Betrayal Game II #50: Around the World in 80 Slays

Sooraya had had enough of watching her friends constantly die around her. She did not know Roberto very well, but he was her teammate when she ran around during that terrible Young X-Men debacle. A period best forgotten, she thought to herself. At least Ink wasn't a part of the delegation.

She noticed Teon approach her. "Hello friend," she pondered as she had said. "Mate?" he sniffed her butt as he said it. "What? By Allah, no!!!"

As Dust made her way away from Primal, she noticed Hercules. The mighty sexy man had stirred feelings in her she felt shamed her beliefs. It must be the work of the devil.

"What the heck is that smell?!  It's enough to kill someone!", a perplexed Wolverine asked a nearby Dust.  She silently shrugged her shoulders, not having an answer for the veteran X-Man.  "I swear Sooraya, either someone forgot to take Wolfsbane out for her potty break, or Avalanche already had his inside his walking bedpan armor."

Round 4

With Primal having convinced everyone of his innocence, Deadpool knew that the killer would probably knock off the Ukrainian mutant. "Listen," Deadpool said to Teon, "I'm going to make it my personal mission to make sure nothing happens to you. Stick by my side and I'll keep you safe."

3 minutes later

Primal was dead.

Deadpool didn't know how it happened. He must've not been paying attention. But there Primal lay decapitated on the floor. He tried to think of a good excuse while he went to tell the others.

He didn't see them in the main hall anymore so he looked in some other rooms, but it seemed everyone had gathered somewhere else. Towards the back of the building where some new construction was going on he finally found them all. "I found Primal dead guys. It wasn't my fault, I tried to tell him to..." Deadpool trailed off as he noticed they were all focused on a large metal beam. "I see the killer is trying to make a point here," said Deadpool as he took his own look at the sight. And it was a very sandy point, because Dust was impaled on the girder. Two deaths at once, the killer was stepping up his attacks. Deadpool found the expected note by the body, but it was even stranger than the others. It only said "Tromso"

Might be murderers
Lifeguard X
Wolverine XXXXX
Apocalypse XXXXX XXXX
Avalanche XXXXX
Hercules XXXXX XXXXX
Banshee XXXXX
Surge XXXXX X
Thor XXXXX XXXXX XXX
Omega Red XXXXX
Mondo X
Micromax XXXXX XX
Wolfsbane XXXXX XXX
Cecilia Reyes X
Karma XXXXX X

Definitely not a murderer
Madrox and 63 dupes
Deadpool
Sunspot
Dust
Primal

Remember to use your roles




Edited by Cable - 23-Oct-2011 at 5:07am

Apocalypse cornered the frightened Karma. The young woman tried to use her ability on the immortal mutant. "Stop straining yourself child. IMy psychic barriers are far to strong for you. However, I can change that. I offer you  the position of one of my Horseman. I can give you the power to spread your influence over the land like a Pestilance. Your power will rival that of the Shadow King. You will no longer have to fear him. Plus I can give you a real leg, not that toy the X-Men attached to you." Karma was shocked by the offer from the notorious X-villian. "What makes you think I will ever accept your offer?" "You misunderstand. You will become a Horseman, provided you survive this ordeal. Omega Red has already accepted my offer and I'm sure the deranged Surge will as well. Do not make things harder then they have to be for yourself."

Edited by placebo - 23-Oct-2011 at 7:38pm

"This is turning out to be a complete nightmare." Vivid flashbacks of the death camp reemerged in her mind. She sulks her head, cusping her forehead she shakes off the memories, regaining her strength to concentrate again. If I am to to live through this, or be any use here I must focus. She thinks to herself. It seems that the two youngest delegates were target this time, and young Dust was the only female.... I still cannot place what these clues could possibly be. Don't think I don't know of the offers from Apocalypse trying to and corrupt who's left. Maybe that's just it, are Mondo or Surge trying to prove themselves, worthy?

Cecelia wonders around, I still have kept my distance from the feral mutants, Wolfsbane and Wolverine....and the Gods seem to be busy with Banshee, I wonder if Lifeguard is fairing any better?

Edited by Heroscott7 - 24-Oct-2011 at 9:24pm

"I didn't know Lifeguard was such a ho." Micromax pondered to himself as Heather stormed off. Still, he had to admit she was good looking.

