C.S.G.
in Gotham and Oz
(Inspired to some degree by actual characters and events..)
In this very galaxy, right now, there is a perilous disturbance in the force. The Senate has become an Empire bent on POWER- fueled by gas, corrupted by greed, and resulting in long-term toxicity.
Holmes and Watson debated C.S.G.: Coal “Seam” Gas or Coal “Seem” Gas. Which was wittier or righter was tough to immediately determine. The contention was pursued at length..
A band of rebels have become aware of this poisonous plot, which is unfurling at light-speed, and superheroes of the ages are now invited to address this WAP KAPOW catastrophe looming.
Stay attuned..
Chapters
Chapter 1. All Hands On Deck
Chapter 2. The Spread
Chapter 3. Deeper and Darker
Chapter 4. The Pressure Mounts
Chapter 5. Power Corrupts
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C.S.G.
in Gotham and Oz
All Hands On Deck
Chapter 1.
Luke, Xavier and Jean, Joan of Arc and John Connor have all called this meeting today, as they experienced the same vision in their dream last night: Wonderland was not wonderful, more like a horror flick. Oz had become a Mordor. Deadly skulky waterways, lined with corpses of fish and human alike, running to the sea of the same fate. On every continent the life-force of the planet had been deliberately compromised by The Matrix, a tragedy all the Kings horses and men couldn’t mend.
It was judgment day.
Shaggy asked if they were taking the Mickey? Xavier seriously assured they were not.
At that instant E.T. phoned from home and told that “they tried fracking on his planet, but the concoction of chemicals in the water had very bad effects on life forms- so they banned it.”
Batman had heard and mentioned that “the Empire proposed to do it in the suburbs of Gotham.”
A report then came in that Kermit was found dead, by a pond, deep in the forest, near where a Coal Seam Gas rig was said to be in operation.
All attending loved the “Song About Rainbows” and vowed to get to the bottom of this caper!
Optimus suspected Decepticons.
Holmes advised that they look for clues, Waston agreed- so they all sat holding hands and watched the movie “Gas Land’. During which even Thor was moved to tears.
They decided to split up.
A team to the blockade, another to the boardroom, one to the lab, Clark Kent to the news room, and a possie deep into the forests to find how Kermit met his demise.
The Spread
Chapter 2.
It was clear that monetary greed was behind this, masquerading as a guise of energy for the people. If humans needed energy soo badly then there are other ways to get it! Stark knew it, Beast believed it, the hulk as a man- though he was very verging on anger, was a scientist so wanted to assist. The kid from The Sixth Sense was called in- to get some tips from Tessla. Thor had some wicked tech tricks but was forbidden by the gods to give them to humanity, they could solve this themselves. But he could give advice from time to time. Thus the team in the lab got to work.
Conscious and caring humans had already converged at a rig site, doing their best to blockade, to create a scene and awareness, some were getting arrested. Granny was there with Tweety, she was up in a tripod knitting in protest. So far Storm Troopers were doing the dirty work, tazers set to stun. Umpa Loompas had been employed to do the site prep and drilling, a subservient lot who did what they were told and didn’t ask too many questions. Shaggy, Scoob and The Three Musketeers arrived near the scene, The Three stashed their swords and the team merged into the crowd.
Frodo, Gandalf and Aragon were leading the way to the late Kermits pond, a long and dangerous journey- as Oz is notorious for native snakes, crocs and spiders. Dorothy, Toto, Hansel and Gretel were also in the fellowship. The kids marked their trail with breadcrumbs as they descended deeper into the forest. Gandalf gave a knowing smile and a subtle shake of the head. There was no yellow brick road here, the ruby slippers were getting grubby, Dorothy was thinking “it is worth it”, when Toto started barking up at some very large flying creatures far above, heading in the same direction..
The visionaries were in the board room. John Connor’s mother had warned him this day would come, that the machines would rise up and crush the humans. Xavier felt he was a bit militant about it, Luke and Jean Grey agreed, Joan of Arc was all for a bit of combat or at least altercation. Ghandi, Yoda and Jesus then appeared to the team and erred toward passive resistance, but assured them that this fracking business is indeed evil, the work of the devil and the dark side, and never to give in. Then galvanized in their mission, they began prepping petition templates and a website.
