Defenders #1

Brought together by the threat of world catastrophe, the Defenders stand unseen against forces of evil that many men don’t even know exist.

“Dr. Samson,” Strange said slowly, his fingers steepled in front of him. “We must marshall our forces against this oncoming threat. Alone, we are not strong enough to stop it.”
“I understand, Stephen. What do we have to do?”
“You must rescue the Silver Surfer.”
“That, I don’t understand. Since when does the Silver Surfer need rescuing?”
“He has been captured in the Negative Zone. He can only use a mere fraction of his cosmic power there.* You must go there and bring him out, so that he can aid us. I have sent for Moondragon and Iceman to join you, and have arranged with Reed Richards to open a portal to the Negative Zone.”
[*I know there’s a good chance I’m probably wrong about this, so I apologize.]
“Alright. Patsy and I are on our way.”

Later, in the Negative Zone…
“This should be where the Surfer is,” Doc Samson said, quietly.
“There are three people in the room,” Moondragon told him.
“We can’t stay very long. We’ll have to move now and hope we can take them. Let’s go!”

Yeah, that’s about my worst story post ever. Anyway, the three guys in the room are R Annihilus, R Blastaar, and the LE Henchman. Now, here’s how the map is different. It’s indoors, first off. Imagine the bushes to be Blastaar’s war trophies, or little crates he keeps around the room to duck behind if superheroes should attack, or whatever. The pond is not water, it is blocking terrain; it’s the stasis field in which they’ve imprisoned the Surfer, and are keeping him from using what he can of the Power Cosmic. The tower thingie has become the stasis field generator. Besides self-preservation, the heroes’ goal is to destroy that, thereby freeing the Surfer. It’s destroyed just like a wall. Villains set up in the E-2 to T-2 starting area, the heroes start across from them.

I was wondering if you could provide a link to the park map or something. I'm somewhat of a visual learner...

It's at www.creationmatrix.com/forum/board.php

Doc Samson: L23
Moondragon: M23
Hellcat: K24
Ice Man: M24

Miss Dragon, can you tell us the three villains.

I sense the tyrant, Blaastar, and the crazed villain Annihilus. A fellow pick-pocket wandered in here attempting to rob from the Fantastic Four.

No doubt, those two bullied him into being their slave. Well, I guess we should deal with them.

Right, and the Silver Surfer is trapped in the area over there! Let's go to it gang and remember, I'm made of ice, the Silver Surfer is made of cosmic power.

Hey, I said I was sorry.

Get to work, Defenders(Strange echoes this telepathically)!

Right, Moondragon, lets go confront the baddies carry me over there.

*Moondragon carries Doc Samson to U17(8 spaces) and sets Doc Samson on space U16.

*Hellcat moves to space L24(adjacent to Iceman).
Right, Moondragon, lets go confront the baddies carry me over there.

Blastaar (K2)
Annihilus (M2)
Henchman (E2)

AHAA! We have succeded in holding the Surfer within our stasis field. Now, Annihilus, we shall harvest his Cosmic Power and become far more powerful than those "Fabulous" Four! (though I cannot promise it will be equally proportioned between us)

Yes! We will soon have enough power to spread our rule of the Negative Zone into the 'Earth' Dimension. (and one of us shall rule over all)

Wohh, what's that shiny thing? I wannit! Woh! Hey, a green bug and a blue monkey! Freakin' sweet! So I gotta aks you guys, where the hell am I, one minute I'm sneakin' round the Baxter Buildin, nex' thing I know I see this big ol' silv--

Silenceilence Fool!ool!

I sense foreign beings present, Prepare for battle!

Oh yeah! I'm gon' bust a cap!

Rediculous Earth-banter! That weapon is dust compared to my Cosmic Control Ro-
No one wants to hear about your Rod, AnnihilOH Sons of Baluur! The DEFENDERS! Strike, Quickly!

Blastaar rushes to check his machine, stopping at the controls in H8.

Annihilus takes to the air and hovers in T6, Eyeing Samson and Moondragon.

Miss Dragon, who is that I see over there? Is it the blue monkey or the green bug. My line of sight is hindered by this negative zoney rubble lying about.

That is the cosmic control rod wielding Annihilus. While he cannot target us just yet, his wings allow him to swoop in and attack. I sense Blaastar is elsewhere. I shall call upon Iceman and Patsy to aid us against this more durable foe.

*Ice Man moves to U17 carrying Hellcat who occupies V17.

You rang, Moony?

Don't call me that.

Alright, what's the plan of action?

Patience young Walker. We must have them choose what to do before we can make our move. Let us conserve our energy.

*The rest clear*

Aww, no one wants to play with me! Come on, No one runs from Joey the Snake!

Henchman to K5

I just noticed that you have both Moondragon and Ice-Man in U17. Is that a typo?

I do?

I do!

Uh, Ice Man will be in U18...whoops...


Quick Moondragon! While Annihilus is distracted by that waving gunman! Use your powers to transport me there!

Have patience, Leanord. You will strike him shortly.

*Moondragon uses her telekenisis to move Leanord to U6.

Alright you big green alien, try my fist to your face!

*Doc Samson perplexes his damage from three to four and before he punches the unsuspecting negative zone-mite, he fakes and punches him in the stomach (the perplex part)


Doc Samson's attack value: 9

roll: 1+5=6

Attack Roll: 15

*I believe that is a hit for four total damage, 2 after Anni's invulnerability I believe*

Golly Gee! Did he just belt that thing? No wonder we asked him to join instead of the Hulk!

