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(finally) THE BOTTOM LINE The teenagers stood huddled together, frozen in terror as Bloody Mary slashed at La Llorona with her nails. Black bile emerged from the cuts as the two figures howled and snarled at each other like rabid animals. “We gotta get to the car!” Luke whispered urgently. “We’re never getting passed them!” Laura whimpered. “We’re going to die! We’re all going to…” “Laura! Stop that!” snapped Beth. “Let’s just move further down the beach. When we’re far enough away, book it for the road.” Laura started running down the beach sobbing. “I don’t care! I want to go home! I wanna…!” La Llorona teleported in front of Laura with arms outstretched. Laura barely had time to scream before La Llorona’s hands were grasped tightly around her throat. “LAURA! NO!” Luke sprinted towards his girlfriend only for Bloody Mary to fly through his body and tear out his heart on her way out. Zach grabbed Beth by the wrist and ran for the SUV as the ghosts finished off their lovestruck friends. “Get in the car! Go! GO!” The two jumped into the car and slammed the doors behind them. Zach fumbled through his pockets for the keys and shoved them in the ignition. The engine sputtered and wheezed but wouldn’t turn over. “Come on! Damn it, come on!” “Zach,” Beth said in a hushed tone. “I know! Just give it a second!” “No. Zach!” Zach looked up, following Beth’s gaze. He finally noticed the rear-view mirror. He could his reflection, Beth’s, and one other sitting in the backseat. Zach and Beth screamed as Bloody Mary emerged out of the rear-view mirror reaching for them. Instantly La Llorona appeared in the backseat and caught hold of Bloody Mary, giving Zach and Beth time to scramble out of the SUV. Bloody Mary hissed and delivered another blow to La Llorona’s face, then spun around and dragged her into the rear-view mirror after her. Beth and Zach laid out on the sand, gasping for breath and staring at the now still and silent SUV. Around them they could see the bodies of Luke and Laura lying next to each other a few feet away, Ozzie’s head, and Madison’s drowned body washing up onto the shore. Beth’s mind was still racing but her eyes were still locked onto the SUV. They were drawn to the windshield, cracked but still in one piece. She could see the blurred images of her and Zach, but there was also something moving in the reflection. She glanced behind them and back again, but the image remained. The image of two figures locked in combat. Then one of the images grew clearer and clearer, until finally a body burst out of the windshield shattering it. Bloody Mary was sprawled out in front of the car. Her pale face and clothes were even more tattered and torn, and her eyes seemed wide with uncharacteristic fear. La Llorona appeared before the SUV and advanced on her fellow spirit. Bloody Mary wailed as she tried to scramble away from her adversary, but La Llorona was quickly upon her. The ghostly lady grabbed her victim by the hair and with a determined look proceeded to drag her down the beach. Zach and Beth jumped aside as Bloody Mary howled and snarled in anger. She kicked and clawed at the air, but nothing could stop La Llorona’s march. She stepped into the shallows and continued deeper and deeper into the water. Bloody Mary let loose a final, piercing wail before she was completely submerged. Zach and Beth put their arms around each other as they stood near the shallows. The water bubbled and fizzed, a black substance coated the surface, and smoke that stank of brimstone rose up from where the two specters had disappeared. “Is it… over?” asked Zach, still in shock. “I think so,” said Beth. She took a deep breath and turned to face Zach. “We need to get out of here. You help me get the… others in the car. We’re not leaving them out here like this.” Zach nodded. “Yeah. You’re right. As long as it’s…” La Llorona’s hands burst out of the water and grabbed a hold of both Zach and Beth by an ankle. The two gave panicked cries as they were yanked off their feet and pulled into the water. Pulled under the surface, they could see La Llorona floating before them. Even as the water filled their lungs, they could hear her tortured call. “Mis hijos! Mis pobres, pobres hijos!”

Got nervous but I was able to get something up. My submission.

Chloe as Queen Bee should be much stronger than a normal person. Plus since Chloe has John Wick and John Spartan’s abilities and weapons, she could easily take out Emma and Willy Wonka. Medusa and Astronema would be a challenge, but with Lola Bunny to add support, Chloe could pull a win here.

Last second but I’ve finally got a match for y’all: Sorry I meant to post this a long while ago but life got in the way. Just happy that I managed to turn it in on before tomorrow.

Hello. So I like that you focused on the actual characters in your match; I was able to get a sense of their personalities, their abilities, and a very clear, logical, sensible reason for why they are fighting. I like that you're having jack Frost fight Jack Frost, its fun. Great voice on the demon. Good entry overall. However, I feel like I was plopped in the middle of their argument in the beginning. Where are they at, did demon jack frost just appear magically in a cloud of snow sparkles? Also, sure they're battling, but the goal is to freeze each other solid; I'm not sure if that's a good end goal, because the demon says if snowman wins hell let him have the name and leave him be, he doesn't seem to be in a fight to the death to me. Snowman does though. But if they're creatures of snow and ice im sure they can be killed but i don't know if its possible to freeze them solid It doesn't seem like that would be the way to kill them.

