Superhero Proving Grounds

Nathan_gingerbread: The portal opens and i step through.. its hard not to feel smug. There really is a buzz i miss from stealing shit .. i smile especially when i steal from under a superhero's nose...

Nathan_gingerbread: Supergirl gonna be pissed when she realises the shadow key has been stolen but i have my own agenda and i need it .. i just wish i knew how she got it... How did she get a key that allows travel to the shadow realm ..

Nathan_gingerbread: Well that is a problem for another day ... Here in the old fun house i can relax ... Nobody knows about it and its much more " fun " since i outfitted it with some of my favorite toys ...anyone visiting without permission will be having a very bad day .

Nathan_gingerbread: And the arrangement with the " friend " is a good insurance policy

Nathan_gingerbread: So i put the shadow key with the many other items of magic,technology and power i have collected . Grab a beer from the fridge and take sit listening to some music ......

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Supergirl_Elle: The chill and sick feeling of seeing the empty spot where I had the key hidden it’s not something I will soon forget. What I did to my reputation amongst some of the other heroes also won’t be fixed soon but obviously recovering it will help that in someway and this is a task. I’ve been devoting myself too that since I’ve noticed it was missing.

Supergirl_Elle: I know whoever has it won’t be able to help themselves and will eventually use it, which is why I had star labs device that’s LinkedIn to the government satellite system and will detect the specific energy signature which i can pick up and track.

Supergirl_Elle: It takes a few days, but I get an alert on my phone and check the associated app that’s linked to the tracking technology. I get a hit and check it against a map. it shows an area on the outskirts of town. It isn’t labelled or associated with anything that really matters it’s where I need to go.

Nathan_gingerbread: Time has passed and i can experiment with the shadow key... My portal magic ... And the HYDRA tessarach power source combine to make possible ...what i have been working toward... Finally wiping away the debt and with one bold stroke bringing back order and balance ... Nobody will understand.. they will think i have done an evil thing .... But in order for the flowers to grow the weeds must be killed. In oder for steel to be made hard it must be forged and beaten . And so HYDRA must emerge from its slumber and with it a leader of vision and ruthless drive... Not becouse i believe in the cause ... But becouse the world needs to see it .. and only then will the flowers bloom ....

Supergirl_Elle: I pull on my blue leotard, red skirts and knee-high red boots and takeoff into the night sky heading towards the blinking red Beacon on my phone. And I start to approach the site. I’m a little intrigued and all the carnival ground complete with long shut down and defunct rides and fun houses. I land in the middle of the ride section. It’s clear the only people who’ve been here for a long time. I’ve been exploring teenagers and possibly other vagrants falling red dot tell him apparently right on top of it. And look up from my phone and see an old Funhouse before me. “Oh, funny indeed” i saw as i putnu phone away, the portal was opened somewhere inside which means the device is likely still there somewhere. I have not been in a fin house since i was a kid and found them very corny. Nevertheless, here is goes again as i step inside to search.

Nathan_gingerbread: The alarm makes me jump .. and i shut down my experiment turning to the security cameras .. " what ! How the hell! ..." My first instinct is to portal away .. but there is too much to carry and i am so close .. so i will try to fend her off here where i am strongest ..." ohhh elle this will be no fun for you at all ". Hitting the panic button defences start to come on line ....the portal and tessarach device have made it possible to travel to other worlds just not bring back a living person ...objects...well thats a diffrent matter ..

Nathan_gingerbread: Initial defenses are not going to do much ...there more for keeping the riff raff out but i still watch on the screen

Supergirl_Elle: I don’t get very far in before I see flashes of muzzle fire, and feel the rounds hitting my body. The disadvantage of not being a full kryptonian means while I might be bulletproof. I’m not pain proof. And as my body recoil from the rounds, hitting them. They actually drive me back a little until I focus my eyes where the flashes are coming from and fire out heat blasts to destroy the barrels and put into the annoyance. My body and try and suck up the pain as I give a grown shake my head and then start stomping ahead quickly with a purpose. Besides the pain, all this is done is served to piss me off.

