Story Heroes Ch. 1: "We are born!"

[Raiden]

(OOC: Just so you guys know, the villians use creatures called "Kattos" to do their bidding when they don't feel like doing it. There are two types of Kattos. Large 7 foot ones that are incredibly muscled and have large claws and fangs are the Juggernaut Kattos. Small 3 foot ones that aren't nearly as strong, but are incredibly fast and mischievous are Imp Kattos. All Kattos are dark green with splotches of purple on them, and their eyes are red. We'll be fighting these guys a lot. And these are just the basic two. Since we're going up against an evil geneticist, we'll be fighting new versions of these a lot of the time.)


The alarms inside the genetics lab were going off. The rotating red lights were casting eerie shapes on the walls. Guards carrying large automatics were running through the halls in groups. They were all heading for the front doors. In a large room, the front doors stood in a proud glory on one side. In the room, around 50 guards were aiming their guns at the doors. A loud noise was heard outside. The sound of something pounding against the reinforced metal of the doors rang througout the room. The guards were nervously loading their guns, and keeping a bead on the entrance point. Suddenly, the metal started to bend inward. With a loud roar, three Juggernaut Kattos punched through the door, sending the metal planks flying across the room and ramming into the wall on the opposite side. The guards fired their guns. The Juggernauts were mowed down, and they fell with large holes in their chests. The guards all sighed with relief, until the Imp Kattos appeared. Hundreds of them ran through the doors. The guards tried shooting at them, but there were too many. The Imp Kattos reached the first line of soldiers, and leapt onto them. They dug their small claws into their bodies, killing them. The imps continued on with their senseless slaughter, making room for dozens more Juggernauts to enter. The guards tried their best to stop the Kattos, but whoever wasn't overrun by the Imps were impaled on claws or ripped in half by the Juggernauts. With the first wave taken out, the Katto army proceeded through the hallways.

Meanwhile, in a top-secret room in the middle of the building, a man is working furiously over a large computer. The giant monitor in front of him is quickly flashing symbols and codes that only he could possibly understand. His glasses reflect the light, and his lab coat is soaking with sweat. His fingers tap frantically over the keys, and with a sound, the side wall begins to pull up. Inside the wall are several large glass tubes. In each tube there is a body floating gently in the liquid. Their mouths are covered with breathing masks, and there are sensor wires reading any and every hearbeat, movement, and brain wave. The bad part was, there were currently no brain waves to be read. A door opened, and a lab assistant ran through and quickly closed the door again.

"Dr. Trang! The Katto army has broken through! Our defenses are being massacred! We have only a few minutes before they break through to this very lab! Sir, we need to evacuate!" Dr. Trang was still scanning the monitors. Beads of sweat dropped from his forehead and onto the computer.

"I can't leave. Not yet! Project Heroes is the only thing that can save us from those monsters that Professor Drake had brought to life. If we lose them, we're all doomed!"

"Sir! We can make more of them! But if you die, we are really doomed! You're the only one capable of making organic creatures! Specifically ones with powers like these! We can scrap the project now, and start up again in a different location." Dr. Trang turned and scowled at his assistant.

"Never! We will never have another chance to do this. It's sink or swim time now. So you can either help me, or get the hell out of my way! I don't have time for you bothering me!"

"I'm sorry sir. How may I help?"

"There's a safe in the corner. Take the materials out of it, and put them in the specific trays by the tubes. Make sure they're by the right ones! We get a mix up, some of them might die." The assistant hurriedly opened the safe, and pulled out the items. He wondered what some of them were for. There were some strange swords and staffs, and some really old revolvers that seemed to have been outdated for years. There was even a sphere package wrapped in a thick leather. All the items had numbers on them. He placed the items on trays by the tubes by the corresponding numbers. He quickly went back to the doctor.

"All finished, sir."

"Good. Everything is fine. Their maturation rate is perfect. I have just finished slowing down their aging process back to the normal level. Mental, physical, and social capacities are at perfect balance with the characters from their stories. All we need now, is their minds." Dr. Trang pushed a large button, and a device came out of the cieling by the tubes. Long wires shot out of the device, and clung to the tubes. Dr. Trang typed in some commands, and electricity shot through the wires and began to shock the bodies inside the tubes. The bodies writhed and spasmed. Their minds were now being programmed. The liquid inside began to glow, and cracks in the glass were showing.

"Come on. Just a few more minutes..." Just then, loud noises were heard outside the room. There were roars, and the sound of large feet stomping down the hall were quite clear.

"Damn! Just a little more!" The bodies in the tubes were in a frenzy now. They were spinning and kicking, their eyes were now wide open and darting around frantically. Suddenly, the glass tubes cracked more, and exploded in a bright flash. The bodies fell to the ground, being ripped from their wires. They were still spasming. Dr. Trang and his assistant stared in disbelief.

"They're...dead. Our one hope, is dead!" Dr. Trang closed his eyes tightly as tears slowly rolled down his cheeks. Large pounding noises were coming from the other side of the door. With a single punch, a Juggernaut busted his way through. Dr. Trang and his assistant edged back to the other wall. The Juggernaut smiled a toothy grin, and walked forward. It punched to the side, and it's fist put a large hole in the monitor, leaving sparks flying out. The Juggernaut was now right in front of the doctor. It raised it's large claw into the air, and was about to swipe down, ending the Doctor's life forever. Until there was a small sound, and a hole appeared in the Juggernaut's forehead. It fell down dead on the ground. There was a hole on the other side of the Juggernaut's head. Something had been shot right through it's brain. The Doctor and his assistant looked up, and were amazed. Several naked men stood before them, and one with black and grey hair was standing with a gun pointed out. A small cloud of smoke was floating out of it. He twirled the gun in his hands.

"So, you started the party without us?"

(OOC: Alright guys, suit up. This is where you show off how well you know your characters. Stay in their personalities, and kill like how they kill. Now, go!)

[Squishy Cheeks]

"Where am I, and who are you? Where's Aunt Pol? Ce'Nedra?" He looked down and realized he was naked and covered himself. "Why me?"

[Raiden]

Roland looked around, and saw that his clothes were on the tray, along with his second gun. After a few minutes, he had finished dressing himself. Everyone else had also put their clothes on. Roland looked at the Doctor.

"Would you mind telling us what's happening? I was walking along in the desert, and suddenly, I appear here." The doctor looked at them.

