Vaudevillain VV4, 25 - Makeshift Anti-Air

VV4, 25 - Makeshift Anti-Air

Gaset grabbed one of the shifted bars and twisted, pulling herself up into a crouching position. In the distance, a hatbot launched itself at Mirror Mirror with brimming blades of whirling death. Gaset ducked the charge and snaked out with a fist. Mirror Mirrors fist copied the movent, striking the bots underside. The hatbot spiraled away, its brim crumpled.

Dylan expanded his jungle gym of twisting pipes. Gaset swung, twirled, and pulled herself through the bars. As she moved, arms and legs would kick out, Mirror Mirrors copied movents following through to demolish incoming drones. There were a few close calls, nicks and scrapes that Gaset couldnt dodge in ti, but eventually the heroine was able to direct her counterpart onto the blimp.

From there, Mirror Mirror dropped her transformation, reverting to her prim and proper form. She grabbed a piece of extruding tal on the base of the blimp and pulled. Her dress billowed out from under her as she twisted up and cracked the viewing glass with a sturdy heel. A mont later and she was inside. Another mont later and everyone saw a Jacques fly out the window, arms flailing.

Approximos ssenger pinged.

Candequeen:

Alright, Ive got control. Now what?

Jack was quick to answer.

JackOLeen:

Crash that sh*t into sothing!

Everyone watched as the blimp lurched to the side, then back again. Eventually, the machine settled on a course directly toward the ground. Dylan watched as Mirror Mirror jumped out, eyeing Gaset and transforming into once more. The blimp smashed into the ground a mont later, erupting into a fiery ball.

Impossible! They heard Dr. Zlo shouted. Confound you heroes! For that you shall pay dearly!

Dr. Zlos central blimp rose into the sky, the villain standing atop it like a figurehead. The three other blimps turned and made their way toward the heroes.

Face the wrath of my zapping zeppelins! Dr. Zlo cackled. Adieu! Im sure we wont et again!

With those departing words, Dr. Zlo and the main blimp vanished into the clouds, leaving the heroes alone with the final three blimps.

Help down, Gaset said to Approximo. Weve got to make a plan.

Dylan oblidged, shifting his body into various walls and tubes to let Gaset grind down to the ground. Soon the squad was back together on the ground.

So whats the plan, dudes? Firestarter asked.

The blimps are reinforced so firearms cant get past them, Of a Kind said. Explosives like my grenades could work though.

I caught a glimpse of the blimps as they turned, Mirror Mirror said. They have a sort of gun on them now, though what kind I cant say.

Weird he didnt use that earlier, Approximo said.

Bet he thought he wouldnt need it, Gaset said. Alright, so two ideas. The first is we do what we did before, Firestarter and Of a Kind run interference while Mirror Mirror copies . We try to enter a blimp and take it from the inside.

Itll be a lot harder with those guns, Of a Kind said.

Gaset nodded. Second idea is this.

The heroine opened her inventory and pulled out a strange, half-loop piece of plastic. A plastic ball sat on the bottom of the loop, which Gaset quickly removed.

This is a scoop, so kind of weird knock-off sofcrosse thing, she said. It launches objects further than people can throw, however, and was stupid cheap. We should be able to set up like artillery and fire, though wed risk damaging the Tower of Londinium.

I an we already crashed one of the blimps, dudes, Firestarter said. I think worrying about collateral damage is past us.

Excuse you I aid that crash perfectly, Mirror Mirror said. It landed right in the courtyard, no historic architecture around.

An idea ca to Dylan. Gaset, how good of a shot are you?

Probably the best when it cos to sporting, Gaset said. Whatcha thinking, Prox?

I rember seeing a ga where everyone competed to shoot clay disks, Approximo said. Chucking grenades seems similar.

Ha! Gaset laughed. I suppose it is.

That wont work, Of a Kind said. A grenade is built to be pretty shock resistant. Youd need to hit the ignition cap or whatever its called, and even then it would take it a mont before exploding.

Dude, way to kill the fun, Firestarter joked.

D*mn it, that would have been aweso, Gaset sighed.

Well, I also dont think a grenade is going to do much to the Tower walls, Of a Kind said. They arent ant to take structures out, you know.

Then lets throw so grenades! Firestarter laughed. Dude, this is going to look ridiculous.

Dylan looked at the scoops. You know, I think I have a way to make it more ridiculous.

The hero activated his power, turning both his hands into the scoops. Then, he looked over at so of the defenses that had appeared around the tower, specifically the rotating platforms that held a few guns. He selected his arms and felt his body change.

