AN: I had a really good response to the first chapter that it inspired me to put this chapter out faster than I had planned. The last chapter was to see if anyone would actually read. But damn did the response blow me away. 18 reviews, several favorites, follows and subscribe/alerts. You guys are awesome! I'm going to see if I can follow through with my update schedule I have planned, which is every two weeks. Not too long but it gives me time to rest especially since I'm starting my second year in college. And now on to a couple of responses.
XYZ: Yeah, the Great Saiyaman...not going to go there. While the costume wasn't outright terrible, I could do without the Ginyu Force-isque poses and lines. That being said, Gohan will need a name later on. As to Superman's invulnerability, I'm not to sure what the most common one is so I'm going with the version presented in the show.
Anon: Yeah, so do I.
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Rushing In
Gohan floated in the air as he stared at the large black dome that protected the aliens and what appeared to be a factory or something. He was currently thinking on how to pierce the dome. His first idea was to use the Special Beam Cannon, but if it did go through, it would most likely continue going, possibly damaging the city even more.
As he continued to think, he sensed seven Ki signals heading towards him.
'That's odd...most people have cleared out of here. I wonder.' He thought as he looked over his shoulder to see how was coming. There were five people flying in his direction. A dark skinned man in a green and black suit, the man he saw on TV that he knew was Superman, a green skin alien that somewhat reminded him of Namekians, a woman with wings that was wearing a mask and holding a mace and another woman that had long black hair and a revealing costume that made him look away. He also saw a black jet plane that he sensed the other two Ki signals.
'Hope they just want to talk.' Gohan thought to himself. He nodded over to a nearby building and flew off to it. He was calmed down a bit when he saw they followed and landed on the roof as well. The black jet simply flew over and the two occupants jumped out and also landed on the roof, the jet flying away.
"Alright kid, just who are you and what do you think your doing fighting in this war zone?" The green clad superhero out right demanded once he walked up to the teenage Saiyan. Gohan was taken aback from this and it took him a while to register what he said.
"Um...sorry about my friend here. It's just we're curious as to who you are and how you did that earlier." Superman tried to help smooth out the atmosphere. Gohan nodded at the taller man, grateful that someone wasn't acting hostile towards him.
"My name is Gohan, Son Gohan. I'm a little new around here but when I saw what was going on, I had to help out." Gohan bowed, giving them a honest answer.
"Well, hey there Gohan. Name's Flash, fastest man on Earth. Hey, you mind telling us how you can shoot out energy beams? That was some awesome stuff." the red speedster asked, shaking the kid's hand.
"I've trained almost all my life in order to defend Earth. What I'm guessing you guys saw was me using Ki. But if you don't mind me asking, shouldn't we be trying to fight these...whatever they are? I'm sure I can fully introduce myself later." Gohan answered, trying to deflect some of the attention away from himself.
"Yes, that is correct. I assume you would all like to know just what is attacking your planet." J'onn asked them, stepping forward. When the others nodded, he began.
"Centuries of your Earth years ago, Mars was a thriving world to my people. We had established great cities, culture, art. But that all changed when strange meteorites crashed on our world. In that meteorite was a parasitic organism, their only goal was to take our planet for themselves. We did not know where they came from but they brought with them War and while Martians were a peaceful people, we to soon learned the ways of war. However, our struggle lasted for centuries and the parasites soon feed off of our psychic energy and stole our shape-shifting ability. With almost all of our kind dead, a group of Martian survivors mounted one last, desperate assault on their underground fortress. We were able to unleash a powerful nerve toxin that would paralyze them, but the cost was high. I was the only survivor. I then sealed the fortress shut, in hopes that no one would ever unleash that horror again." J'onn told his tale to the gathered heroes, showing images of all of this through his now usable telepathy. The visual aid had really brought it all home to them.
Batman could feel the loneliness of the Martian, and Superman and Gohan could also relate to the last of his species. With Gohan's anger slowly building during the tale.
"Wait, that makes no sense. The news said that the astronauts didn't find anything on Mars back then!" The Flash exclaimed, remembering the broadcast.
"Hmph, more like some pencil pusher higher up covered it all up." Green Lantern scoffed, crossing is arms and shaking his head.
"More like those astronauts weren't the actual astronauts that went to Mars in the first place." Gohan said, more to himself. Even then, the others heard him and he looked down out of shyness.
"Makes sense. Think about it. It was Senator Carter that campaigned for the nuclear arsenal to be disarmed and before the mission to Mars he had no political ambitions. Why would a career astronaut suddenly change over to politics? And J'onn just said they can change their appearance." Batman supported the young man, having also come to the same conclusion.
"But...then...I helped Senator Carter push that movement through the UN. I helped...cause...all of this..." Superman realized how badly he let this situation progress.
"Superman, those parasites tricked all of us. We couldn't have known. What really matters now is stopping this invasion." Hawk Girl tried to get out of his stupor.
