TavernTales 17: Collision Course

[BreakABone]

Well, I actually typed out most of this chapter ahead of time on the suggestion of Dylflon, but don't have the time to edit it so shall try that for tomorrow. Anyhow, barring any HUGE problems, second part should be up tomorrow since mostly typed.
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Geo peered down at the scene below. He could see them talking, discussing, maybe even planning, but suddenly all their attention turned towards the bay. He tried to pinpoint what had grabbed them so much, but he could not make out… wait he saw it. Two vessels or creatures approached the shore rapidly. As they grew closer, he realized that they were not vessels but humans. Did Bond get reinforcement? Geo became antsy for his own back-up to arrive.
The Coalition reached the shore, and their arrival could not have gone any worse. Instead of being met with dread and terror, they found themselves greeted by uproarious laughter. Swan and Fox found that they could not stand up. The scene of three of their former best friends crossing the water together was too much. The fact that Typhoid carried Dylflon like a husband would carry his new bride completed the picture for them.

“You know, I always knew you three were close, but congrats are in order.”

“I got to ask Dylflon, is Typhoid fast in all aspects of his life?”

Typhoid’s entire being filled up with an uncontrollable rage. He wanted to rush over to Swan at the moment and rip his heart out and force it down his throat, but they had been here longer he could not be sure of any traps they set.

Dylflon whispered to Typhoid in hopes that Fox and Swan would not over hear him, “Would you be so kind as to put me down now?” Typhoid’s rage had taken over so much he forgotten that he was still carrying Dylflon. He placed him down on the ground.

“Aww,” Typhoid knew that Swan would be the first person he killed when he had the chance.

“Dyne, what about you? Do you join in on occasions or do you just watch?” Fox’s knew this was pissing them off, but they needed any edge they could get.

“Ha ha. I wonder if Dyne shouts his water breaks whenever he…” Dyne cut off Swan before he could finish that statement.

“Listen, you insignificant little snots! For the last year, we have dismantled GAMES. We have spread our control over Canada like no organization before us. Show us some respect before we kill you!”

Now Fox grew serious, “You know this is your 3rd opportunity today to do us in. Make this one count!”

“Oh! And if you haven’t noticed, we have the numbers advantage now.” Bond and several GAMES agents stepped forward.

Typhoid and Dylflon froze at the realization that they were actually outnumbered. Dyne however wore a look of confidence.

“Yeah, based on pure numbers, we can’t win, but have you thought this all the way through?” Fox, Swan and Bond all looked around confused.

“Let me fill you in then, you decided to stage your huge coup at a bay. Which would be a novel idea, you probably saw us coming miles away, but when dealing with someone who controls water…” Dyne sent a huge tidal wave in the direction of his opposition.
Geo waited in anticipation as the incomers reached the shore. He could now clearly see that there were three men who had came across. The way they were greeted made it clear that they were not allies of the men beneath, but could he turn them into allies?

He continued to watch as the scene unfolded before him. Two of the men with Bond could not control their fits of laughter. Geo could not be certain, but it appeared they knew the three men in some fashion. He wished he could listen in on the conversation.

While Geo focused on the men beneath, he could see that the water behind them was acting funny but why.

Holy shit! One of the men controls water! Geo had to get him on their side now.

What? Geo rubbed his eyes, he swore when the tidal wave hit the shore, he saw a metallic creature in the water, but that could not be true.

[Fox 6]

A NINJA?!?!?1/?!/!/!/1/1(*^#$&(%@Q

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

A NINJA?!?!?1/?!/!/!/1/1(*^#$&(%@Q

Ninja?
I'm confused.

[Swan]

The creature in the water

[Combine 017]

A presumably large, metal, ninja?

[BreakABone]

Okay where are you folks getting ninjas from?

It was something in the water... or maybe Geo was seeing things!

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by Combine 017

A presumably large, metal, ninja?

It's in the water so don't forget the turtle part.

[BreakABone]

Sorry about the delay had to find some way to work robotic, ninja, turtles into the story. Just you wait until chapter 123.

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Swan had to act quickly. He turned himself flat and fell on top of the people behind him. He balled himself up and Fox sealed in any of the gaps so water would not leak through. Swan waited until he felt the stream of water subside.

Nighthawk had taken flight when he saw the tidal wave heading his way. He was able to snatch up a sole GAMES agent when he took off. He landed after the wave calmed.

Swan uncoiled himself, “I had a ball, I don’t know about the rest of you.” Bond, Jeepnut and Fox escaped their safe haven. Bond attempted a quick head count when he realized that most of the remaining GAMES agents had been taken out by the tidal wave.

