Chapter 7: Amazo
Metropolis
August 3, 7:38 EDT
Today is the day that Superboy will again meet Superman. I'm curious on how this interaction will be this time around. Connor has gotten used to the suit that I've given him. He seems to enjoy it so far and has become his go to costume ever since. I feel honored that it is. I figured that he wouldn't want to keep wearing it after a few of our spars but it seems I was wrong.
Meanwhile in the Metropolis bridge, cars are passing through like they normally would as if nothing bad was going to happen. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. The bridge starts to break in its foundation causing its wires to break apart. This event caused some of the vehicles to try and stop before they got hit with them. A school bus full of children is the first to stop abruptly which then gets hit by a truck sending it to the side of the bridge. Another vehicle crashes on the other side of the side the bridge while the truck is by the broken section of the bridge. The school bus is then pushed forward by being hit by another car causing the bus to nearly fall off the bridge itself.
Bruce Wayne, the genius, billionaire superhero known as the Batman, saw what was happening in the bridge through the window of his Wayne Enterprise office in Metropolis. He was about to suit up and assist until he Kryptons last son appears and heads underneath the broken section of the bridge. He lifts up the broken section and proceeds to fix it using heat vision.
While he's doing that, Superboy appears flying over the bridge and lands tamely on it. In canon his landing was hard due to his jumping but now that he has a suit that can help him fly, he knows how to land without causing dangerous shockwaves. Superboy proceeds to the car nearest him and moves it away from the edge of the bridge. He, then, sees the bus of children and decides to fly in front of the leaning bus. With the help of his strength and the suits repulsor rockets, he was able to push the bus inside the bridge. He lands next to the bus of children who thank him for saving them. He smiles enjoying the feeling of being thanked.
Superboy then sees his genetic template fly down next to him.
"Nice work" Superman says honestly.
"Thanks" Superboy responds. Superman proceeds to observes his clones suit. It's a metallic version of his own but the color is black and red instead of blue and red.
"I see Iron Man has created a suit for you. It looks good" Said Superman.
"Yea thanks." Superboy said to him with pride in face "He thinks that the suit could help me gain some additional abilities if I wear it long enough. I'm sure he told you about my genes"
Superman was one of the available members of the league that I contacted to discuss my origins. I also told him about Superboy's genetics as a hybrid of both human and Kryptonian. He was shocked to hear this since he believed that Connor was a full clone with all of his abilities. I even told him of Connors identity crisis which seemed to struck a chord in the Man of Steel. Perhaps it's because he understands what it means to be a child of two worlds and wondering which one he is a part of. Ever since then, he's been cordial with Connor and accepting of the names I had given him for his life.
Superman was about to talk more until his communicator went off.
"Superman" he says "Arrow slow down. What's attacking?" He listens to the information he was given and looks at Connor with a fearful look. He didn't want to leave abruptly on him, having him think that he was being abandoned but his fear was squashed when Connor just smiles and nods at him in understanding.
"I'm on my way" he tells Arrow and looks at Connor "Duty calls, we'll talk more later." He flies away to Arrows location. Superboy just watches him in gladness knowing that he is being accepted by the one man he was created out of. He also flies away and heads to Metropolis to fight some crime. Bruce Wayne witnesses all this through binoculars and smiles at the interaction between the two kryptonians.
Mount Justice
August 3, 13:06 EDT
The Team and I are having a break from training. We do this pretty often so that we can relax our bodies and minds in order for us to not exhaust ourselves when heading out for a mission. Aqualad and Kid Flash are currently playing holographic hockey and Aqualad just lost miserably. M'gann , Robin, and I were watching in the sidelines with some interest until...
Recognized Superboy B-05
Connor walks out of the Zeta-Tube with a smile on his face. Ever since he and Superman started communicating with each other, Connor has been less broody over the fact that he is a clone but he still has his moments.
"Yo Connor" I called out to him "How was Metropolis?"
"Pretty good" he said to me "Helped Superman with a collapsing bridge, stopped a few muggings. All in a good days work"
I smile at him, glad to know that he is becoming a hero in his own right. Suddenly, we hear someone clear their throat. We turn around and see both Black Canary and Martian Manhunter.
What's interesting to know about Black Canary that she is only 19 years old. Five years younger than she did in the show. She still had the same history but was born in 1991 instead of 1986. During my time here, I found out that some people in this world were younger than they were supposed to be, she was one of them. Despite her age, she is still a badass and someone worthy of respect.
