JUSTICE LEAGUE: AI
Concept & Plot outline by RoninReviews, Written by George Jones
Rosumovi Univerzální Roboti Part 1
200km above Earth, Year 2023
Aboard the Транспортный корабль снабжения spacecraft 'Rubicon'
Adrianna Tereshkova closed down Skype and shut the lid on her laptop. She quickly adjusted her hair slightly in her room mirror and made her way through to the recreation room. Adrianna pulled out a chair and sat next to two of her comrades; Petyr Gogol and Yuri Zurkhov.
(*Translated from Russian)
"This episode is the first appearance of Khan" Yuri said to his friend Petyr as he pointed to the TV monitor with the remote control on his hand
"What's this episode called again?" Yuri asked slightly disinterested
"Space Seed. Forget your Into Darkness crap! This is the REAL Khan"
"I kinda liked that film" Yuri answered as he threw a handful of peanuts into his mouth
"That disappoints me. Watch Wrath of Khan, now that's what a Star Trek movie should be like. As much as I like Pine and Quinto; they are no Kirk and Spock-"
"Do you ever speak about anything other than films?" Adrianna butted in jokingly
"Adrianna my dear, you simply don't appreciate good science fiction" Petyr answered
"I do but just not middle aged men fighting 'aliens' in rubber suits"
Petyr dismissed her with his hand and focused back onto the TV monitor. Adrianna stood up and walked over to the window. They were getting closer to Earth, not long to go before land back on Russian soil. Adrianna pressed her hand against the thick transparent metal; longing to be back in the arms of her girlfriend Natalya. A bright green light shot across the stars outside like a shooting star.
"Just saw the Lantern again" Adrianna said turning back to her friends
"Funny how only you seem to see him every time" Yuri laughed. Suddenly the spacecraft was rocked violently, Adrianna grabbed onto the room's table for support.
"That doesn't feel right" Yuri said as all three crew members raced out of the recreation room and into the bridge of the small craft. There they found their captain Nikolai Ozturk wrestling with the flight stick control.
"Captain what is on going on?!" Petyr shouted as the spacecraft violently shook again.
Adrianna raced over and inspected the control panels next to her captain "Readings and all dials are going crazy, I'll message the space station and our co-ordinates!"
The bridge was illuminated by a blinding bright light from outside. Each crew member covered their eyes with their hands. The bright light outside then turned a shade of purple and suddenly came racing towards them like a giant cosmic tidal wave. Captain Ozturk screamed as the control stick lost control and slammed into his leg, breaking his thigh bone with ease. The cosmic wave struck the ship, all the bright dials turned black, the engines cut out and all the crew members blacked out.
YOU'VE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE TECHNE!
15 Miles East of Haderslev, Denmark
Kris Erikson stomped across his snowy field. His rubbed his hands together trying to warm up.
"Shit" Kris said to himself as he looked up into the sky. What seemed like a shooting star was racing through the skies above but it seemed to be coming down to Earth. Kris took the pair of binoculars that hung around his neck and looked closer at the shape. The missile like object came down and crash about half a mile from Kris. The explosive flames shot high into the air and scorched the snowy Earth all around it. Kris began to run as fast as he could across the snow, soon he was about 20 feet from the burning wreckage. Kris rubbed his eyes as the thick smoke of the bright flames reached his face. Another smaller explosion threw Kris to the floor and then she appeared. The hull of the craft opened up with a liquid metal oyster shell and she stood in the opening. She stood completely still. Then suddenly with a small flash of light she disappeared and reappeared in front of Kris from another small flash of light. Kris began to panic at the sight of the teleporting woman. Her body was completely covered in a smooth metallic silver apart from her face, the face of Adrianna. Her eyes flashed like computer dials. Then she spoke.
"I am the void."
Kris continued to pant as he stumbled to his feet
"Where is Red Tornado?"
Kris didn't answer again but simply stared in amazement
"Where is the one I seek?"
