Disclamier: Do not own any characters from the DC or Marvel universe.
Can't believe it has two months since the last chapter. All I can say is that I got a new job and it has kept me pretty busy. But I finally finished this chapter and hope you all enjoy. I will try to post a new chapter every two weeks.
X-Over: Don't know if you got my email or not so I decided to post this now. If you have corrections I can always replace this chapter later.
Star's dreams- you will have to keep reading to see if the Goblin survived or not. I'm glad you enjoyed the dogfight as it really the first one I have done in detail. As for feeling sorry for Cadmus don't count them out so quickly. They have stayed ahead of the Justice League so far and still have some tricks up their sleeves.
Maid of the Mer- I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations.
Spartan Commander- You are full of good ideas and am considering using some. Though Spiderman won't become all powerful in this fic because it is more team based then on one individual.
KaliAnn- Glad you are enjoying the story and the action. I tried to make the way they entered the military base as believable as possible and by your compliments it appears I succeeded.
Doza- Glad you enjoyed it and I thought J'onn was ideal to pump the group us. He considers the founders his family and is determined not to lose another one. The people from the marvel universe will show up in the two more chapters and you will have to wait and see what I do with them. Thor will still be a while as I plan to have him enter in the final chapters. Right now I have no idea when that will be.
Relork Infernus- Glad to hear from somebody new who likes my story. No need to apologize just review now and continue to tell me what you think.
Well with that out of the way on with the story.
The General led the remaining of his group downwards into the base. He was proud of himself for accomplishing the mission of stopping the Green Goblin from compromising Cadmus's location. Although he was somewhat dejected and angry at the number of losses it had cost. Those who died were all good men and deserved a better way to die. But thankfully he was able to avenge his men. Now all that was left was to report to the council of his success and head home to take a well deserved rest.
"We are starting landing procedures General please prepare for some mild discomfort." His pilot informed.
"Take your time pilot, I am in no rush. Once again I have led my men to victory and will be pleased to give the council my report." Said Ross relaxing.
To this the pilot said nothing and turned on the propulsion jets underneath for their landing.
"Here comes General Ross now. To think 11 units brought down to three by one man." Colonel Adams commented.
"Yes, the Green Goblin did do a lot of damage. But the sacrifices were necessary to keep the safety and secrecy of Cadmus protected. They died performing and succeeding in their duties. There can be no greater honor for them." Said Amanda Waller.
Adams said nothing for a moment digesting what his boss had just said. Although he agreed with the latter he did not the formal. The person that he had been referring to that caused the loss of men had not been the Green Goblin. He was referring to General Ross himself. The man's arrogance and stubbornness always got in the way of his duty. Adam's wasn't even sure how Ross and managed to make the rank of General in the first place. Although it was his suspicion that it had something to do with close friends in high places. Ross was a suck up and could be very charming when he made the effort.
"Once the General and his group land I want to be taking off Colonel. All the interruptions of today have already put me behind schedule. Tell the pilot to begin powering up the helicopter." Said Amanda interrupting his thoughts as they neared the helicopter that would take her from here.
And what a fine piece of machinery it was. It was a hybrid helicopter and jet plane. It had 4 rocket launchers and six machine gun turrets. A five inch thick hide of titanium metal as well as a force field added to its impressive defense. It also had an emp cannon on its nose that was capable of turning a tank into an oversized paperweight. It was a new invention that Cadmus had created and so far was only one of a kind. They were set to begin mass production next week.
Adams returned his attention to Ms. Waller after she spoke and tried hard not to show the disgust he was feeling on the inside on his face. She considered the deaths of dozens of lives and the destruction of several advanced and costly pieces of machinery nothing more that an interruption! She and Ross deserved each other with their casual attitudes on others lives. Adams himself couldn't wait until the Justice League was defeated. Once that happen he would be able to move on to a new assignment away from these people.
As Adams extended his hand to help Ms. Waller aboard her means of transportation he saw a green glow out the corner of his eye. Adams turned his head and now saw several green glows appear in the middle of the platform. Before he could even start to figure out what the green glows were they disappeared and people made of flesh took their place. More specifically these people were members of the Justice League.
Adams was so in shock in what he was seeing that he hesitated on his next course of action. J'onn however did not and started yelling commands immediately.
"Supergirl, Stargirl, Fire, and S.T.R.I.P.E. take to the air. Steel, Booster Gold, Dr. Fate, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Vigilante, and Huntress engage the ground troops. The rest of us will clear the way to get to the next level, go! Commanded the Martian in less than ten seconds.
The heroes followed his commands wordlessly and went into action.
As for Cadmus they were slow to snap into action from the surprise attack. Some hadn't even seen the Justice League yet. They were already at a disadvantage.
