As Ouchman joined his partner, Download, and the two began another typical conversation, they were unaware that they were being watched. Watched from a high vantage point by a small group of metas who had as yet, stayed out of the battle.

"Those two look like perfect additions to my new evil group. Thus says The Mastermind! With my metahuman ability to momentarily control the mind's of others,we will be unstoppable! " The Mastermind, resplendent in his purple military uniform and matching purple hood, cackled with glee. The Gorilla Brothers sat behind him scratching their heads. A very tall, redheaded meta stood at the side of The Mastermind, looking confused. "Then what, Mastermind?" he said.

"Then, Redwood, once you've used your metahuman ability to grow very tall, we shall destroy any and all who stand in our way! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!"

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Vengeance slipped from the hand of the T5 robot and dropped to the ground. His flaming sword and pain pulse would be useless against these unliving foes. Better to continue towards his true opponent. As the robot attempted to crush Vengeance's cycle, the cycle turned to mist, dissolving and vanishing from it's grasp. Reforming beneath it's master, the cycle roared to life with a snarl that sounded like the howling of some unearthly creature. Vengeance drove off toward's Naecken's fortress with seemingly impossible ease.

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Tobias Christopher raced forward, blasting several of the T5 droids with sonic booms in tandem with Drag Racer. As the two speedsters raced for Naecken's fortress, another of the Anunnaki appeared, waving his hands back and forth and chanting under his breath. TC and Drag Racer were momentarily covered with multicolored flashes of light. As the speedster's passed through the flashes, they felt their speed ebbing. Bereft of their kinetic energy, they fell forwards into the snow.

"What the hell. . ." TC thought to himself. Looking up, he saw the Annunaki standing over him, a broadsword drawn. "The best way to stop an opponent faster than you," Ishkur began, "slow them do-" Ishkur's cryptic comment would never be finished as his head fell forward, separated from his body.

The head rolled and landed in front of TC. A shadow fell over the Vanguardian. He looked up. "Yurmnetokilllll. . ." Amuck stated, before speeding off into the distance.

"Fuck. . ." TC said, helping Drag Racer to stand up. The Luchadore landed next to the two. "Whoah. Good work. How did you do that?" he said, amazed.

"Oh, it was nothing, really." Drag Racer said, bending over to clean snow off of his pantyhose. Standing back up, he saw the Luchadore staring at him.

Luchadore: Hi. [humina humina]

Drag Racer: Uhh. . .hi. . . [um.... uh huh! ... ]

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Drax wrestled with Nergal as the two giant behemoths slammed into several of the robots, their grudge match destroying many of the Quadnik drones. Nabu watched his cousin intently, energy flaring around his hands in the form of ankhs. "Come on, come on, closer. . ." he said, attempting to get a shot at the white dragon.

Before he could do so, however, the alien was blasted by a chill Antarctic wind. As he doubled over in an unsuccessful attempt to stay warm, Aeolus landed in front of him. "You've never been much for fair fights, have you, Nabu? None of your kind are." The dark skinned leader of the Pantheon said as he mentally turned up the force of the winds striking the Annunaki. "This time, I'll finish the job I began a long time ago." The winds began to freeze Nabu from his very insides.