Good set-up, Johnny. As mentioned, nice dynamic with the Hellfire club finding an interesting choice for a new Black Queen. The Dark Queen actually does fight the Battletoads directly at the end of a lot of the early games. I'd have to agree, though, that Selene the mutant seems more powerful overall, so she should be able to keep her Black Queen spot when it's all said and done.

Good set-up, Macklemore. Given how many menaces hit Gotham, I could actually see this Yujiro dude happening to drop in. As for the match, Yujiro sounds like he's in the 100-ton, near-supersonic speed range, and with fighting skill at least on par with Batman to boot. Given that Batman's fought against Superman and similar threats, it's pretty plausible that he'd have a toxin that could weaken someone with Yujiro's strength. Batman's already apparently wearing armor that can take some of Yujiro's blows, but the given the latter man's speed, a few minutes may be all Yujiro needs to break through the armor and take the Dark Knight down. He himself may collapse soon afterward, though, so I guess that would essentially make this a draw.

You know this is a serious fight when Stormshadow is likely to lose. I'd say team 1 wins

Edit: Darn missed editing this explanation by a hair. I've been listening to the challenge stories at work and then going back to check for errors when I get home, I just ran out of time to get the second part in. But It wouldn't have changed my rating so at least there is that. Sorry. I rated it a 4.5 only because there wasn't really an explanation of what brought the characters together. The Spelling errors were nonexistent, at least none that I caught, and only ONE grammatical error which was just a missing "a". This is of course me being nit-picky to the extreme. I didn't vote because I didn't really know the characters.

gadgets. Batman needs gadgets for a adversary like Hanma.

Here is my entry.

Another good set-up, Macklemore. I chuckled through most of the match, especially when I realized that Wile E. pulled out a "jackass" sign. 😄 You may want to be careful about writing out a lot of the actual "battle", though, since it may show a little bias toward one side. As for the match, while I've never seen a Pink Panther film, I have a pretty good idea of what Clouseau's about from those Inspector animated shorts. I'm pretty confident that between Clouseau's bumbling and luck and Wile E's malfunctioning devices, the Inspector may get knocked around a bit, but he'll live. It would get hilarious in the meantime, though.

Okay, this is a good entry. It gets right into the personalities of the characters and the battle. As for the match, Shin Megami Tensei's Jack Frost seems to have the edge. He transported them both to the battlefield, and he just seems more powerful.

Yujio Hanma, even when injured or tranqued... is on a WHOLE other level compared to MOST incarnations of Bruce Wayne. I'm gonna go with Hanma here.

Well let's see. These are guys that aren't afraid to go all out. So team 1 vs. team 3- I'll go with team 1. Spawn definitely beats Skeletor but I think Skeletor can trump him if he his him hard enough fast enough so I'll give it to him this time. Team 2 vs. Team 1- Skeletor again can beat Ghost Rider probably more decisively that we think. Ghost Rider tends to get this victory but I'll give it to Skeletor again. I like Kotal Khan but Kratos has his number. Team 3 vs. Team 2- team 3 (Spawn) Darth Maul would be interesting to see tackle Ghost Rider But if he can't Spawn will come in after he deals with Kratos (I know the more likely match ups is the other way around but team 3 is the winner regardless). Looks like team 1 wins overall for me.

Here's my contribution to this.

Hey, @Macklemore, were you planning on entering this match in the Challenge? If so, it would qualify since it's the CBUB Match debut of Shin Megami Tensei's Jack Frost, and you'd need to post a link to it in the Writer's Challenge thread.

Good set-up and story, Macklemore. It gives the reader a good atmosphere of horror and impending combat. As for the match, I think Dracula can take this through smarts and attrition. He may not be able to turn into mist or animals in this match, but he can still teleport, climb walls, create illusions, and as shown in the match itself, control other animals. He also can't really be hurt aside from garlic or sunlight. In the end, I think Dracula eventually wears Bigfoot down enough to go for the kill.

I honestly can't decide between immortal MJ and Cain, but it's fairly certain that they at least have the stamina to outlast the rest of this group.

Well I came into this leaning Dracula but now I’m more undecided. I guess it’ll come down to which one can land the critical hit first.

😨 Thanks for the nightmares dude.

