Dragonborn Justice
Chapter 10
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It didn't take long for Martin and Kory to handle the Mutant gang members that had attempted to rob the Goliath National Bank. After putting the Mutants down and leaving them cuffed for the police to collect, Martin and Kory then began their patrol of New York. People everywhere were taking photographs and videos of Kory as she and Martin patrolled New York.
After finishing their patrol, Martin and Kory headed back to the River Valley where they cleaned themselves up.
"Well, that was most exciting!" Kory said exuberantly. "Is being a hero always like this?" she asked Martin.
"Never said I was a hero, but it can be like this at times," the Dragonborn replied as they went outside to enjoy the last of the sunset over the River Valley.
"It's gorgeous," Kory murmured nostalgically.
"What is?" Martin enquired.
"The sunset," Kory said. "It reminds me of home," she added, and she suddenly had a mournful look on her face.
"Are you alright?" Martin asked the Tamaranean gently.
"I will be," replied Kory as she heaved a sigh before looking at Martin fondly. "So, what else shall we do?" she asked sweetly.
"Well, I could do with some dinner," Martin declared as he got up from his chair and Kory stood up as well. "Then I'm going to watch some TV and find anything worth watching," the Dragonborn then said.
"Most of what is on the TV bores me," Kory remarked. "One such program was Keeping Up with the Kardashians; it was most boring to watch a group of women living their day-to-day lives," she said.
"I don't know why I bought the TV in the first place to be honest," Martin said. "I was hoping I would find some more educational and informative shows, but I keep running into shows that just show people living their day-to-day lives," he added.
"Why would anyone want to watch such things?" Kory asked, and Martin just shrugged his shoulders in response. The pair of them then headed indoors and Martin began to prepare dinner for them both, whilst Kory turned on the TV and began to watch the evening news.
"Martin! We're on the news!" Kory cried out. Martin looked up from chopping vegetables and saw video footage of he and Kory fighting the Mutants and patrolling New York. There was debate as to whether Martin was a hero or not, but Martin elected to ignore the debate happening on the TV; a dragon cared not for the opinions of sheep and cattle.
After preparing some vegetable soup, Martin served Kory a bowl of the food before serving himself some and they began to eat. Kory soon finished her soup and served herself another bowl; after finishing her second bowl, she had a third bowl and licked her bowl clean.
"That was most wonderful!" Kory exclaimed. "Thank you for a most delicious meal!" she said to Martin who smiled at the praise.
"It was nothing, Kory," the Dovahkiin said modestly. "I'm simply glad you enjoyed it," he added. Kory smiled radiantly before kissing Martin on the cheek and Martin felt himself grow warm as Kory's soft warm and moist lips press to his cheek.
"I'm going to bed," Kory announced after she pulled away from Martin whose cheeks were tinged pink. "Coming?" she asked him.
"In a minute," replied Martin. "Just have to put the rest of the soup away and clean up," he said.
"Oh, let me help you," Kory quickly offered.
"Well, if you insist," Martin conceded as he finished his soup and they began to clean the dishes and dispose of the food scraps and put the soup that was left over into microwaveable containers for further consumption.
Kory had dried the dishes Martin had washed and soon all the dishes were cleaned, dried and put away.
"Well, I'm tired," Kory said with a yawn and as she stretched, her shirt lifted slightly to give Martin a glimpse of her flat belly. "Coming?" Kory then asked Martin sleepily.
"Uh… sure, in a minute," replied Martin and Kory walked upstairs to her bedroom and Martin's gaze was transfixed on the Tamaranean's delectable backside clad in tight little denim cut-offs. After admiring the way Kory's backside swayed from side to side, Martin then decided to head off to bed as well.
Taking off his clothing and putting on a pair of sleeping shorts, Martin climbed into bed and closed his eyes until sleep took him.
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The next day.
A loud ringing was heard and Martin's eyes snapped opened. Reaching over to his nightstand, Martin picked his cellphone and pressed the green button to answer the call.
"Mr Stormcrown, I hope I didn't catch you at a bad time," Amanda's voice filled Martin's ear.