Supergirl led the way into the skies setting her sights on the returning General and his men. With both her fists forward she charged through the Huey and straight through the other side. The Huey caught on fire and smoke started to come from it. The Huey started to descend towards the ground very quickly and the pilot, crew, and the three hover scooter riders evacuated before it hit the ground bursting into flames further disorganizing the Cadmus troops on the ground.
One of the fighter jets was stopped in its path by Stargirl's staff making it completely immobile. She then ripped the canopy off and took the two soldiers that were inside. That accomplished Fire used her green flames to incinerate the stealth fighter no longer making it a threat.
The General saw the destruction and the others members of the Justice League. He realized that this was a full scale invasion.
"Damnit, we have to gain altitude and mow these freaks down. I can't believe after all we went through the Justice League still managed to find us." Yelled the General.
"It gets worst sir. One of them is coming right for us and we don't have enough room to maneuver effectively away from him." Said the pilot.
"Just point this thing in the direction of that over grown tin can and I will take care of the rest."
"I told you sir, there is not enough room to—
"I heard you the first time! I gave you a direct order soldier and you better follow it." Interrupted Ross hotly.
"Yes sir." Said the pilot knowing that it was useless to argue with the General when he had made up his mind about something.
The pilot decreases the power from the landing propulsion underneath and put more power in the back engines so he could turn more easily. But even as he did it he knew it wouldn't be fast enough. The hero known as S.T.R.I. P.E. brought his big heavy metal fist down on top of the right wing and nearly tore it off. Some how the wing had managed to stay on but only by a few wires as it hung on its side limp. Alarms started to go off in the jet fighter and it started to spin in circles.
"I can't maintain control sir, we will have to eject." Yelled the pilot over the alarms.
"That is a negative soldier; we are the only air support left on the platform. The Justice League will never allow any of the others to get off the ground. We must remain airborne for as long as possible." Said the General.
"The only thing we will accomplish by staying up here is crashing into one of the walls or inflicting some kind of damage to the base. Ejecting is the only wise course of action."
"I said no!"
"Then I'm sorry sir but I will have to disobey your order. You can do what you want but I am out of here." The pilot said as he pulled a lever under his seat and was propelled out of the doomed stealth fighter.
"You coward, I make sure your court marshaled for this! Who needs you anyway. I can fly this thing all by myself without any help." Said Ross switching the pilot controls over to himself. However he soon found out just how hard flying a jet with only one fully functional wing really was. The jet continued to go in circles and he had no time to aim at any target. If that wasn't bad enough S.T.R.I.P.E. moved in on him and launched three missiles from his hands. The General shot blindly with the machine gun fire and micralcously caused the missiles to explode before hitting him. He raised his hands in victory and yelled in triumph.
"It will take more than that to take me down." Said Ross.
Unfortunally for him during his desperate firing he had sent the jet into a faster spend heading right for the elevator beams on the wall that rose and lowered the platform. Ross only noticed this at the last second and immediately pulled the ejector seat lever. However much to his surprise and horror it did not work.. Unknown to him when S.T.R.I.P.E. had broken the wing he had also shaken loose some important screws to the General's ejector seat in the back.
Ross of course knew none of this and desperately pulled the lever over and over again with the same result. Completely in a panic he started to grip his seatbelt trying to rip it out and risk jumping out of the plane to survive. But he never got the chance as metal met metal and the jet crashed into the platforms cables. The last sensation the General felt was intense heat before the jet exploded and he felt no more.
Many soldiers of Cadmus would have mourned the General's passing if they had actually seen it. As it was they were too busy fighting their own battles. Several Cadmus soldiers were already down and most of the rest were hiding behind tanks, copters, jets and other vehicles while returning fire. Even this form of defense wasn't safe from Black Canary as the force from her screams tipped a helicopter over and crushed the three men who had been firing behind it.
Another group of soldiers found the tank they were behind lifted high in the air by way of Dr. Fate's magic. Now unguarded they were put down by Booster Gold's plasma blasts as well as Green Arrow's shock arrows that sent several thousands volts of electricity through their bodies.
Colonel Adams, Amanda Waller, and their two escorts had managed to make it aboard the hybrid but now they were trapped. Though the vehicle was heavily armored they had no hope of lifting off the ground. The Justice League was everywhere, a fact that Ms. Waller was furious over.
"How in the hell did the Justice League find us. We stopped the Goblin; the location of this base should have been secure. General Ross must have screwed up again. I swear that if we get out of this alive that he is gone from Cadmus and you Colonel Adams will take over in his place as head of military operations." Said Ms. Waller not knowing that the General was already dead and that Colonel was now effectively his replacement as Ross's second in command.
Adams didn't bother to respond as he was too busy trying to organize some kind of counter attack. Right now he was talking to the people above them running the controls of the platform.
"I repeat close the platform doors. I want the League trapped in here and no others coming in. We still heavily outnumber them and can win this battle." He said.
"I'm sorry sir but that is just not possible." Said one of the platform controllers.
