Vaudevillain

Cowabunga flew almost lazily through the bombardment of drones, his eyes searching for either an entrance or a place to make one. Lasers swerved past him, easily moved out of the way as traveled. It seemed a bit odd to him that Dextra, villainous mastermind, would enact such a simple plan. Overwhelming Cowabunga with numbers wasn’t going to work.

The hero had already upgraded his power into helping him automatically group and deflect attacks. An answer he knew he would need to have with so many heroes and villains on the field. Plus, his ‘awareness’ had expanded in a circle around him as well, enough that nothing could get past him.

It effectively made him invincible, which was why Dextra had to have some other plan. And the easiest way to stop such a plan would be to stop Dextra. Hence, the assault.

Of course, it was possible that the villain was acting as bait, but even if that was the case, taking them out was still the best option. If Dextra wasn’t bait and Cowabunga ignored them, then it left him open to any other schemes they came up with. So while it was still risky, it was better to do this than react.

Soon enough he was landing on a lip of the flying machine, gaze searching over the black matte finish. It was almost strange how much the airship resembled a black limousine, but then Cowabunga remembered who he was going up against. Dextra Black did nothing without style.

Case in point, the hissing doors that opened to welcome Cowabunga inside.

“You know, I know you’re playing me, right?” He said. “What makes you think I won’t just open a new path with my powers?”

“Other than the fact you’re a hero that no doubt would wish to minimize collateral damage?” Dextra said, voice echoing smoothly from hidden speakers. “Well, take a look.”

A screen appeared above the open doors, revealing a bale of baby sea turtles swimming lazily in a large tank.