"I was already awake anyway," Martin grunted in response as he sat up and rubbed his eyes free of sleep. "You have a mission for me, Mrs Waller?" he asked.
"I do indeed, Mr Stormcrown," Amanda said. "A few hours ago, a new threat emerged when an android attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary. The Android had the ability to study and copy the abilities of anyone it faced. Green Arrow then called for reinforcements which nearly proved disastrous as the android gained more power with each hero it faced," she explained.
Martin's eyes narrowed. Someone with all the powers of the Justice League? That was a worrying thought in and of itself.
"I assume the Justice League was able to take care of the android?" Martin asked.
"It took them some time, but yes, they managed to disassemble to android," replied Amanda. "The disassembled parts of the android are being sent to STAR Labs in two separate locations. The Justice League will be sending their 'Team' to escort the trucks carrying the parts," she said.
Martin grunted in annoyance. "And you want Colonel Flag and I to make sure nothing happens?" he asked.
"Affirmative, Mr Stormcrown," Amanda replied. "Sending co-ordinates to you now. Colonel Flagg will be expecting you soon," she said.
"One more thing, Mrs Waller, if you'll permit me," Martin then said. "No doubt you've seen the news of my companion," he added.
"I have," Amanda said curtly.
"Well, would you object if I were to bring her along as some muscle?" Martin suggested.
For a moment there was silence, before Amanda spoke. "Normally, I wouldn't allow this as I don't know who or what your companion is capable of," she said slowly. "But so long as you keep an eye on her, then I see no reason why she can't act as the muscle of this mission," she added.
"Thank you, Mrs Waller, I'll try not to disappoint you," said Martin.
"You'd better not," Amanda warned before hanging up. Putting his cellphone back on his nightstand, Martin got out of bed and stretched his muscles feeling his joints and vertebrae popping as he stretched. Slowly relaxing, Martin headed to the bathroom, used the toilet before having a shower to fully wake himself. After washing away the sleepiness, Martin turned the shower off and dried himself before heading back to his room and slipped on some underwear. Kory greeted Martin in the hallway. "Good morning, Martin," the Tamaranean said chipperly. Martin felt his mouth go dry a little as he looked upon Kory in her half naked glory; not a hair was out of place and Kory's hair didn't even look messed up from sleeping on a pillow last night.
"Good morning, Starfire," Martin managed to greet the Tamaranean. "I just received a new mission and I thought maybe if you were interested, you could come along," he said to her.
Kory's emerald green eyes lit up. "Truly? You wish me to accompany you on a mission?" she asked her voice rising in excitement.
"Well, only if you want to," Martin admitted and Kory enveloped him in a hug lifting him off the ground a few inches.
"I'd love to!" Kory squealed. "When do we leave? What's the mission? Where are we going?" she asked at breakneck pace.
"We'll leave once you've cleaned up and dressed," replied Martin, going a little as he felt Kory's assets press against his body and he felt a certain member of his anatomy rising to the occasion and he hoped that Kory wouldn't feel it, or notice for that matter.
"I'll go get ready!" Kory exclaimed as she practically soared into the bathroom to wash herself up and get ready. Martin sighed minutely and he looked down and saw a tent in his underwear.
"You gotta be fucking kidding me…" Martin muttered to himself. "No time to think about that!" he admonished himself as he headed down to the basement to dress in his armour and weapons.
After dressing himself in his armour and buckling on his sword, Martin walked back to the ground level and found Kory dressed in her Tamaranean uniform, floating a few inches above the ground looking giddy.
"There you are! I've been waiting ages!" Kory said to Martin. "Can we go already?" she asked impatiently.
"Let me call Odahviing first," said Martin. "I can't fly, remember?" he reminded Kory.
Going outside and calling for Odahviing, Martin and Kory waited for only a moment when Odahviing roared in greeting and landed smoothly onto the ground. People in the neighbouring houses were already taking pictures and video footage of the giant ruby dragon in Martin's front yard. Climbing onto Odahviing's back, Martin gave the mighty dragon a greeting in Dovahzul before Odahviing flapped his wings and shot himself into the air with Kory flying beside him.
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At an undisclosed Military base.
