Recovering

[Duke Nukem/Drake Miller]

(January 21. Night. Set after the battle & rescue.)

Duke Nukem yawned as he woke up. He frowned realizing where he was.

"That meddling girl and her bombs. She's more talented and smarter than those planet pests. We may have to do something about her." said Duke Nukem.

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Malachite yawned as he woke up as well. He was pretty sore but most of it had been exhaustion. He'd used so much magic recently that it had taken a toll on him. He knew he was no longer immortal since he'd used magic so much in his quest for the gauntlet and now in the war.

"Critic's no pushover either. Looks like we're tied 1-1. But I intend to defeat him the next time." said Malachite.
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Scar woke up as well. His leg didn't hurt as much anymore. But he was very annoyed about the house collapsing around him.

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Dark Nella yawned as she sat up as well. She was sitting in one of the chairs. She wasn't badly hurt just tired.

"Well look who finally woke up. We lost our captives. All three of them." said Dark Nella.

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"It wasn't my fault. Scar and I did our best. You trying fighting when the roof caves in on you." said Duke Nukem.

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"Yes. Although I think one of them might have died. She was fighting me." said Scar.

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"Enough. No excuses. We all failed. Which means there's to be more training now. Once you're all healed we're going to train, have obstacle courses, whatever it takes. If they can defeat us that means they got stronger. So we need to get even stronger." said Dark Nella.

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Mechakara sighed glancing at them.

"She's right. We all failed. And while you'll heal quickly. It's going to take a while to make repairs to Dark Heart and myself." said Mechakara.

He picked up some tools and began working on himself.

[DarkHeart]

Terl sat annoyed with himself as he held a ice packet on his head. "That witch. She got lucky and knocked me down when I wasn't looking. She bested me but not next time. Soon she'll know tru----" Terl flinched when DarkHeart shouted to him
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"Be quiet you alien moron! Don't you get it!? You were defeated! You have no knowledge of true power! Just shut up!" DarkHeart snapped, holding a power drill to her leg, fixing loose screws. She breathed to Dark Nella and replied much calmer now "You have every right to call me a failure Dark Nella. I will not let the heroes escape next time. I will avenge our team"

And Mechakara. He will have his time to shine DarkHeart thought to herself.
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Dr. Insano was fixing Rodney from behind his back and replied worriedly "My god rodney. You're a wreck. It'll take me weeks or even months to fix all this up. That damn robot and bitch will pay for defying my creation!" Rodney just sighed as half of his face sparkled "Insano. I failed. It will not happen again"

"Not to worry Rodney. I'll make sure it doesn't" Insano assured
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Facilier and BLS just observed and tiredly stood looking at the wounded or tired. They were bored and depressed of the failure and found it fitting to just stay around them
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Raphael stood beside Dark Nella "Those bastards still have Donny and Splinter in their brainwashedness. We can't fail the next time! We just can't!"
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Ask Thatguy snapped "Don't worry. We won't. We'll work to death if we have to. I'll do my part raphael. You do yours"
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DarkHeart looked to Ask Thatguy and took his words personally and snapped "With respect sir, there are some of us that need more attention. They cannot train. They need repairment"

[Mechakara]

Duke Nukem stood up freeing the bed for anyone else.

"I'm alright. Just a bit tired. All they could do to me is knock me out." said Duke Nukem.

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Malachite just stood up as well. He was exhausted but didn't want to hold the bed for anyone injured.

"Critic had a new armor. I know I damaged it alot but they'll probably just repair it. You need to be prepared in case they use it again or make more." said Malachite.

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Scar just remained silent. This was twice he was hurt in battle since joining the war. He had to gain a victory for his own pride and to prove he was useful.

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Dark Nella got off her bed as well. She smiled at Ask That Guy.

"They hurt Pinocchio and took him from us. Then they rescued our captives. They damaged our house. They hurt several of us. They're starting a winning streak. We need to turn the tables on them. Hurt them, kill them, capture them. Whatever. We can't let them win." said Dark Nella.

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Rita, Michelangelo, Dr. Smith, Pinocchio, Phantom Virus, Ruber, Fat Cat, and Gi walked into the room. Michelangelo nodded as he heard DArk Nella.

"She's right. They hurt a kid. And they still have Donny and Master Splinter. We have to stop them before they brainwash anyone else." said Michelangelo.

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Rita nodded as well.

"Don't worry. We'll come up with some great magical and scientific ways to make them pay for what they've done to us. And we'll help rescue your family." said Rita.