Bond turned to Jeepnut to inform him of the situation, but he was gone. Had Jeepnut been swept away in the tidal wave as well? Bond looked at the downed GAMES agents and did not spot Jeepnut. He wanted to shout, but then he saw near the edge of the bay his friend. Had he ran away from a fight? Surely, Jeepnut would not leave him in such a predicament.

Bond directed his comments to the remaining four, “It looks like just the 5 of us. Our biggest concern is the water one. Let’s take him out quickly!” They all nodded their heads in agreement.

“Looks like you all survived that,” Dyne looked over at the fallen GAMES agents, “well I guess some of you did. Try this on for size.” Dyne separated his hands and then bought them together like a clap, but when his hands came together two giant waves of water crashed into the group on both sides. It knocked them back and forth before they regained their composure.

“Okay…” Bond’s words came in spurts as the last attack had knocked the wind out of them all, “you… know him… best…” He looked over at Fox and Swan, “what is… the best way… to take him… out.”

Fox and Swan stared at each other and then slowly nodded. Fox turned to Bond, “Keep that one busy!” He pointed at Typhoid. They each prioritized their threats. “And we shall deal with Dyne.”
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Short section, I just realized but gives me more to write tomorrow I guess.

[Fox 6]

Its on now

[BreakABone]

Sorry... er... went out last night....
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Geo continued to watch the fight, but most of his attention went towards the water. He hoped that the water guy once again attempted something that would give him another glance at the metallic creature so he could at least confirm it was real.

When his attention did focus on the fight, it was only to come up with a detailed plan of attack. From what he gathered, there was a shape-shifter who would be difficult to handle, and there was another shape-shifter of sorts, he seemed more plastic to Geo. Either way he determined, that those two would be the main targets during their attack.

Bond as far as he could tell exhibited no powers and the other only seemed capable of flight, an easily handled situation.

"Eww!" came a voice from behind Geo. He swung around to see that his group had finally caught up with him. Flunkie had a disgusted look on his face. Geo figured the sight of the floating skulls was too much.

"What took you guys so long?" He asked impatiently.

"You try navigating this thing with so many people." Magus pointed out.

Raged sparked a fire in the palm of his hands, "So are we ready to kick ass now?"

Geo shook his head and pointed down to the scene at the bay. "I think it's best if we allow them to handle it for now. I doubt they will win, but they will weaken the group pretty well. We can just swoop in while they are hurt and take all the credit!"

The Professor nodded gracefully, "That's a brilliant idea, but remember my dear chaps that Bond is to be left to me."

Everyone gave the person the thumbs up as they all focused on the scene down at the beach.
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Dyne's water attacks did a remarkable job of keeping Fox at bay. While they did not hurt, Fox found that they could blast off chunks of his body that he would quickly need to re-absorb. Even with the setbacks, Fox continued to try to break through Dyne's offensive line.

Swan continued to bait Typhoid into a confrontation with verbal jabs. He hoped that an enraged Typhoid would be more reckless in his attempt to extract revenge. He had to be for the second part to work.

"So Typhoid, something I've always been meaning to ask you, and this comes from some of your exes I spoke to: Is being fast in bed a special power as well?"

Swan could see the Canadian red travel to Typhoid's face. A few more comments and he was liable to explode.

"Tell me if this is too personal, but when you say no does Dylflon control your mind and make you do it anyhow?"

There it was. Typhoid snapped and rushed blindingly at Swan, who was wise enough to know that he could not outrun him, but maybe outmaneuver him. So Swan bounced all around the place while Typhoid gave chase.

He had to distract him long enough for Bond to get his idea into motion. So Typhoid came charging once more and Swan wanted to test out something he had been working on. He unhinged his jaw and waited until Typhoid ran into him. He was able to ingest Typhoid whole.

"Man that was a speedy lunch." Then he could feel Typhoid punching and kicking inside. "I guess something I ate doesn't agree with me." Then Swan could feel Typhoid drilling his way through his stomach. Swan did not know if his body was capable of repairing such damage so he spat Typhoid out.

"Probably not the first time a guy spat around you I would take it." Typhoid took some time to recover before he began the chase again.

Fox was not finding much success against Dyne yet. He got close on one occassion but Dyne showed off a new ability by spraying water out of his chest. Fox really wished they had remained friends with them long enough to know the range of their powers.

Fox looked back though, Bond had given him the thumbs up. Plan B would be enacted now. Hopefully, they had better luck with that.
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This isn't the place to end the story, but I shot myself in the foot with a shorter part 2. So look for part 4 tonight.

[thatmariolover]

It's good! You shouldn't worry about the length though. You do it as you can do it.

