Daitokuji Arena-Graviton City 

Last week, on the Author Avatar Arena...     

     Slow motion clips of Team Foxfire approaching the ring. Over the video montage,
Jonathan proclaims, "Tonight begins Team Foxfire's crusade to claim their rightful place as the
rulers of the multiverse! We've got the toughest characters, the BEST stories, and we're all
backed by the indestructible ego of Gonterman! You might as well hand that belt over to ME and
my boys, because none of these other posers even stands a chance!" Rapid clips of Team Foxfire
in action: Kintobor Thunderbombs Sailor Soulstone and their ambushes on Wolf and Oscar.
Davids Kintobor and Kronos can be heard, "The cyber fox, David Kintobor! The armored bad
ass, Star Mech! WE ARE TEAM FOXFIRE!!"
     Switch to clips of the Tuxedo Chris/General Patterson match,where Soulstone is struck
with a magical blast. Jim Ross can be heard, "MAHGOD! Soulstone's down!" Cut to Soulstone,
now a she, getting back up. "Isit just me or..." Ric Flair's response. "No, it isn't..." She quickly
runsfrom the amourous Tuxedo Chris.
     Pat Lee vs Wolf. A mechanical voice announces, "Due to mental instability, Wolf has
been disqualified from the match..."
     "Using a plot contrievence to defeat your opponent. That's loweven for these guys!" JR
comments. Cue footage of Wolf's "response" to thecall, including his devastating AK-47 on Pat
Lee.
     Oscar vs Taruchi, after the match. Star Mech ambushes Oscar, culminating in the
Starmech Lunar Drop. Cut quickly to Steve Borden (aka Sting), barely being held back by his
fellow wrestlers. "That's *MY* move, dammit! Nobody Death Drops Oscar but me!" Steve bolts
over the railing and Star Mech and Kintobor run like hell. The montage closes with Oscar, Wolf,
and Sailor Soulstone in the ring, with Team Foxfire circling outside, waiting to strike..

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     The quarterfianls open with the trademark whistles and fireworks to announce the
opening of tonight's AAA event. "The opening round provided several upsets as well as some
intense action," head commentator Jim Ross begins. "Good evening, everyone, and welcome to
the quarterfinals of the Author Avatar Arena tournament! As usual I'm with the professor Mike
Tenay and the legendary 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair." 
     "Tonight, we're at the newly built Daitokuji Arena here in Graviton City," Tenay smiled.
The camera cuts to a luxury booth, where several formally dressed people are milling about. A
middle aged gentleman and a young woman are greeting the guests. They both have lavander
hair. The man notices the camera and smiles, as does the woman. Ric grins and says, "And here
we have the lovely B-Ko Daitokuji and her wealthy father Hikaru. Ya know, old Hikaru there
looks a bit like the boss back home!" Jim ponders that for a moment and agrees, "Yes, there
*are* a few similarities between him and 'Billionaire Ted'..." Before he can speculate any further,
Mike Tenay breaks in. "Look who's coming down to our booth! Eric Bischoff!" The CEO of
World Championship Wrestling walked quickly down to the ringside announcer's table, a pained
look on his face.
     "Oh, *this* should be good," JR said with a roll of his eyes as Tenay handed his headset
off to Bischoff.
     "Shut your mouth and let me say what I've got to, Ross," Bisch snapped in reply. "The
Powers That Be sent me here with a little announcement." Eric stopped, took a very deep breath,
and continued. "Steve Borden apparently snuck out of our hotel room sometime last night. We're
pretty sure he came here. That means he's somewhere in the arena planning to do
God-knows-what to God-knows-who.
"    Flair was trying to keep his laughing somewhat discreet. "You mean Team Foxfire!"
Bisch nodded his head and then turned to face the camera. "Steve, If you're watching -- I KNOW
you're watching -- DO NOT try to get involved! These are self insertion characters, not wrestlers!
They've got unholy amounts of power and absolutely no scruples! You could get hurt or even
KILLED, and that would really screw up our storylines!"     "You call those things storylines'?"
Ross interjected. 
     "Ha ha. SHUT UP!! Steve, I have a small army of people looking for you, including
myself and the guys! Just give up now before something *bad* happens." Bisch then took off his
headset, handed it back to Tenay, and stormed into the back. 
     "This is going to be a *good* show. WHOO!!" Flair added with a devilish smile.
"Whatever. At the moment we've got to deal with..." Ross trailed off as Queen's "Princes of the
Universe" cued up, announcing Team Foxfire's arrival. Jim, disgruntled, sighs. Team Foxfire, as
usual, take their sweet time getting to the ring. They're getting mostly boos. Kintobor pauses to
borrow a fan's sign that says "Foxfire 4 Life." They finally make it to the ring and Grandpa
Coyote gets a mic, and proudly claims, "And let it be known that ol' Johnny B and the Double K
Konnection feel all the love in this arena tonight!" The old shapeshifter grins with pride as he
hands the mike to Jonathan Brisby. 
     "Now," Johnathan begins, smiling happily, "I'm sure the public is wondering about the
latest news on my newest cartoon adventure,'Jonathan Brisby and the Fauna Force'..." As
Jonathan goes into his spielon his upcoming comic, the announcers chime in.
     "He has his own cartoon show?" Ric asks snidely. 