A bright blue light flashed from above and landed into the snow about 10 feet away from the Void and Kris. As the snow that was shot into the air settled back to the ground it revealed the Man of Steel. Superman looked concerned, not knowing whether the Void was friendly or not.
"Where is the one I seek?" The Void asked again
"Who is the one you are looking for?" Superman asked as he walked closer
"I seek the one they call Red Tornado, me must speak at once"
Superman scratched his head "Sure"
Later aboard the JLA Watchtower
Bruce Wayne AKA the Batman sat down in front of the large computer. His fingered danced across the control board like they made a mind of their own. Behind him stood Hal Jordan AKA the Green Lantern. Both men looked concerned.
"So can you tell us yet what the hell happened?" Hal asked his friend Bruce
"The tech blackout can be traced back to a cosmic flux in the Earth's Atmosphere roughly above Eastern Europe about an hour ago. Right now all we know is that it caused a worldwide blackout and one other thing…"
"Which is?"
"The cosmic flux hit a manned Russian supply spacecraft which was re-entering the atmosphere. The ship landed in southern Denmark and appears to have caused a rift in space time. The craft has created an energy anomaly around its crash radius"
"Any ideas on the cause?"
"Right now I can't say for sure. Possibly a natural cosmic flux or technologically based but if it were that, it's no tech that was made on Earth"
"And any survivors?"
"Just one" The booming voice said from behind. Hal and Bruce turned around to find Superman standing in the doorway with the Void.
"We doing tours now?" Hal asked
"No. She has been asking to speak to Red Tornado" Superman answered
"I must speak to the one they call Red Tornado" The Void spoke up again
"What's her game?" Bruce asked sceptically
"I don't know. Can you contact Red? She doesn't seem open to conservation to anyone but him"
"Sure" Bruce answered as he swivelled his chair back to face the computer screen
Meanwhile
United States Air Force Luke Air Base, Arizona
John Henry Irons AKA Steel stood inside the empty hangar alone collecting his thoughts on the the military tour of the Middle East that he had just returned from. John thought about the boys that he saw die and their final screams. Irons had recently had his own consciousness transferred into that of a humanoid robot suit. Impervious to pain, not needing sleep, food or water; Irons was the perfect soldier. Irons heard the footsteps of two soldiers under his command walking outside, they stopped next to the entrance of the hangar to have a cigarette. Henry's perfect hearing focused in on their conversation.
"Just glad to be back home" The first soldier said as he placed the cigarette in his dry mouth
"Yeah and back in one piece. How you finding Commander Irons anyway?"
"Frankenstein? Don't like being told what to do by a damn robot"
"He is human y'know, well kinda I think. He's human inside a robot suit or summit, I dunno"
"Human inside a robot? Either way I don't like it. At least when we had Mcklusky in charge I didn't have to worry about his joints rusting up in the field or his body malfunctioning"
"Anyway, you see the L.A Galaxy game?"
"How many times to I have to say, I hate soccer"
Henry had heard enough but waited for the men to leave before he did.
New York City
Central Park
Red Tornado who was currently taking his human form sat on the cold green bench and looked across at the skyline of the great city. Passers-by gave Red strange looked as pigeons climbed all over his head and shoulders. A small bleep came from inside his suit jacket arm scaring off the birds.
"Red Tornado, this is Batman" The voice spoke into his internal ear
"Good Afternoon Batman" Red answered.
"Red, we need you at the Watchtower ASAP, its urgent"
"Affirmative. May I enquire into the urgency of the task?"
"Somebody wants to meet you. She's very persistent"
"Affirmative"
Red Tornado's human face morphed away like liquid metal and into his true robot form. The suit he was wearing did the same. And then in a flash, Red was flying into the air on the way to his destination.
"Mommy! That pigeon man was Red Tornado!" The small kid yelled as his Mum pulled him away by the hand
"Don't be silly John! You've been reading too many comic books!"
TBC in ISSUE 2 of Justice League AI! 'Rosumovi Univerzální Roboti Part II'