Dinomania!

[Martyr]

THE BLOB IN

Dinomania!

---

The on-again off-again hero known as the Blob was walking down a crowded New York City street. That wasn't all too unusual of an occurrence. Neither was the fact that he was currently attempting to balance three slices of New York-style pizza on one forearm while trying to eat a forth slice with his free hand. For the record, two of the slices were plain cheese and the other pair were pepperoni. This too was not all too unusual.

As he dined, there was a sudden change. The people of the city were always coming and going. It was after all, the city that never sleeps. Now, however, all were running toward him. Well, they were running away from something.

Also something that wasn't all too unusual in this town. There was always something bad going on. What was this? Sentinels? Ultron? Doctor Octopus?

. . . one of the headbutting dinosaurs from Jurassic Park.

Wait, what? 

The Blob dropped his pizza and planted himself as the headbuttasaurus came charging toward him with furious feet.

"NOTHING MOVES THE BLOB!"

Template adapted from Silv.

[Gummy]

Klara was getting used to the strangeness of the city. It was definitely one which kept her on her toes now. That was why she had escaped the Runaways for a little to go plant shopping. Her red hoodie was draped around her neck with sleeves acting as a clasp. Her one arm held a basket of plants which could be used for cooking as well as flowers. Her other hand held an ice cream with three different scoops. One she had never heard of 'Machi' or was it 'Mochi' or even 'Mushi', the others were mint choc chip and finally strawberry. She definitely like the new flavour and was looking forward to trying some more.

Like Blob she was also minding her own business when someone bumped into her and her ice cream went flying. Where it landed she didn't know but it made her yell.

"HAY! I WAS ENJOYING THAT!"

Along with her plants growing to fully fill her basket. She muttered something under her breath as she felt the ground shaking. Looked up and try to move to the side as she spotted a dinosaur coming. Now she was used to Old Lace but this was a different one and she really didn't have a clue about dinosaurs other than they are MASSIVE! At least in comparison to her slender body. Tilting her head and smiling sideways she spoke in a fairly calm voice.

"I wonder if it has anything to do with Old Lace?"

That was the moment she spotted Blob! OMG That man made her jaw drop, she had heard stories of men and women in freak shows and curiosities from P.T. Barnum but she thought even this fellow would make them look small. Why was it in her own world she could cope with a dinosaur running down the street but a man who just made the dinosaur seem small she couldn't especially as it was standing right in the way of the dinosaur.

"You might want to move."

Was all she could say as the action took place in front of her and her basket now had plants nearly to the floor, which wasn't far considering her size.

[aquarius]

Klara had snuck off to do her own thing again. Nico could understand the need for that, but that didn't mean she was going to do nothing about it. With nothing else to do right now, she simply resolved to sneak after the little girl with next to no knowledge of the twenty first century. If no trouble occurred then there would be no need to intervene. And if there was? Well, she'd not actually say 'told you so', but certainly she'd think it very loudly.

Of course, this was New York in the Age of Heroes. Going for a short walk and hoping for an uneventful time was beyond optimistic, it was akin to hoping for Uatu to win the X-Factor with his tap dance routine. When the people began running past, Nico's hand moved to her hair automatically, hovering by her hairpin. Once the first dinosaur came into view the hairpin was removed, its sharpened tip pricking a finger and drawing a drop of crimson from her veins.

"When blood is shed, let the staff of one emerge!"

With her ancestral artefact in hand, she eyed up the approaching creatures. The one leading the pack was headed for some guy so massive he was clearly some kind of metahuman, a deduction reinforced by the fact that he wasn't fleeing with everyone else. So that left the next one in line. Her staff was lowered and pointed at the next furthest forwards one which could conceivably head for Klara.

"Act Your Age!"

With that, the targeted dinosaur promptly vanished, replaced by a pile of dusty bones, a few lumps of coal, and a puddle of oil in which a few more of the advancing monsters found themselves running into and slipping up, giving Klara a little more time to get herself to safety.

[zania]

They ask who you are
You shine from afar
I tell 'em make a wish

---

Ripley Ryan was in the offices of Ms Magazine, working on another piece for the popular publication. It was one of the jobs she often took in order to not only make ends meat and keep a roof over her head, but to keep in the know so she could report on current events that impacted their readers. Her articles were increasingly popular, especially considering the spin she put on things when it came to the hero population within New York.

