The door/ramp of Cheeky Monkey HD.Com’s spaceship, The Minecraft, slowly closed making that PSSSHHHHTTTT noise that spaceship doors make when they close.  There was even a bit of smoke that came out, and some LED lights to make it look more dramatic.  Cheeky Monkey HD.Com slumped down in his Captain’s chair and wondered what he was going to do next.

“Ok, guys,” said Tony Stark/Iron Man, in his typically arrogant manner.  “Here’s the plan for our team. What I want you to both do is…”

“Hang on a minute, Tony – if that is your real name,” interrupted Cheeky Monkey HD.Com.  “I’m the leader of the Contest of Champions team and I don’t appreciate you butting in just because of your ‘genius-level intellect’.”  Cheeky Monkey HD.Com did those air-quote things as he said it, to leave no doubt that he was being sarcastic about Iron Man’s supposed mental acuity.  

“Yeah, he’s got a point.” said Spider-Man.  “I think we should listen to what Cheeky Monkey HD.Com has to say.  I mean, I’m something of a boffin myself – for example I invented these web-shooters whilst still in high school – but he was chosen as leader for a reason, so I’m happy to take a back seat on this.”  It sounded as if Spidey was getting really worked up about it all, but it was difficult to tell with his mask covering his entire face.  Tony did a massive sigh and crossed his arms with a flourish. He was officially in a huff.

“Oh OK,” said Tony, sarcastically.  “Let the great leader tell us exactly what we’re going to do.”  Spider-Man looked expectactly at Cheeky Monkey HD.Com, or as expectantly as you can look with a full-face mask on (as I’ve already mentioned).

“Right, I’ll tell you what we’re going to do, Monsieur Iron Homme.” replied CMHDDC (which is short for Cheeky Monkey HD.Com, which gets a bit tiring to type out every time).  “What we’re going to do is look on this computer screen and see who we have to fight on another planet, and then we’re going to fly to that other planet and one of you two is going to fight whoever it is that came up on the computer screen earlier.”

“Great plan, boss.” said Spider-Man, enthusiastically.

“Yeah, super,” moaned Stark.  “That’s an absolute Bobby-Dazzler, ‘boss’.”  Now it was Tony’s turn to do the air-quotes to indicate his sarcasm.  CMHDDC flipped him the Vs and swivelled his chair around to face the screen. He prodded a few flashing buttons and a message appeared:

YOU MUST FACE…THE HULK.

Spider-Man gulped, whilst a foul stench emanated from Tony’s armour.  CMHDDC just laughed.  This was going to be fun.

To be continued…

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