DC Adventures of Validus/Rick Jones
!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story takes place when Validus was in the DC universe right after the Leader sent him away from his space station near the moon.
Chapter Two
"Look alive everybody!" Wonder Woman commanded the others as she used her bracelets to deflect a powerful energy bolt which Kalibak blasted at her with his large, handheld Beta club. Then she noticed something. "Validus, look out!"
One of the lesser-known warriors of Apokolips, Steppenwolf, was a big man, standing at seven feet tall, sporting a handsome beard and mustache, wearing dark brown armor which covered the top of his head and the rest of his body, leaving his face uncovered. He carried a huge ax, sneaked up on Validus and attempted to strike him down.
"Prepare to die, Green One. I'll cut you in two. What the?!" Steppenwolf cried out in shock as his ax came down hard on Validus who grabbed the ax with his left hand and struck the warrior with his right, knocking the ax welder back and relieving him of his weapon, still holding on to the business end of it.
"What was that, Wonder Woman?" Validus asked as every other hero and villain there stood agape at Rick's easy defeat of Steppenwolf.
"What are you waiting for, applause? The fight's not over yet!"
"You're as strong as Superman while you lack his intelligence. So I'll blast you into oblivion," Kalibak said as he used his beta club, setting it on his highest level to blast the emerald gladiator.
"You missed, dude!" Validus ran over to Kalibak evading the deadly energy blasts and engaging him in hand to hand combat, both warriors fighting in a Dragonball Z manner with countless punches, kicks, blocks and counter attacks going back and forth until Validus struck his opponent with a well-placed uppercut to the jaw that knocked him high into the air.
"Kalibak! Furies! We've done what we've come here to do. Withdraw!" Steppenwolf commanded while creating a boom tube.
"Don't let them escape!" Wonder Woman ordered.
Booster Gold tried to project a force field to stop them from leaving but the onrushing wind from the activating boom tube knocked him and the other heroes back and off their feet. When the boom tube disappeared all of the villains were gone.
"What was that about?" Validus asked no one in particular.
"Validus, you're too undisciplined!" Wonder Woman exclaimed. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
"I didn't know what you wanted, you didn't want to show me so what did you want me to do?" Validus answered.
"What?"
"It wasn't his fault, Wonder Woman. He..."
"Silence, Supergirl! You weren't doing so well either."
"I was doing all right. Besides, I was fighting most of the Female Furies while Booster and Beetle were fighting henchmen, parademons!
"You've let your infatuation with Validus distract you from our duty when you're a little girl who doesn't know anything about love," the Amazon answered.
"What? How dare you say that? I'm nineteen!"
"You're still a little girl. Your immature crush on Validus proves it!"
"I'm not immature! Why do you keep saying that?"
"Because it's true!"
"Um. Maybe we should investigate the area and figure out what they did," Validus suggested, trying to change the subject. "They left rather quickly. I think they were up to something."
"Like what? How would you have any idea what was going on, Validus?" Booster Gold asked with a sense of contempt. "They obviously left because we were beating them up."
"I don't know, Booster. I just think we shouldn't assume it's over."
"Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. You haven't been here for too long, Rick. Maybe the villains on your world were so sneaky that you had to be paranoid all the time, but it's not like that here. We can handle anything they throw at us," Blue Beetle said with an air of confidence.
"I hope you're right, Blue Beetle, but I can't help being a little suspicious."
"All right, everyone. We're going back to base. It's not impossible to believe that Darkseid's warriors would do something this horrible and then leave. If there's anything bad they've done, the technicians up at the Justice League Satellite will be able to find out," Wonder Woman explained as she was about to press some buttons on her JLA communicator and transport them all back to the Justice League Satellite.
However, before the heroes could teleport out of there, the ground under the heroes shook and capsized as a 25 foot, golden colored robotic giant with maroon, red trim, boots, and gloves came out from under them. "What is that?" Validus exclaimed in surprise as its large diamond-like eyes looked down on them.
"Everybody get back!" Wonder Woman commanded, taking out her magic lasso to ensnare the creature who promptly grabbed the lasso and Wonder Woman with it, tossing her aside like a rag doll, slamming her right through the nine inches thick wall of the observatory. !SMASH!