"What are you talking about, of course it is possible. You are at the controls, use them and close that hatch."
"It is impossible sir because the cables leading to the hatch have been severed. The jet carrying the General crashed into them a short time ago causing an explosion. There is no way that we can close the hatch."
Colonel clenched his teeth in anger. Once again the General had managed to screw up. Not only did he obviously fail to stop the Goblin from giving away their position. But he had also prevented them from trapping the League and stopping any more from coming in.
"Well can you at least get the damn War Bots online! They were created to protect the platform after all." Said Adams.
"We are doing that right now sir. They should be fully operational in the next 30 seconds. I apologize sir but the constant lockdowns forced us to use a lot of their energy and we had to shut them down so they could recharge." Came the response.
"Whatever just get it done and do it fast. The men out taking a beating and some of the Justice league are heading to the next level. We have to regain control of this situation." Said Adams breaking the connection.
"Your damn right you do. You must alert the entire base at once that we are under attack." Said Amanda.
"I am aware of that Ms. Waller and that is my next step. My first priority was to slow them down while still on the platform. Despite this surprise attack there are still only about two dozen of them and we have over 300 soldiers and robots as well as 40 Ulitimen. If the Justice League expects to be victorious they are sadly mistaken." Adams said before turning away from her and using the radio.
"This is Colonel Adams, patch me through to the base speakers." He waited a few seconds. "This is Colonel Adams we are at red alert. The Justice League has just infiltrated our facility and we are under attack. All available units report to the upper deck immediately to meet the threat. I repeat we are under attack from the Justice League, this is not a drill." Said Adams over and over again.
From all over the base food trays were dropped, cigarettes stomped out, and people jumping from their beds reaching for clothes that were nearest to them. Although the attack caught them off guard it was not entirely unexpected. Everyone associated with Cadmus knew that despite all their hard work to remain hidden there was still a small chance that the Justice League would still find them. Now as the protectors of Cadmus it was their jobs as soldiers to make sure the Justice league did not succeed in taking their organization that they all believed in down.
Adams had just finished giving the order three times when the hybrid was rocked. He turned his attention from his radio and looked outside. He then quickly averted his eyes when he saw that his men were definitely receiving the worst of this battle so far. Right when he was about to check on the status of the War bots again Amanda Waller interrupted him.
"They have come here fro one reason and one reason alone. They are trying to rescue the founders." She said.
"I agree that this is one of their objectives. They probably also intend to strike a blow at Cadmus by taking out this base." Said Adams.
"It is your job to make sure that does not happen. But either way the Justice League must not be allowed to free the founders at all cost. Too many resources and hard work went into capturing them in the first place." She continued.
"I understand but what-
"Give the order for the Ultimen guarding the cells to kill the founders. We have what we want from them and are no longer of use to us."
"I'm not sure that is the best course of action of this time. We could still use them-
"I don't care what you think Colonel, I just gave you a order. Now be a good little solider and do what I tell you." Amanda said furious.
The Colonel clenched his teeth at being talked to like a child. But once again he knew he could not refuse a direct order. He turned his attention back to his radio and asked to be connected to the teams in the cells. However when he was connected all he got was static.
Seconds after the alarms starting going off in Cadmus the Ultimen and soldiers guarding the cell blocks looked up in surprise. They then heard about the attack and asking for all soldiers to go to the upper levels and get involved in the fight.
"You guys go ahead. We will stay here and make sure that these guys don't go anywhere" Said Wind Dragon indicating the founders.
The four soldiers looked at each other before nodding and opening the door. Once they did they ran into another soldier.
"What are you guys still doing here? We need everyone one we can get in the upper levels. I'll remain guard here while you four go. Give me the cell keys so they will be safe." The unknown soldier said.
"Oh man thanks for reminding me. I was about to leave with them still in my pocket." One of the soldiers said handing over the card key and running out the door with the others following.
"You can leave the key with me and stand guard outside the door. Just yell if you see any Justice League members heading your way and we'll come running." Said Juice holding his hand out.
"No problem." Said the soldier extending his hand to give him the key, or so it seemed.
Just as Juice was about to take the keys the solider extended his arm and grabbed him around the wrist. He then yanked Juice forward causing the metahuman to stumble. As he did the solider raised a hard knee into Juice's midsection causing him to bend over and letting out a big breath. Immediately after that the solider hooked his arms under Juice and with tremendous strength flipped him to the wall behind him. Juice's back nearly cracked from the force and he landed on his head causing him to lose consciousness.
"What d you think you are doing!" Yelled Downpour echoing the shock of the other Ultimen.
The soldier didn't waste time answering and raised his machine gun and fired at Downpour without hesitation. Downpour immediacy transformed into water and the bullets went through him harmlessly and hit the back wall.
