in reality where Earth is part of the Shi’ar Empire. On January 1987, the Shi’ar starship fleet came to Earth and invaded it successfully within a year. All the Earth Heroes were killed or put in prison, and Shi’ar ruled the Earth with an iron hand. Few heroes are still free, but they are just a small resistance force in here, and they have no hope of winning the Shi’ar.”
“Whoa. So what do we have to do?” Asked Bullseye.
“We have to…oh my God, we have to get the Shi’ar to leave the Earth, help the resistance force to defeat the Shi’ar army here and kill the respective Emperor.”
“Is the Emperor still D’Ken?” Said Human Torch
“No…the Tallus says that current Emperor is called Emperor Kallark. He was a former Praetor of the Imperial Guard, but he stole the throne from D’Ken and killed him.”
“Anybody know who this Kallark guy is?”
Everybody turned to face Human Torch who looked like he had just seen a ghost. “Do you know who this Kallark guy is?”
Part Three:
“Yes…I do. He was the most powerful member of the Shi’ar Empire in my dimension Shi’ar forces attacked the Earth when I was still…a human, but the Avengers and the X-Men of my universe managed to drive them away. On the battle where we won the Shi’ar, he was the leader of their army. He was called Gladiator He single handedly killed Thor, Iron Man, and other powerful heroes before the Hulk managed to kill him. If we have to kill him…I don’t know if we can beat him.”
“Holy…wait is this Hulk guy still alive here? Maybe we can ask his help,” Bullseye suggested.
“No…Tallus says that Kallark killed him first when Shi’ar attacked Earth. He ripped his head of and threw it in Betelgeuse. He has also killed most of the Avengers and the X-Men here.”
“How can we beat this guy?” Aurora said.
“Well, I don’t think he is that hard to beat with our firepower. I mean, you, Human Torch are endowed with the power cosmic of Galactus. That should be enough to defeat him. We also have magic, he is somewhat vulnerable to it and I have my psychic powers and he supposedly is vulnerable to them too.” said a voice behind them. It was Psylocke, whom they heard talking first time.
“Yeah, well, over the years he has gained more and more confidence. He is not so easy to beat anymore…although he is older…in his 60’s…I m not sure about it though…“ said Strange.
“We have still try. Otherwise we end up in our changed dimensions.” said Radioactive Man.
“Of course. Where does he reside?” said Human Torch.
“He has taken Empire State Building as his headquarters in Earth.”
The team started flew towards the Empire State Building. “Why aren’t we flying faster?” said Bullseye. “We have to fly slower so we won’t attract the attention of the Shi’ar,” answered Human Torch. Weapon X then heard a zooming noise coming towards them…
“Look out!” Human Torch shouted.
BAM! A red stream hit Human Torch who was carrying Bullseye with massive speed. Human Torch lost his sense of direction and rotated in the air before stopping. The red stream flew away from them the again towards them. It stopped just before them.
It was Emperor Kallark. He glared at Weapon X. Every member of the team was stopped at their tracks and just waited for his next move. He started to talk with bored, loud voice.
“You idiots. I was on the other side of the world and still heard every word you said. You want to kill me? You want to kill the most powerful being on this planet? I am the Gladiator. Praetor and Emperor of the Shi’ar Empire. You, because of underestimating my power, decided to encounter me in battle, shall die in my hands.” He turned to see Psylocke. “Yes, you have seemingly noticed that your telepathy doesn’t work on me. Once again you have underestimated me.”
“Emperor. I think that you shouldn’t talk so highly when or numbers are obviously greater then yours. There are six of us, and only one of you.”
Emperor smiled. “Really? Look behind you, infidel.”
The team turned around in the air. Behind them was the entire Imperial Guard. Each of the superguardians smiled to Weapon X. “Prepare to die,” Emperor said.
“Oh, f***,” said Bullseye.
TO BE CONTINUED IN WEAPON X #2.
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Stay also tuned for Issue #2 and #3!
Weapon X #2
The Weapon X are pitted against the most powerful being in Earth, Emperor Kallark, aka. Gladiator of Imperial Guard! Rest of the team have to beat him without the aid of the most powerful member of the team, Human Torch, who is fighting the rest of Imperial guard!
Weapon X #3
Weapon X have hopped into twisted dimension where they have to battle the most skilled mortal fighter in the Earth. The man also happens to be an mutant. And, no, we aren't talking about Wolverine...
