Invincible
By FAH3
"This doesn't make any sense. A hand print killed him?" Kim asked as she looked at the morgue and crime scene photos of the dead guard from Central City.
"These weren't altered in any way, KP. And he was killed when he was shoved into the computers and monitors. If he hadn't, that blow would have killed him. There was massive internal trauma." Ron said as he put a copy of the coroner's report on a near by desk. "Someone with incredible strength did this, Kim."
"But the only people with that kind of strength is me and Diana." Kim said.
"And when this happened, you were saving an oil tanker, and Diana was in New York. So it has to be someone new." Ron said.
"Just great. That's all I need." Kim said to herself as she flopped into Ron's chair.
"Accepting too many keys to the city?"
"Very funny, Bat boy. It's just everything. Especially with Shego." Kim said.
"Whoa. You haven't called her by that name in a while. What happened?" Ron asked as he noticed the look on Kim's face.
"I found out Sherri isn't who she once was back in Middleton. Do you remember when I was worried about getting sick a while back?"
"J'onn told me about how he rescued you, and when he gave a glowing green rock to STAR Labs." Ron said.
"It turns out that rock is what's left of Krypton. And Shego can generate the radiation it gives off the same way a furnace gives off heat." Kim said to him. She had to stop herself from chuckling when she saw the look on Ron's face. "My ship hauled debris in its wake. One of those pieces of debris collided with the comet that made her family Team Go."
"That explains a lot."
"Do what?" Kim asked as she glared at her boyfriend.
"Don't tell me all that flying rattled your brain. Do you remember every time we fought Drakken? When you started fighting Shego, you started loosing some of your edge. For a while, I thought you had a crush on her." Ron said to her.
"In your dreams, Ron."
"You don't know how many times." Ron joked while Kim raised a questioning eyebrow.
"I've got to get back to Metropolis. Let me know if you find out anything else." Kim said as she stood up.
"Big interview?"
"No. I promised Lois I'd go jogging with her." Kim said as she started climbing up the stairs that led to the mansion.
It was amazing. No, the better word would be astounding. You couldn't tell that the skin covering him was fake at all. It was almost like he had his old face again too. Everyone he passed as he walked down the street were buying it. Everyone thought he was just another person. But there was still a small problem that kept nagging him. His eyes were still glowing green, but Sherri had been right. A pair of sunglasses was taking care of that. But there was still the numbness. He had something in his head telling him how hard he was gripping something, or how cold or hot it was. But he couldn't actually feel anything. He couldn't even feel the rays of the sun beating down on him, or the breeze blowing through his hair.
It felt good to be out of the lab and in the outside world again. But at the same time, it was all so foreign to him. It was almost like he was seeing the world through a computer game interface with all the data that kept popping up in front of his vision. When he was in the lab, he kept falling over because an image would pop up and he thought he was going to run into it. But at least he had some sensation of breathing though. That seemed his only link left to being – human. Oh God, what had he done? What had he become? A perverted vision of Frankenstein's dream?
"LOOK OUT!" someone shouted, causing Corbin to look up.
As Corbin did, the front end of a taxi smashed into him, causing the front end to crumple against itself like cardboard. Corbin was a little shaky at first.
"I'm dying! I'm dead!" kept echoing over and over in his head.
His eyes were closed tightly, too afraid to open them and see what the crash had done to him. Slowly he remembered his recent change when his HUD display began showing a diagram of his skeleton and disguise, showing that everything was still intact and all of his systems were still functioning.
"Right. I forgot." He said as he opened his eyes and looked down.
The front end of the car almost seemed to have molded around him from the crash. He could see large amounts of smoke and steam rising from under the hood. The components immediately formed a diagram over the hood, compiling all the data together and saw that the engine had been destroyed in the impact. But more importantly, Corbin noticed he didn't feel any kind of pain what so ever. He grasped the front end of the taxi and pushed it away from his body as the people watching covered the ears from the protest of the metal. Corbin pushed it away in one swift movement, sending it down the street until it smashed into a Buick.
"Maybe this isn't so bad after all." He said as he brought up a map of Metropolis and found the location he had been thinking about. "I believe it's time to make a withdrawal." He chuckled to himself and began walking again. "Smiling John Corbin is back in the game."
