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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)
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_The_Bomb
Not too sore, are you?
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This got a chuckle out of me.
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Oh man, I can wait until I catch up and see what kind of cool archeotechnology Paul has been equipping now that Hephaestaen got His upgrade! Presumably He's so much more capable now. Admittedly, He had been too busy when I last read to make anything for Paul, but I'm sure all that Anti-Life stuff has been dealt with by this point.
If y'all can't tell, it has been a while since I read. I've missed this story.
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10th December 2022
15:18 GMT
Grab Endymion, increase power to flight system at a safe rate because no one wants to do a Gwen Stacy, get down and get into cover because if the other demons we've fought so far are anything to go by that Krang-thing is going to stop whining pretty quickly-
Brrt!
-and start shooting again. Right, good. I-. Endymion-. Ah, purple healing ray. I pull it out of my pouch-.
His wounds are already knitting closed, and his eyes snap open.
He stares at me for a moment.
"Sore-. Wakatta."
"Sorry, I don't speak Japanese and my translator-."
"I.. speak English."
"I assume that I'm talking to… Ah, 'Tuxedo Mask'?"
He looks at his armour-. It glows for a moment, and then is fully repaired. "I can be 'Endymion' for now."
"Right, because I need a few seconds to recharge my rings, and-."
He stands, looks up to where the severely burned, shrapnelled and stabbed Krangoid is glowering madly at us. It's clearly not sure of its footing and one of its legs doesn't appear to be moving correctly-.
Endymion leaps and swings, cutting through the face and head of the demon and causing the two sides of its head to… Sort of split open, which… Given that it's still making facial expressions doesn't appear to have entirely killed it. Still in mid-air he flicks the blood off his blade, sheathes it and then tosses a… Rose into the gaping wound.
The rose glows for a moment and then bursts with light, disintegrating the demonic flesh around it-
CLANKCRUNCHSMASH!
-and dropping the cybernetic components directly on top of me.
"Oh. Sorry, they usually either turn back to-." He stops posing, walks over and takes hold of it. "Ah, let me.. get that-."
I activate my right gauntlet's crumbler and tear through the metal. "Thank you, but it's fine. My equipment's working properly, too. Please-."
Endymion sidesteps and slashes, slicing a non-me flying skull in half.
"Do that."
Right. No… Honden here, from the looks of things, but I can still see/feel the desires that are and were, and then energy I associate with that. Pull a little in my direction…
I feel it as my rings regain a little power.
Right. Hands out, call personal lantern.
It appears in the air in front of me, and I immediately grab it.
"Recharge."
And I'm alive again! Back into subspace you go! Fix my armour-.
"Lantern to Taggart. You need help?"
"Fuck no, thanks to my new best friend."
Scan… Ah.
"How 'bout you?"
"No." I fly upwards, then head inside the tower to where Angelica is… Stirring slightly. "Mazikeen, I found Angelica. Top of the tower, there's a hidden switch-. Ah, and a gaping hole. Has Sandro recovered?"
"Not yet. I'll meet you at the-" She flaps into view, wings extended and… Hah, she's conjured daedric-looking armour just in case. "-top." She looks around at the interior of the room, and then focuses on where my alter ego's head was impaled. "What was there?"
"My head."
"Your… The orange skull?"
"He still had enough control-" Construct bracing, x-ionised wire cutters, snip… "-of his ring to block me when I tried to kill him. So I tried copying my tattoos, and he turned into that." Hold her arms in place, construct tongs and pull… Good. Again. "I'm going to ask Angelica to try fixing him, if it turns out that's possible."
Mazikeen frowns. "I'm trying to work out how they managed to bind an angel. Even a pseudo-angel like Angelica should have set them on fire if they touched her."
"I'm not sure that this Hell works like our Hell, or that these demons are demons in the sense that we're used to. I… Think that they might be fleshy creatures whose souls are made of Hell-magic rather then earthly magic, but that's conjecture on my part."