     "Not only that," Tenay interrupts. "He has plans for appearances in a online gaming
magazine and newspaper as well."
     "Frightening," Ross comments.
     As Jonathan finishes he hands off the microphone to David Kronos, Tenay can be heard
softly chanting, "Please don't do a survey, please don't do a survey..." Kintobor and Starmech
lounge on the ring ropes. "Me and the Cyber Fox have a survey for you boys and girls..."  All
three announcers grumble. This time, JR came prepared, bringing a poker deck. JR, Tenay, and
Ric begin a game of poker. By the end of the Starmech and Kintobor's bit, Tenay has aquired a
massive pile of chips. JR and Ric stare at him in disbelief, and then clear off the announcer's
table as they sense that the spot is over. 
     "We'll then, without further ado," Jonathan announces, "Let's bring in the next target for
Team Foxfire, TUXEDO CHRIS!" Mechtail, Edward, and Coyote begin a *really* bad attempt at
singing 'Dude Looks Like a Lady'. "Get a rope," Jim comments coldly.  Jonathan chats with
Kintobor, saying "One really has to wonder about his choice in women..." As Chris's version of
"I'm Too Sexy" begins, the crowd begins to cheer and dance. Once again, Tuxedo Chris strides
confidently to the ring, with Molly, Sailor Sun, by his side. Most of the Team Foxfire members
return to the dressing room, but Star Mech stays behind.

 MATCH 1: KINTOBOR (/w Starmech) vs TUXEDO CHRIS (/w Sailor Molly)

     Once again, Tenay is forced to leave the table to make room for the lovely guest
announcer Sailor Molly. Ric, curious, asks her, "So what do you think of *Miss*Sailor
Soulstone?"    "Whel, if ya ask me, shesa bit of a tawm boy, but if she'd heuh Tuxedo Cre-us
owt, she'd undastand whatta swell guy he is," Molly sighs blissfully, and Ric and JR shake their
heads in disbelief.
     "And now we open the match, with Tuxedo Chris and Kintobor exchanging a series of
absolutely *vicious* blows!" JR exclaimed. "I have to admit, Ric, I was skeptical about this
whole thing when I took the job... but these Author Avatars are amazing competitors!"
     "That's one thing I'll give em! And Kintobor with a clothesline! WHOO!!" Kintobor then
drops him with a sidewalk slam, but only for a two count.   "Now Chris with a series of martial
art kicks... and a judo throw to the corner!" Ross continued.
     "Watch Kintobor's arm! Watch his arm!" Flair suddenly screamed. His bionic arm was
charged with electricity. He grabs Chris by the throat, hoists him up and slams him into the
turnbuckle. "OH NO!!" Molly wailed. JR and Flair could only wince at the incredibly high
frequency. The camera cut to the aisle way, as Soulstone, in shorts and a rather tight tank top
with Tuxedo Chris' logo on it came out. Ric is rather distraught. "He's really getting into acting
like a girl, isn't he?" 
     "I haven't seen a transformation like this since Dustin Rhodes became Goldust!" Ross
replied, equally disturbed.
     Soulstone approaches the ringside and seems to be cheering Chris on.
     "Kintobor's got his Prism Rifle! This is over!" Flair said as David stood over the injured
Chris. "Wait a minute... Chris has some of his throwing roses out!" Ross yelled. Chris drews
several of his roses with his coat pocket and launched them at Kintobor, striking in his shooting
hand andeye! "MAH GOD!" Ross exclaimed. Seizing the opportunity, Chris summoned his cane,
drilled it into Kintobor's gut, and finished with a golf swing to Davey-kins' head. "Kintobor is
OUT COLD!" Flair exclaimed gleefully.
     "GO CHRE-US!" Molly cheered. As Chris went for the pin, he noticed Soulstone,who
blew him a kiss. "OK, now this is just getting *weird!*" JR cautioned.
     "I know what's up... IT'S GENERAL PATTERSON!" Flair countered. General Patterson
ran out of the stands and entered the ring. He *nailed* Chris with the pommel of his sabre, then
threw him into the ropes and delivered the Bigby Crush Spinebuster. Patterson crawled out and,
with Soulstone, triumphantly left the ring. All the while, Starmech, at ringside, laughs his butt
off. 
     "I don't believe it! This whole thing was a huge set-up!" Ross said in disbelief.
     "You have to give credit where credit is due. That was some *fine* work," Flair
commented, his face perfectly straight.
     Kintobor crawled over and pinned the dazed Chris for the victory. "NOOOOO!"Molly
wailed. She threw off the headset and dashed to the ring to protecther beloved Chris. "For once,
Sailor Molly is right. I can't believe Foxfire just *scammed* another victory," Ross moaned in
disgust. The crowd seemed to agree with him; they booed Kintobor and Star Mech viciously
asthe two began to celebrate in the ring. It didn't last long. The arena's lights dimmed and
flickered, as the big screens cut to the Team Foxfire dressing room. The audience fell into a
sudden hush as Foxfire and StarMech froze. "Oh mah God," Ross breathed. It looked like a
warzone. MechTail and Edward, as well as Coyote were laying alongside busted tables and
overturned chairs. Jonathan staggered in from the side of the screen, one of his eyes blackened.
Kintobor gestured urgently for a mic. Once he had one, he yelled "WHAT HAPPENED?! Who
*did* that?"
