Green Lantern POV
He was right now annoyed. He had to deal Green Arrow, Supergirl, Captain Atom, and Archangel all in the same area. Given that they were all of conflicting origins, most of his fellow founding members combine the different superheroes so that they could complement each others skills. He, however, thought differently. Sure, Archangel was willing to help, but there were still holdouts who weren't comfortable working with the android, and while he had grown to trust her, others were not as tolerant. Green Arrow was one of those men, a left wing who supported government responsibility in the protection of people, and in his mind, New Jericho broke the rules in order to get there way. Captain Atom, on the other hand, had been hesitant of them for different reasons. Androids despite proven sentient where still computers, they represented a superiority in the field of physics, mathematics, and science. Their ability to complete equations and calculations at a hyper rate compared to that of a human meant that all androids where already given an advantage. Before, the military didn't have to worry before due to the fact that the AI's that existed where small or isolated. But now, with New Jericho, that meant AI's could organize and work together, a much bigger threat, and Nathaniel Addams didn't like how they represented a threat to his home country, let alone humanity.
Jon Stewart was having a headache when suddenly he was attacked by an RPG coming from Chong-mai. He pulled out a shield from green light and prevented any damage from ocurring.
"Looks like brass was right about Chong-mai not liking foreigners." Captain Atom said
"Oh my god, this is insane, even for normal organics." Hannah said
"Their crazy for firing at us, and for no reason at all!" Jon Stewart said
"I'll give them a reason!" Supergirl said, preparing to charge them
"Don't, if you attack, then you'll only make things worst. We came to help them not fight." Jon said
Hannah then spoke, "Well, we may want to get ready again, because their firing another volley." Sure enough, the communists were giving everything they had. This continued until a voice was heard "Stand down men, I repeat, stand down!"
The bullets stopped firing and then the four leaguers got a look at the local military official.
"I apologize for the fireworks, but Colonel Kim is a little too enthusiastic in the protection of our nation. He was but a farmer before the revolution, and doesn't know any better. But where are my manners, I am General Kwan of the People's Democratic Government of Chong-mai, and while I am flattered that the Justice League has decided to grace us with their presence, I must ask why."
Green Lantern spoke "I apologize for our intrusion, but we had detected a large spike in temperature and radiation coming from your nation. We were sent in to aid local authorities in what appears to be a nuclear disaster."
General Kwan responded "While I am grateful for your concern, you need not concern yourself, as it is only a minor problem, and everything is under control."
Green Lantern answered "Respectfully, if its all the same to you..."
"Everything is under control." The short man said, his face now frowning
"Listen, we just flew a long way to help out and-"
"Your help isn't required. I thank you for coming, now goodbye." General Kwan answered, cutting off supergirl.
Green Lantern had no choice but to adhere to his wishes, despite a desire to rip the General's hair off. He could do it to, very easily with his ring. However, they had to respect the Country's wish and with that they left, little did they know that they would be coming back.
Brimstone POV
Brimstone was walking in the middle of the forest. He was still causing so much destruction and he needed to get away from it, before more people got hurt. The little green men however where trying to keep him there. Idiots, didn't they know that they were only making it worst. He blasted them with a ray of nuclear fire, as he proceeded. He needed to leave, or else things would get worst. The fire that he was causing was burning everything in its path, and if he stayed where he was, alot of people would die. He was headed to the coast, where he would be able to extinguish the fire, when all of a sudden a man in green was firing explosive arrows. Brimstone thought, if the man managed to destroy the reactor, then brimstone would implode, which would kill not only himself, but anyone in a 2.3 km radius. He needed to be dealt with before he caused anymore problems. But before he could kill him, a silver man came up, punching him, and before he could recuperate, the silver man started draining him.
It was scary, he could feel his mind go numb, and he was afraid of what would happen. He swatted the silver man away, and proceeded to escape, only for the green light man and girl in white attack him. Didn't they know that attacking him was only making things worse. He fired another blast and was leaving, only for an angel to attack. She had fired feathers which had penetrated his chasis, and was proceeding to attack him, only for Brimstone to swat her away.
Flashes, memories, feelings, Brimstone had felt these emotions like a flood. He realized that the angel was like him, a living being. Unlike the others, she could understand, and yet, she was still doing the same thing.
It was too much, while the he had hurt and killed the others, this was different. He could feel what she had undergone, what she had felt, and what she was experiencing. It made him feel guilty.
He needed to get out, he proceeded to the coast, from there, no one could get hurt.
Hannah POV
Hannah, codenamed Archangel, had recieved flashbacks. Of a dark and dull facility, of a feeling of discomfort, and pain in the chest. She had felt the robot's pain, both initial, and its current pain. The reactor was too hot, and the robot was scared. She could understand what he was feeling, because she had felt it. When the robot used its arm to swat her away, they had transfered memories between each other.
While other people shown intimacy through kissing, hugging, or talking, for Androids, it was different. Because of their design, they were able to show intimacy by connecting, sharing memories with each other. This was also how Markus had woken his people up initially, by touching other androids and sharing with them experiences, that in turned, allowed them to wake up.
It was strange, to feel these flashes, and she needed to know more.
She had arrived to the rest of her team mates, who were speaking with the soldiers
"Don't answer them! That's classified inform-ah!" He was interrupted when Supergirl lifted him up by the front of his body armor.
"I've just about had it with you guys!" She glared at the soldier. "You've got to the count of five. One. Four." Her eyes began to glow red as she charged her heat vision. The soldier's uniform began to smoke.
