ULTIMATE CENTRAL #7: GODS AND MONSTERS
Millions of years ago…
When the Gods were heavily worshipped by all, The God of Thunder, Thor, was sent to be the protector of Earth. Thor decided that the only way to protect Earth would be to rule it himself. While attempting to wrest control of Earth from its leaders, the Gods confronted him. Angry at him because of his attempt to take over the Earth, the Elder Gods destroyed his body and imprisoned his soul inside his hammer Mjolnir, so that whoever, if they are worthy, picked up the hammer, they would be imbued with Thor's power…and his soul. They cast the Hammer into the cosmos.
As the centuries passed, the Gods were forgotten, and with no followers, they left the Universe to itself.
Meanwhile the hammer was in orbit, waiting for someone to find it…
2 days ago…
Seldes Katne logged on to Ultimate Central.com. She saw that the site was still down. As she closed down the web page, she felt a tingling feeling. She went into a trance, and, at the speed of light, shot into the air, into the earths orbit. Right to… Mjolnir. She grabbed the hammer…and was transformed.
Today:
PROJECT: AAAAARRGHHHHHHH……
The fight had been going on for hours. The man they call Ultimate DJF had been hit by the mysterious Ultimate Central Cosmic Rays this afternoon, and in turn, turned big, green, strong and angry. He had started tearing up the Burger King where the Ultimate Central Team was eating their meal in. Needless to say, they were NOT impressed. As the Burger King customers rushed outside, Nurhachi, ProjectX2, Icemastertron, XT and Longshot got ready to fight.
Ice had first attempted to slow DJF down by freezing him, but, alas, DJF was too strong. As XT leaped forward, he was hit which such force that he crashed through BK, into another building and was knocked out instantly. Longshot used his invisibility and agility to stay out of DJF's way. Nurhachi and Project joined in the attack as Ice kept on pouring on the cold. The cold revealed the form of Longshot, which DJF knocked out with a well timed punch to the jaw. This guy was strong. Stronger then anything they had experienced before. Nothing seemed to hurt him. Ice kept on pouring on the ice.
DJF: DJF NOT LIKE COLD!!!!!!
DJF, ignoring the other attacks from Nurhachi and Project, ran at Ice and uppercutted him through the roof. Ice fell down unconscious.
DJF: LEAVE DJF ALONE!!!!!!!
DJF then jumped up through the roof, attempting to escape. Nurhachi used a tendril to grab DJF's foot, but DJF just pulled on the tendril to bring Nurhachi to him and then punched him far across the city.
PROJECT: COME BACK HERE!!!
Project jumped after DJF. Project knew that DJF was a lot stronger then him, but that didn't stop him. With the others out cold, it was up to him. He followed DJF to the heart of the city. People scattered from the streets. Project landed a punch at the back of DJF's head.
DJF: Aaaarghhhhhh
DJF then turned around and pounded Project in the chest and Project got knocked back. Project then tore out a street sign and slammed it down on his head. DJF seemed enraged as he charged at Project and shoulder-barged him. Project fell down and DJF picked up a parked truck and dropped it down hard on top of Project. He then picked up Project by the throat.
DJF: Kiiilllllll Rock Man…
Just then, the sky seemed to open as a huge rift appeared. A woman stepped out of it just as the other Ultimate Central members caught up. She was dressed all in amour with a Viking helmet on her head and a huge red cape. She carried in her hand a large war hammer.
NURHACHI: What's going on here?
LONGSHOT: Whoa! Who's the chick?
WOMAN: HEAR ME MORTALS! MY NAME IS SELDES KATNE!!!
ICE: You have to shout?
SELDES: SILENCE FLESHBAG! I AM THE GODDESS OF THUNDER REINCARNATED! I HAVE COME TO RECLAIM THIS WORLD BACK TO THE GODS! YOUR LEADERS HAVE 48 HOURS TO SURRENDER TO ME OR I WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE ACTION!
Seldes Katne glided to the ground where the UC members and a surprised DJF were standing. She opened up a swirling portal.
SELDES: FIRST I SHALL RID MY WORLD OF THIS BEING OF DESTRUCTION!
Seldes then turned, readied her hammer, and hit DJF into the portal, where it immediately closed.
SELDES: HEAR ME! MY WORDS HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE RADIOS, TELEVISIONS AND COMPUTERS OF YOUR WORLD. I WILL RETURN IN 48 HOURS TO ACCEPT YOUR SURRENDER!
XT: Wait a second…
Seldes, however, did not wait. Instead she returned through the rift that she came from.
XT: Man, that's some %$#@%ed up %#%^
ICE: How the hell are we supposed to defeat a Goddess?
They teleported back to UC, their home in cyberspace, to ask Ultimate E what they should do.
ULTIMATE E: Hello team.
LONGSHOT: Dude, we just confronted a Goddess…
ULTIMATE E: Yes Longshot, I know.
ICE: Well, how the hell we supposed to defeat her?
ULTIMATE E: She is very powerful Ice, she has more power then any of you together could go up against.
ICE: Well that's just dandy…
ULTIMATE E: …unless you can get her hammer away from her. That hammer is called Mjolnir, it is the source to her power. It belonged to the Norse God, Thor, and when Seldes picked it up, she gained his powers and his essence.
ICE: Thor? Seriously?
ULTIMATE E: I do not joke Ice. I am completely serious.
1 day later…
The Ultimate Central team had been staying up all hours of the night, trying to form strategies for getting Seldes hammer off her so that she can be defeated.