Alright, that's all the nails. Can't… Do anything for the plucked feathers or lost blood.
I point to the central plinth. "Do you need that?"
"If you want me to try to understand-."
I wave her off, nodding, then pick up Angelica and carry her outside.
Where Corporal Taggart is floating, orange aura around his body and orange-burning skull in his left hand. "He followed me home. Can I keep him?" He then stares at Angelica as I transmute a hospital bed for her to lay on. "Wait, is that an angel?"
"Technically, no. I just hacked Heaven's power grid. What happened to the cyberbullman?"
"Oh yeah, check it." He holds out my skull. "Sic 'em, boy!"
My skull shoots out, smashing through one of the pillars before looping back around and landing in his hand.
What have I done?
Maybe Angelica can fix it. First thing, healing ray on Angelica.
"Corporal?"
"I think I'll call it 'Grinnington'. 'cause it-."
"It's my skull."
"Huh?"
"Short version, at least hundreds of me were sent to a whole lot of parallel universes. He's the one that ended up here. The demons got him, and used him as the focus of some ritual magic."
"So I can't keep him?"
"Not unless your laws about slavery are very different to ours. I'm hoping that Angelica can fix him."
He nods, then looks the skull in the sockets. "Sorry, boy."
It rises out of his hand, floating there of its own volition.
"So, you got your friend back. You done?"
I nod. "Since there's no sign that Zor was ever active here and I've recovered my allies, the mission's complete. But there's no reason why we can't stay long enough to help you deal with your problems. Want to see if we can destroy Hell with anti-matter bombs?"
15:18 GMT
Grab Endymion, increase power to flight system at a safe rate because no one wants to do a Gwen Stacy, get down and get into cover because if the other demons we've fought so far are anything to go by that Krang-thing is going to stop whining pretty quickly-
Brrt!
-and start shooting again. Right, good. I-. Endymion-. Ah, purple healing ray. I pull it out of my pouch-.
His wounds are already knitting closed, and his eyes snap open.
He stares at me for a moment.
"Sore-. Wakatta."
"Sorry, I don't speak Japanese and my translator-."
"I.. speak English."
"I assume that I'm talking to… Ah, 'Tuxedo Mask'?"
He looks at his armour-. It glows for a moment, and then is fully repaired. "I can be 'Endymion' for now."
"Right, because I need a few seconds to recharge my rings, and-."
He stands, looks up to where the severely burned, shrapnelled and stabbed Krangoid is glowering madly at us. It's clearly not sure of its footing and one of its legs doesn't appear to be moving correctly-.
Endymion leaps and swings, cutting through the face and head of the demon and causing the two sides of its head to… Sort of split open, which… Given that it's still making facial expressions doesn't appear to have entirely killed it. Still in mid-air he flicks the blood off his blade, sheathes it and then tosses a… Rose into the gaping wound.
The rose glows for a moment and then bursts with light, disintegrating the demonic flesh around it-
CLANKCRUNCHSMASH!
-and dropping the cybernetic components directly on top of me.
"Oh. Sorry, they usually either turn back to-." He stops posing, walks over and takes hold of it. "Ah, let me.. get that-."
I activate my right gauntlet's crumbler and tear through the metal. "Thank you, but it's fine. My equipment's working properly, too. Please-."
Endymion sidesteps and slashes, slicing a non-me flying skull in half.
"Do that."
Right. No… Honden here, from the looks of things, but I can still see/feel the desires that are and were, and then energy I associate with that. Pull a little in my direction…
I feel it as my rings regain a little power.
Right. Hands out, call personal lantern.
It appears in the air in front of me, and I immediately grab it.
"Recharge."
And I'm alive again! Back into subspace you go! Fix my armour-.
"Lantern to Taggart. You need help?"
"Fuck no, thanks to my new best friend."
Scan… Ah.
"How 'bout you?"
