SW10: New Bosnia #6: The Land of Blood and Honey (plus WWW: Superhuman World Wiki: Super Savior!)

[Scott Eiler]

Author's Note:  I designed this week's two publications to go together. 
  What a concept.  Let's start with the Superhuman World Wiki entry 
which explains why a former basketball player gets called the Super Savior.

http://www.eilertech.com/stories/wiki/Super_Savior.htm

And now, on to our continuing story from the world of the Turkish Empire.

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Catalogue of Universes:

- SW10 (Superhuman World 10) plus variants MW01, MW02, TW03

- LNH (Legion of Net.Heroes / Looniverse) plus variant Tooniverse, 
incorporating elements of the Charlton Universe

- MV (Marlo Vivo / Super Wizard from Space)


Dramatis Objecta et Personae:

- Scott Stiles, a.k.a. the "Super Savior", from Earth-SW10 ("Superhuman 
World 10").

- Psychovant the Duck, from Earth-SW10.  Last seen in the Turkish 
Embassy to the Free City of New York; current location unknown.

- The Sultan Hope Springs VII, resident on Earth-TW03 ("Earth-Turkworld").

- Two "Kubrik's Kubes", cosmic artifacts from the "Looniverse" 
("Earth-LNH").

- Atomic Rabbit / Atomic Bunny, from the "Charlton Universe" circa 1955, 
via the LNH Tooniverse.

- Gavrilo the Super Hermit Wizard Monster Bee from Beyond, from the 
universe of the Super Wizards From Space ("Earth-MV").

- Tor the Monster Bee, originally from Earth-MW01 ("Earth-Tyrmj"). 
Stung by Gavrilo.

All characters and items are now on Earth-TW03 ("Earth-Turkworld") 
unless otherwise specified.

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What Has Gone Before:

The superhuman former basketball player Scott Stiles, also known as the 
Super Savior, has led 144,000 religious refugees from his 
famine-stricken Earth to an alternate Earth whose leading power is 
Turkey.  The Turks were ready for them.  They were captured near New 
York City by the army of this universe's Sultan, Hope Springs VII.

A hermit wizard monster-bee from yet a third universe was sucked along 
with the refugees.  He used his wizard powers to resist capture, stung 
one man, then saved Scott Stiles and flew away.  The stung man became a 
monster-bee and followed.  They hide now in a warehouse in Bayonne, New 
Jersey - known as New Bosnia here.

Mr. Stiles went out exploring, and heard about the True USA - which only 
goes as far west as Denver.  Meanwhile, the bees captured a bunny and a 
duck - Atomic Bunny and Psychovant the Duck.  Those were depowered, 
though Psychovant could still speak.

The Sultan began planning against the invaders.  He has many consultants 
with many plans to deal with bees.  One plan began with an artillery 
barrage.  In the resultant combat, the monster bees and Psychovant the 
Duck (with powers restored) all broke loose from Scott Stiles' party. 
With nearly nothing left, Scott hooked up with a True USA agent, and 
went to a safe house with her.

Then the bunny spoke.  He said they should capture two mystic cubes 
which were held in the Turkish Embassy to New York Free City.  Scott and 
the True USA agent decided to free Scott's army from captivity instead.

Meanwhile, Psychovant freed one mystic cube from the Turkish Embassy.

Previous Episode:  New Bosnia Part 5:  The Land of Plans and Castles 
(http://www.eilertech.com/stories/2011/newbosnia5.txt)

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Thursday 26 May 2011

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The lady Kurdish agent of the True USA said, "Good news, Mister Super 
Savior from Beyond.  We have passed all checkpoints into the Meadowlands 
stadium."

"Good.  Let's find the Sentinel...  Woaah."  Scott Stiles shook his 
head.  "Something's wrong."

"Nothing wrong with *me*, Mister Savior.  Time for mission."

They stepped outside their delivery truck, along with a convoy full of 
American rebels.  The rebels spread out.  The Kurdish agent said, "You 
are best to track your Sentinel.  Where now for us?"

"Lemme think...  *Lateran* is helping the captors.  He'd probably put 
the Sentinel on display right inside the stadium, just to demotivate 
everyone else."

"Okay.  We check the field."

They peeked out a walkway.  The Sentinel was at the other end, draped 
upon a goalpost.  But Monster Bees buzzed all around.