"Foolish woman! No one can stand before the might of Eterno!" the golden giant bellowed.
"I'm gonna have to go berserk in order to beat this guy," Validus said to no one in particular, looking up at their giant-sized nemesis.
"Before you do that, Rick, let's get this thing far away from here where the collateral damage will be less. It would be a lot better if we fight him in the forest just beyond this hill," Supergirl suggested.
"That's a good idea, Supergirl." Then Validus looked over to Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. "Beetle, you go and check up on Wonder Woman and help with crowd control if necessary. Booster, hang back and use your force field to propel this giant to a vacant area as soon as you get the chance."
"Who died and made you king?" Booster Gold said in defiance.
"Yeah. You're not the boss of us," Blue Beetle parroted.
"Do it, you schmucks!" Validus screamed in a rage. As the two hapless superheroes jumped to do what they were told, Supergirl and Validus approached the giant warily.
"If you think the two of you can beat me, you are ridiculously insane," the giant stated as he began to stomp his way towards the two heroes.
"Why are you here?" Validus called out to the giant robot.
"Thousands of years ago there was a race called the Xan who lived on Earth for a period of time. The Xan were far advanced in their super science and ability to create robots and androids to the point they created many kinds of sentient robots and androids for several different tasks but their crowning achievement was me, Eterno! I'm half robot and half-android with the advantages of both, constructed to be immortal. The energy of the stars harnessed by Xan science was built into my invulnerable body. In my powerful brain the Xan put all the knowledge they possessed, making me wise and powerful, allowing me to perform feats like using my Destructo beams to split mountains apart."
"But the Xan had done their job too well. I bided my time as I planned to conquer my creators. But when I made my move one of the Xan scientists who had grown suspicious and jealous of me struck me with a ray that immobilized me, sending me to the center of the earth by weighing me down with a substance called Absorbium which continued to immobilize me for thousands of years. For some reason, the Absorbium that held me in stasis has been destroyed. I know not how this has happened, but now I can begin my plans to conquer once more!"
"Where are the Xan now?" Validus asked.
"I know not, nor do I care. I shall rule this planet. So bow down. Bow down or be destroyed!"
"There's no way we're backing down, Eterno! No way!" Validus answered back defiantly.
"You will be the first to die, little green man!" Before Validus could react Eterno quickly stomped the ground, creating a shockwave that sent Validus into the sky. Thinking his opponent was out of the fight, Eterno was surprised when Validus came back and flew right into him fists first, stunning the giant. Then he picked up the golden giant by the neck, and tossed him up into the air and slammed him down into the ground. !WOMP!
As Eterno shot back up on his feet he looked up to see Validus flying down on him, striking him in the head and knocking him down again. "How dare you strike the all mighty Eterno?" the robot bellowed as his eyes glowed as he blasted Validus with his Destructo beams, practically shooting him down.
"Ow!" Rick yelled.
!WACK! Eterno turned back to see Supergirl hitting him with roundhouse kicks at super speed. "Get back!" Eterno commanded, backhanding her several feet. Then Eterno walked over to the previously stunned warrior who clapped his hands together, creating a shockwave of his own, knocking the giant back several yards off of his feet.
"I don't have time to deal with you right now but after I'm through investigating this new planet I shall destroy with you!" With that Eterno vanished.
"I wonder where he went off to," Supergirl wondered aloud.
XXX
Sometime later, back at the JLA satellite:
"Still wondering where that Eterno guy went off to, Rick?" Supergirl asked, sitting on the bed of his quarters while Validus was going through a series of tai chi type katas. From her vantage point, Supergirl was able to get a good look at the jade giant since he only was wearing a different pair of shorts at the time. Supergirl was only wearing a T-Shirt and shorts herself, having gotten so comfortable as to have taken off her shoes and socks, going barefoot.
"Yeah. I know the techs up here didn't find anything amiss in the immediate area, but they dismissed the possibility that something could be wrong too quickly. Despite what those guys said, I can't help feeling that robot is lurking around the earth somewhere."
"Well, if something turns up, I'm sure we'll be able to handle it. You seem to know a lot about martial arts," the young girl said, admiring the gorgeous, young man as he went through his paces. "I know that patriotic guy of your universe trained you, but I kind of thought of him as a glorified commando."
