Stories by @nikobatman
113 stories
The Dark Legion
1944, realizing that defeat is now very possible, with rumors about an upcoming Allied landing somewhere in occupied Europe, the Third Reich high command, with the support of some members of the most extravagant advisors of Emperor Hirohito, decides to call on its best unit, to find what is needed from the old world to forge the new one. Thus, the Reich sends on a secret mission its super-soldier as well as its elite troop, these succeed in capturing the mythical Krampus in Austria, before making him wear an explosive collar to force him to collaborate and thus used his magical sleigh to go and free a high Nazi commander who was taken prisoner by the English at the beginning of the war and is now in a prison camp in a remote forest region of Canada. However, Krampus managed to contact old friends before being captured, each sending an exceptional being to help him. Thus, the mythical immortal Slavic warrior Koschei managed to contact the Dark Legion and together left the country. But this would only be the beginning of their new mission. Next, they would go to Japan, where they would face the Emperor's favorite immortal champion, the latter being forced to help his sovereign's Nazi allies, much to his disgust. In the end, everything would take place in the center of France, then occupied, where the elite members of the Third Reich and their Japanese allies hoped to obtain to win the war... but that was without counting on the Dark Legion !
The Dark Legion
In early 1943, the Dark Legion reached Paris, metting the man who recruited Griffin to free them, the mysterious Phantom of the Opera ! This man is France's greatest monster hunter. After neutralizing a sect who wanted to summon a high demon in the catacombs, they'll join London, to meet a Phantom's working contact. This is Great Britain's greatest supernatural crime lord, a meta-human who calls himself Mr. Hyde ! He tell them that a powerful creature from Peru has been captured by members of the Francoist Spanish Navy to transmit it to Reich's allies. Once abord, the team learn that the monster was transmitted to a Imperial Japanese Army's unit on a remote Pacific island. There they met an experienced witch, able to control many of japanese's monsters, "The Queen of the Yokai", and above all, the powerful unique monster who is a prisoner here : "the Creature from the Black Lagoon", nicknamed Gill-Man. This one is much more sensitive and kind than it seems and join the team. After neutralizing a Japanese fleet that came for them, thanks to the witch who call a powerful Kaiju sleeping in the ocean, they join another track from Hyde, in Egypt ! There, an Italian expedition, led by another mummy, who was once Ahmanet's grand vizier before betraying her : Imhotep ! He uses the Italians in order to find a lost city and free a powerful creature that will help him in his evil plan ! More than ever, this war promises to be... monstrous !
The Dark Legion
1942, around mid-year, in a subjugated region of Romania, a huge armored train of the Ahnenerbe, the organization of the Third Reich dealing with all things paranormal in the hope of finding what it will take to win the war for the Führer, is infiltrated by the most discreet man in the world. This one, codenamed "the Invisible Man", frees the seven prisoners on board and derails the train. After that, he informs them that he was hired by an anonymous informant and that they should deal with the members of the Ahnenerbe who wanted to keep them prisoner to try to enslave them or attempt to duplicate their exceptional abilities. Although they have each been used to living alone for a while, they agree to do what is necessary to obtain justice against the Nazis who truly believed they could subjugate them. However, what was supposed to be the destruction of a single secret base deep in Romania will quickly turn into a larger mission. World War II leaves no one unmoved, not even the "monsters"... and with them in the balance, things may soon change !
Arkham Redemption
Some of Batman's most regular adversaries are tired of their lives of crime, each for their own reasons, and can get a second chance, provided they help the Dark Knight in his crusade against Gotham's organized crime. An unofficial team of ex-supervillains is secretly organized, funded by Batman, who sometimes helps them directly. This seems fitting, given that some of the Caped Crusader's other old enemies seem more determined than ever to make him... Hush !
The Final Tournament (1994)
For the light to continue blessing the Earth, the secret organization defending our world against darkness' champions must triumph in the final tournament, in a remote location in Transylvania. If they fail, the forces of darkness will cover the earth, while if they wins, peace will be restored for a thousand years ! ... Provided that evil decides to play fair.
The Necessary Evil : Mission Election
Set shortly after "Mission Vatican." While on a mission to neutralize a far-right group in Venezuela, two members of Necessary Evil, White Reaper and ManHuntress, discover the existence of a plot to kill one of the favorites for the upcoming American elections. Archibald Petterson, governor of the state of Louisiana, who's a serious contender for the White House, with his pro-peace speech, seems to have a target on his back because of a plot partly controlled by the infamous "Clan" of the southern US. To defend him, Reaper and Huntress organize a team with some of their available Necessary Evil colleagues, in order to ensure the protection of the important politician, as well as to unmask the real culprits, who seem to have even darker plans. From now on, the American elections promise to be explosive !