Lois stood under the tree, enjoying its shade as she checked her watch again. Kim was supposed to have met her here twenty minutes ago, but there was still no sign of here. As she let out an exasperated sigh, she glared at a passing teenager as he let out a wolf whistle. Of course, a part of her was also proud of the wolf whistle. It meant she was keeping herself in shape.
"If you aren't here in a minute, Middleton, I'm"
"You're what?" Kim asked as she came walking up to Lois.
"About time you – whoa." Lois said as she took a good look at what she was wearing.
Most of the time Lois had seen her writing partner, with the exception of the time she caught her in a robe with her boy toy, she was always in a fashionable business suit. But this time, Kim was wearing a cobalt blue sports bra that left a very flat and firm midsection exposed, with a pair of black jogging shorts that was almost short enough to be underwear, and her hair tied back into a pony tail. The way she was dressed was causing almost everyone's head to turn in the park. A man on a bicycle was looking at her and crashed into a tree off the bike path.
"What brought the sudden change?" Lois asked her.
"Huh?" Kim asked.
"The outfit." Lois said.
"I always jog like this." Kim said as she adjusted her glasses. "Are you going to stand there all day, or are we actually going to jog?" Kim asked her.
"Sure." Lois said as they started down the path. "I have to admit, you not on the clock already seems different than you at work."
"You should have seen me back in high school." Kim said with a chuckle. "So, why did you want me to jog with you anyway?"
"Jogging usually helps me think. And I've also noticed how you've been moping at the office lately. No offence, but you've had a really shitty month."
"Tell me about it." Kim said to herself. "So what do you need to talk about?"
"What makes you think that I need to talk?"
"You just said it helps you think. And if I've found out anything about you, your mind is always on the next big story." Kim said.
"I hate it when you're right." Lois said, faking her anger. "I had an informer inside Gough Industries, but I've lost contact."
"What happened?"
"I don't know. He called me a couple of days ago, telling me Miss Gough was up to something. Then the line went dead. I think he might have been discovered." Lois said.
"Have you tried an other way of contacting him?"
"Of course I have, but nothing. Then I found out that he was reported missing last week."
"Do you think he went into hiding?"
"Kim," Lois started and stopped for a minute, causing Kim to pause and look at her. "You're a good reporter, but you're still naïve. With all the stuff I've dug up on your friend over the years, it's not good. There's a good chance that if he was discovered, he's most likely at the bottom of Hobbs Bay." Lois said to her.
"Don't you think that's a little extreme?"
"I wish it were, Kim. But look at what she did to Corbin. I hate to rain on your parade, but Miss Gough is almost as bad as a crime boss in Gotham." Lois said to her, feeling like a heel at that moment.
"Did your guy say anything specific? Before the line went dead?" Kim asked Lois, trying to avoid the cold slap of reality trying to make itself known again.
"Yeah. He said it involved something that could hurt Superwoman. What was it called? Kypto – Kryp?" she asked herself.
"Kryptonite?" Kim asked as she began to pale.
"Yeah. How did you know what it was called?" Lois asked her.
"Well . ." Kim started, but stopped when the sound of several gunshots began to ring out. "Never a dull moment, is it?"
"Not even for a second. Come on!" Lois said and ran in the direction the shots came from with Kim following close behind her.
People were running from the bank as fast as they could, screaming in terror as what sounded like a wrecking crew echoed from inside. As Lois and Kim ran to the bank, they saw the terror on the people's faces as they saw two desks thrown out of the large windows and land across the street.
"It looks like they're tossing out everything but the kitchen sink." Lois said to Kim.
That's when the street was rocked as the large circular vault door burst through the glass and stone of the building and crashed on top of a near by taxi, severing the car in half before breaking into the asphalt of the street. Lois and Kim stood there wide eyed for a moment, just gazing at the large door. Soon, another larger, rectangular, vault door flew from the building as if it were a Frisbee and destroyed two trees before breaking into the office building across the street. Kim and Lois could hear the various screams coming from the shattered lobby and could see that the wall had gone through what looked to be several walls.
"Cover me." Lois said as she began to make her way to the bank.
"Lois! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Kim asked her.
"Getting the scoop of the century is what!" Lois said as she darted toward the bank.
"And I just had to pick today to leave my suit back at home." Kim said to herself as she dashed off in a blur.
Lois kept herself low as she snuck into the bank. The entire place looked like it tried to take on a tornado and lost. She could hear several noises in the back that sounded like they were coming from a destruction derby as she moved deeper and deeper into the bank. As she hid behind one desk, she did her best not to scream as she saw a security guard that had been, literally, folded in half!