Omega red laughed at SURGE as she approached APOCALYPSE. "Silly girl. You act like you have the too many personalities disorder. Perhaps chaos horse needs rider, yes? Now all we need is to find out how is possible for someone trap immortals and metallic super beings in conference building? I find hard believe is true." He went off to find the doors.

Banshee was the drunkest he's ever been. So drunk that he began to approach Apocalypse angrily.

"Hey! Big guy! Remember me?," Banshee yelled up at him.

"Honestly, no," Apocalypse said matter-of-factly. "And I don't wish to be reminded. Leave my presence before I swat you like a fly.

Banshee yelled inaudibly and flew crooked up to Apocalypse's face. He drunkenly swayed back and forth and said, "Why not me? Not good enough for you, old boy???"

Apocalypse gestured towards

"Excuse me?," asked Apocalypse.

"I've been an X-Man for quite some time now. Why haven't you ever chosen me to be a horsemen?

Apocalypse gestured towards Omega Red. "Consider him your first assignment as my Horseman," he said.

With no hesitation, Omega Red grabbed Banshee with his tentacles and flung him hard against the wall. Forgiving him for his earlier actions, Cecilia Reyes rushed to his aid, trying her best to keep Omega Red away with her powers.

"You're a despicable creature," Karma said to Apocalypse. "Do you really think I have forgotten what happened when you 'helped' Angel? My answer is, and ever will be, NO!" Karma walked away from the immortal mutant as she saw Surge approaching. It was best not to be seen together with a known villain, especially with people being suspicious and all. But she knew that, even though Apocalypse was as evil as they come, he had nothing to do with these latest murders. Her mind had touched his and there was no doubt about this. Instead, it was funny man Micromax who topped of her list of suspects. She had to learn the truth, even if it would kill her.

She approached the Brit, passing the gluttonous Hercules on the way. "Micromax, I'm sorry for this. Or maybe not. We'll see." Focusing her mental energy on the size-shifter, Karma tried to take over his mind.

Round 5

Deadpool carefully examined the little pieces of paper. He switched them around and arranged them in proper order but it was clear he was still missing some pieces of the puzzle. Then he pushed aside those McDonald's Monopoly game pieces and focused on the clues instead. Unfortunately his concentration was interrupted by a beeping sound. He checked his phone and his pager and his PDA and his Nintendo DS and his Kindle and his MP3 player and his watch and then the alarm system he had set up to go off in case anyone tried to leave. Probably should have checked that first he realized as he saw that was indeed what had been triggered.

As he went to the door that was open to see what had happened he ran into Omega Red.

"Did you go outside?" asked Deadpool.

"No, you said we were not permitted to. You don't trust me?" asked Arkady.

"You are a notorious villain at a conference of superheroes where several of them have turned up dead. Why would I trust you?" replied Wade.

"Good point," the Russian said. "But still it wasn't me. Lifeguard said she needed some fresh air and was stepping out for a moment. Should I have killed her to prevent this?"

"No, that would not be necessary," said Deadpool.

"Should I go kill her now for breaking rules?" asked Omega Red.

"NO! NO KILLING PEOPLE," Deadpool shouted. "Why the hell are you here? Was the Winter Guard really too busy? They haven't gone on a mission in like a decade but they can't come to this?"

"Quite frankly I'm offended by your tone," replied Omega Red.

Deadpool just shook his head and went outside to find the Australian mutant.

----

The killer must have some sick sense of humor because Deadpool found Lifeguard floating dead in a large fountain out front. She had no marks on her and had apparently been drowned in the water.

He gathered everyone inside once again and reiterated no one was to exit the building. Except the killer. The killer could permanently exit the building and not return if she wanted. But everyone else was stuck in this very crowded edition of Marvel Team-up with Deadpool.

He noticed however that not everyone was present. The entire Vietnamese delegation was missing.

"Alright everyone! Let's split up and look for Karma," he said.

"Shouldn't we search in pairs?" asked Thor. "Going off by ourselves seems like it will lead only to another victim."

"You just want a partner so you can murder them, you killer!" accused Deadpool.

"But have I not already declared I am not guily?" replied the Norse god.

"You expect us to believe your half-hearted OOC declaration of innocence?!" asked Wade.

"Yes," said Thor.

"Ok, we do. But still it will take longer to go in pairs so we have to weigh the pros and cons of your lives versus my valuable time and I really think its going to come down to us needing to split up," reasoned Deadpool. "So let's get to it!"

After a few minutes of searching, Karma's body turned up. Her neck had been snapped. But that wasn't the worst part. As they all eventually came together to see the tragic fate of the girl, Thor didn't join them. They found him in the kitchen, also dead.

