Editing The AVENGERS - 1889 Back Issue Bin (section)

===issue #4===
:  ''M&M presents:'' <br> '''AVENGERS UNDONE - Part I: <font color=darkred>''"No More Time"''</font>''' <br> ''November 30, 2007''.  <br> ''GM'': KEVIN 
:: '''MINI RECAP''':  For a mini-recap on the Atomic Think Tank M&M fan-site, see [http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?p=431532#431532 HERE].
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''':  
::::*  '''Opening Cut-Away Scene I''':  the Horrible Case of Bloody Jack - [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_Horrible_Case_of_Bloody_Jack#issue_.234 PART IV] - these scenes have opened on the scenes of "the Ripper" murders.
[[Image:Jack-the-Ripper-The-Nemesis-of-Neglect-Punch-London-Charivari-cartoon-poem-1888-09-29.jpg|thumb|Artist's rendering of the Ripper]]
:::  The Avengers "wake" in darkness.  We open in media res, why are they in the dark?  What has happened before??  -  THAT is not important now!
:::  Seeing the mighty team fall to prey to "the mountain" which has apparently collapsed on them, during the exciting viewing of John Henry's steam-drivin' race beneath a train tunnel outside Tombstone, AZ - the man-legend realizes that he needs to call on a greater power to help free the trapped men and Avengers - hopefully there are survivors!
[[Image:Tombstone.gif|thumb|Tombstone, AZ]]
:::  Beneath the mountain Argonaut strains his cogs and wheels holding a small cavern of air for the dozen or so railworkers.  Spyder-Man strains to aid the metal giant as Dr. Estrange begins to comfort the oriental railworkers in their own language.
:::  In the distance a small pecking can be heard from beyond the collasped tunnel...  could something be coming for them??
:::  Dr. Estrange reaches out asking for his Eldritch forces to aid the heroes in holding the mountain while Argonaut fights to create structures from the ruined tracks to hold the mass.
:::  The distant pecking begins to be accompanied by a lyrical sound... a germanic sound of man... SINGING!!
:::  And with a spinning dodge flip Spydey leaps from the collapsed wall and in the breach stands the Odinson!! 
[[Image:Giza-Map.gif|thumb|Here we see the site of the Egyptian pit and Mehir standing stone. A shadow hangs on the pyramids from far above.]]
[[Image:Sphinx-Pic.gif|thumb|The great Sphinx]]
[[Image:Sphinx-Map.gif|thumb|Focusing on the area that held hidden Rama-Tut's Valley Temple and the Terracotta Warrior tomb.]]
:::  Following the rescue -  the Avengers make arrangements to rush to Egypt, where Commander Dee has telegrammed to make the team aware of a massive cloud formation above the Giza Plateau, where another one of the Birfrost, one of the great pits with the Mehir standing stones.  Another "Gate to The Well of Urdr".  The Avengers realize that this information could be weeks old at this point and Dr. Estrange agrees to delve into dark ritual to attempt to bridge the gap though the  non-Euclidean portal...  
:::  But then the Odinson calls out - THOR HAILS HEIMDALL FOR AID!!  And in an instant the Bifröst (Rainbow Bridge) explodes from the pit...  A massive hoof is heard on the echoed depths.  The Asgardian Charriot of Heimdallr, an Æsir of Norse mythology. Heimdall is the guardian of the gods who will blow the Gjallarhorn if danger approaches Asgard. His senses are so acute that he can hear the grass grow and he can see to the end of the world; he can hear a leaf fall; he also requires no sleep at all. He is moreover the guardian of the Bifröst Bridge - the bridge leading from the realm of mortals, Midgard, to the realm of the gods, Asgard, which the gods travel daily to hold their councils and pass judgments at Urdarbrunn (Well of Urd) under the shade of the tree Yggdrasill. 
::::  Riding the Bifröst is beyond expectations and yet it also calls to the Gods that ride the charriot...  Heimdallr looks into the depths beneath the bridge seeing for the first time in ages the gathering of Trolls, Hydra, and Beasts from Hel...  They are awakened and climb to the gates!  With a mighty leap the Bridge-Watcher leaps into the defense tossing the reins of the goat-driven wagon to the Unknowable Spyder-Man!  (goats: Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr).. the same wagon that scorched the land and cracked  the mountains cracked as Thor traveled in his wagon across the Earth at the dawn of time. 