"Damn." The soldier cursed and turned his gun to find another target. Unfortunally he never got the chance as an intense wind knocked the gun from his hands and caused him to fall back barely staying on his feet.
"I don't know who you are or what you think you are doing but it ends now. No one harms one of my teammates without paying the price." Said Wind Dragon with heavy winds still floating around his hands.
"That goes double for my brother." Said the female twin Shifter and she transformed into a bull and rushed at the soldier horns forward.
"After she gets done with you I am going to put you on ice." Added wind Dragon.
The soldier, who was really Captain America, saw the bull heading towards him and Wind Dragon preparing to freeze him. Knowing he didn't have time to move out the way he stood his ground and let the bull come to him. Seconds before the horns would have impaled his gut Cap literally grabbed the bull by the horns. Although he skidded back a few inched he gave no ground. Then in an impressive show of power he raised the bull's horn and slammed its head to the ground. Somehow Shifter stayed awake but she had lost all momentum. As far the other Ultimen they stood in shock before her brother shook himself from his stupor.
"No body does that to my sister and gets away with it." Said Downpour enlarging himself until he was now a tidal wave. He then moved forward determined to crush the man who had hurt his sister.
Cap saw this and he saw Wind Dragon send a giant gust of freezing wind in his direction. Acting on pure instinct he let go of the bulls horn and grabbed underneath its stomach. He then lifted the bull over his head and threw it right at Wind Dragon. Shifter flew through the air and right into the freezing winds effectively protecting Captain America from them. She was then frozen herself inside a block of ice. However her momentum was not slowed by this and her trajectory went right at the leader of the Ultimen. Wind Dragon had no time to get out of the way and was hit dead on with the block of ice that was his teammate. The both fell to the ground harm and the ice shattered on impact leaving both badly injured.
Cap had no time to enjoy this as Downpour was still coming right at him. He also felt the air get thicker warning him that Juice was waking up and powering up. He quickly ran in Juice's direction with Downpour right behind him.
Juice slowly got to his knees and saw the man who attacked him coming right at him. Juice smiled and powered up fully intending to turn the man into ash. His focus was so intend on the man who hurt him that his mind completely ignored Downpour coming his way as well.
Cap knew now was the time as Juice's sizzling fists were aimed right at him. A few feet from him Cap took to the air and jumped right over Juice. He then pushed off the wall and did a back flip over the staring Juice and the intense Downpour. He then landed on his feet and turned his back to see if his plan had worked.
Both Ultimen saw what Cap did and were amazed. But that amazement quickly turned to horror as Downpour was on a collision course wit Juice. Neither could avoid each other and they collided. The result was instant as the charged up Juice electrocuted the watery Downpour as well as himself. They both screamed in agony from the intense pain. Mercifully the pain caused Downpour to revert back to his human form and they both collapsed the floor in a smoking heap.
Captain America nodded to himself on his accomplishment and turned around to free the heroes. Only to meet a giant back hand to the left side of his body that sent him flying right into Wonder Woman's cell. He felt the shock from the force field and fell to one knee. He then looked up to see the Ultimen that he had somehow lost track of, Long Shadow.
"You didn't forget about me did you? You hurt my friends, and that means that now I have to hurt you." Said Long Shadow now twenty feet tall in the small room.
Just as Captain America got to his feet he was again knocked into the force field behind him by strong winds. The winds didn't let up and Captain America continued to be pressed against the shield feeling the electricity coursing through his body.
"Not until I get a piece of him first Long Shadow. The bastard hurt me and I'm going keeping hurting him until he screams like a little girl. Scream you bastard, I want to see some tears!" Yelled a shaking Long Shadow continuing the pressure.
"Stop that, you'll kill him." Yelled Superman from his cell. With red beams constantly on him he was powerless to help.
"You monsters stop this; you see that he can't fight back. Just end this and put him in a cell like us, they'll are plenty around here." Said Wonder Woman having a close view of the man in pain. She had no idea who he was but he had obviously come to save them. She too had heard the alarms and knew the Justice League had invaded. She just didn't know where this stranger came in.
"Quiet princess or your next. This pig will scream and cry if it's the last thing he ever does." Said Wind Dragon.
"You heard the man friend, I suggest you give up now and do what he wants. That way it will be my turn to have some fun with you." Said Long Shadow with a smile.
Cap heard their words but refused to give in. Even as the winds pressed his stomach muscles and the electricity fried his back he would not scram or cry. But he was running out of ideas on how to escape. Wind Dragon's attack had almost entirely immobilized him. Then he remembers almost. He could still move his arms and he had the cell key.
With new determination Captain America fought through the pain and raised his right hand. He did slipped the card key through his fingers and pressed it against Wonder Woman's lock.
"He going to disengage the force field, I won't let that happen." Said Wind Dragon doubling the strength of his winds.