ICE: I could freeze her hand and you guys could just snap it off along with the hammer.
XT: Nah Ice, she would break the ice before we got the chance.
LONGSHOT: I could turn invisible and snatch it off her.
Ultimate E came into the room.
ULTIMATE E: However you decide to defeat Seldes, I need you to do it here, in Ultimate Central. You need all the help you can get, and by bringing her here, I can help you to defeat her.
In truth, Ultimate E just wanted them to defeat Seldes in UC so that after the battle, he could pick up the hammer and gain its power for himself. But no way could the others know this.
ULTIMATE E: You have a big fight tomorrow, rest up.
And they did rest up. And as they were resting, countries from all around the world were gathering armies for the coming invasion. Earth would not go down without a fight.
10 minutes before the arrival of Seldes…
The Ultimate Central members stood ready at the place Seldes appeared last time. They were in there human form, waiting for Seldes.
Meanwhile, in Ultimate Central, Ultimate E walked to him computer room. He went to the "imprisonment" controls. He pushed a button…a button that had never before been pushed. And out of the teleport pad, a form appeared…a tired, hurt form.
ULTIMATE E: Welcome back Caduceus, I have a deal for you. Help me, and I will grant you freedom.
Caduceus stood up straight.
CADUCEUS: What do you want with me?
Back on Earth…
As the sky opened Seldes walked through, the heroes turned into there super hero forms.
SELDES: I HAVE COME TO CLAIM EARTH! DO YOU SURRENDER?
One of the army generals spoke.
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER! ATTACK!!!
As tanks and soldiers shot as Seldes, she easily deflected their blasts and, in return, she flew up high, raised her hammer into the air, and called down lightning to strike the armies. She had defeated them in only seconds. As she came back down to the ground she again asked…
SELDES: WILL YOU SURRENDER YOUR PLANET TO ME OR DO I HAVE TO DECLARE WAR!!!
PROJECT: NEVER!!!
Project charged at Seldes, but Seldes easily teleported out of the way and Project went straight into a wall. Longshot jumped at Seldes but Seldes hit him with her hammer to send him crashing into another building. She then called down lightning to strike the building and it collapsed on top of Longshot. Ice and XT then went to attack Seldes as Nurhachi went to check on Longshot.
Ice started to shoot hard icicles at Seldes, but they did not bother her. XT shot his optic beams at Seldes, but they too, did not bother her. Seldes merely swatted them away like flies.
NURHACHI: Guys stop!!!
Project had gotten his head out of the wall and again went to attack Seldes. He punched her and she got knocked back into a parked car. She then got up, flew towards Project and drove the hammer straight into his gut.
NURHACHI: GUYS STOP!!!! SELDES WE SURRENDER!!!
XT, ICE, PROJECT: What?
NURHACHI: Longshot isn't breathing. He has numerous broken bones; we need to get him back to UC so he can be treated.
ICE: We can't surrender…
XT: We have to Ice.
SELDES: I see you are not as stupid as I thought. Very well, I accept your surrender. Take me to your leader.
ICE: I'll take you; I have the teleporter to UC.
SELDES: Then you will take me, I also choose you, the one they call Nurhachi, to come as a witness.
Ice teleported himself, Nurhachi and Seldes to Ultimate Central, where Ultimate E would need to surrender to Seldes.
As they got to Ultimate Central, and entered the cyber space mansion, their faces twisted in shock. They could not believe what they saw. Ultimate E, standing side by side with Caduceus.
Caduceus looked all three of them straight in the eye, and they were all immediately put into a trance.
CADUCEUS: SELDES! DROP YOUR HAMMER AND WALK TO THE TELEPORT PAD.
She did as she was told, hypnotized, she went to the computer room, dropped the hammer, and walked to the teleport pad, where Ultimate E pushed the button to send her to UC "prison."
CADUCEUS: Nurhachi, Ice. You will not remember anything you just saw. You will think that you defeated Seldes by yourselves and sent her to prison.
ICE, NURHACHI: Yes…Master.
Ice and Nurhachi then turned, and teleported back to Earth to meet the others.
ULTIMATE E: Great work Caduceus.
Ultimate E walked up to the dropped hammer.
ULTIMATE E: I might have further need of your skills in the future, but until then, you're a free man.
Ultimate E bent over to pick up Mjolnir. Only, he couldn't lift it.
CADUCEUS: Looks like you're not worthy enough, boss.
ULTIMATE E: AAARRRGHHHH
Caduceus then walked to the teleport pad and left for home.
As he left, the Ultimate Central members returned, with a fallen Longshot.
ULTIMATE E: Well done in defeating Seldes guys.
ICE: Sure E. No problem. I can't even remember how we won, ha-ha.
XT: E! We need to get Longshot some medical help.
ULTIMATE E: Oh he's beaten badly. Looks like he's in some sort of coma.
E looked at XT
ULTIMATE E: I don't know if he will make it, XT.
XT: Nooo. We can't lose Longshot.
ULTIMATE E: I will do all I can, I'll try healing him.
Ultimate E took Longshots body and took it to the medical room, and when he was too far away for them to hear…he laughed.
XT heard Ultimate E laughing, but he could not believe it.
XT put his head in his hands.
ICE: Hey man, its ok.
PROJECT: I'm sure he'll be fine man.
XT: I…don't know guys, did you see him? He's in a bad way.
XT: Either way, I'm watching over him tonight.
NURHACHI: Howcome?
XT: I don't trust Ultimate E. Not at all…