It was nearing dusk when Martin, Odahviing and Starfire arrived at the military base. Odahviing landed on the airstrip and Martin slid off the dragon's back and Kory floated down to stand on the ground beside Martin. Colonel Rick Flagg was waiting for them.
"Glad you could join us," the spec-ops soldier said to Martin and his eyes widened at Kory beside Martin. "Who's your friend?" Rick asked as he scrutinised Kory.
"A friend of mine who'll be our muscle for the mission," replied Martin. "is that a problem?" he asked.
"No problem at all," replied Rick. "I think I've seen her on TV ads, Kory Anders, right?" he asked.
"I am," Kory said. "My real name is Koriand'r of Tamaran, but you may call me Kory or Starfire," she offered brightly.
"Alien, huh?" Rick whispered to Martin. "You can sure pick 'em," he joked.
"More like she picked me," Martin joked back. Rick then led Martin and Kory into the command centre where the debriefing was about to begin.
"As you are all aware, a few hours ago and android appeared and attacked Star City where it faced the Robin Hood wannabe and his biker girlfriend," Rick said in a friendly tone of voice. Martin grinned at Rick's way of describing Green Arrow and Black Canary. He'd have to remember those. "The android has the ability to study and copy the abilities of any metahuman it comes across, as the Justice League found out when Robin Hood called for reinforcements," Rick then said as some video footage of large humanoid with orange hair fought the Justice League using abilities reminiscent of certain members of the Justice League such as Superman, Captain Atom and so on.
"Eventually, the android was disassembled and its parts are being taken to STAR Labs for study and analysis," Rick added.
"Who made the android?" asked one soldier.
"Good question," Rick praised. "Our first thought was that T.O Morrow created the android, but it doesn't fit Morrow's technology design or his MO," he said. "The technology in fact bears the signature of Professor Ivo," he declared.
Some uneasy mutterings in the room were heard. "Hasn't Ivo been dead for years?" a female soldier asked.
"So, we all thought," replied Rick. "But if Ivo has resurfaced and built this android, then he is to be captured and imprisoned," he said.
"Now, to further complicate things, the Justice League has decided to send their junior Justice League to escort the dismantled android parts to STAR Labs," Rick then said and annoyed grunts from the soldiers were heard. Martin didn't look too pleased about that himself. Kory had a confused look on her face.
"Junior Justice League? What does Rick mean by that?" Kory whispered to Martin.
"Some members of the Justice League have… apprentices, sidekicks if you will," Martin whispered back. "They essentially have teenagers helping them," he clarified.
Kory's green eyes widened in surprise. "They have children fighting alongside them?" she asked aghast.
"I'm not too pleased about it either," replied Martin as he focussed back on the briefing.
"Our orders to make sure that nothing happens when the android parts are being taken to STAR Labs," Rick said continuing his briefing. "To create confusion, there will be multiple trucks going to various STAR Labs within the area. The trucks carrying the real parts will be heading to New York and Boston separately," he added.
"Any questions?" Rick then asked and after a moment of silence, Rick then dismissed everyone. Martin and Kory then walked up to Rick.
"So, which teams will we be with?" Martin asked.
"You'll be following the Bat's sidekick and Superman's kid with me," replied Rick. "And we've got some rides for you both. Custom designed and outfitted with stealth tech," he said with a small smile.
Taking Martin and Kory to the hangar bay, Rick then displayed the vehicles they were to use. Martin smiled in appreciation; they weren't overly flashy or ostentatious but sleek and compact and unadorned with any decoration. The vehicles were akin to quad bikes Martin thought.
"Gentleman and lady, I'd like you to meet the Mongoose," Rick announced. "These rides can go up to a hundred and twenty-five miles an hour with superb manoeuvrability and can turn on a dime and each are outfitted with stealth cloaking tech rendering them invisible to the naked eye and are silent as an owl in flight," he said.
"Weapons?" Martin enquired.
"Sadly, they aren't fitted with weapons, yet. They're designed to be reconnaissance vehicles and they are vulnerable to EMPs," Rick replied. "But they recover pretty quickly from EMP blasts, measured at about fifteen seconds," he said. "And they can carry or tow up to half a ton of weight with only a small decrease in speed," he added.
