Project Galatea

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That was the first thing Karen Starr saw when she awoke. She had no idea how long she had been asleep,but she recognized the person who had made her go into a coma. Captain America. He would pay.

Of course,her memories were faked by a government organization named Cadmus. Amanda Waller,General Lasser,Hugo Strange,Robert Kelly,Henry Gyrich,and White Knight(from a video screen)

These very dangerous men and women were part of an organization dedicated to controlling superhumans. They were working their best efforts to capture every single Anti Registration hero. But it wasn't going to be easy. Most were street heroes,who were very skilled with escaping law enforcement. Others,like Thor,Blue Devil,and Supergirl were too powerful. Some were easier to catch than others.

Nonetheless,Ben Tennyson had to be captured. In the Justice Lord's world, Ben Tennyson had nearly stopped the Lords. He was lobotomized in every single form by Superman, and killed in other methods for his other forms resistant to heat vision, such as Heatblast,Scorch,and Swampfire. Even his Ultimate forms were no match for them. But he had managed to bring them down to just Superman. He was very dangerous,indeed.

Rex Sixson was also an obstacle,having left Providence to work with his close friend,Ben Tennyson. He was not as important as Ben Tennyson.

"Those kids are more trouble then they're worth. That damned half ghost kid from Amity Park's gotta go too,"Kelly fumed.

"Usually,Kelly's rants would be ignored by me,but this time, he has a point. Those kids nearly took down the Justice Lords in that universe. Granted Rex was killed first, when Punisher shot him to death. I still can't believe they let that lunatic in as their seventh member,"Amanda Waller said.

"We'll send Deadshot from your little Task Force X to take him down,"Lasser said.

"Alright. And send Galatea there too. I'm sure Supergirl would love to meet her clone,"Amanda chuckled.

"Why don't we just send an armada of SHIELD troops?"asked Gyrich.

"Because half of them are dead from the Legion of Doom assaulting New York,which those damned freaks didn't exactly help with,"Kelly snorted.

"That battle proved how strong Tennyson is. Considering how easily he decimated Hellboy,Danvers,and Stewart, I'm afraid of what will happen if we don't capture him,"Amanda commented.

CAP'S BASE

Galatea tore the hinges off one of the entrances to the rebel's base, not even blinking from Question's two handguns. Question fled from the battle, realizing he would not be much help against the clone. Beast Boy charged forward as a rhinoceros, barreling towards Karen. Galatea looked at him,stomped her foot,and created a shockwave on the floor,knocking Beast Boy's rhinoceros form out on the floor,flying headfirst. Beast Boy was transformed back painfully.

Luke Cage wrapped his chain around her neck,pulling her back,but Galatea pulled the chain, sending Luke flying towards her. Galatea propelled herself towards the Hero for Hire,and punched him with a heavy right cross,knocking him out.

Steel hurled his hammer at 'Tea, actually knocking her backwards. Generator Rex smacked her with his Smackhands,making her stumble. Karen grinned evilly,then exhaled,knocking both backwards with super-breath.

She flew around the base,destroying important equipment. Surprisingly,before she could destroy Cap's main computer system, Supergirl came flying in, knocking Galatea square onto the floor with a heavy shoulder hit. Stargirl followed, grasping Karen in a Cosmic Staff-endowed energy lasso. Kara grinned, and punched Karen straight in the stomach. Stargirl let go of the lasso right as Kara punched Karen in the chin,sending her flying.

Deadshot chuckled from above. Tennyson wasn't there,but that didn't matter. He shot a tranquilizer dart at Stargirl, immediately making her collapse into a sprawled form. Supergirl flew towards him,and he rapidly fired, peppering her with tranq darts. Supergirl dizzily collapsed to the ground.

"Hey,Waller. I got some presents for you and Captain Douche over their,"Deadshot chortled. Steel,Beast Boy,Luke Cage,Stargirl,and Supergirl should be a healthy paycheck. At one million per rebel,and ten million for Ben,Rex,or Danny, it would be a nice,fat wad of cash. Rex had strangely vanished. But the base was ransacked, and they were without a base.

"You better watch your tongue,Lawton. It can easily be removed,"replied Amanda Waller,head of Cadmus and Task Force X. Deadshot gulped, he didn't know whether she was serious or not, but he wasn't taking any chances.

Meanwhile,Question had used one of the Quinjets stolen from the Helicarrier(with tracking tech removed, or so they thought,) to transport himself and Rex away from the base. Tea would likely follow soon, and Rex was unconscious. Question couldn't think of a more worrisome place to be, other than in front of the Girl Scouts with the key to stopping crop circles.

Question glanced at the teenage EVO in front of him,seeing if he was awake. "Hey,kid,wake up. We just got our asses kicked by some clone of Supergirl,"

Unfortunately, Rex didn't reply. Galatea had awoken, and she was ticked. With split-second thinking, Question parachuted out...without Rex. Galatea destroyed the Quinjet,barreling through its titanium-grade steel systems with ease.

Rex's nanites reformed over the air, and Rex shakily awoke. He realized he was falling,squirmed a bit, then used his Boogie Pack to chase Tea. He fired several projectiles from the left side of his jetpack, grasping her. Rex grinned. However Tea flew faster and lower,smacking Rex into trees left and right. She grasped his unconscious body and brought him to the SHIELD HQ.

CADMUS HEADQUARTERS.

Amanda Waller had formed a group called Task Force X, or as its members called it, the Suicide Squad. Clock King took charge of keeping track of missions. And he had several weapons in case they were attacked at their own base. Galatea was the team powerhouse. Deadshot was the sniper,Plastique handled explosives,Captain Boomerang and Bane were new recruits that were just needed for some missions

"Hey,that kid got me in jail a few years ago!"yelled Boomerang, looking at Rex's body. It was obvious he was contemplating killing him there and then, but fortunately he was stopped.

"You lay one finger on him,Harkness, and your body will be full of bullets and six feet under by sundown,"Warned Captain Rick Flagg, Jr, poising a Magnum at the Australian villain's head.

"Besides,we all know what happened. You tried to take control of some kangaroo-EVO and got your butt saved and kicked by that kid,"Plastique snorted, and Bane and Deadshot let out some chuckles.

"Enough chatter. We got almost six members. Tennyson wasn't there, but we'll get him eventually,"Waller commented, walking forward,inciting an air of respect from Flagg,Galatea,Clock King,and Bane. The other three were naturally disrespectful to authority,including Waller.

"OK,who wants to go out and fight a kid who could probably beat every metahuman freak on the planet blindfolded?"sarcastically commented Deadshot. It took all of Waller's self control to not call in the firing squad to deal with Lawton permanently.

"There's a reason this place is called the Suicide Squad,love,"Plastique snorted.

"At least some of you aren't complete knuckleheads about this,"sighed Waller, burying her face in her hands.