As she did her best to calm down, she narrowly missed several deposit boxes hitting her in the head as they flew past her like bullets from a gun. As she slowly peeked over the edge, she saw the wall in the back shatter into rubble as a man in a leather jacket and tattered clothes step through it. A huge grin was spread across his face as he adjusted his sunglasses and slung what looked like a large garbage bag over his shoulder. He was tall and large. The size of this man would most likely make Steel Toe cringe in fear. But what was shocking the most was that she knew that face. It was John Corbin! But he was supposed to be dead.
Corbin began moving toward an emergency exit to the side, but he stopped. Did he forget something? As he slowly turned around, his gaze was fixed on something. What was it? It didn't take her that long for her brain to register that he was looking directly at her! Lois ducked back behind the desk as she tried to control her speeding heart rate. She was hoping that he didn't see her, but she knew how her luck was. Glancing back to the dead guard beside her, she quickly reached over and removed his gun. She just prayed God that this guy kept it loaded.
She let out a loud gasp when she felt a grip stronger than a vice grip clasp the back of her neck and raised her high in the air. She was slowly turned around until she was face to face with Corbin himself as he leered at her.
"Why Miss Lane, it's so good to see you again." He said with a small chuckle.
"Too bad I can't say the same thing." She groaned as she felt his grip squeezing at a very sensitive cluster of nerves. It almost felt like blood had been dammed in her neck and her face was fixing to explode.
"A sharp wit to the end. You should be careful with it, though. You never know when it might cut you." He said as he leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Lois protested as much as she could and tried her best to push him away, but he wouldn't move! It was almost like trying to push a building out of the way. Finally, he backed his head away and allowed her a moment to try and spit his filth away. She was so busy spitting the taste of his kiss out of her mouth, she didn't even noticed the stunned look on his face. "I didn't feel anything." He said to himself as he dropped the bag and looked at his now empty hand. "What did they do to me?" he asked himself.
Corbin's bewilderment was short lived when he heard a gunshot and his sensors began to tell him that something had tried to pierce his disguise. He looked back at Lois Lane and saw her look of bewilderment as she held a smoking gun in her hands.
"T-that should have," she began to say.
"You really shouldn't have done that Miss Lane." Corbin said as he began to tighten his grip on Lois' neck. Lois' eyes began to bulge out more as she started to have trouble breathing. If she could scream at that moment, she would. She never thought it would end like this.
She suddenly felt the pressure disappear as she fell to the floor. After she regained her breath, she looked up and saw that Corbin was gone, but the vault Corbin had exited from had a large hole in the back. After coughing a few times, she got to her feet and began walking to the hole when Superwoman appeared to her at breakneck speed.
"Are you all right, Lois?" she asked the reporter.
"A little soar." Lois said as she rubbed her neck and her eyes began to widen again. "LOOK OUT!" Lois screamed.
Superwoman had turned halfway before she was bashed in the head and sent flying across the bank and halfway through the wall. What was strange was that the side of her head was actually sore. It was like she had a small headache forming as she felt a lump rise. As she looked up, she saw Corbin walking toward her as he shoved Lois out of the way.
"I was hoping to have a rematch with you." He said as he tried to crack his knuckles.
"John Corbin?" Superwoman asked as she stood to her feet. "But you're dead."
"Not hardly." Corbin said as he smashed her in the chin with a right uppercut and sent her flying halfway up the building. She finally stopped her accent after she crashed into several filling cabinets.
Kim was a little unsteady as she regained her balance, and her chin was aching like crazy. What had happened? Corbin had never been strong enough to actually hurt her before. She didn't have long to think about it until she heard the floor beneath her breaking. She spun around in time to see Corbin pulling himself upward, forcing himself through the hole she had created.
"What did you do to yourself?" Superwoman asked him.
"Let's just say," he said as he removed his sunglasses and revealed his glowing green eyes. "I found out I have a heart of stone." He said as he threw a punch at her, only for her to dodge and his fist to go through the floor. "It's going to take more than your little tricks to help you this time, bitch." He said as he stood and bashed her in the chest.
Superwoman soon found herself taking out an entire wall and crashing into the men's room as she took out three urinals and cracking the wall and floor. Besides the pain and sourness, she felt a little weak. Almost sick. What was going on? She soon felt Corbin grasp her by her uniform and lift her high into the air; her head almost touching the ceiling tiles.