"I'm guessing they're prototypes," Martin remarked as he sat on the seat of the Mongoose closest to him and felt the seat conform to his body.
"Yeah, they are," Rick admitted. "But if all goes well, then we'll see mass production for all armed forces," he said.
"IF all goes well," Martin emphasized.
"Ready to saddle up?" Rick asked and Martin nodded. Giving the order for everyone to load up and move out, Rick mounted his Mongoose and started the engine. With a sound that was both a roar and a whine, Rick revved the engine before kicking it into gear. Martin mounted his own Mongoose and started the engine; the seat vibrated as the engine started and Martin smiled slightly. Then, Martin felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist; turning to look over his shoulder, Martin saw Kory sitting behind him. Kory smiled at him innocently. Martin smiled back before kicking the engine into gear and with a roar, they sped off after Rick's squad.
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At the trucks' location.
Martin slowed his Mongoose to a halt as he and Kory neared Rick and his squad. "What's the hold up?" Martin asked Rick who jerked his head and Martin saw the trucks along with the Justice and hiding nearby was the League's Team on their own custom designed motorcycles.
"Switch to stealth," Rick ordered over the comms and he pressed a small button near the accelerator of his Mongoose and with barely a shimmer, Rick and his vehicle disappeared with only a slight distortion in the air to show where he was. Martin pressed his own button and he and Kory disappeared to the naked eye as well.
"Okay, boys and girls, get ready and maintain your distance from the trucks," Rick ordered over the comms as the trucks up ahead began to leave the area with the Team split up and followed the trucks that then split off in different directions.
"Dragonborn, Starfire, on me!" Rick commanded as he urged his Mongoose into following the truck that had Robin and Superboy guarding it. Martin and Kory followed close behind Rick.
Ten minutes into driving along the highway, Kory spoke. "Do you think this Professor Ivo would try to reclaim his android?" she asked Martin.
"It's a guarantee, Kory," replied Martin. "Only question is how," he then said.
Rick then spoke, "Seems quiet so far," he commented. "But as you said, it's guaranteed that Ivo will try to take his android back," he said. "Any ideas how when there are multiple decoy trucks?" he asked.
"Maybe something in the parts that allows to Ivo to monitor where they are at all times?" Martin offered.
"You mean GPS trackers?" Rick asked looking at Martin and Martin nodded in response. "Huh… something so simple yet effective that no-one would think to look for it," the Spec-Ops soldier muttered to himself.
"Just a logical guess, Colonel," Martin said.
Kory then heard synthesized laughing and she looked up into the air. "Are those… flying monkeys?" she asked. Martin looked up and his eyes widened as he saw what could be described as flying monkeys only that they looked like robotic versions of flying monkeys.
"Colonel, I think we're about to have company," Martin said to Rick who nodded and switched off his stealth module. Martin did the same as the robot monkeys attacked the truck. Up ahead, Robin had switched his motorcycle to attacked mode whereas Superboy had abandoned his bike to leap onto the truck where he began to smash the robots apart.
"Starfire, mind helping the boys out?" Martin asked Kory who smiled before flying into the air towards the truck.
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Robin's POV.
As Superboy abandoned his bike, the vehicle fell to the ground and hit Robin's bike. Robin easily leapt off his motorbike silently cursing Superboy's headstrong recklessness and fired off a cable from his grappling gun. One of Ivo's monkeys fired a laser into the cable, cutting it easily.
"Shit!"
Robin prepared to hit the ground rolling when a pair of hands grabbed him and lifted him into the air. Looking up, hoping to see Superboy, Robin's jaw dropped when he saw a beautiful young woman with deep fiery red hair with dark golden-orange skin and glowing emeralds for eyes.
The woman's full lips twisted into a gorgeous smile. "Have no fear, little one! We're here to help!" she declared. Robin could not form the words to respond as the woman began to blast aside Ivo's robot monkeys with emerald blasts from her hands. Then speeding up towards the truck was the Dragonborn and that Spec-Ops soldier from Santa Prisca. The robot monkeys then tried to attack the Dragonborn and the Spec-Ops soldiers. With a rasp of metal scraping metal, the Dragonborn drew his sword and sliced three robots in half and the Spec-Ops pulled out a large combat pistol and fired precise shots into the monkeys destroying them as well.