She was typing away at the computer in order to finish up on the newest article when she heard the gasps and noticed most of the newsroom looking out the window at the street below. There had to be something big that grabbed their attention.

Getting up from her desk, she went over to the windows and spotted something she thought she'd never see. Dinosaurs. But weren't they extinct? The only thing that she knew was extinct was the newspaper stand on the corner, which you didn't see anymore. And it was run by an old fossil. Sure, the guy was nice, but he should have hung up his shoes long time ago.

Slipping out of the news room, she made her way to a private office that she knew was vacant and also had a window leading to the outside . . . one that could be opened even more than 50 floors up. There, she used her powers to secretly change into her costume. With her costumed look, nobody would realize that Ripley Ryan, the reporter that often wrote unflattering articles about heroes, was actually Star . . . a hero in her own right.

Opening the window, she flew through the opening into the sky, but her destination was ultimately on the ground. With her speed, she was able to quickly fly in the direction of one of the T-Rexes and attempt a mid-air uppercut. "It's time we get jur-ass-kicked," she stated, her mind already reviewing how she was going to slant this story when she wrote it.

---

Star Star Star

---

Time, you have everything, share it with me.
Dark is the mystery.
How silently the Kestrel is flying.

---

Located on a Helicarrier flying over New York City, Sybil Tan had been working at a computer console in the main operations center. It was during that time that she overheard other SHIELD agents point out about the disturbances within New York City that seemed to be of a gigantic proportion. Pulling up a display on her own console, she was able to see a news feed showing several dinosaurs running rampant within a section of the city.

How did they get there? Weren't they supposed to be in the Savage Land? That was the only place on Earth where dinosaurs were allowed to roam freely still, in spite of being extinct everywhere else. The land, which was protected by Kazar and Shana, served as a refuge for nature and even for dinosaurs, but it also faced challenges from mankind itself.

She was thankfully already in her exo suit, which meant that it would be easy for her to head to the scene. Turning to the deck officer she inquired, "Sir, permission to respond to the dinosaur threat on the streets of New York?"

"Granted," came the reply from the officer on duty.

Getting up from the console, Sybil quickly made her way to the deck of the Helicarrier. The built in helmet on the exo suit expanded to cover her head as she started getting readings through the HUD. The wings on the back of the armor also expanded as the thrusters ignited, allowing her soar through the clouds toward the disturbance below.

As she approached, she sized up the situation from above before picking a particular target . . . what looked like a Velociraptor that was bearing down on a bunch of kids. She activated the portal gun as she entered in a set of coordinates that would send the raptors back at least 50 yards.

Landing on the ground, she called out to the civilians, "Go! Get to safety!" She then tried to fire the portal gun at the raptors, hoping they would go through it and end up 50 yards from where they were now.

---

Swift is the Kestrel's flight, straight to the heart.

[Martyr]

THE BLOB IN

Dinomania!

---

A civilian called out to him, telling him to get out of the way. Her parents must have never told her about superheroes.

"Run along, kid, I'm the Blob. I take on cannonballs!"

With that, the headbuttasaurus slammed into him. Fat and bulk shook as he was hit by the brunt of the impact. The proto-big horn was used to running up against things that weren't this solid. It might as well have headbutted a mountain.

The headbuttasaurus didn't know what hit him. This wasn't just because such a creature could not have ever anticipated the parked semi it dented with its impact after the charge.

Meanwhile, one of its companions was transformed into bones and goo. This followed a shout of words. The stick and shouting pointed to a magic user. Magic made his head hurt.

"Wizard girl! I'm no proctologist, but these things don't belong here. Was this caused by your magic wand?"

Obviously, the Blob was mangling his words when he said he wasn't a butt doctor.

If it wasn't enough, there was also the loud roar of a T-Rex. A flying superhero came to punch it in the jaw. He didn't recognize her, nor the Tony Stark type that was also flying around soon after.


.

Template adapted from Silv.

