"Volthoom" Pt. 2 of 3
"Attention Span"
Power Ring turned to face Ultraman. "Now... where were we?" He paused for a second. "Oh. Right. We're gonna kick his ass."
Ultraman smiled and lowered his altitude. Power Ring did likewise. The two were now hovering inches above the ground, staring down an old man in a robe.
"THIS IS OUR TARGET!?" Power Ring snapped at Ultraman.
"Look," Ultraman said slowly, as if he were talking to an intellect even lesser than his own, "Superwoman told us to find this guy."
"Okay. Fine." Power Ring sneered as he saw the man glance nervously at the two. He turned to face the old man. "Look. We can make this easy, or we can make this hard. Your choice."
The old man, indicating his choice, began to run. Power Ring smirked. "They always choose, 'hard,' don't they?"
With that, Power Ring shot a blast of yellow energy from his ring, towards the man. The energy materialized into a giant bird-cage, complete with construct newspaper on the ground and a construct perch. The poor man was trapped inside.
"You always have to make it a bird-cage, don't you?" Ultraman said to Power Ring.
"Beggars can't be choosers. If you want me to remove the cage and let him go, then..." Power Ring trailed off.
"I was just saying..." Ultraman said. "You know what, forget it. We have better things to do."
The two nodded and launched into the air, Power Ring still grasping the cage. Suddenly, they heard an explosion and saw a man flying towards them.
Ultraman sighed. "It's not him again, is it?"
"I'm afraid so, old sport." Power Ring said calmly. "I'll take this guy back to base. Can you handle Luthor?"
"I always can." Ultraman said proudly.
Power Ring nodded and sped off into the night. Luthor then launched himself at Ultraman.
Ultraman looked at Luthor and fired a blast of Uranian heat vision at the balding man. "You really annoy me, Alex."
Luthor smiled. "Normally, yes. However, today will be different."
Alex raised his right fist and showed Ultraman the ring on his finger. Ultraman began to shriek.
"You're getting married? Congratulations!" Ultraman said happily.
Alex put his head in his hands. "I've been married for five years, Ultraman. You were the best man at the wedding! Okay... let me explain. This ring is made of Uranium. Your ultimate weakness. Remember?"
Ultraman stopped to think for a second. "Oh... right. That. Um..." He paused. "What's standard protocol for being near Uranium?"
Luthor began to chuckle. "You describe your symptoms slowly. With lots of pausing in between words. You then curse me for all eternity and fall to the ground."
Ultraman nodded. "Chest... tightening... Lungs... contracting... Brain... shutting down... CURSE YOU LUTHOR, FOR ALL ETERNITY!"
Ultraman then fell to the ground with a loud thump. After a few moments of pause, he lifted off into the sky, now eye to eye with Luthor.
Luthor growled. "That's the next step. STAYING ON THE GROUND."
"Screw this." Ultraman said. "I'm going back to the Panopticon."
"You'll never defeat me, Ultraman!" Luthor yelled. "NEVER!"
That was proven to be incorrect when Ultraman seared the jets off of Luthor's power suit. "DAMN YOU, ULTRAMAAAAAN!"
Power Ring turned to face Ultraman. "Now... where were we?" He paused for a second. "Oh. Right. We're gonna kick his ass."
Ultraman smiled and lowered his altitude. Power Ring did likewise. The two were now hovering inches above the ground, staring down an old man in a robe.
"THIS IS OUR TARGET!?" Power Ring snapped at Ultraman.
"Look," Ultraman said slowly, as if he were talking to an intellect even lesser than his own, "Superwoman told us to find this guy."
"Okay. Fine." Power Ring sneered as he saw the man glance nervously at the two. He turned to face the old man. "Look. We can make this easy, or we can make this hard. Your choice."
The old man, indicating his choice, began to run. Power Ring smirked. "They always choose, 'hard,' don't they?"
With that, Power Ring shot a blast of yellow energy from his ring, towards the man. The energy materialized into a giant bird-cage, complete with construct newspaper on the ground and a construct perch. The poor man was trapped inside.
"You always have to make it a bird-cage, don't you?" Ultraman said to Power Ring.
"Beggars can't be choosers. If you want me to remove the cage and let him go, then..." Power Ring trailed off.
"I was just saying..." Ultraman said. "You know what, forget it. We have better things to do."
The two nodded and launched into the air, Power Ring still grasping the cage. Suddenly, they heard an explosion and saw a man flying towards them.
Ultraman sighed. "It's not him again, is it?"
"I'm afraid so, old sport." Power Ring said calmly. "I'll take this guy back to base. Can you handle Luthor?"
"I always can." Ultraman said proudly.
Power Ring nodded and sped off into the night. Luthor then launched himself at Ultraman.
Ultraman looked at Luthor and fired a blast of Uranian heat vision at the balding man. "You really annoy me, Alex."
Luthor smiled. "Normally, yes. However, today will be different."
Alex raised his right fist and showed Ultraman the ring on his finger. Ultraman began to shriek.
"You're getting married? Congratulations!" Ultraman said happily.
Alex put his head in his hands. "I've been married for five years, Ultraman. You were the best man at the wedding! Okay... let me explain. This ring is made of Uranium. Your ultimate weakness. Remember?"
Ultraman stopped to think for a second. "Oh... right. That. Um..." He paused. "What's standard protocol for being near Uranium?"
Luthor began to chuckle. "You describe your symptoms slowly. With lots of pausing in between words. You then curse me for all eternity and fall to the ground."
Ultraman nodded. "Chest... tightening... Lungs... contracting... Brain... shutting down... CURSE YOU LUTHOR, FOR ALL ETERNITY!"
Ultraman then fell to the ground with a loud thump. After a few moments of pause, he lifted off into the sky, now eye to eye with Luthor.
Luthor growled. "That's the next step. STAYING ON THE GROUND."
"Screw this." Ultraman said. "I'm going back to the Panopticon."
"You'll never defeat me, Ultraman!" Luthor yelled. "NEVER!"
That was proven to be incorrect when Ultraman seared the jets off of Luthor's power suit. "DAMN YOU, ULTRAMAAAAAN!"