Superboy had smashed a fair few of the robots, but as he grabbed one to tear it in half, it fired lasers from its eyes and blinded Superboy making him growl in pain and other robot monkeys grabbed the Kryptonian clone and threw him off the truck, leaving a small crater as Superboy hit the asphalt.
Robin had tried to aid the strange woman in fighting the robot monkeys. Then some of the robots began to target the tires of the truck. The Dragonborn saw this and shouted, "Starfire! The tires!" he roared. The strange beautiful woman now identified as Starfire nodded and flew over to the driver and yelled for him to get out. Starfire then grabbed the driver and Robin and flew them up into the air just as the vehicle flipped and rolled over. Then the robot monkeys burst out of the truck carrying the parts of Ivo's android.
Superboy saw where the robots were flying to and he leapt after them using his super-strength to make enormous leaps into the air. "Superboy!" Robin shouted after him, but Superboy either didn't hear or didn't want to.
Robin then heard Aqualad's voice over their comms. "Aqualad to Robin, we lost our cargo, did you…?" the Atlantean tried to ask when Robin answered.
"It's gone. And so is Superboy," Robin said.
"Aqualad to Superboy. Radio your position, we can help you!" Aqualad said over the comms.
"Don't need help! Don't want any!" Superboy bellowed over the comms before there was static.
"Superboy?"
"He's ditched his comm," Robin said knowingly.
KF then spoke over the comms. "Great! Now we can't even track him!" the speedster complained.
M'gann then spoke. "He's out of my telepathic range. This Professor Ivo, if he is alive, then he appears to be two steps ahead of us. Should we contact Red Tornado?" she asked.
"Tornado always told us to handle our problems ourselves. And the mission can still be a success if we recover the parts before they're re-assembled," Aqualad replied.
"Well that's a great plan, but we don't even know where to look!" KF stated.
"Can't help but suggest that maybe the parts have GPS," the Spec-Ops soldier suddenly said making Robin look at him. "If these robots knew which trucks had the parts therefore it's obvious the parts must have GPS," he explained.
"That… makes sense," Robin mumbled as he walked over to one of the robot monkeys and inserted his wrist computer cable into a port of the robot's head. Robin's computer interface popped up with a map showing the robots' location. "Huh, guess soldier boy was right, the parts do have GPS! The monkeys tracked the signal which means I can track theirs! Looks like the parts are converging on… Gotham?" Robin exclaimed with a worried look.
"That far south?" Aqualad asked. "M'gann and I won't be able to get there anytime soon. I'm sending KF on ahead to meet you. Aqualad out!" he said before cutting the signal.
The Dragonborn then looked at Robin. "Get on," he ordered indicating that Robin hop on the back of his ride. "Starfire? Think you can keep pace?" the Dragonborn then asked Starfire who nodded confidently and replied, "Easily!"
Robin hopped on the back of the Dragonborn's ride slinging the robot monkey over his shoulder. "Definitely a disaster, heavy on the dis," the Boy Wonder announced.
"Colonel?" Dragonborn asked the Spec-Ops soldier who replied, "We can't let that android be reassembled, so our priority is to take it down and if possible capture Professor Ivo," he declared.
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Robin held on as the Dragonborn's quadbike sped along the highway as they tracked Ivo's monkeys and the android parts with Starfire and the Spec-Ops soldiers following alongside. Robin could not help but keep shooting Starfire glances.
"So, I've been meaning to ask, but who's your… uh… lady friend?" Robin asked the Dragonborn.
"You might've seen on her TV recently," replied the Dragonborn. "Her name's Koriand'r or Starfire. She's a princess from the planet Tamaran," he said.
"Oh, she's an alien?" Robin asked casually as he shot Starfire a glance.
"Aye, she crashlanded on Coney Island beach a few nights ago. You might've seen it on the news," Dragonborn said.