"No. He was more than that, but I didn't learn how to do tai chi and katas at this level from him even though he started training me how to do many martial arts oriented things including hand to hand combat."
"Do you still miss the world from which you came? From what I've read things looked really bleak there." At this point Supergirl was lying on the bed on her stomach, looking up at the jade warrior as he went through his paces.
"Things weren't as nice as they are here, but there's no place like home and all that." Then Supergirl got up from the bed and moved in on him. "What are you doing?"
"I want to see how skilled a wrestler you are."
"Don't you remember the sparring match I had with Wonder Woman?"
"I remember, but I wanted to test you for myself." The maid of steel grabbed Rick and threw him onto the bed on his back with a judo throw which allowed her to end up with her on top of him, looking down on him.
"What was that? I didn't think you were so skilled," Validus answered.
"I am pretty skilled. There are two things I'm good at; fighting is the other one. You seem all tense. Let me give you a pectoral massage," Supergirl said, caressing his massive chest. She smiled as she admired the jade hero's physique.
"Um. Well."
"Oh, don't worry. I'm really good at this. Here, raise your arms up." At this point, Kara began to smile as she admired his gorgeous, muscular body.
"I'm not so sure we should..."
"Shh!" Kara put her fingers to his mouth. "Are you ticklish? Let me see."
"Heh, heh. Hey! Are you sure you want to get into a tickle fight with me? I got some mad skills and speed. In addition to that, I have a good understanding of the human body."
"I'll take my chances. In fact, I dare you to tickle me," the blond haired girl said with a smile as she took off the T-Shirt she was wearing, showing off an impressive bosom that seemed to stand at attention. "Well? What are you waiting for?"
"OK." Rick gently and carefully touched the girl's spine, ribs and tummy, making her giggle helplessly all the while holding her arms up.
"He he he he he he!"
"Now where is that particularly sensitive spot?" the muscular youth commented as his probing fingers made their way up her ribs and sides including under her arms, particularly on her left. Kara's giggling fit was such that she fell back towards the large bed, Rick falling with her.
"Hehehehehehehe! Not that spot! Mercy please! Hehehehehehehe! Ha ha ha! All right, Uncle!"
"You giving up? Hmm? I can do this all day," Rick said with a wry smile as his skillful hands did their work.
"He he he he he! Yes! Ha ha ha! I give up! Ha ha! You win! He he he! Mercy! Ha ha! Please!" the young woman gasped helplessly, her bosom heaving with every breath, As soon as the tickling had stopped, Kara happily put her arms around him and moved her lips closer to his when they were immediately interrupted.
!WOOSH! "Kara! What are you doing? And Rick! I trust you to do the right thing, but you betray my trust by taking my cousin's clothes off and using her for sex! How dare you?!" Both of them turned to see Superman there, his cape seemingly billowing in the wind as he stood in the doorway in judgment against them.
"Kal-El!" Supergirl exclaimed nervously as if she had been caught playing hooky. She blushed red in embarrassment, trying to cover up as she was only wearing tight shorts. In the blink of an eye, she reached for her T-Shirt and put it back on with super speed. "It's not what you think, Kal-El. I can explain."
"Silence! I thought you had more morals than that, Kara. What you've been doing is sick, disgusting and degrading!" Superman exclaimed with his arms folded on his chest in judgment of them as he hovered a few feet off the ground in their direction, glaring at them. "What do you two have to say for yourselves?"
"Hey, I'm sorry, Superman. I..." But Rick couldn't finish his answer.
"Is that a Twisted Sister logo on your uniform? What are you going to do with your lives? Let me guess. You wanna rock!" At this point, Superman spun around at super speed and turned into Neal Snyder, lead singer of the 80's rock band, Twisted Sister.
Then "Neal Snyder" began to laugh voraciously, spinning around again and turning into Courtney Whitmore also known as, "Stargirl! What do you think you're doing?" Supergirl exclaimed angrily.
"He he he he he he!" the illusion-casting girl laughed, rolling on the floor. "I've never had so much fun in my entire life! The look on your faces was priceless, Kara! How do you like my new superpower, the ability to create illusions?"
"That was mean, Courtney."
"You should have locked the door, Kara. If you think you can keep a hunk of man like that to yourself without any kind of competition you're nuts."