*After Moondragon and Doc Samson do their moves, Ice Man and Hellcat clear/pass

Bah, This won't do. You skin is much to invulnerable for me to break, but once I harness the Surfer's Cosmic energy, I will crush you like....like a....like a crushing machine crushes things! (Hah, lets see you top that) You see, silly henchman, That is how real villians retort to punishment!

Anni breaks off (Roll=5) and scoots over to hindering in R9

(I think I have a crushed lung, oohhhhh)

Quit fooling around, Annie! We have precious little time to take out these intruders before Strange is able to call in back-ups! You, with the gun. You will do exactly as I tell you, is that clear?

Wha??

Uuhhggnn, I must do everything myself, mustn't I? Very well, we will see how 'invulnerable' this Samson character really is!

Blastaar charges his fists with energy and bounds over to N8

Bobby, Samson seems to have trouble subduing Annihilus. Take Hellcat with you. Leave the blue gorrilla to me.

Gotcha, Moony! Hop on Patsy!

Don't call me that.

Set aside over those weapons rack. I see a nice pretty sword I can use. I also see negative zone wings.

*Ice Man picks up Hellcat and moves over to space T9 setting Hellcat at space S8.

And don't call me Patsy!

What are you two doing here! I can handle these guys by myself!

Moondragon suggested we-

Get to work, Defenders! Time is of the essence!

*Moondragon and Samson clear*

"Man, that was lame! My Grammy coulda come up with sometin better'n "a crushing machine crushes things" Yous guys don't know how ta street talk the heroes. Lemme show ya afta I put a bullet in that broad in the blue 'n yellow!"

Joey the Snake loads his gun and rushes around a big computer system to Q5 to get a better shot at 'the broad in the blue 'n yellow'.

"Welcome, you can see that Blastaar and I have things pretty well in hand *cough*" a spatter of blood comes out from his mouth as he holds back a wince and quickly wipes the blood from his chin. "Your friend, the good doctor, hits with some force, but nothing I cannot handle! Now, you will pay for this intrusion!!"

Annihilus (ATK=9) swings a fist crackling with energy at Hellcat, on his way he catches his arm on a sword. Upon hitting his target (Roll=[4],[5]=9. 9+9=18, Hellcat's DEF=14), the energy from his hands explodes in a bright flash, causing him to turn away. Knowing that his adversary is nimble, He looks back to make sure she didn't dodge his fist and...

*Awaiting Super Senses role. Blastaar clears, Annihilus pushes, and Henchman moves.*

*As Ice Man set the young scrapper down, she did not notice the winged creature sparkle with negative zone energy as he hit her. Using her cat-like agility she tries to dodge but this is a powerful creature she faces, and she takes the brunt of the damage on her right leg. She falls down on the floor (rolled a measly 2).

Ow! Hey you bastard! That hurt!

Calm down, Miss Walker, I shall try my hand at this. Let your wounds heal. Samson, I sense the gunman's aim to be near Hellcat, distract him and Annihilus, I shall try to reach out to him.

Doc Samson uses leap/climb to reach square R6. He then says, "You with the aesthetic difficiencies (hey ugly)," this attracts both Blaastar and Annihilus who look at Leanord confused (perplexes Anni's damage to 3). At the same time, Moondragon attempts her vast mind control powers

*Attack: 10
Roll: 2 and 3
Attack Roll: 15 (I believe at this point Annihilus's defense is 12+hindering=13).

As Annihilus is taken control over Moondragon the entity aims his cosmic rod at Blaastar of Baluur.

*Attack: 8
Roll: 5 and 4
Attack Roll: 17 (I'm not too familiar on Blaastar's defense, I know he gets a plus one from the weapons rack covering him. If his base defense is 16 then he was hit. If it is 17 then he missed by one... )

Are you okay, Hellcat?

*Ice Man and Hellcat clear/pass*

*You hit, Blastaar takes 2, putting him on his 8/10/17/3 RS/SS/Tou click*

"What?!! Annihilus, you weak minded fool!! NOW I AM PISSED!! This 'Doctor Leonard' will not act in this perplexing manner any longer! Now you will experience ABSOLUTE POWER!!"

Blastaar charges his fist with energy, in a way that made Annie's burst look like a black cat firecracker. He released a concentrated blast at Doc.(ATK=10, Def=15) when the smoke cleared (Roll=[5],[4]) Samson was at one knee, with little pillars of smoke rising from his back and shoulders. Joey notices a look of agony cross his face, quickly followed by a gritting of his teeth. Samson stands tall and yells "Is that all you got? Monkey boy!?"

*Blastaar fires at Samson. Anni and Joey clear*

Doc! Are you alright?

Never mind him, Bobby, use your ice attacks against Annihilus.

Okay, bug-boy! To quote the god of thunder, HAVE AT THEE!

*Attack: 7
Roll: 4 and 6
Attack Roll: 17-that is a hit for 0+2 damage using Ice Man's Ranged Combat Expert against Annihilus.

Okay, mister, you may have gotten rid of my cat claws, but I can still kick your ###. Taste my foot!

*Attack: 7
Roll: 5 and 1
Attack Roll: 13-I believe that would be a hit for 2 damage on Anni once again. I think he is on his 4 5 10 1 phase now.

Miss Moondragon, is there any chance you can help me?

Like I told Hellcat, you must be passive, then strike again. I will help you in a moment. I must get a fix on Blaastar.

*Doc Samson and Moondragon clear