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Intraspace -- The "Suicide Notes" finale!

Feb 14, 2007 11:18

Ray Palmer's been freed, but the Justice League and their allies are now faced with both a dying and homicidal Enchantress, and a Chronos from somewhere further in the future that seems Hell bent on trapping everyone where they are in order to prevent some future event -- training his first sneak attack on the Cosmic Treadmill that helped bring ( Read more... )

phantom stranger, enchantress, suicide notes, witch queen, flash jay garrick, atom ryan choi, sabastian faust, jean loring, joto, elongated man, green lantern hal jordan, firestorm, flash wally west, sue dibny, atom, martian manhunter

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fleet_feet February 14 2007, 18:45:06 UTC

The sneak attack is successful, and Wally is knocked clear off the Treadmill.

Which is unspeakably NOT GOOD, as he was their means of getting back to where they belong...

jean_loring February 14 2007, 20:39:29 UTC

And it gets worse ...

The Phantom Stranger and Faust Jr. distracted for a moment, The Enchantress turns her attention toward The Flash. Her eyes flash yellow as she sees him, and it's clear now that the magic coursing through her is destroying her ... consuming her whole.

She gestures, and a cube of force surrounds the speedster, keeping him at bay.

reducing_ray February 14 2007, 22:18:47 UTC

Joto attempts to retaliate against the Enchantresss, but is blindsided by Chronos' attack. The ray strikes him, leaving him frozen in a sort of Chronal Suspended Animation.

fleet_feet February 14 2007, 22:20:12 UTC

Cubes.

More importantly... Jean.

Dammit, he's not gonna be made useless here - he makes an attempt to phase himself through the cube, even if it IS magic...

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reducing_ray February 15 2007, 22:20:55 UTC

Knocked to the side by the fight, but recovered enough from his ordeal to act, Ray Palmer pulls the wounded Joto to his side.

"Come on Isaiah. You're gonna be OK. We just need ..." he looks up at the mystic explosion as Faust and The Stranger work to contain The Enchantress. "We just need to get word back to the Watchtower."

Ray grabs Joto's wristband, and tries to make contact.

"This is the Atom calling the Watchtower. Requesting back-up. Repeat, this is Ray Palmer. We need someone to pull us out of here."

jla_villains February 15 2007, 22:22:19 UTC

Chronos remains unconscious, floating in the otherdimensional void.

fleet_feet February 15 2007, 23:11:34 UTC

Wally has inadvertently caused Jean to be...

No, the Magic Men will save her, they WILL.

So he's making sure Chronos is bound and captured, bringing him back over to Ray and Joto, before he starts looking for wherever the hell the treadmill got to...

Everyone's coming home... no one's dying here...

reducing_ray February 15 2007, 23:49:11 UTC

Ray's leaves the signal open, and trains his gaze on Chronos' unconscious form.

"You did good, Wally," he says in a level voice. "Chronos trapped her ... us here, and pushed her into overdrive ... this meltdown was only a matter of time."

Ray coughs, and keeps tight hold of Joto, nursing his wound.

"This is a Chronos from far in the future. Further than I've ever seen before. Crazier ... more homicidal. ... Bring him closer ... Ryan and I need to examine his tech, in case the Watchtower can't get to us."

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jean_loring February 16 2007, 05:01:17 UTC

The mystic energy -- constrained by Faust and the Stranger -- burns Jean Loring's body like a phoenix. She screams, and the screams seem to echo across the formless void.

The force of her power buffets the mages' wills ... it's like containing a hurricane.

og_outsiders February 16 2007, 16:02:41 UTC

Faust concentrates and turns on the pressure, lending his strength and will to the considerably more powerful Stranger.

But it's his will here that'll make the difference. It has to.

If Loring dies like this, we all die, and so does June. I can't let that happen.

But he doesn't say that. Instead he says, "C'mon Stranger ... one more push and she's caged."

It'll have to do ... for now.

grey_walker February 16 2007, 16:33:58 UTC

The Stranger's power intensifies to meet the task at hand, his magic interweaving with Faust's.

"I will not falter, Sabastian."

It is always difficult to determine where the Stranger's attention is focused, thanks to his pupilless eyes, but it almost seems as if he's watching Faust, rather than the Enchantress.

og_outsiders February 16 2007, 17:10:00 UTC

Faust falls silent, a sure sign that he's working overtime to strengthen the eldritch binds that are containing the Enchantress' energy. His mind races as he works -- his father selling his soul for power ... his own rebellion, joining the Outsiders ... Slicing the Enchantress' throat to reignite Hell ...

And he doesn't feel any of it. He just knows what he's supposed to do.

Words form on his lips ... inhuman words that have never been uttered on Earth, their syllables alien and disconcerting.

The Enchantress screams as lightning cages Jean Loring's body.

Squirming and screaming, the woman falls, the mystic energy contained ... but not yet gone.

"This isn't over, is it?" says Faust, to no one in particular.

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mrs_dibny February 17 2007, 02:49:59 UTC

Okay this all has gone to some level of Chinese Hell. Maybe someone will be nice enough to tell her which level when this is dealt with and before the next world melting crisis.

"Watchtower to all available teams! Looking for people who can manipulate time, speed and/or magic for immediate assist!"

Damn thing about time travel stuff though? It might be too late the moment you arrived.

reducing_ray February 17 2007, 15:27:15 UTC

Hey. The communication network seems to be working again!

Ryan Choi's voice crackles across the network.

"Mrs. Dibny? Ryan Choi. We're looking at an Omega Event situation here."

He doesn't come right and ask for help. But there's a tinge of desperation in his voice.

jla_villains February 17 2007, 15:30:20 UTC

It starts with his thin, straggly hair and with his fingertips ... the organic compounds of his boddy slowly begin dissolving ... tranforming to energy ...

Chronos' skin convulses, his eyes roll back into the skull.

Steam begins to seep from his mouth and ears.

reducing_ray February 17 2007, 15:35:30 UTC

Ray's eyes fix on the disintegrating Chronos with cold fascination.

"Ronnie," he says cautiously, then glances at Joto, who's starting to come to ... "Isaiah. I need you boys to contain this explosion."

There's a tinge of fear on his voice as he says it. Just a tinge.

"You two can instinctively sense subatomic particles. Manipulate them. I need you to reach further than you ever have before and dissipate the chronoton's slowly."

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jay_garrick February 18 2007, 15:44:12 UTC

There's a blur of red and blue.

Jay Garrick has arrived.

martian_manhunt February 18 2007, 15:45:06 UTC

He's not alone.

Flying behind him is the form of the Martian Manhunter...

lanternslight February 18 2007, 15:46:57 UTC

...and Hal Jordan.

"Cavalry has arrived!" Hal declares, looking around immediately for badguys to hit.

He doesn't even blink when he sees Ray. After all, he knew they'd be bringing him back. He was sure of it.

reducing_ray February 18 2007, 16:32:46 UTC

"Good to see you guys,' Says Ray, sighing with releif but not taking his eyes off Firestorm and Joto's work. "Hal, do me a favor and help the boys dissipate this chronal energy before it erases our timeline. J'onn, patching them into my and Ryan's knowledge of physics might help."

He looks tired ... and still not particularly happy. There's an horendous weight on him. But he also looks resolved ... like he's figured a few things out, and knows how the story ends.

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