[Gummy]

Seeing the dino which was obviously hungry for her plants suddenly turn into bones, goo and whatever else it was really put another dampener on her mood. She looked jaw open as the huge freak of a man didn't even get moved. The glare on her face was enough to tell whoever it was who had done the strange thing that she was not happy. Old Lace was a good kind dino to her.... Why couldn't she have one too?

Then her eyes saw the larger version of Old Lace which made her cold to the bone. It made her move and in doing so seemingly get swallowed up in a bunch of flowers as a protective hedge grew up behind her. A trick she had done when she had met Logan. That kind man could have helped here but he was long gone.

Dashing to the nearest door she hammered on the glass, a brave man opened it while running at a crouch.

"Hurry, go to the back. I have a shelter."

Klara moved to the back of the store, the man coming after him started to help an old lady who was struggling to walk. Running she headed through to where another person was indicating them to hurry. The door was closed behind the gentleman and old lady. A screen showed what was happening outside. That was when she spotted Nico. She was worried but knew the teen was quite capable. There were others as well as the T-rex, the huge man and other dinosaurs. Focusing the plants that had been dropped grew fast across the ground. She knew they would protect her. The building would be protected one way or another.

[aquarius]

Some more heroes had arrived from who knew where, and a load more dinosaurs. She was happy to leave them to each other, just as soon as she could be sure that Klara was safe, but it seemed the fat guy was seeking someone to give him a clue what was going on, as usual blaming the witch right away. She would give him the benefit of the doubt for now, but the moment she saw someone building a pyre to burn her on, she was getting out of there.

"Nothing to do with me, Incredible Bulk. How about asking the portal cosplayer who just flew in?"

Thinking up spells mid fight was never easy, especially when there was this sort of distracting conversation going on. Rather than a tactically ingenious hex which would change the flow of the entire combat Nico instead resorted to a blast of raw magical energy she'd acquired from her encounter with the Witchbreaker, sending a velociraptor flying backwards and skidding into the portal the flying robo-girl had created.

Glancing around she realised she couldn't see Klara. That was a concern for the split second it took to spot the plant growth around a nearby building. If she was inside, that was good. Dinosaurs were not known for opening doors. Except the ones in Jurassic Park of course, and Old Lace had not gotten the hang of that as far as she knew. If a genetically engineered superior intellect dino couldn't, then hopefully these ones wouldn't be able to either. Now she just needed to think of a spell to find out what the problem was, and work out how to fix it...

[zania]

They ask who you are
You shine from afar
I tell 'em make a wish

---

Star saw that the Tyrannosaurus Rex she struck get knocked back a bit, falling into a few empty cars that were parked along the side of the road. The owners of those vehicles were likely going to be extremely upset to see their cars wrecked, but at this point it was collateral damage that couldn't be avoided.

Maybe the owners might learn to take public transportation the next time as then they wouldn't be out of a car. She would have loved to have seen them try to explain this to their insurance companies since they likely wouldn't cover something like what happened to their cars.

She flew over to where the T-Rex had landed and dove in to try and land another punch. "You may be king of the dinosaurs, but I like you on your knees," she taunted.

---

Star Star Star

---

Time, you have everything, share it with me.
Dark is the mystery.
How silently the Kestrel is flying.

---

In spite of using her portals to try and move the velociraptors back, they still kept advancing toward the civilians that she had spotted. That meant that they were still very much in danger from these vicious creatures. As Kestrel soared over the area, she knew that she was going to have to try another tactic.

Not just that, but she was going to have to act quickly due to the speed the velociraptors showed in order to try and advance on the civilians again. She didn't have much time in order to try and come up with a solution.

That's when she realized that she was surrounded by solutions all over the place! The buildings, especially the rooftops, offered a way to get the civilians out of harm's way so the rest of the heroes present could deal with the threat that was facing the streets and buildings of New York. Not only that, but most of the rooftops had an access door that would lead to the rest of the building so they could easily get inside . . . and the velociraptors would be unable to jump to that height.

Setting the coordinates in the portal weapon, she fired in front of the running civilians, trying to get them to safety on top of a roof of a nearby building and then intending to close the portal right after they were through and before the velociraptors could also reach the portal.

---

Swift is the Kestrel's flight, straight to the heart.

[Martyr]

THE BLOB IN

Dinomania!

