------------------------------ UVR2-THE DESTRUCTION CONTINUES ------------------------------ SECTION TWO RESULTS ------------------------------ Wolf Hawkfield entered the ring and was promptly attacked by a flagging Kyo Kusanagi, who slammed the Canadian with his Flying Double Kick. Wolf hit the mat hard, but instantly countered as he rose with a roundhouse kick. Kyo sprawled onto the mat surface, where he was easy prey for a flying elbowdrop from the Virtua Fighter. Kyo, game for a fight as ever (and being too beaten to know when to give up) staggered to his feet, hands balled into fists. Unfortunately, Wolf was ready, and tripped the youth over, grabbing his legs as he did so. Wolf then began the famed Big Swing, twirling Kyo around and around until he finally let go. Kyo went sailing over the ropes and slammed into the protective forcefield in front of the Eliminated seats, where Ralf was just making his way down to the seat of his choice. Kyo peeled off the field like Jell-O off a spatula and fell through the dimension warp. He landed in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers node, where he promptly died of laughter. Meanwhile, Ryo Sakazaki had made his way over to Janne, who had just slashed Akira across the midsection. "Hey...Janne, right?" "That's right... "Look, I was wondering...are you, um...busy, after the Rumble...?" "Well, no, but you see, I'll only go out with the man I marry." Ryo considered this. Janne was awfully nice. Maybe she was being witty and expected the same in return...okay, a mock proposal then. Ryo dropped to one knee exaggeratedly. "Janne! Marry me!" Janne giggled. "Sure. All you have to do is defeat me in a fight." Ryo was puzzled. "Huh?" "Well, I said I'd marry the man who beat me in a fight...well, okay, it's happened a few times, but there were always extenuating circumstances." With that, Janne jumped into the air and Angel Arrowed the ring, her quarrels slamming into Ryo (a lot) and Charlotte (a little). Charlotte, angered, rushed over. "You...plebian! Daring to launch attacks upon my personage!" Janne grinned. "Well, at least *I* don't wear such slutty armor..." Charlotte purpled. "You...BITCH! How DARE you!" With that she quickly Triangle Slashed Janne, expertly slicing off various armor straps. Janne's armor peeled off faster than a Tropicana orange, and she was suddenly left holding a broadsword and wearing a flimsy cotton shift. A *very* flimsy cotton shift. So flimsy that Ryo couldn't take his eyes off her. So flimsy that Akira and Wolf turned from beating the snot out of Sodom to stare. So flimsy that Sodom didn't take advantage of Wolf and Akira turning away. So flimsy that Galford covered his eyes in embarrasment. So flimsy that Athena cried out "Look! A grey fox! Nice fox!" Janne attempted to cover herself with her broadsword. It didn't help much. The awkward position of her sword also enabled Charlotte to launch a Power Gradiation that knocked Janne (but *not* her armor) over the ropes. Janne landed in front of a Japanese-style houes with lots of animals hanging around. Suddenly, two old men who were sitting on the porch suddenly started up with wolf-whistles. A young girl rushed out with a cloth robe. "Here... it's Nakoruru's...she won't mind...SHUT UP, YOU TWO!" "Awwwwww, Rimururu..." Glacius, who cared little for such female attributes, had entered the ring, and was busily carving up a very-hurt-looking Sodom. Sodom parried with his swordbreakers as best he could, but against the morphing abilities of the Instinctual Killer they soon proved useless. Another battle was taking place across the ring, where Wan-Fu was having some trouble with the newly-arrived Eiji Kasaragi (who had been mortified to see that Rumble management had misspelled his name on the Maxatron video board). Wan-Fu rolled in, hoping to uppercut the Fighting King. However, Eiji was prepared, having seen the King of China execute the same maneuver on Eyedol previously. Whipping out his knives, he slashed Wan-Fu mercilessly. Wan-Fu rolled to a stop, in pain. Lei Wulong, newly arrived to both the ring *and* the Rumble, ran in with some quickly pre-selected music ("Goodbye" by Gravity Kills, off the Mortal Kombat soundtrack) suited to his Rave War tastes. Quickly turning his back on Ryo Sakazaki (who was feeling dejected, but seeing Lei do