"You mean you don't know why you're here?" A few of them shook their heads.

"The mind programming must not have completed. They got their skills and their book memories, but they weren't informed of what is going on, or what this world is like. This could end up in some problems. We'll explain everything later. But please, help us! A few people that you all know have sent creatures to come and destroy us. Help us, and I'll tell you everything." Roland looked at the other people near him, and sighed.

"If you tell me what I want, I'll do the killing for ya'."

[Forever Zero]

Luke coughed and spit out goo, then looked around to find himself in a war zone, stripped of his gear and clothes even, and he had been inside some clearish goo. <What is going on? We were in the Emperor's storehouse one second, and now I'm here? Where is everyone?> Luke thought, but he noticed that massive and small creatures were all over. Luke didn't see his lightsaber immediatly, so he focused in the force as he noticed two small creatures preparing to attack the unarmed men in the center of the room. He tried to find out what was going on, but the little creatures were balls of hate and anger, and the humans were terrified and there was no time. Luke quickly raised a hand and caught the two creatures as they leapt, and threw them across the room away from the men. "What is going on here?" Luke tried to ask, coughing like he had never spoken before after croaking that out.

OOC EDIT: I'll just say this was before you posted, and I assume the scientists were able to build a lightsaber, or will Luke need to make his own at one point?

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion felt something in his right hand. It was the orb. It glowed with friendly light as it always did in his company. He saw some simple clotes like he wore while traveling, and his sword on a tray. The sword and shoulder straps hung over the edge of the tray. Garion quickly went over there and got dressed. He placed the orb in the pommel of the sowrd with the loud click that always occured when he put the orb back where it belonged.

[Darth SS]

Frodo looked around frantically. "Precious! Someone took my rum!"

He looked at the creatures with a fire in his eyes. "THAT WAS ALL I HAD LEFT!" He tackled one, and started stabbing it repeatedly with Sting.


OOC: Sorry, I had to.

[Raiden]

(OOC: They made warriors that have the ability to cast magic, have super senses, and super fighting abilities. I think they can make him a lightsaber. It's on the tray by your tube.)

[Dante]

OOC; Larz was too bland. Now for the explosive magician!

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!!"

Dark Schneider wiped a piece of goo off his hair.

"Who the hell did this to me? Ruining my beauty with this shit!"

He looked up and glared at the cowering doctor and assistant.

"You have something to do with this, right? You certainly look technixal enough..."

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion drew the Sword of kings. It glowed with blue fire. He cut down one of the creatures as it came at him easilly. He then sliced another.

[Forever Zero]

After Luke got dressed, he also noticed his Lightsaber, and after flicking it on and giving a few swipes, he was satisfied it was unharmed. He clipped it to his belt and said, "I really would like to know a little of what is going on before we help you. I can tell that those creatures mean you great harm, but I would also like to know where they came from first."

[Darth SS]

Frodo was chasing about four of them, screaming a war cry as he went. They ran for all they were worth.

[Raiden]

(OOC: I'll have him explain something, and then we gotta kick some ass. I mean, this is going to be a mass killing, here!)

The Doctor looked at Luke.

"I'll tell you the big stuff after all the creatures are gone. But for now, this will suffice. Villians from your worlds are here, trying to take over ours. These creatures work for them. They had intended to kill you all while you were still sleeping. But they are getting closer, and there are lot more than what was here. Please, get rid of them all, and I'll tell you everything! We'll meet you in the control room when you're done!" The doctor and his assistant ran out of the room.

Edit:(OOC: Dante, you never told me WHICH of your enemies you wanted to be brought in.)

[Dante]

OOC: Ansla-sax. The briefing will follow.

"Kill them? Pah! Nobody gives the immortal and studly Dark Schneider orders!"

An imp Katto grazed him across the face while he was (stupidly) looking away. DS turned to glare at the miserable creature, then touched the cut.

"You dared to wound me. For that, everybody dies! Zako - DAMERO!"

A spray of lightning incinerated the imp, smearing its carbonized body across the ground. He looked up at a Juggernaut emerging through the hole in the wall.

"More of them. Never mind - that's just more to kill!"

[Raiden]

Roland was flashing moving his guns and shooting at the Kattos. Juggernaut and Imp alike fell to his unrelenting shots. Whenever he ran out of ammo, his fingers would follow their now instinctive pattern of filling up quickly, and continuing to shoot. He didn't even need to think of reloading. His fingers continued their dance of death, and he simply thought about killing. There were circles being burned into his fingertips from the heat of the firing guns.

[Squishy Cheeks]

"They brought back an ene... Oh no."

[Raiden]

Dr. Trang and his assistant ran into the control room and shut the doors. Automatically, the camera screens activated. Pictures of Kattos running around the building was apparent, along with the new heroes fighting them off. The heroes were doing alright, but there were so many of the Kattos.

"Dr. Trang! They're gonna be overrun!" Dr. Trang nodded.

"Yes. They are quite skilled, but they have just been woken up. Their skills aren't as honed as they could be. They're exhausted, which doesn't help. We need to send in more help." Dr. Trang typed in some keys, and a computer voice was heard.

"Please state subject number."

"No. 59-B. Katla." The assistant looked confused.

"Doctor. What are you doing?" The doctor sighed.

"There are more villians than just the ones of the heroes I brought in. Hence, I made more heroes. But, I didn't want to release them all at once. I had hoped that they could handle the extra ones, but when they're in the trouble they're in now, it wouldn't hurt to wake another."

Back in the now partially destroyed lab, a second wall pulled up, to reveal another glass tube. This one had a women figure inside. The same device came from the cieling, and injected her with the mental programming. The glass shattered, and she fell to the ground. She was naked, and her clothes and weapons were on the tray near her tube.

(OOC: Enter ghOst!)

[Squishy Cheeks]

"MOVE!!!" Belgarion shouted and with the familiar surge and roar he felt his power release. The creatures went flying into the wall leaving impact craters in the wall where they hit. He noticed a large creature had moved behind him. He turned and struck the juggernaut severing an arm.

[gh0st]

OCC: that's right! enter me! token female hero! (until celes gets here, at any rate)

Katla blinked, incredibly confused. One minute, she's half running, half falling down a sand dune, and the next she's........lying naked on a very cold floor. That was really odd.