"You know, I was always on the receiving end of a swirly when I was growing up. I wonder how it feels to be on the other end." John said as he slammed Superwoman head first into a toilet bowl, shattering the porcelain. Before she could try and get up, John stomped on the top of her head, shoving it through the tiled floor and causing water to begin squirting upward and covering them. "You know, I'm really starting to enjoy this." Corbin said with a chuckle.
"Not for long." Kim said to herself as she leapt to her feet and punched Corbin twice in the abdomen.
Corbin was caught by surprise as he doubled over. His systems were telling him that a few of the hydraulics had sustained damage. Superwoman took advantage at Corbin's surprise as she dropped backward, supporting her weight on her arms, and shoved both feet into Corbin's face! The kick was powerful enough to send Corbin flying across the office floor before he started hopping across the floor like a stone across a pond. Everything was such a blur of motion that Corbin had no idea where he was going until he crashed through the wall and started falling to the ground below.
"Chief, I'm telling you that it was him! I'm not seeing things, Perry! He tore this place apart with his bare hands!" Lois shouted into her cell phone and heard her editor's response in very loud detail. "Then why don't you come down here yourself, and see it with your own eyes?! It almost looks like a war zone down here!" Lois shouted.
That's when something fell hard into the ground behind her, causing everything to shake slightly. Lois turned to see a large crater in the street as people began to gather to find out what had happened. Slowly, Corbin stood to his feet and rose to full height as a few of the on lookers screamed with terror. When John turned around, Lois gasped at what she saw. Half of his face was completely torn away, revealing a polished metal skull underneath. Part of his shirt was ripped open to show a strange circle with a symbol inside of it.
"Perry, I'll get back to you." Lois said as she dropped her cell phone. "Since when did this become the Terminator?"
John glanced around his surroundings before glancing upward for a brief moment. He looked back to the street and saw a person on a motorcycle about to pass him by. John took a few steps forward before he reached out and grabbed the bike by its front tire; sending its rider flying forward and onto the street. With its engine still going at full speed, John held it as if it were a club and looked upward again. With one swing high up into the air, John struck something with such force that the bike exploded and sending something else crashing into the street almost half a mile away.
Superwoman lay in the street as she clutched her head with her hands. She went diving after Corbin, and then something hit her. She was starting to feel weaker now, and her feelings of being ill were becoming worse.
"You'll have to do better than that, bitch!" Corbin said as he stomped toward her. When Kim saw his face, she gasped in shock.
"Corbin, what did you do to yourself?" she asked as she stood.
"No, I'm not Corbin anymore. He's dead and buried now. There's just me, Metallo!" he said as the circle in his chest opened and exposed the green rock that was powering him. Kim collapsed to her knees in pain as soon as the rock was exposed; causing her to feel like her skin was on fire and her strength to fade.
"Gough. You're the project she was working on." Kim moaned, trying to fight the effects of the radiation.
"Well aren't you the little detective. What a surprise." He said as he loomed over her.
"You'll find I'm full of surprises." Kim said as she buried her hands into the asphalt. Using every once of strength she had, she flew into the air as fast as she could and took a huge chunk of the road with her; causing Metallo to flip head over heels and tumble a few yards backwards.
The sickness was too much for her as her grip went limp and she fell backwards, landing in-between several parked cars. She was doing her best to fight back the vomit that was dangerously close to making itself known as she tried to support herself again.
"It was cute at first, but now you're just pissing me off." Metallo said as he started to walk toward her again with the Kryptonite glowing brighter. Before Kim could react, the glow of the Kryptonite intensified before a beam of pure Kryptonite radiation shot forth from his chest and sent Superwoman screaming onto her back. "Wow. I didn't know I could do that." Metallo said as he glanced down at his opened chest. "I LOVE THIS THING!" he shouted with pure amusement as the Kryptonite began to glow again.
Superwoman had to act quickly and force through the pain and weakness. She felt like every internal organ was trying to leap out of her body and that her skin was burning to a blackened crisp. Grasping the car next to her, she threw it as hard as she could as Metallo fired. The blast bounced off the car as it struck Metallo hard and pinning him to the ground. With a loud roar of anger and frustration, the cyborg threw the car off of him just as Superwoman flew into him at full speed and back into the bank building with an echoing crash.