this, was suddenly confused as well), he began a series of backflips, whipping Ryo repeatedly with flying feet. Ryo staggered back, but quickly countered with a HaohShohKohKen, which careened into Lei's back with incredible force. Wan-Fu quickly ducked Eiji's Power Slash, and then jumped up, tossing the Pillar of Pain at the momentarily vulnerable ninja. It exploded into flames upon contact, propelling Kasaragi backwards into the "ropes" and momentarily stunning him. Galford then sicced Poppy on him. The ninja had never been trained to fight dogs before, which was a pity. Wan-Fu turned away from the ninja, and spied Stryker, just entering the ring. He lunged towards the SWAT team member, screaming "YOU!" Stryker considered his options quickly, noted that the NYPD Guidebook had no rules for dealing with seven-foot-tall screaming maniacs carrying pillars, muttered "Oh, *screw* this fair play crap" and pulled his gun. Squeezing the trigger repeatedly, he emptied the clip at Wan-Fu, who expertly blocked each bullet with the Pillar of Pain. Stryker muttered a quiet obscenity and threw his gun at Wan-Fu. It hit the King of China in the head and knocked him out. Wan-Fu fell in a heap. Stryker was surprised. "That never worked before..." Morrigan, who had just jetpacked into the ring, was looking Ryo Sakazaki up and down as he Hohkened Eiji Kasaragi down to the mat. She glided over. "My...aren't you an attractive specimen of the best the male gender has to offer..." Ryo suddenly found himself unable to talk coherently. "Ummmmmmm." "What do you say, after this little tete-a-tete, you and I...teach each other some combos? If you catch my meaning..." Ryo found himself nodding enthusiastically. *Excellent move, head. Just *great* stuff. I owe you for this one.* "And then you'll let me feed off you, of course..." Ryo was jerked out of his pleasant prognostications. "Huh?" "I just need a *little* blood. Don't worry, it'll feel *wonderful*...for *both* of us...and afterwards, there's no reason we can't do some...other things..." Ryo found himself backing away rather quickly. "How much blood exactly?" Morrigan shrugged. "A pint...maybe two. What's the difference? It's not like you don't get it back..." Ryo's eyes were goggling. "Um. What do you consider foreplay?" "Well...there's *such* variety..." Ryo nodded frantically. "Great!" He then HaohShohKohKened the vampiric beauty and ran into Sodom, who he uppercutted just to get out of the way. Stryker was taking advantage of a pause in the combat to talk to Wolf. Due to the loud noise, much of their conversation could not be heard except by one another. Stryker: "....his soul? You..." Wolf: "Yep! This....red eye....told us." Stryker: "...Shao Kahn?...it?" Wolf: "...one of...big trouble..." Stryker: "...Akira? Isn't..." Wolf: "...believe me..."too much beer."" Stryker: "...in...good guy, after all." Stryker quickly looked for someone evil, and saw Morrigan gliding after Ryo. Remembering that she had been implicated, he started to run over to her, but his path was blocked by Asamiya Athena. She looked at him curiously. "Hey! What's the banana for?" He followed her pointing finger to his Tazer at his hip. "That's not a banana, kid. It's a shock gun." Athena looked suddenly angry. "That's not nice! Giant snowmen shouldn't carry shock guns! Especially ones disguised as bananas!" She quickly Psycho Uppercutted the Mortal Kombatant over the "ropes" and into the field. Stryker landed in the Outworld, right in the middle of a barren arena. Except for one mutant sitting on a ratty-looking throne, it was a dead place. "HEY! King Baraka no say you could come through sky! After all, while Shao Kahn gone, King Baraka in charge of Outworld!" Stryker grumbled. "I don't have time for this..." and whipped out his Tazer. 