"Black Canary. Uncle J'onn!" M'gann said happily as she runs up to her uncle giving him a hug.
"M'gann, I was... in the neighborhood. So, I thought I'd see how you are adjusting." Martian Manhunter explained to her.
"A few bumps but with David's help, I'm learning" she said to him. I blush at the praise since it's kind of embarrassing and sweet at the same time.
Canary then stepped into the middle of the room. The floor under her lit up white, and she turned to the rest of the teens that had gathered.
"I heard that David here had created a training routine for you. I'm here to see what you can do without the use of your powers and to teach you more about the art of combat so to prepare you when you face a skilled opponent. I consider it an honor to be your teacher. I'll throw a lot at you. Everything I've learned from my own mentors and my own bruises." She said as she took off her jacket, revealing a bandage.
"What happened" asked M'gann.
"The Job." Canary responded. "Now, combat is about controlling conflict, putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting and never reacting."
Canary smiled "I'll need a sparring partner."
Before Wally volunteers, I interrupt so I can give something to Canary.
"What's this David?" She asks me while holding a blue pill.
"It's something I've been working on to enhance the human body's regenerative capabilities with nano tech. Once the pill is consumed, the healing process is instantaneous. The effects last until the body is healed from most of its injuries and the nanobots deactivate harmlessly in your body. However even with nano tech, the pill can't regrow lost limbs or heal near fatal wounds completely. I'm still working on improving it to do just that. I've used it myself on some occasion when I get really banged up" I explained to her.
She eyes the pill I gave her and then puts it in her mouth. She swallows it and her eyes open wide in shock. Her recent injuries were gone and had no discomfort whatsoever.
"Thank you David" she said with a smile "that is really something. This could help a lot of people"
"Y-You're Welcome" I say to her with a stutter and a blush. Damn it I thought I fixed that problem "I gave some to Batman to reproduce it for the nonpowered heroes until I work on its improvements. I call it Extremis"
"You impress me more and more David Stark. You truly are a genius ahead of your time" Canary praises me. I blush even harder having no response for her and just nod. We quickly then go back to the sparring with Wally being the first to volunteer.
"After this" Wally said after eating his high protein bar "I'll show you my moves" God it's practically hard to watch him try to flirt and be a Casanova wannabe.
Canary just smirks and instantly goes to jab him to which he blocks. She then tries to go for his legs but he dodges and fights back. He goes to punch her in her stomach but she blocks him. He then quickly follows with a roundhouse kick to which she grabs his leg, flips him over her head and onto the ground hard. Ouch. Well at least he lasted longer than canon. He really needs to focus when it comes to smoking hot female combatants.
"That's hurts so good" Wally said lying on the ground. Jesus he's a masochist.
"Not bad" Canary said while helping Kid up "but did anyone see what he did wrong?"
"Oh! He hit on teacher and got served!" Robin said while laughing.
"Dude!" Kid Flash said.
"He allowed me to dictate the terms of the battle because he was distracted" Said Canary "Any one else want to spar?"
I figured what the hell and volunteered. I'm not in one of suits so I try my hand at surviving her without it. Everyone wished me luck especially M'gann with her giving me a kiss. I'm not sure if J'onn approves of our close relationship since this guy is so stoic it's hard to read his expression. I hope he doesn't want to kill me. I stand before Canary ready for a fight.
We both go into our fighting stances and wait for which one of us to strike first. For a few minutes we stand there locking eyes with each other wondering who's gonna make the first move. Everyone is looking at us in suspense to see what's gonna happen. Pretty soon, Canary decides to me the first act.
She lunges at me with a kick to which I dodge. She tries to kick me again but I block her and punch her in the side very quickly. She slightly winces in pain but keeps gong. She then tries to punch me in the face but I dodge her and quickly do a four hit combo with me placing three punches and a kick to her chest with rapid succession. I'm somewhat fast when not in the armor. Canary had a grin on her face. I guess she is enjoying this. Canary comes charging at me with a barrage of punches and kicks. Some of which I'm unable to block. Christ, she's good. She punches me in the face with great force which disorients me. She tries to finish me off with a powerful kick to my chest. Fortunately for me, I saw this coming and grabbed her leg to which I use her own momentum to throw her to the ground.
