Future of Supervillainy by Phipps C. T

Author:Phipps, C. T. [Phipps, C. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: superhero fiction
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2019-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

RIDDLE ME THIS, CLOAKMAN

“Murder, murder, murder,” I said, blasting mummified Viking after mummified Viking. They charged at me like zombies and didn’t have much intelligence. In fact, the actual zombies I’d fought in Falconcrest City had been much more cunning.

These bastards just charged at me with battle axes, swords, hatchets, and clawed hands. A few of them could shout magic spells in the language of dragons, which I believed was straight up copyright infringement. There were two more for every one I struck down and soon I ended up flanked from behind by another group of endless undead Northmen. Though, assuming these were Vikings from the Hollow Earth, that would actually make them Centermen. Weird what kind of things you think about in the middle of combat.

Maria wasn’t standing still, though, as she blasted mummy after mummy with her own significant magical powers. I regretted the fact that I’d turned her back into a human since a vampire Spellbinder would have been a lot more helpful. On the other hand, I wasn’t sure her falling would be a bad thing. It would spare me having to tell Diabloman I’d killed his sister when it came down to one of betraying the other.

“We’re being overwhelmed!” Maria said, throwing up a magical shield to give us a few seconds of breathing room.

“No kidding!” I said, stretching my neck out. “You know I’m a bit out of practice fighting hordes of the undead. There was a time when I could have just blasted all of these guys to pieces.”

Maria stared at me. “Then why don’t you?”

“I’m saving all of my nasty Dark Side Sith powers for you.”

“We need to work together if we’re going to survive this.”

“Oh?” I asked. “Is that how you convinced all of the other heroes to ignore what a frigging monster you are?”

“Gary, you have a body count in four figures and yet somehow people still think you’re a harmless goof. Don’t talk to me about being a monster. As for how I got everyone to work with me, it was a combination of the fact we were facing a bigger threat and the fact I can control people’s minds.”

“You’re just admitting that, huh?”

“I figure the more I make you angry, the more likely you’ll be able to unleash some of that sweet-sweet unholy death magic. We need a demigod to fight against the Nazis down here and unfortunately you only get your juices flowing when pissed off.”

“Yeah, well, you never got my juices flowing because something-something, you’re not attractive. Insult, insult.” I paused. Not because I’d run out of snark to throw at her, though I obviously had. “Wait, hold on. Something you said.”

A huge Draugr with a glowing war hammer began smashing the energy shield, causing Maria to fall to her knees and cracks to form on it. “Could our argument wait a bit?”

“Nope,” I said, cracking my knuckles. “I just remembered that I control the Orb of Death!”

“For something other than making me nauseous?” Mandy asked as her shield dissipated.

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