---

Everything was chaotic. This was to be expected given how the area was full of gnawing and gnashing dinosaurs. The girl with the magic wand denied that she was the source of all this.

Fine. "Who is Portal Cosplayer?"

Hmm. The kid who didn't know about immovability was gone, probably run off somewhere. She probably wasn't eaten by one of the dinosaurs. He'd honestly been paying attention to the dinosaurs. Well, none of them were licking their lips.

The flier punched a T-Rex and not-quite Iron Man was zapping weird ring things at civilians.

The Blob had been doing this for a long time. Not hero stuff, that was new, but super stuff, he was an old pro at that.

There were a couple reasons these dinosaurs might be here. They could be brought over from the Savage Land, a place of untamed wilds. There could be some crazy tech or magic that could make dead bones alive again. He asked aloud to nobody in particular, "We got a bone museum nearby?"

As the heroes took on the attacking dinosaurs, more seemed to be pouring out of wherever it was that they were coming from.

Suddenly, came charging a six ton triceratops with brutal piercing horns and a thick, tough hide. 

[Gummy]

With the noise and thundering vibrations going on around the building it was no wonder Klara had started to shrink into herself. The people huddled in the safe room watched on the CCTV as more dinos appeared. It was a little too much for Klara and she yelped as something seemed to be a little too close. One of the other women came to sit next to her and tried to quell the panic. Her eyes were fixed on the screen. What the others in that safe room were unaware of were the number of plants that were now encasing the building. It no longer looked like a convince store and more like a florist. Some of the brambles were now trying to ensnare any dino that came close to it. Some were even trying to trip or cause other obstacles. A single bit of bramble was seen on the camera.

Klara watched. The plants guarded. The CCTV wasn't the only way she was aware of what was going on as a bramble stem stretched and pushed through the smallest of cracks to reach her.

[aquarius]

Ugh. It seemed this mountain of blubber was just as smart as his mangled words earlier suggested. He could see someone flying around throwing portals left and right and still needed help to figure out who she was talking about?! Nico pointed briefly with a simple "her" and turned her attention back to the mess of extinct creatures and civilians doing their panicked best to avoid becoming extinct.

Where did they come from, though?... Wait! That was it! The spark of an idea that a spell could form around. She let the thought take proper shape in her head, building up to what she knew would be the necessary incantation. where did you come from?...

"Cotton Eye Joe"

A sudden flurry of soft white spheres flew from her staff, impacting with the feet of each and every dinosaur she could see. Once they connected, these balls began rolling - all backwards from their respective hosts. They gathered together as they moved, forming into something resembling tumbleweeds, moving onwards in the direction the dinosaurs had come from, even turning the corner at the intersection at the end of the block.

"There you go! That's where they came from!"

[zania]

They ask who you are
You shine from afar
I tell 'em make a wish

---

The T-Rex had went down after yet another blow, destroying even more parked cars and causing part of a building to crumble. Thankfully dinosaurs normally had a brain the size of a pea. If that wasn't the case and they had a larger brain, they could all pose even more of a threat than they were already creating.

"Okay, pea brain, time to end this," she called out to the creature, swooping in to try and deliver another blow that would hopefully render the dinosaur unconscious . . . but instead of hitting it, she ended up landing on the street. Thankfully she realized what was going on and made sure she didn't hit too hard otherwise she would have put a major hole in the street itself.

"What the?" she asked, not sure what happened with the T-Rex. It was only then that she spotted that there was a tumbleweed where the dinosaur used to be at, and it seemed to be rolling in the direction where it came from.

"Whoever did that, too bad that couldn't have been done from the start. It would have saved a lot of time and damage," she remarked to the other heroes present. The comment wasn't meant to be snarky, but it was true. Had the dinosaurs been turned into tumbleweeds from the start, it would have made a huge difference.

---

Star Star Star

---

Time, you have everything, share it with me.
Dark is the mystery.
How silently the Kestrel is flying.

---

Even though she had seen others that were dealing with the dinosaurs, Kestrel noticed that there wasn't a focus on the civilians that may have still been on the streets and sidewalks. After all, it had been a busy day in New York City and that meant that any civilians that had been in the area were at risk . . . not only from the dinosaurs themselves, but any collateral damage that might occur to buildings or cars.

