The Android Saga - Part 1
The screen flickered to life, revealing a disfigured man. The look on his face gave away his insanity, yet if you looking into his eyes, there was an underlying layer of intelligence.
"Well, well. I haven't seen you since we built your rogue android. To what do I owe the honour?"
"I need a favour." The old man leaned back. "And you do owe me, Ivo."
Professor Ivo sighed. "What do you need?"
The old man smiled. "A new family."
Jamie Porteman plopped down on the couch and grabbed the remote. He flipped through the channels, but nothing grabbed his eye. He finally settled on the news, and laid back comfortably.
Now done his first year of university, Jamie was in residence at Metropolis University. His life had gone through many changes since he had broken up with Kara. He'd moved out of the house and was on his way to becoming a member of the Metropolis Police Department. After finishing exams a couple days ago, Jamie was enjoying the beginning of his summer.
His roommate walked up behind him, chewing on an apple. "Whatcha watching?"
Jamie could barely make out the words through all the apple pieces. Just as he was about to reply, a news bulletin came on.
"-are advised to stay away from Centennial Park for the time being. The super powered android Amazo is currently attacking the Superman memorial for unknown reasons, with all attempts to stop him failing. The Justice-"
"I gotta go, Steven."
Steven just stared as Jamie slammed the door on his way out.
Siphon leapt from rooftop to rooftop, his mind racing. His dark costume stood out seemed out of place in the bright city.
Siphon wore a light brown short sleeved shirt with 2 dark red stripes that travelled from his underarms down to his belt. His pants were the same brown with dark red boots. He also had fingerless brown loves that stopped at his wrist. His entire costume was made out of a new durable material called zinthoer. It was being developed by WayneTech and Batman had given Siphon the costume to test out the material. So far, it was working great.
His apartment was close to Centennial Park, so it wouldn't take him long to get there. Since Siphon had seen the Justice League almost completely beaten by Amazo, he decided to call in some help.
"Traya! Can you answer that?"
"Ok, mommy!" Traya Sutton ran to the phone and snatched it up. "Hello?"
"Hey Traya, it's Jamie. Is your dad there?"
Traya smiled and covered the mouthpiece. "Daddy!"
John Smith entered the living room and took the phone from his daughter. "Thank you, Traya."
John put the phone to his ear. "Hello?"
"John, it's Jamie. You seen the news?"
John looked puzzled. "No, why?"
"Amazo's attacking Centennial Park, and the League's not doing to well. I could use your help."
John frowned. "Are you on the way there?"
"Yep."
"I will meet you there," Red Tornado hung up the phone and went to change.
Siphon was perched on one of the skyscrapers overlooking the park. Red Tornado descended onto the roof of the building.
"They're loosing. Badly." Siphon didn't take his eyes off of the fight.
"You have beaten Amazo before. You can do so again. I will distract him."
Without another word, Red Tornado summoned the wind and raced towards the destructive android.
Siphon focused on Amazo and began to absorb the android's accumulated abilities.
Batman rolled behind a stone pillar, taking refuge. He was the only League member still standing. He was prepared for the contingency of battling the League, which gave him an edge above the other members.
Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl and Aquaman were scattered throughout the park.
Amazo flew above the pillar and blasted it to rubble with Green Lantern's power ring. Batman dove, rolled, and ran. He tossed batarangs back at his pursuer, but Amazo simply used Wonder Woman's bracelets to deflect the projectiles.
Batman suddenly stopped and pivoted around, tossing two well aimed batarangs. Amazo, unimpressed by the same tactic, simply raised his wrists to deflect the attack. He was taken by surprise, though, as the batarangs detonated on impact. Dazed, Amazo didn't even see the truck hurtling at him.
Amazo grunted in surprise as the truck smashed into him, knocking him out of the air.
Red Tornado looked pleased with himself as his winds died down. His smug attitude didn't last long, though, as he was blasted by heat vision. The air elemental hit the ground hard and struggled to rise.
"Target: Red Tornado vulnerable." Amazo scanned the hero before propelling forward using whirlwinds.
Batman hurled a grenade. It exploded beside Amazo, knocking him through one of the last standing statues in the park.
Batman helped Red Tornado to his feet. "Is is just you?"
