A Solid Steel Rally [Open]

In the heart of East City, there was a crowd gathering. They were not taking to the streets to protest or riot, nor were they gathering for a sporting event or film premier. Instead, the people of East City were marching to the Rangle Memorial Battle Ball Stadium to see a very special speaker. It was the first real political rally for The Unbreakable Mister Steel after he announced his intention to run for the position of President. Martial arts fans, locals from the neighborhoods that Donût had grown up in, and random citizens that wanted to see genuine political change all gathered in the seats and standing area of the stadium. It was a larger crowd than Donût had expected. But it was about the size that HumDee and DumDee had thought would show up.

Speaking of the little green men, they were already on the stage, in front of the curtains. HumDee was riling up the crowd, speaking into a microphone, while DumDee double-checked the sound and hookups at the podium in the center of the stage. Donût just had to wait for his name...

"And now, without further ado, the one... the only... MISTER STEEEEEEEEEEL!"

With that, Donût dusted himself off... and The Unbreakable Mister Steel walked up onto the stage and into the lights.

He was wearing a navy blue suit with bright, nearly aqua-blue, pinstripes on it. Underneath, he wore a collared shirt that was a bright orange color. His tie and his loafers were neon pink.

Mister Steel waved to the crowd, giving wide sweeps of his arm to try and greet every single one of the people that had come to see him. He gave finger-guns, thumbs-up, and other gestures to random faces that he picked out of the crowd. And then, rather than finish the fifty-step journey to the podium, Mister Steel leaped into the air, performing a few flips, before landing on his two feet on the stool that had been set up behind the podium

He leaned into the microphone, which had been specially adjusted to make up for his usual shouting...

"HELLO EAST CITY!"

There was a cheer.

"ARE YOU READY FOR CHANGE?!"

Another cheer came, this one slightly louder.

"WELL I'M READY TO GIVE IT TO YOU! OUR WORLD IS CHANGING, THE WHOLE GALAXY IS CHANGING, AND WE GOTTA EVOLVE AND KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES!"

Mister Steel thumped a fist onto the podium. It sounded hard... but he was really holding back his full strength. A light tap from his fist at full power would have been enough to destroy the podium.

"WE GOTTA KEEP OURSELVES SAFE IN A UNIVERSE THAT IS INHERENTLY HOSTILE TA LITTLE LONELY PLANETS THAT ARE MINDIN' THEIR OWN BUSINESS! SO WE GOTTA MAKE THOSE BIG POWERS WANT TA LEAVE US ALONE, OR... TA FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TA LIVE WITHOUT OUR HELP!"

He pointed to the grand screen and curtains behind him. The image of the flag of the planet Earth was projected onto the curtain for a moment, before images of powerful fighters and monsters that had ravaged cities and countrysides flicked onto the screen.

"AND WE GOTTA KEEP NE'ER-DO-WELLS FROM BLOWIN' UP OUR TOWNS, OUR FARMS, AND OUR HOMES! BUT WE AIN'T GONNA DO THAT THROUGH THA CENTRAL CITY ACCORDS! DERRY'S SURVEILLANCE STATE HAS FAILED, AND NEEDS TA BE REPLACED WITH GOOD ACTORS AND A BETTER SYSTEM!"