Baron Barnabas' Bombastic Defeat
3Synopsis: After poisoning Tusk with a poison
mushroom from the Mushroom Kingdom, Barnabas goes all-out on his quest to
conquer the Omniverse. Even the DCU and MCU heroes are called for help. He
begins raiding other video game worlds, becoming one, if not the most powerful
villain Sonic and crew have ever faced.
Chapter 1—Kang has NOTHING on This Guy
Doctor
Portobello worked fast to deliver the antidote to Tsar Tusk, who was ailing and
near the brink of death in his royal chamber.
His wife, Tallulah, dutiful, doting children Tybalt and Tessa looked on,
in tearful hope that their papa would pull out of this precarious
predicament.
All the
while Barnabas was cackling with the power crackling through his system. Peach, Mario, Luigi, even Rosalinda couldn’t
halt him from gaining more power ups.
‘He
smacked us aside like we were nothing…’, Mario said, wiping the blood from his
mouth. He and Luigi looked banged
up. Mario’s bones cracked as Luigi
hoisted him up. The pain rippled through
them, and they winced from being whipped aside, thrown down like they were
trash.
‘My
cosmic abilities are useless !’, Rosalinda added, her eyes filling with
tears. Her luma began to cheep and
squeak.
‘What
is Luma saying ?’, Daisy questioned.
‘It’s
going on about super heroes, but I can’t make any sense out of any of it. That crazy badger is plundering the video
game worlds for all the power ups they can offer… What can we do ?’, Toadette asked, her voice
quavering. Toad held her close in a
hug, smoothly stroking the top of her cap to calm her.
‘I know
someone who can help. It was a blue
hedgehog I bested in a race not long ago, even though he was far more qualified
to win than I.’, Mario said, recalling the time that he and Sonic raced to
raise mental awareness and build funds to rebuild the kingdom that Bowsette and
Tatanga had rampaged. The two of them
were long since put in Mario’s maximum security prison where they had no
potential of escaping.
The
only reason that Bowsette had trashed everything was vengeance for Bowser
having snubbed her long ago. He and
Peach had been forced to wed, which delighted Bowser but disgusted Peach at the
beginning. The two had grown to love
and adore each other over time, but they had quite a large family of little
koopa mouths to feed. Now she had three
other little koopalettes on the way but luckily Bowser was uber rich and the
other koopas were glad to lend a claw when the need arose.
The
biggest problem now was that Mario and Luigi had only a few powerups left. They had to be extremely cautious about
which ones they used. It was obvious
that they needed a whole lot more assistance in beating this
maniac. Right now, though, Barnabas
the Warlock was unstoppable.
In a
moment’s time, Rosalinda had teleported them down to Mobius using her
telekinetic abilities. It was she,
Daisy, Peach, Toadette, Toad, Yoshi, Luigi and even Wario and Waluigi who had
come along with them. Wario and Waluigi
were miffed because Barnabas had purloined their cash of treasure. It was true, he was completely unhinged, but
why he would’ve taken that booty willy-nilly was so random. Then when they realized that tokens were
universally accepted, they knew they had to reclaim what was theirs or they
would be considered bankrupt.
Sonic
and Amy had been sleeping soundly and their hedgehoglets had all been enjoying
their reveries until Mario and his friends came knocking at the Crystal Castle
door. Once everything had been
explained, Sonic knew he had to get a hold of Bronto and in turn, call upon the
Universe’s mightiest heroes as well as the TVA. This time, it was the whole Universe they
knew and loved which was at stake.
Chapter 2—I Am Invincible !
One by
one Barnabas had taken the video game worlds that were most powerful down and
subdued them without so much as lifting a finger. He had already overtaken half of the video
game world and was out to wipe out the entire Omniverse.
Loki,
Q, Quanta, and the entire Avengers had been assembled against Barnabas. Rocket was unamused he would be fighting a
badger.
‘Aren’t
we almost alike ?’, he questioned.
Groot shrugged his shoulders. ‘I
am Groot.’, came his certain reply.
‘This
isn’t anything new and unusual. We’ve
fought anthros before.’, Constantine butted in. Panda from Earth looked insulted, but he
was relieved his friends and comrades from Japan back home had been brought
forth by Q and Loki.
‘Rice
ball.’, Inumake mumbled.
‘We’ve
got more than enough force behind us.’, Gojo said, pointing to the Lantern
Corps backing them. There were mages,
theurges, enchanters, techno wizards, and most importantly, the ‘quantum heavy
hitters’. Quanta was especially
irritated that this was happening because it disrupted the whole placid nature
of the Universe that encompassed her.
She had been the first to feel the shockwaves of Barnabas’ exponential
prowess.
‘You
can pool as many formidable people and anthros as you like together. Even you, Gods amongst your
kind. I am INVINCIBLE. Your abilities are nothing when
compared to mine.’, he boasted. The whole
Universe seemed to bend when he moved.
It made them lose their footing, but they got back up and regained their
balance. Barnabas was nothing to
underestimate, but he forgot all about the element of spontaneity. Bronto had hailed toons in from Toon
Town. There was Bonkers D. Bobcat,
Marsupilami and others that were prepared to use their physics defying powers
to catch him off guard where magic and might were useless. Though the aspect of
the sorcerers would come in handy in this case, too, since Barnabas was
starting to raise legions of zombies to assist him.
Chapter 3—Sorely Striving
Barnabas
had all sorts of power ups at his disposal.