"No. Jamie is on his way." Red Tornado smirked. "It is good to see you as well, Batman."
Amazo rose, his optics set on the two remaining heroes.
"Yo, copybot!"
Amazo turned in time to be punched across the park. Siphon smiled and cracked his knuckles.
"This is going to be fun."
Amazo shot at Siphon with heat vision, but the young hero easily dodged the beams with Flash's speed. Rushing Amazo, Siphon landed blow after blow, staggering Amazo.
Quickly recovering, Amazo countered Siphon's speed with his own. He blocked Siphon's attack and hit Siphon with a right cross. He followed up with a knee strike to Siphon's gut. While Siphon was bent over in pain. Amazo brought his fist back and struck with an uppercut. Siphon lifted off of the ground and flew across the park.
Siphon skidded along the ground and finally came to a stop in the trench he'd made.
Amazo blew Batman away with a gust of wind and trapped Red Tornado in a green fist. Batman collided with the tree and fell to the ground, struggling to breath.
Amazo drew Red Tornado in close, preparing to finish his opponent.
"Just because you have my powers does not mean I am helpless." Red Tornado's emerald eyes glowed as the wind exploded around him.
Amazo, unable to endure the harsh winds, was thrown back. Amazo quickly recovered blasting a hole in Red Tornado's shoulder with heat vision.
A couple meters away, Aquaman began to stir. He held his head as he slowly sat up. The last thing he remembered was being called to Metropolis to deal with some sort of threat.
He witnessed Amazo blasting Red Tornado and his memory came back to him. Aquaman stood. He noticed his trident was missing and found it a couple of feet away, dug into the ground. He quickly retrieved it.
Amazo was approaching Red Tornado, no doubt ready to finish the defenceless hero.
Aquaman wasn't about to let that happen.
Amazo stood over the deactivated Red Tornado. His body had turned off to deal with the hole in his shoulder. It would repair quicker than if he was active. Amazo didn't care either way. He touched his right forearm and a screen appeared.
A loading bar began to fill as the process began. Amazo kept watch on the screen.
As the process was 78% complete, something was pushed into Amazo's back and out through his abdomen.
"You'll be scrap once I'm done," Aquaman growled.
The King of Atlantis dug his trident deeper into the android's body, eliciting something akin to a pained cry from Amazo. Aquaman grabbed Amazo's left arm and, exerting his muscles, tore the arm out of Amazo's socket. Amazo stumbled forward, unprepared for this attack.
Aquaman pressed the attack, but Amazo turned intangible and phased through the ground. Aquaman frantically searched, looking for any signs of a counter attack.
"He's gone."
Aquaman surged towards the voice, but Siphon jumped back.
"Whoa! I'm on your side!" Siphon held up his hands as a sign of peace.
"Forgive me," Aquaman apologized. "I was on edge."
"I noticed," Siphon muttered. He knelt down and checked on his adoptive father.
"Reddy's repair systems are already kicking in, so he should be online in an hour or two."
"Where is it?" A pissed voice sounded behind them.
Aquaman and Siphon glanced back to see Hawkgirl, looking ready to punch someone's face in, patting her hand with her mace threateningly. The other Leaguers began to rise as well.
"Gone," Aquaman informed her.
Hawkgirl cursed. "What did that thing want, anyways?"
"No clue." Siphon shrugged his shoulders. "He attacked, but as soon as he was close to loosing he left."
"And you're sure he left?" Batman joined the trio.
"Positive," Siphon affirmed. " I'm not getting a power reading of that much power anywhere. He's long gone."
"We'll bring Red Tornado back to the Hall. His systems could use some help," Batman observed.
Flash patted Siphon on the shoulder. "I like the new look."
Siphon grinned. "Thanks."
"So, Jamie, are you coming back to the Hall too?" Flash asked with grin.
"Sure. It's been awhile since I've been."
"I think Flash is trying to offer you membership," Wonder Woman clarified with a smile.
"Oh." Siphon looked around at the Justice League. "Yes. If you guys'll take me again, I'll absolutely come back."
Flash patted him on the back. "Welcome back to the Justice League."
A/N: This one's going to be a little different than the first two. Instead of doing a major story, I will be doing a series of story arcs, almost like a comic book. I hope you like the change and please review! :)