She stood up and looked around her. She spotted her clothes and weapons lying on a table-like thing to her left, and decided that whatever had happened, it would be infinitely better to face it clothed and armed rather than buck-naked.

She was just knotting her bandanna when the door burst open and a horde of small purple things rushed through the door.

They paused, as if in shock, when they saw her.

She took the time to quickly look them over. Her original estimate (ie: horde) had been wrong, possibly due to their colouring and how they almost blended in to one another. there were only 4. And, as they advanced on her, she had a sudden feeling that they were less than friendly....

"What the Hell is going on here?!"

[Raiden]

Roland watched as a group of Imps ran into the lab they had just left. Something in there was interesting to them. He ran over with his guns drawn, and looked in. The group seemed to be looking at a female. Roland didn't know who she was, but he had to help. He lifted his guns, and blew two of them away. And then he ran out of ammo. His fingers did their dance of reloading, but the imps that hadn't been shot turned and was about to attack Roland before he could reload.

[Darth SS]

Frodo was giggling like a maniac. Loss of his rum, and a sudden increase in the Sting in his life was not boding well for the others. Especially the Kattos.

He looked at the Juggernaut, and jumped onto it's leg, and started stabbing it wildly.

[gh0st]

There was a thunderous roar and two of the little purple things fell to the ground. Not bothering to wonder what the hell it had been, Katla snatched up her sword from the table and cleaved the other two in half.

"Can someone PLEASE tell me what's goin' on here?"

[Raiden]

Roland looked at the woman.

"Honestly, I have no idea. But, I've been told that if we clear out this building of these guys, we get told everything. And there's one big thing, though. Apparantly, our worst enemy from our worlds have come to this world to take over. And that's all I know. These things shouldn't be too hard to get rid of. Of course, they aren't all small like that."

Just then, the wall was smashed down, and a Juggernaut Katto barged in. Roland quickly finished his reloading, and shot his gun. The bullet entered right between it's eyes. It fell dead to the ground.

"Some are big, like that."

[Darth SS]

The was a muffle yell from under it.

Frodo's torso was covered, but his arms and legs were sticking out of the sides. "Mmmmfff."

[Raiden]

Roland pulled the Juggernaut off of Frodo.

"You need to watch where you're going."

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion ran the juggernaut through. "You ok, little guy?"

[Darth SS]

Frodo stood, and brushed himself off. "It's blood was almost as good as rum."

[BMHadoken]

A Juggernaut raised its claws over Frodo, then grapped the hobbit and raised it up about to snark it down.

Its red eyes suddenly went glazy, and it released its grip, dropping the little thing. Then what looked to be a scorpion tale burst through its chest and it dropped to the floor, revealing a bewildered alien whose two eye stalks were circling wildy trying to sort things out.

Finally, all four settled on Frodo.

<Hello, what is going on?> (speaking telepathically)

[Squishy Cheeks]

"He sounds like a friend of mine." Garion said to Roland

[BMHadoken]

OOC: Jad, who are you talking about? And are we starting 'clean slate'-ish...or would I still have some animals and people to morph into...cuz if I don't then I can think up a few humorous situations since the only thing I can morph into now is a Juggernaut...

[Squishy Cheeks]

ooc: It doesn't really matter.

[Raiden]

(OOC: You can have a few of your animal changes. But only a few. Choose three of the ones he had in the book.)

[Forever Zero]

EDIT OOC: Nevermind.

Luke had been in the hallway, using the force to try to heal himself and keep the overwhelming swarms of Imps back, since he still didn't feel up for lightsaber combat. He headed back to the room they had started in to find the others there, along with a new woman, and a strange blue centaurian alien, who he had heard in his head. since no one else had talked. Luke said, "This is all a strange situation, and I don't think any of us truly know what is happening here, but these monsters are also quite obviously of the dark side, and we need to destroy them to save the survivors of this station and to learn what is happening here."

[Raiden]

Roland nodded.

"And since they brought this woman in, who knows how many more of us there are. If this place goes down, our hero brethren go with them."

I can't allow that to happen again. Cuthbert, I allow them to die like before., Roland thought to himself. He reached into his pack, and pulled out his poke of tobacco. He rolled himself a cigarette, and lit it. He took a deep smoke, and pulled his guns up.

"The sooner we're done here, the sooner we get answers." Roland ran out to the hallway. Some more Juggernauts and Imps were running towards him. He shot out with his guns, taking out many of the Kattos.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion went back into battle. He still wasn't as comfortable with the sword as Hettar was, He still did quite good with his big knife. He cut down several of the creatures. "Could you give me some help." He asked the orb. The sword flared brighter. The kattos stopped seing the flared blue blade.

[BMHadoken]

<So very confusing...> Ax said, running along with Roland and slicing any of the strange creatures that got close. He briefly considered morphing into one of the creatures, but he decided that he couldn't afford to wrestle briefly with these savage creatures minds.

<Hmm...maybe...if I sent out a wide range message...> Ax 'said' to the general are, <Please be prepared for some startdleness...> Ax prewarned, then stopped and closed his 'head' eyes.

<ANYONE WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE PLEASE CALL OUT OR SIGNAL, AND WE WILL BE DELIGHTED TO HELP> Ax 'screamed'. <I hope that reaches everyone...such a fascinating place, if it werent for the killer...things...>

[Domon]

Johnny curled in a wet ball of gooieness; woke by the sound of killing decides to NOT be naked any more grabs his cloths and assortment of sharp things and joins in. Johnny takes one of his uber sharp knives and decapitates one of the Katto creatures jams an axe in to anothers chest and kills a third with a long poison filled needle.

“That was fun!” he thinks as he runs to catch up with the others.

He( to the group ) asks “Did I die again?"

[Forever Zero]

Luke headed out into the hall as well, feeling better with the help of some minor force healing and just beign up and about for a while after they got out. He activated his lightsaber, and felt himself flow inot the force. The creatures minds were cahotic and random, but they clearly thought out how to attack and communicated their attacks. Luke saw this all through the force, and as a wave of Imps attacked him, he was the force itself, giving him up to it and letting it guide his blade high and low, ducking stabs and bites, and using his blade to sever limbs and bodies with a strange grace to his actions. Soon the Imps thined, revealing two juggernauts who roared and charged. He sweapt himself up with the force, flying over ones head and sending his blade burning a slash through it's head, then used his blade to cut the other one off at the leg before it could turn around. The seocnd one did a clumsy skip and fell towards Luke, who easily sliced off hands and talons as it reached to tear him apart with it's dying actions, and Luke mercifully killed it with one stab. Then continued down the now cleared hall, feeling exhausted again but knwoing he must continue, and recognizing he could put himself in a jedi healing trance after the battle was over.

