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This is the first part of the third chapter (confusing much?) They were too long so I split them up.
I don't own the Original Legion of Superheroes, and don't plan on owning it ever. Well, unless the creators would be interested in selling it to me.... I can however claim ownership of the character Firegirl!!!
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Chapter Three: The End is Near
Part One: A Storm on the Horizon
"Brainiac Five, you give me that right now!"
Firegirl shot after him, both of the Legionnaires spiraling over the field of flowers in Durla.
"It's only a silly little music device." He called back mockingly, zipping over the flowers so fast he made petals shoot off their stalks.
"It's mine!" She cried.
He laughed and stopped suddenly. She collided with him, and they both tumbled heard over heels into the flowers. He opened his eyes and found his nose less than an inch from hers. He smiled slightly; he had had a dream like this once.
"Let me up." She snapped and shoved him off. He grinned and helped her stand.
She put pressure on her right foot and winced. "Oh shoot. I hurt my stupid ankle again." She muttered.
"Sorry." He amended and let her sling her arm over his shoulders, his arm around her waist. They both smiled blissfully as they held each other; their world was absolutely perfect.
And soon it was all about to come crashing down around them.
Somewhere in a deep and dark portion of the Cheyenne Prime Star System, a small purple and black rift was forming. The uninhabited system was nothing more then a cold and frozen wasteland since the Sun Eater had devoured Cheyenne Prime, the system's red star. The rift was still very small, about the width of a human hand stretched out. And every day that it grew, the evil on the other side gathered his forces, waiting for the time when the rift would be large enough to let them through. The army floated silently, waiting for their leader to give them the signal.
Then the red and black clad commander shot forward, and the small army followed swiftly, pouring through the rift and into the world like an evil black virus. The figure in the lead halted, and his followers did as well, all shouting and roaring.
"Now my fellows, we destroy the Legion of Superheroes!" He cried, and harsh cheers went up through the ranks, making the void of space ring with terrible voices.
Phantom Girl flopped on one of the couches in the Legion Tower, eating a cupcake from the batch Timber Wolf had just made—all black and white iced vanilla ones!
"You know, if you keep making me all these sweets I'm going to get fat." She said as Timber Wolf sat down on the couch across from her.
He grinned wolfishly. "Yeah right. With a metabolism as high as yours? Not a chance."
She flung the remains of her cupcake at him and he ducked, his arm snapping out and catching it in mid-air. He grinned and tossed it backwards without looking, landing a perfect shot into the trash incinerator on the far wall. She turned intangible and phased through the floor, coming up under him and shoving him off his seat.
"Whoa! Phantom Girl!" He yelped and flipped over, landing in a crouch. She laughed and ducked away as he tried to tickle her to get revenge.
Clark Kent stared out the window of the Daily Planet skyscraper. He had just recently 'returned' from a mission to save Brainiac Five, his good friend. He had almost died, and most of the Legion still hadn't totally recovered from the scare he gave them all.
"Kent! Stop daydreaming and get to work!" A voice snapped. He jumped, scattering papers everywhere and tripping one of his fellow reporters who was walking by.
"Aaugh!"
She hit the ground, and he jumped up with inhuman speed to help her. He realized his mistake and knelt down, slower this time.
"Sorry Miss Lane!" He amended, helping her up.
"Watch what you're doing, Kent." She said, brushing herself off.
"Of course. I'll clean this up." She had dropped her cup of coffee and it had spilled across the floor, shattering the mug into a million pieces. She picked up her folders and smoothed out her skirt.
"I had to pick up your slack while you were gone for three days, so I think you owe it to everyone to get some work done and stop daydreaming." She said sharply and walked the other way.
He went to get paper towels to wipe the coffee spill. "Yes Lois, I was busy saving my friend. No Lois, I don't mind being treated like a piece of garbage. Yes Lois. Despite all this, I do think you're beautiful." He muttered under his breath, scraping the broken mug into a dust pan. His mind wandered to a certain person who also had a major attitude, and he smiled. The new addition to the Legion was a pain in the neck at times, and at others she was saving your butt from laser cannon doom.
"Kent! What are you doing?" Perry White was standing over him looking down at him.
"Oh, Miss Lane dropped her coffee because I accidentally tripped her." He said, emptying the dust pan in the trash can.
His boss rolled his eyes. "Just get back to work when you're done."
Clark nodded and sat down in his chair. He started tapping at his typewriter with a sigh.
It began on a small planet in a system far away. A figure stood in a huge building with a frown.