Sheri was gasping deeply as the sweat poured down her naked body. Wave after wave of pleasure was rocking her body as she did her best not to shout and scream over and over. She was clutching her sheets so tightly that her nails were tearing through the Egyptian cotton like they were made of tissue paper. She was so close to the edge that she couldn't take it. Just a moment longer was all she needed. Of course, that's when the phone rang.
"Ignore it." Mercy said to her, breathlessly.
"Just shut up and keep going." Sheri said as she kept gasping for breath and bit her lower lip. But the phone kept ringing over and over again, distracting both of them. With a growl of frustration, Sheri rolled away from her lover and almost ripped the phone free from its base. "This had better be worth it." Sheri threatened as she wiped away part of her sweat soaked hair. "What? WHAT?!" Sheri screamed.
The sound of Superwoman and Metallo crashing back into the bank echoed through out the block like a clap of thunder. Sounds of parts of the building being demolished were heard as clear as day as dust and debris came rolling out of the shattered windows and other opening like a fog bank. Various desks and other objects were constantly being thrown from the building as the fight continued as the crowd around the building kept growing larger and larger. The police had to block off the entire city block as the fight continued while various news crews and helicopters arrived; trying to find out what was happening.
"Turpin! HEY TURPIN!" Lois shouted to the officer in charge. After all the run ins she had with him over a story, she would recognize that ugly bowler hat anywhere.
"Jeez, what do you want Lane?" He asked as he saw one of the most annoying thorns in his middle-aged ass.
"Superwoman is probably dying in there. Aren't you going to do anything?" Lois asked him.
"Listen Lane, the M.P.D. isn't equiped to handle something like this. Right now, the best thing we can do is make sure everyone stands clear and non one gets hurt." He said to her.
"That's bull, Turpin! After all the times she's helped this city, you're just going to stand here?!" Lois shouted with several other joining her in protest.
"HEY! EITHER ALL OF YOU CAN BACK OFF OR WE'LL BREAK OUT THE TEAR GAS IF WE HAVE TO!" Turpin shouted to all of them.
"IT'S COMING DOWN!" one of the officers shouted, causing Turpin, Lois, and several other to look at the building.
From the foundation up, the entire thing started to crack and begin to crumble. People began screaming as the police tried to get all of them back as the structure began to shake and somewhat topple. Within minutes, the entire building came tumbling down as a massive debris cloud engulfed everyone. No one moved for countless minutes as the dust began to settle. Many of them were shaking as they looked at what was left of the bank. For some of them, it was almost like they were reliving 9/11 all over again as the police and a few others began slowly making their way toward the massive pile of rubble.
"Superwoman?" Lois asked as she slipped through the police barricades and looked on in fear and horror. "S-superwoman?" Lois asked as one thought crept into her head. One she thought she would never have to think. Was Superwoman dead?
One part of the debris field began to move, forcing some of the rubble upward. A small spark of hope began building in several of the on lookers as the saw it move. Maybe she had survived it after all! But all their hopes were dashed when they saw a large metal robot, with the tattered remains of his face hanging loosely on his metal skull. In his right fist was Superwoman's flowing red cape, with her yellow shield sewed onto the back of it.
"I DID IT! I WON! THE BITCH IS FINALLY DEAD!" Metallo screamed in triumph as he held the cape up high.
"Like hell!" Superwoman screamed as she rose from the rubble and bashed Metallo under his chin and sending him skyward in an arc.
Not even bothering to see where he landed, the Metropolis Marvel collapsed onto her hands and knees as she tried to regain her breath. Lois and another police officer were the first to her side as she tried to catch her breath. Her costume was stained with a rip or two in a few spots. Her nose and lip were both bleeding as a cut along her hairline almost covered half of her face in blood. A large bruise was swollen on the left side of her face, almost forcing her eye closed while she gently clutched her ribs with one arm.
"Are you all right?" the officer asked as her.
"I – I just need – need to get into the sunlight." Superwoman whispered barley loud enough for them to hear.
"Not going to happen." Metallo said as he backhanded the officer away and pushed Lois aside. "There's no way you're winning this one, Superwoman. I've got the ultimate trumph card." He said as his chest opened again, causing Superwoman to scream in pain again. She was so weak no, she could barley even try to resist the Kryptonite radiation. It was unbearable!
"Everyone will know who I am after this! They'll remember me forever after your nothing more but a passig thought. I AM THE SUPERIOR FIGHTER IN THIS! EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER THIS AS THE DAY SUPERWOMAN DI – AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Metallo screamed as several thousand volts of electricity began to course through him.
