“By the Power of Grayskull,” echoed in the distance shaking the earth underneath Iron Man’s feet.
“By the Power of what!?” he thought questioning himself for what he’d heard. He was interrupted though by his suit’s processing unit warning him that it had detected a massive power surge.
“Well whatever it is, Power is power. Time to go blow it up.”
Jetting off towards the signature, it didn’t take Iron Man long to find the source. It was a man and a scantily clad one at that gripping a sword in one hand. While the man’s body resonated with an overwhelming power, it was clear that the conductor of the energy was the sword itself.
“Let’s see how this guy handles some modern technology.”
Iron Man pulled no punches and thrust a massive blast at the warrior standing hundreds of feet below him. The blast was met and reflected back by the warrior’s blade right at Iron Man. Caught by surprise, Iron Man was barely able to evade his own attack. Had his initial assault come from any lower, the counter attack very well could have proven fatal. It was time to test that thing known as exercising caution that so many had failed to drill into Tony Stark’s head.
Hovering above, he wasn’t really sure how to proceed. A tiger stalked out of the shadows and he saw the warrior mount it. The animal’s powerful hind legs propelled the duo skyward right at Iron Man.
“Looks like I’m making my exit now”
Not willing to underestimate his opponent again, Iron Man zipped away. He saw during his escape the tiger land cratering the ground under it’s paws and then racing after him. The raw speed was uncanny and it didn’t take him long to realize that out running this opponent wasn’t an option as the beast didn’t seem to tire in the slightest chasing him for miles.
As the beast leaped into the air a second time, Iron Man changed his course and circled back around his pursuers. He detected far less power within the beast than in the man and with the animal’s tail not clasping a sword, he felt safe to release an attack on his opponent’s primal vehicle. Upon release, the rider leaned back and swung his sword in a defensive arc, but the aerial blast found it’s mark and the flying cat was forcefully parted from it’s owner and thrown away to slam hard into the earth below.
“Battlecat. NOOOOOOOO!” screamed He-man as he crashed as well.
The fall affects He-man. Physically, barely, but emotionally, catastrophically. Tactically, he is now blinded by rage and revenge which is obvious by the sure fact that he sends his blade sailing through the air in an assault directly at Iron Man. The sword severs the top of Iron Man’s right shoulder leaving his arm exposed and without power. He-man’s following leap towards his adversary though is futile because while Tony Stark is in pain and damaged, he is far from beaten. The blast from Iron Man’s left arm propels his attacker backward. The blast from his chest accelerates the distance between the two.
The explosive beam’s impact doesn’t defeat Iron Man’s opponent though not immediately at least. It does however trigger a chain reaction that transforms He-man back into a mere mortal. Prince Adam meets the ground sharing his pet’s fate. Iron Man flies off to get a cheeseburger, repair his suit and eventually make his way to the hospital.