"Dr. Londo I presume." A voice said. He turned at the sound of his name. "Ah, Alexis. I'm glad you came." He said with a smile.
The girl tossed her hair and smiled. "Of course you are. Now where is this army you keep talking about? I want to crush the Legion." She hissed.
He put a hand on her shoulder. "Patience my dear. Soon enough." There was the sound of many clanking feet, and the door slid open.
"Which one of you is Doctor Mar Londo?" A man with red skin and a Mohawk asked.
The doctor stepped forward. "Tyr. Welcome to my humble abode." He said and shook his hand.
Tyr shrugged. "This is Wave, Hunter-" Dr. Londo cut him off. "And of course Esper. Yes I know who you are. Ron-Karr's desertion is unfortunate, but no matter." Tyr sat down heavily in a chair, and his eyes fell on Alexis.
"Well, well, who's this? Your daughter?" Dr. Londo winced slightly as she opened her mouth to object.
"Of course not. This is Alexis."
Esper and Wave shared a look. "As in, the rich Alexis?" Wave asked in her serpentine voice.
Alexis rolled her eyes. "What trash heap did you find these pieces of garbage in?" She asked, looking Esper over.
"That would be Takron Galtos, where he found us all." A seducing voice said. A green clad woman floated through the door with a giant floating eye behind her.
"Empress. I thought we got rid of you and your gang for good." Hunter muttered. Persuader lumbered through the door, followed by Tharock and Mano.
"And it seems as if we are all here." Dr. Londo said.
"Vait! Vait! I am still out herea!" A voice called in a strong Russian accent. The Legion of Supervillains all rolled their eyes or shook their heads.
"Get lost!" Esper shouted.
"But I am a Villain! I am still vaiting to be recognized for my evilness! Let me in! I am Starfinger!" Dr. Londo pressed the door, and a tall person wearing platform shoes, a yellow and orange cape and a globe over his head fell in.
"Sank you, Dr. Londo! You vill all see my evil genius!" He sat down in one of the chairs, and the other villains moved away from him.
"Now, why are we all here, Londo?" Empress asked.
Dr. Londo pulled up a screen with video footage of them and the Legion in their most heated battles.
"You think we are the Legion of Superheroes' worst enemies; the worst of the worst." They mumbled their agreements.
"But you are mistaken. There is another threat to the Legion, even greater then you."
Tyr stood up, looking unimpressed. "Yeah, that Imperiex thing. But the Legion took care of him."
Tharock stood as well. "And Brainiac; it very nearly ravaged the Universe!" Dr. Londo raised his hands for silence.
"Yes, but they have been defeated, and defeated again quite recently, more easily than I would have hoped. What we need are more super powered beings."
Wave shot out of her chair. "But that would just give the Legion more power!"
Dr. Londo smiled. "Unless they were Supervillains."
The LSV and the Fatal Four nodded their agreement.
"What we need is a Legion against a Legion. And I have the perfect commander."
He opened another door, and a black and red cloaked figure stepped in, smirking slightly.
"Who is this clown?" Hunter snapped and stood up. Then he was thrown back as the person blasted him with laser beams from his eyes.
"If anyone else wants to interrupt me?" He scanned the room, and when met by silence, continued. "No? Alright then." He flew off the ground and landed beside Dr. Londo. "I'm Drax. I am Superman's worst nightmare." There were several eye rolls.
"And this… is my Anti-Legion." The door opened again, and people began to pour into the room. Soon it was full of Supervillains all clamoring to be heard over each other.
"Where did they come from?" Tharock asked, pulling out a scanner and running it over the closest one to him, a deathly pale man with pointed ears, fangs and blood red eyes. The creature hissed and grabbed his wrist, bending it back until Tharock yelped in pain and put the scanner away.
"We are from the Phantom Zone. We are ghosts of reality. I am the 'Ghost', per se, of the one called Brainiac Five." A purple skinned creature said, his green eyes sweeping the LSV and the FF. His blue hair was spiky and disorderly, and there were three slash marks across his forehead. "I am Inteli-tron."
A girl with a very evil smirk stepped up beside him. "I am the Triplicating Terror. The Ghost of Triplicate Girl." She spat the name. She suddenly split into three; one green, one yellow and one black. "We will be the doom of our opposite." They hissed.
Alexis nodded with a smirk. "I think that the Legion of Superheroes is in for a big surprise."
