Match 20602 Magma (comics) vs. Rictor

[JohnnyChany]

THE XAVIER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT PART 12

TEAMS AND SET-UP

 

 

Inside the Danger Room masked as a dense, shadowy forest a tryst between two terrific telepathic mutants was on display. Psylocke and Danielle Moonstar had spent a small time feeling eachother out before pulling out a variety of creative ways to use their powers on one another.

Danielle, with her innate ability to manifest psionic constructs, conjured forth a flurry of ethereal arrows, each pulsating with raw psychic energy. They streaked through the air toward Psylocke with deadly accuracy. But before they could find their mark, Psylocke's purple psi-blade of pure mental energy gleamed into existence. With graceful precision, she deflected each arrow with a flick of her wrist. Danielle conjured up a mirage of a bear leaping out from behind a tree at Betsy.  Psylocke rolled away and did not let the sudden appearance of the fearsome predator break her concentration.

PSYLOCKE: Your mirages may be a tad less useful in the Danger Room where the emergence of unexpected threats is the expectation.

DANI MOONSTAR: Fair enough.

Dani closed the distance between herself and Psylocke and engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Danielle Moonstar jumped over Psylocke’s attempted sweep and then blocked her attempted follow up backhand chop.

PSYLOCKE: Your martial arts have improved over the years.

DANI MOONSTAR: Fortunately for you I don’t currently have my Valkyrie enhancements.

PSYLOCKE: Such an augmentation would be a bit unfair.

DANI MOONSTAR: How many augmentations have you had again?

PSYLOCKE: Most of them unwillingly.

DANI MOONSTAR: Doesn’t change the fact.

Danielle pushed Psylocke back.  She then threw a psionic bolt at Psylocke, who jumped over it and knocked Danielle down with a diving kick. Dani quickly returned to her feet and they continued to exchange strikes and counters.

Their respective teammates, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Jubilee, Sunspot, Magik, Magma, and Cannonball watched with pride and enthusiasm as the two women put in their all.

JUBILEE: This is so cool.

CANNONBALL: Can’t argue with that.

Eventually, Psylocke’s abilities and prowess proved to be superior and Danielle could no longer keep up. Psylocke struck her down with the psi-blade and the match came to a close.

COMPUTER VOICE: The winner of the match is Psylocke. X-Men Blue now has two points.

Danielle Moonstar regained consciousness after a brief spell and Betsy helped her back up.

DANI MOONSTAR: Next time.

PSYLOCKE: Just name the place and I’m there.

Moonstar joined the rest of the New Mutants team and the left the Danger Room to wait for their next turn the following round.

CANNONBALL: It was a great showing, no shame. It would be foolish to think we would win all the matches.

DANI MOONSTAR: Doesn’t make it feel any better to be the one to lose.

MAGIK: We are at 1-1, with Cannonball, Magma, and Sunspot still to go. I like our chances to finish this tournament strong.

MAGMA: I wonder which one of us will be next and who their opponent will be.

CANNONBALL: Paige hasn’t fought yet; we could be gearing up for a good ol’ family feud between her and me.

MAGIK: Everyone keeps saying they think the connections are always going to be personal and that really hasn’t been the case. Especially not for us. My match was a magic versus science face off against Vindicator and Dani took on another psionic weapon wielder.

SUNSPOT: Are you saying either Amara or I are probably going to take on Sunfire?

MAGIK: It would follow the established pattern. Who could Amara face that has a personal connection? It couldn’t be you, you two are on the same team. Empath isn’t here. Neither is Mephisto, although I doubt he would have agreed to an invitation either way.

CANNONBALL: Man, I don’t know how, but I sometimes forget that Amara literally dated the devil.

MAGMA: Illyana, you really didn’t need to bring that up.

Magik responded with a cheeky smile. The team was soon joined by fellow New Mutant, although not an active participant in the tournament, Douglas Ramsey, Cypher.

CYPHER: Illyana’s train of thought is the correct one for your next opponent, if you would please follow me to the Danger Room.

As they neared the Danger Room, Doug’s former teammates chatted him up.

SUNSPOT: Although you aren’t officially on our team, I knew you would be here somewhere..

CYPHER: Of course. How else do you think we would have been able to bring so many mutants from so many different places? The best communicator in the mutant race is a necessity and Professor X and Magneto know that.

MAGIK: Also, another mutant with a personal tie to Magma that she has no chance in fighting. I so enjoy being right.

CYPHER: You can be right without bringing up the time I was brainwashed by Selene.

MAGMA: Definitely a time I would like to forget.

CANNONBALL: So my current head cannon is Sunspot will be taking on Sunfire which would leave Magma to fight Rictor, being that they both have geothermal abilities and can create earthquakes

The New Mutants walked up to the Danger Room where the X-Force team of Cable, Shatterstar, Rictor, Warpath, and Feral awaited them.

CYPHER: You’re getting the hang of this thing Sam.

Magma shot a glance over at Rictor.

MAGMA: You and me, huh?

RICTOR: Seems to be.

CYPHER: Yes, although Rictor doesn’t engage in generating and producing lava like you do, Amara, his seismic energy generation is second to none. He was also once a part of the New Mutants, albeit during a time when you were not. In some ways it feels like a fight that needs to happen.

RICTOR: I don’t know if I would go that far.

CYPHER: Well, you better be locked in, both of you. Both of your teams started this tournament with a win followed by a defeat.

Rictor placed a comforting hand on Shatterstar’s shoulder who had lost in the previous round against Nightcrawler.

CYPHER: Now is the time for one of your teams to get back on the winning side. But which one, we’ll find out.

CABLE: Rictor, get in there and show her how it's done.

Rictor and Magma walked into the Danger Room which immediately transformed into a rocky mountainside.

 

[Callisto]

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Magma (comics)
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Rictor
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[patrickthekid]

My best guess is that Magma's immunities would help her withstand more of what Rictor can throw at her.

[DSkillz]

Another good chapter to your Xavier Invitational Tournament arc, Johnny. The conversations between the characters are arguably the best part so far. 

As for the match, both Magna and Rictor could probably protect themselves against one another's attacks to an extent, but Rictor doesn't seem to have resistances to heat. Between that and Amara probably being more powerful overall, I'd say she probably wins this. 

[JohnnyChany]

On 5/25/2024 at 2:27 AM, DSkillz said:

Another good chapter to your Xavier Invitational Tournament arc, Johnny. The conversations between the characters are arguably the best part so far. 

As for the match, both Magna and Rictor could probably protect themselves against one another's attacks to an extent, but Rictor doesn't seem to have resistances to heat. Between that and Amara probably being more powerful overall, I'd say she probably wins this. 

Thanks, Dskillz. With all of the matchups already laid out, I have been trying to think of other things to include in conversations as the teams speculate about future opponents. I also have a couple of curveballs planned.

[Callisto]

Match Final Results

Member Ratings:
5.00 - patrickthekid
5.00 - Boratz
4.70 - DSkillz

FPA Calculation:
3 Total Votes cast
14.70 Total Combined Score
14.70 / 3 = 4.90 Final Rating on the match

MATCH SCORE
Magma (comics): 2
Rictor: 1