[BMHadoken]

Ax watched amazed as Luke gracefully cut through the creatures with the lightsaber, and his four eyes couldn't decide what to be more amazed by, the saber or the weilder. He trotted by Luke's side, noticing the obvious weariness of the warrior.

<If you want, I can carry you...though, not in this form...wait a second...> Ax thought to Luke, then stood still, concentrating on the form he desired.

As Luke watched, Ax's torso seemed to melt into his body, his four legs becoming stumpier, his stalks retracting into his head, and a giant horn sprouting in their place. His body sunk lower as the legs shortened then blossomed out, his stomach area fattening and covering in a grey coating.

A few seconds later he was now a rhino, and beckoned (as only rhinos can) for Luke to get on.

<I won't kill you or anything, just trying to help>

[Forever Zero]

Luke nodded wearily and said, "Thank you for your help, when we can push them back then I should be fine in the future, but just breaking out of those tubes, and going straight into combat is tiring me out." Luke climbed on the Rhino's back and used the force to try to keep himself going and sooth some of his weary muscles.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Belgarion could here something, it didn't sound like sorcery but it sounded similar. He used the flames from his sword like a whip driving the Kattos infront of him. Periodically one would succomb to burns. He turned to see a warrior wielding a blade of flame and light. (Luke)The sound was coming from him. There was also a rhinocerous. A juggernaut was coming towards him from behind. "BURN!!!" The familiar buildup and realese swept over him. The flames lept like a spear from the sword and struck the creature in the chest. The flames spread on the juggernaut. Garion was out of breath.

[Domon]

A juggernaut charges twords Johnny, he pulls out a mess of cleavers, knives and daggers, and throws them at it. When he finished the monster looked kinda a like pincushion. happy with himself he sits down then feels a sharp pain in his left arm.

"Shit, I cut myself! Does any one have a bandaid?"

[Dante]

DS noticed another juggernaut trying to avenge its comrade's death at the hands of Johnny. Without knowing why, he instinctively began chanting again. However, the spell felt strange, somewhat... underpowered.

"Zarzard Zarzard Skrono Ronosku! Conflagration of hell that burns in the nigritude darK bottom, become my sword and destroy the enemy. VENOM!"

Even more mysteriously, nothing happened.

"What the hell is this? Damn, something must be interfering with my ability to use the more powerful spells! But I don't need Venom to deal with fodder like you! Tai To Row! ANTHEM!"

A sphere of light coalesced in his hand, then as DS tossed it out, it split into over a dozen smaller spheres, each seeking out their targets unerringly. Three slammed into the juggernaut behind Johnny, lifting it off its feet and throwing it to the ground. Four more sought out their own targets, burying themselves in the bodies of imps. The rest smashed into othe juggernauts coming in from the sides of the room, knocking them back into their brethren.

"Did you like that? Here, have some more!"

[Raiden]

Roland watched as a Juggernaut was blasted past him. He looked and saw that a strange man with long white hair had just done it.

"He must be a wizard. I wonder if he knows anything about the Dark Tower?" Roland ducked as a claw went by his head, and he placed the muzzle of his gun right under the chin of the Juggernaut. He then pulled the trigger. He looked around, and saw that the Katto forces were beginning to thin out.

"We're almost done. They seem to be retreating." It was true. Now that their mission of trying to kill the heroes while they were asleep had failed, the Kattos were running for their lives.

"Cowards."

[BMHadoken]

Ax the rhino trotted into the room, two imps and a Juggernaut impaled on his horn.

Luke hopped off, and the rhino morphed back into an Andalite.

<Well now that we don't seem to be in any immediate danger of being eaten, we could try to straighten some things out, namely, why were all here...but if that answer isnt available, simple introductions would suffice...>

[Raiden]

Roland looked around.

"Well, they are all gone." Roland twirled the guns on his fingers, and then dropped them into his holsters.

"My name's Roland of Gilead."

[BMHadoken]

<Nice to meet you Roland...amusing antiques...my name is Aximili–Esgarrouth–Isthill, but if that is too much, Ax will be ok> Ax said, holding out a hand, partly for niceities, and also to aborb his DNA...

[Raiden]

Roland took his hand, and shook it. And then he felt weird. Very relaxed. When he let go, the stupor quickly wore off.

"Nice...handshake."

[Squishy Cheeks]

"King Belgarion of Riva, my friends call me Garion though." Garion said. He sheathed his sword.

[Forever Zero]

Luke nodded and said, "My name is Luke Skywalker, it is good to meet you all." He shook Ax's hand, but there was no sleepiness or DNA transfer since he used his robotic right hand to do it.

[MasterZero]

((geez, you guys started fast!))

The tube for Draconas opened and he stepped out, completely unsure of where he was. He put on the clothes he found near his tube, and picked up the weapons that were there as well. He was surprised, for he also found that there were many dead creatures that littered the place. He pulled his hair back and then sheathed his knife and walked over to the group that had been formed. Draconas did not yet speak, for he wasn't sure what was going on. He simply stood there leaning on his staff behind everyone.

[Raiden]

Roland heard the man come up from behind them. Since the new man hadn't helped kill the creatures, his first guess was that was with them. With a flash, his guns were back out, and pointed at the new man.

"Who are you? Are you with the creatures here?"

[MasterZero]

Draconas looked confused at him, not knowing what he was pointing at him. He quickly got serious, as he figured it was some device that could harm him.

"I do not even know why I am here. Those creatures are unknown to me as well. I am called Draconas, and I would be most pleased if you pointed your...stick somewhere else."

Draconas wouldn't do anything unless he had to, but already he felt unwelcome and lost, which was a first for him.

((oh, forgot to add this in the extra, and trust me, i am not making this up, but Draconas can go the extra mile...and the extra days that humans can't. his stamina is that of a dragon, as i have mentioned what he was before))

[Raiden]

Roland looked at the new character with both caution and anger. Had he just called his revolver a STICK! Roland then noticed some movement behind Draconus. He moved the nozzle of his gun less than an inch, and fired. The bullet whizzed by Draconus's head, and struck an Imp Katto between the eyes. Roland twirled his gun, and dropped it into his holster.