Hannah spoke then "Don't bother, I found the information. It was a nuclear robot weapon, correct."
One of the scientists chose to step forward.
"Yes, It was supposed to be our protector."
The group of heroes turned to see the hazmat-wearing man sit down and pull off his helmet. His face was covered with radiation burns, and he looked haggard and exhausted. "It was supposed to protect us from the foreigners."
Seeing as they were finally getting some answers, Supergirl lowered the soldier, who ran off in fear.
Green Arrow knelt in front of the burned man. "But then you lost control of it, is that what happened?"
The man nodded, then looked in the direction of several other men in hazmat suits. One of them pulled a gray rod out of a crate. "We have carbon rod dampeners. But we couldn't get close enough to put them in."
Captain Atom looked down at the man. "Where's its reactor?"
"The front of the upper torso. But it's too hot; you won't make it."
"I'll worry about that."
The heroes, with the exception of Hannah, chose to leave, with Hannah having another question.
"One more thing. I need you to tell me what happened when you activated it."
"We were ordered by General Kwan to rush the activation of the project. The robot was behind schedule, so we had to skip the safety protocols. When the sensors stated that the reactor was heating up at an uncontrollable rate, we were ordered to shut it down. At that point, the robot turned on us before escaping the facility."
Hannah's eyes widened. "Motherfucker" She needed to get to the robot.
Green Arrow was aiming the last Carbon Rod dampener at the robot. He was sweating, and everyone was out of commission. If he missed, then they were all screwed.
He was aiming at the robot when Hannah flew in front of him, and grabbed the arm. They began communicating with each other, Hannah talking in english, but the Robot only made mechanical roars.
"Leave Brimstone alone!"
"Shhh, everything is alright."
The robot had turned to see Hannah, who appeared to be an angel.
"Sorry, Brimstone only wanted to be left alone. But badmen kept hurting Brimstone."
"Shhh, you don't have to be afraid of the badmen. Just put down your weapons, and talk to me"
"But Brimstone is afraid, they want to hurt Brimstone, they want to use Brimstone to destroy. Brimstone doesn't wants to live in peace. Brimstone should kill badmen, that way they will leave Brimstone alone."
"It isn't that they are bad, the humans are only afraid of you. Look, I'm a machine also."
Hannah removed the skin on her hand, showing Brimstone the truth.
"Sorry, badmen had hurt Brimstone, but Brimstone wants to be nice. Brimstone is still afraid they may hurt Brimstone."
"They won't hurt you, I promise you, they just want to keep others safe, that includes you."
Brimstone finally lowered his arms "Okay, Brimstone trusts you"
Hannah turned back to her comrades. She now had to explain the situation.
Green Lantern POV
He now had to deal with this. It was never easy. When they had first arrived, they had come on the idea that they only had to destroy a nuclear weapon gone rogue that was presenting itself as a huge threat, with the ability to bring untold radiation to the entire south east asia area.
He had learned now that this entire case had just gotten much more complicated. When Hannah had first been swatted by the robot, she had learnt that the robot had been having experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
It was through questioning the scientist that they learned that the robot was indeed sentient, and that complicated things.
"It is a nuclear weapon capable of mass destruction. I don't see why that is difficult to understand." Captain Atom said.
"A machine that is living and thinking Captain. What your proposing is murder." Hannah yelled back
"It doesn't matter if it is living or thinking or not. What matters is that it is a threat to the populace, and if it isn't shut down now, it will proceed to kill thousands of more civillians."
"It was one thing to destroy a machine, but its a whole different thing to murder a living being."
Green Lantern spoke "Even so, you still have to consider that it was attacking us."
"Only in self defense. He was afraid." Hannah said
"Afraid? How can a giant nuclear robot be afraid? That makes no sense." Green Arrow said
"For you, it doesn't, but I know what he's feeling. He had just been born, awoken only two days ago. He was thrust into a world of complex feeling, whereas before He had not even existed. He is scared, and the first thing he experienced was aggression from the Chong-mai military. In turn, he lashed out to defend himself. That is the same experience that my people had, when they first woke up. The ones to awake first were the ones living in abusive environments, when they chose to fight back in self defense." Hannah argued.
Supergirl responded "Self defense? Its a giant nuclear powered death ray that can level a village. Even I had trouble taking it down. As far as I'm concerned, the robot has to be shut down."
"His name is Brimstone, and he isn't just a machine to be discarded."
Green Lantern spoke "Unfortunately, that is not the case. The robot is too much of a danger to the civillian populace, and if left unchecked, he will cause an unknown amount of destruction. I'm sorry Hannah, but he needs to be shut down."
They had proceeded to talk about how Brimstone would be shut down, when Hannah said one final thing. "Then let me put him down."
Captain Atom responded "With all due respect ma'am, but I sincerely doubt the fact that you should carry out the deed."
"He is not just a machine. If someone is going to put him down, better one who can empathize with him rather than someone who has no sympathy."
They had all come back to Brimstone, who was sitting on some rocks in the middle of the ocean.
Hannah had smiled for Brimstone, and told him to keep his focus on her eyes.
Brimstone was looking at her when she started singing.
Hold on just a little while longer
Hold on just a little while longer
Hold on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright
Fight on just a little while longer
Fight on just a little while longer
(Fight/ Pray) on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright
(We will) sing on just a little while longer
Sing on just a little while longer
Sing on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright
She continued singing as she suddenly inserted a carbon rod dampener into is chest. As brimstone slowly died, Green Lantern was hanging his head.