Editing Some Assembly Required (an Avengers PBP game) (section)

===[https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760959-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19258199#post19258199 The Desolation of Fin Fang Foom]===
Life as Earth's (now rather publicly) Mightiest Heroes is far less about kissing babies and touring the talk show circuit than they advertise in the new members' pamphlet; It's rather heavier on the foiling evil schemes front. Fortunately there is plenty of business on that front...

Having returned from saving the world from the machinations of the Nefaria Family, the Avengers discovered they were in heavy demand. Hercules sought his boon companions to aid him in a quest ... but the Prince of Power could be trusted to attend to his own business. More pressing were the stalkings, threats, mysterious readings, and sightings of ol' jade jaws himself all needed Earth's Mightiest attention, and they would not falter from it &mdash; nothing could stop them speeding to the aid of those in need. 

Nothing short of... THE TITANIUM MAN! To say the Soviet war machine brough an abrupt end to a mid morning strategy brunch would do a serious disservice to the man of mettle; the Avengers rushed to face him down, while Dr Druid raced to inform him that Iron Man was elsewhere. But neither party had anticipated the arrival of X-Factor mutant hunter Iceman! Finding himself outnumbered if not outgunned Titanium Man revealed that he... had been invited to ''join'' the Avengers?! It seemed that government liaison Gyrich had a lot to answer for, but there were distress calls that needed to be answered first. 

Speeding to their relative locales Thor and Loki found the Teen Brigade on the search for the Hulk! Thor and Loki didn't find a Hulk, but he's far from the only green genes worth worrying about. As they discovered when they found the lethal Leader commanding an unprecedented number of the dreaded WEN-DI-GO! to say things got hairy would be an understatement!

Iceman and Captain Marvel discovered not only was Ed Gross' collection of superhero memorabilia being appraised, it was about the be stolen by Eric O'Grady, The Loathsome Looter! and his partner in crime Rita de Mara, The Wicked... Wasp?! There are a couple of Avengers that will want answers about that! Iceman struggled with the learning curve of joining the big leagues while Captain Marvel struggled to keep her patience as O'Grady and de Mara showed just how deadly superheroic <u>Home Alone</u> could be. 

Meanwhile Dr Druid struggled with the choice of what kind of cookie to enjoy with his delicious beverage. Thank God he was just the Avenger for the job. All in all not bad assignment, at least, until Arnim Zola, the Bio Fanatic burst in flanked by a pair of Master Men! Lucky for them Arnie and his husband had left, so they were spared a beating and just received a stern lecture from the Master of the Unknown. But Druid was far from a star student when Captain Marvel was giving combat lessons! Luckily savvy cabbie Jake Lockley just happened to have MOON KNIGHT on speed dial. The Fist of Khonshu made short work of all three Nazis while Druid took a much needed break for breath. Now there was just the unpleasant matter of dealing with Arnie's life threatening tumour. Thank God for world famous neurosurgeon Dr Stephen Strange!

Meanwhile all Scarlet Witch and the newly assigned Titanium Man had to deal with was a few fleeing Moloids &mdash; but why were they fleeing from international businessman Gene Khan? Could it be because he's secretly the maniacal Mandarin? Or, it could have something to do with the fact he was summoning '''He whose back scrapes the sun and whose limbs shatter mountains'''? Could it be because of <span style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; color: green">FIN FANG FOOM</span>?! 

Needless to say with the Makluan Monstrosity on the scene there was a need for the Avengers to Assemble! Titanium Man and Scarlet Witch have performed heroically in keeping Stark Tower (and all of New York that lay in the path to it) from being levelled ... but this was not a job for just two heroes, whomever those two may be. With as much haste as possible the rest of the team began to filter onto the scene, announcing themselves with furious strikes and blasts! Even the larcenous duo from earlier had been commissioned for aid, joining the scene under Captain Marvel's authority.

Loki and Dr Druid, being rather more suited to their previous partnership than fighting giant dragons used their powers to attempt to divert the villanous rampagers away from populated areas &mdash; which served only to ensure that the great beast fell toward slightly less crowded buildings when the mightiest heroes in all of Midgard fell him. It was here that Iceman proved his veteran experise, using stolen Pym Particles to shrink the falling Fin Fang Foom to something rather more pocket sized. 

The day was saved, all was well. (There was certainly no chance Hercules had actually needed help...)