I hope that this will end this but she saves herself at the last minute by doing an impressive back flip. I then rush at her with the intent to finish this fight. I quickly punch her in the chest with three hard punches and try to perform a roundhouse kick to her face. She quickly recovered from my punches and caught my leg as it was near her. She then slams me into the ground. Fuck that hurt. The match was over. We are both panting from the rigorous fight and we just had and both of us were definitely gonna in pain. I see her smile with an impressed look on her face. She then helps me up.
"You are very skilled David. I must admit you almost had me there but despite the results you are pretty good in a fight. I look forward helping you improve. Well done" Canary praises me again and I smile at her with blush on my face. I look at my team and see shocked and impressed faces on them. Shocked that I was able to last longer than a few minutes with Canary and impressed that I was almost able to hit her on multiple occasions. It's really no surprise that I lost since Canary is one of the best hand to hand fighters in the world. Even if I had my suit, she could still give me trouble with her Canary cry as well as her fighting skill if I'm not careful.
"Batman to the Cave," Batman said as we gather together to the video hologram "Five hours ago, a new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary."
On a smaller screen on the left, a recording of a person with a bare torso, green pants, red eyes and orange hair appeared.
The recording showed this person beating down Superman, The Flash, Red Tornado and as well as several other Leaguers.
"The attacker was capable of studying, then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents. Green Arrow called in reinforcements, which nearly proved disastrous, as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant." Batman continued.
"Whoa," Kid Flash said in shock, "One guy with the powers of the whole League?"
"That's not a guy" I said to Kid "that's a machine"
"You are correct Iron Man" Batman said to me "it took eight Leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android."
"An android?" Robin asked stepping forward, "Who built it, T.O. Morrow?"
"Good guess, Robin," Batman said, "But Red Tornado doesn't think so."
"This is Ivo's work" I told him.
"But Ivo's dead" said Aqualad.
"So we all thought or hoped" Said Canary.
"To make sure this threat is permanently neutralized, we're sending two trucks carrying the androids parts to two separate Star Lab facilities in Boston and New York for immediate evaluation. Every precaution is being taken. We'll have four additional decoy trucks to create confusion in case Ivo, or anyone else, tries to recover the remains. You will split into undercover teams to safeguard the two real trucks." Batman explained
"Yes! Road trip!" Kid Flash shouted happily.
"Alright send us the coordinates" I said to Batman. My phone starts to beep as soon as I say this. "Coordinates received. Let's suit up" I tell my team and we head out.
Litchfield County
August 3rd, 20:08 EDT
The Leaguers watched the androids get packed up and put on the trucks going to Boston and Manhattan.
Superman turned around to look at the teens. He used his X-Ray Vision and saw the teens on their bikes, hiding in the forest behind the League.
Aqualad's motorcycle was a deep Violet. Megan's was a lighter shade of Purple. Kids was yellow, Robin was red, Connor was red and black and mine was red and gold. My bike and Superboys were different from everyone else's. Mine is actually my armor that can change into a motorcycle while Superboys turns into his suit. Talk about convenient right. I based this off a comic book in my own world where tony made this armor to help find wolverine. I figured what the hell and make it in case I needed it. I made an extra suit for Superboy that can transform into a bike whenever he goes mobile in his civilian identity.
Superman saw Connor and gave him a nod. Connor smiled and nodded back while putting on his helmet.
The three trucks started leaving and Batman gave the signal. Three trucks went in one direction, and the others went in the other.
Robin, Superboy and I go for one set while Aqualad, Kid and M'gann go for another.
"Be careful" I told her through our link.
"You too" she responds before we separate.
For a while, the escort-mission was quiet and calm, much to both groups' relief. This gave them time to talk, while keeping their eyes peeled for trouble.
"If 'dislike' is the opposite of 'like', is 'disaster' the opposite of 'aster'? See, instead of things going wrong, they go right!" Robin said, pulling up beside Superboy and I.
"Dude, seriously. That makes no sense." I say to him chuckling at his nonsense.
"I don't know. He might have a point" said Superboy.
"Please for the love of God don't agree with him. I won't hear the end of it" I say despairingly as they both laugh at my suffering.
"I hope David's ok? I'm just worried that he could get hurt or worse" M'gann said to Aqualad.
"He's gonna be fine. He has like what 50 or so suits to wear that can protect him. You have nothing to worry about" Kid said to her reassuringly as he pulls up right next to her "But me? You can worry about me anytime"
M'gann had no idea to react this and just smiled.