But Cap ignored the pain again and swiped the car key through the lock. The light turned green and the force field disappeared. With the winds still going Cap flew through the cell and hit the wall just barely missing Wonder Woman who had dodged out the way.
Wonder Woman saw she was free and that her savior needed help. She ran out her cell and went right for Wind Dragon.
"I got her." Said Long Shadow boldly stepping between his leader and Wonder Woman. He raised his large fist and swung at the fast moving Amazon.
Wonder Woman saw the giant slowing moving fist coming a mile away and jumped right over it. She then continued her run right up Long Shadow's arm and gave him her powerful right cross to his face.
Long Shadow's head snapped back and he stumbled. He had no time to recover as Wonder Woman hit him with a left uppercut and followed hit up with a roundhouse kick. Then sent Long Shadow spinning and Wonder Woman jumped off as him as the giant fell face first, right on top of Wind Dragon.
Wind Dragon only had time to see himself bath in darkness before looking up and seeing Long Shadow's stomach come right at him. Like he wanted Captain America to do he screamed as the stomach landed on his head and crushed him to the ground. After that he didn't say anything else.
Wonder Woman looked at the downed Ulitmen and surveyed the rest. They were still out cold and for now they were safe. She then went back inside the cell that had been her home for so long to check on the man who had freed her. Se found him leaning against the cell wall trying to calm his breathing. He then looked up at her and their eyes met.
"Here I was to rescue you and you ended up rescueing me. I guess life is just funny like that sometimes." He said giving her a small smile.
She couldn't help but return it and give him a looking over as he stood to his feet. His hat had fallen off during the battle and she saw that he had short blood hair to go with his blue eyes. Even with the uniform she could tell the muscles he had on his stomach and arms. He stood confidently but without arrogance. Also by what she had seen earlier he was a very accomplished fighter. She wondered if he was a new recruit of the Justice League since her imprisonment.
As if sensing this he spoke.
"No I am not part of the Justice League but I am working with them for this mission. I don't have time to go into details but just know I am a friend and fight for truth and justice. I'll explain more later but for now let's get Superman and get out of here."
"I agree but with have to free the others as well. Also we have to join the rest of the Justice League in their fight against Cadmus." Stated Wonder Woman.
"I fully into to do that mamm. The Atom and one of my teammates are in the process of doing that as we speak. They also have your weapons and gear and that is why we are going to meet up with them first. After that we will join the Justice League and bring this base down." Captain America said confidently
Wonder Woman nodded to him and together they walked off to free the man of steel.
In another one of the cell blocks Bumble Bee was flying at full speed and trading electric blasts with the sizzling Juice. She had managed to knock the rest of the Ultimen out by enlarging herself to full size once she went into the room and blasted them all and the cameras before they could react. She knew she couldn't be seen by anyone because they could link her to the Avengers. Right now the Avengers didn't want to show any afflication with the Justice League. However not everything went as planned as her electric blasts had no effect on Juice. His body and armor simply absorbed it. Not to mention he has seen her so she could not allow him to live. Since her stingers would be no help she would have to use her fighting skills. Working undercover in the Hive did have its benefits.
"Alright, I tired of trading fire with you big boy. It's time I went old school on you ass." Bumble said putting away her stingers and flying right at Juice.
Juice simply laughed aiming for a killer blow.
"Bring it on short stuff." He replied and let loose a barrage of electricity.
Bumble Bee flew above the blast and then over Juice's head. Juice tried to turn but was stopped as a knee connected with the back of his head. He stumbled forward but remained on his feet and turned around. He saw Bumble Bee standing on the floor with her hands on her waist and a smirk on her face.
"I brought it, but it looks like you can't handle it." She said with the smirk getting bigger.
Juice became furious and charged at her. He threw an electrified fist at her face which she easily dodged. He then threw his other fist with the same result. Next he tried to get her in a bear hug but she flew up and stood on his head. She then looked down at him with her smile.
"You know you are really out of your league here. You made be strong but physically you are a weak fighter. Apparently Cadmus thought the electricity would be enough, it appears they were wrong." She said down at him.
Juice saw red as he realized she was making fun of him and his organization. He swiped over his head at her knees which she simply flipped backwards over. Once on the ground she did a spinning leg sweep which caused Juice to fall backwards to the ground. Bumble Bee then kicked him right between the legs and Juice yelled grabbing his crotch.
From their cells both Flash and Batman winced at this move. Villain or not it was painful to see any man hit there.
"Way to go girl, now how about getting the keys and letting us out of here." Said Flash excited at the prospect of escaping the cell and the gravity ray that had kept him grounded for days.
"The names Bumble Bee not girl red, and I'll release you as soon as I do one more thing." She responded.
She walked towards Juice and he rolled from side to side holding himself. She then sat down and straddled his hips. Juice saw as well as felt this and held in his moans to pay attention to the woman on top of him.
"This would be a lot more sexy if you hadn't damaged my equipment." Said Juice through his pain.