Nathan_gingerbread: The welcome wagon is online and hope this will be a diffrent matter ... As i hit the lights and stand behind the lead lined box of equipment knowing it will shield me from her view ..

Supergirl_Elle: I squint and look away for moment as the lights come on, fill in the area with brightness. Once they adjust, I leap forward and start heading towards a bunch of equipment which I’m assuming either helps power the Funhouse or control it

Nathan_gingerbread: The equipment is a harsh term .. i have not been able to bring back the living , but i found a dangerous world full of robots all controlled by one massive computer. various models i was able to steal from the production line before there programming was done.. and now... Now there mine ... "Awake...repel the intruder "

Nathan_gingerbread: soon they meet her engaging there super strong bodies to try and bring her down ... But i made some upgrades too

Supergirl_Elle: As i reach my intended destination the two metal menaces rise up before me and i stop in my tracks. “Oh I see how it is. One of these villains who cant fight me like a man, or woman…” i trail off. Not yet knowing who I am dealing with.

Nathan_gingerbread: Two soon becomes four , which becomes six .. i watch with half an eye as start to blow up a ballon . the first to reach her brings with it an electrical discharge .. such a pity i couldnt steal some of there marvelous weapons .

Nathan_gingerbread: Even as this happens the others start to close ... There hardly smart not like the ones i saw but the combat functions were embedded i just needed a low level AI...

Supergirl_Elle: A few closing on me from behind and quickly each get a super mule kick in their abdomen to knock them away back down onto the floor. 1 reaches out towards me and they give it a chop across the neck, but the other manages to grab my chest and I feel the burning surge of electricity shoot through my body and I stumble back more surprised than seriously hurt at this point.

Nathan_gingerbread: The robots are learning but its a harsh set of lessons and damage is being given out hard and fast ...i smile its almost like i pissed her off stealing from under her nose ... But slowly the robots start to get organised grabbing at her and trying to bring her down with numbers

Supergirl_Elle: As i stumble back two grab each if my arms from behind and bend them up behind my back. I growl and shake, my C cup breasts jiggling as i do under my tight leotard and S crest as i try to fight free.

Nathan_gingerbread: more robots grab on , each trying to bring her down now starting to work together i begin to think they might actually succeed as i see the sparks fly from the electrical discharges . But she is not so easily contained.

Supergirl_Elle: One stands in front of my restrained form, grabs my breasts, ascending electrified jolts through my body. My muscle stiffen my head drops back, I scream. Must, do, something, Before he shocks me into unconsciousness. I managed to glance down at him and my eyes glow red and blasted out heat rate which cuts right through his chest, causing explosion leaves him just a massive wires and metal from the chest up

Nathan_gingerbread: another tries getting smarter from behind , while another starts charging in collaboration with others ... As quickly as she puts one down another takes its place ... I am holding my breath i realise and let it out ...

Supergirl_Elle: I gasp and shake my head, trying to keep it together. Arms still pinned behind me by the two. Using my flight powers i shoot backwards and slam them between me and a wall so they let go. I turn  around and slam their heads together. My chest rising and falling as i try to catch my breath. Looking a little weak in my stance from all the effort.

Nathan_gingerbread: They are relentless my robots though i notice some no longer rise again ... each that is left trying and getting better and i can see the repeated discharges are taking there toll ...but she is adjusting to keeping them at bay moving to get space . The one that seems a little smarter has been charging and draws power from the others ... I watch fascinated as it sacrifices itself to carry the charge to super girl . A large plasma burst follows and the rest of the robots fall there energy spent .. or there circuits fried ..

Supergirl_Elle: No sooner do I take the two out you were holding me and I turn around and receive a trio of electrical blast to my body from three robots that surround me, I scream in my body spasms, my hair frizzy and sticking out in the air from the static charge. Pain and heat of the electrical energy courses through my body. I summon what energy I have left to slowly rise into the air try to spin as I have her above them, blasting out, continuous heat ray in the spitting circle in an attempt to nail them and end my torment.

