Merry Good Friday everybody
ULTIMATE CENTRAL #8: CHILD OF THE MOON
He was home alone, bored out of his mind. He tried again to log onto his favorite site, UltimateCentral.com. For the last month, this site had been down and it's given him nothing to do. He sighed at he went to his window. He pulled open the curtains and looked into the starry night sky. His mind wondered to what he's been seeing on the television lately. A real life team of super-heroes have appeared about the same time that America was being overrun by Dragons. Since then they've also bested a giant, a robot, a god, even squirrels. He was their biggest fan. He looked at the moon as it shone bright. He wished he could be one of them. A blast of color caught the corner of his eye. He turned towards his computer screen to see what it was. The screen was blurry and full of reds and blues. He felt dizzy and nauseous as he turned around and again, looked at the moon. He seemed drawn to it. As he stared, fur started to grow from his skin. His eyes became big and yellow. His nose and mouse grew into a muzzle and his teeth grew long and sharp. He let out a howl at the moon as claws grew from his fingers.
"What's happening to me?" he thought.
His confusion did not last long at all as his brain shrunk until all intelligence was gone and he was left only with his instincts, only the need to feed.
"Son, is that you"
His father opened the door as his face twisted in horror. The beast pounced on him and bit deep into his throat. It tore out big chunks of meat and gulped it down. After his meal he heard more noise…laughter…and loud music. The beast followed the sound…
Elsewhere…
XT: HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
XT cracked up laughing as his "first Tuesday of the month" party was going better then expected. He had invited Nurhachi and ProjectX2 so they could see an AMERICAN party. Ice came along as well. At first Ice didn't want too, but after a few shots of 50% alcohol named Firewater, Ice was having a great time. In fact, he was in a sculling competition with XT's friend, Bobbo. Of course, XT's laughter and excessive drinking only covered up his sorrow over his good friend Longshot being in a coma after a battle against the Goddess of Thunder, Seldes Katne.
XT took out the portable TV screen from his pocket. Before the party he had hooked it up to a camera in the Ultimate Central medical room so he could keep an eye on Longshot. He saw Longshot lying unconscious in the bed. XT then pocketed his TV screen and looked towards the crowd and once again, cracked up laughing. Bobbo was throwing up on the floor while Ice was doing a victory dance on a table with the crowd cheering him on. Nurhachi and Project were also in the crowd, laughing and clapping.
NURHACHI: GO ICE! YOU DA MAN!
PROJECT: WOOOOOOT!!!
RANDOM GIRL #1: What's Woot? Some kind of New Zealand saying?
RANDOM GIRL #2: I hear it means Squirrel Death or something.
RANDOM GIRL #1: Ewwwww…
PROJECT: If only you ladies knew…
XT smiled and turned around to go talk to some people outside. As he turned, a girl with a low top and high skirt came up to him.
GIRL: Great party you got here.
XT: Yeah well, some people just have what it takes to throw a good party y'know.
The girl leant close to his ear.
GIRL: How about we have our own little party somewhere a little more private…
XT: Yeah, let me just…
CRASH
The wall of XT's house caved in as a huge, grayish brown, Werewolf barged in. People were screaming and running for the doors, including the girl.
XT: Awwwww NO! WHYYYYY!!!!
The beast pounced on one of XT's guests, just as XT was about to blast him with his eye beams. The eye beams missed, but Project had turned into his rock form and hit the beast on the jaw as the guest ran outside. Everyone was out of the house now except for Nurhachi, Ice, Project and XT. The beast turned towards the fleeing crowd to leap after them, but Ice froze its legs to the ground.
BEAST: Hurrrooof?
XT shot an optic blast at the beast.
BEAST: RRRARRRHHHHH?
Project ran towards the beast and tried to grapple it, but the beast picked Project up and threw him at XT.
ICE: Let's get him Nur!
The beast slammed its fist against the ice holding his foot in place.
Ice created a big war hammer made out of ice as Nurhachi turned his hand into his hammer form.
The beast got free of his icy bonds and pounced at Icemastertron, but Ice caught it on the jaw with his hammer and the monster was knocked back into Nurhachi's hammer-hand.
BEAST: HUWRAAAWRRRRR
The beast was foaming at the mouth as his eyes turned red. As Project and XT rejoined the battle, the beast went into a bloodlust frenzy. But the four heroes just kept on beating him. The beast decided that this meal was not worth the trouble and turned to retreat.