"Gotta keep your head up. Next time, my GUN might not be fast enough."

[MasterZero]

"Gun, a strange name, but I guess if that is what you call it, then I will respect that. And don't show off, it lowers my respect for you. By the way, I don't think I got your name."

Draconas could see that the creature was behind him, but felt that it would be wasteful to say anything to this character. He wasn't one to show off, for he felt the only time the abilities of oneself should be used is when they were needed.

[Raiden]

"I'm Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. And that wasn't showing off. That was getting rid of the last creature in the building." A dinging sound was heard, and Dr. Trang's voice came on over the intercom.

"Correct, Roland. That was the last living Katto in this building. Thank you all for your help. Now, if you would simply follow the glowing lights on the wall, you will meet me in the control room. I'll tell you all everything there." Lights in the walls began to make a line down the hallways. When they turned a corner, the lights went with it. The group followed the lights, with pretty much the same thing going through their minds.

What the hell is going on.

[BMHadoken]

Ax moved through the group, inconspicuously touching and absorbing DNA from the people who looked less likely to kill him. He finally slowed to a trot next to Luke, since he seemed to be the second most technologically advanced next to Ax.

<How did you know about my...uhm, gift?> Ax thought privately to Luke, focusing on the Jedi with his stalk eyes and staring straight ahead with his head eyes.

[Forever Zero]

OOC: Do you mean DNA absorbtion, which Luke wouldn't know, or his telepathic voice?

[Squishy Cheeks]

"I want to know why we are here. Why we got ripped from our family and friends."

[BMHadoken]

OOC: DNA absorption, and Ax doesnt know that Luke doesnt know, all Ax knows is that he didn't get any DNA from Luke, so Ax is merely assuming that Luke somehow knew and gave him a metal hand...

[Squishy Cheeks]

ooc: well you haven't gotten my DNA yet.

[BMHadoken]

OOC: It doesnt really matter, he doesnt have any extra clothes to cover himself up with anyway...

[Dante]

DS turned to look back on the group.

"And who the hell might you guys be?"

He didn't seem to care that he was naked, though he seemed to despise the slime still clinging to him.

"For that matter, why the hell have I been broguht back here? Is this some kind of time machine or what?"

[Raiden]

"Hold on. We're almost there. And for Cort's sake, put some clothes on!"

Roland looked over the group that was with them. They had one women. She seemed capable with her swords. There were two wizards. One kept carrying around an orb, and the other had an affinity with keeping his clothes off. There was a swordfighter with a glowing sword that seemed to have control over anything he choose to affect. A new person that he hadn't seen fight yet, so he didn't completely trust. A strange young lad that dressed funny and carried around a bunch of blades and strange variations of what he would assume were guns. There was a midget who was a little off the deep end. And then there was the strange centaur-like creature. He didn't know WHAT he was. He might would have thought him to be a Slow Mutant, but there was never a mutant he found that had sprouted eyes and a horse body. It might have actually been a horse. Not a threaded one, mind you. But with horses running around with six eyes and eight legs, he wouldn't be greatly surprised.

Roland continued to walk, and they finally came to the doors. The doors opened automatically. Roland wondered if this entire place was run by magic. Inside, Dr. Trang and his assistant were sitting at a table. Dr. Trang smiled as they entered.

"Welcome, heroes. I'm guessing you have come to get some answers. Sadly, you might end up leaving with only more questions."

[Squishy Cheeks]

ooc: The orb is attached to a really big sword.

[BMHadoken]

(OOC: I'm pretty sure Roland never used his teachers name as a swear...)

<Well, an obvious question would be why and how we are all here...but, the naked one did have a point with his time travel concept, because some of your technology is...advanced> Ax asked, not able to admit that some of these doodads easily overshadowed Andalite technology.

[Darth SS]

"They've got some *hic* good Preciousesss here." Frodo had found the scientist's whiskey, and was stumbling back and forth. He finally fell down, asleep, and clutching the whiskey to him.

[Squishy Cheeks]

"Is the little kid going to be ok?" Garion asked.

[Raiden]

(OOC: Jad, carrying it in a sword is also carrying it. BM, I just did. He might have never used it, but I don't think saying "In the Dark Tower's name..." he doesn't really use many gods. So, he'll use the guy who trained him.)

Dr. Trang watched as Frodo fell down drunk.

"You know, don't tell him this, but we never intended to bring HIM here. We wanted Gandalf. But some joker decided it would be fun to switch genetic formulas on me. Of course, he was fired." Dr. Trang leaned back in his seat, and rubbed his forehead.

"Hmmm. Where to begin. Well, I guess I should start at the beginning." Dr. Trang pushed a button on his chair, and it automatically rolled over to the computer monitors. He typed on a few keys, and two pictures came up. One was of an old man. The second one was of the Kattos.

"The man here is Dr. Katton. He's a famous geneticist." He saw the confused looks of some of the group members.

"A geneticist is a man who studies the human body. To get to the nitty gritty, genetics involves DNA, which are basically the building blocks of a human body. The formation of your DNA affects how your body is formed. There's a piece of DNA for every part of your body. It's quite complicated, and sadly, there is little time to explain it. Back to Dr. Katton. Dr. Katton is famous for genetic manipulation. Which means he could control how DNA formed itself, and could even change the DNA inside humans. He had managed to do many great things in his work. But his final project before going mad was making a Super Soldier. Hence, the Kattos were born. They were named after him. The Juggernaut Kattos were made for destruction and offensive procedures, and the Imp Kattos were made for sabotage and reconnaissance. But, they weren't good enough for the government. The Kattos were ruthless, and rarely did what they were told. They were monsters. What they wanted were beings that could do things that not many normal people could do, and they wanted them to be loyal and experienced. Of course, you can't just MAKE experience with newly made subjects. You can download skills, training, and memories, but if you don't have a set background to work with, it's exceptionally harder. Then, he had an idea. Dr. Katton greatly enjoyed reading. He had many favorite books. Mostly science-fiction or fantasy. He had a few of those japanese comic books as well. What do they call those again? Oh yes, Manga. He even kept a small personal library inside his lab, in case he ever wanted to take a break. One day, he was completely frustrated by the government and their impossible requirements. So, he took a break. He pulled out a book, and began to read. It got to the part where the villian was fighting the hero. He began to think, 'This guy knows what's going on. He's taking on the hero, and he has the strength to do it. I wonder what he would do in a world where the hero wasn't there. He would be unstoppable. A super fighter." That's when he got the idea. He took villians from several of his all-time favorite literature pieces, and made them real. He was very precise. He spent monthes studying those books to get everything about them just right. Then, they were born." Dr. Trang pressed a single button on the keypad, and the two pictures disappeared. They were replaced by one very large picture. It was of a group of people. A group of people that the heroes in that room knew VERY well.