"No." I fly upwards, then head inside the tower to where Angelica is… Stirring slightly. "Mazikeen, I found Angelica. Top of the tower, there's a hidden switch-. Ah, and a gaping hole. Has Sandro recovered?"
"Not yet. I'll meet you at the-" She flaps into view, wings extended and… Hah, she's conjured daedric-looking armour just in case. "-top." She looks around at the interior of the room, and then focuses on where my alter ego's head was impaled. "What was there?"
"My head."
"Your… The orange skull?"
"He still had enough control-" Construct bracing, x-ionised wire cutters, snip… "-of his ring to block me when I tried to kill him. So I tried copying my tattoos, and he turned into that." Hold her arms in place, construct tongs and pull… Good. Again. "I'm going to ask Angelica to try fixing him, if it turns out that's possible."
Mazikeen frowns. "I'm trying to work out how they managed to bind an angel. Even a pseudo-angel like Angelica should have set them on fire if they touched her."
"I'm not sure that this Hell works like our Hell, or that these demons are demons in the sense that we're used to. I… Think that they might be fleshy creatures whose souls are made of Hell-magic rather then earthly magic, but that's conjecture on my part."
Alright, that's all the nails. Can't… Do anything for the plucked feathers or lost blood.
I point to the central plinth. "Do you need that?"
"If you want me to try to understand-."
I wave her off, nodding, then pick up Angelica and carry her outside.
Where Corporal Taggart is floating, orange aura around his body and orange-burning skull in his left hand. "He followed me home. Can I keep him?" He then stares at Angelica as I transmute a hospital bed for her to lay on. "Wait, is that an angel?"
"Technically, no. I just hacked Heaven's power grid. What happened to the cyberbullman?"
"Oh yeah, check it." He holds out my skull. "Sic 'em, boy!"
My skull shoots out, smashing through one of the pillars before looping back around and landing in his hand.
What have I done?
Maybe Angelica can fix it. First thing, healing ray on Angelica.
"Corporal?"
"I think I'll call it 'Grinnington'. 'cause it-."
"It's my skull."
"Huh?"
"Short version, at least hundreds of me were sent to a whole lot of parallel universes. He's the one that ended up here. The demons got him, and used him as the focus of some ritual magic."
"So I can't keep him?"
"Not unless your laws about slavery are very different to ours. I'm hoping that Angelica can fix him."
He nods, then looks the skull in the sockets. "Sorry, boy."
It rises out of his hand, floating there of its own volition.
"So, you got your friend back. You done?"
I nod. "Since there's no sign that Zor was ever active here and I've recovered my allies, the mission's complete. But there's no reason why we can't stay long enough to help you deal with your problems. Want to see if we can destroy Hell with anti-matter bombs?"
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"holds"
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If you planning to blow up Hell, I hope for your sake that you won't catch the attention of the more powerful demon lords like Prince Ahzrak or the Motherdemon (assuming they're even around at that point in time).
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Give Doomguy a plush doll of a burning orange skull to assuage his brutally crushed feelings.
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Either that, or just give him the BFG-9000.
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Ah, yes. The human spine, one of the most fragile connections of the human nervous system. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of rookie heroes caused traumatic damage through neck and spinal injuries early in their careers...
Honestly, I forgot he even carried one outside of subspace by and large. It's only really mentioned when he uses it, and easy to forget it's there any other time, just like stuff like his backup sidearms.
Hopefully the berserker pack's madness has worn off, even if the strength augmentation lingers for a while after.
Ah, i see Endymion proper went bye-bye with that last hit. This must be a rude awakening for Mamoru-kun.
Well, unless he suddenly transforms into an 'Arabian Nights' costume...
Still concerned about how he's suddenly got a lantern again. Unless he meditated to create one off-screen just before the anti-enhancement spell went out...
Hurting but not dead yet. ironically, the original game never had 'wounded' states for mobs. They were either alive and fighting or dead and possibly Gibbed. It's only the last hit point that counts here.