The Necessary Evil : Mission Vatican
Takes place a few years after "Mission Pangea". In recent years, thanks to the intervention of Panthera, a team of ex-supervillains and other criminals, seeking to do good, has been created. They had already faced several threats, but this one has a "divine" side. At the request of one of the highest-ranking cardinals in the Vatican, Panthera will ask some members of her team to go to the holy city, while the Pope is very ill. Their mission, to discover what happened to the Holy Father, as well as neutralize an important threat, seemingly terrorist, criminals whose ambition is to blow up the Italian capital with an extraterrestrial weapon stolen the day after a great battle ! Each of the ex-criminals sent to the Vatican has their own vision of religion, but they're all ready to do what it takes to protect the many innocent people living in this city. For those who would have the stupid idea of coming to do evil here, they risk discovering what "Necessary Evil" is !
Mission Pangea
Takes place in the same universe as "Price on a Head". Pangea is a truly lost world, where Dinosaurs and many other prehistoric animals from all eras still live, located in a dimension that is hard to access. However, upon learning that a large quantity of Titanium, the strongest and rarest metal on Earth, is there, some will succeed in finding a way there. Learning that a large unit of elite soldiers from Kaslovia has found a passage there and would be close to getting their hands on the Titanium, General Duke Holt of the American army decides to send a unit there, led by the greatest hero of his country, the immortal "American Man", although things do not go as planned, the Kaslovians giving them an explosive welcome. Only American Man survives, being found by his fellow "Protector of the World", Panthera, who was there recently. However, another black ops unit was sent by Duke at the same time, made up of criminals who accepted this mission to obtain their freedom. In this remote world, the worst threat can come from anywhere, starting with the one you least expect !
Monster Survivor
Takes place three years after the events of "Monster Island". A Boeing 777 from Tokyo mysteriously crashes on the infamous "Monster Island." One of its passengers, Lucas Stevenson, manages to survive and realizes he's stranded in the most dangerous place in the world. Coming from a unique family of soldiers, he has what it takes to fight and survive, but this island will require many feats from him. What if, to survive all these monsters, he had to preserve everything that makes him human despite what wait him ?
Monster Island
Set a few years after the events of "Monster Park", a major plane carrying the American vice president was diverted from its route and crashed, no one knows how, on the island. Since no nation has the legal authority to go to this island, which has been classified by the UN, a member of the government unofficially hires a group of mercenaries to infiltrate the island, now in the hands of the monsters who were once prisoners there. They're not guaranteed to find the vice president alive, but they must try, even though they're in the only place on Earth where their very high-level military training may not be of any help !
Monster Park
Eccentric multi-billionaire Woodrow Ravencroft owns amusement parks all over the world, but none of them are like the one on a private forest island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. For one weekend, he brings in several people to test the park, to prove it's safe for public use. However, with such creatures from all over the world, nothing will go as planned. More than ever, this place will live up to its name, as the monsters are unleashed and blood is about to be shed !
Monstrous Manor
We begin the second and final part of the summer vacation, as our heroes have recently defeated Mr. Hyde, who is their prisoner in a special cell in their cellar, under the guise of the cooperative Doctor Jekyll. However, while everyone hoped to be able to spend the rest of the vacation in peace, a very special threat begins to approach. Indeed, a being like Adam, created by a mad scientist who is a fan of Victor Frankenstein's work, in the company of a descendant of the mythical scientist, discovers the existence of the mansion and comes to seek refuge there, because they have problems with ambitious demonists, our heroes being ready to help them. Also, the demons seem to be here, and they're not the only ones. Among the new protagonists of this story, there is a mysterious and powerful Archangel, who fell into the forest from the sky, discovered by Zoey, but who is totally amnesiac. Despite this, he's sought after by the demons, but also by the Nephilims, semi-giants children of fallen angels, serving the sky, as well as by some monster hunters. However, "Angel" will be able to count on our heroes to help him discover who he really is, as well as to prevent the mysteriously Machiavellian plan of the demons from being carried out to its conclusion !
Monstrous Manor
A week after the end of the previous season, the Gascoignes are still living in the mansion within the Manor with their monstrous friends... who have not yet all introduced themselves. However, aware that the mysterious "Mr. Hyde" and his criminal empire pose a threat, they're ready to fight for their home. But the first to arrive at the estate is an "amateur paranormal investigator", who received an anonymous tip, has come to the Manor in the hopes of having something to prove to the world that monsters exist, but things do not go as planned. New occupants will also move into the mansion, while a new wave of adventure awaits our main characters in this new season.
Monstrous Manor
Warren Gascoigne, the night watchman at the New York Museum of Natural History, is fired due to budget cuts, like many other employees. However, touched by his honesty during the dismissal interview, his boss offered him a new position, for which he had been looking for the ideal candidate for a very long time. He offers to be the guardian of his family mansion, located isolated in the woods further north in the state. Warren accepts, for at least a trial period, and moves there for the summer vacation with his two daughters. Quite quickly, they realize that they're not the only ones who live there, that there are also several "monsters" who live there in secret. However, understanding that there is nothing bad about them, just wanting to be at peace, the Gascoignes stay at their side, preparing to experience some adventures with these creatures who have just expanded the world of the little family of unlimited way !