"Meet your enemies, heroes."

[Darth SS]

Frodo woke a bit. "Hey Smeagol." he wandered over and started rubbing the glass.

"Ain't you just an adorable little hobbit thing? Doo-de-doo-de-doo....TEACH YOU TO STEAL MY RING!" He smashed the bottle into the screen, and pulled Sting. He started stabbing it, then lost his motivation, and drained the whiskey bottle.

[BMHadoken]

(OOC: You drank the whiskey from the bottle you smashed?)

<Hmm...very interesting concept...and quite a range...but, are you then suggesting that we are all merely figments in some writers mind? That would explain some things in my life...>

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion saw Torak. His imposing presence and Iron face. He looked as cruel as ever. His burning eye glowing red.

"Why me?"

[BMHadoken]

Ax looked over the villains, then thought of something.

<How does this man expect to 'use' these villains? I don't know about any of the others, but Visser 3 wouldn't want to bow down to anyone, especially a human>

[Raiden]

"These villians were intended to be soldiers for the government, but Dr. Katton didn't want it to be so. He was so engrossed in his stories, so involved, that he just couldn't hand over his creations to the government. So, the villians and the doctor made a deal. The villians would help him take over the world, so that the government would no longer have power, and the doctor would supply them with Kattos and knowledge of this world. But, like most books, I'm going to guess that the villians will betray him." Dr. Trang looked at both Ax and Garion.

"You both have good thoughts. Simply figments of a human's imagination. Sadly, that is the truth. Now, you may argue that you remember doing things, and you can actually do this stuff now, but that's simply because I programmed you to know that. I created those memories, and stored them in your mind. I did that so that you would have knowledge of your skills and how to use them. And as for you, Garion. Why would I choose you. Well, why WOULDN'T I choose you? You heroes are the only ones that were able to defeat these foes in your books! By bringing you to life, we can defeat the enemies.

[Darth SS]

"Hey baby, I'm perfect height ya' see. I gots a 'precious' that you've just gotta' try. My room's over..." Frodo pointed blindly, then collapsed unconscious.

He then mumbled, "Damn you Gandalf, sticking me with that no good backstabbing ho..."

OOC: If you can't tell, Frodo is REALLY drunk right now.

[Forever Zero]

<I'm... only a character in a book? But, all my memories and knowledge are... fiction? This doesn't make any sense, how could this be true?> Luke thought, struck by what the doctor said. "I would like to see some of these books." Luke said, to stunned by the news to say anything else.

[Squishy Cheeks]

"I defeated Torak by luck and luck alone. When Aunt Pol made her choice the fight was decided. If she had chosen him, I'd have lost. I don't know if I could defeat him again. I wonder why, though, This Dr. Kotta didn't make Torak before he was burned by the orb?"

[Darth SS]

OOC: Couldn't Mr. Skywalker watch the movies?

IC: Frodo mumbled. "Damn you Tolkien...survive thousands of orcs and almost get myself killed...you repay me by sending me with a bunch of whiny hot elf chicks who don't like hobbits..." He hicupped.

[Forever Zero]

OOC: That would work too, but only books have been mentioned, thus he asks for the books. Also, he could read books created after the Thrawn Trilogy situation and realize he is a book character.

[BMHadoken]

(OOC: Actually, Ax is the only one who would definetly understand movies...did they even have movies in Star Wars? And how do you know Tolkien when we just learned that we are characters in stories?)

<I'm presuming that the little creature is a mistake from earlier experiments? And the way you describe it, the villains seem to be generals in the doctor's army...> Ax said, trying hard to not think about the confusing dilema of not actually existing before ten minutes ago.

[Forever Zero]

OOC: In the books the idea is advanced, but yes, the have movies and such, although they are in 3-D. He wouldn't have a problem understanding a movie. And Frodo doesn't even know Tolkien wrote his books yet!

Luke was trying to deal with the fact that he didn't exist before and was simply some persons imagination, but he also understood that if this was all true, Joruus C'aboth had been unleashed upon an unsuspecting world, and he knew that he had to be stopped before he could twist the world into his insane vision of what it should be. "I don't speak for these others, but I know that I cannot allow Joruus C'aboth to exist in any world, and I will help you put a stop to these villian's plan."

[Squishy Cheeks]

ooc: Can we have Thrawn and Joruus? Cause Thrawn kicks ass.

[Raiden]

Dr. Trang rubbed his forehead more.

"I told you. This would do nothing but confuse things even more. The fact that before you burst through those tubes, when you SHOULDN'T have, might I add, you had never existed. If you had stayed in there as long as I had intended, I wouldn't have to go through explanations right now. Anyway, if you want to read them, the books are over there." Dr. Trang pointed to the side of the room, where large shelves of books were stacked up.

"There should be a list over there that says your names and what book titles to find yourself in." Roland hurried over to the shelf to look for his books. He found the list.

"Roland of Gilead-The Dark Tower series 1-7. The SERIES! I have seven books! It takes me seven books to get to the tower!" Roland grabbed the first book, and opened the first page. As he flipped through the pages, his throat went dry as he found that every word he said, every action he performed, and most scary, every thought that had entered his mind were printed down on these stories. The book fell out of his hands.

"Wait. If these are all stories of my search for the tower, then the last one should tell me how to get there!" Roland grabbed the final book, until he was stopped by Dr. Trang.

"I'm sorry Roland. But in order for you to fulfill the mission to defeat the Man in Black, I cannot allow you to read that book. I took you from the middle of the first book. Trust me, you won't like how the story continues." Dr. Trang took the book from Roland, and placed it back on the shelf. Dr. Trang looked at the others.