THE BOTTOM LINE The farmers and Sprout could only peer through the barndoors and watch in amazement as the Giant lunged towards Giganta. He slammed the super villainess’ back first against a silo. Giganta responded with multiple blows to the back of his head. “Hands off, you green geek!” she snarled. Giganta managed to get a leg up and kicked the Giant off of her. He stumbled across the valley and came crashing down to earth, flattening several acres of farmland in the process. “Get up, Giant!” yelled Sprout. “Please get up!” “Don’t worry, Sprout,” said the head farmer. “The Giant knows what he is doing!” Giganta advanced on the Giant, grinning confidently as he rose to a knee. “Face it, big boy. I’ve fought a ton of people stronger than you! And I’ve flattened them all!” The Giant glanced up to the sun in the sky, then back to Giganta. His eyes flashed with anger and his face was no longer jolly. “Ho. Ho. Ho.” The Giant raised his hand towards the sun, his enormous fingers almost looking like they could reach it. But to Giganta’s surprise the sun seemed to turn to point itself at her, as if the Giant was adjusting a lamp. The sunlight suddenly brightened and Giganta raised her hands to her face to shield her eyes. The Giant sprang up and rushed Giganta, tackling her back to earth. The entire valley shook with the sounds of the two enormous figures landing blow after blow as they rolled over fields of vegetables. “Oh dear!” moaned one of the farmers. “The whole crop will be ruined!” “Never mind the crop!” blurted out Sprout. “The Giant’s in trouble! The bad woman is gonna hurt him!” At last the terrified farmers could see Giganta’s head rising up into view. She was holding up the Giant by his green tunic in her clutched right fist. With her left hand she rained down shots to his face, causing red blood to mingle with his green skin. “Giant!” Sprout wailed. He ran out the door, but the head farmer clutched his wrist to stop him. “Sprout! Stay inside where it’s safe!” “But we gotta save the Giant! We gotta!” Grunted with exertion, Giganta lifted her battered opponent over her shoulder. She glared at the barn and frozen in terror farmers. “You dumb hicks want your friend back? You can have him!” Giganta gave a thunderous yell and hoisted the unconscious Giant over her head. With a roar she hurled the Giant toward the barn. “EVERYBODY! RUN FOR IT!” the head farmer yelled. The farmers of the valley ran out of way, just barely getting clear as the Jolly Green Giant crashed into the barn. Giganta slowly walked towards the Giant as he lay in a pile of shattered wood and smashed vegetables, groaning in pain. “Guess this valley will be needing a new giant,” she smirked, raising up a high-heeled shoe clad foot. “Ho, ho…” But before Giganta could land the killing blow, she felt something wrap around her left wrist. With it came a familiar sensation. And an all too familiar voice. “That’s enough, Giganta!” Holding the Lasso of Truth tight, Wonder Woman hovered in the air behind Giganta. With a sharp yank on the lasso, Giganta lost her balance and went tumbling backwards into a cornfield. “Wow! Who’s that?!” gasped Sprout, as Wonder Woman flew in to deliver a punch to Giganta’s face. “I… I don’t know, Sprout,” said the head farmer. “But I’d say it’s a good bet she’s on our side!” Giganta swung wildly to try to swat Wonder Woman out of the sky, but she flew out of range her strikes, only to swoop in deliver a final blow Giganta’s jaw. The giant super villain collapsed in a heap, her body slowly starting to shrink back to it’s normal size. Wonder Woman wrapped the lasso around Giganta as the farmers and Sprout ran over to watch. “It’s alright, everyone!” Wonder Woman said. “Giganta has been contained. I’m only sorry that I was unable to get here before she destroyed your crops.” “Oh that’s alright,” said Sprout. “The Giant will help us get this place all fixed up good as new! Look!” Sprout pointed as the Giant, battered but standing tall as ever, surveyed the acres of damage to his valley. He stretched out his hands to the sky and new, healthy vegetation started to grow. Wonder Woman nodded and smiled. “Yes, I see what you mean. Now if you would excuse me, I must deliver Giganta back to the authorities.” “Oh sure!” said the head farmer. “Thank you for all your help! Come back anytime you want! Come on, fellas! The Giant’s gonna need our help to clean up the valley! Let’s get a move on!” “Bye, nice lady!” called Sprout, waving to Wonder Woman as he ran off after the farmers. “Thanks for saving the Giant!” “Rotten, little kid,” Giganta muttered. She grunted as Wonder Woman tightened the lasso’s grip before taking off into the air, letting Giganta hang down below her. “Come along, Giganta. Let’s get you back to Blackgate. If I hurry, you’ll be just in time for dinner. I understand that cook is preparing some fresh… vegetables.” “Ho, ho, freakin’ ho.” And so Sprout and the farmers went back to work in the fields as Wonder Woman flew Giganta out of the valley of the Jolly… “Ho, ho ho.” Green Giant.

As much as I love me some Bigfoot, Drac takes this. Even if we go by the most "powerful" versions of Bigfoot, and even if we composite them into one being, it would be very old and very strong, likely older and stronger than Dracula himself, and it would be fairly intelligent, but it would lack any real means of putting Dracula down. There are many stories of Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) Knocking down trees and cabins and such, but nothing that makes me think he can deal lasting damage to a vampire. If he could lure Drac to a river or into sunlight he could weaken him but Bigfoot wouldn't know to do that. Couple that with the hundreds of reports of people who have harmed or even killed Bigfeet with gunfire, I just don't see how he wins

Luisa is too powerful, she boasts about moving mountains.

My entry!