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re: Bard's Poor Attempt at a Combined Marvel/DC Universe (an ongoing project)
Posted on 5/14/23 at 1:17 pm to Bard
Posted on 5/14/23 at 1:17 pm to Bard
Colonel Ryker took the microphone again. “THIS IS AN ACT OF WAR, YOU SON-“
“Settle down, John-John. I’m not hurting them, I’ve just disabled their ability to see or track anything with my fancy ‘space cop’ tech. Now if you’ll check your radar you’ll see they are gently being brought back around to head towards home.”
“I demand you release them at once!”
Hal dimmed his aura then dropped his constructs, they were approximately 20 miles away from Groom Lake and now heading back toward it. “Done. Understand this, John: I could have done this and more at any time.”
“Is that a threat!?!”
“It’s a gesture. I don’t care about you nor your base-that-doesn’t-exist, but I’m not going to allow you to continue to harass me. Stop sending sorties out after me or I’ll return the soldiers safe and sound but pile the destroyed equipment up around your office while having a long conversation with ol’ Thunderbolt about how that waste is all your fault.”
“Eagle One to base: we have control again but no target.”
“Eagle Two: confirmed.”
Hal slowed to a stop as the helicopters continued to proceed northward, waiting to hear Ryker’s response.
“Eagles One and Two: return to base. Ryker out.”
Hal blew out a sign of relief as the two choppers receded into the distance. One problem down, now to get back to Indian Springs…
“Alert: terrestrial authority radio warning of silent alarm triggered: corner of Boulder and McFarland,” his ring announced suddenly. Hal headed back toward the city at lightning speed.
A car was speeding out of the parking lot as he flew up, he was considering the best way to stop the speeding vehicle when his ring spoke up again, “Alert! Anomaly det-“
The rest was drowned out by the sound of the Hulk exploding out of the store’s entrance. He was every bit the raging, emerald machine of destruction Hal remembered. The Hulk oriented on the car then leapt at it but Hal was quicker. Pinball from the amusement park earlier in the day was still in the back of his mind so he conjured a pinball plunger which slammed into the Hulk from the side as he was still in mid-leap. Hal remembered well the beast’s incredible strength and brutal manner so he had put some extra force behind the hit in order to force the fight well outside of town.
Although he followed in the Hulk’s wake as fast as he could, the monster’s crash back to earth had stirred up so much dust he couldn’t see where- WHAM! A boulder had shot out of the dust cloud and slammed into Hal, knocking him backward slightly. The monster took advantage and leaped at Hal.
Hal wasn’t about to make the mistake of letting the Hulk get close to him again. He dodged back and away from the Hulk’s leap arc, then flew around behind him. As the Hulk hit the ground, Hal surrounded his opponent with a sphere large enough that he would have to telegraph any attack on it thus giving Hal time to move it out of reach again. Hal had been planning this for months, this time he had a gameplan.
As the Hulk moved to attack the side of the sphere, Hal moved the sphere away from him. If the Hulk punched, the sphere moved before contact could be made. If he jumped, Hal would use the bubble to pull Hulk back down to the ground from behind then move it away if his giant adversary tried to make any other contact with it. When the Hulk tried to run, Hal would trip him.
“Green Ring Man! Fight Hulk! Stupid Bubble is STUPID!”
“Sorry, Big Green, but I think you are a bit too much for me to handle straight up like that.”
“Green Ring Man knows Hulk strongest there is! Hulk SMASH!”
“It’s ‘Lantern’, ‘Green Lantern’. Come on, man. We have marketing and everything.”
“Shut up, stupid Green Ring Man!”
This went on far longer than Hal would have thought possible but finally his opponent started slowing down. Hal could control how much air entered or left such a construct and he had made this one air-tight. He had made sure the Hulk could see the bubble the entire time, giving him something to focus on while using up all the air within it. Hal had already painfully learned that this beast was clever so instead of relaxing, he kept his focus sharp. When the beast finally fell, Hal was ready for it. What he wasn’t ready for was what happened next.
The beast had been unconscious for mere seconds when the started. Hal watched in amazement as the creature began to shrink into a more normal-sized form. His amazement turned to awe as the beast’s skin color changed from green to the pinkish-white of someone who hadn’t been out in the sun for years. His awe, his amazement, all of his feelings flatlined to a dull nothing when he saw the face of his opponent morph into that of his friend.
“Oh, God… Bruce…”
“Settle down, John-John. I’m not hurting them, I’ve just disabled their ability to see or track anything with my fancy ‘space cop’ tech. Now if you’ll check your radar you’ll see they are gently being brought back around to head towards home.”