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"I'd like to blast them into oblivion." said Phantom Virus, chuckling.

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"I hate to admit it but you're right. I hate to lose. I want to win." said Ruber.

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Fat Cat began licking his paws glancing up at the group. He'd avoided battling for now but he knew he would have to fight eventually.

"But how do we do that? They nearly destroyed the house and the few who stayed behind. They even staged that battle so we'd be out there fighting." said Fat Cat.

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"That's because they planned it out. They were one step ahead of us. We have to be at least two steps ahead of them if we plan to succeed." said Gi.

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Mechakara kept repairing himself as he listened to them.

"Yes. We've sent spying devices in there twice and they were found and destroyed. Perhaps if we can't spy on them through normal means we need another way. Perhaps a magical one?" asked Mechakara.

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"I don't have my telescope with me. I used it to spy on the Power Rangers in my universe. What about you Facilier? You know a way to spy on them?" asked Rita.

[DarkHeart]

"We won't let them win. No more being nice. The minute our enemy is injured or down, we kill them. Any one that is useful we capture and decide whether to use them or torture them. I intend on cutting heads next time" Ask Thatguy determinedly responded back to Nella, grinning and staring at her a bit.
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Insano nodded "That armor definitely was Linksano's design. He's good but I'm better. As soon as I finish Rodney, I'll get to that" Insano then stopped the sparking on Rodney's arm
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"I do Rita" Facilier grinned and he showed his cane and tapped it "I got my friends on the other side. They should do nicely as spies best part? They don't have any magical sense around them so that brat ma-ti or that so-called mistress can't spot them" Dr. Facilier then turned to BLS who grinned as well

"They may have won the battle but the war is far from over. By the time they're finished celebrating they'll be mourning for the dead" BLS chuckled
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Pete, Ronno and Thrax all came in, listening to the whole conversation. Pete cracked his fingers and replied "Time for me to show my moves"

Thrax growled "I failed this time but those damn heroes got lucky. LUCKY. They won't be next time"

Ronno just stayed silent
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"Facilier. Your 'friends'? What exactly are they?" DarkHeart asked. Unsure of what the man played at. She then hissed as her other leg started cramping and she quickly used the power tool to stop it from aching. She then saw Mechakara needing some tools, so she gave the power drill to him to use in case while successfully grabbing a wrench

[Mechakara]

"I should have killed Nostalgia Chick when I had the chance. Next time she won't be so lucky." said Dark Nella.

She paused as Facilier mentioned his Friends. The shadows would be an interesting spies plus they could kidnap someone if they were discovered. She let him explain it knowing it was his ability after all.

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Rita smirked glad Facilier had a way of spying on them.

"Excellent. We'll be able to spy on them without them knowing about it. Next time they'll be the ones losing." said Rita, chuckling.

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Mechakara took some tools from Dark Heart as he kept repairing himself. He listened interested as Facilier claimed his friends could help him spy on them.

"Yes. What are your friends? How can you spy on them?" asked Mechakara, curious.

[DarkHeart]

Facilier grinned. Amused with the curiousity of some of his allies on who his friends were. He responded darkly "Shadow spirits. They can sneak and take things away but noone can touch them or see them until it's too late. It'll be the perfect spy. We'll be able to know what they see through some mirror or something I can make up for us" Facilier turned to BLS who grinned

"Sounds like my type of gig I can get into. I like it" BLS responded
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DarkHeart narrowed her eyes "Do they have any weaknesses? The heroes must never know about them"
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Dr. Facilier felt a skeptical vibe from the young robot girl and resisted the urge to glare at her, due to seeing her master being there. He simply smirked "The only weakness? Daylight. So we'll just simply send them at night. Easy peasy and it answers your little question"
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DarkHeart stopped narrowing her eyes and replied, still in a bad mood "Very well. Decent enough for me"

[Mechakara]

"Shadows. Do you know of a way to make them replace someone's shadow so they could survive in daylight? If not at least we'd have night time spies." said Mechakara.

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"Even if they're only useful at night it's still something. Arrange it as soon as you can Dr. Facilier. We need to learn all their plans and ideas so we can stay ahead of them. And find out when those fools are alone and easier to attack." said Dark Nella.

She paused as a thought struck her.

"Ma-Ti's ring. Insano have you destroyed it yet?" asked Dark Nella.

Chick and the rescue party had been running around the house. If one of them had stolen that ring they'd be in real trouble.