40,000 volts surged through Baraka's body and the mutant collapsed in a smoking heap. Stryker looked around at the desolate landscape. "Geez, I'm glad I wasn't here for the last Mortal Kombat...this place blows..." __Room 238, RumbleDome Hotel__ Sektor's chest was a maze of wires spreading out into an open section of the wall. Numerous LEDs blinked at different rates as the cyborg clipped various wirings into fibreoptic cables. Cyrax stood by, motionless. "LK-49, report." Sektor didn't turn his head. "Fibreoptic patch successful. Power system corrupted. All fighters requiring electrical power will be instantaneously reprogrammed, designating primary target as Target Alpha, AKA Sub-Zero." Cyrax still made no movement. "Noted." __In The Ring__ Dan was now in the ring, and looking for Bison. However, as he craned his neck, Ryo ran into him. "Robert? What the..." "Who's Robert?" "You...no, you aren't Robert. My mistake." "Well, who's Robert anyway?" "My brother-in-law. Well, almost, anyway. They're engaged." "I see." Dan paused. "Is looking like him a good thing, then?" "Hey, he's a good guy. Cool." "Well, at least it's not a bad thing. I'm Dan, by the way." Ryo shook Dan's hand. "I'm..." Morrigan's voice wafted over. "Oh...Ryo...did I ever mention that I'm into pain? Not much, mind you...just a bit...your fireball thingy was just *so* good..." Ryo suddenly looked panicky. "I'm outta here, is who I am!" He continued on his trek away from Morrigan...and this time, ran into Mai Shiranui. "Geez! Ryo, look where you're going..." She trailed off as she saw Ryo's face. "What's wrong?" Ryo just pointed mutely at Morrigan. Mai grinned. "This is *bad*? I mean, I know how lonely you've been...although I can see where Takuma would disapprove of a nymphomaniac...but hey, beggars can't be choosers. Mind you, being forced to choose a beautiful member of the opposite sex who happens to have a sex drive bigger than a Buick, not the worst thing that could happen." Ryo stared at her. "No, the fact that a beautiful woman is interested in me, that's not a bad thing at all. The fact that her idea of sex is DRINKING BLOOD, NOW THAT'S A BAD THING! BAD BAD BAD!" Mai smiled. "Look, want me to get her off your back for you?" "Oh, PLEASE..." "Gotcha. But after this, no more favors to each other. Okay? It's everyone for themselves in this, after all." "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou..." Mai ran forward and tossed a fan at Morrigan. The succubus blocked it easily. "I just want him." "Well, you can't have him." Morrigan grinned. "I see you've made your decision...now, let's see you enforce it." She quickly launched a Soul Fist at Mai, who blocked it. Mai then jumped at Morrigan...not the smartest thing to do, as Morrigan Shadow Bladed the lady ninja, then continued gliding serenely after Ryo. Thugg had now entered the ring. His cousins, Grokk, Grogg, and Blamm, were all cheering madly for their biggest, baddest relative. He ran over to Eiji Kasaragi and bonked the ninja in the head with his club. His relatives were ecstatic. He then ran over to Sodom (who was in a lot of pain) and bonked *him* in the head with his club. His relatives were going nuts (or, more precisely, apes--t). He then ran over to Wan-Fu, who was just staggering to his feet, and tried to bonk *him* with his club. However, Wan-Fu caught the weapon as it decended upon him, and easily pushed it away. Thugg just stared as Wan-Fu knocked him silly with the Rotating Pillar Smash, and sent him flying out of the ring and into the Beavis and Butt-head node. "Huhuhuh. Lookit, Beavis. A cave dude." "Cave dudes suck, Butt-head. Let's set him on fire!" "Ooook arggg wanga wanga blooky. [I think I'll beat the living snot out of you two just to cheer me up.]" Zeus, newly arrived, smiled as Charlotte attempted to skewer him with her epee. "You've *got* to be kidding me." With one mighty kick, he sent the woman warrior flying across the ring. Mai Shiranui, meanwhile, was toasting Lei Wulong to a crispy golden brown by repeatedly Flame Fandangoing him against the "ropes", watching him ricochet into the elctrical field, and then repeating. Growing tired of her sport, she knelt as he came tumbling away from the "ropes" and Flame Flash Kicking him over the field and into another ring...this one for 3-Count Bout. Blubber Man walked up to the prone Rave Warrior, stood him up, and pulled out his famed shiv, stabbing Lei with it at least twenty times. At that precise moment, Haohmaru entered, and the previously rather leisurely (for a Rumble, anyway) pace suddenly got frenetic as no less than five fighters attacked him. Haohmaru, ever ready for such occurances, let loose with a mighty slash that swept all but Glacius down. The Instinctual Killer then rushed in and went nuts on Haohmaru, pummeling the ronin with a 17-hit combo. Haohmaru staggered back a bit. Glacius was incredulous. "tHaT iS iMpOsSiBlE! nO bEiNg CaN wItHsTaNd SuCh An AsSaUlT!" Haohmaru laughed. "HA! ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE INDEED HIT ME A GREAT MANY TIMES, YOUR BLOWS GREW PROGRESSIVELY WEAKER WITH EACH ATTACK (SOMETHING THAT REQUIRED LEGENDARY SKILLS OF PERCEPTION TO NOTICE)! THE TOTAL DAMAGE FROM YOUR ASSAULT WAS A MERE WHIPPING COMPARED TO ONE OF UKYO TACHIBANA'S SLASHES, OR, EVEN MORE DEVASTATING, ONE OF MY LEGENDARY ATTACKS!" Haohmaru then Sogetsuzaned the Instinctual Killer away. Glacius would have landed right next to the ropes, were it not for Dan, who, by chance, was standing right where Glacius would have landed, and uppercutted the alien, bouncing him over the "ropes". Glacius fell through the field and landed in front of a big mushroom. Several people with mushroomish hats ran over. "Whatever will Mario do this time?" one of them wondered. As Eiji Kasaragi staggered back from Haohmaru's slash, Wolf was there. Grabbing the ninja's midsection, the Virtua Fighter heaved and threw. Eiji fell over the "ropes" and landed on a rickety dock in the middle of a tropical river. Blanka ran over to him and started to eat. Meanwhile, Sodom had fallen even further back...right into Galford. The American ninja started swiftly slashing up Sodom's back, causing the...ninja? boxer? football-player? to stumble to his right, into the "ropes". The field stunned the Shadloo servant, who stumbled once more...right into a roundhouse kick from Galford. Sodom was knocked just over the "ropes" and fell through a field into Avalon. Exodus zoomed over to him. "Are you one of us?" Sodom just stared. "Evidently not." Exodus then blasted the Street Fighter into component atoms. Akira was trying to attack Haohmaru now, with limited success. The ronin continued to block Akira's attacks with ease. Wolf stood by, his loyalties torn between a good friend and the fate of the world. In the end, he didn't have to choose sides, as Akira quickly sidestepped Haohmaru and was rewarded with a Sogetsuzan over the "ropes" for his efforts. Akira landed in Smurf Village, right on top of Brainy's house where Sasquatch had landed. "Papaaaaaa Smuuuuuurf! Now it's a HUMAN! Can I move my house?" Morrigan had turned her attention to Ryo again, but Zeus was in the way. Clucking her tongue tiresomely, the Darkstalker jetted over to the giant and Shadow Bladed him into the field, where he landed in the Outworld... specifically in the Dead Pool. *SSSSSSSSSS* Ryo panicked. He ran over to Haohmaru. "Look...hold your hand just so, okay?" "HA! I SUPPOSE I CAN DO THIS, BUT WHY AM I DOING THIS REMARKABLY UNLEGENDARY HAND GESTURE?" "Just wait..." Ryo took a few steps back, then ran at Haohmaru, jumping on top of the ronin's upturned palm and vaulting himself over the "ropes" and into the field. He landed in a familiar-looking grotto. It was *Morrigan's* grotto. Praying and trying not to panic, Ryo started muttering to himself. "I'm only here for fifteen minutes...fifteen minutes..." ----------------------- FINAL TALLY (49 voters) ----------------------- HAOHMARU (SS2)- 38:11 (ratio=3.45) WOLF HAWKFIELD (VF2)- 36:13 (ratio=2.76) GALFORD (SS2)- 35:15 (ratio=2.33) CHARLOTTE (SS2)- 33:17 (ratio=1.94) MAI SHIRANUI (KOF95)- 32:17 (ratio=1.88) ASAMIYA ATHENA (KOF95)- 31:19 (ratio=1.63) MORRIGAN ARNSLAND (DS2)- 30:19 (ratio=1.57) DAN (SFA)- 29:20 (ratio=1.45) WAN-FU (SS2)- 29:21 (ratio=1.38) ************LINE OF SURVIVAL*********** RYO SAKAZAKI (KOF95)- 28:22 (ratio=1.27) AKIRA YUKI (VF2)- 28:22 (ratio=1.27) KYO KUSANAGI (KOF95)- 23:27 (ratio=0.85) SODOM (SFA)- 19:31 (ratio=0.61) JANNE (WHP)- 19:31 (ratio=0.61) LEI WULONG (T2)- 17:32 (ratio=0.53) STRYKER (MK3)- 14:35 (ratio=0.40) ZEUS (WHP)- 12:37 (ratio=0.32) GLACIUS (KI)- 12:37 (ratio=0.32) THUGG (TK)- 11:38 (ratio=0.28) EIJI KASARAGI- 11:38 (ratio=0.28) ELIMINATIONS: Haohmaru, Wolf--2. Galford, Charlotte, Mai, Athena, Morrigan, Dan, Wan-Fu--1. CURRENT ELIMINATIONS LEADERS- Galford 3, Charlotte 3, Haohmaru 2, Wolf 2, Athena 2, Wan-Fu 2. NOTHING LIKE COMBOS, HUH?: Not one fighter from MK3 or KI has yet to eliminate anybody... MESSING WITH HAOHMARU IS A *BAD* IDEA: Only one fighter who wanted Haohmaru's soul (Morrigan) is still up and kicking. See you next section. Chris "Birdman" Bird Brant "Bra-zaaaaapppp!" Rogers Scott "Muscles" Johnson Austin "Paparazzi" Loomis