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The Ball: Part 15 (Lauren)

When we last left our hero, he had a long day. A ball, a date, and an epic battle between good and evil, all on a Saturday night. - Lauren

"Cassandra," said Sven, "it's been a wonderful night and all, but I think I should be getting home."

"What's wrong, Sven?" asked Cassandra. "Were you seriously wounded and now you're  going home to work on the cure but you won't find it in time and your last thought will have been that you wished you could see my face one last time?"

"What?" said Sven.

"Nothing," said Cassandra quickly.

"No, it's just that I don't want to wear this costume anymore."

"Ben needs a ride home."

Sven glanced over at Ben's prostrate form. 

"Why doesn't his fiancée give him a ride?" smirked Sven.

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The Ball: Part 14 (Spidophile)

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When we last left our hero, he had come face to face with the powerful supervillain who had just informed Sven that his name was Echo. - Lauren

"Neva hoid of him," said Sven, quoting his Second Favorite Musical of All Time. The shadowy figure glided closer to Sven.

"Echo, as in a man so wicked that he was consumed by his own sin and forced to live in the agony of tortured souls as an echo of human life."

"Really?" breathed Sven.

"No, but that's what most people think."

"Why do you call yourself Echo, then?"

"Irrelevant. What is relevant is the fact that you have let my mortal enemies fight the scabbed one and the minions, foolishly choosing to face me yourself."

"Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?"

"That's a ridiculous question. Let's just say that if you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

The Ball: Part 13 (Lauren)

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When we last left our hero, he was engaged in an epic battle between the heroes and villains of New Spork City. The Chief of Police, Lief Captin, however, was getting worried. - Lauren

Chief Captain Lief Captin waded through the mess of soggy tablecloths, hors d'oeuvres, and napkins to the podium. He grabbed the dripping microphone.

"Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3..."

The heroes and villains stopped their fighting and stared at him.

"Ahem, um, hi, so I know we're all having such a great evening..."

The heroes and villains cheered and clapped in agreement.

"But this is New Spork City property, so it's better if we wrap this thing up..."

The villains hissed and booed. Poki raised his hand and whisked away the microphone by magic. It landed smoothly in his outstretched hand.

"Heroes of New Spork City," he said. "You have fought valiantly..."

"We won't give you Harry!" shouted Dingo.

Everyone stared at him.

"Sorry, wrong movie," he said, blushing.

The Ball: Part 12 (Spidophile)

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When we last left our hero, he was leading the charge against the supervillains of New Spork City. An epic battle had then ensued. And I do mean ensued. - Lauren

From every side and corner came cries of "Take that!" and "Ouch!".  


Dor raised his umbrella over the head of Poki, who stopped it with a spell. Cap'n Cino hurled his coffee cup at the Red Herring's fish-like head as the villain reached for his gun. A legion of Cronybots and the Echobeast (Echo's pet monster) attacked the Teenage Mutant Ninja Zombie Vampire Dinosaur Spies and Edgar Oscar. 


Plucky pounced and pummeled IDK, who seized the hyper teen by the neck. Dr. Spork tore down the length of the room pursued by the Avaricious Arachnid and a flood of spiders.  Scab Berto drew two knives from his scabbed arms and lunged at Professor Excalibur, who deflected them with her flashing blade.  


Cassandra sank her fist into an attacking Brown Recluse's stomach. Sven saw Puerto strike back. 

"Cassandra!" he shouted. He started toward her but an explosion threw him off his feet. 

The Ball: Part 11 (Lauren)

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Note: There is no Illustration for today's post. Spidophile has been very lazy busy lately and will try to get one out for part eleven soon!


In which we learned what happened to Sven:

Sven awoke with a throbbing head and a sore throat. He opened his eyes and glanced around. He was still in the ballroom, but it was completely deserted. The man who had been speaking at the mic was sitting in a large chair in the middle of the ballroom, watching him intently. Several dozen minions milled around.

"Hello, Sven," said the man. "Allow me to introduce myself."

The man stood up and began to walk toward Sven, who hastily scrambled to his feet, ignoring the dizzy feeling that washed over him. He mentally registered that the man was wearing sandals.

"No need to get up, Sven," said the man.

"Who are you?" Sven said hoarsely.

The Ball: Part 10 (Spidophile)

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When we last left our heroes, they had been abducted by Mysterious Villains. Plucky had been scooped up and carried away. - Lauren


In which we learn what happened to Plucky:
Plucky had been scooped up by the Avaricious Arachnid, being mistaken for Ben. Quickly immobilizing him with a few strands of spiderweb, she leaped off the roof and swung across the city. Finally, Jazmin let go of the web and fell through the dirty window of a sleazy-looking apartment building in a run-down part of town. The floor of the room appeared black, however the blackness scampered to the corners after her boots touched the ground. Spiderwebs lay thick upon the walls and ceilings, and the number of spiders crowding over the sparse furniture created a spiky coating, mostly black, but with snatches of gold and green here and there. The Avaricious Arachnid dropped Plucky on the floor.

"Did you guys miss me?" she lovingly asked the spiky coating. Immediately a surge of spiders rushed toward the villainess and climbed all over her. She giggled as an orb weaver crawled across her cheek.

"Okay! Get off! That's enough! You too, Harvey. We have a guest!" she turned to Plucky, who had shut his electric green eyes tight against the numerous arachnids swarming over his head.

The Ball: Part 9 (Lauren)

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When we last left our heroes, they had been abducted by Mysterious Villains.

In which we learn what happened to Cassandra:

The stifling hood was pulled off of Cassandra's head. She was grateful; it had smelled like potatoes. As her eyes adjusted to the brightness she realized why. It was a potato sack.

"How are you, Miss Captin?" said a voice.

Cassandra sat up. She was in a small white room, leaning against a large air duct with her hands cuffed behind her.

"Fine, Puerto. How are you?" she said.

"How about I'm better now I'm out of prison?" said Puerto, grinning. He paced back and forth, his hands behind his back.

Cassandra watched him silently.

"How about now you ask me how I escaped?" he said.

"No thank you," said Cassandra. Secretly, she was struggling with the handcuffs.

The Ball: Part 8 (Spidophile)

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When we last left our heroes, they had been abducted by Mysterious Villains. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Zombie Vampire Dinosaur Spies had been teleported out of the city. - Lauren

In which we learn what happened to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Zombie Vampire Dinosaur Spies and Edgar Oscar: 

Lillith City wasn't far from New Spork City, and not far from Lillith City a frightening building lurked in shadows. The lair of the infamous, terrible, horrific, no-one's-ever-seen-his-face villainous mastermind, Echo. Echo was very into architecture and the building was so geometrical that it highly resembled a can opener. Security devices were sprinkled over every inch and Echo's personal teleportation device jutted out from a wall like a wasps nest. It was into this frightful nest that Ted, Zilch, Sahara, Dingo, and the Chief of Spies were teleported. After all the light died down and the spinning stopped, the lone figures stood dazed. A trapdoor opened beneath their feet.

"Really? Another trapdoor?" said Ted as they went sliding down a dark passage.

"Yeah, I mean he does this every time." Zilch took Sahara's hand and leaned back.

"At least Lili's safe this time." Edgar Oscar remarked. "Keep your elbows in, Dingo."

"Ouch!" cried Dingo, his elbow smacking the wall.