Back at his office, Clark Kent got into the archives. Holmes and Watson were with him, they got on the internet. There must be a paper trail, clues to how this started, who is behind it, what are the existing alternatives. There was a bustle of printing, clipping, pinning to the wall, a web of factors which were somehow connected. They shared a solid hunch there was more to this than a lot of gas!
The rest went on reconnaissance, to spread the word, and invite more heroes to rise to the cause.
Deeper and Darker
Chapter 3.
A cold wind came howling down the valley, carrying with it a fowl stench. Gandalf had a bad feeling. The Fellowship followed the river upstream, along a path not now marked by bread crumbs but carcasses. The trees were dying and dead, a sludge was choking the river right up to Kermits pond and even beyond. There were no rainbows here now, no songs, not calls of birds or insects. Even Golum would not and could not live here. Aragon urged the team on upstream to identify the cause. They swung around and peered over the ridge to see- Hitler wearing a hard hat, commanding an army of green flying monkeys which wore the insignia of the Wicked Witch of the West..
Bubbles building, lazers refracting, arcs forming and a bold array of energetic initiatives are pulsing through the minds of the boys in the lab. Serious faces, the occasional one liner gag, some deep debate and healthy competition. Beast was working on solar. Electro-magnetics was in the hands of the kid who conversed with the dead, Stark had begun referring to him as “Tessla’s puppet”. The Iron Man was toying with nuclear. Hydro was beginning to happen, the current still weak, and conductivity issues occasionally shocked and tested the composure of the man that may be the Hulk. Thor had taken to giving advice silently via charade like gesture, as not to directly disobey the gods.
Batman had found Alice and Mario, the Rabbit said they were late so they rushed, yet were still far away. The protest at the rig site was reportedly heating up. Shaggy had Scooby with him, got ze munchies, needed wholesome sustenance, the situation was freaking him out, the Umpas- Loomparing at the rig right before them. Shagger knew for certain that the spook of a deal was a fraud, yet there was nothing he could physically do to stop it. Emotionally he shouted then chanted. “How dumb and selfish are you, um papa, um papa?!” Scooby of course echoed. The sentence made sense and caught on, soon others were in the vocal uproar. The storm troopers freaked and fired.. Dartanyon got tazered, as did many of the other humans, and chucked in a paddy wagon..
Joan knew she was better use elsewhere and left the boardroom, she was more charismatic in person. Luke felt this to be the way and wished the force with her. John Connor felt he could contribute just by being him, fate indicated so, and yet he was intuitively inclined to establish communication channels between various factors in the rebellion as to coordinate activities effectively. Xavier could sense that the orchestrators of this sinister activity were not on planet Earth. It was only now that he saw that- and Luke said simultaneously: “They are on a Death Star”. Prime arrived in the room and confirmed that The Autobots had picked up readings of a extraordinarily large UFO in the solar system. Jean Grey didn’t know what to say, so didn’t.
Holmes who calculated himself as nearly never wrong, and had in the news room discovered a link between the illuminati, a satanic cult and an undocumented religion called “Endism”. Endism advocated terminating all living forms and living purely spiritually. Watson thought it impractical nonsense and told Holmes so. Sherlock pulled rank and pursued his line of inquiry. Clark took off the glasses he didn’t need, placed them gently on the table, and stripped down. From what he had seen, none of this made sense, Coal Seam Gas was vicious, and the excuses of job creation and power generation were bullshit. Evil was at the heartlessness of this. Superman was needed..
The Pressure Mounts
Chapter 4.
This “Death Star” stuff had the visionaries nearly unanimously disturbed, some may say psyched out. The force could not see there as it was soo dark. Luke felt soo helpless that he cried, it was then that the aura of Obi-Wan attempted to comfort him, and reconfigure his confidence. Yoda’s aura just watched. Whatever it was told Joan wherever she was, but she wasn’t phased as she knew her role was to create an uprising in the hearts of the ordinary people regardless of the insurmountable odds. The Xavier and Jean duet, though were deeply moved and concerned, worked together to get a picture of what was happening on the orbiting visitor. There they saw clearly: Moriarty, The Witch Of The West, Dracula, The Queen Of Hearts, Darth and of course The Sith conspiring. Dracula said “PUMP! Then suck them dry!” followed by applause from his cohorts..
