In his Fortress of Domination, the mightly Lord Apocalypt watched the interior of the volcano his base had been built above, stroking his chin beneath his imposing, all concealing green cloak as he considered the last twenty four hours. He had presented his ultimatum to the United League of Nations but twelve hours before, and since then had been preparing him for their ultimate response... and he knew what that response would be. The nations would not use their vast military forces, nor their many long-range ballistic missiles... they wouldn't even rely on their stockpiles of alien technology.
No, he knew they would instead decide to send a scantily clad warrior woman toddling into his Sanctum.
Even now they send their proudest warrior to do battle with me, thinking to protect their pathetic planet from my Ultimate Agenda! They think they have given her the tools with which to defeat me! Fools! They have given her but toys and baubles which will offer her not but the briefest ray of hope against the coming darkness! Fools! They shall see how doomed they are when I present them their broken and used little heroine, turned into nothing but a pitiful wreck by my ministrations! Fools!
And then he enjoyed a good, long belly laugh, shoulders shaking with the hearty joy of it all... considering he had been horribly burned in a freak grease fire accident many years ago, and only regained his looks through an experimental military procedure stolen from alien cyborgs from the future, and perfected by a blind mute scientific prodigy who had been tragically transmutated into a chimpanzee, he found that life had certainly taken a turn for the better in the last six months or so. Stealing the Earth's water and blackmailing its governments for all the riches they could offer probably had something to do with that, but in the end it wasn't the true source of his good humour. No, he was in such an excellent mood because...
"Lord Apocalypt!" One of the villain's many loyal Wrath Soldiers appeared on the front viewscreen, even as screams and minor explosions sounded behind him. "Your expected visitor has arrived through our main hanger bay! She is destroying many of your minions, Great Lord!"
There it was.
"It is no matter!" Apocalypt proclaimed, hands resting on his hips as he turned towards the screen, hands behind his back and chest puffed out. "Her minor victories in reaching my lair will pale in comparison to her utter defeat at my hands! Her day is at an end!"
"So..." the Soldier paused before asking hopefully; "We need not throw ourselves in her way, then?"
"I didn't say that, did I?"
"...yes, Lord Apocalypt."
As the connection was cut, the Dark Lord enjoyed another long laugh, waiting for his newest guest to arrive.
No, he knew they would instead decide to send a scantily clad warrior woman toddling into his Sanctum.
Even now they send their proudest warrior to do battle with me, thinking to protect their pathetic planet from my Ultimate Agenda! They think they have given her the tools with which to defeat me! Fools! They have given her but toys and baubles which will offer her not but the briefest ray of hope against the coming darkness! Fools! They shall see how doomed they are when I present them their broken and used little heroine, turned into nothing but a pitiful wreck by my ministrations! Fools!
And then he enjoyed a good, long belly laugh, shoulders shaking with the hearty joy of it all... considering he had been horribly burned in a freak grease fire accident many years ago, and only regained his looks through an experimental military procedure stolen from alien cyborgs from the future, and perfected by a blind mute scientific prodigy who had been tragically transmutated into a chimpanzee, he found that life had certainly taken a turn for the better in the last six months or so. Stealing the Earth's water and blackmailing its governments for all the riches they could offer probably had something to do with that, but in the end it wasn't the true source of his good humour. No, he was in such an excellent mood because...
"Lord Apocalypt!" One of the villain's many loyal Wrath Soldiers appeared on the front viewscreen, even as screams and minor explosions sounded behind him. "Your expected visitor has arrived through our main hanger bay! She is destroying many of your minions, Great Lord!"
There it was.
"It is no matter!" Apocalypt proclaimed, hands resting on his hips as he turned towards the screen, hands behind his back and chest puffed out. "Her minor victories in reaching my lair will pale in comparison to her utter defeat at my hands! Her day is at an end!"
"So..." the Soldier paused before asking hopefully; "We need not throw ourselves in her way, then?"
"I didn't say that, did I?"
"...yes, Lord Apocalypt."
As the connection was cut, the Dark Lord enjoyed another long laugh, waiting for his newest guest to arrive.