Chapter2-Timberwolf
On a distant planet from earth the forests succumbed to darkness as an aged man wandered through in search of something, in his hand was a tracking device and to his left and right were robots to keep him safe. The Robots advanced on the bushes but he put his hand up to stop them
"Show yourself!" he ordered and a rustle was heard then a deep growl, a wolf-like creature sped past the bushes and towards the man. Not knowing where the beast was it took the robots down with ease just tearing through them with razor sharp claws. The elderly man ran off into the forest to escape the beast, as he ran past a cliff the wolf creature was atop it, it howled at the three moons then jumped down after him. Meanwhile not too far away a large glorphax was situated near an asteroid cluster
"There are ships inside that thing!" Superman stated
"Yeah... a glorphax will eat anything." Lightning lad replied
"Anything I need to-" and he was cut off
"Watch and learn Superman, watch and learn." Lightning lad smirked and flew off towards it and charged up an attack then fired it at the monster only to have it bounce back and miss them both by an inch
"That... worked well." Superman commented
"Haven't you two gotten rid of that thing yet?" Saturn girl asked from the ship
"We've got it right where we want it Saturn girl." Lightning lad responded then a tentacle wrapped around him and pulled him out of sight on the screen from the ship, as she put her head in her hand the alarm went off in the ship
"What's goin on?" Bouncing Boy asked
"We're receiving a transmission on the Emergency channel." Brainy explained then he pushed a button on the control panel "look." He instructed directing their attention to the screen where an elderly man appeared
"Legion of Superheroes, this is Mar Lando of Rhall; your immediate assistance is needed." He stated and a crash was heard "please." He pleaded then the screen fuzzed out. They looked at each other shocked. Outside Lightning lad was being pulled around by the tentacle
"Forget globby and get back inside, we have a mission." Saturn girl informed them as Lightning lad fired an electrical beam at the tentacle and Superman pulled it off him
"What about this Mission? We can't just leave this thing out here." Superman stated. As Lightning lad flew off Superman tied the tentacles together span the creature round and launched it farther into space then flew to the ship
"You could have just done that in the first place you know." Lightning lad stated
"I was watchin and learning." Superman mocked earning a glare from him. The ship was off and Brainy decided to annoy Bouncing Boy... from across the room. Roxy turned around to see Brainy had his neck stretched out to talk to Bouncing Boy which made he stop dead in her tracks and look confused at why he'd do that anyway
"Can I help you?" Bouncing Boy asked
"You're flying without the auto compensators." He stated and Roxy mouthed and 'oh' then continued what she was doing "I specifically designed that sub-system to assist you." he stated and stretched his arm over
"No offence Brainiac 5, but when I fly a ship... I actually want to fly it, not babysit a console." He retorted and Brainy tried to push the button "hey what are you-?" and he pushed it
"O oh." he stated and the ship wobbled causing everyone to tumble around the ship, Lightning lad caught Saturn girl as Roxy B5 and Bouncing boy crashed into the side, luckily she crashed into Bouncing boy... so it didn't hurt, but then the ship moved more and everyone except Lightning lad landed in a heap on the floor, Brainy and Roxy however, landed in a very... embarrassing situation meaning...
"Ooh Roxy and Brainy sitting on the ship K.I.S.S.I.N.G first comes love then comes marriage then come the-" Lightning lad sung but was cut off, at that moment they broke apart with Roxy blushing like crazy and B5 just not bothered
"You finish that song and you're dead meat." Roxy threatened as he held up his hands in a mock surrender whilst she advanced on him
"That felt like we hit something." Saturn girl commented
"Technically we did, the planet Rhall, we've just entered the atmosphere." Brainy replied as the ship started beeping, Bouncing Boy rushed over to the control panel
"Stabilizers offline, atmospheric thrusters at 20, this is guna be a rough one." He stated urgently and everyone held on as the ship crashed into a rock then made a terrible landing on the floor. Lightning lad helped Saturn girl up and Superman helped Roxy whilst Brainy analysed the wreck and Bouncing Boy sat outside on a rock
"It could be worse." Superman declared as he helped Roxy out of the ship
"Thanks." She smiled
"How? We're grounded." Bouncing Boy stated
"Well, we could've disintegrated upon re-entry." Brainy answered in a monotone.
