TricksterPriest
Renegade Timelord
The pre-fight concerns: People talk about my crew and say: "They'll never work together." All of them have worked together with people they have hated, or are used to someone else gving the orders. After a quick telepathic glimpse of Apoc's life history, here's what they'll do. Nyssa will defer to Apoc's 5,000 year old experience. Prometheus is a mercenary, so he'll sit back and let Apoc run the show. Death Gambit's a horseman, nuff said. Venom has worked with Carnage before, compared to that, Apoc is much less hard to believe, (not to mention Apoc can promise Venom a shot at Spiderman if he shows up.) Omega Red is used to making deals and he'll realize his best chance for winning is to work with the others, not to mention he's less crazy and far easier to deal with because of the C-synthesizer. Now Violator is considered to be the hardest of my guys to control. But Violator is used to taking orders and working with others when needed. He did work with Jason Wynn for quite a while and in any case, if Apoc gives him leave to do what he wants with the other teams, Violator won't care. He just wants to enjoy people suffering. Finally, not one word on PIS/CIS defeats of Apoc. This is the non-jobbing version. Kandy's team has Demogoblin who pretty much hates everyone, so they'll be at less than full strength, and Stormfront's team has no tank and inexperienced characters for the most part.
The prep time: Apocalypse mind-links everyone and then gives them a 5-10 minute run down on the situation, who he is, and time for a meet and greet. After a little discussion, the agreements go down as outlined above. They spend another 5-10 minutes going over what they know of the opposition and their abilities. Omega Red goes off to absorb a little extra power from whatever wild life is around. Nyssa goes off to make some local weaponry, like arrowhead toad venom, stonehead arrows, and other things you could easily make in a rain forest. Apocalypse creates 7 worm creatures, shielded from telepathy by his TP cloak, and sets them burrowing under the ground. I'm assuming there's a river nearby or at least an underground stream. Depending on whether or not it's night-time, the TP cloak may not be needed. The creatures burrow around underground and set up a system of tunnels, separated from the river by a makeshift damn of logs at a chokepoint. The worms have the tunnels on my side of the field all set up and dug. Now Death Gambit adds an inert gas into the water. The gas is perfectly harmelss in the water, but debilitating (and non--lethal) when airborne. The team meets back at a central location and does an equipment check and plan re-cap. Apocalypse knocks down a few trees and creates a large clearing near the middle of the field. They then split up and prepare. The fight is on
The fight: Apocalypse telepathically cloaks Omega Red, Venom, Nyssa, and Prometheus. Gambit can't be detected by telepathy because of his kinetic energy. Violator's immune to TP and possibly has his own. Apocalypse and Violator teleport, after ascertaining the location of the other two teams, and shapeshift to resemble the loved ones of various members of the opposing teams, ascertained by previous encounters. Say, Prof X and Captain Mar-Vell. Although they will shapeshift, the wounds that will be perceived will be a telepathic illusion. The other telepaths are no where near Apocalypse's level. However, if they suspect a trap, Violator or Apoc can shift forms and lead Kandy's team or Stormfront's team towards the other. The worms, still under cloak, continue their work under the surface, creating a network of tunnels under the battle field. Death Gambit circles around, ensuring the water continues to contain the inert gas. Venom waits in preparation for a given signal. Omega Red is in a similar position. Nyssa waits with her handmade weapons. Violator gathers necroplasmic energies. Prometheus analyzes the fighting techniques of the combatents and relays information to Apoc. After awhile, when both sides have been worn down, Apocalypse signals the worms to attack both sides and for Omega Red to smash the damn blocking the tunnels.. the shock of having giant worms attack distracts them from the water flowing around their feet. The water rises a few inches or so, no more than a foot. At this point, Apocalypse levitates and turns his arms into a solar lense, focusing it on the water. Or he just shoots a big heat beam if it's night. Either way, the water evaporates, and the inert gas is rendered active. The gas weakens and disorients the remaining fighters. After a few seconds, Apocalypse telepathically tells Death Gambit to neutralize the gas. What follows is a brutal massacre. Apocalypse turns into a 20 ft. giant and start raining down death and destruction. Red jumps mimic or Jack of hearts, as was planned, depending on who survived. Violator rips Genis-Vell apart or breathes a necroplasmic blast at Prsym. Venom rips Vixen in half, or coughs up a hairball after biting Beast's head off. Nyssa starts using her poisoned arrows and other weapons, in conjunction with Prometheus, to decimate the remaining street levelers. Prometheus took down Lady Shiva in 3 seconds with his 30 martial artist's abilities. And Nyssa is roughly equivalent to her father in skills and cunning. Even if they fail and are about to lose, Death Gambit bombards the area around with them kinetic blast and toxic substances. Better to lose a teammate than to lose the battle. As a last resort, my team can always set the forest ablaze. After a bloody finish, the battle is over.
Casualties: Possibly one or two for my team, all dead on the other sides. the strong have survived, Apocalypse has won. Even if it comes down to a firefight, my team has the ruthlessness and sheer power to win, even if it means losing a few of my own. After all, they understand that, being villains. None of them would hesitate to stab a teammate in the back to win. After the fight, there may be friction, or the personalities may clash, but I'll still have won. Besides, all my guys get healed and ressurected for the next fight. And none of them will hold any grudges if they get killed. Because they're professionals, and that's how it is at that level. Win at all costs.
Sorry for not reading the 'post own write up comment'. my bad.