The New Face in Town
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana.
Chapter 2: Toying with Me
Several large toy soldiers were exiting a bank, carrying large amounts of money. A man wearing a blue wool sweater, brown pants, a bow tie, and a mask that had a perpetual grin on his face, cackled maniacally,
"Yes, we finally can buy all new toys!"
He is the insidious villain known as the Toyman. Like his namesake suggests, he uses toys as weapons.
Just as the toy soldiers were moving away, a laser beam decapitated all of them. Toyman was furious,
"Who's ruining my fun?"
"That
would be us!"
Toyman turned and saw Supergirl hovering over the
street; Persiana crouched down, ready to pounce. The were-lioness
asked,
"Who's the psychotic Mr. Rogers?"
Kara explained,
"Toyman. He loves to use toys as weapons."
Toyman cocked his head in curiosity, his mask still having that perpetual smile,
"Supergirl,
and a kitty. You know what they say about cats and
curiosity."
Farrah grinned,
"Is
it anything like what they say about boys and their toys?"
Kara
smirked,
"Good one."
The psychotic, toy-using villain grabbed a remote control and started pressing buttons.
Persiana turned and noticed several cars and trucks started to approach them at high speeds.
Just then, they stopped and transformed into robots. The were-lioness shook her head,
"This
is SO copyright infringement. You could seriously get sued."
The
transformed vehicles opened fire with lasers. Persiana and Supergirl
dodged each shot and Supergirl used her heat vision and decapitated
one of them. Persiana dodged several attacks and clawed her way up
to one. When she finally got to the top, she perched on the
shoulder, taunting,
"Hey,
Megatron! I'm up here!"
Another one of the transforming
robots launched an attack against the were-feline, but she
somersaulted away at the last second, the robot accidentally shooting
its partner. The agile heroine somersaulted to the ground, landing
on a car. She landed on all fours and looked back. Toyman was seen
heading in the opposite direction, on what appeared to be a big toy
rocket. Farrah was about to go after him when she saw a woman and
her baby huddling in a corner. She ran to them, trying to get them
to safety.
Meanwhile, Supergirl was bashing robots left and right, slicing them with her heat vision and blowing them over with her super breath. She picked up the arm of one of the robots and slammed it into its chest.
With the robots destroyed, Kara was looking for Persiana. She found her trying to get some of the civilians to safety.
When the area was clear, Supergirl shook her head,
"Toyman got away. Now, we'll never find him."
Farrah sniffed the air,
"He's
close by. I just need to-."
Her head snapped in a direction
when she got the scent. She started sprinting on all fours, chasing
after it. Kara shouted,
"Persiana, wait!"
Eventually, Kara and Farrah arrived at an abandoned warehouse. Persiana sniffed,
"He's in there, somewhere."
Supergirl used her X-ray vision and shook her head,
"I can't see anything. The building's lined with lead."
Farrah nodded,
"I
can smell the lead too. We have to be careful."
She stood up on
two legs and the two walked in.
When they did, the doors slammed behind them, and Toyman's maniacally insidious voice cackled,
"Hello,
ladies. I knew you wouldn't miss our play date. We're going to
have so much fun."
Farrah's natural night vision kicked in,
but was soon diminished as bright spotlights covered the area. The
lights would have blinded any normal person, but for two people with
enhanced vision, it was more brutal. Farrah closed her eyes; she did
not need to see a threat so much as she could smell one.
The lights then subsided enough, and several long legged girls' dolls strutted onto the scene. All of them were armed with typical doll accessories. Persiana shook her head,
"Dolls? Seriously, Toyman. You're going to fight us with dolls? I'm insulted."
The dolls all readied their accessories, which turned into weapons. Supergirl shook her head,
"Did anyone ever tell you that you have a big mouth?"
Farrah shrugged,
"Probably."
The dolls fired. Kara was able to take the brunt of the damage, while Farrah dodged and ducked, using her agility and reflexes to evade the attacks.
Getting around them, Farrah kicked one of the dolls away and bashed it into the others. The dolls turned and that's when Supergirl used her heat vision and sliced them.
Toyman then emerged from the shadows, holding a small yellow bouncy ball,
"Come on, girls. I just want to play."
Supergirl angrily grabbed him, dropping the ball on the ground. As it began bouncing, Farrah's instincts kicked in. Something was wrong.
Supergirl grinned evilly,
"No more games, Toyman. You're grounded."
Suddenly, Farrah shouted,
"Get
down!"
The yellow bouncing ball began bouncing all over the
warehouse. It hit Kara in the face, dropping the toy using villain.
He slipped away, while the girls had their hands full.
Farrah
bent over backwards with astounding flexibility and grace. She said,
"I can handle this. Go after toy boy."
The ball began splitting concrete the more it bounced. The were-lioness thought,
I think I can handle it.
Kara clenched her fist; she knew she should have gone after Toyman, but Farrah, right now, was in trouble. Using her super speed, she managed to crush the bouncing ball just as it neared the lioness' face again. Farrah smirked,
"Thanks."
The two raced out of the warehouse.
Toyman was waiting, and he had a baseball bat and a baseball. Throwing the ball in the air, he hit it with the bat. The ball hit Supergirl. However, these were no ordinary baseballs.
They were grenades.
One impacted against Supergirl and exploded, separating the two of them. Kara was knocked off her feet. Farrah had rolled into cover, hiding behind a car. She turned to the blonde heroine and signaled something. Supergirl nodded and tried to blitz Toyman. The toy using villain took another swung with his bat, launching another baseball.
Kara tried to shrug off the damage and Toyman cackled evilly,
"And
now, Supergirl. I'm about to send you out of the park!"
He
picked up another baseball and was about to hit it when he suddenly
found himself falling over backwards, landing on his head. The
baseball grenade was falling to the ground and was about to explode.
Instead, into Farrah's furry hand. Persiana grinned,
"You struck out, Toyman."
Later…
Kara and Farrah were on top of the Daily Planet, resting on the roof. Superman was with them, and he was hearing about what happened. Toyman had been captured. Superman said,
"You ladies did a good job. More people could have gotten hurt if Toyman escaped."
Persiana smirked,
"All in a day's work."
Supergirl looked at her friend,
"I think we did all right. With the expansion of the League ranks, I hope you and I get paired up more often. We make a great team."
Farrah smiled,
"I'm sure we would."
She stretched like a cat and yawned,
"Now,
if you'll excuse me, I need to take a shower and a long catnap.
All this sweat is making my fur icky."
With that, she
somersaulted off the building and landed onto another building.
Superman looked at her go,
"Impressive."
About halfway home, Farrah then realized,
"I have no idea where Clark's apartment is."
She laughed at herself,
"I am so gonna be late for dinner."
Next Chapter:
When Farrah meets Ollie in Star City, they won't be the only ones seeing stars.
AN: Toyman is a villain, as stated earlier, that uses toys as weapons. He is a frequent foe of Superman's and has even fought the Justice League on several occasions. On the Superman Animated Series, Toyman was the son of a toymaker that went to jail for a mobster's crimes.