"Hate to spoil your feel good moment, we this is a rescue mission remember?" Lightning lad asked and took off and the others followed as Saturn girl sensed something like voices, she stopped and looked toward the forest then turned around lookin scared and flew off. She caught up quickly and flew next to Roxy who was also behind
"You ok?" she asked
"Yeah, I'm fine." She answered
"You look kind of spooked." Roxy smirked
"My ex-ray vision is picking up lots of stuff moving around down there... but nothing remotely human." Superman stated
"Rhall is known for it's abundance of wildlife, most you would classify as, unfriendly. Aside from Dr Lando's research station little else is here." Brainy commented
"What about you Saturn girl, sensing anything?" Superman asked
"Everything... and nothing, there's just too much noise, but back at the ship I'm pretty sure something was watching us." She answered looking back
"Ok now you're creeping me out." Bouncing Boy commented
"Anything from you Roxy?" Brainy asked
"Erm, I, er... same as Saturn girl." She stuttered and blushed a bit and he gave her a weird look but carried on
"Bingo." Superman stated and everyone looked at him funnily "that means I found it." he stated and pointed down so they all followed him and ended up at a large facility, Roxy held her head like she was about to faint
"Roxy?" Brainy asked and caught her before she did
"It's... nothing, I, just feel... pain." She muttered and he helped her stand up
"But it seems pretty quiet." Lightning lad stated, as they looked around the lights shone and the doors opened and a man walked out
"Don't be deceived, these woods are more dangerous than you can possibly imagine." He stated
"Dr Lando I presume?" Brainiac 5 asked shaking his hand
"Yes, yes. Come inside quickly. It may be safe for the legion, but an old man like me doesn't stand a chance out here." He stated and walked back inside and they followed but Roxy hesitated, she could feel something wasn't right. She decided to talk to Brainy about it
"Brainy?" she asked as she caught up to him
"What?"
"Something doesn't feel right about this place; you know how as a Zorainian I'm connected to the wildlife of any planet I visit... it's like they're hurting somehow." She explained
"Is that why you almost fainted?" he asked
"I believe so; all the emotion is too much. I don't know how Saturn girl isn't feeling it." she stated
"Well, we can investigate later, is that ok with you?" he asked and she smiled and nodded as they came to a room.
"My repair facilities are at your disposal, I only ask one thing in return." He stated
"Of course, we can take you anywhere you need to go." Superman smiled
"Oh I can't leave Rhall, my work is here, that's why I called for help, what I need is for you to make it safe." He informed them
"Safe... From what?" Saturn girl asked
"A creature... out there, this creature it's destroyed everything dear to me; my research, my team... my son." He said forlornly and shown them a picture of him "that's Brin, remarkable young man... takes after his father, don't you think? He had so much potential, but now... I want it caught, and I want it brought back to Me." he stated
"Don't worry, we'll find your creature." Superman assured
"And I'll make sure it will never harm anyone again." Lightning lad smiled but Saturn girl looked uncertainly at him
"Brainy, I'm not sure about this." Roxy whispered
"You can stay with me and Bouncing Boy whilst repairing the ship." He replied and she nodded but still didn't find it any more comforting to know that a creature of the forest was about to be injured severely. In the hanger Bouncing Boy and Brainy worked on the ship whilst Roxy stood to the side holding her head
"You can't substitute a plasma conduit for an injector port Bouncing Boy; it's not in the schematics." Brainy stated as he unscrewed one of the screws in a panel on the ship
"Brainy, it's called improvising, you should try it sometime." He replied smirking
"A twelfth level intellect has no need for improvisation." He responded
"Fine, if you're so smart... fix it yourself." Bouncing Boy stated and walked off as Brainy unscrewed another screw
"Where are you going?" he asked
"Anywhere you're not." He replied
"Dr Lando asked us to confine ourselves to the hanger, he insisted!" he exclaimed
"So I'm improvising!" he yelled back and walked off as the doors closed
"Was it something I said?" he asked
"WILL YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP!!!?" yelled Roxy and got a weird look from Brainy
"Not you, there's too many voices here, they're givin me a migraine." She stated and he mouthed an 'oh' then she stood up and helped him. In the deep forest Saturn girl Lightning lad and Superman were looking for the creature
"You're awfully quiet Saturn girl, not scared are ya?" Lightning lad asked smirking
"I'm fine" she stated quickly and they both looked at her and she sighed "it's just this place, you remember when I said I couldn't sense anything?" she asked "well, that's not exactly true... I keep getting an impression, sounds really... It's as if hundreds of life-formes are calling out for help." she explained 'something's going on here, something bad." And they heard a sound like electricity,