The stadium didn't have a Jumbotron monitor, but it still had a public 
address system.  On it, Lateran spoke.  "Bonjour, Monsieur Stiles.  As 
you can see, we have been expecting you."  Turkish soldiers throughout 
the arena aimed rifles at the rebels.

But then a grating loudspeaker voice came down from the sky.  "*Hey! 
Vatican Deserter Dude!  Private Business Coming Through!*"  Psychovant 
the Duck came down, holding a cube which crackled power.

Scott Stiles said, "Duck.  Psychovant.  We're fighting for liberty here. 
  Have you picked a side?"

The demon duck laughed.  "Ha!  Depends...  Where's yer rabbit??"

Scott was still carrying the sort-of Atomic Bunny in one of his pockets. 
  It popped its head out and said, "Grr!"

"Okaay then."  Psychovant smirked.  "I got *yer* Kubrick's Kube here.  I 
bet it'll restore you *or* destroy you.  What you want?  Leave me alone 
Forevermore Amen, or the Rabbit Kicks the Bucket?"

Scott looked down at the rabbit.  It once again said, "Grr!"

Psychovant shrugged.  "Okaay."  Energies emerged from his cube.

Scott said, "No!  You don't attack my bunny!"  He jumped up to punch 
Psychovant.

But the duck smacked him aside with one webbed foot.  "Hah.  Ya seem a 
bit off today, Super-Schmuck.  Been sniffin' that Monster Bee 
rhododendron honey?"

"Huh?  *What* honey?  And what do rhododendrons have to do with anything?"

"Ya idjit.  I saw the Monster Bees feed - in a rhododendron garden!  Any 
honey they made after that is poison - 'least for you 'cause yer not a 
duck!  Yeah, *you'll* prob'ly recover, 'specially if ya just sniffed it."

"... Uh, I get that you're a walking encyclopedia, but how are you 
reaching all these conclusions?"

"...  Huh.  Must be the Kube."  The cyborg demon duck stashed the cube 
in a pocket.  Then he said, "Anyway, I betcha feel a bit woozy. 
Especially NOW!"  He pulled an impossibly large mallet from another 
pocket, and in one fluid motion smashed Scott Stiles down hard enough to 
dent the stands.

As Scott shook his head, Psychovant kept talking.  "And 'bout this Kube. 
  It ain't power, it's *knowledge*.  The rabbit said it brought his 
*whole species* up from the animals.  *I been there too.*  Whole species 
just shoudn't oughta go there.  How'd it work out for *your* species, 
shaved-ape?"  He brought his power-cube back out and refocused it.

But then the energies dissipated, and the cube dissolved!

 From out Scott's pocket, a man-sized rabbit exploded and stood on two 
legs - in a costume.  Atomic Bunny said, "There's been a cosmic reboot! 
  Out there somewhere!  I can feel it!  I'M BACK!"

Psychovant said, "oh, yeah.  I can feel it too...  I'm GONE!"  He (err) 
ducked into a portal and disappeared!

(see Rec.Arts.Comics.Creative:  LNH: Just Another Cascade #12 part B)

Atomic Bunny stood man-sized and erect, in a costume with a cape and a 
stylized lightning bolt on the tunic.  "HA!"  He turned to Scott, and 
grinned.  "You.  True Friend.  Is there anything you'd like me to help 
you with?"

Scott yelled, "Yes!  THE BEES!"

"Glad to help!"  Atomic Bunny bolted atomic fire from his hands. 
Monster Bees started fleeing, toward the east.  But one bee flew the 
other direction - toward Atomic Bunny.  The bee was surrounded by a 
crackling power shield.

Scott Stiles knew this bee.  "Gavrilo!"  The bee jerked briefly, but 
Scott knew he could only count on one more command.  "Turn off your magic!"

The power shield disappeared.

Atomic Bunny turned back to Scott.  "So is that one fair game now?"

"Uh, sort of.  Don't kill him, but get him far far away from those other 
bees!"

"Okay, pal.  Time for that bee to hop like a bunny!"  Atomic Bunny 
jumped up, grabbed Gavrilo, whirled him around, and flung him over the 
western horizon.

Then Scott heard gunfire.  He ducked back in the hallway with the 
Kurdish agent.