"David is a cunning individual. He always has a plan in case of the worst. He's probably more worried about us than himself" Said Aqualad.
What none of them noticed, however, was the rustling in the cornfields behind them.
A few seconds later, a swarm of green-and-black robotic monkeys, equipped with jetpacks, flew out of the fields and headed right for the truck!
The robots flew past the group and attached themselves to the truck
Green beams of energy coming out of their eyes began cutting through the armored vehicle, while the three heroes moved to stop them.
"Iron Man" Said Aqualad through our comms "our truck is under attack"
"Having the same problem over here" I said to him. "Take them out make sure they don't get the androids parts"
"Acknowledged" Said Aqualad.
The poor driver was screaming in fear as the robotic monkeys attack him from the windshield. He swiveled back and forth with the stiring wheel.
"Robot monkey's! Ha ha! Totally Ivo's tweak style!" Robin said gleefully and pressed a button on his handlebar.
Robins bike goes into battle mode while mine and Superboy's transform into our suits. My suit looks like a cross between the Mark 7 and 50 armors from the movies if I had to describe its appearance.
Superboy and I fly on top of the truck destroying as many as monkeys as we can while Robin was taking them out from the back and sides of the vehicle with the help of his drone. Together we seemed to be thinning out the herd until the unexpected happened. A robotic gorilla made an appearance and tackled me and Superboy off the truck. This didn't happen in the show. What the fuck is going on.
We landed into the cornfield and start fighting it. The gorilla blasted lasers at Superboys eyes as he charged at it which gave the gorilla opportunity to grab him and smash him to the ground. I fly over and blast the ape with my repulsors in various sections of its body which does some damage. Superboy then grabs the gorilla and smashes it's head. I can tell Superboy is a bit blind at the moment.
"You think you can still go on?" I ask him with concern.
"Yea I don't need my eyes to know where I'm going" he said to me as we fly to Robins locations.
Meanwhile, the other half of my team are fighting these synthetic simians as well.
Aqualad took the handle of his bike out, revealing it to be his water bearer and created a water whip destroying some of them. He also fired bolts of electricity from his hands at a few of them. Ever since, he regained a portion of his magical skill he was able to do this. It's not much but it's definitely progress.
More monkeys latched onto Kid Flash and M'gann's bikes causing M'gann to jumped off into the air while Kid Flash got off and started running to the truck.
The monkeys were laughing, constantly at the driver, and using it's eye beams to open the cargo truck. They tore open the top, and dove in.
M'gann flies on top of the truck and telekinetically destroys some of the monkey there while kid runs to the side and destroys some of the other monkeys. Monkeys were everywhere and were surrounding the drivers windshield. M'gann flies in front of the truck but is covered with monkeys grabbing her. With the use of her shapeshifting abilities, she unleashes extra arms to help destroy the monkeys on her and the windshield.
Both Kid and M'gann go on top of the truck to stop the monkeys from getting the android but were stopped by a robotic gorilla which landed in front of them. The gorilla shoots a laser beam from its eyes to M'gann. Fortunately with her training of her powers, she was able to shift her density enough to left it pass through. This gave Kid an opportunity to run at the metal ape while vibrating his hand. He strikes at the chest of the beast and takes out its heart. This deactivates it which gives Kid a victorious grin.
Kid and M'gann go to the opening of the truck caused by the monkeys but were completely ambushed by them giving the rest of the monkeys opportunity to exit the truck with the parts. Aqualad sees this and unleashes a blast of electricity at them but it only destroys most of them letting the others fly away with full speed.
On our end, Robin has been skillfully taking down the monkeys but more were about to surround him until Superboy and I land on the truck and start destroying these annoying things. The monkeys get smart and destroy the wheels of the truck to tip it over. Robin notices this and goes to save the driver. Superboy and I jump off and hover over the mangled vehicle. The back of the truck explodes, revealing the monkeys flying away with the parts.
"How could they know which trucks to hit?" Robin asked.
"I'm guessing Ivo had a GPS tracker on the Amazo in case it's parts were separated" I said to him.
"Robin, Superboy and I are going to go after them. They could lead us to Ivo. Find out where they were supposed to take the parts and have the team meet us there" I told him.
"Got it" Robin said to me. I look at Superboy.
"How are your eyes?" I ask him.
"Better I can see now. Let's go" he told me and we both try to catch up to the monkeys. Seems these things are faster than looked in the show.