"Hey check it out." Lightning lad stated and picked up a robot part "robot parts... wonder if our creature did this." He stated and Superman heard something
"I have a feeling we're about to find out." Superman stated as tons of robots surrounded them
"Not scared are you?" Saturn girl asked as Lightning lad shot on. Superman punched a few as Lightning lad fired at more but it bounced off and they swung for him but missed and cut through a tree only to have it fall down on top of them. Saturn girl was surrounded completely, they jumped at her but stopped in mid air as her eyes shone they were blasted away then she fell to the floor unconscious. As more advanced on her a howl was heard and the creature jumped from an unknown place and destroyed two of the robots then roared at the others making them back off. As the other two flew towards her Lightning lad arrived first to find her gone
"Saturn girl!" Superman called as he caught up to Lightning Lad
"She's gone." He answered. (Then two bunnies start smacking themselves on the head with a hammer on my TV...weird) back in the building Bouncing Boy was walkin through the many halls when he was stopped by a load of machines,
"Restricted area." One of them spoke
"No problem I was just leaving." He replied then tried walkin past them but was stopped
"Restricted area, restricted area, restricted area, restricted area." They spoke and raised their weapons, his eyes widened and he bounced away as they all followed him. Back in the forest Saturn girl awoke in a cave somewhere to find herself in front of a fire
"No more thought blasts." She mumbled and a wolf-like thing began growling as it stepped out of the shadows, her breath hitched in her throat
"Get away." She panicked and kicked it across the face and it growled even more and advanced on her "stay back! I have powers, and I will use them." she threatened and made a dash for the exit of the cave but it blocked her off knocking her to the floor "ok, I'm not leaving." She stated "just don't eat me." She spoke fearfully "nice place you have here..." she started as it sat down on the other side of the fire. "Who, built this fire?" she asked "was it you?" she asked and it walked over to her and tried to draw something in the soil "are you... tryin to tell me something?" she asked and it growled as if saying 'yes' then carried on drawing but messed up and wiped it off then held its head in annoyance "if you'll let me read your mind I can... wait, why do I need permission, it's a monster." She wondered and put her hand to its head and read its mind, flashes of Dr Lando and an experimenting table came into view and him being transformed into that monster. It jumped back roaring in what seemed to be pain but more anger "what have they done to you?" she asked as it howled
"GET AWAY FROM HER!!" Lightning lad yelled and fired at it
"No! It's not what you thin-!" but she was cut off as he fired at the beast when it had moved in front of her to protect her and was knocked into her and against the wall knocking her out cold, it moved over her checking if she was ok but was then pulled away by Superman and launched into the roof as Lightning lad checked Saturn girl
"She's just knocked out, you on the other hand WON'T BE SO LUCKY!" he yelled and charged up his attack then fired at it as it shielded it's face Superman went to hit it with a spiked rock but it grabbed the end and smashed it to the floor then launched the other end at Lightning lad pinning him to the floor. Then it picked the rock up and went to punch him twice but missed and Superman picked it up and it grabbed Lightning lads chest leaving a nice scratch as it landed on top of Superman then jumped back as Lightning lad shot it and got Superman instead "ooh, sorry about that." He apologised after getting an annoyed look from him. Then the wolf jumped at him from behind but he ducked and it jumped for Superman then was punched back to Lightning Lad who grabbed it and shocked it as it howled in pain. It fell to the floor and tried to stand up but fell as Lightning lad was about to finish it off but Superman stopped him
"I think you got him." He stated holding Lightning lads arm back who pulled out of his grasp and looked over the unconscious beast. Back in the hanger Brainy was working on something whilst Roxy helped out
"I'm not worried." He stated and Roxy rolled her eyes "there's no reason to worry."
"Brainy, why don't you go find him?" she asked and he nodded and flew down then opened the door
"And even if there were, Bouncing Boy can take care of himself." He stated then saw Bouncing Boy at the door tied up in blue ropes
"Little help here?" he asked urgently
"Hold still!" He exclaimed then extended all his fingers to each of the robots and shocked them all blowing them up and releasing Bouncing Boy he ran over to him and held out his hand to help him up
"Nice save there." He smiled taking it
"Thank you, I improvised." Brainy replied smiling, as he pulled him up Roxy walked out
"What happened here?" she asked
"I was attacked." Bouncing Boy stressed then she held her head as a noise sounding like growling was heard.