Bumble Bee smiled at him and put both hands on his cheek.
"Nothing personal, but orders are orders." She said calmly.
Before Juice could even register her words she twisted his head and a audible snap was heard from his neck. That was the last sound Juice ever heard before he left the world.
Once Bumble Bee saw the body go slack she released his head and stood up. She then checked the other Ulitmen until she found the card key on Wind Dragon. She walked first to Flash cell and swiped the card through the lock. The force field disappeared but the gravity beam keeping him down still remained. Bumble Bee simply shrugged and took back out her stingers and shot the cannon the beam was coming out of. Once destroyed the beam disappeared and Flash slowly stood to his feet. He eyed her wearily as he began to stretch his long non used muscles.
"Did you really have to kill him?" He asked surprised over what she had done.
"Yes." Was her simple reply as she turned her back on him and walked over to Batman's cell. She used the key again and now the Dark Knight was free as well. He looked at her but said nothing.
"Aren't you going to same something too, give me some kind of lecture?" She asked in a challenging voice.
"Now is neither the time or the place. I will have a talk with you later but for now we need to help the others. Since you just freed us I trust you are with the Justice League." He said.
"Let's just say I'm a friend. We can talk more later after we meet my boss and the Atom. They are freeing the others and Atom should have your weapons."
Batman simply nodded and followed her out with Flash right behind with his mouth hanging open.
At the final cell block the Atom had a similar strategy to Bumble Bee. Except unlike Bumble Bee he wasn't a fighter, he was a scientist. The League used him for his brain. It was his brain that had figured out a way to get the founders weapons and armor out of the room. Once he retrieved them he shrunk them as well and went to the cell. Now with his small size he managed to pickpocket Wind Dragon of his key and first went to Green Lantern's cell. Once he opened it Atom returned to his regular size and gave the Lantern his ring. Lantern wasted no time in putting in on and instantly transformed into his Green Lantern uniform.
"Nice to see you doc, and thanks for this." John Stewart said filling the power that he had been denied for so long.
"How did you get in here? What in the word is happening around this place?" Said Wind Dragon in frustration and confusion.
John turned his attention away from the Atom and to the Ultimen who had been his and Shayera's captors for so long.
"What's happening is that the Justice League is here and Cadmus is going down. What also is happening is some serious payback you creeps." He said raising his fist.
"Even with that ring you're no match for all five of us. Your friend doesn't look strong at all and your girlfriend is still trapped in her cage." Sand Long Shadow.
"Yeah, the only thing you accomplished is giving us a good reason to finally kill you. If I had to listen to you to love birds any longer I was going to puke. Said Downpour.
"Atom get Shayera, I'll take care of these clowns." John said flying in the air and heading straight for the Ultimen. He forms a giant Green fist and punched Long Shadow in mid transformation. The Native American clone goes flying into the back wall. Shifter then turns into a lion and her brother Downpour turned into a wave. At the same time Juice and Wind Dragon were powering up their own respective powers.
While the Green Lantern was keeping the Ultimen occupied Atom was slowly making his way to Shayera's cell. He had almost reached her when Shifter transformed into a loin jumped into his path. The lion let out a roar showing its sharp teeth and prepared to pounce. Although the Atom was not the fighter he did have the founders gear with him. As the lion attacked Atom pulled out one of Batman's batarangs and threw it. Although he was aiming for the head having no previous experience with the weapon his aim was well off. So instead the batarang sliced into the Lions left paw.
Shifter yelled in pain and stopped in mid pounce. With Shifter now distracted Atom hit her with Hawkgirls mace to the head. It wasn't electrified and didn't have much strength behind it but it had the desired effect of staggering the big cat. Atom took this time to free Shayera and give the mace over to its rightful owner.
"Thanks professor, but let me show you how it's done." Shayera said raising the mace and it became electrified.
Shifter had just removed the batarang from her claw and was shaking off the hit to her head when she heard a female battle cry. Shifter had only time to look up and see a juiced up mace heading towards her. She had only time to move her head and the mace came hard on her back. Shifter yelled in pain and her fur stood on its end. She fell on her stomach only to receive another mace shot to her back. The pain became too much and she was forced to resort to her regular form."
"Please, show mercy." Said Shifter on the ground felling as if her spine had been shattered.
"Very well." Responded Hawkgirl.
Shifter let out a sigh of relief.
"I shall grant you a mercifully quick end." Shayera finished and brought the mach down with all her might on the prone Shifters head.
On the other side Green Lantern only had Juice and Downpour to deal with. He had taken out Wind Dragon by incasing him in a bubble just as the teen used his freezing winds. The result was the winds backfired on him in the small space and he was frozen solid by his own power. Now Lantern shield himself as Juice shot lighting bolts at him and Downpour looked for an opening.
