Stories by @nikobatman

The Lernaean Hydra

Nowadays, deep in Louisiana, a young man who has discovered a dark secret linked to the local mafia tries to flee with the evidence but is caught. However, at the moment of execution, he's saved by the intervention of a strange and huge reptilian creature with several heads. A week later, his sister, who had not been to this region for a long time, returned to New Orleans to find her brother missing. Many problems will try to come between her, but whether it's the mafia or the corrupt police, no problem will be more imposing than the creature that has settled in the swamps : the Lernean Hydra ! This enormous creature, which grows two heads if one is cut off, isn't a simple beast, it's very cunning and angry !

Nemean Lion

Tanzania, nowadays. While conservationists ensure that everything goes well in the large nature reserve not far from Kilimanjaro, more and more poaching is taking place in the area, as tourists arrive in the area. Facing these men seems hard, even to the experienced game wardens of the region, but it seems that something else could take care of the problem, a predator more dangerous than any coming this way. After a first skirmish, our heroes will realize that the imposing feline, larger and stronger than a rhinoceros, with impenetrable skin, isn't just any animal : it's the mythical Nemean Lion ! He intends to assert the Nature's rights and staying on his path is the worst thing to do !

Cerberus

Nowadays, a group of international researchers makes a great discovery in the depths of Greece : which could be similar to the entrance to Hell ! After successfully drilling a passage into the cave, the group decides to venture there, hoping to discover ancient wonders to be displayed in their museum for future generations, but what they mainly find will be infinitely more precious... and dangerous ! Actualy, they opened a passage allowing the mythical guardian of the Underworld, the all-powerful Cerberus, to be free. This one, which is an antropomorphic being more than three meters high resembling a three-headed werewolf, is armed with infernal chains to catch souls wanting to escape... or people who wanted to enter the abode of the dead ! It might be interesting to finally emerge from Hell, for the first time in many millennia, after having neutralized all those who had the audacity to violate his sanctuary !

The Brotherhood of Light

1902, a young woman named Annabella goes to 221B Baker Street to seek help from the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes. She tells him that she's being pursued by a dangerous sect that needs her because she has visions. Holmes doesn't believe it but after being attacked by some fanatics, who are vampires, he has to accept that his vision of the world will have to change. They're looking for something to bring their master back to life, before the intervention of the one who "killed" him five years ago : Mina Harker ! Although she's also a vampire, she fights to preserve her soul, with the help of her mentor, Professor Abraham Van Helsing. They understand that Annabella really has a power and that can be usefull for them. To do this, they call on other extraordinary people. Arsène Lupin, the greatest thieves, as well as a gentleman. Prince Dakkar, better known as Captain Nemo, the world's greatest scientist and underwater adventurer. Finally, they'll also need the help of Lord John Clayton III of Greystoke, better known as "Tarzan", the lord of the jungle, the greatest adventurer in existence. Together, they'll discover that if Count Dracula is brought back to life, it will not be the worst, because this sect wants to allow the powerful and terrible "Great Old Ones" to return to our world to make it a real Hell ! All this looks terrible but... it is often in the shadows that we find the basis of Light !

Sacred

Jeff Moore is a famous controversial archaeologist, who has just recovered an ancient Mayan artifact, which had been stolen years earlier from the hands of the Hong Kong Chinese mafia. He plans to take the first ship, in this case an old Japanese liner, towards Europe, with the idea of ​​taking the artifact to the Madrid Museum. However, this ship is also used by a UN contingent, with an exceptional alliance of Americans and Russians. Their objective is to bring a terrible, highly sought-after Russian criminal, named Ivan Narasoff, nicknamed the Siberian Bear, to be tried in La Haye for numerous crimes committed in Russia and Asia. Lately, he is believed to be behind some terrorist attacks by Middle Eastern extremists committed in China in retaliation for their recent interventions. By transporting him by ship, the UN agents hope not to have any surprises. However, once on the open sea, terrorists complicit with "the Bear" find him and want to free him, giving him back his real supervillain equipment. However, the worst threat comes from the artifact itself which, once again on an ocean, obviously triggered a signal to call for help the ancient amphibian servants of the Gods who reigned over South America ! So, despite their many differences, everyone on this ship will have to make a choice : kill each other and leave the remains to these creatures... or ignore their differences and work together to confront them and, perhaps, survive !