"Come on." Brainy stated and they flew round a corner to see a load of claws comin out of various cages
"Don't leave the hanger eh? I can see why?" Bouncing Boy stated
"I assume we'll be snooping?" B5 asked and Roxy and Bouncing Boy smirked
"Oh yeah." They both stated in unison and headed inside. Lightning lad and Superman were flying over the forest Superman held the wolf creature in a net like thing and Lightning lad held Saturn girl, the beast struggled tryin to break free
"Easy fella, I don't want to drop you." he stated
"Go ahead, save us the hassle." Lightning lad spoke angrily
"Is she going to be ok?" he asked
"Yeah, it's a healing trance, be careful what you say though, sometimes she can hear you... found that out the hard way." he mumbled the last bit as they continued flying. Roxy Bouncing boy and Brainy were outside the building when Bouncing Boy tried communicating with the others
"Stop! Lando will no doubt be monitoring communicator traffic. Perhaps if I think hard enough Saturn Girl might just notice my brain waves." Brainy stated with both hands to his head
"...or we could just do this." Roxy smirked and both her and Bouncing boy yelled "HEY GUYS DOWN HERE!!" they yelled and the two flew down
"Looks like they caught it." Bouncing Boy smirked then saw Saturn girl as Roxy ran past and over to the wolf creature
"What did you do!?" She exclaimed and went to unleash it but was stopped by Brainy
"O oh, healing trance, is she going to be ok?" Bouncing Boy asked
"She better be." He replied
"Whoa, nice scratch, I hope you don't turn into one of those things." Bouncing boy smirked.
"Dr Lando has been conducting outlawed experiments on the indigenous life forms here, this creature is undoubtedly connected." Brainy stated as Roxy put her hand to the beats head
"What do you think it is?" Superman asked and a groan was heard
"...Not what, who." Saturn girl spoke, then gave Lightning lad an annoyed look "and you can put me down now." She stated
"How about a little gratitude, we just saved you from this thing." He stated
"It wasn't goin to hurt me; if you hadn't of come in fists-a-zapping I would have told you that." She stressed "I don't think Dr Lando has been completely honest with us." And she went to let it free
"Y-You're not goin to let it loose are ya?" Bouncing boy asked fearfully
"We have nothing to worry about... I hope." She state and let it free. It stood up and roared then sat back down again
"I'd feel more comfortable if we did this on the ship." Brainy stated and Roxy looked at him "what?" he asked
"Nothing." She smiled
"I doubt he would feel the same way." Saturn Girl replied "and for what I'm about to do we need him as calm as possible."
"In case things get a little, hairy." Lightning lad smirked and charged his hands up but both Roxy and Saturn Girl gave him a look that said 'put a cork in it' and he put his fists down "fine." He stated and she used her mind powers to show everyone what had happened to it causing it to rear up and howl in pain.
"You aren't a monster, you have control." She spoke clearly and it changed into a human like form of a male with grey fur and long black hair and long wolf like ears
"Interesting." Brainy spoke "he must have been in some kind of super agitated state." He assessed poking the male
"Brainy!" Roxy exclaimed
"Do you mind?" he asked lookin up and Brainy backed away shocked
"Do you, have a name?" Superman asked as the male looked at the others
"His name is Brin, Brin Lando." Dr Lando stated from above them, he was surrounded by monsters as robots that looked very dangerous "welcome home son." He stated
"YOU DID THIS YOU PLONKER!!" Roxy yelled venomously
"Well done Legion, I could've never brought him back on my own." He responded and Roxy moved in front of Brin and glared and the elderly man
"You used us, that distress call was a fake." Superman accused
"There is nothing more distressing than loosing a child." He retorted and Brin growled in anger
"Brin, don't let him get to you, you're in control remember?" she asked and he smiled
"Eh, no worries mate, I'd of sliced his head off by now." Roxy grinned and he smirked at her
"You better think of your next move, Dr." Superman stated
"How about... Back off." Lightning lad spoke
"No more experiments, I'm through, you'll never lay another finger on me again." Brin declared in a deep voice which would make most people shiver in fear
"Then you leave me no choice. Take them all." He ordered and the robots and monsters charged at the team and Roxy clicked her fingers and about five of the robots blew up at once as she smirked and took off her necklace reverting to her Zorainian form
"A Zorainian!?" Lando exclaimed as Superman destroyed three robots and Saturn girl created an image of Lando to scare the beasts away but was then attacked by robots, she flew but they caught her side and she ended up on the floor, as they were about to finish her off Brin jumped on them and ripped them to bits. Lightning lad fired at the robots destroying a few as Bouncing Boy carried Brainy as he span his hands round like razors destroying load of them at once