Meanwhile in the news room the phone rang. Holmes instructed Watson to pick it up and take a message- as Clark was out. He did so, with a “Hello, Watson here, Clark is out may I take a message.” Holmes watched intently as Watson jotted down the following: “I just found Nemo washed up on the beach near the river mouth, dead as a doornail, or dead dormouse. Anyway, I just thought his adoring fans deserved to know. Rest in peace”. The caller hung up. Watson thought it may be related to CSG, perhaps a clue. Sherlock told his dear Watson that it was elementary. He might be right.
The Goombas arrived to reinforce the Storm Troopers at the blockade. Brut force and lazers combined, all in the arsenal of the Emperor would be employed to keep production pumping. Syslvester turned up with a cage and bolt cutters, climbed the tripod, captured Tweety, disloged Granny, and assisted in their arrest. The two musketeers felt incomplete and were not all for all inspired, they ran a bit back and hid. Scooby’s scent was a giveaway so Shaggy got arrested too, still shouting “How dumb and selfish are you, um papa, um papa?!” Still on their way, in a hurry but not there yet, Mario, Alice and Batman were cutting corners, making haste, and crossing grazing pastures, each were peckish, when they saw some field mushrooms, had a nibble, a drink from a nearby stream and continued their quest.
Hitler had the winged monkeys singing “Songs About Rainbows” as they worked the rig, transferring toxic water into trucks for removal. Whether or not he knew he had murdered the creator of the ditty was uncertain, who knows the mental workings of a man like that. What was clear was that this was Coal Seam Gas mining, deep in the forest, probably nobody else even knew it was there. In the national parks, the last sanctuary for wildlife, creating a wasteland of the last frontier. Frodo perceptively stated: “Kermit will be a martyr!” Aragon raised his sword, Gandalf his staff. Sam popped up out of nowhere with stale lambis bread. He, Frodo, Hansel and Gretel began throwing it from the ridge down upon the Witches Monkeys. Some hit Hitlers hard hat, he looked up, at the intruders and called “ATTACK!” Dorothy got squeamish, screamed, put Toto in her basket and ran..
The genius’ in the lab were well aware, you can’t just cut off power to the populous, to Gotham or any other city, you need to feed them an alternative. Each were making progress, but were not there yet. The blue Beast debated to himself aloud: “Which one would do it though? Any single panacea or a hybrid, perhaps a montage of low impact- less polluting sources? CSG has way too many risks, underground water is vital. The precautionary principal counts it out.” His fellow scientists gave him a little clap. Beast blushed and gave a bashful bow. Stark acknowledged the simplicity yet honesty of the statement, and immediately called Miss Potts asking her to drive a public awareness campaign about all the alternatives. Each of the boys could represent the form they were testing, to generate hope, and even invite other inventions to be put forward. Thor gave the idea a big thumbs up.
Power Corrupts
Chapter 5.
Hitler was in Trump castle, together commanding an army of green flying monkeys by order of the Wicked Witch of the West..
Adam enjoyed the apple, but vowed after seeing all this, not to pick from that tree again.
Premature Inclusion
Here a twist of the tale, and the ongoing saga is completed.
Please feel free to continue the story yourself!
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Themes
Parody, Poignant Comedy, Verge of Tragedy
Locations
Lab:
Hulk, Stark, Thor, Beast. 6th Sense Kid & Tessla.
Blockade:
Granny, Tweety, Musketeers, Shaggy, Scoob… Batman, Alice, Mario and Rabbit.
Storm Troopers, Umpa Loompas. Goomba.
Pond:
Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragon, Dorothy, Toto, Hansel and Gretel. .. Joan.
Hitler, Green Flying Monkeys.
Board:
Luke, Xavier and Jean, Prime and John Connor.
News Paper:
Holmes Watson.
Death Star:
Sith & Darth, Wicked Witch Of West, Moriarty, Queen Of Hearts, Dracula.
Roaming:
Joan, Superman, E.T.
From a land far far away, they have come.