The massive amounts of energy were too much for him as all his sensors began to scramble and tell him everything all at once. A combination of pain and sensory information overload all rolled up into one felt like a massive taser had been shoved into the center of his brain after it had been doused in water. When sudden attack stopped, smoke rose from different parts of his cyborg body as his eyes powered down. Slowly, Metallo fell over end over end until he was laying flat on his face in the rubble. Several men dressed in black riot gear and elaborate taser riffles emerged from a black swat van and immediately began surrounding the fallen cyborg.
"CLEAR!" one shouted as they began putting restraints on the deactivated cyborg and closed his open chest compartment.
"It's about time you guys did something." Lois said as she and several others helped Superwoman to her feet.
"Sorry ma'am. We had to wait for a clear shot." One man said to her. "Al right men, let's move out!" he ordered the other officers as they began to load Metallo into the van.
"Are you all right?" Lois asked Superwoman as she steadied herself.
"I'll be all right. I just need to stay in the sunlight for a little bit." Superwoman said as she knelt down and picked up her cape.
"There's not a scratch on it." Lois said as Superwoman re attached it to her uniform.
"It was a gift from Wonder Woman's people. Supposedly, it's almost as impervious as me. I guess it got a real field test today." She said as she turned to Dan Turpin. "Thanks for keeping the people back, Inspector. I don't know what would've happen if anyone had gotten hurt."
"Well maybe you should think about that before you start your little circus act." Turpin said.
"Give it a rest, Turpin!" Lois said.
"Hell, no! Do you know how much it's going to cost to clean this mess up? Not to mention how many people are out of a job right now? Half this city's problem is you and some of the other costumed isiots out there don't think!"
"You ungrateful," Lois started, but was stopped.
"He's right, Lois. I should have used my head more. It's just as much my fault as Corbin's. I'll help out anyway I can in the clean up and rebuild." Kim said to him. "Just tell your swat team I sad thanks."
"Swat? What do you mean Swat? They never got here." Turpin said.
"What?" Lois asked.
"Someone forced them to a stop and hi-jacked the van. We found them all tied up on the corner of third and Benson." Turpin said as he turned away.
"Then who just ran off with Metal Head?" Lois asked.
The first thing he saw was nothing but black. He couldn't feel anything and he couldn't see anything. What was going on? Where was he? What happened? There was bright flash before his eyes quickly focused and he saw the large overhead lights above him, and complete diagnostic flashed before his eyes. A diagram of his body appeared before him and zoomed in on his neck with certain areas flashing red. He soon realized that he couldn't move his arms or his legs. Not even his sensors below his head were working. Something was keeping him paralyzed!
"I see you decided to give your body a test drive." Sheri said as she stepped into view.
"Let me up!" Metallo growled in frustrating anger.
"No. I wanted to keep you under wraps, Corbin. That little stunt of yours may have seriously jeopardized this project."
"Like I even care! I had that Super bitch on her knees! Another minute and she'd be dead! I would have done us both a favor!"
"Like hell you would."
"Don't play games with me! I know you want her dead as much as I do." Metallo shouted.
"Corbin, did I ever say that I wanted her dead?" she asked him before turning away from him and faced one of the scientists. "Can we remove the Kryptonite?"
"WHAT?!" Metallo shouted.
"If we do, all his systems will shut down. The back up power cells are fully charged, but I don't know if they'll support him for a long period of time." The young scientist said as she checked her notes.
"Meaning?" Sheri asked.
"It means we'll have to figure out a safe way of removing it without killing him." She said.
"It's simple. You just do – THIS!" Sheri said as she reached her hand into Metallo's open chest cavity and ripped the Kryptonite out in one swift move. Metallo screamed in uncontrollable pain as every system in his body began to short circuit and shut down until his body froze in place as it shut down. "Put this in a safe place until we need it." Sherri said and tossed it to the scientist as she walked away.
"You killed him?" Mercy asked her as they made their way back to the elevator.
"Those power cells in him we'll keep him alive long enough." Sheri said to her.
"But didn't they,"
"Mercy, don't you think I know what I'm doing?" Sheri asked her.
"But why did you make him like that, anyway? Why give him Kryptonite if you don't want him to kill,"
"Think about it." Sheri said as she stopped and turned to her.