[DarkHeart]

Dr. Facilier sighed annoyed, due to the fact there wasn't really a way to make the shadow friends fix their weakness. He shook his head "Hate to say no but no. Can't do that. Only works at night. Sorry" He wasn't entirely but he wanted to give a impression he was trying
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Dr. Insano then turned and paled. He listened to the words nella asked in his head. He then mumbled one word "Fuck" With that he ran out to check his lab. After sometime though many of the villains frowned worried as Insano shouted upstairs and some slight crashes were heard. He then stated out "SON OF A BITCH!"

He ran downstairs and he replied to nella, full of anger and outrage "Some hero took it! I was just about to finally destroy it and they took it!" He slammed the wall hard "Goddamnit! We were so into the battle I completely ignored that fucking ring!"
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DarkHeart put her hand to her face at the notion of the ring being missing, BLS widened his eyes then growled, Thrax turned to see this wasn't good so he frowned deeply, Pete and Ronno were a bit confused but looked annoyed all the same, Terl watched with wide eyes.
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Ask Thatguy gritted his teeth. Ask Thatguy spoke finally "They took it.... Those..." He then leaned againest the wall pounding his fist into his forehead

[Mechakara]

Dark Nella frowned slamming her first onto a bed as it flipped over in her anger.

"They got it back. The captives while annoying we could easily recapture or destroy later. But that ring... We have to get it back and destroy it before they use it to destroy us." said Dark Nella.

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Dr. Smith frowned at the news. He paused as an idea came to him.

"We were able to clone the ring like you wanted. But it doesn't have the power boost from it though." said Dr. Smith.

Dr. Smith pulls out a ring handing it to Dark Nella.

(ooc: Up to you if it's just the Ring of Hate or if it has the power boost Ma-Ti gained in Suburban Knights.)

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Duke Nukem notices it.

"That looks like Dr. Blight's ring." said Duke Nukem.

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Gi also recognized the ring impressed they were able to duplicate Dr. Blight's process.

"He's right. That's amazing you were able to clone it." said Gi.

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Rita glanced at the ring interested. If it had the same power as Ma-Ti's ring she and Facilier had to get their hands on it.

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Malachite frowned in annoyance. Ma-Ti would soon have his ring back and his gauntlet was destroyed. They had no way of stopping it. But when Dr. Smith revealed a ring he wondered if it had the same power. He doubted Dark Nella would hand it over so he'd have to wait and see if it did.

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Scar, Fat Cat, Phantom Virus, Ruber, and Mikey all watched interested about the ring. They didn't know much about the ring but it might be useful.

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Mechakara smirked.

"If that ring has the same power as Ma-Ti's we're back in business." said Mechakara.

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Pinocchio meanwhile rushed in hearing the commotion. He'd talked his parents into letting him train in the woods. Now he was back and was relieved to see his parents were alright. But he was shocked to see the number of injured people and many of them looked tired.

"You're alright. I was so worried when the distress signal came." said Pinocchio.

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Dark Nella turned to Pinocchio and smiled. She hugged him pocketing the ring for now.

"I'm just glad you were out training. If they had hurt you or kidnapped you again I'd have probably stormed in there rescued you hurting anyone I could along the way." said Dark Nella.

[DarkHeart]

(OCC: It'll be called the ring of hate and have pretty much the same type of power ma-ti's ring holds)

Insano looked to smith and remembered about the cloned ring. He replied "It has the same energy and power as Ma-Ti's ring and should be able to combat it. Maybe even overpower him. We are indeed able to use this to our advantage" Insano was calm again thanks to the cloned ring. He smirked "I believe we should call it from it's original title, the ring of hate"
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"That ring can terminate Ma-Ti and the heroes? Good. We are back in business" DarkHeart replied, turning to her master in amusement before going back to repairing her arm gently. She was upset over the loss of the ring but this made up for it
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Ask Thatguy ran over to Pinnochio and after nella hugged him, he picked up the boy and hugged him. He sighed "At least we still have you, son. If they had you, I wouldn't know what to do"
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"There you are! I was wondering where you were!" Ronno commented sincerely to his new friend pinnochio
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Terl, Pete and thrax all looked to the ring curiously. Terl then spoke with a grin "That ring will soon be the heroes doom"
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Dr. Facilier grinned as he immediately had a thought bubble up to possibly stealing that ring and using it

[That Chick With The Goggles]

Goggles stumbled into the room clutching her shoulder.

"I need some help." said Goggles.

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Dr. Smith rushed over to her helping her to a table. He then got some bandages.

"Are you alright aside from this?" asked Dr. Smith.

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Goggles nodded.

