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October 1, 2009

The People's Elbow

by Bronze Tempest

I see one of the Gatlin gun drones in front of me and the only thing I can think to do is to jump and land with intent on top of it, hoping to crush it. I land squarely on top of the flat surface and sense that I am being attacked by some of the smaller drones. I jump up and manage to miss the missiles and then land again on the drone. I smash it into the ground and it explodes and leaves me with orange ooze on my boots and calves. I check with my teammates to see if the Knight's vigilant armor provides any protection. They aren't sure, but the latex balloons are okay and there is latex in the suit so I should be fine. I decide to do the same attack on the next drone and jump to land on top of it. I miss and end up surrounded by the entire group of six. Now what to do?
 
Before I can make any decisions, they all fire at me and I attempt to dodge and jump and twist. It works at first, but they the ooze on my lower limbs starts to interfere with my balance and I get hit by several. Man, does that hurt!! Then I feel a splat on my back. Apparently, the drone fired at my back and hit me with more ooze. I am not happy right now. Not at all. I need to even the odds somehow, but what can I do? I don't have Sahara here to guide me and I am still so new at this whole hero business. I haven't really tested out any abilities that I might have. I can hear really well and jump amazingly. Can I do anything else?? Is there anything that strength and size would make it a good idea??
 
I throw myself backwards putting the people's elbow into the drone behind me. I am determined to crush it and make it pay for hitting me in the back. Sadly, that goop it shot me with has locked my arm in place and I can't move my right arm anymore. I need a quick solution to fix this before I am covered in orange ooze that locks me into a statue and I can't fight or even fight back. Then the drones fire at me again! I decide to use the disadvantage as an advantage and I turn my back to them and let that orange ooze work as a shield. I can feel the ooze get hard and then cracks and falls off. I tell Tesla what is going on and he tells me it must be ballistic gel. Apparently that is what the gel is meant to do. Get hard when it is hit with extreme prejudice and then cracks and falls off. He suggests that I hit the ooze around my legs so I bend over and, using my left arm, hit the ooze with intent. It solidifies and cracks and falls off. I go ahead and take care of the other leg and then decide that the best way to clear the whatever from my elbow would be to go ahead and try to hit that drone behind me again with the elbow. It dodges me!! I happen to notice that a balloon just south of Tesla is starting to sag as if it is deflating or melting or something. I tell Tesla that and he heads towards it to get it inside a trash can before it does something. Then I have a group of bouncy balls heading towards me. Since I am now ooze free, I am able to jump, twist, and dodge them. Well, mostly. A couple do graze my thighs and shoulder, but that is just a minor bump while I am at this size.
 
What to do, what to do. I decide to leave that drone alone for a minute and I jump up and hit one of the drones. I manage to crush that one and the balloon starts drifting towards the walkway to the north of me. I notice while I am up in the air that Khonshu is glowing with a very bright light that keeps getting brighter. Then an energy beams shoots towards me and MISSES!! Thank goodness! That would have knocked me out. Then I see another group of drones take up firing positions - aimed directly at me!
 
 
 

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