"Come. If you need proof of what I say, read these books. I liked the Star Wars series myself. I found the movies made from them to be quite interesting."

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion was looking at the blurbs on the back. He picked up another book in a different section beneath the ones with pictures of him as a kid. "Gaurdians of the West" he red the blurb and paused. A tear in his eye. "I have a son?"

[BMHadoken]

<Animorphs hmm...ahh yes...that was quite true...wait, I turn evil? Better to just forget that one I suppose...>

[Forever Zero]

OOC: Thrawn does kick ass, but I picked Joruus since Luke went after him, although I still don't know why our enemies couldn't be pulling more people through the books (Although Joruus hated Thrawn), OR why when the scientist is betrayed, maybe he has a back up group of villians ready, and Thrawn would definitly be in that group since by the end he was ready to replace Joruus since he was insane. If that is the case, I already know one encounter Luke will have...

Luke immediatly went over to the shelf and looked, seeing a few books with Thrawn's name on them, and the title "Star Wars". He began to look around and saw dozens and dozens of books labeled "Star Wars", and as he picked up and looked at each book, he saw words and thought... and himself! Every moment of his life, every thought, every action no matter how secret, had been chronicled in these books. He flipped thorugh chapter after chapter, seeing friedns and foes turned from flesh and blood to words on paper. He didn't know what to think, and simply went a short distance away, sat down, and closed his eyes, finally going in to the healing trance he wanted to do, to heal his tired body, but also to think through all he had just learned.

[MasterZero]

Draconas was too stunned to say anything. Malistara wasn't supposed to be here as well! He couldn't believe it. Then, to add to his surprise, he found that there were books documenting his journey he had made. It was almost too much, even for a dragon such as himself. But there was something wrong.

"If I am supposed to defeat this enemy of mine, then you have the wrong person. I couldn't even stand up to Malistara. I was still waiting, still patiently waiting for the right moment to find the twins."

He last remembered having left the human-blooded twin with the king and the dragon-blooded twin with the mother's female companion. He was going to go back to them when they were older, and now this had happened. He could only assume the worse.

[Dante]

"Not bad... this Hagiwara does a good job of portraying my manliness... except why the hell can't I do all these bloody spells this picture book says I can? Just Anthem, Riot, and a few piffling low-level ones... What the hell happened to my Megadeath and Black Sabbath?"

"That said, it is one heck of a mind-job, realizing that you were just a made-up character..."

[gh0st]

"Mmmm." said Katla, having remained quiet during the explanation. "I'll say. But why am I here? Tycho Issian is, as far as i can tell, more malicious, greedy, and lacking in morals than actually evil for the sake of evil. And plus, he doesn't have any of these special powers that everyone else seems to have. I can't imagine that the rest of these guys couldn't have taken care of him on their own."

She looked suspiciously at the doctor. "I'm not a token female, am I?"

[Raiden]

Dr. Trang looked at Katla with a smile.

"As far as YOU know, you are."

Dr. Trang looked to the others.

"Well, Darsh. It's because genetics can only do so much. The spells you currently know are the only ones we could genetically program you to have. Those spells are so Arcaic, that they have to actually be learned. You'll have to learn them all over again before you can use them. And like I said before, you are all the only ones capable of defeating them. Trust me. You can say anything you want about being lucky to defeat your opponent, or about not being the right one, but when you say that, consider this." Dr. Trang looked at the picture of the villians.

"Everything you ever remember had been dictated by a person to say what would happen. You could be the most powerful man in the universe, but if the author decided that he wanted a mouse to kill you, you would have to be killed by a mouse. You had no actual say in the matter. That is completely different here. In this world, YOU decide what you do. There's no person deciding everything for you. No one is telling you what to think, what to say, or what to feel. Everything from here on is all you. Knowing that, you can defeat the villians, because there's no person saying that you will lose. YOU can decide if you win or not. From here on out, you are the authors." Dr. Trang looked back at them with a smile.

"Gives you a rush, doesn't it?"

[Dante]

"It doesn't matter. The world shall be mine... as soon as I clear out that goddamn Ansla-Sax."

[MasterZero]

Then, perhaps I may be able to stop Malistara.

Draconas thought long and hard about this. Someone else had dictated his every move, his every word, and his every action. That was quite the blow that Draconas had to take. Now that he was in this different place, there was no such dictator. It would take a while for this to settle in as normal for him.

[Darth SS]

OOC: Just so you know, Frodo is semi-clairvoyant when he's in alchohol induced sleeps. : D What, I had to SOMETHING with him being an alchoholic.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion began to read and read quickly. Everything was there. Even things he never knew. There were so many books, more than there were awakened heroes.

[Raiden]

Dr. Trang looked at the group. He could tell that they were taking all the news pretty hard. Well, it was hard news to take. He sat down in his chair.

"Keep in mind, you aren't the only heroes I made. In fact, I have a few extras hidden away. Of course, Dr. Katton has a few more villians as well. Now, I see that you guys might need some help. Especially since not all of your skills have developed yet. So, I might as well bring in another hero from the freezer." Dr. Trang pressed a button, and a wall in the control room lifted up.

"And before you ask, yes, I do have hero tubes in almost EVERY important room in this building. Now, will all men in this room please avert your eyes." Dr. Trang pushed another button, and the device came down from the cieling, and zapped the tube. The figure inside spazmed, and shook. The glass shattered out, and a woman fell to the ground. She was naked.

"I told you guys to look away."

(OOC: Enter CelesJessa!)

[Dante]

"Ah, naked beauties falling from the heavens. I like this world more and more already."

You could almost see his ears tilt forward.

[Raiden]

Roland looked strangely at the girl. Even though she was naked, he wasn't too disturbed by it. He had his way with quite a few girls in his lifetime. The fact was, she hadn't woken up yet.

"Umm...Doc. Is she supposed to still be unconscious?" Dr. Trang nodded.

"Unlike the rest of you, she had stayed in there long enough. Now, she knows most of what's going on, so I don't need to explain as much."

[Squishy Cheeks]

Garion was looking away. "If you want me to go check I will. I might be able to help."

[Dante]

"Checking girls? No problem, I'm a fully qualified FBI!"

[Squishy Cheeks]

"No, Aunt Pol is a healer, and I've lived with her my entire life."