ICE: We can't let him get away.
They chased after the beast but it was too fast and agile as it leapt over fences and through bushes. Soon it had lost its pursuers and headed to find an easier meal.
PROJECT: Let's get back to Ultimate Central and ask E about this wolf thing.
NURHACHI: Good idea. Ice?
Ice pushed the button on his watch to open the portal to Ultimate Central and they all walked through it.
They arrived at the mansion in cyber-space soon after. They went into the computer room where Ultimate E was watching what was going on through his monitor. They stepped over Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir, which was still unmoved on the ground since E could not lift it and had forbidden anyone else from trying.
PROJECT: So, E, is this wolf thing one of the Ultimate Central members?
ULTIMATE E: Hey guys, yes, as a matter of fact it is. It's Moonmaster. He's become a werewolf.
XT: The %#@%% interrupted something important man. He's gonna pay!
ICE: Whereabouts is he now?
ULTIMATE E: Central Park. You need to get there immediately. He's already killed too many people.
They gasped as they saw the monitor screen. Moonmaster was shown in Central Park, chewing on some intestines. Body parts littered the park grounds.
NURHACHI: Oh man, we have to go THERE?
ULTIMATE E: Yes, he must be stopped. Immediately.
ICE: We're on it Chief.
They walked over to the teleport pad and teleported to Central Park.
Once in central park, they were greeted by dozens of limbs and torsos scattered around the park.
NURHACHI: Oooh man…I don't know if I can do this.
ICE: This is so sick…
XT: For $#@$ sake guys, your supposed to be Super Heroes. Start acting like it.
They walked down the path, following the screams and growls, until they saw the beast, Moonmaster, crunching on some bones. They approached him slowly, but Moonmaster's heightened senses picked up their presence.
MOONMASTER: Hwarrr?
It then turned and jumped amongst the trees.
PROJECT: Great, now we gotta go find Mr. Wolf.
XT: I can hear his heartbeat. He is not too far.
While walking towards the beast, XT took out his portable TV screen to check on Longshot. He saw Longshot still lying there, tubes coming out of him.
"You better not die on me man," XT thought to himself, "I don't think I could take that right now."
HAWROOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The beast pounced and slashed XT across the chest.
XT: AAARGHHHH
XT's portable TV flew out of his hands and smashed upon hitting the ground. XT fell down on his knees, clutching his chest.
PROJECT: XT YOU OK?
XT: I'll…be fine…he just grazed me.
The beast got ready to attack.
PROJECT: Back off son, you don't want none!
The beast growled.
XT: Let's beat him like a red headed foster child.
Moonmaster pounced…
Meanwhile at Ultimate Central:
After getting a quick bottle of energy drink from the kitchen, Ultimate E entered the computer room. He walked up to the computer…and tripped on Mjolnir, his drink spilling all over his costume.
ULTIMATE E: DAMN HAMMER!
He grabbed the hammers handle and tried, once again, to lift it, but to no avail. Just then, he saw the monitor. He saw the beast attack XT, he saw XT's device fall out of his hands and smash on the ground.
ULTIMATE E: Well, well, well…Maybe I should give Longshot a visit.
Ultimate E walked back out of the computer room, giggling like a school girl. He entered the medical room, where Longshot lay, still in a coma.
ULTIMATE E: Guess you're not going to recover from these injuries after all…
Ultimate E walked up to Longshots bed.
ULTIMATE E: You should never have been on this team in the first place.
Suddenly, Longshots eyes opened.
LONGSHOT: E….what….happened.
ULTIMATE E: Ah, welcome back to consciousness Longshot.
Ultimate E then smashed his drink bottle over Longshots head.
ULTIMATE E: Loser!
He grabbed Longshots body and dragged him to the computer room's teleporting pad.
ULTIMATE E: Good Riddance you blue piece of ****.
Ultimate E pushed the button to send Longshot to his "prison." Then he sat down on his chair and watched the battle between his warriors and Moonmaster.
Back in Central Park…
Ice had made himself an ice-mace and drove it into the gut of Moonmaster. Moonmaster howled in pain as he grabbed the ice-mace out of Ice's hands, broke it in half and threw it over his shoulder. Nurhachi shot blood-arrows at Moonmaster while XT shot an optic blast. Moonmaster got hit hard and flew back into a tree where Project picked him up and drove him head first into the ground. Ice then poured on the ice to freeze Moonmaster in place.
