Legion of Superheroes Season three: Triple Threat
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Aquaria is my OC, and copyrighted by me alone :)
I thank my sister, Rebekah Belyea, for part of this story's idea.
Epilogue
Triad was stumped. She had no idea which dark, creepy tunnel to search first. Her and Tyroc had been sent to investigate the disappearance of a Bacteriologist, a young woman who simply went by the name Aquaria. "Oh, duh!" She split herself. "Neutral, you take the left side, Tangerine, you take the right side." Violet has changed their names. She thought it would be fun to see if anyone followed. Unfortunately, when no one did, she couldn't stop, so they stuck. Both nodded, and ran off. Violet breathed in deeply. "No time to worry about what weird things are at the other end now." She started in the air, and silently flew through it, being careful not to touch the moving walls. "Triad?" A raspy voice echoed through the halls. Violet stopped, and looked around frantically. "Hello? Wh..Who's there?" Footsteps could be heard from the end of the tunnel. "Stop!" She yelled, and swatted away a rat. "Hey! Down here!"The voice yelled, louder this time. Triad shrieked. "Tyroc?" She held up her flight ring. Tyroc was holding his ears. "And people say my screams are bad." She muttered an apology under her breath. "Doesn't matter. I Aquaria, by the way. We can Ron-de-vu at the ship, okay?" Violet nodded, and turned her communicator off. Why she was so scared, she never understood. She rummaged through her thoughts as she turned around and started back. Neutral is brave, but can get nauseous easily. Tangerine is sassy, and can sometimes be clumsy. I'm known to be sweet, but I frighten too easily. She sighed. "Something wrong?" Violet felt her heart skip a beat. She slowly turned, and came face to face with a one-eyed monster.
Chapter one
Neutral paced back and fourth. Violet wasn't anywhere in sight, and it had passed a half an hour already. "Maybe she took the long way around?" Tangerine sat and let her eyes follow Neutral's movements. "What long way? It enters another room, and then its a dead end. She has to come out of the tunnel entrance here." Her earrings were noisy as they hit her head repeatedly. Triad had decided to keep her dark tones, and the only difference was her symbol and the added touch of Neutral's white hair colour. "There you guys are!" Both looked over their shoulders to see Tyroc coming over with a tall woman, with long, black hair, purple glasses and a white lab coat. "I found Aquaria." Aquaria waved. "Pleasure to meet you. My real name is Doctor Samantha Renn. I study the affects of hybrid bacteria on hybrid creatures." Tangerine stuck her hand up. "Yes, madame?" Samantha giggled. "Why are you called Aquaria?" She snickered her self. "Well, in the old legends, a beautiful girl named Aquaria held the life of creatures in her hands. She was very clumsy, though, and dropped them all, creating hybrids. I admit, I am a bit of a clumsy person. Sometimes, the creatures escape, but no harm is done." Neutral snorted. "Short legend. Wait – Is one of these things walking around right now?" Tangerine gasped. "well, it could be possible, but why? No one can be hurt as long as they don't frighten the poor things." "What would happen if one was frightened?" Tyroc saw what had happened, and shook Samantha, holding her shoulders. "What would happen?" She coughed, and Tyroc let go. "Well, I suppose they would become vicious, but why?" A loud scream answered her question. "Violet!" Neutral and Tangerine merged, and raced down the tunnel Violet was in. "But...Shrinking Violet isn't here!" Tyroc followed, and Aquaria was too stunned to move. "I'll...wait here, then?" She didn't move for a moment, then slowly sat down in the same rock Tangerine had sat on.
"Violet? Violet?" Triad yelled, her voice loud and desperate. Tyroc checked every nook and cranny around, but there was no sign of her. "She could be anywhere. I mean, this thing could have caused her to shrink to Microscopic size!" Triad stared at him. "We're not looking for Vi, we're looking for my other self!" Tyroc scratched his head, and shrugged. "Well, no more searching in mouse holes, then." "Look!" Triad bent down and picked up a shred of Purple cloth, part of a shirt. "Oh, no..." Triad began to shiver, and she whimpered. Tyroc held her shoulders. "Don't worry, we'll find her." He led her back to Aquaria. "Oh, honey," she hugged Triad tightly. Tyroc opened his ring. "Anyone in?" A hazy picture appeared. "LL, reporting. What's up?" Tyroc shook his head. "Bad news. Purp...I mean, Violet, of Triad, is missing, kidnapped by a large hybrid beast." LL nodded. "I'll send a team as backup." He disappeared. After an hour of comforting Triad, the Legion cruiser could be seen. Lightning lad, Superman and Brainiac 5 came out and met up with them. "Wait up, you guys!" Kinetix bumped into Brainy. "Will you stop that, please? This is the third time!" Brainy brushed his shoulder. "sorry." Superman and Lightning lad both chuckled. Kinetix stuck her tongue out at them and hugged Triad. "Don't worry, we'll find Violet." She winked. "Love the name change." Triad, now reassured, stood tall and split. "Um, hello?" Aquaria waved her hand over Tyroc's face. "These your friends?" Tyroc blinked an few times. "Oh, right! Guys, this is Aquaria, or Samantha Renn. She's the one who has lost the hybrid here." "So, how did you end up lost here?" Brainiac 5 examined the surroundings. It was a huge building, with black, musty walls. Spider webs were hanging from every corner, and a few plants were left here and there. Samantha looked confused. "Lost? I was never lost. This is my laboratory, after all." She held out a map. Superman grabbed it and gazed over all the routes and rooms. "So, who called to tell us you were lost?"
Violet brushed some of her hair out of her eyes. "Hello?" She had seen a large, green eye in the shadows. Deep breathing could be heard, and then, nothing. She must have fainted. Just perfect. The Legion needs me, and I fainted on he job! As she was about to stand, she found her hands tied up with old rope, and her feet chained to a wall with steel cuffs. "Hmm," She spoke quietly, "How do I get out of this?" "You don't." a low voice came from in front of her. "That's the point of a trap, isn't it? To make sure you don't escape! Honestly, some people." Violet remembered the voice now. She grew weary. "Emerald Empress." The Empress came out of the shadows, her long, green hair flung down her back. The Eye of Ekron floated beside her. "What do you need me for?" Empress smiled. "Well, I was thinking. The Legion has grown in numbers. So, I thought the Fatal five should start recruiting. And you're the perfect person to start with." She laughed, and Violet wished she could have plugged her ears. Great.
