Robots included were:

Lightning, Storm, Barry, Demolition Man, 13 Black, Little Fly, Scuttle, Grim Reaper, Tornado, Anarchy, The Creature, Stealth, Atomic, Reactor, S3, Manic Mutant, Roadblock, Predator, Scorpion, Wild Thing, Red Dragon, Matilda, Banshee, Nightmare, Cunning Plan, Crusader, Napalm, Maverick, 101, St Agro, ICU, MouseTrap, Nemesis, Eric, Binky, Panic Attack, Shredder, Rip, Stomp, Chaos, Viper, Complete Control, Blob, Splinter, Warthog, Demon, Pain, Onslaught.

Vapourbots included were:

Bad Karma, Squish, Achilles, The Taxman, Crash, Spinny Thing, Pure Evil, Tails, Flea, SpunOut.

Realies: 48
Vapours: 10

Total: 58!!

Congratulations TOM ROPER who was nearest!



NEW STORY! Same rules apply. This time you have until Sunday night 7pm. Good Luck!



IT WAS AN UNUSUALLY QUIET FRIDAY EVENING, AS BATMAN AND HIS TRUSTY SIDEKICK ROBIN WERE IN THE BATCAVE READING THEIR HOROSCOPES.

€œWHAT STARSIGN ARE YOU, ROBIN?€ ASKED BATMAN, €œARIES?€

€œHOLY HOROSCOPES, BATMAN! I€™M A SCORPIO NOT AN ARIES!€ YELLED THE CAPED CRUSADER€™S COHORT.

€œHMMM€¦ SCORPIO€¦ AH! HERE IT IS. €˜BEWARE COMPUTER VIRUSES SUCH AS THE MILLENIUM BUG.€™€ READ BATMAN IN HIS USUAL SUPERHERO TONE OF VOICE.

€œTHAT€™S NONSENSE!€ EXCLAIMED ROBIN,€BESIDES, MY COMPUTER HAS OVER 1 MILLION GIGABYTES OF MEMORY AND 3 ANTI-VIRUS SYSTEMS. NOTHING WILL GET THROUGH IT. ANYWAY BATMAN, WHAT STARSIGN ARE YOU?€

€œWELL MY COMPATRIOT, MY STARSIGN IS UNKNOWN. I WAS BORN EXACTLY BETWEEN AQUARIUS AND GEMINI.€

BEFORE BATMAN COULD CONTINUE HIS SPEECH, THE SIREN WAILED. THE CAPED CRUSADER AND HIS CONFEDERATE JUMPED INTO THE NEWLY POLISHED BATMOBILE-M2. THE BATMOBILE-M2 WAS NEWLY UPDATED AFTER THEIR LAST RUN IN WITH THE DREADED DR EVIL, ALSO KNOWN AS TOM ROPER. JOINING THE FLAMETHROWERS, SAW BLADES AND NITROGEN CANNONS WERE ELECTROMAGNETS, WHICH WERE OPERATED BY PRESSING THE RED SQUARE BUTTON, AND THE TORSION SPRINGS, OPERATED BY THE CIRCLE BUTTON. ALSO, BECAUSE EVEN SUPERHEROES NEED ENTERTAINMENT, DISCO LIGHTS AND A SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM WERE INCORPERATED IN THE DESIGN.

AS OUR DYNAMIC DUO STORMED THROUGH THE WINDING STREETS OF GOTHAM CITY, THEY PONDERED ON WHO COULD HAVE TRIGGERED THE ALARM, AFTER ALL, GOTHAM CITY€™S EVIL VILLAINS WEREN€™T EXACTLY HARD TO COME BY. IT COULDN€™T HAVE BEEN THE DREADED HORNET, AS THEY KILLED HIM BY GIVING HIM FROSTBITE, AND IT COULDN€™T HAVE BEEN THE RED KNIGHT SEEING AS HE WAS SAFELY LOCKED AWAY IN A SECURE MENTAL HOSPITAL. THEN, LIKE A LIGHTNING FLASH, IT DAWNED ON THEM. KATNIP!

KATNIP WAS NOTORIUS FOR CAUSING TROUBLE AND STRIFE ON FRIDAY EVENINGS, AFTER ALL, SHE WAS YOUNG, FREE AND SINGLE, AND WAS ALREADY MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF ON THE CELEBRITY CIRCUIT. SHE WAS CATWOMAN€™S LITTLE SISTER AND TO BE QUITE FRANK, HER SETTING THE ALARM SYSTEM OFF WASN€™T EXACTLY A TWIST OF FATE. SHE ALWAYS HAD THE HOTS FOR ROBIN, AND WANTED TO GO ON A DATE WITH THE CAPED CRUSADER€™S COMPADRE SINCE SHE FIRST CLAPPED HER LITTLE CAT EYES ON HIM. THE BATMOBILE-M2 SPED THROUGH A NARROW ALLEYWAY, KATNIP LYING IN WAIT. SHE POURED MOTOR OIL ALL OVER THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE BATMOBILE-M2 TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AND WEDGE ITSELF IN THE ALLEYWAY. UNABLE TO GET HIS DOOR OPEN, BATMAN WAS TRAPPED, LEAVING ROBIN TO DEAL WITH THIS FATAL FEMME FATALE. KATNIP SWUNG HER FOUR SWORDS LIKE BATONS, LEAVING ROBIN UNABLE TO GET NEAR. ONE OF THE SWORDS NICKED ROBIN€™S FOREHEAD, CAUSING BLOOD TO OOZE. HOWEVER, ROBIN WAS GIFTED, AND A SCAR QUICKLY BEGAN TO FORM.

€œC€™MON ROBIN!€ PURRED KATNIP, €œTAKE ME OUT TONIGHT. JUST US TWO, NO BATGEEK!€

€œNEVER, YOU ARE PURE EVIL, KATNIP!€ GROWLED ROBIN, AS HE LUNGED TOWARDS HIS ADMIRER.

€œYOU ASKED FOR IT€¦ PUSSYCATS! ATTACK!€ HISSED KATNIP, AS HER FAITHFUL ARMY OF KITTENS ATTACKED ROBIN. HE WAS EASILY OUTNUMBERED, LEAVING KATNIP RUN TO SAFETY.

Major Tip! Look in the PTT5 entry list for some of the robots...