Nathan_gingerbread: . Slicing through bodies even as they emerge my robots are decimated and only a few still move missing limbs or smoking crawling across the ground toward her . I watch in dismay but then i always knew there were limits to them . .. .." . Damn ... " But i hold up the red ballon and look at it .. smiling suddenly ..

Supergirl_Elle: As i cut them down and they fall away i let out a long breath of air in relief and myself drop to the ground on one knee. Panting and twitching, head down and my contorted expression hidden by my hair hanging around it.

Nathan_gingerbread: I switch on the big screen at the entrance, a large and imposing skull face appears. " Leave ...now .. there is no fun for you here " meanwhile in my office i take out a pin and prick my thumb before i use it to pop the ballon ...

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Supergirl_Elle: I toss my hair from my face as I look up and see the skull image. “ these places were never really fun to begin with. Much like this one you too are going to be shut down.” hi grunt and strain as I force myself to stand up, trying to hide the shaking in my legs as they still work through the punishment from the electrical blasts. I start to have walk and shuffle forward. he’s here somewhere and I’ll eventually find him

Nathan_gingerbread: Inside is dark ... And very very still , old tattered cloth in what was once bright colours hangs down. There are large arrows on the floor .. . Boxes and crates litter the sides and the floor is stick ... The path is deliberatly uneven , undulating and as you enter lights come on .. there is a click and the sound of a clockwork spinning fast then a huge hammer swings into view hinged into the roof it swings down picking up speed .

Supergirl_Elle: I end up, hovering a little bit off the floor to avoid slipping or tripping as the lights turn on. I see the large hammer, is that a gingerbread house? No time to dwell on that as I try to spin out-of-the-way with the hammer still clips my right shoulder, and I spin a few times in the air and come crashing down to the ground on my side

clown_pennywise: " ha ha ha ha ha "...... Bursting from a box to keep my side of the deal growing bigger and reaching out a hand to grab the little blue girl. .. " gotttchya. ".

clown_pennywise: " your going to be my new friend " ...

Nathan_gingerbread: I watch on the screen as pennyworth keeps his word guarding the funhouse . Trying to grab her i only hope his demon magic is a match for her .

Supergirl_Elle: “What the?” Looking uo and seeing the oversized clown and his tight grip on my arm. So creepy! I try to pivot on mu ass and kick both red boots towards him to knock him away.

clown_pennywise: "awww not my friend ? " As the boots sink in like kicking a marshmallow ..." But i can help you ... " Suddenly sending images of horrific sights , bombarding supergirls mind with terrible images fueling that fear , feeding on it getting stronger... ... " Dont be scared little blue "

Nathan_gingerbread: I am only too aware of how penny operates i can only imagine the horrors knowing i myself had a narrow escape ... As i watch him literally try and scare her to death .

Supergirl_Elle: My minds I blurs for a moment when I wake up, I see myself pinned down to my back too large demonic type beings. One running his hand up along my thighs while the others ling tongue flicks out across my face. I grunt and strain bit cant seem to budge them off me. Where did they come from, where was the clown? I dont even realize this is all in my head.

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clown_pennywise: Ufff .. she fights and struggles her belief in herself is strong but i want her to be with me . Expending my energy to drag her spirit down .. " hush little blue , just let go "

Nathan_gingerbread: I am watching intently its so hard to tell , i can see her face contorting and her eyes get big ...but is it fear i dont know while he holds her mind , her body is limp with random kicks and moves as she imagines whatever horrors penny sends

Supergirl_Elle: In my mind at least, i blast out stream of heat vision at one to cut through him and then snap kick the one grabbing my leg in the head to knock him away. Scrambling to my feet to escape them as i feel a set of long cold fingers grip around my neck from behind. Causing a chill to run down my spine as long nails dig in.

