Week 7 Story: War in Gotham
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"Listen up men! Both the Penguin and the Scarecrow's goons are tearing this city apart, and Batman and the rest of the JLA are still out of commission from last weeks battle. So there's no backup, just your brothers watching your back. Be safe out there. Now, move out" police commissioner Gordon yelled at his men before turning turning back towards his office and slamming the door. "It looks like a war zone out there. They're going to destroy Gotham and rebuild it in their image" Gordon paced.
Gathered in his office were the members of the Justice League of America (JLA) who were all looking onto the city with fear and wonderment. Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg had all been ambushed a few days earlier, and were still recovering from the battle. When they thought they had the penguin cornered, scarecrow used a special concoction of chemicals to disable all extraordinary abilities from the heroes. They would have been goners if it weren't for batman, who possessed no extraordinary abilities, and fought off the hoards of goons destined on the fall of Gotham and the JLA as a whole. After the brawl, they discovered scarecrows concoction and with enough testing, Batman concluded that they'd all be back to themselves in 72 hours.
"We must go out and fight" Superman boomed. "We may not have our powers, but you don't need powers to be a hero. We can still fight!" This short but powerful speech rallied the rest of the group and they decided to split up and defend crucial parts of Gotham where help was needed most. Batman and Cyborg took the batmobile towards south Gotham, where the Penguins crooks were raiding Gotham Bank.
"Vic" Batman called from the drivers seat, "I need you to take the henchmen on the floor, I'll find the Penguin" he ordered. Cyborg looked at the hundreds of armed criminals in front of him and proceeded to lock the doors of the batmobile
"No way! I know I played football, but there is no way 1 of me could take out all of them! Give me some batarangs or those smoke things you got, give me some of those." Cyborg protested. He half expected Batman to ignore him, or just eject him from the car into the heat of the fight, instead something even more surprising happened. Batman looked at Cyborg and smiled.
"Use your own gadgets" Batman instructed as he nodded towards the clock in the batmobile. 12:00am it read, the poison was out of their systems. Cyborg gasped as his weapons began to hum as his systems turned back on. With one loud "booyah"the rest of the JLA realized what had happened. With their powers combined, they were able to squash the uprising before morning rush hour.
Authors notes: I took inspiration from story 53, the cattle raid. I decided to make the heroes become poisoned for 3 days, because it was easier than having to explain why cyborg was in exile and couldn't reveal his face to his enemies. I also changed the 2 kingdoms attacking Virata to the Penguin and Scarecrow trying to conquer Gotham, as well as making the Pandavas the JLA. I decided to make Batman Arjuna, as he motivates Uttara to continue fighting, and in this story Batman motivates Cyborg. I also made the "midnight moment" happen as the battle was about to be won just as in the story, the exile ends just in time.
Bibliography:
Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition
http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/pde-mahabharata-prince-uttara-and.html
Matt,
ReplyDeleteI am really impressed you were able to be so inspired by the battle story. You really changed it into something great! While reading the original, I was not very entertained; however, in your version, I was definitely more attentive and excited as to what was going to happen next. I will admit I wasn't sure what story you were recreating, but after reading your author's note, I completely see it!
Hi Matt! I would like to start of by saying how impressed ‘I am at your story. I absolutely loved how you wrote the story in a superhero style. I thought that was really cool and refreshing to read. You did a great job in keeping the audience entertained in your story, and I can’t wait to read more of your writing!
ReplyDeleteHi Matt. Wow! I loved how you transformed your story! Your versions was much more entertaining than the original-- probably because I love super heroes and yours was just more fun. I usually don't like stories that do not change a whole lot because it does not show a bunch of creativity so I really enjoyed yours! It played to all of my interests. I hope you are using a form of it in a portfolio
ReplyDeleteHey Matt,
ReplyDeleteGreat job mixing the plot of the cattle raid with a cool superhero story! I really like your dialogue, you really gave each hero their own voice and I would say that you really captured the witty banter that's pivotal to these kinds of stories. If I had any suggestion it would be to go into more detail of what super attack they used to squash their foes. How did they combine their powers to defeat scarecrow and the Penguin? I really enjoyed reading this story, thanks for sharing it!