The New Monster Squad
During the 1990s, when the Cold War had just ended, a top-secret American project began to take place. Taking up the principle of the Monster Squad, the top-secret team of the British services from the end of the 50s to the beginning of the 60s, disbanded in 62 after having saved this world and that of Oz from a demonic apocalypse, the mysterious Doctor Alexander Zorka, project leader, intends to reiterate the success of this past team in ensuring the protection of the United States of America... at least, that's what that he claims. After assembling a team of eight very powerful creatures, Zorka will send them on various missions around the world, to face ever stranger supernatural threats. But in this kind of adventure, a question may arise : who are the men... and who are the monsters ?
The Monster Squad
Two years later, the Monster Squad, which was eradicating a Wendigo colony in old mines in the depths of Canada, is about to experience its most unusual adventure... and probably its last ! A Kansas native named Dorothy Gale crosses paths with the team as she seeks help to save her adopted country : the mythical magical world of Oz ! Indeed, a secret society, the Cult of the Cobra, after awakening a mythical monstrous warrior locked in a lost Egyptian city, the Scorpion King, plans to take possession of this magical country to extend the power of their leader, the seductive and terrifying Queen Lamian! The Monster Squad will therefore help the young woman, as well as her special friends, to prevent this threat from spreading to Earth, although we may wonder who represents the worst threat, the Cult of the Cobra or the Wicked Witch of the West, who seems to have been resurrected. In this unique world, which functions partly as a musical comedy, even for outsiders who come there, the Monster Squad is undoubtedly preparing to experience its last mission... as well as its most important!
The Monster Squad
Two years have passed since the Monster Squad secretly saved the world from a demented project of survivors of the Third Reich, who wanted to exploit the resources of a real lost world to avenge their defeat. However, peace is only a very short-lived thing in this job. The world is threatened again, by another Nazi survivor on the run, but this time who don't seem to be the biggest threat in sight. The Monster Squad, made up of a few new members, begins their mission this time in Saint Petersburg, in order to extradite the mythical Russian necromancer Rasputin, who seems to have collaborated with their enemies. They will discover realize that survivors of the Third Reich are posing as a research team gone to the depths of Antarctica, in order to drill for new matter. However, once there, the monsters will realize that the Nazis have, for once, come across something much more dangerous than them, having found a passage towards the center of the Earth, which turns out to be hollow and where a vast lost empire lies. Thinking at first that the real threat comes from the mysterious reptilians, the worst is yet to come. The Nazis have dug too deep and with too much greed, awakening mythical giants, who want to return to the surface to conquer it ! No man could stop such mythological beings, but perhaps monsters would have their chance...
The Monster Squad
1958, some survivors of the Third Reich, hidden around the world, plan to exploit the available forces of the Occult, in order to use them to "restore Germany greatness". The British secret services hear about it but understand that few men would be able to stop them, so they decide to hand over the reins to people who are not put off by anything. They hire their best monster hunter in many years, Mina Harker, to lead a team of non-human beings, which she accepts, although reluctant at first. From the remote corners of the depths of Argentina, to the wild jungles of the Belgian Congo, through the meadows of Switzerland, the Monster Squad sets out to save the world from the shadows... although they do non't seem to be the only ones on the case.
Price on a Head
"Deadly Arrow" is one of the World's most popular and followed streamers, living in Dubai for years. One night, during an online "charity" party, he plays with several big streamers from all over the world, but also with some special guests. Among them is the mysterious multi-billionaire Howard Nottingham, a rather eccentric Englishman and very bad loser. After several games lost, notably because of Arrow, Howard ends up raging and leaves at the end of the evening. Feeling humiliated, and finding Arrow really stupid, he decides to put a price on his head on the Dark Web ! However, it is a special contract, putting the head of the American streamer for 100 million dollars ! The only ones who can fulfill this mission are some of the most dangerous criminals in the world, mercenaries, hitmen... super-villains ! The'll stop at nothing to pocket this mind-boggling sum. However, this case will reach the ears of the mysterious "Colossus of Liège", a Belgian super-vigilante hunting the worst criminals across the world for years. He'll decide to protect "Deadly Arrow" against all these villains, in order to find Nottingham, whom he has been looking for for a long time. Whatever happens from now on, no one could predict it, because when meta-humans and non-human creatures get involved in such a contract, damages are inevitable !
The Gamekeeper
In a remote corner of England, a Noble's lands are protected by a friendly but difficult to socialize gamekeeper. One day, a group of elite Russian mercenaries is parachuted onto the lands, whose goal is to kidnap the family living there, but they had not included the gamekeeper in their plan. He'll turn out to be much more than a simple employee, he must make peace with his heavy mysterious past. The mercenaries sent here are not softies, being big brutes very dangerous, but next to the gamekeeper ... they'll not be able to compete !