clown_pennywise: "Grrrrr just ...stop fighting ! .." ... Its taking a lot of my energy . But she keeps on resisting. Perhaps i am doing all this wrong .... Yes .... Thats the problem .. " shhhh no more fighting .... Let the madness take you ...let the insanity set you free ......"

clown_pennywise: Slowly . The journey begins " come on little blue " soon you can join me ... Soon you can join my merry parade . " No work , no duty , no responsibility...that would be niccccce "

Nathan_gingerbread: Nervously i watch its obvious penny is shrinking and working very hard .. here in the real world he is slowly choking her, sapping her will, breaking her down. .. i take my precautions moving to the end of the corridor .

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Supergirl_Elle: The horror of being strangled in the vision slowly fades away to that of more colourful and pleasant things and intoxicating and smells. at first my body relaxes and I led to enjoy it invite myself into it. But somethings wrong, doesn’t seem right my mind starts to realize this is all inconsistent for reality and if I really think hard, I feel something still constricting around my neck. Close my eyes and concentrate and will myself to stand, pivot on one red boot as a spin a kick around and complete circle looking to nail anything within my path. Both in this realm, but my body in reality also takes hold and reacts the same way.

clown_pennywise: i am trying to lead a dance , bending Supergirl to my will bringing her down to madness ...my mind totally bent to the task i never even see the blow coming ....." Ahhhh ", falling to the floor . It is not the physical damage ... Its her strength of mind. She rebels against everything ... Too determined...too full or righteous purpose .. too strong to hold without some grip, a fear, a guilt , a sin.

clown_pennywise: . " another day little blue " crawling now to my jack in the box " another day , i will have you my pretty "

clown_pennywise: " when i am stronger ...."

Nathan_gingerbread: Well crap pennywise falls to the floor from a sudden kick , either in her dream or here , supergirl manages to find a way to resist him..... I frown and consider bolting there is still time but i have seen she can be hurt , she is hurt ... So i stand at the entrance to my hall of mirrors ... A very special place. Ready now to face her.

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Supergirl_Elle: The visions melt away and pull back the curtain to reality as i shake my head. The physical toll of the first encounter now added by the mental one i just endured leaves me feeling less than effective. I should regroup but then i see you and i know i have to act now despite my condition. I surge forward towards you. “This is over” i snarl as i head towards you.

Nathan_gingerbread: "oh you want to surrender ... ? " Ducking into the room , my hall of mirrors... Then picking my spot and standing very still .... i hope its enough ... Mirrors , mirrors everywhere but some are not the same .. some are HD screens rigged to cameras , some are AI Animations .. some show supergirl .

 directly behind me a magic mirror that reflects anything and everything ...from a bullet to a psychic blast . 

 I know now she can be hurt , its time to fight .

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Supergirl_Elle: I charge into the room after him but screech to a halt as i enter the vast mirrored room. Views of him and me everywhere. It was dizzying and disorientating at first but I balled my fists. Even if i did not get the right guy id destroy a mirror, eventually id find my mark. I lunged forward and swung at the nearest image of you.

Nathan_gingerbread: Its fun to watch her lunge and swing knowing she is not looking my way ... The mirror smashed leaving a jagged hole and i make a move as she turns away from me to give her a Spartan kick in her back hoping to send her into that broken glass and to add to the confusion the sirens start up loud to me , more than loud to someone with super hearing....

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Supergirl_Elle: The mirror shatters and spiders creating a dozen small you and mes as my fist plows through. Then my body arches around your foot as im sent smashing though the mirror to my hands and knees on the other side.

Nathan_gingerbread: I need to be quick and brutal i know i cant stand toe to toe with a half kryptonian. There is no margin for hesitation as i see her leg is out straight and jump trying to land both feet on her ankle. But i must get back in my place before she sees which is me ... Just to help distract her one of my screens switches over somthing i hope will fill her mind

Supergirl_Elle: Asi look up from where i am i see the damn clown again racing towards me i kneel up and cover to block myself with my arms but the image vanishes as soon as the shearing pain hits my ankles. I Yelp and twist around to my ass to face my attacker.