"What are you talking about?"
"Everyone knows about your infatuation with Validus. Some of the women in the superhero community think it's ridiculously unfair that you have such close proximity to him. There are a few other superhero chicks who'd like to be in the position you were in just a few moments ago, even though it was a compromising position," Stargirl said with a giggle and a wink. "Just couldn't keep your clothes on, could you?"
"It looks like we've been had, Kara," Validus said.
"I'd like to have you, baby," Stargirl said as she admired the young man's beautiful body.
"It's time for you to leave, Courtney!"
"Hey, don't you want to catch up on old times?" Stargirl said, her eyes still on Validus.
"Get out!" Supergirl screamed.
"Kara. I'm your best friend." As Stargirl stood in the doorway, the door flew open, striking Stargirl and knocking her into the bed on which Rick and Kara lay. "Oof!"
"I thought I'd find you here, Stargirl." Then Powergirl gasped as she saw Validus in bed entangled with Supergirl and Stargirl. "What are you doing, you pervert?"
"It's not what it looks like!" Stargirl exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Supergirl parroted.
"Aren't you two a little young to be in bed with someone like Validus!" Powergirl said indignantly, her hands on her hips.
"You got a dirty mind, P.G. Fine then. Watch this." To the surprise of everyone there especially Rick, Stargirl grabbed Validus and gave him a passionate kiss.
"Courtney! What are you doing?" Supergirl demanded angrily.
"I told you this guy was hot, Kara. Did I get a kiss before you did?"
"Ooh! I'm a better kisser than you! Here let me show you!" Immediately Supergirl who was on the other side of Validus gave him an even more passionate kiss.
"I can do better than that!" Stargirl answered back.
"No, you can't!" Supergirl stated.
While Rick was in between the two of them, speechless, the two girls both kissed him passionately at the same time. Then Powergirl walked over to them, zeroing in the green-skinned superhero.
"What do you have to say for yourself, Validus? How dare you seduce these two young girls like this?"
"Well, I..."
"We're leaving, Courtney. That's why I came looking for you. The meeting between the JLA and JSA is over." Stargirl got up from the bed with a smile. Before she left she turned and blew Validus a kiss.
"I hope Powergirl isn't as bitchy as I remember her being," Rick said under his breath.
"I heard that!" Powergirl immediately walked over to Validus, picked him up and struck him, slamming him against the wall. "And stay away from teenage girls!" With that the overly busty superheroine left, Rick having noticed how the woman's body shifted as she moved.
"Are you all right, Rick?" Kara asked, walking over to him and comforting him, gently caressing him.
"I'm all right. You better get going before someone else shows up."
"No problem. I'll just shut the door." But before she could get to the door, Wonder Woman appeared in the doorway. "Another illusion, Courtney? I've just about had enough of this! Instead of being jealous of me, get your own boyfriend. You're not that bad looking. Surely you can find someone out there."
"What are you talking about? Powergirl told me all about what happened here. Get your clothes on and get out of here. And you, Validus, you can talk to Superman about all this when he returns from his mission," Wonder Woman said with an air of authority.
"Oh, great."
XXX
The next day, Validus was in the training room working out, when he heard the alarm go off. Upon hearing this, Validus stopped what he was doing and flew off towards the main control room where the Martian Manhunter was at the main console. "What's the problem today, Jonn?"
"The robot you've fought yesterday has resurfaced in Metropolis. Superman is still on his mission along with most of the others so I'm sending you there," the Martian Manhunter explained, pressing several buttons as Validus stepped on the platform.
"All right. Let's do it!" In a moment, Validus appeared over Metropolis several yards away from the golden giant who was causing all kinds of wanton destruction with people running away from him in terror.
"Hope you've enjoyed your sightseeing, Big Guy because now I'm going to clean your clock!" Validus said, flying towards the mechanical giant.
"You are a fool to face me again. No one can face the might of Eterno!" Eterno immediately blasted Validus with his Destructo beams.
"Ungh! That hurt!" Validus screamed as he flew down on the giant like a dive bomber, smashing into Eterno fists first.
"Oof! You'll pay for that!" Upon being hit Eterno grabbed Validus by legs and threw him into an office building several blocks away.