     "Loser... looked like a KISS reject..." is all Jonathan can utter before being decked by a
superfast swirl of black motion. The camera panned out, showing the back of a tall man in a
black tranchcoat standing over Brisby's limp body. The man slowly turns around, and, from his
long hair and face paint, it is clearly...
     "STING!" Flair jumped out of his chair, cheering wildly. The crowd erupts in cheers.
Kintobor and Star Mech completely freak out. Sting points his bat at the camera. "You're next,"
he utters in a deadly-calm growl. Kintobor stared numbly up at the monitor as it cut into static.
With a deafening chant of "STING!! STING!!" ringing in his ears, he turned toStar Mech and put
on his bravest face.
     "We can't let him get away with that! Go back there and get him!" Kintobor commanded. 
     "HELL NO!" was Kronos' reply. "You go! You've got the Prism Rifle!" 
     "Listen, which one of us thought that using a Reverse DDT would be such a *brilliant*
move?!" Kintobor shouted back. As the two lieutenants of Team Foxfire bickered, the camera
panned back to the announcers. Tenay was just rejoining them. Flair was smiling as if he'd just
won his fourteenth World's Heavyweight Championship. 
     "While security clears the ring, we've got a promo for a new Author Avatar," Ross said
nervously. The monitor showed the skyline of Neo-Tokyo at night. Hard and fast techno music
keys up, and a figure in shimmering black power armor can be seen on a rooftop. A deep voice
over begins. "Chris Caldwell, a millenia ago I won the heart of Sailor Moon in the Moon
Kingdom." Cut to a flashback, showing a figure in black platemail and weilding a long sword.
Switch back to today. "Yeah, I had to fight my way in, and I destroyed Tuxedo Kamen, the *real
deal*, to win her." The armored man leaps from the building, and draws an energy blade. He
lands on the pavement on his feet, the blade imbedded in the ground. "I hear that*you* have her
now, but I will win her love again, and no imposter Tuxedo Mask will stop the wrath of
Ankoku!" Ankoku then walked into the night fog.
     The camera returned to Daitokuji Arena, where the opening of the Tenchi Muyo TV
series announced the arrival of Adam Chris Leigh. He arrives to the ring, being greeted by a
series of boos almost more blistering than those Team Foxfire received. Tenay was the first to
speak, as a clip from the previous event is shown. "Adam Chris Leigh made the mistake of
mocking Samantha Jones in the last round... let's see what he has to say now." 
     "Do we have to?" Flair whined. Adam took a mic, and began speaking. 
     "Last week, I said some rather tasteless things regarding Galaxy Police Detectives Kiyone
and Mihoshi, and most particularly to Ms. Samantha Jones. For that, I sincerly apologize--" His
attempts to be sincere are meet with a huge round of boos. Adam looks up innocently, and
continues, " -- but I promise that I will never, *ever*, make such rude comments again." He
smiles his most friendly smile to the camera as some hard rock music cues up (picture the Boss
fight theme in Final Fantasy 7) 
     "What's this?" JR asked. "Doesn't Pat come out to Glacier's music?" 
     "Much like Glacier, Pat is changing his image in an attempt to make people like him,"
Tenay replied. Pat came down to the ring, now dressed in street clothes and wrapped fists. He
entered was quickly greeted by the robo-ref. "You *will* have to fight this time!"it scolded. 

MATCH 2-ADAM CHRIS LEIGH vs PAT LEE
     "Pat Lee seems to have switched to a less flashy, but more brutal street fighting style,"
Tenay commented as the fight began. Pat unleashed a series of hard palm strikes and kicks to
Adam. He backed Adam to the ropes and attempted a spinning backhand. However, Adam seized
Pat and back dropped him over the ropes onto the floor below!
     "I don't believe this! Adam is dominating Pat tonight and... Sunton Drop from the top
rope! OUCH!" Ross said. Slightly battered, Adam rolls back to the ring and urges Pat on. 
     "Adam's taunting Pat... NOT a good move..." Flair added. Adam quickly began stomping
Pat, then stood him up and threw him into the ropes.
     "Now Adam going for a back drop... AND PAT LEE COMES BACK!" Tenay screamed
as Pat grabbed Adam by the head and knee-bashed him several times. As the battle continued, the
camera got a quick shot of a rather non-descript man, wearing a sweater and glasses, approaching
the ring. With a closer shot, he looks almost exactly like Pat.
     "Who is *that*" Flair asked, puzzled. Even Tenay shrugged. Rosskept up the
commentary. "Well, both men look hurt, but Pat has theupperhand. He's delivering some hard
kidney punches, and now he has Adam in a hammerlock." Pat holds his free hand to his side and
it begins shimmering with fiery energy. "He's going for the Megaton Punch!" Tenay screamed.
"In that position..." The audience communally gasps in pain as he drills the ki blast into the small
of Adam's back, creating a neat explosion in the middle of the ring. The mystery man looks on,
unamused.
     "Who *is* that?" Flair asked again. Adam is face down and unconcious, while Pat is
remarkably unharmed by the huge blast. Then the mystery man got up on the ring. Pat noticed
him and quickly moved to him like a happy pet. The camera zoomed in on the two. "I did it,
Doc!" Pat happily exclaimed. "I beat him, and I'm going to beat that fox creep, then we'll win the
tournament! Ain't it *COOL*?"
