It's been a while since my last update on this, i just completely lost the idea for it and got bogged under personal stuff, but it came back to me! So if anyones still out there interested in this...here you go! Next Installment! You guys know the score, any feedback is greatly appreciated, and any ideas or suggestions will be welcomed! Thanks Guys! P.S: Sorry for the cheesy dialogue...:^)
Champion and Leviathan
Champion awoke inside a cell, completely covered by an energy field, Lex Luthor stood outside it, wearing an expensive suit, he smirked as Champion attempted to free himself from the cell, "Not this time Champion, I have learned from my mistakes. You will not be escaping this time. Even if you do, my new project will crush you." Champion watched the man he had fought enter the room, his armour was badly damaged, half of his face mask was completely destroyed, revealing his horribly scarred face, blood ran from a wound in his head.
"Sir, I have obtained the technology you sought, the Justice League and Teen Titans were protecting it, I also…captured the Batman…however he has already revealed our plans to his allies." Luthor turned and began pacing a maniacal grin upon his face,
"Excellent, he has given the false plan to the Justice League, this means they will be on their way to my trap and now without the Batman and you Champion they will be far easier to eliminate…as soon as I take care of that annoyance Superman. It almost pains me to think you could have been at my side doing this Champion, you could have been Earth's saviour…but instead you side with them. A shame." Lex walked out of the room as Leviathan stood in front of the cell, looking over his predecessor, Champion looked directly into his eyes, they were completely devoid of emotion, nothing but obedience for his master Lex Luthor,
"Leviathan…why do you follow Luthor? He's evil…he plans to enslave humanity, hurt people, if you're anything like me...you don't want that do you?" Leviathan scoffed and turned away from him looking out of the nearby window at Metropolis,
"These people deserve to be enslaved Champion, can you not see this? They are but vermin…parasites that consume resources and cry when they have no more! They should be crushed beneath my boots! As for Luthor…I do not plan to follow him forever. Soon he will outlive his usefulness, you see his flaw was giving you emotion, making you too human…he made me too intelligent, I can see his plan will not be plausible without the invincibility that only we have, think of it Champion…join me, and we could rule this world together. We are of the same DNA you and I…we are brothers!" Champion was not shocked by Leviathans plan to betray Luthor, nor by his hatred of humanity, he was surprised by his hesitation of refusal, he considered Leviathans offer for several moments, then his own decision for several more, Leviathan ignored him and continued to stare out at Metropolis. As Champion plotted his escape, a woman entered the room carrying a tray with food and water on it, she immediately headed for Champion's cell, Leviathan stepped in front of her,
"What do you want…Doctor Lyon?" Champion immediately recognised the name, she was his creator, the woman who had raised him, he had come to know her as his mother in the lab he was kept in, Doctor Lyon simply flicked her hair out of her face and looked at Leviathan, "Well he has to eat….if he's to be of any use to us. Mr Luthor already authorised it. He also asked for your presence in his office…" Leviathan snorted and walked out, Doctor Lyon smiled weakly at Champion as she kneeled in front of the cell,
"I'm so sorry its come to this Nick…if I'd known what he planned to do with you. If I knew Project Champion was meant for you…I'd have stopped him, somehow….I'd have.." tears formed in her eyes as Champion could only watch, then Doctor Lyon, took a key card from under a plate and swiped it through the cell, the energy field immediately dissipated and the alarms began blaring, Champion had no time to think, he quickly ripped the restraints off, picked up the Doctor and began running through the halls before stopping at a map of the building.
"Where are they keeping Batman? I need to get him out of here as well!" Doctor Lyon pointed to Luthor's office,"He's there…You can't go there…promise me you wont try and take on Leviathan…he's too strong!" Champion quickly flew outside to street level and put Doctor Lyon onto the sidewalk,
"I'll be back after I get him out…Mother…" he flew straight up to Luthor's office, smashing through the window knocking Leviathan into the wall and Luthor was standing in front of Batman's cell, Champion watched as the Dark Knight got out of his restraints and picked the cell door open before punching Luthor unconscious, Batman simply looked at Champion,
"You took your time….I've been waiting for hours…" Champion turned in time to see Leviathan punch him into the opposing wall, Batman dodged just in time, Champion had seconds to move as Leviathan swung another vicious punch, he dodged and Champion countered with a powerful uppercut, he heard the metal in Leviathans armour crunch under the pressure, Batman was standing at the broken window,
"Come on Champion! We have to go…now!" Champion ignored him and headed for Leviathan who was already on his feet,"You can't beat me little Champion…you aren't anywhere near as powerful as me!" Champion was hit by several heavy swings before countering with several quick punches, he put all of his strength into two powerful gut punches before grabbing Leviathans head and smashing it down into his knee three times, as he tried to get up off the floor, Champion pinned him with his boot,"The human race is always worth defending Leviathan….and if you threaten them…I will always be there, waiting for you…brother…" Champion delivered one last punch to Leviathan before walking to the window and flying out to get Doctor Lyon, he landed in front of her, she could see he was bloody and beaten, Batman glided down soon after and landed next to Champion, a crowd had started forming and were taking pictures of Batman and Champion and chatting amongst themselves.
"Batman to Watchtower…three for transport." they were surrounded by a bright blue light before appearing in the Watchtower. Champion felt pain all over from the short fight with Leviathan, but he immediately turned to Batman,
"So…are you ok? Of course your ok….your Batman…your always ok. You'd have gotten out of there fine with or without me…." Batman grumbled and the words sounded forced and painful for him to say, "No…I probably wouldn't have…if you hadn't escaped I couldn't have gotten past Leviathan…and they were both planning on interrogating me until I talked or…died." Champion looked in shock, Batman continued, "So…thanks…" he then immediately skulked off, barging past Superman and Green Lantern who had come to greet them, Superman looked between Champion and Batman,
"What's wrong with Batman?" Champion scratched his head in confusion, "I could have sworn he said thank you…oh uhh, this is Doctor Lyon…I suppose you could call her my mother…she raised me when I was at Cadmus" Superman chuckled then became serious again, "Green Lantern, if you'd take our…guest to medical. Champion, you come with me….I need a full debrief."
Superman lead Champion towards the conference room, before Supergirl spotted him and ran over, immediately hugging him,
"Your alive! Thank God! I…I was worried…" Kara then saw Superman looking between the two and blushed, "I uhh…just remembered I have work to do…I'll see you guys later…" Kara smiled at Champion then quickly walked off towards the mess hall. Superman looked at Champion, who if not for the bruised face would have revealed he was blushing as well, Superman smiled slightly,
"Something I should know about?" Champion immediately replied,"No sir I…I uhh…we're just friends that's…that's all…" Superman sighed, "Oh…well…come on then…" he lead him into the conference room.
4 Hours Later
The Watchtower
Champion had just finished debriefing Superman as best he could, Superman stood and paced the room,
"That's all I know sir…I didn't hear anything about Luthor's actual plans. But I do know Leviathan plans on betraying him…" Superman sighed,
"So we trade Luthor….for this Leviathan, who apparently is a clone of you, with even more enhanced strength?" Champion could only nod, "Sorry I'm not much use to you Superman…I wish I knew more but…." Superman looked at him curiously,"You've done enough….Go down to Medical and get checked up…we'll start looking into Luthor's plans…thank you Champion…"