"That shield won't last forever Lantern. As soon as you run out of power your ass is grass." Said Juice with a smile.
Juice then lost his smile when he heard a scream to the left of him. He turned his head and saw Downpour in his liquid form screaming in agony. He soon found the source as he saw Hawkgirl retrieving her electrified mace from his form. Only to swing into the water again and once again cause Downpour to scream. Downpour could take no more and like his sister reverted to his true from and lay on the ground motionless.
Juice became shocked as well as ditracted by this, that was a big mistake. Lantern used the distraction to form a large green bat and bashed Juice on the top of his head. Juice saw stars and started losing his balance.
"I'm going for a double." Lantern said bringing the bat back and swinging it into Juice's side.
Juice went flying to the other side of the room right into the newly standing Long Shadow. After the collision neither was standing anymore and made no attempt to.
"Now that's what I call mad skills." Said Shayera imitating Lantern's speech.
The two looked at her before breaking out in laughter. It felt good to them all now that the danger had passed for the moment. The laughter eventually died and three looked back at each other.
"So you guys finally found us. I got to say I'm really relived because I think we were about to become disposal to them." Said John Stewart.
"Yeah, and thanks for the weapons too. Just how much of the League is here anyway?" Shayera asked.
"I don't really know but probably a lot of them. J'onn was determined to rescue you once we found this place." Responded Atom.
"How did you finally find us anyway?" Asked John.
"That's kind of a long story." Atom began rubbing the back of his head.
"Then it will have to wait for another time. We have to go free the others while Cadmus is busy with the rest of the League." Interrupted Hawkgirl.
"It's already taken care of. Among the changes that have occurred since you been here we have some new allies. It was through them that we were able to find this base in the first place. We are going to meet up with them now, so come on. This battle is far from over." Said Atom.
Back at the platform Colonel Adams was still receiving static from the detention cells.
"Godamnit what is going in here! I can't get in touch with anybody down there and there is no way the League has gotten that far." Said Adams in total frustration.
"You are not inspiring any confidence Colonel. So far you are showing no more compendence then Ross." Said Ms. Waller.
Before Adams could respond to that a voice came through his radio.
"Colonel, the War bots are now on line. I've just finished downloading all Justice League information into them. They will attack only Justice League members on file and none of the Cadmus soldiers." Said the man in charge of the platform.
Adams let out a big breath.
"About time, good work. Now keep trying to get that hatch closed. We can't afford any more unexpected guests at this point."
"I do what I can sir." Was the response before ending the transmission.
Just as the transmission ended the six War bots came to life. They started to slowly move forward showing their impressive bulk and height a little over nine feet. Also the fact that they had six gallant guns and four missile launchers didn't hurt either.
"Looks like Cadmus is bringing out the big guns." Said Wildcat to J'onn as he slammed a soldiers head in to a tank.
J'onn looked up from his own battle and saw what exactly his teammate was talking about.
"I wasn't sure if those things were operational since they haven't moved since we arrived. It seems that question has now been answered." Said J'onn.
"Figures, just when he had taken out most of the guys up here and the wall cannons." Said Green Arrow sweeping his hand over the field. Dozens of Cadmus troops lay motionless and several fighting vehicles destroyed. All the wall cannons had been destroyed as well by the sky group seconds after they activated. So far only Crimson Fox and Blue Devil were down but not dead.
There was no more time for talk as two of the War bots opened fire with their gallant guns. Their eight torrents chambers spinned fastly propelling forth a deadly wave of destruction.
The members of the Justice League dodged for cover. However all were not so lucky as the Creeper took two bullets in the shoulder and spinned in mid air. He fell to the ground yelling in pain and blood flowed from his wound.
Two more War bots came into range and let loose a barrage of missiles at the heroes and heroines. Luckily they never reached their target as all the missiles exloded in mid air thanks to Fire and Supergirl's laser blasts. The two gaint robots saw this and turned their attention to those in the sky. They then fired with all 6 gallant guns.
Fire flew higher into the sir to avoid the barrage but Supergirl stood her ground. She flew straight down with her fists forward. A barrage of bullets hit her dead on and she staggered. But she refused to give up and went straight on through. Seconds before crashing into one of the robots she hit its light shield and she bounced right off of it. Supergirl hit the ground hard and rolled for a while before finally digging her hands into the ground and stopping herself. She looked to the War bots and then back at her team.
"They have some kind of force field. Direct attacks aren't going to work on them." She yelled.
"She's right, I recognize the design. It's a protype from Dr. Ivo that he showed to Lex Luthor for the purposes of selling it to the army. Luthor turned it down saying that the ammunition the War bots required was to exteme and expensive. He told Ivo to design him a better more effiecnt robot. I guess that's why he created Amazo before he died." Said Steel who had worked for Lex Luthor for a while before being fired.
The League scattered as four missiles came down on them sending the platform ablaze.