“I demand you release them at once!”
Hal dimmed his aura then dropped his constructs, they were approximately 20 miles away from Groom Lake and now heading back toward it. “Done. Understand this, John: I could have done this and more at any time.”
“Is that a threat!?!”
“It’s a gesture. I don’t care about you nor your base-that-doesn’t-exist, but I’m not going to allow you to continue to harass me. Stop sending sorties out after me or I’ll return the soldiers safe and sound but pile the destroyed equipment up around your office while having a long conversation with ol’ Thunderbolt about how that waste is all your fault.”
“Eagle One to base: we have control again but no target.”
“Eagle Two: confirmed.”
Hal slowed to a stop as the helicopters continued to proceed northward, waiting to hear Ryker’s response.
“Eagles One and Two: return to base. Ryker out.”
Hal blew out a sign of relief as the two choppers receded into the distance. One problem down, now to get back to Indian Springs…
“Alert: terrestrial authority radio warning of silent alarm triggered: corner of Boulder and McFarland,” his ring announced suddenly. Hal headed back toward the city at lightning speed.
A car was speeding out of the parking lot as he flew up, he was considering the best way to stop the speeding vehicle when his ring spoke up again, “Alert! Anomaly det-“
The rest was drowned out by the sound of the Hulk exploding out of the store’s entrance. He was every bit the raging, emerald machine of destruction Hal remembered. The Hulk oriented on the car then leapt at it but Hal was quicker. Pinball from the amusement park earlier in the day was still in the back of his mind so he conjured a pinball plunger which slammed into the Hulk from the side as he was still in mid-leap. Hal remembered well the beast’s incredible strength and brutal manner so he had put some extra force behind the hit in order to force the fight well outside of town.
Although he followed in the Hulk’s wake as fast as he could, the monster’s crash back to earth had stirred up so much dust he couldn’t see where- WHAM! A boulder had shot out of the dust cloud and slammed into Hal, knocking him backward slightly. The monster took advantage and leaped at Hal.
Hal wasn’t about to make the mistake of letting the Hulk get close to him again. He dodged back and away from the Hulk’s leap arc, then flew around behind him. As the Hulk hit the ground, Hal surrounded his opponent with a sphere large enough that he would have to telegraph any attack on it thus giving Hal time to move it out of reach again. Hal had been planning this for months, this time he had a gameplan.
As the Hulk moved to attack the side of the sphere, Hal moved the sphere away from him. If the Hulk punched, the sphere moved before contact could be made. If he jumped, Hal would use the bubble to pull Hulk back down to the ground from behind then move it away if his giant adversary tried to make any other contact with it. When the Hulk tried to run, Hal would trip him.
“Green Ring Man! Fight Hulk! Stupid Bubble is STUPID!”
“Sorry, Big Green, but I think you are a bit too much for me to handle straight up like that.”
“Green Ring Man knows Hulk strongest there is! Hulk SMASH!”
“It’s ‘Lantern’, ‘Green Lantern’. Come on, man. We have marketing and everything.”
“Shut up, stupid Green Ring Man!”
This went on far longer than Hal would have thought possible but finally his opponent started slowing down. Hal could control how much air entered or left such a construct and he had made this one air-tight. He had made sure the Hulk could see the bubble the entire time, giving him something to focus on while using up all the air within it. Hal had already painfully learned that this beast was clever so instead of relaxing, he kept his focus sharp. When the beast finally fell, Hal was ready for it. What he wasn’t ready for was what happened next.
The beast had been unconscious for mere seconds when the started. Hal watched in amazement as the creature began to shrink into a more normal-sized form. His amazement turned to awe as the beast’s skin color changed from green to the pinkish-white of someone who hadn’t been out in the sun for years. His awe, his amazement, all of his feelings flatlined to a dull nothing when he saw the face of his opponent morph into that of his friend.
“Oh, God… Bruce…”
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:02 am to Bard
The cold desert air woke Bruce up like a bucket of ice water in a hot shower.
Again.
Before he could start wondering the “where” and “how” of his waking in the desert again, a voice came from nearby.
“It’s okay, Bruce. You’re okay.”
Bruce turned to the voice near his left shoulder. “Betty? I… I…” He was confused but the love and concern written on Betty’s face kept him from panic. The blackouts had returned.
“You’re going to be okay, buddy.” He turned to look farther to the left and there was Hal.
“Hal? What… what’s going on?”