     The man looked coldly upon Pat and, with a swift motion, backhanded him. "You
arrogant whelp! I thought I could go on without *you*popping up again! I was in the middle of
finishing my Anime Detectiveseries, when I heard you had appeared again, making an ass out of
yourselfand me! Buy a clue!" The man returned to the floor and turned away,returning to his seat.
The announcers were dumbfounded. Ric, nearly insane with curiosity, exclaimed again "WHO
*IS* THAT?!" While Pat looks on, his eyes gazing out like a lonely pup, Adam gets up. Adam
stomps his foot, signalling for the Jurian Spike.
     "B-but," Pat uttered weakly, "I did it for *you*, Doc..." He turns around just in time to
receive Adam's superkick right to the face.
     "JURAIAN SPIKE!" Tenay howls. Pat collapses and is pinned for the three count. As the
man sits down, Pat's body begins to glow and condense into a sphere. The ball then sails up into
the air and fadesout. As the man is seated a few fans pat him in appreciation. Tenay was thefirst
to speak, his tone oddly sad. "I know who that is now. That's PearsonMui, the guy that *created*
Pat Lee." Jim looked at Tenay, almost shocked.
     "Pat's own *creator* hates him?" Tenay nodded somberly. "And without anAuthor's ego
to draw power from, an Avatar can't exist."  "So Pat's basically dead?" Flair asked softly. Tenay
nodded.
     "WHOOOOOOOO!! ONE DOWN, FIFTEEN TO GO!" Flair exclaimed giddily as he
leaped out of his seat to celebrate with a stylish Flair-walk. Back in the ring, Adam is giddy with
joy, jumping about as if he had already won the championship. "YAHOO! I DID IT! *I* BEAT
*PAT LEE*! KICKASS!!!" Adam hollers with gusto to the camera, "What do you think of
*that*, Pretty Sammy!?!"
     "So much for never, ever mocking Samantha Jones again..." Jim grumbled. Adam is
cabbage-patching in victory as a flash of shimmering red light appears behind him. Samantha, in
her heroic "Sillouette" costume, appears to the crowd's delight. "YES!" Flair said with a grin.
"Make that two down!" "That idiot Adam thinks the cheers are for him!" Ross added. Adam
turns and takes a bow... lowering his head onto Samantha's breasts. He quickly backs off from
the enraged Samantha, her eyes glimmering white with fury. "Ummm...gomen nasai?" Adam
says nervously. His apology is met with a flying roundhouse kick from Samantha, knocking him
out of the ring. Adam quickly runs like hell with Samantha in hot pursuit.      "Life is *good*" Flair
noted. 

END HOUR 1

     The camera cuts back to the announcers early. A nervous looking Jim Ross does his best
to apologize. "I'm sorry we're back so soon, but you wouldn'tbelieve who's coming down the
entrance ramp!" The camera pans over to Stingin full battle gear, making his way resolutely to
the ring. Bret Hart isfollowing him, obviously trying to calm him down. 
     "Why'd they send him?" Ross wondered aloud. "They way those two argue is famous!"
Tenay held a hand up to his headset, then added, "I just got a quick transmission from security.
Apparently Page and Bischoff were checking the rafters, and they're still up there. Bret was the
only one who could get to him in time."
     "Look, I know you're ticked, Steve," Bret said to his angry MWT3Kcompatriot, "but you
can't just barge in picking fights! There are some vicious characters in here!" 
     "He stole *my* move, and *my* trenchcoat!" Steve snapped back. "Hell, most of that
rodent's plots are just rehashed NWO stunts! They sucked the first time!!"
     "I know, I know!" Bret said in his best soothing voice. "But you still can't do this! It
would be like me running onto the RAW set and beating the crap out of Degeneration X!" Steve
stopped and turned back to Bret, walking until he was literally in the Hitman's face. 
     "Show me ONE person who wouldn't want to see that," Stevecountered. As Bret groped
for a comeback, a sultry voice called out overthe sound system. "Hey, boys!" The two wrestlers
turn to see a very lovely,anthropomorphic rabbit girl in a low-cut dress. Bret and Sting exchange
aconfused glance, as they aren't quite sure what to make of her. They bothtensed up, half
expectng an attack, as she slinked toward them. "I happened to find some footage that I'm *sure*
you two will enjoy," she cooed. Withthat, the big screens rolled footage from Star Mech's various
battles. Theannouncers burst out laughing as footage played, showing David Kronos andthe
senshi being chased around a mall by the Ultimate Warrior. Sting and Bret stoically tried to keep
their compsure, but eventually lost it andjoined the crowd, pointing and laughing as Chibi-Usa
took a Powerslam.Their laughs quickly died down as they watched Star Mech perform a very
familiar leg-lock on a dazed youma. The female bunny looked coyly at Bret,a slight glimmer in
her eye... Bret fought through an early stage of shockto utter... "That's-- that's my Sharpshooter..."
     "Scorpion Deathlock," Sting corrected as his face contorted with anger. Bret turned to
correct Steve, but then checked himself as his saw Steve burning with the rage that overcame any
pro-wrestler who had to watch a signature move get ripped off by someone completely unworthy.