"A pop quiz? Are you kidding me?"
"Just try and use your brain." Sheri said to her.
"God damn it, I'm sick of this. Ever since you made that deal with that weirdo, you've been – the weird guy." Mercy said as she began to think. "You don't trust him." She said as they entered the elevator.
"I don't anyone. And it doesn't take a great actor to notice a bad one. That weirdo is planning something, I can smell it."
"And you gave Corbin the body and Kryptonite in case he double crossed you. That guy is the same thing Superwoman is?" Mercy asked her.
"Something like that. But after playing second fiddle to a mad scientist for several years, I've learned how not to screw up a plan." Sherri said as the elevator stopped two floors beneath the lab they were in and the doors opened.
"What is this place?" Mercy asked as they entered the dimly lit room.
"This is where some of my real toys are made. Not even Happerson knew about this place when he was alive." Mercy said as she walked deeper into the lab with Mercy trying to keep up.
"But I don't see how – w-what makes you think Happerson is dead?" Mercy asked her boss.
"I'm not that stupid, Mercy." Was all Sheri said as she stopped in front of a large metal cylinder with several cables, hoses, and machines surrounding it. Standing in front of it was a very skinny man with long unkempt brown hair, a large mustache, and a pair of black goggles covering his eyes. "How's the progress, Dr. Anderson." She asked the man.
"It's coming along quite well, Miss Gough. Very well, indeed." The man said, sounding like a cartoon.
"How much longer will it be before we can see if it's finished?" she asked while glancing at some of the computer read outs.
"Oh, it's finished now, Miss. Yes, fully complete."
"Then show me." Sherri said to the man.
Within a few moments, the man entered his security code, and the metal cylinder opened to reveal a tank filled with green fluid. Mercy gasped when she saw what was inside it. Floating there, nude as the day she was born, was Superwoman herself! There were a few sensors on her body, and a breathing mask covering her face as she floated inside the tank.
"What? How did you?" Mercy started to ask as Sherri stood beside her.
"It's not really her. A few years ago, my old employer was able to make a quick, but highly unstable clone of Superwoman. He had manipulated it first, but it had some very interesting side effects. Out of three clones, two were destroyed and the third went MIA." Sherri said as she looked proudly at the clone.
"So this is a quick clone?"
"Oh, heavens no! I wouldn't dare soil my hands with such – EGH!" Dr. Anderson said as he shook his head.
"You see, my employer was the first one to discover Superwoman's alien origins. Later, I stole the data from him and wiped it from his computers. I gave it to Superwoman eventually. But not before I copied the data into my hard drive." Sherri said with a smirk.
"Then several years ago, the police found a strange substance in an apartment complex that had been occupied by a woman matching Superwoman's description. Miss Gough was able to borrow the substance, and I was ever so delighted to discover that it was the remains of the missing clone." Dr. Anderson said with glee, like a child inside of a toy store. "So using the data from Miss Gough's computers, and a few of my own little inventions, I was able to recreate the clone and correct the imperfection in the DNA structure of the original."
"You cloned a clone?" Mercy asked him.
"Not exactly, Mercy." Sherri said as she stepped closer to the tank. "It's more along the lines of resurrection. And the plus side is, this one won't melt with soda. In case Metallo won't work out the way I want, I'll have this little magnum hiding in the shadows."
"But Kryptonite is deadly to Superwoman." Mercy said.
"Not this one." Sherri said with a grin as she saw the fingers of the being the tank begin to twitch.
"I knew Shego could be evil when she wanted, but this takes the cake." Ron said as Kim lay on her bed and he gently applied the ice pack to her head. It had already been four days since Kim fought Metallo, and she was still suffering the side effects of it. It seemed that a long exposure to Kryptonite seemed to slow her healing abilities, but they were returning to normal. Most of her wounds were healed, but the bruise still lingered on her cheek. And she still had a headache the size of the Ron's Tumbler.
"Thanks for coming to see me. But what about Gotham?" Kim asked him as she grasped his hand.
"Gotham can survive without me for a bit. Besides, it still has J'onn." Ron said to her. "We're going to have to keep a closer eye on Shego from now on."
"I know, Ron. But what I'm worried about is Metallo. Who took him?" Kim asked.
"I've been following a few leads. One thing I know, it isn't Intergang." Ron said to her.
"You mean that new mob in town?"
