OPERATION: THERE’S A MR. DEATH AT THE DOOR
After the incident last week, I ran my costume up to my friend Adam Raymond in Cambridge, Massachusetts (which I spelled right on the first try, by the way), to see if any of his brilliant scientist friends could figure out how to get the smell of mediocre wine out of my suit. Then, Helioman and I teamed up and fought some evil robots, which was pretty fun. Anyway, we heard about Death’s little coup d’etat on the news and got a move on down to Spede City. Or up. Depends on where it is; geography’s not my strong suit.
So we show up and put together a plan. Now, ordinarily, it would be nice if we just had four people and Death could only counter three of them, but it’s basically just me and my minion. I mean, ally. First, we need to clean up the goon squad. I tail Knitter and root around in his head to get a location for Amuke. Amuke’s good at damping psychic and magic powers, but he’s not much use against a kinetic blast upside the head, so Sunshine takes him down without much trouble. I use my mental mojo to put the scare on Knitter again, but this time from a safe distance. Ah, sweet revenge.
He figures out what’s going on a lot faster than last time, but The Human Solar Panel’s already lasered his yarn on fire, and goes in to smack him around a little. So far, so good. That’s when Death comes calling.
Now, this Grim Reaper jerk is getting on my nerves. So, I try to get on his nerves. Yeah, he mind-zaps me, and I scurry off. That’s one.
Sunshine Superman comes in with a laser to the face. Death, Destroyer of Worlds just turns all mirrored and heat-proof. That’s two.
Next, Mr. My-Gold-And-White-Costume-Isn’t-Pretentious-At-All opens up some kinetic whoop-butt (What? I’m trying to keep my commentary clean here) on the guy, who no-sells it. Guess he’s absorbing energy now. Great. That’s three.
Hey, Mr. Death! You look a little pale. You could use some time in the sun.
And guess whose powers function using a teleporter module implanted in the sun? And guess whose proprietary teleportation gizmos I’ve been setting up all around you while you fight him?
The teleporter module has enough air to keep him there while we work with S.T.A.R. Labs’ Spede City branch to set up a power-dampening cell we can beam him back into.
Talk about cheating Death.