Six soldiers charged past the other way.  Some were in olive drab 
fatigues, but most wore khaki camoflage uniforms - and Church of the 
Super-Savior logos.  One of those stayed behind and said, "Are you okay, 
sir?"

"Woo hoo!  It worked!  ... But that was awfully easy."

One of the soldiers in olive drab said, "This was even easier than we 
thought.  The prisoners weren't even guarded!  Just behind some barred 
doors and some energy fields.  Once the fields went down, we opened the 
doors real easy."

"But the fields...  Must have been Gavrilo!"  Scott went back to the 
door, and looked around.  The Turkish soldiers were exchanging fire with 
True USA and Super Savior forces.  The rebellion was on, as former 
prisoners poured onto the arena.

Atomic Bunny stood with his arms crossed on his chest.  "Anything else?"

"Free him!"  Scott pointed across the stadium, at the Sentinel draped 
upon the goalpost.

"Ehh, human, that is no living being."

"Whaat?  They killed him??"

"Killed whom?  ... No, that is just a decoy.  Where I come from, we call 
them Scarecrows.  Enough?"

Scott said, "I know you've probably got places to be.  But without our 
big powered guy, I'll ask one more thing from you before you go.  Stop 
the shooters from the top of the stands, and any tanks you see outside 
the stadium.  We can take the rest."

"Okay!"  The Atomic Bunny zipped around the stands, disarming sharpshooters.

Scott shook his head one last time, and looked up toward the 
sportcasters' stand in the stadium.  "And Lateran's probably in *there*. 
  So *that* place is *my* job.  I am gonna be ready, right now!"  He ran 
to build up his speed, then *jumped* toward the stand, section by section.

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To Be Continued in New Bosnia Part 7, The Land of Thud and Blunder!

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Author's Notes:

This is the first story I've written in conjunction with the new 
Superhuman World Wiki!  To accompany this episode, I've added an entry 
for the Super Savior. 
http://www.eilertech.com/stories/wiki/Super_Savior.htm

For more explanation, I'm going to present some of my Factor Analysis here.

(Factor)  Yeah, the Turks let their enemies in.  At least the one 
*Magic* Monster Bee knew when enemies are coming.  So they set up a 
lovely ambush.

(Factor)  Monster Bees are still around, and they serve their new queen 
who in turn serves the Turkish Empire!  Probably with the Women's Fast 
Artillery.  The Artillery will be guarding targets either in New York or 
the Meadowlands - and New York wasn't built for artillery defense from 
land assault, was it.  Scott Stiles only knows the names of two Monster 
Bees.

(Factor)  Atomic Bunny approached the battle site without powers, and 
Psychovant the Duck approached with *extra* power from a Kubrick's Kube. 
  But meanwhile in a distant universe, the Legion of Net.Heroes has been 
(briefly) made Never Was.  That means:  (1) Kubrick's Kubes have 
disappeared.  (2) Atomic Bunny's been rebooted to his 1950s powers. 
Psychovant is *not* going to stick around to see how the battle goes 
under these new circumstances.  And Atomic Bunny at full power can 
probably repel any number of Monster Bees as long as Psychovant isn't 
messing with him.

With this Atomic Bunny action, this is now the longest installment of 
New Bosnia.  So I'll save some action for two more episodes.

(signed) Scott Eiler, 28 May 2015.

Gavrilo the Hermit Wizard Monster Bee is a character of Wil Alambre and 
is used by permission.  Kubrik's Kubes were created by Adrian J. 
McClure.  Atomic Bunny / Atomic Rabbit is a 1950s character of Charlton 
Comics and is now public domain.  All other characters in this fiction 
are copyright 2015, Eiler Technical Enterprises.  Psychovant the Duck is 
now once again available for use within Legion of Net.Heroes stories, 
unless we'd all like to assume that the whole universe tosses him out if 
he ever shows his beak there again.  They've declared an intent to 
welcome Atomic Rabbit back, though; he is now available as well.  8{D>


-- 
(signed) Scott Eiler  8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------

When you *are* the leader... whatever goes wrong... whether you did it
or not... *you* are held responsible. - Barack Obama

I know. - Archie Andrews

- from Archie #617, March 2011, scripted by Alex Simmons.