Bouncing Boy frowned at the monitor; it said they were picking up a flyer outside the cruiser. But none of the Legionnaires were missing or had gone for a flight. Then the target simply disappeared, and he disregarded it with a shrug. Cosmic Boy didn't have to know about some weird flying thing that probably was just a scanner malfunction anyway. Suddenly the alarm sounded, and he shrieked and went into ball form.
"Attention all Legionnaires! There is an intruder on the ship! Find him now!" There was the sound of running feet, and suddenly a girl dashed into the control room.
"Legion!" She hissed. Bouncing Boy thought she looked kind of scary; she had pale grey eyes, black hair and pale skin, and she was wearing a tattered blue suit. There were blue jagged tattoos on her left cheek, shoulders and knees. "You will all face your doom!"
She suddenly shot a blast of ice at the door, covering and sealing it, and the sound of Legionnaires banging on it reached Bouncing Boy's ears. The girl turned on him, and he scooted back in his chair.
"You will deliver a message to your Legion." She said in her harsh voice. "We. Are. Coming. And when the Anti-Legion strikes, you will die." She turned and fired a ball of ice through the window, letting the vacuum of space suck her out and shoot her off into the distance. The door was turning hot, and Sun Boy burst through.
"Where is she!?" He demanded. Bouncing Boy's heart was pounding.
"Gone. But she left us a message. She said, 'We are coming. When the Anti-Legion strikes, you will die.'"
In the Legion Tower in New Metropolis, a time bubble appeared. Element Lad flew out, frantic with wide eyes. "Firegirl! Firegirl!" He shouted, and the other two people who were in the bubble stepped out cautiously.
"Lexa, where are we?" The little blonde girl asked. The taller girl was staring around her with wide eyes.
"I think we're in the Legion Tower." She said in awe.
"Element Lad, I think you'll have to yell a lot louder for her to hear you; Firegirl's all the way on Durla." Lightning Lad said with a grin.
"It's about her family! Her brother was taken by The Fatal Four!"
Lightning Lad's eyes widened. "What? We have to get her back here now! And Brainy too." He turned and flew down the hall to activate the transmitter gate.
"Um… Element Lad?" Lexa asked the blonde Legionnaire, and he turned in surprise at the sound of his name. "We don't exactly know what's going on…"
He sighed and rubbed his head. "I know. When Firegirl gets back she can explain." He pushed the two girls towards an elevator.
"I'll call Phantom Girl to take you to an extra room." He said, and then raised his right hand and activated his ring. "Phantom Girl, are you too busy flirting with Timber Wolf, or can you come here?"
A few seconds later a girl in black and white appeared. "You rang?" She asked sarcastically.
"We have some of Firegirl's friends, family, something. Her brother has been taken by the FF. They need rooms."
She saluted and took the little girl's hand with a smile. "You look like Phantom Girl." She said, her blue eyes wide.
"Skyler, I think she is Phantom Girl." Lexa replied, her brown eyes wider.
"Well, come on then. Are you Firegirl's sister?" She asked Skyler. Skyler just stared at her. "Yeah, well, we'll find out when she gets back from Durla."
She led them to the wing for extra people they had a habit of collecting and into some rooms.
"Is Saturn Girl here?" Skyler asked. Phantom Girl nodded, wondering how on earth this six year old knew who they were.
"Yeah, we can go visit her later if you want to." Skyler smiled, popped her thumb in her mouth and snuggled down into the bed.
"Hey, you have a message from Head Quarters." Brainy said, handing Firegirl the small hologram transmitter.
Element Lad's face popped up. "Firegirl! You and Brainy need to return immediately; we have trouble brewing by the name of the Anti-Legion. And there's something else…" The hologram paused. "Your bother had been captured by the Fatal Four." She gasped and dropped the transmitter.
"What is wrong?" Brainy asked, at her side in an instant.
"It's my brother! He's been taken by the Fatal Four."
He bit his lip. "Well, if anyone can get him back, it's you." She was blinking back tears, and he soothingly squeezed her shoulder. "Come on; I'll get the gate ready if you tell the President we have to leave early." He nodded and they both flew off at top speed.
'Hold on, Braden. I'm coming.' She thought.
Dr. Londo observed his newest test subject and frowned. "He's not the one I told you to get." He said to Empress.
"Well the girl was protected; she has powers. He does not."
The boy was squirming in his restraints. "Dude! Let me go!" He shouted, blue eyes wide with fear.
Dr. Londo smiled tightly. "But he will do, I suppose."
He pulled out a mask and placed it over the boy's face. He struggled for a few more seconds before the gas knocked him out cold.
"Now let's begin. Hopefully he won't turn out like dear Brin." He said and snapped his gloves.
