//------------------------------// // Pursuit // Story: The Merc With the Moth // by Tatsurou //------------------------------// While Deadpool and Chrysalis enjoyed their ice cream - Chrysalis a bit more than Deadpool, since she saw nothing strange about the appearance of the nubile Cthulic maidens, and they were busy fangirling over her, giving the ice cream an extra sweet taste of fan love - two human (or at least humanoid, given their outfits they were probably mutants) females Chrysalis didn't recognize absconded with the guy they'd captured. "Welp!" Deadpool said eagerly as the Cthulic maidens left. "Time for the chase!" "Daddy! I unlocked something new in the upgrades!" Chrysalis said eagerly. "It's something called...combination attacks," Stuffalis explained. "Each of us has three primary weapon types, and we can do combined Momentum/Magic attacks based on which we have equipped." "This is gonna be awesome~!" Crazy sung out. A line of mooks dropped from the ceiling. "As part of the tutorial, we're going to demonstrate the combination move for katanas and sword arms," Stuffalis explained as Chrysalis switched her equipped morph. "Equip your katanas and approach us. If we both have enough built up energy, a special combination command prompt will appear on screen. If both players push it, the combination will be utilized." Grinning, Deadpool equipped the katanas, approached Chrysalis, then picked her up in one hand. She stretched her body out with the blades held together and pointed forward. Deadpool pulled back and hurled her like a javelin. Green and red energy surrounded her blades as she flew forward, driving through the entire line of enemies before rolling to a halt. "Sweet~!" Deadpool cried happily. "The distance she goes is determined by how much energy we both choose to expend unleashing the attack. It takes between 1 and 3 Momentum/Magic bars for each of us." "So how do they all work?" Deadpool asked. "I know the physics are simplified for the games, so explain." "We use our weapon form for whatever weapon is equipped. If you're equipped with katanas, you throw us. Sais, you pick us up and swing us around for high damage and increased reach. Hammers, golf swing." At the last one, Deadpool's face went from gleeful to worried. "Golf swing? You mean...I hit you with the hammer like I'm hitting a golf ball?" "Don't worry!" Cray-Chry chimed in. "This game doesn't use friendly fire! We can't hurt each other if we tried!" "Oh!" Chrysalis squealed eagerly. "Unlock the hammers soon, Daddy! I wanna try golf swing with the body spikes!" Deadpool had a sudden image of him pulling his hammer back over his shoulder, Chrysalis curled up in a ball at his feet as he shouted 'Fore!' before sending her flying forward to ricochet around a huge group of enemies... "Unlocking hammers is next priority!" "Yay!" Chrysalis cheered. As they progressed forward, the camera angle and perspective changed. "Aw, I love old 8 bit games!" Crazy cried happily. Chrysalis bounced happily. "Time to dance death!" she cried, bringing her arm blades out. "This feels familiar," Deadpool pointed out. When the skeletons rose up, Chrysalis spun around in a circle as she dashed into them, squealing happily. "Sweet Hurricane Spin!" Deadpool called happily. Seeing her blades glowing green, he asked, "New Magic attack?" "Yup!" Chrysalis called happily. When the chest was opened and dozens of happily cheering sprites floated around, Chrysalis leapt up to start eating them out of the air. Before long, the perspective and graphics returned to normal. "Wait...didn't I need to make a phone call?" Deadpool asked. "Yog probably took care of it," Stuffy pointed out. "Sweet!" As they stepped into the next hall, a woman stood in the distance, gathering energy to her hand. "Go!" she called to someone. "I'll hold them off!" "Arclight?" Deadpool asked in shock as she wrecked the tunnel. "Are we using the same cast again? I could have sworn I killed them all last time around!" "It is a remake," Stuffy pointed out. "Well this is going to be dull-" "I wonder how she tastes?" Chrysalis asked, licking her lips. "Suddenly less dull," Crazy added. After a few more mooks and a detour caused by Arclight collapsing the tunnel again, the pair faced off against a massive humanoid made of green crystal. As he charged, Chrysalis' eyes lit up. Curling into a ball, she changed to body spikes and began spinning. "Throw me! Throw me!" Grinning, Deadpool picked her up and threw her. She smashed into the green crystal behemoth and dug away at his crystaline flesh until he fell over, torn to shreds. "I love these combination attacks!" Deadpool shouted happily. Not long after, Arclight collapsed a platform under them, glaring down at them from above. "Hey, Arclight!" Deadpool called out. "Looking good, babe!" He then proceeded to taunt her by pretending to do a terrible job flattering her. As she got angrier and angrier, Chrysalis climbed the wall behind her. Once she was in position, she shouted, "SNACK TIME!" and tackled Arclight into the pit, biting her neck as they fell. "What?" Arclight demanded as she struggled to break free of Chrysalis' grip. "You dare!" She started charging her energy. "Chrysi!" Deadpool called out. "Body spikes, now!" Chrysalis immediately switched to body spikes, which impaled Arclight all over as they extended. The gathered energy discharged into the platform, making it shatter and drop the three of them down the shaft. When Deadpool came to, Arclight was impaled on a pipe, one of the Cthulic maidens was pulling him off the pipes he was impaled on, and the other was giving Chrysalis a bath. "Wow," Deadpool murmured. "Yoggy sure knows how to negotiate." Shortly thereafter, the pair was confronted by Vertigo. Chrysalis held still for a time while under the influence of Vertigo's powers, and then her horn glowed. Vertigo's powers ceased to effect either of them as their heads became surrounded by her green magical aura. "What'd you do?" Deadpool asked. "My magic specializes in mental manipulation," Chrysalis pointed out. "She's a low level amateur at best. "Easy to counteract." "Ooh! Burn!" After clearing that segment, the pair continued on ahead, fighting more mooks, some with new abilities. "So Chrysi," Deadpool asked, "how did Arclight taste, anyway?" "Sub par," Chrysalis replied. "She's good at the burns..."