Swan swallowing Typhoid was clearly the best part, though.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by thatmariolover

It's good! You shouldn't worry about the length though. You do it as you can do it.

Swan swallowing Typhoid was clearly the best part, though.

That sounds really bad when stated like that...
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Fox backed off of Dyne as Swan attempted to evade Typhoid long enough to rejoin Bond. The three men back at the center of the beach with Nighthawk not too far behind.

"Okay, is everything ready?" Fox asked out of breath.

"If we can get them into place, this should be easy." Bond answered back.

Fox still tried to catch his breath in between pauses, "Yeah, if this was easy these guys would have been in jail hours ago."

Swan could not resist the urge of taunting the Coalition some more, but he wanted information first, "I know none of you are smart enough to create trackers and Typhoid could not see where we went, how'd you find us so quick?"

At this Dylflon had to snicker, he would cause a little chaos in their group yet, "Oh, you didn't know! A little birdie told us everything!"

Fox and Swan turned to Nighthawk, "You set us up!" Fox asked angrily.

Nighthawk was certain that he did not,"No! Never! How could I?"

Dylflon could feel his confusion, this would be too easy, "Oh he relayed the message through an old friend, didn't you?"

Nighthawk could feel Dylflon creeping into his mind, "No... it wasn't... it couldn't be..."

Dylflon quickly pounced on the confused lad, it was the upperhand they needed. However, when Dylflon went to enter into Nighthawk's mind he found his path blocked.

"Sorry, but this one is all mine." Dylflon was shut out cold, but there was something oddly familiar about that voice.

Dylflon had no choice but to relent on his attack of Nighthawk. He knew that Fox and Swan's mind were too strong for his powers, maybe he could try Bond, but that was too much of a risk. If all the rumors about his genius was true, it would be a task even for Dylflon. He surveyed the beach there had to be someone... aww yeah the last remaining agent. He would come in handy.

Bond felt a bullet whiz by his ear just missing its mark. He turned around pistols drawn to find the source. Only to find the sole GAMES agent staring blankly at him.

"Soldier, what are you doing?" Bond demanded to know. There came no response but another bullet was fired. Bond rolled out of the way of that one and once again reprimanded the soldier.

"It's no use Bond," Fox pointed over to Dylflon, "I'm certain that he is controlling him. The only way we are going to break the control is to take him out of his game. So let's get this plan into motion."

The three men, with Nighthawk offering reluctant assistance as he hardly trusted himself, rushed forward once more.

This time it was Swan who charged at Dyne, and the water blast had less of an effect on him as he simply molded his body around the point of impact. Dyne tried his tidal wave attack once again, but Swan transformed him into a mini-submarine and navigated the waters until he came up behind Dyne.

He transformed back quickly and wrapped himself around Dyne like a anaconda. "Dyne, I know about your relationship with Typhoid and Dylflon, but how about me as your main squeeze!" Swan took the breath out of Dyne who fell limp to the body. He would be out for some time, Swan thought.

Now the focus, turned to Typhoid who quickly took in the situation. He rushed over to Swan who was just uncoiling himself and punched him rapidly in the face. It did not take him down, but would leave him staggered long enough for Typhoid to deal with the other three.

Typhoid ran repeatedly through the beach. He hoped that with his speed and the sand density he could create a sandstorm that would both dizzy and blind his foes. He almost succeeded until shots rang out from Bond's gun that almost nailed Typhoid.

He charged at Bond and took the two pistols out of his hands. "Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with guns?"

"In fact, she did," Bond pulled out a shotgun now, "but who listens to their mother anymore!"

Typhoid was quick enough to avoid the blast from the gun, but he did not see the trap that Fox had set up. As Typhoid ran full speed into a solid clay wall, this knocked him out cold.

"Two down," Fox said as Bond turned his shotgun towards Dylflon.

Before Bond could take the shot however, the sky began to rain... meteors?

"My god!" Bond saw that they were not meteors, they were severed heads. Severed heads that were set ablaze. "Johnson? Ramirez?" Bond recognized two of the heads as GAMES agents.

Then came a rumbling from the forest path.

"Looks like, we got more company!" Fox said as he turned towards the forest path now.

Swan now rejoined with the group, "And it looks like we are in for a rocky situation!"
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The end. Of this, it was a bit rushed near the end. I apologize, but sometimes you know just want to wrap it up.

[Combine 017]

He transformed back quickly and wrapped himself around Dyne like a cobra.

Cobras dont wrap.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Combine 017

Cobras dont wrap.

Whatever do you mean...

But I knew I was wrong, but first snake that came to mind.
Didn't want to do the research.
It has been fixed.

[Fox 6]

He turned into a mini sub?! Isnt that a bit complex?