Suicide Squad

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Chapter 7: Nuclear Disarmament Part 1

Arsenal decided to check up on Barbara Gordon, now going by the code-name Oracle. Roy had heard the story and how Barbara had a falling out with Titans East after she lost the use of her legs. It dismayed Roy greatly; he knew Supergirl was a great team leader and proud to work under her. He still could not believe that she would let her friend and teammate down like that. Barbara blamed all of the Titans, especially Persiana, for what happened. She reasoned that, if Farrah had not come, she would not be in a wheelchair right now.

Roy decided to talk to her,

"Barbara?"

The heroine formerly known as Batgirl did not look up from her screen,

"If you're looking for the mission brief, I'm still working on it."

Arsenal shook his head,

"It's not about that. It's about what happened between you and Supergirl."

Barbara stopped and looked up,

"What about her?"

"I heard you two used to be best friends."

"So? Didn't you used to be called Speedy?"

Roy sighed,

"That's not the point, Babs. The point is…you can't blame Supergirl for what happened to you. It was an accident."

Oracle snapped,

"No, spilling grape soda on your sweater is an accident! I'm paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of my life! That's no accident!"

Arsenal shook her head,

"I read the report about those Hydra guys and the Wildebeest Society. It was a dangerous mission and none of you escaped unscathed. A lot of your former teammates got hurt. Even Diablos-."

Barbara spun around, threatening,

"Don't you dare go on! You weren't even there! You weren't a part of the team!"

Roy nodded; he knew this was not the right time for them to talk about this. He left the room.

In another part of the Squad base, Power Girl and Vision were talking. Vision asked,

"Are you still upset?"

Karen shook her head,

"Now that I think about it, I'm letting what happened get to me. Sure, that furball and her friends are as annoying as hell, but, in a way, I kind of have to respect her. It was only a job and I did let myself get caught up in the moment."

She smiled,

"You know something; you're actually kind of sweet."

Vision blinked,

"I am only an android, miss."

Power Girl grinned,

"Please, call me Karen."

She kissed him on the cheek and walked away. Vision shook his head,

"I have yet to understand human women."

Major Disaster grunted,

"Don't bother. Women aren't meant to be understood."

Power Girl called out,

"I heard that!"

Booker grimaced,

"Oh, she is going to kick my ass for this."

Vision said,

"Then, I should leave before she…kicks my ass."

He added,

"Am I saying that correctly?"

Booker nodded,

"Yeah, you sure are."

Just then, the intercom system went on and Amanda Waller ordered,

"All Suicide Squad members; report to the briefing room for mission assignment."

Ten minutes later…

The Squad members were now sitting around a large conference table. Oracle began her briefing,

"About an hour ago, a station we had monitoring some very dangerous, and thought to be inert, androids, was destroyed."

Captain Boomerang asked,

"What were these android bein' guarded for?"

Nightshade nodded,

"I seem to recall something a long time ago; a scientist who built androids as if they were his family."

Waller nodded,

"That's right; the Nuclear Family."

Major Disaster scoffed,

"Lame, if they gotta be called that."

Cheshire nodded,

"Shake'n'Bake over here has a point; what's the big deal about a bunch of robots?"

Oracle said,

"These are nuclear powered robots. They were supposed to overload nuclear power plants and turn everything into a nuclear wasteland."

The poison-using acrobat blinked,

"All right; I'm guessing that's a bad thing."

Waller nodded,

"Yes, it is. And, now that they've been revived, they will carry out that programming."

Arsenal said,

"All right, Squad. Let's move out and stop the Nuclear Family."
Meanwhile…

Thinker was observing the events of both the Squad and Nuclear Family. The Nuclear Family was already on its way to an active nuclear plant in Los Angeles to carry out their primary function; overload the plant's core. The robotic villain said,

"Soon, the humans will pay for replacing me with that pathetic excuse of a synthoid."

Next Chapter:

The Suicide Squad takes on the Nuclear Family in a showdown which results in one of the Squad member's demise. Find out who it is next time!