Nathan_gingerbread: Taking up my pose amongst the many images i try not to directly look at her some of my creations on screens are subtle variations animated to breath and even look like there sweating... I just hope i can keep her off balance both mentally and physically . the stun baton still tucked in the back of my pants . As i try my best to look less animated and less interesting than the other images ...i nearly smile as my eye sees a distorted version of supergirl bloated with muscles .

Supergirl_Elle: I seem him before me, or is he? Heat blasts would deflect and bounce around. I try to push back against Distractions of distorted images of myself. I take a deep breath and blow super cooled blast of air around me, holding the mirror images would just frost flat but the real thing would frost around the real deal.

Nathan_gingerbread: I see her inhale and i know whats coming ...she starts to sweep the blast of cold air around the room ... I have to admit a clever tactic but as she sweeps she gets to the magic mirror and the blast is turned back on her , i only hope thats a chilling shock ... I have lost almost half my mirrors and screens. The affect almost halved and with it my chances . So i lunge in baton drawn hoping the surprise gives me a chance to strike as i depress the button and stab it like a sword toward her side .

Supergirl_Elle: As the gist hits the mirrors it cycles back on me and I feel the icy cold flow over my body. I stiffen and shiver. Glad it was not enough to totally freeze me as a layer of frost covers me. The moisture helps coat my body which help the surge of the stun baton corse over me. I scream and drop to my side.

Nathan_gingerbread: Suprised and literally shocked supergirl topples over on her side and i cant waste a moment raising the stick above my head and bringing it down like i am chopping wood . Its simple , brutal and i hope effective. As i aim straight down at her side.

Supergirl_Elle: Hi, as I tried to deal with the effects of the taser. And look up at the reflections and see the baton rising above your head. I use my head rather than my eyes trying to determine what to do. I know from which side you jammed me with the baton so I grunt and roll out of the way to avoid it slamming down into me.

Nathan_gingerbread: 'Boooink '.. the titanium baton hits concrete with all my force behind it and a shockwave stings my hands . I swear and make chase casting my eyes to the table where chains and other things lay. Too far away for now . But perhaps i can drag event toward it . Its probably not wise to get close so i circle a little putting my back to the table thinking she is disoriented and i hope really pissed off .

Supergirl_Elle: Still feeling some of the effects of the taser had, I rise up to my knees, swinging out an elbow back at one mirror and fist at another smashing and shattering into the ground and zero in on an image of you. Based in the odds, considering the number of mirrors, probably left and just how you are moving and looking im certain I’ve got the real you so strain to put 1 foot under me and rise up to start striding towards you

Nathan_gingerbread: While i face her my hand is searching the desk ... The sirens have wound down and there is a sudden quiet ... But my fingers find the buttons i want and recordings of my voice play from speakers " over here ", " hello" , " knock knock , whos there " .. as i try and stay still bracing myself for this not working ... I find the second button and the lights go out, then starts the strobe lights deliberately not syncing to a human its hard to cope the sudden bright flashes against the darkness. I only hope it affects her the same way.

Supergirl_Elle: The recordings blare out from all around me but I narrow my eyes and keep my focus on you. When the lights go out I charge forward in the direction I was headed with a fist cocked back to knock you into tomorrow, however when the strobe lights kick on. I stumble a little, dizzy and off direction as I struggle towards you, well I think im sure its you, or maybe it is an image of you, had ai kept a straight path or turned to a mirror again?