After examining his body it was clear he had died of a severe allergic reaction. Some peanuts were near his body.

"Wow, Thor was allergic to peanuts," said Deadpool. "Can't believe this never came up."

"It seems like an awfully convenient way to kill off a nearly indestructible character using a cast of characters with limited powersets," said Mondo.

"Hey can you name an issue where you saw Thor eating peanuts? This is perfectly legitimate!" said Deadpool.

"How would the killer know he was allergic when no one else did?" said Avalanche.

"Entirely irrelevant," said Wade. "What is important is this: Who could have forced him to eat these peanuts? Easy. KARMA. Karma is the killer!"

"Are you serious?" asked Hercules.

"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" replied Deadpool.

"We found Karma dead like literally ten minutes ago," the Greek god replied.

"Did we?" asked the merc. "Oh yeah! We totally did. Man, that's three kills this round. You know what we should have done? Gone searching in pairs."

Everyone just sighed and shook their heads. Deadpool picked up a scrap of paper. Another clue, but they had now degenerated into complete nonsense: "^1234^<6789>"


Might be murderers
Wolverine XXXXX
Apocalypse XXXXX XXXXX
Avalanche XXXXX X
Hercules XXXXX XXXXX XXX
Banshee XXXXX X
Surge XXXXX XXX
Omega Red XXXXX XXX
Mondo XXXX
Micromax XXXXX XXXX
Wolfsbane XXXXX XXXX
Cecilia Reyes XXX

Definitely not a murderer
Madrox and 63 dupes
Deadpool
Sunspot
Dust
Primal
Karma
Lifeguard
Thor



Edited by Cable - 28-Oct-2011 at 6:22am

"Who the hell would know that Thor was allergic to peanuts?" asked Surge.

Are you talking to me?

"Are you talking to me?" asked Apocalypse, raising the area of skin where his eyebrows would have been had he possessed any. A brother over-plucked.

"I'm talking to you, Apocalypse," she said, ignoring the almost super-modelesque Das_boot as he continued narrating. "Doesn't it seem weird that someone knew of a specific allergy? Especially when Cecelia could have given him a dose of epinephrine? And that she's also the resident doctor so she'd have had access to this," handing Apocalypse Thor's medical notes.

"Where did you find this?" he asked.

"I don't know," replied Surge. "Where DID I find this?"

Oh, plot device. Unimportant.

"Gotcha. Anyway, she could have also used her forcefield to keep Lifeguard's airways open and drown her."

"You may yet be worthy of the title of Horseman," smiled Apocalypse.

"Yeah, don't smile. Ever. You have receding gums. So much for pure genes."

"YOU DARE?!" bellowed the ancient mutant.

"So who else do we think is the killer?" asked Surge, turning her attention back to--

"Yeah, stop narrating now."

"THE INTERNAL MONOLOGUE OF APOCALYPSE IS FEARED THROUGH THE AGES!!!"

Oh, hush, you. I'd like to say Omega Red, but I think maybe Wolfsbane.

"What if it's a red herring?"

We'll be alright. Trust me.

"Easy for you to say, your not trapped in here with a killer!"

Neither are you! The door's open! Deadpool is incompetent at lockdowns!

"Good point..."

Mondo would have been stunned if he had realized all the people he had suspected were suddenly dead in one fell swoop. Sadly, because he was too oblivious and self involved he might as well suspect Hercules and Micromax.

He also didn't wonder about that fact a woman that could adapt to any situation was somehow drown in a fountain.

Hercules sputtered in indignation as the gathered heroes and villains began to point the finger at him. "You dare suggest the son of Zeus as some killer! You shall all feel the might of Hercules mace! I shall bring the gift down upon your heads as I am innocent of the crimes you suspect me of. None shall escape!"

Hercules began swinging his mighty mace and moved forward as the others all leapt out of the way, reaching the far wall the mace hit the wall and glanced up and slammed into Hercules skull. The Greek hero staggered back and collapsed to the ground. There was a mighty bruise upon his head and the man was not going to get up for a bit.

"So much for the mighty Hercules." Wolfsbane snickered.

Cecilia shook her head and moved over to check out the body. Hercules was breathing but was apparently just sleeping it off. No doubt in conjunction with the massive amounts of alcohol consumed in the time since the murders started. "He'll be all right, he's just apparently sleeping it off."