I half picture it going cross-eyed as it tried to look at the splitting headache...
Ah, Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber. Or a very good first attempt at it, using the Rose as a medium.
All right... Let's see this Lantern, then. perhaps you can make one for your local counterpart too, if he regains human form.
That's something Tux-boy has plenty of practice doing: Running interference for magical teammates with long attack windups.
I'm guessing just enough to regain basic functions. Reminds me of Green Lantern Priest's technique, which he's probably been studying by himself off-camera...
Better not let that out of your grasp, no telling what might happen around here.
Back to 100% per Ring, I see. Time to demolish everything tall, mean and demonic?
...I guess that answers the question of where local!Paul went, then?
So... All that's left of the Cyberdemon is one mechanical hoof and a few scraps of smoking meat?
Hopefully he doesn't revive vigorously. I doubt Mazikeen would appreciate a magical explosion against her back (assuming she's carrying him right now.)
At least she should be sensible enough to realise that was probably the local Paul, given that OL seems to be perfectly fine.
Let's hope so. Being a suped-up Lost Soul doesn't sound like a fun time.
Sounds pretty accurate, really. They certainly die the same as humans do when shot.
I shudder to imagine what might be being done with the missing feathers right now, assuming they got taken off Deimos before OL's team arrived...
Something like that. She's about as much of an angel as the locals are proper Demons. Close enough for government work, basically.
...I really hope local!Paul is merely playing along, or is in shock.
Well, at least he's a fairly powerful weapon in this state. I suspect he'd rather be human again, though...
I don't you're gonna be keeping him, soldier. Not least because...
...And then OL carved runes into him to let him absorb local magical energies. Is it any wonder he turned into a Lost Soul?
Once he snaps out of the whatever-this-mood-is, i think the local!Paul will agree with that plan.
So he's not feral, just... Overly demonic right now.
Assuming Sandro can get you all home. Don't forget to drop Mamoru back on his Earth too.
I suppose that's one way to short-circuit the rest of the Doom timeline, for now. But I do hope Local!Paul does get his human form back, since I doubt he'd want to continue an existence like this. If nothing else, a newly-made lantern might also go some way to apologising for the rough attempt at magic OL performed.
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He confirmed in a conversation with Guy that he can do it, and so can Guy. It's clearly not infinite power in-combat; batteries are still faster. But it means that destroying his battery or removing his access to it is a downgrade, not a crippling blow; he can recharge infinitely for all practical purposes as long as he has time and safety, instead of needing to husband little drops of power like Baul did. (He also confirmed Dox stomps him in a fight in that post)
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Huh, so they do have all their abilities back, not just the orange light. I suppose there was a bit of a delay?
Hm. So, I had been assuming that subspace didn't work in this universe, like in the last two. I don't think it has actually come up in this universe until now, so it is perhaps plausible that it does work. The only things that come to mind are that he didn't seem to be wearing a spell eater or his subspaced warded heavy armour. After the demon ritual it is possible that the wards would be turned off so they wouldn't protect him from demon magic attacks, but he did get hit by that archvile before that, which I would expect to be stopped by a spell eater. Perhaps the attack worked in some devious manner that avoided his defence, or perhaps demon magic just works in a strange way that bypasses universe 16 anti-magical defences.
Hahaha, good way to end the chapter. I suppose even if it doesn't permanently ruin Hell, it should at least kill the demons currently living there. Though if Hell is merely depopulated that might incentivise the local humans to colonise it, which could cause problems.
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So given that the Icon of Sin was here using Paul's head instead of on Earth using John Romero's, and the Cyberdemon and Spider Mastermind were here too, it's probably safe to say that Hell hadn't quite gotten around to invading Earth quite yet.
Still probably worth looking around for a portal to Earth just in case.
Still probably worth looking around for a portal to Earth just in case.