"This is Snapper Carr, a reporter from the Daily Planet! Right now a large creature calling himself Eterno is in a heated battle with the superhero known as Validus. Validus is a friend of Superman and has helped him out on numerous occasions. Word is Superman is in outer space on a serious and important mission. No one knows when he'll return, so in the meantime, this second stringer is trying his best to fit into Superman's shoes." Snapper Carr gave a play by play with a camera on him while the tumultuous battle raged on.
"And now Validus is coming back! He's power leaping into the robot. His charging attack is taking him all along the street! People are getting out of the way of the two combatants as they both come crashing into an office building! Lookout!" !SMASH!
!BOOM!BOOM! "The two of them are tearing the building they're in apart as they clobber each other! !SMASH! Wait! Eterno has just knocked Validus out of the building. He's coming this way!" The reporter and the people with him looked up as the green powerhouse went flying over them. Then they scurried to get out of the way as Eterno came stomping through the street after his opponent.
"Bow down! Bow down or be destroyed!" the giant bellowed.
"Eterno has just blasted Validus with his own purple version of heat vision! Now he's walking over to him and stomping him down into the ground in a rage! It's over for Validus. Everyone in Metropolis is wishing that Superman was here instead of this stand in who isn't up to par with the Man of Steel!" the reporter exclaimed.
"GRRR!" Rick yelled as he began to go into his gyrations, shaking his head and fists as he pumped himself up. The golden giant struck him repeatedly until eventually, he got up in a rage and shoved the monstrosity away.
"There's been a change in the battle as Validus has just gotten his second wind. His eyes are in a glaze. He's shaking with every blow the giant's hitting him with. He's standing there unfazed! The blows from Eterno are having no effect! The giant looks around, bewildered at Val's newfound ability to stand up to his mightiest attacks."
"Raorrrr!" Rick yelled as he struck the giant, knocking him back a little.
"Where is this sudden increase of strength coming from?" Eterno said in surprise, finally feeling the power of his opponent's attacks.
"You've pissed me off!" Validus slammed into the golden giant fists first, flying into him at a fast super speed.
"It matters not. I shall still prevail. Nothing can stop Eterno. Now I shall terminate your existence!" Eterno blasted Rick with his Destructo beams coming from his eyes which caused Validus a great deal of pain, serving to make the emerald warrior even angrier!
"Aaaargh!" !CRACK!POW!SMASH! As Validus struck Eterno with even more powerful blows the giant reeled back. "It's over! Hiiyaa!" the jade warrior yelled as he struck his opponent with several super fast powerful roundhouse kicks. After having beaten Eterno down, Validus clasped his hands together and brought an ax handle strike down on the robot's chest, causing a dent and sparks to go off.
"Validus is in an adrenaline rage, bringing reminders of the comic book character the Incredible Hulk whose green skin is the same as this caped emerald gladiator. He's now pounding on Eterno, giving him a Rodney King style beating!" Snapper Carr called out.
"Enough, Validus! It's over!" Superman said, grabbing Rick by the arm, restraining him.
Rick turned towards Superman, his eyes still in a rage as he began to calm down. Then he noticed several other Justice Leaguers like Batman, Hawkwoman, Green Arrow, and the Flash standing with the man of steel.
"I guess you heard about what happened with me and Kara."
Superman sported a quizzical look for a moment. "Hmm? I haven't heard about anything happening with you and Kara. What happened?"
Oh, boy!"
XXX
From light years away, a gray skinned being wearing dark blue watched the events that had unfolded. "The appearance of this Validus was unforeseen. This puts a hook in all of my plans." Darkseid then turned towards the thin, sniveling man wearing a red robe standing a few feet away from him.
"The green skinned loser isn't smart enough to pose any threats to you, Lord Darkseid."
"Silence!" Darkseid demanded, causing the scientist to cringe in a corner. "I don't like surprises. I was perfectly prepared to deal with Superman after freeing Eterno. Eterno should have been able to destroy Metropolis while Superman was away on the wild goose chase I sent him on. Now I will have to plan on how to deal with this new threat." With that, Darkseid clasped his hands behind his back and walked off.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Send me a review, telling me what you think of this. If you like this you'll surely like my other fanfic, Validus aka Rick Jones. Now I'd like to thank those who left me reviews for the last chapter.
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