"Aqualad our cargo is gone" Robin said to Aqualad in an unhappy tone through comms. "Tell me you have good news"
"Unfortunately, we also lost our cargo" said Aqualad "where are Iron Man and Superboy?"
"They are going after the monkeys" Robin told him while walking towards a partially destroyed monkey and inserts a cord on its back that connects to his gauntlet "Iron Man said that the parts had GPS trackers on them. He was right which means that I can track them. It looks like they are converging on..." Robin stops in shock as he sees the location of where the parts were heading "Gotham City"
"That far south? M'gann and I might not be able to get there fast enough. I'll have Kid run ahead and meet you." Aqualad said as Kid immediately runs.
"Acknowledged" Said Robin "Iron Man this is Robin do you copy. Their destination is Gotham City"
"Yea I figured as much since we are flying near it" I told him as the monkeys enter a train car. We fly on top of said car and Superboy rips it open so that we can enter it.
We look around and see that the monkeys were laughing at us and alongside them was a man and one more of those gorillas.
"Oh, hello." The man said to us.
"You? You're Ivo?" Superboy's scoffed "I'm whelmed."
"You're one to talk. Now, since when did the Big Blue Boy Scout have a brat?" Ivo questioned. Superboy growls at that.
"It's over Ivo" I said to him as I raise my right arm about to shoot my repulsors at him "Come with us quietly and you might get out of here without so much as a scratch"
"Oh I don't think so Iron Man. Have you met my Mobile Optimal Neural Quotient Infiltrators and my Gorillas. Couldn't think of a technical name for them but itll do" said Ivo as we get attacked by them. Superboy and I do some major damage with me shooting the monkeys and Superboy ripping them apart. The gorilla tries to charge at us but we saw it coming and punch it in the face destroying it.
"After all that trouble finding a name for monkey" Ivo Said annoyingly. As we keep fighting these annoying thinks, we hear something
"Access Flash" Said a robotic voice.
"Oh shi-" I try to say before Superboy and I are punched by a blur sending us to the back of the car. We then look and see the android Amazo reassembled.
"Since Professor Ivo's magnificent MONQIs don't float your boat, maybe my amazing Amazo would better suit you or better slay you" Ivo said.
Superboy wipes his mouth and looks at me for a plan.
"We need to hold him off until the team gets here. From what I gather he can only access one power at a time. If we can exploit that when everyone is with us then maybe we can beat." I said to him.
"Right" he responded as we both get up "Give us your best shot"
"Please, my android has the strength of Superman. What chance do you have?" Ivo taunted him.
"How about we give him a proper demonstration of strength" I said back to him as we charge at the android. We start punching at the android landing some solid hits while it blocked the others.
"Access Black Canary" the android opens its mouth and screams a sonic blast which again sends us to the back of the car. That blast damaged my suit a bit but I can still keep going.
"Access Flash" the android runs at us at a speed similar to the Flash. I try to shoot my repulsor beams but he dodges and then punches both me and Superboy repeatedly. We can barely block and once it stops, we are on the ground panting in pain. My suit is really taking a beating.
Amazo then throws us out of the car and into a chained up bulldozer.
"Access Superman" said the android as it picks up and throws us away into Gotham Academy. The school that me and Dick go to. We land hard into one of the classrooms.
Amazo turned to the sound of laughing MONQIs and saw Ivo standing in the hole he made.
"Finish him. Priority Alpha." Ivo commanded.
Amazo jumped off the railcar to follow Superboy and me.
Robin was in his uniform as he is riding his bike in battle-axe. Soon Kid Flash came up beside them in uniform as well.
"So, you changed too." Robin ask Kid Flash.
"You kidding?" Kid Flash shuddered. "I feel naked in civvies. You still tracking the parts?"
Robin looked at his map.
"They were heading through Gotham." Robin said. "But they veered. Wait, dude, they're at mine and David's school"
Meanwhile, Superboy and I are thrown into a trophy case within the school. I activate my communicator "Guys not to rush but are you guys coming anytime soon?"
"Me and Kid are a few minutes out. You guys doing ok?" Robin asked me. As he asks, Amazo comes up to us. I fire a rocket from my right arm but he accessed Manhunters density shifting and the rocket goes through him exploding one of the classroom doors and some lockers.