It wasn’t until Generator Rex and Ben 10 joined the fight that he found
equally matched opponents.
‘I owe
you for that, Bronto ! You think of
everything !’, Sonic said, finally landing a punch in his super-powered, newly
renovated and updated golden hedgehog mech.
Amy joined in, swinging her hammer as if she were playing a high-class
game of polo. Against the marbled
terrain of a surreal world they had crashed into, luckily with no inhabitants,
Barnabas skidded across the floor, laughed, got back up on his feet and
adjusted his robes. He clenched his
fists, causing his knuckles to pop rather obnoxiously.
‘Isn’t
that adorable. Now you have other
little superheroes I’m needing to decommission.’, he said, with a cocky,
razor-toothed grin.
Yoshi and
his girlfriend struggled to get up. Yoshi opened his mouth, unleashing his long
tongue. The tongue slapped Barnabas off to one side, but it wasn’t enough to
topple him. He simply got up, dusted
himself off, sardonically grinned and laughed as a nexus of darkness built
around him.
‘Do you
ever shut up ?! You’re getting on my
nerves !’, Bowser said, spitting fireballs directly at Barnabas. Barnabas deflected the fireballs easily
and he laughed.
‘That
tickles ! Were those spicy meatballs
supposed to consume me whole ? Phttph. Please.
Don’t make me laugh.’, he said.
He began to levitate, and he fired different elements against every foe. For instance, in response to the fireballs,
he implemented Sub-Zero’s ice-storm, hail and sleet techniques, freezing Bowzer
in place.
‘My
love !’, Peach said. Fire ignited in
her blue eyes.
‘I
don’t care how powerful this blowhard is ! No one freezes my husband !’, she
bellowed irately.
'Allow me,
my lady !', Toadette said. Toad twirled a grappling hook and launched it at
Barnabas.
Barnabas flicked the grappling hook with a thumb and
forefinger, cracking his neck with a menacing chortle.
‘Nothing you
do will stop me. Now if you will kindly
move aside, I have an Omniverse to conquer.’, he said. It was then that even though they were surrounded
by zombies on all sides each of them decimated the undead with holy
counterattacks. Q, Quanta, and
Mortimer joined hands and summoned their highest forms. DCs most powerful wizards used all defenses
and Bronto added his manna in with the mix.
Jujutsu sorcerers piped in energy of their own. There was Sailor Scouts, Pretty Cures, miku,
exorcists, every protagonist one could think of or name.
A wave of
what could only be described as a firenado overcame Barnabas, but the final
blow before Barnabas could use an unbelievable multipressure wave came from
Tusk himself.
‘You stabbed
me in the back. Now I’m returning the
favor, traitor.’, he sneered, skewering the other badger straight through with
a broadsword. It was an undignified,
horrible, cowardly, but fitting death for the Judas that tried killing the Tsar
only moments earlier. What he had done
was now undone. The power ups began to
flee from his hands, returning to their own lands. It was as if time was beginning to reverse
and those worlds that he had previously conquered were now healing on their
own.
‘No…No, I just
stole those…I need those…’, he said, tears overflowing from his eyes. It was difficult to know who the bigger
villain in this case was or how Tusk recuperated so rapidly. None of that mattered now, but clean up had
to be done so the video game planets could resume a semblance of normalcy after
being hammered by that badger lunatic.
Chapter 4—A Proper Funeral
The magicians
sent everyone back after all had been said and done. The video game world was stable now, at
least, until another threat made itself known.
It was difficult to say if any other being would be in existence like
Barnabas, but he was long since gone now.
There had been nothing left of him after he was burned alive by his own
avarice for power.
Tusk was no
threat even though he was still considered Sonic’s enemy. He promised that he would never threaten him
again as he had before. It was the two
would join alliances again, but for now, they had gone their separate ways.
The Tsar
stayed to see an obsidian gauntlet get buried deep below the soil. It had been inspected before burial. Necromancial objects such as those did have
the ability to reanimate the undead, open sinister portals that would bring in
Mobius knows what, or awaken eldritch spirits long since slumbering. Sonic and the others didn’t want to take any
chances, so Bronto, being a White Wizard, easily cleansed the artifact so it
was inert.
Amon had
been triggered by the funeral. Barnabas
had been worse than his own parents had been and he was still grieving their
loss even though quite a few years had gone by.
‘I do
realize those years were torture for you, but they’re behind you now. You’ve turned out to be a fine upstanding
young man.’, Sonic said, placing his hand upon the young thylacine-hyena hybrid’s
shoulder. Amon smiled slightly while a
tear trickled down his cheek. Funerals
would still evoke sorrow within him, but he had healed of the harm his parents
had caused. Their legacy was long gone,
and all that remained was the brilliant future he and the Freedom Fighters embodied.
Epilogue
Using their
upgraded abilities had tired Sonic and his siblings out. Everyone had departed and headed back home
for a much-needed respite back in bed, snuggled under downy sheets.
All was
quiet, but something wasn’t quite right in the realm of reverie. A dream eater, sapping energy from the land
of nod was infiltrating the intimate fantasies each court member was
having. It began innocently enough with
the youngest of the Celeritas’ line, but soon the ‘sleeping sickness’ would
spread like a plague and they would never awaken. There was, however, one member of the court
that this didn’t affect and it would be up to them to face the rogue vampire,
whoever they happened to be.
To Be Continued…
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