Moonmasters rage grew as he flexed his muscles and shattered the ice covering him. He picked up chunks of ice and threw them at Ice. XT blew up the ice chunks with his optic blasts.
PROJECT: Ice, Freeze my fists.
Ice did as Project asked, encasing Projects fists with steel-hard ice.Moonmaster then turned to run again, but as he leapt, Nurhachi caught him by the feet with his tendrils, and flung him into Projects awaiting ice-covered fists. The beast staggered, and then fell. He tried to get back up, but was hit with ice-shards, a blood hammer, a rocky fist and an optic beam. After that, Moonmaster didn't get up again.
Just then, the sky started to light up.
NURHACHI: Wow, Morning already. We've been up all night.
ICE: Look.
Ice pointed at Moonmaster, as his form was changing, shrinking. He was turning back into human.
MOONMASTER: Wha…what happened…
He looked around and saw all the dead bodies, and the blood on what remained of his clothes. He could taste blood in his mouth.
MOONMASTER: Oh no…Did I…
He looked up and saw his heroes. The people he idolized.
XT: Yes you did. I'm sorry.
MOONMASTER: Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man. I'm so sorry. I don't…
Tears swelled up in Moonmasters eyes.
MOONMASTER: What are you guys going to do to me?
ICE: I'm really sorry man, but you're too dangerous.
NURHACHI: We…ummm…we have to…ummm…
PROJECT: We have to take you away.
MOONMASTER: I…I knew it was something like that…but I'll go quietly. Oh man, I can't believe this. Can I be cured?
Ice, Nurhachi, Project and XT looked at each other.
XT: C'mon man, it's time to go.
Ice teleported the 5 of them to Ultimate Central.
Moonmaster walked up to the teleport pad in the computer room and stepped on it.
MOONMASTER: I can't say how sorry I am.
He was shaking, and the tears kept on coming.
PROJECT: Neither can we dude, neither can we.
Ultimate E pushed the button as Moonmaster was sent to imprisonment.
NURHACHI: Poor guy.
XT: I'm going to go check on Longshot.
ULTIMATE E: Ummm...guys, there is something I should tell you.
XT straightened up, and looked at Ultimate E straight in the eye.
XT: What is it?
ULTIMATE E: While you guys were out fighting…Longshot…passed on.
The Ultimate Central Team were stunned.
XT: WHAT!!! LIAR!!!!
ULTIMATE E: XT, Calm down. This isn't going to…
XT grabbed Ultimate E by the throat.
XT: DON'T YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! YOU DID THIS! DIDN'T YOU!
ULTIMATE E: Now why on earth would I…
XT: DON'T LIE TO ME!
ICE: XT, Cool it man.
PROJECT: Put E down.
XT: STAY OUT OF THIS!
NURHACHI: XT, please.
PROJECT: Snap out of it man.
XT put E down.
XT: I'm leaving this team. Leaving this bull****…tomorrow. I'm packing tonight and leaving tomorrow.
ICE: What…but…
NURHACHI: Dude, c'mon…
XT: No, sorry guys, I'm leaving all this behind.
ULTIMATE E: If that is what you want XT…
XT: Yes, it is.
XT left the room.
"Over my dead body," Ultimate E thought to himself.
EPILOGUE
XT was fast asleep in his bed. His bags were packed, ready to go in the morning. Ultimate E walked up to XT's room, frying pan in hand. He slowly and quietly opened the door, and crept up to XT's bedside.
ULTIMATE E: Sorry XT. I can't have you leaving.
Ultimate E then raised the pan above his head, as XT's eyes quickly opened. Ultimate E then brought the pan down, attempting to hit XT's head, but only hit the pillow as XT moved out of the way.
XT: I knew it!
ULTIMATE E: You know nothing!
Ultimate E swung at XT. XT dodged the attack and leapt over Ultimate E, and out of his room.
ULTIMATE E: STOP!
XT raced down the stairs with E in hot pursuit. He ran into the computer room with E nearly catching him…but E once again tripped on Mjolnir, allowing XT to reach the teleport pad and escape.
Ultimate E scowled.
ULTIMATE E: This isn't over XT.
I think this way will work better 