[Forever Zero]

Luke woke up from his healing trance, and feeling like he had sorted out the idea that basically he was a clone, and also feeling refreshed and ready for battle. He didn't really notice the naked woman, but asked, "What is an FBI?"

[Raiden]

Dr. Trang looked questionably at the girl.

"Strange. She shouldn't have been out for THIS long. Maybe she died? That's not a good thing."

[CelesJessa]

"Uhhh..." Tianna moaned, finally coming around, "What happened?" She looked around, noticing a group of unfamiliar faces. A few of them were staring at her, while others were turn around. She gave them strange looks, "Who are all of you and..." She trailed off, finally noticing that she wasn't wearing any clothes. With a slight shreik, she looked around the room, either for somewhere to hide or something to cover herself up with. She noticed a lab coat of some sort across the room, she quickly imagined it coming to her, and sure enough, her phsychokinetic powers pulled through, bringing the coat to her. She quickly put it on, thankful that it was fairly long, and covered her up. <This will have to do for now.> Then she jumped to her feet, blushing, and looking slightly irritated.

[Forever Zero]

Luke looked ot the doctor and said, "I thought you said she would be better informed about what is going on?"

[Raiden]

"Ah, Tianna. So nice of you to join us." Dr. Trang pushed a button, and a tray came out from near the tube. It carred Tianna's clothes and other personal items. Also, a curtain came pulling out.

"You may change into your clothes back there if you wish." Dr. Trang then turned to look.

"She knows what's going on. She just doesn't know you. You see, I never put the other heroes that were brought to life in the program, because I honestly didn't know which ones I would wake up. So, I figured you would all learn about eachother after you woke up."

[CelesJessa]

Tianna hurridly scooped up her belongings and went to the area behind the curtain, after a bit, she returned, fully dressed in her red halter top and jeans. Hanging from around her neck was a dazziling moon pendant. She worked her hand through her thick black hair, she had calmed down, and was ready to take care of business, "Alright, so what is the current situation." She was a bit more prepared than the others, information had been fed to her through the tubes, informing her of the situation, "And I still want to know who all of you are."

[Raiden]

Roland held out his hand.

"My name's Roland of Gilead. The last gunslinger of my world."

[Forever Zero]

Luke nodded and said, "My name is Luke Skywalker, last of the Jedi."

[Squishy Cheeks]

"King Belgarion of Riva, Child of Light and Sorceror." He still had no idea who he was talking to yet. "Is it safe to turn around?"

[CelesJessa]

Tianna nodded to the others, "I'm Tianna, your average school girl with phychokinetic powers," Then she added under her breath, "Except that I'm the daughter of the goddess Selene."

[MasterZero]

"I am Draconas, a simple wanderer, but that book says more than I thought would be found out about me. So in full truth, out of respect, I am a dragon. I think that should explain myself for the most part."

Draconas had been staring at a point on the wall until Tianna had came back out with her clothes on. He was a highly respectable character, until someone did something to make him think otherwise.

[Forever Zero]

Luke nodded as the others introduced themselves, but said, "While it is good we learn about each other so there isn't any future distrust, we also need to concentrate on defeating our foes and how to do it. Do you have any ideas Dr. Trang, on where we should start?"

[Squishy Cheeks]

"Well they know we are here. Or at the very least Torak knows I'm here."

[Raiden]

Dr. Trang nodded.

"Yes, they know that we're here. So, we must move to a new headquarters. I already have a plan on our first attack. But, I'll discuss it in the morning. As for now, I need some sleep. That attack and all the explaining took a bit out of me. Your rooms are right down the hall. You can stay up and talk if you want, but stay in here. Not many people in the HQ know that I've awakened you yet. Seeing unfamiliar faces in here, they'll most likely shoot at you. Good night." Dr. Trang left the control room.

(OOC: I'll be making a new thread tomorrow, since we went over 100 posts. So, you guys can talk as much as you want.)

[Squishy Cheeks]

"Um so what are Gunslingers, jedi, and psychokinwhatsits?"

[Raiden]

Roland looked at Belgarion.

"Gunslingers are men that follow the code of the gunslingers, and are the only wielders of guns in the world. Or, in MY world, anyway. There seem to be many gunslingers in this building. Not as well trained as me and my comrades, but gunslingers none the less."

[CelesJessa]

"Jedi are warriors who use this thing called the 'force' to fight. And they weild lightsabers too. You can ask Luke here for more info on the whole Jedi thing, he probably knows more about Star Wars than I do. Psychokinesis is basically where I can move things with my mind, not much more to it than that." Tianna shrugged.

[Squishy Cheeks]

"The force? Is that like sorcery?"

[CelesJessa]

"It's kind of like 'the thing that guides us all'..." She shrugged again, "I don't really know how to explain it."

(OOC: just wondering, are we talking the Luke directly from the books, or more closely related to the movies? Since the books go on forever and a day. ^^;; I was consitering being Jaina, but we already had a Star Wars person. ^^;; )

[Raiden]

(OOC: Most likely from the books, but if you're reaching for stuff, maybe Forever would allow some movie stuff. If you have any big questions, just PM him. Hopefully he'll answer.)

[RangerAidan]

ooc: I'm assuming it's appropriate, seeing as how the rp has started and stuff, but anyways, I could be wrong again. To the point, now: I've had some issues with time lately, any chance I can jump back in? If you approve me, I've just done a serious edit on this post and changed my mind again, and I'd still like to be Elminster, but with the following changes (along with the requirement of learning good spells again that you instituted)

1-no spellfire...unless you specify otherwise later on in the RP
2-no goddess protecting me (obviously)
3-anything else I need to nerf?

Yep, minds change a lot. And I want to blow stuff up anyways.

[Raiden]

(OOC: Sure, you're in. Just wait for the next thread. I'll have Dr. Trang wake you up.)

[RangerAidan]

cool...but now I'm off to bed...I may be a bit late with tomorrow's posting

[Dante]

"FBI? Oh, that's simple. Female Body Inspector. You ddn't know?"

[Squishy Cheeks]

"That is just crude." Garion said to DS. "Show some more respect than that."

[Dante]

DS looked at Garion as though he had just declared himself Global Emperor Overlord of Flying Monkey Land, then rolled his eyes.

"Great, a moralist. Would you like me to bang my Bible too?"

[Raiden]

(OOC: Time for the new thread.)