Approximos arms flattened as his hands elongated. The fingers transford, interlocking with each other to form the scoop. His arms turned to circles, the scoops hanging off the end.

The hero gave his arms a quick move, the others watching as the scoop made a perfect circle. Now just load up with so live grenades!

Dude, that is sick, Firestarter said.

Not much use firing grenades that arent live, Of a Kind said. But if we had a way to remove the safety lever after you launched the payload

Dudes, Ive got so fuse string! Firestarter laughed. Tie it around the safety on one grenade and duplicate it! Ill burn the grenades as they co out!

You know, I think that would work, Of a Kind said. Gim the string.

Firestarter pulled it out of his inventory. Of a Kind grabbed it, wrapped it tight around the grenades safety, and pulled the pin. The safety stayed on, preventing the grenade from firing.

Heck yeah, dude! Firestarter turned to the blimps. Get ready for our tag team attack!

Luckily the blimps were still traveling in range, Dr. Zlos inventions slower than usual. Everyone saw why as they got closer. The blimps had been churning out hatbot drones as they moved. There was now a veritable cloud of bots in front of the blimps, angrily buzzing toward Approximo and the others.

I think you better get started guys, Gaset said as she pulled out her hunting rifle.

Firestarter moved to stand in front of Approximo, who looked over to Of a Kind.

You mind turning your feet into so boxes to make sure the grenades dont get everywhere? Of a Kind asked. I dont want a safety pin to slip off by accident.

Of course, Approximo said. He changed his feet into so large plant pots that he saw hanging on a faraway windowsill. Of a Kind bent down and started carefully duplicating the grenades, doing his best to be quick about it. In seconds, the hero had two piles of grenades ready and stood by to prepare more.

Lets light it up, dudes! Firestarter laughed. He activated his power as Dylan started to whirl his arms. The scoops at the end dug into the boxes of grenades, picking up multiples at a ti. The grenades slid across the scoops, launching out the end through Firestarters conjured flas.

The string around the explosives ignited as the grenades soared through the sky. Safety pins flew off as the fuses snapped, falling to the ground like raindrops. At the arc of their travel the grenades exploded, creating a wall of fragntation that carved into the incoming hatbots.

Machinery splintered as the explosives stuck, the hatbots careening into each other as they malfunctioned. The spinning blades ripped into more bots, causing extra damage as the grenades continued to explode.

Firestarter laughed like a maniac and Approximo found himself joining in as he pivoted to face the closest blimp. There was just sothing about the insanity of the destruction above him that pulled a laugh out of him. The others fared no better, Of a Kind almost dropping a grenade as he watched the makeshift artillery that was Approximo.

The first blimp fell after a good second of focused fire, the focused fire of fragntation grenades too much for the reinforced armor. Each individual grenade did little, but the deluge was like a woodpecker on a tree, a continuous barrage that eventually carved a hole in the side of the transport. The flying machine fell to the ground, the gas inside of it escaping into the sky.

From there it was easy. One less blimp ant less hatbots which ant less ti spent on the horde of minions. The second blimp fell, then the last as Approximo fired barrages of grenades.

A screen appeared in front of him as the machine fell to the ground.

Congratulations! You have thwarted another of Dr. Zlos plots to steal the worlds monuntal monunts. World leaders rest easy knowing that brave heroes like you are around to protect their culture.

Reward:

1 miniature blimp balloon

1 miniature bowler hat

1 miniature servo (Collect 10 to build your own special bot!)

Aweso! Riptide said. He turned to Dylan. Dude, that was hilarious! You were like so kind of haywire pitching machine!

Dylan laughed. I cant believe it worked.

No kidding, Jack chuckled. I thought for sure wed be stuck fighting through those hordes of hatbots with Mirror Mirror.

Ugh, no thank you, Sweet Dream said. Honestly, I think I need to get so Phleb from my stash and add a bit to the power. Im not actually doing anything while transford as soone.

Oh bleh, Jack said. I an, I should have known but I didnt think about it. You sure you want to keep that power then?

Im good, Sweet Dream said. Got so ideas to improve so things.

Let us know if you need to switch, Dylan said. Dont think you gotta keep the power just because you picked it.

Dont worry, Ill make sure to let you know if I get bored, Sweet Dream laughed.

Right, well its late, Jack said. And as much as I want to continue I unfortunately have to bail. Got a ssage from the director while we were fighting. They apparently want so of the set changed, which ans Ive gotta spend tonight scrambling to get his creative vision ready for the show.

Heres probably a good place to call it, Oro said. We can et up tomorrow to get our new suits from Sir Worth?

Sounds like a plan, Dylan said. See yall.