"It's hardly new, KP. They've been around for a while, but Manheim was always a small fry. Recently, he's been using some new weapons I've never seen. He's been using them to muscle the others out of his way." Ron said.
"Great." Kim moaned and closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened her eyes, she noticed the strange look on his face. "How bad are the weapons?"
"Bad. I've never seen anything like them. This technology that my teams only have in theory." Ron said.
"We'll stop them, Ron. We're Team Possible." She said with a smile.
"We retired Team Possible years ago. How about the World's Finest?" he asked her as he began to lean in closer to her.
"Isn't that stretching it a little?" She asked with a predator like smile.
"I don't think so." Ron said as their lips met and refused to part ways.
Every time they were near each other, it was like they needed to hold each other. The need to be with each other was almost overpowering. For both as they kiss began to grow more and more passionate. Until Kim's answering machine beeped, and the voice following it ruined their mood.
"Hey Middleton, I think I may have us a lead on our little Metallo story. Get your butt down here before Perry pope a blood vessel." Lois said.
"I swear I'm going giver her a lobotomy one of these days." Kim growled in frustration.
"Sounds good to me." Ron said as they sat up. "You know, I'm sponsoring a circus show tomorrow night to raise money for the Gotham Orphan's fund. I bet you can persuade Perry to let you cover it." Ron suggested.
"I don't know, Ron." Kim said as she went into the bathroom, and came out in a business suit within two seconds. "I can't convince Perry to go with all my story ideas. He's already shot down three of them."
"Then I'll place a call." Ron said.
"Ron,"
"KP, you're my girlfriend. If I have to, I'll shove a batarang up Lex Luthor's ass in order to spend time with you." Ron said to her.
"I was fixing to say that I can probably get the day off." Kim said as she put her glasses on.
"Oh. I guess that would make things easier." Ron said as she leaned in and kissed him one more time. "I'll be there tonight." Kim said before she turned and walked out the door.
"A nice night at the circus. What could go wrong?" Ron asked himself as his smile lingered.
Brainiac stood from his crouched position and took a few steps backwards. He looked at all the gutted machinery he had reworked for several days and frowned. It was so crude. There was no style to it at all. It was all so crude and misshapen. If he hadn't been the one that had built it, even he himself would doubt if it would work. But as long as it was able to accomplish it's task, he would be satisfied.
"Is it finally finished?" Ursa asked him. She was anxious to finally exit this living tombstone to their home world once and for all and never look back.
"Almost. We need one more component." Brainiac said as he scanned the machinery one more time.
"So where in this inbred world do we need to go now?" she asked as Non looked at the machinery in curiosity.
"In the North American cotenant. However, our business partner does not posses the technology, so our presence may be noticed." Brainiac said as he turned to her.
"Just tell us where." She said to him.
"I shall give you the data for you to retrieve it while I handle some other business." Brainiac said as he began walking toward one of the living quarters.
"You're not coming with us?" she asked, but really wasn't disappointed.
"No. You have done this several times before, so you know what to do. Once you retrieve the last component, bring it back here at once." He said as he began to put on a suit. "And remember, Zod has somehow been monitoring us. If you try anything, he will know about it." He said and smiled when he saw the smirk on Ursa's face vanish.
As soon as they were gone, he walked back to the main control panel of the fortress and activated it. After inserting several crystals into different ports in the control panel, a new compartment began to open before him. A dark purple crystal sphere rose from the hole, as well as a strange silver bracelet. He carefully slipped the bracelet over his wrist. Soon, his leader will be free. And soon, Krypton shall be reborn anew. And those who stood in our way would be ground underneath their heels while their bones turned to dust. The Age of Zod was at hand.
This is two story ideas I have in mind. The first one I'm going to write, but I'm unsure about the second one.
In the distant future, Man has found life other than our own.
But instead of peace, it ushered an age of war.
But it is during this time that two will find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
Enemies because they were taught to be
Allies because they had to be
Lovers because they dared to be
From the writer of "Some Wounds Don't Heal" and "Invincible"
ENEMY MINE
By FAH3
My life wasn't simple, but I understood what I was.
But in an instant, everything I knew was destroyed.
And now, I have no idea what I am anymore.
Am I alive? Am I dead? I don't even know anymore. But I know what I have to do.
The one that hurt the ones I loved are still out there. They're still hurting others while those that enforce the law look away.
My actions are not only revenge, but Justice.
Shego is
The Crow
Angel of Vengeance