Steve looked back at Bret, and for one shining moment, they were thinking the same thing at the
same time. "KRONOS IS *DEAD*!!" they howl in unison. The two bolt toward backstage,
leaving the rabbit woman in the ring. She begins laughing softly, then erupts into evil bitch
laughter as she fades away in a pale blue glow. Tenay puzzles on her sudden appearance and
disappearance. Then fear dawns on his face as he says, "I know that rabbit, I've heard of those
powers before..."
     Unfortuantely, everyone was ignoring Tenay. 

MATCH 3: NAV vs TAKEI
     In another section of the arena, Nav was entering the fog-filled battlefield.The sirens and
guitars of Perry Saturn's announced his arrival, and he iswelcomed.
     "Nav is getting quite a few cheers here in the Daitokuji Arena," Jim observed. "He must
be really impressing the fans!" Nav was armed with an assault rifle and wore an odd mechanical
device around his forearm. He takes cover behind some pillars as... "War Machine" begins
playing, and Takei strides into the arena. Before he enters the fog, Nav dashed across,riddling his
hardsuit with bullets.
     "Nav'll have to do better than that if he want to advance," Flair said.  "That barely
scratched Takei!"
     "Now Takei with a hydraulic-powered super jump... he's trying to land on Nav!" Tenay
added in, mentally noting to call security about the rabbit-woman later. Nav scampered away just
as Takei landed, causing a massive crater in the concrete floor. Takei spun around and launched a
burst of fire toward Nav, who dived over some boxes for cover. "Now Takei's charging up his
knucklebuster gauntlet! Nav's gonna be splattered all over this dimension and the next!" Ross
shouted. Nav narrowly dodged his punch and, using his momentum, grabbed Takei's fist and
slammed it to the ground. The huge resulting explosion sent both combatants flying.
     "These two Avatars are tough, I'll give them that," marveled an impressed Ric Flair. Both
men are battered, but manage to stand up. Nav launched a volley of bullets at Takei. Takei recoils
from the force of the shots, but took no real damage. He returned fire, nailing Nav several times. 
     "MAH GOD! Nav's been hit! He's wounded!" Ross exclaimed. Nav took one on his
shooting hand, two in the arm, and even one in the head. The crowd booed viciously as Nav's
glasses shattered. He collapsed to the ground, his assault rifle skittering across the floor and
blood creeping down his arm. 
     "Could we finally be having an upset?" Tenay asked anxiously. Takei covered the
wounded, blinded Nav, who barely managed to kick out at two. A chant of "Nav! Nav!" spreads
across the crowd. Nav, realizing that he's not alone, draws strength from the crowd and fights his
way up. As Nav places his hands behind his head, the camera pans around to show a paint gun
pistol taped to Nav's back. Nav swiftly draws the pistol and blasts Takei with a series of colored
pellets, right across his visor.   "Touche!" Flair remarked admiringly. He'd have to remember that
one. Nav reached into a pouch in his camouflaged pants and chucked a pair of square objects at
Takei. Takei, having cleared away some of the paint, reflexively grabbed the objects. They
emitted a clicking noise and begin to glow. Takei desperatly tried to shake them off, but they
were stuck tight to his armored arms. 
     "The world's greatest anti-moonie has done it again!" Ross exclaimed. With a wise-ass
grin, Nav raised the arm with the bracer on it. A grappling hook launched from it and latched
onto the rafters. Nav pulled himself to higher ground just in time to avoid the explosion erupting
below him. When the fire died out, Takei was still standing, his armor blown off. Takei swayed a
little bit, and then collapsed. Nav unlocked his hook, and flipped onto Takei with the Desert
Eagle Moonsault from the high ledge forthe victory! 
     "Amazing! Absolutely amazing!" Tenay cheered, completely forgetting about the
rabbit-woman. The crowd is absolutely deafening as they cheer on Nav. 
     "Forget the Undertaker... Nav is the phenom now!" Flair exulted. Bane came out to hug
Nav, but backed off a little as Nav winced in pain. He carefully guided the still-smiling Nav back
to the dressing room.    "And as Nav limps way from a hard earned victory, we're going to take
apeek at another upcoming Author Avatar, Nightman," Ross finished. Jazz music and
saxophones play as a caped figure looks over Neo-Tokyo.

     "Neo-Tokyo, the integral hub of the multiverse. As the creator of the prominent tale,
"Minako: Warrior, Princess, Sidekick?" I am very accoustomed to non-analogous realms. With
my granted abilities, I can sense the events and waves of this great city like a radio. But, you,
Jonathan Brisby, your mind is tuned to the frequency...of evil." The camera pans to the man,
dressed in a hard rubber superhero suit, a red eye glimmering from his mask. 
     "Team Foxfire, there is a new magistrate in the Author AvatarAssociation, and he is...the
Nightman!" With that, Nightman flies off into the sky -- in rather clumsy, Puma Man-esque
fashion. 
     "Nightman," JR comments dryly as we return to the action. "The brilliant mind behind
Sailor Xena, making his way soon to the AAA."
     "At least he's not running about in *Xena's* armor," Ric adds with a bemused grin. 