"Did you see how the shield worked in any of the plans?" Asked J'onn slowing rising from the ground.
"Yes, the shield is projected from a small patch on the robots chest. But with the shield up there is no way we can get to it." Answered Steel dusting off his metal suit.
"You can't, but I can. Get ready to attack those things full force." Said J'onn.
"J'onn, what are you-" Green Arrow started to say.
But by that time J'onn had already become transparent and flew right at the robots. The few Cadmus soldiers who hadn't been knocked out by the League or the explosions from the robots fired at him. Of course their bullets had no effect and went right through the Martian not harming him at all. This also opened them up from attacks from the other leaguers while they were being distracted. Even in his transparent form the War bots saw him and opened fire with a mix of bullets and missiles. They too had no effect on the Martian and he continued to go straight at them.
Once he reached the first robot he phased right through the shield and grabbed the patch Steel had described and went on to the next. He went from one after the other with the War bots completely unable to stop him. Was he had removed all six patches he flew high in the sir and signaled the League to attack.
An order in which none wasted time on. Green Arrow let loose several exploding arrows at one of the robots. Three was taken down by machine gun fire but the other four reached their target. Several explosions occurred to the robot and it faltered under the onslaught. Its armor had saved it from being destroyed but it could not hold against the blistering heat from Fire from above. The War bot completely fell apart and fell down in shambles. Now there were only five.
Another War bot met it doom as the blast from Stargirl's staff completely immobilized it. It couldn't fire or move in any direction. Stargirl then lifted it off the ground and smashed the helpless robot into the walls of Cadmus numerous times until there was noting left of it but scrap metal. Two down four to go.
In a unique partnership Dr. Fate flew ahead of wildcat creating his own magical barrier. Also Booster Gold was right above them shooting any projectiles he could. Together they deflected the mixture of bullets and missiles keeping intense concentration and continued to move forward with Wildcat right behind them. Once in range Dr. Fate dropped the magical barrier and he and Booster Gold double teamed one War bot while Wildcat took on one by himself. If the War bot facing one opponent thought it had the advantage it was wrong.
Wildcat pulled back his mighty fists and mashed through the War bots left leg. Although the leg was made of strong metal it was no match for the power of Wildcats fists. The leg completely shattered and the War bot was forced to one knee. However Wildcat was far from done. Wildcat swung another power fist and completely demolished two of the Gallant guns. The War bot tired to compensate but with its target so close there was no way it could fire and hit. Having no other choice but to follow its programming to destroy the Justice League it decided to take Wildcat with it. Just as the War bot felt its right arm be smashed to pieces it started up its self destruction sequence.
Wildcat had no idea what was going on and brought back his fist for another punch we he felt the robot heat up. Before he could even guess what was happening he felt a powerful force ram into his body and he temporarily lost counsioness. When he came too he found himself high in the air looking at the battle below. He then looked up to see what was causing him to float and saw the frowning face of Supergirl.
"Are you alright?" She asked in a concern voice.
"Besides a little pain in my back yeah. What the hell just happen?" He asked clearly confused.
"I was getting ready to rejoin the battle when my x ray vision detected an increase rise of energy in the robots core you were fighting. I immediately knew it was about to self destruct and flew to you as fast as I could. I managed to grab you and take to the sky just one second before it exploded. Sorry for the rough ride but it beats the alternative." She said now smiling.
Wildcat took a moment to digest this. He then looked down and saw fire and remains where the robot he was fighting once was. He also saw another War bot destroyed under the combined assault from the blasts of Dr. Fate and Booster Gold. He then looked back up at Supergirl and returned her smile.
"Thanks kid, you're all right. But if you wouldn't mind let's keep this between us. It will hurt my reputation if anyone found out I was saved my a little squirt like you." He said.
Supergirl merely shook her head and nodded at his request.
"Good, now put me back on the ground. There still some Cadmus butt to kick and I don't plan to be left out." Wildcat said seriously.
Supergirl agreed and flew them both back down to rejoin the battle.
Down one level 40 Cadmus soldiers and robots were poised in front of a stairwell with their weapons ready to fire. This was the only way down from the Platform to this level and they would make sure that the Justice League did not get past them. They had an assortment of machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, freeze guns, and laser cannons. Not to mention the mounted guns of the ceiling and walls. From this position the League would be slaughtered with no hope of evading. The soldiers started to hear footsteps from the steps and tensed their muscles for the action to come.
"Remember men, and soon as they come into your sight we open up with everything that we have. We are taking no prisoners here. The survival of this base depends on your commitment to win." Said a Lieutenant.
"Yes sir!" Was the overwhelming response.
They all then saw several Justice League members come down and head right at them. With no hesitation Cadmus's defenders fired and another battle raged.
TBC
Sorry to stop it here but this seems like a good place for a cliff hanger. The next chapter won't take nearly as long as this one did.