(A/N: i am so so sorry for the delay, i had a bit of a writers block on this chapter, i managed to finish this early but i had to rewrite the whole thing due to some technical problems. well anyway i hope you enjoy this. Please review, tell me what you think of this. it helps)
Black Light ch 4
The BlackWatch soldiers took aim and fired at the large infected, the bullets tore through the grey skin, but the creature looked like the bullets were not effective, the creature just roared and pounced at them, the group split up to avoid the creature, he landed on the pavement with a loud crash.
The BlackWatch soldiers kept shooting, bullet casings raining down on to the pavement, Superboy charged at the infected, the infected swung it's arms trying to claw Superboy to bits but he dodged the attacks, he jumped and slammed his fist into the creature's jaw.
The infected staggered back a little but then grabbed Superboy and threw him sending him crashing into a building.
Miss Martian tried reaching the infected mind but she saw that it was chaotic and the creature was operating on pure instinct then she noticed something, a voice whispering things to the creature and images flashing quickly through the infected mind, but the voice stopped and then Miss Martian was forced out of the creatures mind "That was weird" she muttered.
Wally darted around the infected punching him at speeds that could break a person's bones but the infected just shrugged off the attacks.
"This isn't working, we need a plan" Robin yelled to Captain Cross over the gunfire and the sound of the infected screams "I know, I'm working on it" replied Cross, he pulled out a grenade from his vest and as Superboy landed an uppercut to the infected, Cross pulled the pin and dashes towards the infected.
The creature roared at Superboy and before he could attack, Cross ran and shoved the grenade into it's mouth.
The Infected looked slightly confused then it's head exploded sending chunks of flesh and blood splattering all over the place, some of it got on Cross's face, the headless infected fell to the ground with a loud thud, twitching slightly finally going limp.
Cross sighed, turning to the young heroes and his men "Good work everyone" he walked over to the body of the dead marines and he muttered something, then over the radio he ordered a chopper to pick up the corpses and ordered the disposal of the infected corpse.
Cross thought of something, looking around he said, "It's not over yet" "What do you mean? We totally trashed that guy" asked Robin Cross kept scanning the rooftops "That's just it, it's to easy, these things travel in packs they never venture alone, which means..." he stopped and everyone heard growling and snarling sounds, Cross pointed to one of the roof's and everyone looked up and saw on the rooftops of the buildings were at least five more infected.
"Aw man" groaned Wally. The pack of infected jumped from the roof and landed on the pavement leaving large impact craters, then they begun charging at the squad.
The soldiers' open fired upon the creatures, the bullets bounced off of their tough flesh harmlessly, Artemis fired arrows, they exploded on contact with the creatures, and they slowed down a little but kept charging.
Superboy sprinted and did an uppercut to one, sending it flying and it crashed into a car, Miss Martian used telepathy again and she heard hissing but was knocked out of the mind of the infected again, she levitated one of them and sent it crashing into another.
Cross noticed the infected regrouped and attacked as a group "What the? that's weird" he thought, his radio crackled and he heard a voice "Chopper inbound, ETA 2 minutes" Cross was a little relieved because he was not sure that they were not doing much damage against the infected.
The infected swung at Wally but Wally dodged each attack, the group heard the helicopter approaching, the infected growled at the chopper, and much to Cross's surprise, they ran away.
Young Justice was relieved because the infected look like they weren't showing any sign of slowing down. Miss Martian saw one infected unconscious on an old car, she whispered to Robin "I think I found something, keep Cross busy" Robin nodded and she snuck over and placed her hands on the creature's head, she had to try one more time there was something strange about the infected mind she wanted to see, she focused and she peered into the creatures mind.
It was just as chaotic as it was when it was awake, images were still flashing through its mind, she slowed down the images and saw they were of Manhattan, Black Watch soldiers and other things then finally the images stopped to a teenager, about eighteen with dark brown hair, eyes were bluish silver, he wore a white coat and he was staring at her from behind a wall of glass.
Miss Martian stared at the image in confusion, then there was a hissing and snarling sound, she turned around but before she could see anything she was thrown out of the infected mind once again.
She shook her head, from a slight headache muttering "Not doing that again" she went back to the others, Robin noticed her and whispered "You find anything?" Miss Martian nodded "Yeah but it's all jumbled up, I'll explain later" Cross wiped the blood off his face "Good work everyone, it's getting late we better report back to the general and the infected hunt better at night and in bigger numbers" Cross, the soldiers and young justice boarded the helicopter and returned to base.
Back at the base Captain Cross gave his report to General Randall, the general sat at his desk listening.
Young Justice were present in Randall's office, the general nodded "Good work, sergeant show them to their quarters" a soldier in black military clothes saluted and he led the young heroes out of the office to some temporary quarters.
When they left the captain turned back to the general "There's more, something that might interest you" the general listened "during the fighting the infected were showing some signs of organization, they set up a trap of some sorts and they regrouped into some formation and they ran as soon as they heard the chopper"
General Randall frowned and sat back in his chair "That is odd, in all my years I have never heard of them working like this"
The General's frown deepened "Unless, she had something to do with it" he looked up at the captain "What's the status of Miss Greene?"
Cross said, "Still no word on her location. We've got teams canvassing the city, but it's getting hard to explain to the league and some of the local authorities" the general grumbled "Great just great, we got both Greene and Mercer on the run in one of the biggest cities on earth" he sighed rubbing his temples
"We have to stop Greene, she'll kill thousands if we don't find her, hell she almost killed me, this is worse then anything we have dealt with before" "How should I proceed with the chief of police?" asked Cross.
"Tell them to stay clear the infected zones, anyone found in the zones will be punished" Cross nodded "What about Mercer?"
"We need him contained at all costs, he's the only chance of containing this infection without resorting to extreme measures" said Randall, Cross nodded "understood, we will begin our search soon" Randall was hoping that they could stop Mercer and Greene, should they ever meet, things will get very, very ugly.
End of Chapter 4
(A/N: again i'm so sorry for the delay. well anyway review!)