The Contest - Part 3 (Backdated to June 6th)

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([LAST TIME on OMEGAFRIENDS: The sinister villain SLADE marked his return to Venture city by hosting a dangerous competition of might for villains and heroes alike, with rewards of cash and other valuable prizes! But when all the OMEGAFRIENDS proved to be
above such greed, Slade hatched an even viler plot! Seeing that Mrs. Helen Parr, innocent mother of two, had befriended many of the younger heroes in town, he kidnapped her and held her hostage! As the heroes were forced to do as Slade said for Helen's sake, Samus Aran and Superman tried to stop the villain, only to be caught in a trap! Will they escape? Will Slade succeed? What is his ultimate goal, anyway? Find out in this week's exciting conclusion on OMEGAFRIENDS!!!])

[A- Omeganet. Audio and Visual]
A little after 6 pm, Slade once again hacks into the Omeganet.

"Good evening, Omega Friends. For such supposedly noble heroes, you certainly don't play very fair, do you? Attacking the referee in the middle of a contest? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
It seems I have no option but to make an example."

The video feed flips to show Slade's latest prisoner:
Superman, barely conscious, hangs in restraints similiar to the ones that hold Helen Parr. Those who look closely can make out flecks of glowing green material imbedded into the man over a wide area.

"I have shot the so-called Man of Steel with exactly enough Kryptonite to slowly and painfully drain him of his life energy over the next 48 hours. After that...
Well, let's just say it's in the best interest of his health that you give me your full cooperation. If, in the next 48 hours, I receive detailed information on every member of the Omega Friends, including civilian identities and data on their known powers, I will release my prisoners to a neutral hospital capable of treating them.

I trust I will be hearing from you soon."

[B- Action. Parr Household. Locked to Robert Parr, Ruby Rose, and Blake Belladonna.]
((Slade will not be commenting in this thread. It takes place shortly after Slade ends his conversation with Bob via the Omeganet. The Parr kids are with friends of the family for the evening.))


[C- Action. Slade's Lair - Detention Level. Locked to Helen Parr, Samus Aran, Superman, and Slade]
Slade enters the room with a calm and confident posture. He looks each prisoner up and down in their restraints, then comments to them in a condescending tone.

"How good to see you all again. I trust you are comfortable?


[D- Action. Entrance to Slade's Lair. OTA]
Venture Munitions Lab A1-13 has been abandoned for well over a decade, yet it seems very busy tonight. Slade's robot commandos can be seen exiting and entering the building in coordinated teams, and occasionaly a black and orange drone flies overhead.

[E- Final Showdown in Slade's Lair. Only open to those who bypass D]
After facing all the obstacles Slade has thrown at you, it is time for the final showdown! Take him down hard!

Comments

[bigshoulder_lady]

"I'll do my best," She said, returning a brave smile now. She figured removing the green rocks would help, considering he had zero problems until those entered the picture, but superman would be better at voicing the answer to Helen's question than Samus. Instead she focused on the commando bot Slade had left in the room.

"What are we doing about that thing?"

[big_blue_boyscout]

He nods, looking over to Helen. "It'd make this easier, but ... how?"

Then he turns to address Samus, "There's one ... I can handle one ... not much more than that though."

Destroying the guard with the permission of Slade's mun.

[bemoreflexible]

Helen bites her lip for a moment. She never quit using her powers completely, but it has been a while since she really pushed herself; especially with her neck, which was much less elastic than her arms or legs.

She rolls her head around for a moment as she loosens up, then quickly stretches her neck out several meters long til she can feel the strain and grabs onto a piece of machinery with her teeth.

The commando raises his weapon and commands her to let go, so she does. Her head and neck snap at the robot like a slingshot, and she headbutts him with enough force to knock his head off.

She then retracts her neck to its normal length and shakes her head a bit, thankful that she is far more durable than the typical human.

"Ow."

Watching That

[bigshoulder_lady]

That was certainly something. Samus just stared in shocked silence at the power Helen demonstrated, looking at the movement before turning over to her now. "Nice job. Um... You all right?" Samus asked, realizing she might be more durable than most humans but that still doesn't mean clunking your head at high velocity into a metal object doesn't leave a concussion.

[big_blue_boyscout]

That was ... unexpected. Unexpected, but also strangely familiar. Clark blinks, looking from Helen to the downed commando and back again

"... Elastigirl?"

[bemoreflexible]

"Got it one. Was hoping to keep it a secret, because if Slade finds out..."

She shakes her head again, then nods to Samus. "I'm fine for now, though. I don't bruise or swell or break bones. Does that suit of yours have a com by any chance?"

While she waits for Samus to answer, Helen again stretches her neck, looking Clark over for green shards that will be easiest to pull out.

[bigshoulder_lady]

"Yeah. One in the zero here and a better one in the Varia suit. Glad you're okay. Superman, you going to be okay after those are out?" Samus didn't have much she could do at the moment, but was curious.