It starts to grab us "Oh yeah, we got it on the ropes" I tell Robin sarcastically as Amazo just throws us with immense speed to some lockers. Superboy gets up from the throw and tries to punch the machine but it blocks it and punches Superboy back hitting me in the process. We are sent flying to another section of the building.
Amazo lands in front of us while Superboy looks at the machine. "That... all you got" he tells the machine while in pain. Amazo then raises his right hand. I know what he is about to do.
"Friday transfer remaining power to my repulsors" I said to her.
"On it, Boss. I hope you know what you are doing?" She asked me.
"So do I" I tell her "I really hope this works" I mutter to myself. I raise my left hand readying my repulsor.
"Access Captain Atom" the android then fires a blast at us while I shoot my repulsor blast at the same time. Our blasts collide for a few seconds before causing a shockwave pushing us back with great force to our respective directions and damaging the surround area.
Superboy and I are sent to the gym as we hear clapping. We turn our heads and see Ivo with some of his monkeys.
"I'm impressed Iron Man. Creating an equally powerful blast to counteract the Amazos but" he stops and turns his head to the direction of the hole we came from. We look at what he's seeing. There it was, the Amazo, barely damaged by the blast. Only some scorch marks. What the fuck is this thing made of. Vibranium?
"Access Superman" the android waits for one of us to strike.
"Friday, how am I looking" I asked her
"Not too good. If you hadn't added back up power into the armor, then you would've been immobile. Most of the armors functions still work like the repulsors but everything else was damaged by the blast. The armor can't take anymore hits from that thing or else you'll die" she said to me. I look at my suit and see many dents and scratches on it. I'm amazed that this thing is still together.
"Lovely" I said sarcastically "Thanks Friday."
Superboy is the first to strike at the machine but the machine blocks his attacks and just hits him many times hard which leaves him a bit disoriented. I fire some of my repulsors at it which pushes it back from the onslaught. The machine is now focused on and then charges at me. As it was about to crush me, Kid makes an appearance and grabs me away in time next to Robin and a recovering Superboy.
"What took you so long?" I ask him
"Sorry about that, kinda rushed in here looking for you until now" he said giving me a sheepish grin. Robin throws his batarang.
"Access Martian Manhunter" the Android shifts making the projectiles go through him.
"Access Red Tornado" the android starts flying towards us and has us flying to the air to different directions.
"Access Captain Atom" the android fires a blast at Kid but was able to run away before it hits him. Kid goes to flank him.
"Access Black Canary" the android fires a sonic blast but Kid dodges it and continues on to the machine.
"Access Flash" the android speedily blocks kids attack and throws him to the far side of the gym.
"Access Superman" the android grabs Superboy's fist before it hits and punches him to the stands. I start flying towards Amazo while it's off guard to try and punch it but it saw me. It then grabs my whole body and puts me in a tight hold to crush me. I can feel my armor being squeezed in practically crushing my bones . I try to shoot my repulsors but it's being damaged by the crush hold. I think I'm going to die until something catches the androids attention.
"Access Martian Manhunter" the android shifts his density letting me go while having an arrow pass through him and land next to Robin. This gives me an opportunity to fire my unibeam at the machine before he accessed another power. I fire and it hits the android in the chest sending it to the stands.
"Superboy, Robin, Kid focus you're attention on Ivo. He'll have the android protect him no matter what. This'll give me a chance to finish this." I told them and they nod.
Superboy flies at Ivo first making it seem that he was going to smash the professor.
"Amazo," Ivo said frantically, barely dodging another attack from Superboy, "Protect your master. Priority alpha!"
"Access Captain Atom" The android then began firing a beam of energy at the clone but Superboy dodges in time.
Ivo, who was being picked up off the ground by his MONQIs, was suddenly kicked from behind by Robin.
"Anyone want to play keep-away?" Robin asked tauntingly.
"Oh, me! Me!" Kid Flash dashed forward, but Amazo used Red Tornado's powers to knock the speedster away from its master.
Robin hurled another explosive disk at the android, who turned intangible.
I was able to landed in front of the machine and place my fist through the android's still-intangible head. Amazo tried to move backwards
"Access Superman" Unable to switch powers in time the android turned solid with my fist still in its head. A second later, that head exploded pushing me back.
As the decapitated Amazo fell to the ground.Robin ran forward. "Help me disassemble him, now!"
"Dude the guy has no head" Kid said.
"Don't take any chances" said Aqualad as he and M'gann arrive at the scene.
