------------------------------- UVR2- THE DESTRUCTION CONTINUES ------------------------------- SECTION THREE RESULTS ------------------------------- Shawn Michaels entered the ring and instantly superkicked Galford four times. The american ninja staggered back. Shawn grinned. "Just what I'd expect from a wuss like you. You haveta have your *dog* fight for you, loser!" Poppy agreed, and leapt upon the wrestler snarling and snapping. Shawn Michaels was suddenly occupied with a dog. A very angry dog. Galford chuckled as the wrestler, wearing exceedingly unprotective tights, screamed under Poppy's jaws. "Down, Poppy!" yelled Galford. The dog complied, and Michaels staggered forwards. "Thanks a lot, pal...geez, am I in pain..." Galford smiled. "It isn't going to end here." He then slashed Shawn across the chest. The wrestler was knocked over the "ropes" by the force of the blow, and landed in Smurf Village. Handy muttered something about overtime pay. Fulgore entered the ring next. "000011010011. TARGET DESIGNATE: SUB-ZERO IS NOT PRESENT. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: ELIMINATE TARGET DESIGNATE: HAOHMARU. TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE ORDERS GRANTED. 1001010001110." The cyberwarrior strode over to the samurai. "HA! NOW, YOU ARE AN IMPRESSIVE WARRIOR, FOR YOU SPEAK WITH PROPER VOLUME (EVEN THOUGH YOU LACK THE PROPER INTONATION THAT ONLY ONE OF MY LEGENDARY STATURE CAN ACHIEVE). BUT, I CANNOT FIGHT WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, AS I AM OTHERWISE OCCUPIED WITH THIS DEMONESS!" Haohmaru blocked a Shadow Blade from Morrigan to prove his point. "PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT WITH THE MIGHTY WAN-FU?" Fulgore responded. "0110110011. IMPLEMENT TERMINATION SEQUENCE IMMEDIATELY. 100100001111." His head split open, and an energy cannon popped out, instantly targeting Haohmaru. Fulgore initiated the Cool Killing Phrase neccessary to accompany termination. "ALOHA." Haohmaru, by now, had lost all interest in the Instinctual Killer, being occupied with Morrigan. "YOU!" Suddenly, Fulgore's cannon was crushed by a gigantic pillar of rock. Namely, Wan-Fu's Pillar Of Pain. Repeatedly slamming the android, the mighty King of China took his wrath out on the powerful machine. Fulgore's cannon, crushed under the assualt, began screwing around with its logic circuits. "FLESHLINGS ARE WEAK AND MUST BE EXTERMINATED! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" The electronic voie began ululating up and down rapidly. The unit began shooting its secondary weaponry in all directions, hitting nobody. Wan-Fu, tiring of his sport, finally eliminated the Fulgore-1 with one mighty swipe of the Pillar. Meanwhile... It was a tense day in the Mushroom Kingdom. Both sides approached, bloody and battered. On the one side, lots of mean-spirited-looking animals, led by a hedgehog, a fox, and something that called itself "Knuckles". On the other, lots of mushroom-looking people, a beautiful (though exceedingly angry-looking) princess, some dinosaurs, and two bedraggled-looking plumbers. Wordlessly, the plumber in red thrust out a document. The hedgehog took it, and motioned for a pen. The fox ran over to him, prooffering a metal stylus. The time had come. The Sonic-Mario Peace Accord would be signed today, ending two years of bloody internodal warfare. Suddenly, the Fulgore-1 came crashing from the sky, landing on top of both Mario and Sonic. Getting up (little the worse for wear after the fall) it spoke again. "0101010101001. MULTIPLE ORGANIC TARGETS. EXTERMINATE ALL! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" Bullets began flying everywhere. Bunnies and Mushroom Men alike were riddled with high-caliber lead. Knuckles screamed out. "It's a trick! The damn 'Shroomers set us up! KILL 'EM!" Luigi yelled to the amassed Mushroom forces. "Come on! We gotta save Mario anda killa da stinking Sonic-lovers! They betrayed-a us!" And the blood ran red that day in the Mushroom Kingdom. Back at the Rumble, Birdman stared at the screen. "Hoo boy, is *that* one going to cost us..." Geese shrugged. "It's no big deal. They'll take pairs of shoes and leaves as payment..." Down in the ring, the Akuma Effect had partially blinded Haohmaru. All four Akumas were pounding on the samurai mercilessly. Fireballs flew. Haohmaru couldn't possibly block them all. But, Wolf was there. Grabbing the tallest (SFTM) Akuma from behind, he quickly German Suplexed the Street Fighter. The other three Akumas suddenly all grunted in pain. That was all the time Haohmaru needed. "SOGETSUZAN!" Slamming the SFA Akuma upwards, and over the "ropes". All the other Akumas suddenly disappeared in a burst of bright blue light. Akuma staggered up. For a few brief moments, he had known how