:::  Watching his friend-brother pull his sword to fly into battle the Odinson nearly leaps into the fray but holds back to stay with his new companions as Spyder-Man pulls the reigns as if he were meant to drive the mighty wagon!  The Odinson has been tasked to protect and watch Midgard and it is with the Avengers that are now his new brothers-battle!!
:::  Exploding from The Well of Urðr, the holy well - the Well Spring,  where the world tree Yggdrasil feeds,  the Avengers see the great desert expanse.  The Great Pyramids of Egypt loom in the foreground at the causeway and above a shadow permeates the land -  massive and dark, covering the monuments.  Scattered around are the fallen.  Many dead, some survivors of the battles that had raged here as the thing from above took down the majority of the British Empire's armed forces standing to protect the land.  
:::  Riddled with strange shell-casings and fire-damage the fallen seem to have been trying to advance on the Great Pyramid, tomb of Rama-Tut,  or perhaps they were holding a defensive line...?
:::  Meanwhile,  Argonaut has been unusually argumentative and resistant to the joining of "new" teammates to the Avengers and the mighty machine seems uncaring as he walks away from the carnage toward the Great Sphinx front-facing.  There the Avengers re-assemble at Dr. Estrange's call...  Something had been found!
:::  Beneath the paws of the monument lay an opening into Rama-Tut's Valley Temple... there in the sand lies a great tomb opening to a host of warrior statues!  These "terracotta soldiers" in the forms of slaves with the heads of raptors and pharoah alike, as well as camels, leapards and great serpents!
:::  Without a thought Thor leaps into the pit to examine the statues.  Urged by Argonaut that the statues are hollow, the mighty godson smashes a large serpent statue and activates a hidden menace!    
:::  As Thor is wrapped in the coil of what he calls "Jörmungandr" (the Midgard Serpent or World Serpen)...  The Avengers spring into action.  With a few blasts of eldritch and mechanical means the heroes learn that any "force" seems to empower and expand these clay-statues!!  Bringing them to life as they grow doubling in size!!
:::  Spyder-Man and Dr. Estrange manuver to aid their new teammate and out of nowhere the marvel machine rattles the warrior statues with a chain of fire from his newly attached gatlin gun -  Argonaut was purposely awakening the beasts!!!  
:::  With some massive strikes Thor learns that nothing can stand the blows of Mjölnir for long - as the Odinson crushes the giant snake.  And so to does the mage, when Dr. Estrange litterally rips the warriors apart with control of the element of earth!!  But all is still not content... As Spyder-Man seeks out the hidden underground path to the causeway bullets riddle about him...  Argonaut is firing on a fellow Avenger!!!!
:::  And with that we end this incredible issue...  Will the Avengers survive this treachery?  What has happened within Argonaut's innards that has caused this definance??  Who is the horn-helmed figure that watches from the Great Pyramid of Rama-Tut in the distance???  
:::  Tune in next time True Believers!
:::  [[Giza Plateau Map Details]]
:  ''TEAM ROSTER'': [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/ARGONAUT_1888?wikidb_session=403c5bf75167c304ec3ccf876e5b56ea Argonaut],  [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/DOCTOR_STRANGE_1888 Dr. Estrange],  [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/SPYDER-MAN_1888 Spyder-Man],   [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/THOR_1888 Thor]
:  ''ISSUE APPEARANCES'':  Thor - Odinson,  the Unknowable Spyder-Man,  John Henry the Steel Drivin' Man,  the Terracotta Warriors
:  ''ISSUE CAMEOS/MENTIONED'':  Mr. Scorp, Whiplash, the Ripper, Tombstone's Railbaron, several of Henry's rail-workin' troupe,  a mysterious figure on the Pyramids
: '''EXPERIENCE POINTS'''
:::  0 Power Points for this issue.
::'''TOTAL CURRENT Level & Experience''':   PL'''8'''; '''127'''pp


See you next time True Believers!

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