Power.Babe Bites the Big One

by Syrifax Eliquenteta, The Daily Obituary

THE HOLLOWS - They called him bossy, but he was anything but.

He was Power.Babe, the big blue ox and he's well, dead.

A stand-out in any crowd, he only recently appeared in Pargon City, first appearing at a costume constest in front of Atlas Park City Hall, showing off his new mechanical legs he received after having his hooves amputated by a Warrior swordsman.

"He was really different, that's fer shur," said Lil Bunny Foo Foo, local suck up and recent tank-to-blaster convert.

"He was always focused on what was best for the team -- not himself," she said, polishing off a rather large carrot. "The fact that he gave me a fiver to say that is really well, irrelevant."

A direct decendant of the original blue ox, Babe appeared on the hero scene in Paragon City only recently. No one is quite clear how he materialized -- whether he was born, or whether some peculiar magic caused him to just well, appear.

But the facts remain that for twelve long years, he toiled in the likes of Atlas Park, Galaxy City and finally The Hollows, saving citizens and even the occasional villain from an unnecessary demise.

But as suddenly as he arrived, he was gone.

Although yet to be proven, rumors have been swirling that he dematerialized after being on the receiving end of some rather harsh words from a disgruntled Peacebringer during a FrostFire mission, never to reappear.

Those whose path he crossed remember him fondly.

"I was minding my own business, taking a leisurely stroll on the river's edge. That's when this creepy dude in a robe started hurling knives at me." whispered Joy Jalopy, a reluctant resident of the often violent, never patrolled Hollows district.

"But out of the blue -- pardon the expression -- came Power.Babe with a small group of Longbow soldiers and wow, did he kick ass. I'll always be in his debt," she stated firmly. "That stupid villain never even knew what hit him, and it serves him right. I'm gonna miss the big blue lug," she sniffed, wiping a tear from her mud-stained face.

As will we all, dear citizen, as will we all.

Donations to the Power.Babe memorial statue fund can be made anonymously by contacting his supergroup, Power, Incorporated.