"Well, can't be too hard now. Can't you just whip up another batch of that nerve gas stuff there big guy?" Flash turned to ask J'onn, however the look on the survivor's face told him it wouldn't be that simple.
"No, the plant needed to concoct the gas only existed on Mars. The only other thing that can truly harm and kill these parasites is solar light." J'onn explained in regret, hanging his head low.
"Wait, is that why they had the domes up and pumping out those black clouds, to block the light from the sun?" Gohan asked, an idea forming in his head.
"Yes, the clouds are meant to stop all sunlight from passing through the atmosphere. Even the protective barrier can not stand solar light." J'onn answered the teenage Saiyan.
"I'm going down to try something, you might want to look away and cover your eyes." Gohan told them, flying down to street level just in front of the dome. The other superheroes watching, astonished and worried. J'onn even tried to to call to him to come back.
Once Gohan was on the ground he put his hands in front of his face with the palms out and the fingers spread. 'Hope this works.' He thought.
"Solar Flare!" A blinding light, as if the sun itself was on the surface of the Earth, blinded the surrounding area. The other seven on top of the still standing building looked away, somewhat blinded themselves. What the missed was a small hole appearing in dome and the Super Saiyan going inside.
"Hera! What happened!" Wonder Woman questioned, trying to regain her vision.
"Looks like someone really took that solar light thing seriously." Flash said, blinking his eyes to try and see what was going on.
"Hey, where did the kid...I mean Gohan go?" Hawk Girl asked, not seeing the Saiyan anywhere.
"He is inside the dome...we might want to move back some." J'onn answered with his eyes glowing white again and then taking to the air to move back from where they were.
"What do you mean?" Superman asked as Batman once again used his grappling hook to get himself inside of his jet while the rest also moved back.
"You know what, I'm not questioning it." Green Lantern responded. A few seconds later they heard something inside of the dome.
"Masendan!" and with that a huge explosion rocked the entire part of the destroyed city and most likely the city itself. The shockwave was so bad that even Superman had some trouble not being knocked over.
"Damn kid, is he trying to get himself killed!" Green Lantern yelled over the noise. The explosive forces died down soon after but the dust and smoke still prevented most of them seeing the area.
"Is he..." Flash asked, not wanting to think about this. Superman however could see thank to his vision.
"He's alright, for the most part." As soon as Superman said that, Gohan flew out from the debris with only his cape looking tattered.
"What in the God's name is wrong with you kid! Do you know what could have gone wrong with that stunt! Amateurs have not place in this!" Green Lantern yelled at the teenager.
"Lantern, lay off of him. It worked, the factory is gone, he alright and has been doing a better job than most of us." Hawk Girl defended the younger hero.
"Uh...sorry about that. I just wanted to see if my idea would work out." Gohan said meekly when he saw the looks that some were giving him.
"Gohan, that was beyond reckless. We don't know what you can do and what if that explosion had seriously injured or even killed you or those that could have been around here. You need to be more careful." Superman told him, already falling into a sort of mentor role like he did with his cousin.
"I know, but there are dozens of these things all around the world and I have a feeling that this is only the beginning of all of this. I had to take at least one out." Gohan tried to reason his actions without trying to come across to threateningly.
"He did the correct thing Superman. One less the factories will go a long way to ending this. But as he said there are several more of these factories and I doubt even he could take them out fast enough." J'onn stepped in, trying to hasten what needed to be done.
"I suggest we split up. We can cover more ground that way and take more of them out." Green Lantern suggested, deciding not to argue this with more pressing matters at the moment. He would have his thoughts spoken after this was over however.
"Dibs on the Amazon!" Flash called, speeding next to Wonder Woman and putting his arm around her. She gave him a sourly look in return.
(A few minutes later)
Gohan was flying at hyper-sonic speeds heading towards Mainland Asia. This world was physically different from the one he knew, with several Continents instead of one giant one. Many more things were different here but he couldn't dwell on that right now, there was a planet at stake here. He pumped even more Ki making himself fly even faster.
'Gohan, remember the plan here. You know what's at stake.' A telepathic voice said. The young Super Saiyan simply nodded as he flew over the ocean.
(End Chapter)
A/N: And there you have chapter two. I forgot how long the Justice League episodes were and found I had to split the first episode up a bit. I also know that the factories don't have dome shields but I always thought that the ones that the Imperium could land their flagship would be better defended. But I will admit it was a bit of a plot device so that Gohan could destroy the factory with one of his named Ki attacks.
For bonus points, who can name when Gohan used the Masendan. I'm also going to need to come up with a alter ego name for Gohan since almost all of the heroes in the DC universe need one. And maybe a city to protect. And I didn't take J'onn's speech straight from the show cause I didn't want to repeat their dialogue but I think I kept everyone in character.
Constructive criticism and comments are always welcomed.
Thank you and have a nice day,
The Reaper.