truly great he would become, and the samurai had robbed him of that chance. The samurai would pay... Suddenly he noticed how primitive his surrounding looked. And that he was standing in a shadow. A very *big* shadow. He turned around, and stared into the maw of Sauron. _Room 238, RumbleDome Hotel_ Akarui paused before entering the room. Could he and his trusted assistants fix whatever was wrong in there? Opening the door, he spotted Smoke, Sektor, and Cyrax, all standing motionless by one wall. Looking around, nothing *seemed* to be amiss... "Greetings, human. State your query." Akarui nearly jumped as Sektor vocalized through his faceplate. The tinny voice unnerved him. "Um...well, there was this blip on the power grid..." "Malfunction in power intake by LK-46. Misuse of adaptor led to overload. Self-repair systems are now online." "Oh. Well, okay." Akarui, feeling much better now, left quickly. Sektor returned to standing against the wall. Motionless once again. _Room 756, RumbleDome Hotel_ "Look, I *want* to help, but how can I? The moment I try to help out Haohmaru, number 27 will know, and that'll be it for me! Dead! Soul destroyed! I *do not* want my soul destroyed!" Jago was in a bit of a panic. Kung Lao nodded. "No problem. We can work this out." He turned to Rose. "We *can* work this out, right?" Rose shook her head. "I can restore his soul to his body, but that's it. No soul, we're in trouble." Kung Lao shook his head. "Not good enough. We have to..." He trailed off. "Where's Captain Kidd? And Sie Kensou?" _The Ring_ The newly entered Kabal, successful with his first Spin Run, had tried the maneuver again. On Wolf. Who blocked. And Big Swung Kabal out of the ring. Kabal landed in the NBA Jam node, where he was promptly ushered off to the crowd by forceful-looking security men. Meanwhile, Erick's mind had wandered far away from fighting. He was talking to Athena. "Sooooo...what's a pretty girl like yourself doing in a place like this?" (Note that Erick was a Viking, and thus had spent his pickup line practice time slashing people with an axe.) "Watching all the peaches pass by on the beaches. It's fun! I mean, sometimes a peach gets knocked up and screams for a bit, but other than that..." She suddenly stopped cold. "LIZARDS! YOU'RE ALL TURNING INTO LIZARDS!" she screamed. Erick wasn't very accustomed to people with an attention span of less than three seconds. "Um..." "YOU! YOU'RE A LIZARD TOO!" She quickly jumped away, then Phoenix Arrowed Erick, ending off with an vaulting kick that knocked the World Hero over the "ropes" and into the middle of the now-disintegrated Sonic-Mario Peace Accords. "01011000101. TARGET USES COLD. POSIT: SUB-ZERO ALSO USES COLD. CONCLUSION: TARGET IS SUB-ZERO. TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. 100100101110." "Huh?" "ALOHA." *BOOOM!* Athena, meanwhile, had suddenly calmed down. "Oh. My mistake. You're sheep, not lizards. Carry on! Sheep I can handle." Another less meaningful interaction was taking place on the other side of the ring. "Ha...oh god, you're such a LOSER! I mean, your fireball doesn't even go two feet! What kind of wimp can't make his fireball go further than two feet?" Joe Higashi was almost busting a gut. Dan stared at him, silently, his hands clenched into fists. "I mean, who taught you to fight? Some wetnap out of nursery school?" Dan was positively steaming. "MY. FATHER." "Oh, god. Was he as pointless as you are? Cause if he was, his sole "achievement" in life was bringing you into the world...ha, ha, ha...UGH!" Joe Higashi had, unfortunately, been standing within two feet of Dan. The Alpha Streeter continued the attack by uppercutting Joe over the "ropes" and into the Rampage node, where Lizzy noticed him and came roaring over. The dazed Joe didn't even have time to brag. Morrigan and a newly-arrived Johnny Maximum were busily taking turns pounding on Haohmaru, who was having a lot of trouble blocking both their attacks. Wolf was unable to come to Haohmaru's aid, being pounded on by Wan-Fu as he was. Suddenly, the Silver Samurai entered the ring, and began trading projectiles with Mai Shiranui. This occurred for about the next two minutes, and Rikuo and Billy Kane had time to enter the ring (Billy running over and helping Morrigan whomp on Haohmaru). Then, the Samurai decided to prove, once and for all, that he did not suck. Raising his sword to the heavens, he channeled a massive lightning blast through the blade, electrocuting everybody in the ring except Haohmaru and Wolf (both of whom had been blocking). It proved worst for Morrigan, who had been in the middle of a Shadow Blade when slammed with the lightning; she was pounded over the "ropes" with sheer electrical force. Ryo Sakazaki was pacing madly back and forth. "One more minute, one