Since the others were focused more on the dinosaurs, it made her decision very simple. She had to keep her focus on protecting the civilians and getting them to safety, which she did through the use of the portal gun and flying them up to various rooftops that had access doors that would allow them to go inside the buildings.

Eventually, she noticed that the dinosaurs were turned to tumbleweeds. Flying over where the heroes were located, she announced, "All of the civilians in the area have been taken to safety. Do we know what caused the dinosaurs to appear on the streets of New York and cause all of this?"

---

Swift is the Kestrel's flight, straight to the heart.

[Martyr]

THE BLOB IN

Dinomania!

---

The triceratops hadn't ever met anything like THE BLOB before. Hell, it probably hadn't ever met anything in the last 65 million years! It charged at him and the immoveable object just stood and took its horns into his gut.

"GLUUURRGH!"

His fat gurgled with the impact but it did not seem to hurt his near-impenetrable body or break his immoveable stance.

He slowly pushed against the dinosaur so that its horns receded. It was disoriented, stumbling against a nearby tree.

Meanwhile, magic tried to find where these things had come from.

There. They had a direction the dinosaurs were coming from if the magic girl's magic was actually right. Really, he didn't deal with magic types all too much, except back when Phantazia was alive, if what she could do wasn't actually mutant powers. It was hard to tell with her.

As the glowing beacon did it's glowing thing, the Blob commented, "I should call you next time I lose the remote, kid."

There. A giant portal was opened in the city. On the other side was a jungle expanse. Peaking from its foliage was giant metal tower with a glowing blue light at the top. Beasts from this other land were wandering into the city itself. By who and for what purpose, this is what they would find out.

[Gummy]

Thump Thump.... then nothing. What was happening? Klara watched and listened. Worried about what was out there but then she relaxed. They were gone... she didn't know if it was for good or not. Just that they were gone.

"They're gone."

A woman near her patted her hand.

"They will be soon. Just hold on sweetie, the people out there will just need to leave and the...."

Klara blinked at the woman.

"No, the dinos are leaving. Heading somewhere."

The shop owner looked at the CCTV then used a controller to look but it wouldn't turn. Too many plants had grown up around it and jammed it in a vice like grip. The shop owner frowned as he tried to move the camera.

"Odd."

Klara blushed as she relaxed her tense body. Hopefully the dinos were gone gone. The poor plants had sunk deep roots but had stopped growing. Klara looked at the screen looking for her friend. Was she ok? The big man seemed unphased by all of it and the others seemed to appear as if it was all normal.

"Is it normal for things like this to happen?"

The woman patted Klara's hand again.

"Yes deary. Although I will have to add Dinosaurs to my list. Normally it is just odd humans having ago at each other or aliens."

To Klara this just sounded even more crazy. The shop keeper started to open the safe room up as Klara kept watch on the screen. When he did manage to open the doors the whole room was in darkness as the plants had blocked all windows and doors. Klara smiled a little and spoke quietly.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome sweetheart. Just wonderin wat all this stuff is."

Just after Klara whispered.

"Rest"

The foliage started to go dormant as if winter was here. This allowed a glimsp of the people outside all looking in a different direction to what they could see. Klara moved towards the door.

[aquarius]

Now they had a direction to force the dinosaurs back in, they could all begin forcing them back. Their group was surprisingly effective, with herself, Super-Size and Chell, they pushed the tide of pre-history back towards the portal in no time. Once there they slowed with the inevitable 'what now' that came from a still open doorway in the fabric of space and / or time that was spewing forth extinct creatures that were terrifyingly below average in their ability to actually be extinct.

"Chell! Portal Girl, whatever your name is! Can you close this thing? Or put up another portal in front of it to make them go straight back again?"

With the area briefly under control - at least until the next surge of dinos - Nico could spare a look around them to take stock of the surroundings. Bystanders had as far as she could see fled, perhaps because it was monsters and not brightly coloured costumes that would get lots of views on Youtube. But most importantly the excessive plantlife around that one building seemed to be receding slightly. Nico gave a thumbs up and a nod as she thought she saw Klara emerging. If anything happened now, it'd be far enough away from her that Klara wouldn't be taken by surprise at least. And with all these other heroes around there'd be no chance of harm to the young time traveller.