The Transmatter Gate crackled to life, and two silhouettes appeared against the light. Firegirl leaped out and flew as fast as she could into the tower. "Element Lad!" She shouted, and shot headfirst into Lightning Lad.
"Whoa, careful there fireball." He said, holding her shoulders to keep her still. "What happened to my brother? What about my sister? Where is Element Lad!?" She asked at a hundred miles an hour.
"Your sisters are in the lounge. Your brother was kidnapped and I am right here." Element Lad said, emerging from the shadows.
"Well we have to go save him… Wait, sisters? I only have one sister." He blinked and motioned for her to follow. She flew after him, and they came into the lounge. "Skyler!"
Firegirl flew forward and embraced the little girl. "Why are you wearing a Halloween costume?" She asked innocently. Firegirl laughed, tears in her eyes.
"Well, you have a lot of explaining to do." A voice said.
She looked up and met Lexa's eyes. "Oh, hey Lexa. How are you? Are you freaking out about the fact that all of it was real?" The brown haired girl just tapped her foot.
"You are absolutely unbelievable. Why didn't you tell me? I'm your best friend; I should have known about this!"
Then her eyes widened like saucers. "Brainy! Oh man, I've always wanted to meet you!" She rushed past Firegirl and shook Brainy's hand.
"Hm. Her reaction wasn't quite as enthusiastic as yours was, Firegirl." Brainiac Five said with a grin.
"Ha, ha, you're hilarious."
Lexa was suddenly shaking Chameleon Boy's hand on the other side of the room. "Guys, we have a bigger problem then Lexa spazzing out." Firegirl said, standing up with Skyler still in her arms.
"We have to save my brother."
Dr. Londo smiled. "Yes. This is perfect." He murmured. His subject sat up and flexed his hand. Claws like daggers shot out of his knuckles. "Oh sweet!" He exclaimed.
"You will work with me and the Anti-Legion to destroy the Legion of Superheroes." Dr. Londo said. Braden stood up and flexed his claws in and out, in and out.
"Uh, no I won't. Because the Legion are the good guys, and everyone knows that the good guys always win. Duh." He said, and Dr. Londo stared at him in disbelief. Suddenly the door was blown in, and a snarling Timber Wolf leaped in.
"Brin. How nice to see you again." Dr. Londo said.
"Dr. Londo. We wondered what hole you crawled into." Phantom Girl said, landing beside Timber Wolf.
"And Tinya Wazzo! What an honor!" Suddenly there was a ring of fire around him, and Firegirl was in his face with a fistful of his shirt, lifting him off the floor with an Adrenaline-induced spurt of strength.
"Where is my brother?" She hissed as her hands burned holes in his lab coat.
"I'm right here, Brogs." A voice said, and Braden grinned at the Legionnaires. Firegirl dropped him and rushed to Braden. "Braden! I thought you were…" She stopped, watching as he flexed his claws in and out. "Gone…" She trailed off as he grinned at his newfound power.
"Isn't it cool? Now I kind of have powers like you and Skyler! We can fight with the Legion together!" He said.
She hugged him hard. "Grife you scared me." She said. He looked past her and caught sight of the other Legionnaires. "Hey guys." He said and grinned, flexing his claws. Suddenly there was a banging sound, and a dark figure fell out of the air duct and rolled across the floor. She leaped up, fumbling for her footing.
The person fell into a fighting stance. "Legion scum! You will all die!" She hissed. Firegirl snapped out her fire whips almost instinctively, and Braden's eyebrows went up. "That was cool." He said, and Phantom Girl pulled him away from his sister.
"I think not." She said smartly, and the anti-Legionnaire smiled darkly as she swirled two tentacles of ice to her hands, nearly identical to Firegirl's weapon of choice.
"You have met you're positive I see, Dry Ice." A voice said. Drax floated down from some hidden place into the middle of the room. "Firegirl, Dry Ice. Dry Ice, Firegirl. Positive and negative."
Dry Ice snapped her ice whip at Firegirl, and she blocked easily. "Oh please. Is that the best you can do?"
Suddenly the other ice whip came snapping around and slashed sharply her across the face. "Aaugh!" She cried out and stumbled back, hands over her face as blood dripped between her fingers. "Firegirl!" Phantom Girl rushed to her side, holding her arm.
"And so it begins."
Drax said and suddenly both faded away into thin air.
Chapter Three part one ends in a cliffhangar?! DUH DUH DUH!!! (JK, you probably aren't worried.)
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