Battle for the Orb
Arrows were shot. Icicles were fired. Troops were rendered stunned , trapped, impaled and deaf.
The troops are now confused and scared, not knowing what or who attacked them.
“Alright. Now!” yelled Oliver, leaping from the roof and charging into battle.
Laurel launched herself into the air with a sonic cry, and Caitlin skated on ice bridges, attacking from everywhere at once. Nebula transformed her hands into sharp blades and charged headfirst into the throng, slicing a few soldiers into halves along the way, and War Machine? He just waved the khopesh around wildly, without the faintest idea how to use it. His specialty are guns, not swords!
Oliver has exhausted his arrows and did a fair amount of damage. Now he raced through the troops, twirling his khopesh, maiming every soldier in sight. Some had not lasted even one second against him.
Caitlin shot icicles and hail, skating on the ice bridges she formed as she went. She had either killed or stunned the soldiers, and left the stunned ones for Nebula to deal with.
Laurel snuck up to loner soldiers and screamed into their ears, jarring their brains with so much force and a pitch so high the soldier’s brains had burst. It was quick and brutal.
Nebula wove through the crowd, slicing down soldiers and finishing off the stunned ones Caitlin left for her. Nebula thoroughly enjoyed it.
War Machine didn’t even render what he was doing: he just waved Oliver’s khopesh around and STILL managed to slice down several soldiers. Beginner’s luck. He made a mental note as he dodged a soldier’s sword sweep, to ask Oliver to tutor him on swordfighting. He sucked at it!
Now they had wounded or killed basically every soldier, and that left a bony, tall, sinister looking alien: Ebony Maw. He was the advisor to Thanos, and has telekinetic powers. Plus, he’s really intelligent.
All 5 heroes charged, but got swept aside by a flick of Ebony’s hands. Oliver’s got a feeling that this will be the hardest one to deal with. Caitlin threw an icicle at Ebony, but it got deflected and impaled her instead.
“KILLER FROST!” yelled Oliver.
“ I’m fine.” Caitlin grunted, pulling out the icicle. Her wound healed instantly.
“FALL BACK!” yelled War Machine, retreating back to the temple. Everyone was happy to oblige.
They went back into the temple and shut the doors and reinforced them with Caitlin’s ice.
“What do we do now? That alien’s too strong.” panted War Machine. He was trembling with fear.
“I...I don’t know. “ admitted Oliver. “I have never faced off against anyone like that before.”
“ His name’s Ebony Maw.” said Nebula. “ He’s my father’s advisor. He possesses telekinetic powers.”
“WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?!” yelled Caitlin, Laurel and War Machine. Oliver stayed silent.
“So how do we defeat him?” asked Oliver, one eyebrow raised.
“He can only see what’s in front of him.” said Nebula.
“Yeah, who doesn’t.” muttered Laurel.
“No, I meant that he can’t turn his neck. He can only move his eyeballs.” explained Nebula and Caitlin instantly thought of a plan.
“Hey guys, come here. I thought of something…”