[quote=@AndyC]


Kicking up another cloud of dust as I push off from the ground, I take to the skies and rush towards the man on the surfboard.

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[color=RoyalBlue][b]"I don't know who you are, or what this is about,"[/b][/color] I say as I close in on him, [color=RoyalBlue][b]"and honestly, I don't really give a damn.  I'm ending this.  [i]Now.[/i]"[/b][/color]
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The shockwave of their collision rippled through the air. An impact three times as powerful of the bomb that leveled Hiroshima tore across the badlands, cracking the ground and sending entire chunks of the barren earth into the air. The crash was so loud, people from hundreds of miles away reported hearing it.

Both the Surfer and Superman were blown away by the energy of their violent crash. The Man of Steel rocketed towards the ground while the Surfer drifted higher and higher into the stratosphere until he slipped the bonds of gravity altogether. The blow he had received had been mighty, but yet the pain was not there. He was beyond pain in this state. That was something he had felt when he was... another man.

[color=darkgray][b]"STRENGTH,"[/b][/color] the Surfer said in a voice that was little above the whisper, yet both Superman and Flash could hear his words clearly.[color=darkgray][b]"YOU HAVE STRENGTH IN ABUNDANCE."[/b][/color]

Floating in the upper levels of the atmosphere, the Surfer balled both his fists. Energy crackled from his knuckles. The power he wielded resided on Earth, as it resided in the deepest black holes and at the edges of the universe. It was the power of the cosmos itself that he was tapped in to. To fight him was to fight against the power of the universe. The energy in his hands slowly stretched across his arms, chest, and legs. Lastly, it covered his head until his entire body radiated with the Power Cosmic.

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[color=darkgray][b]"BUT IS IT A SIMPLE BRUTE STRENGTH, OR CAN IT BE WIELDED WITH PRECISION?"[/b][/color]

He exploded downwards, his body and board crackling with energy and leaving a trail of electricity in his wake as he rocketed towards the Earth and the heroes in the Badlands. They had yet to learn of sacrifice, but the Surfer had planned to give them a lesson on such matters in due time.