Siege of Darkshire - Underground [PvP - Great]

[Skeletor]

Skeletor’s eye sockets widened as his opponent took a stance that in and of itself radiated power. He doubted his havoc staff would be able to protect against such a blow at its current strength. He needed his secret weapon. Skeletor leapt backwards, releasing hold of his Havoc Staff as he reached for the Ramstone. Time seemed to slow as Kelly MacAryn brought his staff out from its ready position, leaping forward to match Skeletor’s retreat. As he fell backwards Skeletor presented the emerald talisman, the Ramstone floating a short distance between his projected fingers. “Vare Batork BARTRAM!” he intoned, activating the magic of the stone.

The talisman erupted in a blast of lime green light, the energy burgeoning forth directly into the path of Kelly’s incoming attack. There was the slightest moment of friction as the two forces collided, then the quarter staff skipped sideways off of Skeletor’s counter. There was a distinctive snap as the quarter staff, averted from Skeletor’s forehead, instead came crashing down onto his bad shoulder, sending him to the ground. Skeletor’s scream of agony was only matched by Kelly’s own as the Ramstone’s power caught him full in the face mid-landing. The already weakened floor of the tunnel buckled under the force of Kelly’s blow, and the tunnel erupted in smoke as sections of the ceiling gave way from Skeletor’s blast. Ash gave a cry and leapt behind the nearest bloated undead he could find as the energy broiled outwards, hitting both Invaders and guardians as the entire tunnel was thrown into turmoil.

Ash groaned, and heaved, sliding his lower half out from under the hulking corpse that he had taken shelter behind. The clearing smoke found the other two primes both on the ground. Skeletor’s unmoving body was crumpled in a small crater, with Kelly slumped against a nearby wall, the wall behind him smeared an ugly purple. Ash slid out from under the corpse, only to have one of his legs grabbed by a fetid meat-slab of a hand, “Gah! Personal bubble, pal! Respect my space!” Despite the chunk of ceiling protruding from its chest, the creature was still trying to get back up. All around soldiers from both sides were struggling back to their feet. His window of opportunity was closing fast. “Alright Ugly, Hands off!” Ash ordered before pulling out his Boomstick and unloading two shots point blank into the beast’s head. The massive hand went limp, and Ash made his way quickly towards the slowly stirring Warlock.

“Don’t think I’m gonna let you do that again, pal!” he shouted, revving up his chainsaw and rushing forward as Skeletor struggled onto his knees, his left shoulder clearly dislocated and arm hanging limp beside him. The Warlock looked up in surprise as Ash dashed forward, chainsaw raised above his head. “It’s time to say goodnight, Bonehead!” the S-mart savior shouted and began to swing the chainsaw down, only to be swept off his feet as an immense purple feline barreled into him at full speed.

Too late came Kelly’s cry of warning as Ash landed forcefully, his head slamming against a fallen rock. He looked up through the spots in his vision into the snarling face of Panthor and the feline’s large yellow teeth bared. Ash struggled with the beast, straining to keep its snapping teeth away from his throat. The evil dead slayer held off the cat as best he could, gritting his teeth through the pain as the large panther tore away at him with its claws. With a grunt of effort, Ash managed to wedge the engine of his chainsaw in the beast’s mouth. The cat started to apply pressure to the machine, and metal protested, but he was no longer in danger of having his throat torn out. Ash reached around for his boomstick, but a large purple paw pinned his arm, its claws sinking into his skin. Panthor pulled its jaw free from the chainsaw, taking part of the casing with it as it reared its head back.

There was a shout and a fully-charged psychokinetic force-bolt slammed into Panthor, sending the feline tumbling in the rubble. As the battle reignited throughout the tunnel, Kelly stumbled over to Ash’s torn form. “Can you stand?” the tactician asked, looking over the cuts for any wounds of particular severity. Ash nodded, but was extremely slow to get up. “A beast that size should have torn your body to ribbons,” The traveler marveled, “How are you feeling?”

“Groovy…” Ash responded with a wet chuckle, propping himself up to spit a wad of blood onto the ground. The Traveler grinned faintly at his response, and extended a hand to help Ash to his feet. before Ash could take it however, Kelly’s head whipped around and he braced as a brilliant white energy blast crashed into him. Gritting his teeth, the traveler strained against Skeletor’s eldritch powers, focusing a Soliton blast as he weathered the warlock’s magical energy with his Vector-Sketch.

As Ash struggled to his feet, Kelly sent the Soliton bolt piercing through Skeletor’s beam of power, striking the Sorcerer and causing him to stagger backwards, disrupting his attack. Kelly gave a satisfied grunt and fell backwards, what remained of his tunic badly singed by the eldritch energies. Skeletor growled and planted his havoc staff in the shifting rubble. “You fools have no idea what you are doing, do you…” came Skeletor’s muttering as all three warriors struggled to regain their composure. “You have no clue of the power I wield!” Skeletor stared down the defenders of Darkshire, two red beads of light blossoming in his empty sockets. Kelly settled back into a fighting position, as Ash slowly staggered back to his feet “I will see you all pay for daring to challenge me,” The ram-head skull began to pulsate, its bone surface etched with glowing sigils of arcane power. Skeletor pointed the fully charged weapon at his infuriating opponents, “this is my DOOMSTICK!”

995 words according to MS word.
As per the judge's roll, both supermoves dealt full damage.
Skeletor used Energy projection, The Ramstone, Panthor and basic telekinesis.
Kelly used Soliton blast, somatic vector-sketch, foresight and survival.
Ash used Chainsaw, boomstick and still more of that sweet, sweet Survival.
NOTA BENE: I was not able to afford separate moves for Panthor's claws and teeth, so they will only be incidental weapons in strength