     "'The frequency of evil'...that's as bad as purveyor of good'," Tenay said with a confused
shake of his head. "That's going to bother me all night..." Suddenly, "Unforgiven" begins to play
throughout the arena, much to the crowd's delight. Sure enough, Wolf is making his way down
the walkway to the cheers of "WOLF-A-RINE!" He's carrying a six-pack of Wolfweisers and is
heading toward the announcer's booth. He growls at Ric. Startled, the Nature Boy bolts upright,
and suddenly Wolf grins. 
     "Right then," Wolf tells Ric. "While you're up, how about you grab us some munchies?"
He then takes Ric's seat. Ric stands speechless for a few minutes, and then becomes very angry as
Tenay grins devilishly at him.
     "You furball, you can't--" Ric is cut short as, with a *SNIKT*, Wolf unsheathes a claw
and opens his brewski. He eyes the veteran wrestler deviously as he drinks. "Munchies. Right.
Well then..." Ric continues, slightly more cautious as he wanders off. Once he's a safe distance
away, his expression becomes very angry as he decides to show Tenay the Figure-four leg-lock --
the receiving end.
     "So, Mr. Wolf," Jim says, surprised but still professional. Wolf hands off a beer to him
and an immensely happy Tenay. "Err...thanks. Anyway, I'm sure you were pleased with the fate
of Pat Lee," Ross finishes.
     "Oh *hell* yeah, Ross!" Wolf growls. "That punk didn't have the cajoles to fight me for
real. He had to pull a plot twist out of his ass! Getting disowned by his own writer was *the*
perfect fate!" Wolf is cut off by the mysterious old theme music of Goldust, signaling the
entrance of Oscar. As the Saiya-jin approaches the ring, Tenay asks, "So, Wolf, what do you
make of the Saiya-jin? Oh, and can I have another?" 
     "Sure, Ixnay," Wolf replies as he tosses Tenay another Wolfweiser. "Well, he's a weirdo,
that goes without sayin', but there's an old sayin' that my sensei told me: 'The enemy of my enemy
is my friend.' So long as he's busting up on Brisby and his clowns, I'm all for him." 
     "So I take it you also approve of Sting's assaults on Team Foxfire?" JR asked. Wolf
grinned happily as he remembered the scene Sting made in the foxfire locker room. "Oh, yes. I
hope he decides to *really* be like the Crow, and goes after Brisby's punks with a katana!" JR
winced as he imagined the bloodshed that would ensue if such a thing happened.
     "Pardon me, Wolf," Tenay interrupts, "There seems to be some trouble in back room..."
The camera cuts to backstage. Doug Dillenger and his staff are securing the area, while a
pony-tailed gentleman with glasses, Ranma 1/2's Dr Tofu, is examining a tramatized young
woman. Other medical staff are on hand. 
     "What happened to her?" Tofu asks Dillenger. 
     "We found her in shock like this," the security head replies. "She's been mumbling about
rabbits for the past ten minutes."
     "Oh dear..." Tenay worries, suddenly remembering his promise to call security. Back in
the arena, all of Team Foxfire is escorting Star Mech to the ring. While Kronos enters the ring
with Oscar, the others jeertoward the announcer's booth. Wolf gazes over with a predatory stare
as the arena security back the remainder of Brisby's crew up the ramp way. The bell rings and the
match begins! 

MATCH 4: OSCAR vs DAVID "STAR MECH" KRONOS
     "Oscar is first on the offensive tonight, launching a flurry of martial arts strikes at Star
Mech. Star Mech blocks, and forces Oscar into the corner," Tenay called tensely. The entire
arena was silent, completely into the match.
     "Now Star Mech is bitch-slapping Oscar-- bad move! The hermaphrodite is PISSED!"
Wolf adds. The enraged hermaphrodite knocks Kronos down with a solid kick and proceeded to
grind his arm with vicious strikes. He gets a joint lock on his elbow, but has to release it when
the robo-ref interferes. "Now Star Mech is on the outside. Oscar charges and --devastating
baseball slide!" Ross comments. Star Mech sprawls against the railing, as Oscar, hops to the top
turnbuckle and attempts a flying tackle.
     "Kronos grabbed him," Tenay shouts. "Fireman's carry, and Spicolli Driver onto the
ground!" 
     "Now watch Kronos weasel back into the ring," Wolf added in disgust. Then Wolf nearly
howled with fury as Kronos started firing off crotch chops in his direction. Wolf started firing
insults back at Kronos.
     "Star Mech should be watching his opponent instead of our guest," Jim says in
anticipation. "Oscar with a flying clothesline!" Oscar then throws Kronos against the ropes,
trying for the frankensteiner. But Kronos grabs him and turns it into a wicked jack-knife
powerbomb. 
     "Oscar is down," Tenay says anxiously. "Star Mech has his Moon Prism rifle out..."
Mystical energy swirls around the barrel and blasts toward the fallen Oscar. Yet somehow, Oscar
reaches up, his outstretched palms glowing, and blocks the incoming energy. 
     "YES!!" Wolf shouts. "Oscar didn't watch all of those Dragonball Z episodes for nothing!
He's pulling off a comeback that Goku would be proud of!" Oscar is slowly getting up, and
Kronos is grimacing as he tries toforce his power to hit it's mark. Suddenly, Oscar's hair glows
golden, andhis ki aura erupts. "KAMEHAMEHA!" Ross screams joyfully. Oscar lets out a shout
and channels his energy, as well as Kronos' own attack, back into Star Mech. Kronos flies back
against the corner turnbuckle, singed and limping. A triumphant Oscar flies in for a missle
dropkick and...