The Wolf in Everyone

After a successful heist, a quartet of robbers flee but are forced to take a young woman as a hostage. After reaching their hideout, a large abandoned farm in the middle of nature, at nightfall, their boss doesn't care about the few collateral victims caused by the most volatile of the group. He also seems to care little about what they should do with the potential witness, as he really wants to get his hands on the particular loot his men bring back. However, things are starting to go wrong, as at least one person here doesn't want to share and, away from the rest of the world, it seems that this loot is only enough for one person !

Tundra

A Chinese poacher's ship washes up on the frigid shores of Alaska, freeing creatures that had been captured in the Himalayas. They're beginning to hunt what they found in this frozen and remote region, where night reigns supreme for at least another four months. An experienced police inspector is sent there to see what is going on but, between the unofficial owner of the ship who comes there with some sport hunter friends to be able to do their illegal hunting, and the creatures themselves, resolve this case becomes a secondary objective compared to survival !

Batman : The Cult (2011)

Gotham City, the city is victim of crimes coming from homeless people who have been brainwashed to follow the only "true guide from God". Having just closed a previous investigation, the Dark Knight will have to investigate, being contacted by the mysterious "Azrael", who is said to be a soldier of God, but who wishes to help him bring down the crook leading this Cult. While certain lines of relationships seem to be redefined, Batman prepares to embark on one of his most complicated affairs, because Deacon Blackfire has the ambition to take control of Gotham, our hero will have to redouble his efforts or else this will be the final Apocalypse for his city!

Ogre Appetite

In a poor neighborhood of Los Angeles, while violent riots monopolize the efforts of the vast majority of the police, two sergeants on patrol receive a call as the night begins. They meet a terrified teenager who tells them she lives in an unsanitary place, with several other children in danger because of the owners. So the police are going there but they won't have backup for a while. Once in this remote old house, in an abandoned neighborhood, they discover a secret underground vault, which seems to have been built a long time ago. Despite the teenager's protests, they search there, before discovering that the people attacking the children aren't human but terrible ogres ! Obviously originating from Germany, these creatures are responsible for numerous disappearances in this city for decades. They're large, powerful, don't feel pain and love to make their prey suffer to improve their taste, using children as bait while treating them like slaves ! The police officers are going to take a real dive into Hell, where they don't seem capable of standing up to the ogres, but the latter would be wrong to underestimate these men, because no one is more dangerous than when they're cornered !

In the Eye of the Monsters

An eccentric billionaire, fascinated by the various World's mythologies, recently "purchased" a forest island located in a remote corner of the Pacific, which seemed unknown to everyone for a long time. After having a mansion built there, he commissioned major research into the ruins of an ancient city, thinking that he would find something truly part of history there and maintain the name of his family in the collective imagination. For a weekend, he decides to go there in person with part of his team, in order to be there for the big moment. Only, the day after their arrival, they're taken hostage by soldiers, in armored outfits and with very advanced weapons, commanded by a mysterious rival, who wants to reap this discovery's laureal, thinking that what is under the ruins will allow him to establish his domination over the rest of the world ! However, by digging too deep and too greedily, humans will free creatures that have been trapped in a state of prolonged slumber for centuries. Even the war criminals weaponry is not enough to slow down this creatures and our protagonists flee into the woods. What follows is a fierce fight for survival, in a place far from everything, where the worst monsters are possibly not those we believe in !

Preadator : Hunt for Justice (2015)

A dozen people, having nothing to do with each other, are kidnapped and sent into a vast unknown forest for a dark purpose. Each of these people is a criminal who has committed horrible things and who'll be hunted down here by the most terrible hunter in the Universe, against whom they seem to have no chance : the Predator!

Gotham Streets (2006)

Jessy Macphane, a young Irish-American, finds herself enlisted with her friends, despite herself, in criminal stories in the very dangerous lower districts of Gotham City. She'll discover, like the spectators, that survival in this city is very hard with the numerous gangs and the arrival of the first supervillains here, while at night, it seems that something begins to scare the thugs. On streets where gang war can break out at any moment, it seems that even Hell is mild in comparison !

Batman : In the Eye of the Enemy

While he has been protecting Gotham City for many years, a plot seems to be forming to eliminate the Dark Knight once and for all. To get out of this, he will have to surpass himself like never before, discover who is behind all this and become more than a man by truly becoming a legend !