"I might have," Robin mumbled. "Uh… is she… y'know… single?" the Boy Wonder asked with a hint of hope lacing his voice.
"She's too old for you, lad," Dragonborn said with some humour rumbling from his throat.
"Age is just a number," Robin muttered.
"Not in the eyes of the Law," Dragonborn said curtly. "So, let's just focus on getting the android parts back before they're put back together, okay?" he suggested.
"Right…"
Kid Flash soon caught up with them wearing his hero uniform. "Hey! You're in your costume too?" Robin asked.
"Yeah! Felt naked in my civies!" replied KF and when he saw Starfire, he almost tripped over his own feet. "Whoa! Who's the babe?!" he exclaimed his eyes wide and an almost delirious smile on his face.
"Greetings, I am Koriand'r of Tamaran, but you may call me Starfire," replied the 'babe' in question.
"Kid Flash! Fastest Kid alive!" boasted KF "And this…" he began to introduce Robin when the Boy Wonder cut him off.
"ROBIN! Um, I mean, I'M Robin," Robin said trying not to trip over his words a dazed smile on his face. "It's uh, nice to meet you!" he stated holding out a hand to shake. Kory hovered near and shook the boy's hand.
"It is nice to meet you both, Robin and Kid Flash," Starfire said with a smile. "I assume you know my companion the Dragonborn?" she asked politely.
"Uhh… yeah, we know him," KF replied. "How do you know him?" he then asked curious to know.
"He found me, gave me sanctuary and has been helping me adjust to life on Earth," replied Starfire. "he even helped me get a job as a model with Victoria's Secret," she said brightly.
"You… model… lingerie for… Victoria's Secret?" Robin looked red in the face as he stuttered out his question and KF looked like all his birthdays had come at once.
"I model for Victoria's Secret's PINK line to be more precise," replied Starfire.
"Thank you, Jesus!" KF whispered as tears nearly poured out of his eyes and into his goggles.
"But I must say that I disapprove of children being on the battlefield," Starfire then said seriously. "Why would your families allow you to take part on such dangerous undertakings?" she demanded.
"We wanted to help!" Robin protested looking very hurt by Starfire's question. "And some of us don't have… families," he muttered quietly.
"Even so, you should not participate in dangerous missions until you are of age," Starfire said sternly yet gently.
"Look babe, we appreciate your concern, but we can handle ourselves!" KF boasted confidently.
"I do not doubt your ability to do so, Kid Flash, but what would your family do if suddenly you were killed in battle or captured by enemy forces?" Starfire pointed out.
"I…" KF's argument died on his lips. "I wanted to help…" he mumbled.
"You can still help, but there are other ways you can do so, safer ways that don't put you in harm's way," Starfire said kindly.
Then Robin's wrist computer started beeping. Robin brought up the holographic display and the lenses of his mask widened.
"The parts have veered! They're at… my school?!"
"How do we know Superboy is there?" KF asked as they changed directions and soon enough reached a Gotham highschool where there was evidence of destruction and property damage.
"I guess that answers your question, Speedy Gonzalez," the Spec-Ops soldier quipped as he got off his quadbike and unslung his rifle and flicked off the safety.
Robin checked his wrist computer. "They're in the gym!" he announced as they entered the school and ran down the hallways until they reached the Gymnasium where they found Superboy about to be crushed by a strike from the fully assembled Amazo Android. KF rushed over and grabbed Superboy saving him from being crushed by the android.
The Spec-Ops soldier fired a burst from his gun. "Martian Manhunter," the android said in a flat and hollow voice and just like that, its entire body turned intangible as the bullets passed through harmlessly and hit the wall. "Red Tornado." The android was then surrounded by gusts of wind and the gusts of wind sent Robin and the others across the room. Starfire's fists glowed emerald and she began flinging green fireballs at the android who simply said, "Captain Atom," and fired yellow energy blasts from the palms of its hands. Dragonborn got in front of Starfire and conjured a magical shield that absorbed the blasts.
KF then ran up behind the android. "Black Canary," the android said and it unleashed a super-sonic scream that sent KF to the floor. Superboy had recovered and tried to punch the android. "Superman." The android easily grabbed Superboy's fist and with its free hand, punched Superboy into the bleachers.