I grunt in pain as I get up from the ground. Everyone looks at me in shock and sees that my armor is heavily damaged. My right arm lost its armor showing my burned and bleeding arm from the explosion of Amazos head. I also think I have some broken ribs, a concussion and probably some other things I can't think of at the moment. I can feel M'gann's horror and worry as she looks at my battered state. M'gann flies to me side helping my up.
"My God, Iron Man are you ok?" she asks me with clear worry in her voice.
"I'm ok. Nothing too life threatening" I tell her downplaying my injuries but she doesn't believe because of our link.
"Hey, where's Ivo" asks Kid as we look around and see that he's gone.
"Let's worry about him later and head back to the cave with the parts" I said to the team while M'gann and Aqualad help stand.
Mount Justice
August 4, 1:06 EDT
As soon as we got back, I took some Extremis to heal my injuries and M'gann practically forced me not to do anything rigorous until I'm fully healed. I try to tell her that I'll be ok but she was very insistent. Never try to reason with a worried Martian girl who has the power to control you if she wanted. Not a risk I'm willing to take.
We are currently standing in front of Batman, Tornado Canary and Arrow with me telling them what happened.
"The Amazo android is in pieces again, safely being analyzed at the two separate Star Labs. But Ivo escaped, and since he originated the tech, he's arguably more dangerous than the tech." I debriefed.
"Capturing the professor is a league priority" said Black Canary.
"But we understand your mission... encountered other complications." said Manhunter.
We all look at each other and said nothing.
Batman walks towards us "Complications come with the job, your ability to handle them impressed the league"
"The whole league?" asked Superboy hoping that Superman was impressed with his actions.
Batman smiles which has become a common thing when he is informed of what this team has done. "Yes, the whole league" Superboy smiles at that.
"Of course there's no shame in asking for help. That's why the League exists because there are some problems that even we can't handle individually." Batman continued.
"Please, if we needed help, we'd never get the chance to ask. Look familiar?" Robin said.
He then pulled out the arrow from before. "You were following us! Babysitting, you still don't trust us!"
Batman took the arrow, and gave it to Green Arrow.
"We didn't follow you." Batman said.
As Green Arrow got one of his own arrows and compared the two.
"And that's not your arrow." Robin said, lamely. "But that means..."
"Speedy!" Kid Flash shouted.
"He has our backs." Aqualad said with a smile.
Kid Flash ran forward and grabbed the arrow.
"Souvenir!" He shouted excitedly
Green Arrow and Batman shared a look. I say nothing knowing that that's not Roy's arrow. I walk up to Batman
"You and I both know that Roy didn't fire that" I said to him and he nods in response. "Let's meet back here in an hour and I'll tell you who it belongs to" Batman nods again in acceptance.
Mount Justice
August 4, 2:36 EDT
Batman, Green Arrow and I are back in the center of the hall where I gave the debriefing.
I told them who the arrow belongs too. Green Arrow and Batman were surprised that I made the arrow for someone. A girl in fact. I even made a suit just for her. I even invited her to join team at one point but she said she wasn't ready yet. At least until what happened at Gotham Academy where she saved my life. Batman and Green Arrow agreed to reinvite her to the team.
The three us set off to the girls place with me wearing my Mark 45 armor. We head to the roof of a penthouse in one of Gotham's expensive hotels which is where we meet Artemis Crock. I've been a friend to the Crock family, except Sportsmaster, ever since we met each other a few years ago. I've kept in touch to make sure everything is ok. It's a story I will tell for another time. They also know who I am underneath the armor and they trust me.
I ask Artemis to join the team again with the promise of no one knowing her past unless she wants to and under the guise that she is Green Arrows niece. She gladly accepts with excitement knowing that she's gonna work with me again. Oh and before I forget, we both have feelings for one another as we both took each other's virginity a while back. This is gonna be interesting.
Another chapter done. Whew that took me awhile. Now I'm sure you are surprised by the ending there. Artemis and David have an intimate history. Which I will tell through flashbacks when she is officially introduced.
I'm not very good in fight scenes so I hope that I did a decent job at it early in the chapter. Do you guys want Cheshire and Canary to be part of the harem or as Davids friends with benefits to which I'm considering on doing for some characters.
Here's the harem list:
Artemis, Miss Martian, Tula, Zatanna, Starfire, Supergirl and Raven.
Thank you guys for the support for this story.