"Suggestion, you should deflate." Brainy spoke
"Thanks, but I think I know when to use my powers." Bouncing boy retorted and was then smacked into a tree as Brainy landed on his feet on the floor. He Extended his arms to the robots head and was shocked
"You're pretty good." He smirked and jumped over the robot as its arms came down on where he stood a second before; he stretched his arms out and sliced the robots arms off then ran around it and completely destroyed it. "but I'm the one with the twelfth level intelligence." He smirked rubbing his shoulder. Superman shot two robots with his laser vision then flew through the smoke and was jumped on by a load of monsters
"Dog pile?" he asked picking them up "that is so junior varsity." He smirked and threw them away. Brin and Lightning lad were back to back and facing Brin were robots and Monsters with Lightning lad
"Switch?" Brain asked and Lightning lad shot the robots
"This doesn't make us buddies or anything." He stated and Brin jumped over him and threw the Monsters away and then went after Lando. Roxy followed him who was followed by the others. He ran into his research lab and stupidly released the rest of the monsters, who in turn advanced on him
"Go, attack!" he ordered and they looked at each other then carried on advancing on him "no...stop! I am your master!" he exclaimed
"stupid stupid little man." Roxy sneered
"Help me!" he called and she turned away but Brin roared at the monsters and they turned to him then walked away silently
"I'd of let him get eaten." Lightning lad stated
"I almost did." Roxy responded and Lando went to walk away but Superman grabbed him by the coat
"Alright Doc, start talking." He ordered
"very well, what would you like to talk about first, my creations I suppose, perfect specimens... marvels of nature, but not nearly... human enough. No I needed a better subject for my crowning achievement." He stated lookin at Brin
"So you used your own son?" Saturn girl stated
"You sick moron!" Roxy exclaimed in anger
"it was to see him transform into the most formidable creature ever created for battle." He spoke as Brin growled at him "he should be thanking me, but no... he ran away before the process was complete." He sneered
"Change him back!" Superman ordered pinning Lando up against the wall
"He can't Superman, my DNA has already been altered too much, this is as close to human as I'll ever get." Brin stated and Roxy looked at him
"that's why I would have let him get eaten." Roxy stated to Brainy
"But for how long... a day, a week? You'll never be able to control yourself Brin." He stated
"Yes he will, and the legion will be there to help." Saturn girl defended
"What about him?" Bouncing boy asked pointing to Lando
"This sector is outside any jurisdiction... even intergalactic law can't touch me, and why would they, my work is a gift... I create life." He sneered
"What you create is suffering, and the forest out there is filled with it, Children look to their parents to protect them, the only thing I've ever been to you is a science experiment... your own son." She countered and destroyed every bit of technology in that room then stopped "never again." He stated and left with the rest of them. The ship took off from the planet a few minutes after
"I still don't see how we're leaving the planet without functioning atmospheric thrusters." Brainy stated bewildered
"Improvised." Bouncing boy smirked. Superman and Roxy were under the ship pushing it out of orbit
"You can do this on your own can't you?" she asked
"Yep." He smirked
"Well in that case, later." She smirked and flew into the ship. Later on
"Well...what do you think?" Bouncing boy asked, they'd found Brin something to wear, it was a Brown black and Orange outfit
"Umm, a little tight." He replied
"You'll get used to it...eventually." Superman smirked
"We can... find you something else to wear." Saturn girl offered
"Nah, I think it suits him." Roxy grinned
"It's not the uniform, what if he's right? What if I can't control this monster inside of me?" he asked
"I know how you feel." Roxy smiled
"And don't worry; we've got your back... just watch the claws." Lightning lad stated rubbing his chest where Brin had scratched it previously.
"Hm, it's a deal." Brin smiled
"Are you ready?" Superman asked then opened a black box to reveal a gold belt with a flight ring, he put the belt on and the ring then raised his left hand
"To the Legion of superheroes, I make this solemn pledge, to use my powers for good, to fight for justice and protect the innocent to aid my fellow legionnaires in times of peril and to keep their secrets safe. I choose a new name to honour the heroes of the past, I am... Timberwolf." He spoke
"YAY WOLVES!" Roxy grinned happily and everyone looked at her funnily as she glomped the fuzzy dude.