Dragonborn charged towards the android. "Flash," the humanoid robot spoke and it easily dodged each strike the Dragonborn who growled in anger and shouted three words.
TIID KLO ULL!
The Dragonborn seemed to move anticipating the android's dodges and his sword scraped a thin line across its torso making move away. "Black Canary!" A sonic scream from the robot's mouth sent the Dragonborn skidding across the ground and cracked the floor.
The Spec-Ops soldier primed a grenade and tossed it near the robot. "Martian Manhunter." The giant droid turned intangible and the grenade exploded leaving the robot unharmed. KF then tried to make another run at the robot. "Superman." The droid spun around and grabbed the speedster in a bear hug and began to squeeze him to making him give a strangled cry of pain. Then out of nowhere an arrow soared towards the robot who easily saw it. "Martian Manhunter." The superpowered robot turned intangible dropping KF in the process. KF took the opportunity to escape from the robot's clutches.
Superboy charged again at the android. "Access Black Canary." With a twist of its arms, the robot flipped Superboy into the bleachers just how the real Black Canary had flipped him in training earlier.
Starfire fired a blast of energy at the robot who easily dodged the attack. "Access Superman." The droid's eyes glowed red and fired heat vision like Superman. KF grabbed Starfire and brought her behind the bleachers.
The Spec-Ops soldier along with Robin and the Dragonborn got behind the bleachers with KF and Starfire. "We're getting creamed here!" the Spec-Ops soldier hissed. "Does this thing have any weaknesses at all?" he asked as he loaded a fresh magazine into his gun. Superboy dug himself out of the wreckage of the bleachers, his eyes drifting over to his teammates.
"Oh, yawn!" a voice complained theatrically and Superboy looked over to see Professor Ivo sitting on the undamaged bleachers watching the debacle. "Normally Amazo would study and mimic your abilities in battle, but what's the point? You're such poor copies of the originals!" the ginger cackled tauntingly.
"Everyone keeps saying that," Superboy muttered. "And IT MAKES ME ANGRY!" he suddenly bellowed as he super-leaped over to where Ivo was sitting. "WANNA SEE ME CHANNEL THAT ANGER?!" he roared as Ivo barely had time to move way.
The others heard Superboy's roar and saw what he was doing. "Your friend seems to have gone into a berserker's rage!" Starfire commented.
"Maybe not," Robin replied.
"Amazo! Protect your master! Priority Alpha!" Ivo yelped as he tried to get away from an angry teenage Superman clone.
"Captain Atom." Amazon shot Superboy preventing him from grabbing Ivo who was preparing to escape with his robot monkeys. But the little robots were shot to pieces by the Spec-Ops soldier who said to the Dragonborn, "I've got Ivo! You and Starfire keep the android busy!" he ordered as he ran towards Ivo who was preparing to flee. Dragonborn and Starfire immediately broke cover to attack the Amazo android who avoid the strikes by turning intangible. Superboy landed behind the droid and stuck his fist into the intangible head of the robot. Then Amazon turned tangible again and this proved its downfall as its head exploded and its body fell to the floor.
"Help me disassemble him! Now!" Robin shouted as he ran over with some tools taken from his utility belt and began to take apart the robot.
"Dude! The guy has no head!" KF argued.
"Don't take chances!" Robin shouted. Then Aqualad and Miss Martian arrived. M'gann immediately flew over to Superboy.
"Are you alright?" the Martian girl asked Superboy tenderly.
"Fine. Feeling the aster," Superboy replied back gently.
"Hey! Where's Ivo?" KF asked.
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Ivo fled down the hallways of the school hoping that his Amazo would cover his escape, but to the ginger's dismay he was being pursued by a Spec-Ops soldier and the Dragonborn of New York and an orange-gold skinned woman with fiery hair.
Ivo tried to feint into a hallway when a sharp pain hit his calf. "AAAGH!" Ivo fell to the ground, cracking lower jaw on the floor and he looked to see a sharp steel knife embedded in the back of his left calf, blood dribbling onto the ground. Then a heavy metal boot crashed onto Ivo's stomach driving the wind out of the ginger and held him in place.