Fresh Meat

At the end of the nineteenth century, in one of the most remote and wild corners of the United States, a terrible beast wreaks carnage among the pilgrims. A bounty is put on the creature's head, attracting several bounty hunters. However, the creature that is terrorizing the region is not a simple animal, but a monster from the new world, a wendigo !

Animals

In a very remote and wild corner of Kenya, a luxury hotel has been opened for tourist safaris. However, one day, almost all the animals of the region seem to unite to make humans understand one thing : they are no longer at the top of the food chain !

Mythological Ops 3 : Final Apocalypse (2017)

Takes place just after the previous film's events. Typhon is free, as are his two brothers : Enceladus, the powerful giant who can cause earthquakes, and the very dangerous Python, a gigantic snake that even the Gods feared. Reunited with the love of his life, thanks to the help of the Norse God Loki, who obtained what was needed for the freed from Etna, Typhon helps Echidna find their remaining children, to prepare for the following. Although some members of their family have been prisoners since the events of the previous film, Echidna intends to free them once they have finished with their enemies, her husband knowing the place where other members of his family are imprisoned, other creations of Gaia : the giants. While the CIA and the army, with the help of their allies from the British secret society, continue to vainly attempt to eliminate these creatures, Cerberus returns to Tartarus, in order to free the giants and remind the terrible King Porphyrion of the oath he to his father. Meanwhile, agents Wealer and Hoover, who had been magically banished by Echidna at the end of the first film, try to free themselves from the mystical Labyrinth of Daedalus, and especially from its terrible guardian/prisoner. All these events are well connected and the future of the world risks being most... mythological !

Mythological Ops 2 : Declassified Files (2015)

Takes place shortly after the previous opus. Nelsen's project blew up in his face, Eric was never brainwashed, he was pretending. He was able to free his family, as well as his mother, and show himself as he really is : the giant Echdidnades ! The CIA's special services team has been virtually decimated and, with no other choice, Jefferson has to form a new team, although the army is also involved in this affair, by President's order himself, he fears that monsters will invade America. They have reunited the majority of the rest of their family and, whatever they have planned, it don't please our protagonists. They'll have to count on new allies to hope for victory but, if Echidna manages to free her husband, it would seem that any resistance is even less than futile...

Mythological Ops (2012)

A CIA field operations unit, after making a terrorist talk in Naples, has just neutralized a dangerous Chechen separatist extremist on a railway in Greece. However, as they were preparing to leave the carcass of the armored train behind them when leaving, the Black Ops realized with horror that the Chechens had not got their hands on bacteriological weapons but on real mythological monsters ! They regained their freedom, to the great surprise of the Americans. Thinking that these survivors from ancient times could represent a global threat to the entire world, the President himself entrusted this team with the mission of finding and neutralizing them, by any means necessary. However, not only could the appearance of these "monsters" in the modern world not be kept secret, but this game turned out to be far too big, even for them. If they're so serious about considering these creatures as monsters, then these survivors from Ancient Greece are going to give them a run for their money !

The Son of the Dragon Awakening (2008)

1950, young researchers, who's not taken seriously by their colleagues, go to do research in a remote and wild corner of the Carpathians. However, in a very dangerous place under Soviet control and still recovering from the effects of WW2, their Japanese colleague decided to hire a small group of American war veterans, who had served in Italy, to ensure their security. Another group of researchers, Russians, also arrived here, led by a German researcher recovered at the end of the conflict, also looking for what would be a very powerful weapon that would allow the Soviet Union to show its superiority to the United States. However, in the terrifying catacombs of the old castle, they'll all awaken something who can't be controled. Thus, the Lord of the Night, the lord and creator of the Vampires, the Son of the Dragon : Dracula, will be involuntarily released from his tomb !

Arkham Asylum : Hell of the Monsters

Beverly Cooper, a young secretary working away from Arkham Asylum's patients, finds herself in a truly nightmare situation. The Asylum is taken over by monsters released by the drilling too deep for renovation work on the oldest sites on the island away from Gotham. Security can't do anything about their creatures and, with the Dark Knight impossible to reach, Beverly is forced to free the Asylum's worst patients who may have faced these creatures. However, now that ALL of the Asylum's "animals" are free, it's hard to know who the worst monsters in this story are !