"Yes. This is the only wound I have. Spoony distracted me long enough for Starscream to strike. Guess I know he's not going to take it easy on me." said Goggles.

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Dark Nella frowned seeing Goggles hurt. Even with the violet lantern ring's powers she was still vulnerable if distracted.

"Don't worry. We'll make them both pay for hurting you as well as the rest of us." said Dark Nella.

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Pinocchio smiled hugging his father in return.

"I don't want anything to happen to you either." said Pinocchio.

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Dark Nella smiled turning to Pinnochio. She pulled out the Ring of hate from her pocket.

"Don't worry. With this ring and this army we can't lose." said Dark Nella.

[DarkHeart]

Black Lantern Spoony stopped standing in the corner and pratically leaped to Goggles' side. He glowed his ring hoping that it had the power to possibly heal Goggles a bit faster than bandages. The man growled at the explaination of what happened. Spoony distracted her so she could get blasted by a giant robot. BLS now for sure would make sure to end the gamer's life. He held her hand and carried goggles carefully in his arms, glaring at the wall. He mumbled to her "That gamer just signed himself a death warrent. No, actually, he'll BEG for death once I finish my vengence with his blood"
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DarkHeart widened her eyes, very aware of Goggles supposedly being more powerful than that, but frowned sympathetically to BLS as he swore vengence for her. She knew what that felt like. Hell, she still did, she would kill for mechakara and protect him with her life so she and BLS had something in common
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Ask Thatguy saw Goggles and the sight caused Ask Thatguy to squeeze Pinnochio tightly in his arms. He looked to Dark Nella and smiled caringly "That's right. We have each other and the ring. We cannot lose next time"

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By the time the House of Doom was within her range of sight, Zira was exhausted. The running had done nothing to help with her wounds, and she was beginning to feel a little light-headed. All she wanted to do was check on Scar, get her own wounds cleaned, and possibly curl up for an appropriately-named “cat nap”.

All of this promptly went out the metaphorical window when Zira got closer and discovered that not only was a portion of the roof gone but unfamiliar scents were everywhere. There had been an attack. Anger and a hint of dread stirred within the lioness. She hurried inside, her earlier tiredness forgotten, and found the interior littered with broken furniture. She tried to pick out a particular, familiar scent from the mass of others, blocking everything else out. When at last she caught it, the red-eyed lioness raced after it as though her very life was dependent on it.

Zira found Scar lying on the ground and, ignorant of the blood staining her tan fur, she went to her mate, anxious eyes looking at his wounds.

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Bender re-appeared in the same awkward-looking Matrix-dodge he has teleported away in. His foot cup slipped away and he landed on his back.

"Dammit," He grunted, leaning back up.

Yellow eyes narrowed as he lifted his near-empty plasma pistol toward his "allies". A pang hit his arm and his pistol dropped again. The sword that jammed into his arm left a minor dent.

"You jerks were gonna leave me, weren't you?!" The robot snapped.

Then he spotted what had happened to the house and was silent only for a moment or two.

"I didn't do it."

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Butters, needless to say, was glad he wasn't in the house at the time. He'd been hiding. The blond haired young boy's head sunk and he folded his arms behind his back.

"Daw, golly, n-now we gotta clean this mess up now, huh?" He piped up, "That wasn't very n-nice of them, coming in n' blowin' stuff up. Why, if Profressor Choas was here, he'd show them what for, he would."

[Mechakara]

Goggles smiled at Black Lantern Spoony.

"I'm fine. This will heal and I'll be back to fighting in no time. But you robot friend Mechakara and the other two look hurt really bad. They must have done some major damage while we were gone." said Goggles.

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Mechakara meanwhile had seen Goggles enter. He knew how Black Lantern Spoony felt. Seeing Dark Heart like that had upset him. He would make sure they'd pay for hurting Dark Heart.

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Pinocchio smiled hugging both of his parents tighter. He turned to Ronno and Butters were alright. He smiled.

"Ronno. Butters. I'm glad you're alright." said Pinocchio.

He looked up seeing Raphael considering him a friend as well. He smiled glad the turtle was alright. Since his return and Raphael's brother had shown up he hadn't had much time to talk to him.

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Scar saw Zira enter and smiled. His smile quickly turned to a frown as he saw blood on Zira's fur.

"Zira. Are you alright? Tell me who did this and I'll kill them." said Scar.

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Goggles turned hearing Bender complain.

"Sorry. I was trying to evacuate everyone when I got the call. Spoony and Starscream distracted me. I saw you leave by the time I did." said Goggles.