more minute, last minute, come on come on get me outta here..." Suddenly Morrigan showed up, plummetting and landing in a heap. Getting up and brushing herself off, she noticed Ryo. "Ah. Couldn't resist, could you?" She began gliding after the Fighting King, who began backing away. "Um. Morrigan, maybe we could just be friends..?" "Oh, of course! We'll just be the type who have sex occasionally...like once every night..." "ONCE EVERY NIGHT?" "Well, *I'd* call that fairly occasional, wouldn't you?" Ryo suddenly felt rock against his back, and realized he had nowhere left to retreat to. Morrigan jetted forward and lightly grabbed him. "Hey, relax. It'll feel niiiiiice..." Suddenly, Ryo disappeared. Morrigan stamped her foot in irritation. "Oh, *damn*..." Ryo appeared in the Eliminated seats, right next to a very surprised Janne. She was surprised by his babbling "thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou..." The latest entrant, Lion Rafale, had now entered, and ran at Johnny Maximum, leaping on his back and clawing at his throat. The demonic football jock staggered backwards in pain. Jumping away, the young Virtua Fighter speedily slammed Johnny with a pair of low kicks, ending with a pair of dancing kicks, which knocked the World Hero into the "ropes" (and his second electric shock in twenty seconds). As the Maximum One stumbled forward, Mai Shiranui caught him with a Flame Flash Kick, knocking J. Max over the "ropes" and onto the middle of a gridiron. Rising up, he felt like he had come home. Until two dozen Super High Impact footballers noticed he was holding a football. Charlotte was quick on the draw, stabbing over at the new entrant. However, Lion quickly sidestepped the blade. Without resistance, Charlotte overstepped her position. Lion didn't help matters any by grabbing her and slapping her over the "ropes". Charlotte landed back in her home node. She began crying. She had failed. Her last chance to prove herself to Haohmaru and she had failed. Up in the booth, Geese was sniffling. Birdman stared at him. "Geese, I never would have figured you for a romantic." Geese shrugged. "I dunno...I just see this poor...loveless woman...and I think..."where's the justice..."...waahhhhhhhhh!" Billy Kane, meanwhile, was trading words and blows with Mai Shiranui. "Andy? (WHAM!) Why that loser? (WHAM!) I'm ten times the man he is! (WHAM!) And ten times the fighter! (WHAM!)" "You'll never (WHAM!) understand, will you? (WHAM!) You may be ten times (WHAM!) the fighter, but you'll never (WHAM!) be ten times the *man*...not without (WHAM!) implants, anyways...(WHAM!)" Billy paused to figure that out, looking progressively more shocked as he figured out the double meaning. Mai took the opportunity to lock him in a headscissors and vault him over the "ropes". Billy landed on the mat of a wrestling ring. Standing up, he tried hard to redeem his sense of manhood. It was not helped any when Yokozuna landed on him from the top rope. (I'd call *that* a Fatality...) Lion was busy with yet another fighter now, the fairly powerful Rikuo. Rikuo had been occupying himself with pounding on Wan-Fu, and was angling to prove himself. Noting Lion jumping through the air, he smoothly launched himself into a Trick Fish. However, the impossible angle of Lion's flight pattern fooled the usually adept Rikuo's aim, and the merman sailed right in front of Lion (who was understandably surprised) and out of the ring. He landed in a desert- the desert from the Indiana Jones game. The next fifteen minutes were going to be hell... ----- FINAL TALLY (55 voters) ----------------------- LION RAFALE (VF2)- 41:14 (ratio=2.92) MAI SHIRANUI (KOF95)- 39:17 (ratio=2.29) SILVER SAMURAI (XM:COTA)- 38:17 (ratio=2.05) HAOHMARU (SS2)- 37:19 (ratio=1.84) WOLF HAWKFIELD (SS2)- 36:20 (ratio=1.80) GALFORD (SS2)- 36:21 (ratio=1.71) DAN (SFA)- 33:23 (ratio=1.43) ASAMIYA ATHENA (KOF95)- 33:24 (ratio=1.33) WAN-FU (SS2)- 33:24 (ratio=1.33) ************LINE OF SURVIVAL************ CHARLOTTE (SS2)- 32:25 (ratio=1.32) RIKUO (DS2)- 29:26 (ratio=1.11) BILLY KANE (KOF95)- 26:29 (ratio=0.89) MORRIGAN ARNSLAND (DS2)- 26:30 (ratio=0.86) AKUMA (SFA)- 25:30 (ratio=0.83) KABAL (MK3)- 20:35 (ratio=0.57) SHAWN MICHAELS (WWFW)- 20:35 (ratio=0.57) JOE HIGASHI (KOF95)- 19:36 (ratio=0.52) ERICK (WHP)- 11:44 (ratio=0.25) FULGORE (KI)- 11:44 (ratio=0.25) JOHNNY MAXIMUM (WHP)- 8:47 (ratio=0.16) ELIMINATIONS- Lion, Mai:2. Samurai, Haohmaru, Wolf, Galford, Dan, Athena, Wan-Fu:1. CURRENT ELIMINATIONS LEADERS: Galford 4, Haohmaru 3, Wolf 3, Mai 3, Athena 3. "CHEDDAR AIN'T BEDDAR" AWARD: To Akuma, who recieved twenty-three "die" votes referring to his "cheese factor". See you next round. Chris "Birdman" Bird Brant "Iron Man" Rogers Scott "The Anvil" Johnson Austin "Media Jackal" Loomis