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Warning: Extreme stomping of Thanagarian jobbers (lackeys/goons), possible death, possible hard language.
Chapter 2 - Renegade For Life
As Nate reached street level, he made his way into an abandoned alley before thinking up a way to disguise himself so the Thanagarians would not see his real features. It was then that an idea came to mind, causing him to form a dark, almost sinister smirk on his young face. He thought back on what the Lady God had told him. His memory powers meant he had access to all abilities he had seen others perform, so that meant that...
He brought his hands to his sides and breathed deeply, as he remembered the image of Goku Black in Super Saiyan Rose form. As he focused, he felt a pool of energy welling from within himself. Grasping this power, he reached deep within and let out a mighty roar as the power overtook him. A large pink pillar of light shot up from where he was as he continued to dig deeper into his power supply and pull on enough to transform, causing him to feel the tipping point. He pictured the planet being destroyed, and its people enslaved by the Thanagarians. This was the trigger. The clouds turned black as thunder and lightning swirled with the clouds around the pillar of light. He made his push, and finally, transformed and transcended his human limits.
Letting out a deep sigh, he opened his eyes, looking at his hands. He felt the immense, intoxicating power coursing through his veins, and he felt unstoppable. His aura died down with the pillar of light, leaving him with just his brown hair now pink, and his hazel eyes now an emerald green. He smirked as he heard the Thanagarians closing in. This was going to be a bloodbath, but not with his blood. He flew up into the air and headed towards the bird-like aliens, with his smirk not wavering.
As the Thanagarians approached Nate, he stood there in the air, waiting for them to make their move. He lit his right hand up in a pink glow behind his back as they approached him, with the glow behind him dying down to just a pink transparent blade of energy flowing around his hand. One Thanagarian, larger than the others flew at Nate and placed his hand on Nate's shoulder. This was what Nate had expected, and so began his counter-strike. He brought his hand up from behind his back and brought it down on the wrist of the Thanagarian that grabbed him, causing the bird-man to scream out in utter agony as blood spewed from where his arm was amputated instantly. The other three Bird-man began to fly at Nate as they witnessed the boy's brutal act. "You will be brought in! Commander Hro Talak will punish you himself!" the second-in-command spoke with conviction as he swung a metal mace at Nate.
Nate dodged out of the way and used a palm strike to cave in the armour on the attacker's chest plate, causing the Thanagarian to start gripping at his sternum as he wheezed for air. Deciding to finish things quickly, Nate brought his fist down on the man's chest at full force, ripping a large hole through the alien's chest, along with parts of his vertebrae. The young fighter grimaced as the blood, flesh and bone rained down from the sky onto the streets before he dropped the corpse of the alien he decimated. "I'm sorry, but this is where I finish this crap," he spoke with a venomous tone, bringing his left hand up. In his hand lay a green ball of light. "Eat this... ERASER WAVE!" Nate shouted, unleashing the ball, and launching a large green beam forwards, incinerating the remaining soldiers. Their screams only lasted two seconds before fading out. As Nate let go of the attack, he let out a loud sigh, trying to calm himself. "I should really learn to control my inner sadist." he chuckled to himself as he blasts away from the scorched remains, and towards the Thanagarian Prison ship.
"We trusted her, and this is what we get for it." the Kryptonian known as Superman relents as he feels his powers being stripped away by the red solar radiation flowing around his cell. He tried desperately to punch at the energy field surrounding the exit to his cell but screamed out, receiving powerful electric shocks as the reward for his rash actions. He slumped to the floor, kneeling in defeat.
"At least you're not being crushed by gravity, Supes." comes the snap of a red speedster called Flash. Struggling to push himself off the floor was causing his muscles to ache as the weight of the room felt like it was crushing him. His mind coming up with many scenarios to enact revenge on the League's traitor, Hawkgirl. All he could do was wait.
Suddenly, the ship the League was on jerked and tilted on its side as an explosion rang out in the back. Plumes of pink smoke filled the air, and many shouts of Thanagarian soldiers came from the front. Everything went quiet after the second explosion, and a boy with pink hair and black clothes appeared in front of the holding cells for the founding members of the Justice League. Even Batman was shocked at what he was seeing, being unable to comprehend how a child could be so powerful.
The boy smiled as he punched Wonder Woman's Cell Control-Panel, the energy field fizzling out as smoke came from the device on the wall. Princess Diana of the Amazons, Wonderwoman was shocked by the strength of this boy, but nonetheless smiled in gratitude as he began to free her from the pole she was tied to by her own unbreakable Lasso of Truth. She let out a gasp as he pulled her up and into the hall, motioning her to help him smash the other Panels. She understood, crushing one with her palm, and another with her red boots. He smiled at her, happy she was strong enough to hold her own.
While Diana was freeing the others, another wave of Thanagarian soldiers came barrelling down the hall, firing of energy beams from high-tech guns. This did not go unpunished though, as Nate grabbed one soldier by his head and twisted it with a flick of his wrist, instantly killing him. The audible snap caught the attention of most of the League members, but they said nothing, just staring at Nate's cold impassive glare towards the other soldiers. Suddenly, a larger, more muscular Thanagarian known as General Kregor came down the hall at high speeds, crashing into the young pink fighter. Nate sent Kregor through the side of the ship with one punch before motioning to the others. "MOVE, NOW!" he shouted out before Kregor crashed into him again, sending them both into one of the empty cells with his mace hovering over Nate's head and ready to kill. It was then that Nate resorted to his most desperate tactic; he bit into Kregor's arm, ripping some flesh out with his teeth, causing blood to spill. Kregor got off Nate and made his retreat.
Blasting a hole in the ship, Nate jumped out and flew into a nearby bakery. "Fuck the birds..." he muttered angrily.