"Where do you think you're going, Professor?" the Dragonborn growled in a menacing voice as the tip of his sword touched Ivo's throat. Ivo dared not swallow the lump in his throat, lest the blade touching his throat make an errant cut.
"At ease, Dragonborn," the Spec-Ops soldier commanded. "He's not going anywhere," the man said confidently.
"He won't be," replied Dragonborn as he sheathed his sword. "That was a love-tap," he said.
The Dragonborn then grabbed Ivo by the scruff his neck and hauled him over his shoulder. "Unhand me this instant, you barbarian!" Ivo shrieked when the woman raised a glowing fist towards his face. Ivo could feel the heat coming of the woman's fist and the stench of hairs burning filled his nostrils.
"You have much to answer for, little man!" the woman said coldly. "Be glad we do not seek your death just yet!" she added.
"C'mon! Let's get this little freak into Belle Reve, Waller will wanna question him," the Spec-Ops soldier declared.
Ivo's world then went black as the Dragonborn rapped a gauntleted fist on the back of Ivo's head, knocking him unconscious.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: I'm back everybody! I apologise for being away from this story for so long. I don't have a good excuse, but I hope this makes up for it. I feel this chapter is a little lacking in some parts, but I didn't wanna leave you all waiting for an update that may never come, so if this chapter feels a little mediocre, then I apologise, but I am not dead in this story! Far from it! I wanna keep working on this story as much as I can, but motivation is usually a problem for me, as well as story content because I don't wanna do a "MC joins the Team and goes on missions with them." The Dragonborn/Martin has his own story and his own missions and while some of his arcs will coincide with the Team's missions, he's not gonna join them as the Team is, frankly, a bunch of cocky even arrogant teenagers with powers going on missions and sometimes end making a mess of things due to internal factors such as Superboy going off on his own or Kid Flash's attempts to flirt with Miss Martian or Artemis's secrets about her less than ideal family situation or Miss Martian's own secrets about her true nature.
And also because the Dragonborn does things differently than the Justice League such as being more willing to cross the line like killing criminals and let me tell you now, the Dragonborn will be killing more criminals. Which criminals will get schnicker-schnacked is my little secret for now, but some criminals getting Sleepy Hollowed will be an obvious choice.
In other news, I am currently in the process of coming up with a Game of Thrones/World of Warcraft crossover in which Aegon VI/Young Griff ends up in Azeroth/Kalimdor and makes a name for himself in both the Alliance and the Horde's eyes before going back to Westeros/Planetos with an army of his own to make his claim for the Iron Thrones. Set up a voting poll of romance options, so feel free to vote and give your two cents there.
And whilst I'm on the subject of Game of Thrones, I recently published a Fallout/Game of Thrones crossover of Aegon VI in the Mojave/New Vegas wasteland. I'd appreciate some reviews as reviews do encourage me to update more, but necessarily faster as I try to make quality chapters as best I can, but I'm a mediocre writer at best.
Also, there's a story that has inspired me lately. The story is a crossover of Kingdom Hearts and Justice League in which a young Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman join Sora the Keyblade wielder after their world is destroyed by the Heartless. The story is called Justice League: Journey to Kingdom Hearts. It's a great little read and I'm looking forward to seeing the next chapter whenever it may come. Like I said, that story has inspired me to write a couple of Kingdom Hearts crossovers, one being an Elder Scrolls/Skyrim crossover, the other a Justice League/DC Comics crossover. The Skyrim crossover will have the Dragonborn and a couple of companions join Sora across the KH 'verse while the DCU crossover will have Barry Allen/the Flash, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and Kara Zor-El/Supergirl join Sora. Obvious for the DCU/KH crossover, I'm sorta-kinda using the Arrow'verse versions of Flash, Green Arrow and Supergirl, but at the beginning of their careers as heroes.
Just some ideas I have, will have to wait and see if they make the light of day.
Not much more to say, but let me know what you think of this chapter and hopefully this proves that I have not abandoned this story in any way, shape or form.
Peace out!
Angry lil' elf.