Arcade Ire

[ngm_foes]

It had been a nice, quiet weekday afternoon in New York. For once, it actually seemed as though there wasn't going to be any kind of trouble afoot.

That would have been nice, had it been true.

It happened suddenly, as things of this sort tended to happen. Out of seemingly nowhere, it appeared in the middle of Chinatown. A large, hulking, two-dimensional being stomping around.

And it only yelled one thing as it started to wreak havoc.

"DESTROY ALL COMBATANTS!"

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[symkarian_princess]

Nika stepped out of the restaurant, wiping a bit of soup from her chin. She gestured for people to stay back as she reached for her concealed gun. She was doubting any of her hand-to-hand weapons would do anything to the towering... flat man.

Well, at least she wasn't shopping for clothing this time. She took a breath and tried to wend her way through people fleeing from the shouting giant.

[dazzle_daybreak]

Josie chewed her lip as she focused her power, peering around a corner at the.... flat man. Settling on an initial tactic, she put her hands out and created a long tether, weighted heavily at one end.

Coming out from behind the corner, she started whirling it over her head, before letting it fly at the attacker.

[hellkitten]

Liza clung to the side of a building, eyeing the rampaging giant. Was that thing even solid? It looked like a video game sprite.

Only one way to find out. She grabbed a chunk of loose brick and tossed it at the thing.

[ngm_foes]

A chunk of loose brick.

Some kind of tether.

A venom blast.

Suffice to say that Videoman was not pleased.

"DESTROY ALL COMBATANTS!"

He walked past an abandoned video arcade, and that's when it happened.

Something snapped into place. There were others there. Trapped. Confined. Closed.

He would free them.

Digital energy surged forth from his hands, setting the building that housed the old arcade on fire.

And then, released, were Paperboy, Mrs. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and the Space Invaders.

Four bosses.

Four heroes.

Videoman bellowed again. "DESTROY ALL COMBATANTS!"