Betty turned his face back to hers. She spoke as she covered him with a blanket, “Bruce, we have some good news and some… not so good news. The good news is that we know why you’ve had those blackouts and those anger spikes. The bad news is…”
“It’s that it’s my fault,” Hal broke in as he walked around in front of Bruce, a tinge of desperation to his voice. “My God, Bruce. I had no idea. The explosion-“
Almost in a daze, “Hal, we’ve been through this. It’s o-“
Bruce’s words were cut off as a bright, green light suddenly surrounded Hal. It dimmed, but didn’t go completely out, just a second later. Hal now stood before him dressed in an outfit of green, black and white, the outfit of that superhero from Las Vegas.
“You’re that Green Lantern guy?”
Hal knelt before him, the mask covering his eyes dissipated. “Bruce, please here me out before you say anything. You know that after the accident I left the Air Force and went to work for Carol. What you don’t know is that shortly after that I had an encounter with an alien being. He was a member of what’s called ‘the Green Lantern Corps’. We’re sort of like space cops who keep interstellar peace in the galaxy.”
Bruce’s eyes widened.
“He had been in a fight with someone, he was banged up so badly that the best the ring could do was prolong his life long enough for him to pass it on to someone else. Me.” Hal looked at the softly glowing ring on his hand, then back to Bruce.
“Months later I fought a giant, green monster in Indian Springs. Tonight I fought it again.”
Bruce wasn’t sure if what Hal was saying what he thought he was saying…
“Bruce, just before the first time I encountered the beast, I was there with Betty at the restaurant and my ring picked up a large spike in radiation nearby. Gamma radiation.”
Bruce’s heart sank, but it was no match for the look on Hal’s face. Betty now sat beside him, holding him with her head on his shoulder. “Hal,” he said, “are you sure?”
“One of the many things my ring does is to record what happens around me when I’m using it. I can show you what happened at the end of my fight with the Hulk earlier tonight.”
As Bruce looked down at Betty, she looked up at him. Even in the moonlight he could see the wetness under her eyes. She had already seen the footage. He looked to Hal, “I think-“
Again.
Before he could start wondering the “where” and “how” of his waking in the desert again, a voice came from nearby.
“It’s okay, Bruce. You’re okay.”
Bruce turned to the voice near his left shoulder. “Betty? I… I…” He was confused but the love and concern written on Betty’s face kept him from panic. The blackouts had returned.
“You’re going to be okay, buddy.” He turned to look farther to the left and there was Hal.
“Hal? What… what’s going on?”
Betty turned his face back to hers. She spoke as she covered him with a blanket, “Bruce, we have some good news and some… not so good news. The good news is that we know why you’ve had those blackouts and those anger spikes. The bad news is…”
“It’s that it’s my fault,” Hal broke in as he walked around in front of Bruce, a tinge of desperation to his voice. “My God, Bruce. I had no idea. The explosion-“
Almost in a daze, “Hal, we’ve been through this. It’s o-“
Bruce’s words were cut off as a bright, green light suddenly surrounded Hal. It dimmed, but didn’t go completely out, just a second later. Hal now stood before him dressed in an outfit of green, black and white, the outfit of that superhero from Las Vegas.
“You’re that Green Lantern guy?”
Hal knelt before him, the mask covering his eyes dissipated. “Bruce, please here me out before you say anything. You know that after the accident I left the Air Force and went to work for Carol. What you don’t know is that shortly after that I had an encounter with an alien being. He was a member of what’s called ‘the Green Lantern Corps’. We’re sort of like space cops who keep interstellar peace in the galaxy.”
Bruce’s eyes widened.
“He had been in a fight with someone, he was banged up so badly that the best the ring could do was prolong his life long enough for him to pass it on to someone else. Me.” Hal looked at the softly glowing ring on his hand, then back to Bruce.
“Months later I fought a giant, green monster in Indian Springs. Tonight I fought it again.”
Bruce wasn’t sure if what Hal was saying what he thought he was saying…
“Bruce, just before the first time I encountered the beast, I was there with Betty at the restaurant and my ring picked up a large spike in radiation nearby. Gamma radiation.”
Bruce’s heart sank, but it was no match for the look on Hal’s face. Betty now sat beside him, holding him with her head on his shoulder. “Hal,” he said, “are you sure?”
“One of the many things my ring does is to record what happens around me when I’m using it. I can show you what happened at the end of my fight with the Hulk earlier tonight.”
As Bruce looked down at Betty, she looked up at him. Even in the moonlight he could see the wetness under her eyes. She had already seen the footage. He looked to Hal, “I think-“
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