Nathan_gingerbread: With my back to the lights i have a better time and see the sounds get ignored even if doubt clouds her face for just a moment. She continues to steam toward me and a horrible feeling forms in my belly as i imagine the impact clenching my jaw and tensing everything i have as if that would somehow be enough.. but it seems she is not infallible as her fist whips past my head a good two inches away to the side and she stumbled into me. her sheer momentum making me gasp as the desk edge is driven into my back . We end up chest to chest me pinned to the desk ... I slip my arm around her waist and give my most charming smile keeping eye contact i tilt my head and kiss her full on the lips as i place the baton end low on her belly and press the button.

Supergirl_Elle: THe swing comes up without impact and in the flashing lights it all seems choppy but I learn I was right about it being him, but the fact I feel myself pulling into him, our bodies meeting then….his lips pressing into mine. I am about to shove away as I feel the prongs poke into my abs and my body shakes in your arms as the surge rips through my body.

Nathan_gingerbread: I want to do one of those great one line puns you see im movies but i dont have time for such things. I see her jiggling and twitching but still standing and know i need a lot more ... Sliding my body to the side i grab a big handful of hair and put all my weight and strength into trying to slam her head into the desk. While my other hand now pulls the baton away and cock it back ready to use as a club.

Supergirl_Elle: Body numb from the jolt, leaving it an easy task to ram my face down into the table followed by a dull crack to my back. I give a shril grunt and slide off the table to my knees, hunched forward in a daze and holding my back with one hand.

Nathan_gingerbread: Ahhhh now maybe there is a chance is i grab some of the chain working feverishly to get a loop around the waist and with it that arm holding her back , i know that wont hold her , but then i bring it over her head and pull hard planting my foot to her back . The rest of the chain spills from the table like a strange steel waterfall as the links follow each other to the floor ..

Supergirl_Elle: Still in a daze as I feel the chain cinch around me just under my breasts, pinning my one arm, I wriggle a little, I know I can’t break steel like a full Kryptonian and certainly not feeling like i do now. Before my thoughts can do to a worse place, things go to a worse place, i gag as the chain squeezes my throat and I claw at it with my free hand. Breasts jiggling under my tight blue leotard as I struggle for air, leveraged back into his foot.

Nathan_gingerbread: I dont want to get into a test of strength with supergirl even if i have the advantage. But now she is occupied and i run my other arm back using the baton to throw more chain in a loose loop around her . I keep up the pressure and look at the desk ...ohh this might just work out .

Supergirl_Elle: As the baton zaps me again the hand I am clawing at the chain with falls to my side and itself gets wrapped to my side with the chain. Now leaving me fighting to breathe, stunned, and bound. My face turning red as my struggles seem to lessen to the point I’m pretty much still. My vision blurring as my eyelids become heavy.

Nathan_gingerbread: I throw loop after loop after loop every moment expecting her to burst forth but as i progress i grow more confident. I feel her struggles getting weaker but i cant afford to relax . Nooo not for a moment .. i pull back the baton and swing trying to clip behind her ear ... For a human it doesnt need to be that hard but i am taking no chances ... My eyes flick to the desk where i think somthing appropriate can be found.

Supergirl_Elle: Apparently he won’t let me pass out on my own accord as I feel the sharp whack of the baton to my head and my eyes roll up while I pass out. The last I recall seeing as I fade are the thick steel cuffs and shackles laid out on the table before me. As I go into darkness I dangle from the chain limply as it is the only thing holding me up.

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Nathan_gingerbread: working hard while i have the chance i work to prop her up and run the chain around and around... Those shackles ...i feel sure will hold even her .. i step back to admire my handy work ....oh dear that is rather over kill perhaps ... But .. thats fine for now ... And speaking of better safe than sorry .. i dont like the idea of being heat visioned or ice blasted either ... No... But i have a cure for that too. ...

Nathan_gingerbread: The steel collar will keep her head pointing up and i hope .. keeping me out of the firing line .

Nathan_gingerbread: I sit down , exhausted but also excited.. i have hidden and plotted a long time .. with the shadow key, hydra tessarach power and my learnt portal magic i can finally do what i think must be done. And now i can learn how the hell supergirl got the shadow key and even about the phantom zone . ...