     "GOD DAMMIT!" Wolf shouts in frustration. Somehow, Kronos finds enough strength
to drop kick him in mid-air. Kronos stands up wearily and signals across his throat that it's time
to end it. He hoists Oscar up, and hooks his head for the Starmech Lunar Drop. He suddenly lets
Oscar fall limp to the ground, Star Mech's grin implying that he has something else planed. He
moves over to his legs, and is about to apply the Sharpshooter/Scorpion Deathlock... When the
lights go out. 
     "Oh mah God..." JR breathes. "What next?" 
     "Probably the Undertaker's evil twin brother Skippy," Wolf added snidely. But the crowd
-- and Wolf --explode in delight as the lights come on. Sting is directly behind Kronos, who is to
busy trying to lock in the Sharpshooter/Death Lock. Sting promptly snags Kronos by his pony
tail. Kronos flails his hands about in horror, realizing what's about to come. Sting grabs his head,
and slams Kronos down with the one and only Scorpion Death Drop. Oscar stares up at Sting
fearfully as he moves toward Kronos' limp carcass. Sting then smiles slightly, and stands aside as
Oscar crawls over for the pin. 1-2-3!! The announcers erupt into wild cheers.
     "I don't believe it," Ross enthused. "I guess Sting has forgiven Oscar for Sailor Moon vs.
The WWF'!" "Either that or he *really*, *really* wants to embarrass Star Mech," Wolf chuckled.
The rest of Team Foxfire scrambled into the ring to take their vengeance upon Sting. They began
scrambling out just as quickly, when they realized that the 6'3" Sting had an insurmountable
power advantage over them, coupled with lots of experience in gang warfare. Then, two people
bolt from each side of the rampway and blindside the retreating Foxfire members, leaving them
in unconscious piles on the ground. One is in a hooded robe while the other is clearly Bret Hart.
Tenay glowered at Bret as the Hitman punched out Grandpa Coyote. 
     "Something's not right here," he finally said. 
     "You're right," Jim added. "Bret's moving very slowly -- almost clumsy. It's like he's not
thinking about what he's doing." Wolf stared at the vacant look in Bret's glazed eyes, and a shiver
ran down his spine.. Sting notices Bret's glazed look and mechanical actions as well. "BRET!
What the..." Sting shouts. The hooded figure pulls back his hood. He is a very muscular
humanoid rodent, much like Wolf. Wolf bolts upright at the sight of this individual. 
     "Agent Q!?!" Wolf growls. Then, softly, "He's still alive!" 
     "Q" draws, from his cloak, a bizarre, partially organic weapon, and fires a black beam of
energy at Sting. Frozen in his tracks by surprise, the power beam nails Sting squarely in the side
of his abdomen. Sting falls to the mat, clutching his ribs. JR hollers in fear and bolts up as he
sees blood gushing out over Sting's black gloves. "What the hell is going on here!?!" he shouts.
"Somebody call security! And get Dr. Tofu out there!"
     "Mr Borden..." A slightly British voice chimes over the PA system. Wolf scrambles to the
ring to protect Sting. Oscar had long since gotten out of the ring and into the back. Kronos is
groggily standing up. "JEEZ!" he shouts, "That gun's larger than mine! Where did he get that--"
A short, tuxedo clad figure approaches to join Bret and Agent Q. His head is lowered, but rabbit
ears peak through his top hat. Kronos freezes in recognition as he recognizes the humanoid rabbit
that is Johnathan Brisby's greatest nemesis. The rabbit looks up to the crowd and grins slyly. 
     "...ifyou must go, go with a *smile!*" He laughs softly, and then suddenly bursts into
maniacal laughter. He pulls out a boxing-glove gun and fires at Star Mech, sending Kronos flying
through the ring ropes (literally -- they ripoff the turnbuckles) and onto the announcer's table. The
Star Mech armor falls off in pieces as Kronos lies slumped on its splintered remains. Tenay and
Ross promptly scream and hide in the table's ruins. The rabbit manaicly laughs again and
advances on Wolf and Sting, with Q and Bret backing him up. "Now it's time to show Mr.
Borden the true meaning of copyright infringement!" the rabbit laughs as he reloads his deadly
boxing-glove gun. Wolf growls and unleashes his claws, but he's not happy at the prospect of a
three-on-one fight with a wounded person to watch. 
     Jim Ross and Mike Tenay peek over their table. 
     "*That's* the mastermind behind this ambush!?" Ross hollers. 
     "That, Jim, is Pippkin" Tenay informs him, "A major thorn in Brisby's side since Day 1,
and if he's entering the AAA..." he pauses ominously as Pippkins continues his advance. "The
whole multiverse could be in a world of hurt..."
      "I DON"T THINK SO!" a voice blares out over the PA.
     The camera shoots up to the rafters, where they catch an amazing sight: DDP ziplining
down to the ring with Eric Bischoff holding on to his back with a white-knuckled grip. Page
lands right beside Wolf and undoes the harness with a quick snap of a buckle. Bisch leaps off
Page's back and lands lightly on the floor, brandishing his microphone.
     "*NEVER* mess with *my* wrestlers!" Bischoff yells. Pippkin laughs again. 