[big_blue_boyscout]

"I should be," He replies with a nod, wincing in pain as he feels one of the pieces of kryptonite shift slightly. "I-I heal quickly." But he needs them out first, that much is clear, as a wet, throaty cough tears it's way out of him.

There is a faint green glow coming from the wounds with kryptonite still in him, brighter in some places where the shards are closer to the surface. Other places, the shards are in deeply enough that it's going to take tools they don't have here to remove them.

That was supposed to say "got it in one" in the last post

[bemoreflexible]

Helen asks Samus a question between pulling out what shards she can from Clark with her teeth.

"How complicated are they? Are they activatable for someone who can reach them?"

[bigshoulder_lady]

"Slade has a comm jammer. I could activate the zero suit one right now for a distress call, but with the jammer in place I can't do anything," She said. She took a deep breath before looking over at the work.

"Glad to hear it, Superman. Still wish that hadn't happened."

[big_blue_boyscout]

"You-- nnngh ... you and me both." The shards hurt coming out, and the green light radiating from them still burns like fire, but they hurt a lot less out than in. He doesn't look or feel much better, not with a number of the shards still buried in him, but he's got a little more fight in him for it.

"Can the comm in the suit send a strong enough signal even with the jammer in place?"

When Helen has finished, he nods, a thankful smile on his face before he turns, looking at one of the shackles binding his wrist to the wall. He narrows his eyes, straining for a moment before they start to glow red. The beam of heat vision is weak, otherwise he could have slight right through, but it was still strong enough to soften the metal, and with a good tug he was able to rip his hand free. He reached around, and now that he had some leverage, some room to move, he was able to pry the second one off.

He dropped to the ground hard, his legs buckling almost instantly. He was weaker than he thought, and the pain wasn't making it any easier. It took him a moment to get to start getting to his feet.

[bemoreflexible]

Helen waits patiently for Clark to get her free. Hopefully he has enough strength.

"If your suit's com can't, there is probably another way, assuming I didn't damage that commando too badly."

[bigshoulder_lady]

She let him take a moment, thinking about the suit comm and superman's condition. "Yeah, it's designed to communicate with my ship's computer even in the deepest part of the planets. I wouldn't be able to call my ship for a precision landing, but I could send out a comm from my suit even with the jammer," she said finally, after she was sure Superman was okay. She had to admit, she was surprised they were coming to their own rescue. But glad too. Also glad they got most of that gunk out of superman.

[big_blue_boyscout]

His legs felt like lead, and with every step they were threatening to buckle, but he managed to stumble over to Helen's restraints, grabbing on with both hands and pulling. It took effort, a lot of it, but the metal warped and tore.

"Then ..." He said, panting as he reached up to grab Helen's other restraint, "Let's send out an S.O.S to the Omegafriends. Everyone will know which rock Slade is hiding under, and I don't think even he can be prepared for everyone that'll be coming for him." As he finishes, he breaks Helen's other restraint.

[bemoreflexible]

Meanwhile, Helen goes to the robot commando and pries off it's faceplate, apparently looking for something.

[bigshoulder_lady]

"Sure, once I'm out of here. Superman, think you got it or should Helen should? Need to get in my suit to turn it on."

[big_blue_boyscout]

"I've got it." Clark says, walking over, a hand on the wall to keep him standing. He reaches up, pulling for longer this time, straining more until the restraint breaks. He's still getting weaker. It can't be more than a few minutes until his power is gone completely.

"We're going to have to try and make this quick ... don't have much more left in me." He says, moving to Samus' other restraint, and prying it off.

[bemoreflexible]

Helen pulls something out of the bot - a small circuit board or something similar - and walks it over to Samus.

"Can you hook this up to your suit? I'm pretty sure it's a passkey. Lets the bots pass through the locked doors."

[bigshoulder_lady]

She drops out of the restraints with an action roll, more out of habit than anything else. "Thank you for the save. Hope we can get you cleared of those things quick," She said, heading over to her suit. She presses her hand against the face mask of the Varia suit, making it seemingly disintegrate and then reappear on her. The suit didn't have a proper way in and out of it so this was how it was.

Samus comes over to Helen, scanning the passkey as she goes. "Yeah, you're right. Good eye, thanks. I've copied the passkey's information onto my suit, should make the doors open. If not, well, gives me enough access I could get them to open other ways." Unfortunately not by shooting them once. She walks over to door, testing it's lock.

She sent out a general SoS to the omagefriends now in addition, activating an automatic beacon on herself. "Raised the call."

[big_blue_boyscout]

"Hopefully ..." Clark says, Managing to pull it together for a while was hard, and it's only getting harder. He's never been exposed to kryptonite, even the tiny shards in him for this long, and with every passing moment it's feeling worse. He's been focusing through the pain, but he can't do that much longer. Everything burns, worst of all where the shards are embedded. His head is spinning, and his stomach is turning. He takes a step forward, but stumbles, dropping on to one knee, a hand moving to clutch his chest, where several of the shards are embedded.

"Then ... let's ... go." He says, trying to get back to his feet. He's going to need some help.