     "So the corporate raider wants to play the hero? Fine! Let's see how willing you are to
fight your ticket into the *precious* Canadian market! Under *my* control, your Hitman will
battle to the death -- yours or his!" Page, who was checking on Steve, looked very worried. Wolf
was ready to fight, and said to Bisch   "Get out of the way. I can take him." 
     "NO!" Bischoff returned. "I can't let you hurt him. *I'll* handle this," he said as he
pressed a button on the side of his microphone. A 3 and a half foot razor-sharp cord shot out of it.
Eric snapped it threateningly, like a whip.
     "SWEET JESUS!" Tenay shouted. "Is Bischoff actually going to fight Bret Hart?" 
     "MAH GOD!" JR added in outright fear. "Bret beat the snot out of Vince McMahon...
could Bischoff possibly stand up?"
     "Well, Eric is a second-degree black belt in karate..." Tenay finished. The crowd dropped
to a deadly silence as Pippkin and Q backed away and Bret stepped forward. As Eric had hoped,
the mind control made Bret's movements slow and awkward... kinda like Hogan. As Bret went
for a clothesline, Eric managed to duck and roll under it. Eric quickly got back up, turned around,
and whipped the cord at Bret. Bret easily brought up his arm in enough time to intercept the cord.
It wound around his arm and cut into the material of his leather jacket. "Bitchoff's dead," Ross
said simply. Then Bischoff pressed another button on his mic/whip. Bret screamed as a powerful
jolt of electricity ran through the cable. After the electric bolt ran it's course, Bret dropped limply
to the ground. He was motionless for a minute and then slowly pulled himself up.     
     "Wha--?" he said, obviously confused. But the glazed look in his eyes was gone, and he
was obviously himself again. Behind Eric, Pippkin howled with insane rage and fired off his
boxing-glove gun at Bishcoff. It slammed into Eric's shoulder with a sickening crack and sent
him flying into the air. Bischoff sailed out of the ring and landed on the rampway about ten feet
away. Pippkin grinned evilly and then gestured to Q. The two psychotic funny-animals charged
Page and Wolf. Wolf leapt right back at them and sent them into the mat with a
double-clothesline. At Page's yell, Wolf rolled out of the way. While Pippkin and Q stood up,
Page stared them down. 
     "You bastards decided to sing it, so I'm gonna bring it!" Page said as he began glowing
with anintense blue battle aura.
     "THE HELL?" Ross and Tenay shouted in unison. Page formed his hands into the famous
Diamond Cutter symbol, and then shouted, "You're gonna get BANGED! DIAMOND
EXPLOSION!!" An intensely powerful blue energy blast shot out of the diamond', hurling
Pippkin and Q out of the ring. "Now! While they're down!" Wolf shouted back to Page. DDP
nodded, and moved over to the still-bleeding Sting. Bret was looking around with a positively
haunted expression, expecially when he saw Steve's bleeding body. "Are you going to help me or
not?" Page shouted urgently as he began gingerly lifting Sting's shoulders.
     "I --I--" was Bret's numb reply. "Should we be moving him?" he finally blurted out. 
     "YOU WANNA LEAVE HIM HERE?!" Page snapped back. Bret quickly moved to pick
up Steve's legs, grimacing at all of the blood. The two of them carried Steve out of the ring while
Wolf moved to pull up Bischoff. Bisch's arm was hanging limply and uselessly at his side,
obviously broken in at least one place. They all ran back into the dressing-room area as quickly
as they could. "Page actually contrived himself superhuman powers to save his friends!" Tenay
marveled.
     "Well, everyone else was, so why not him? Still, this is a sadway to end the tournament.
Look, Pippkin and Q aren't even scratched!"Which was true. As the evil funny animals got up,
the worst that happened was a slightly mussed collar on Pippkin. Of course, this enraged the
insanerabbit. He grabbed a microphone and shouted, 
     "This isn't over yet, you*rasslers*! And your ass is mine too, Brisby!" Q grunted in
agreement, and then the two of them left the ring through the opposite exit. Tenay finally stood
up, sensing that the worst of the carnage was over. "I'm going to head into the back and see if I
can get an update on Steve and Eric's medical conditions." Jim nodded as Tenay ran off into the
back. Ross also decided to finally get up, realizing how undignified his position was.
     "Well, I-- what can I say? Raw never ends like this! Like Tenay said, we'll give a full
update on the condition of the casualties, and a list of the semi-final matches as soon as possible.
I thought the last few fights here would be pretty clean-cut, but with Pippkin and Q here who
*knows* what's going to happen? The multiverse may not survive this tournament to crown a
winner!" Flair wandered back into the ringside area, carrying a tray of munchies and beer. "What
the hell happened here?!" he asked Ross. Jim hung his head in exasperation. "I'll explain it to you
later, Ric. Until next week, good night and God help us all!"

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CONTINUITY NOTES: The version of Sting that appears here is the version that appeared on
Monday Nitro in the Hogan vs. Sting saga (white face paint, grim and mostly silent character),
not the lame-ass Wolfpac Sting (red face paint, acts like a crackhead). For MWT3K continuity
purposes, this takes place after post 103 and before post 104. Bischoff's weapon, the Starlight
Microphone, will be making it's first appearance in the latter half of post 104. Lynxara decided to
use it here because it seemed fitting.