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Chapter 37: Preparing the Masses

Every super that lived in Todayland was here. The meeting was "hosted", if you will, by Mr. Incredible and Frozone in the Super Training Center in the biggest gymnasium. Originally the meeting was to be held in the City Hall, but Mr. Incredible frowned upon that, knowing they could be obvious targets there.

The meeting had already begun a half hour or so before, and Mr. Incredible and Frozone quickly explained what had happened and what needed to be done. Of course, all the supers agreed that the three villains, and their robotic army, needed to be stopped. But naturally, some supers were being quite difficult along the lines of working with other supers or their assigned task. Most wanted to take care of Magnum themselves but didn't understand, or care, that that was Phantom's job.

Many of the supers preferred to work alone and hadn't quite realized yet that working as a team was more profitable. So here the group was, bickering and arguing amongst themselves while Mr. Incredible and Frozone shouted to them from the front, trying to regain the group's attention. It wasn't working out so well. Phantom's group was dispersed throughout the crowd, trying to calm people down; except Cynder. She was arguing as well, but for a good cause. The temperature near her was quite toasty at any rate, so most supers backed away from her.

Phantom walked in from a side door with Invisigirl and Bolt and stood at the side, watching the madness. Phantom's ears were ringing a bit from the tension that threatened to spill over.

Frozone saw the trio from the platform and ran over to them. "Hey, it's about time you three got here; this is madness!"

Bolt nodded, "We can tell…"

"They're just bickering over everything. We need to get moving and people are throwing fits that they can't work alone; it's a team effort! We need everyone on board!" Frozone sighed.

Phantom stepped forward, "I'll talk to 'em-"

"No." Frozone turned to him firmly. "K9 told me what happened; you go over there and practice some big orbs. I have a feeling you'll need it."

Phantom bit his lip but nodded. "Alright." He mumbled, walking backwards toward a platform. "Bolt, come help me."

Bolt and Invisigirl followed him to the platform while Frozone went to stand next to Mr. Incredible.

The three supers on the side platform didn't get a second glance really; the supers were too busy arguing to notice anything.

Phantom stepped up to Bolt, thinking. "Okay…I need you to throw me some bolts as fast as you possibly can."

Bolt nodded, "I won't get too carried away though."

"Maybe you should." Phantom said, looking in his friend's eyes. "I'm going to need all the practice I can get."

Bolt shook his head, "We'll take it slow."

As Bolt walked to the other end, Phantom exclaimed, "We don't have time!"

Invisigirl stepped in front of him calmly. "Hey," she smiled softly. "You can do this. My dad will get a hold of the others and we'll stop Magnum. Alright?"

Phantom sighed with a smile, "Why are you always so calm?"

She shrugged, "Someone's gotta keep you relaxed."

He breathed a small laugh as she stepped out of the way and stood nearby for safety. The two leader supers were still trying to gain the attention of the arguing group, but to no avail. Phantom shook his hands around a little to warm them up; then, he nodded to Bolt twenty feet away from him.

Bolt quickly rubbed his hands together and worked up a charge; pulling them apart, a long strip of electricity sparked violently in his hands. He looked up at Phantom with a look that asked, "You ready?" Phantom inwardly sighed but nodded.

Bolt thrust his right hand forward, sending a sparking beam straight towards the other super. Phantom reached straight out and caught it in his hand, blocking it with a blue orb. The force of the electricity was nothing like Magnums, but it was good practice.

Phantom watched the beam and his orb suddenly growing. He moved his other hand around the orb and expanded it further. Inside the orb, they could see the Blue Fire multiplying faster than it normally did.

By now, the orb was almost the size of a basketball. He looked up at Bolt, who nodded, silently telling him to let it grow.

Phantom and Bolt added extra power, charging the orb. The orb was quickly growing, now hovering above Phantom's hands. Bolt kept directly adding electricity into the orb, and it continued growing. The massive charge within the orb was starting to emit an electric ring, which everyone could hear.

Now it was taller than Phantom, and he was only just starting to get lightheaded. He figured that must be a good sign. He glanced to his right, where there was a large target hanging. He nodded Bolt to stop, which he did, and soon after, Phantom turned and thrust the orb straight at the target.

It hit dead center and the force of the explosion not only disintegrated the target but also made the floor vibrate, sending a few cracks in the ground and wall from the area of impact.

Phantom forced himself to remain standing, even though he was very lightheaded and lightly panting. The feeling didn't feel all that strong until he released the orb. He looked down at his hands, which had Blue tongues of fire lapping hungrily up to his wrists. He balled his fists extinguishing the flames and looked up at Bolt. The super in question nodded to his right, Phantom's left, causing him to look over.

The entire group was watching him. He turned toward Mr. Incredible on the platform, calling, "They're quiet now."

A few chuckles ran through the room as the old super nodded, "Yes, you gained their attention. What exactly are you doing?"

Phantom shrugged, "Trying to catch electricity."

"Trying? You did." Bolt commented.

A super spoke up frustratedly from the crowd, "What makes you think you'll be able to catch Magnum's? His power is much more dangerous and powerful than Bolt's."

Phantom rolled his eyes lightly, "I know; I'm the one that was targeted and went to the hospital. But I can't exactly go out there with no capability to catch beams, now can I?"

The super rolled his eyes. Phantom frowned, "You think you can do it?"

"Do what?" The super growled.

"Stop Magnum with your powers."

The super shrugged, "I don't know about that; but I can guarantee I wouldn't have gotten knocked out after a little shock beam."

Phantom gritted his teeth and felt his face getting hot. Elastigirl suddenly stepped between them, "Alright that's enough." Turning to the super, she continued, "You may have a lot of power, but Phantom's are far more capable to destroying Magnum's than yours or any of ours here. That's why he's preparing. So cut the cockiness."

Turning to the whole group, she added with urgency and slight irritation, "Now why aren't we preparing? Magnum and his army are out there preparing to take over the city. If we aren't there to stop him, who will? The people are helpless against stuff like that. They need our help. So why we're inside bickering amongst ourselves over the pettiest things, we're giving Magnum more time and resources to take over.

I don't know about the rest of you, but my family, friends and I are going out there to fight, whether you'll help us or not. And if we have to die to save this city, we'll do it."

Mr. Incredible, Frozone, Phantom and his team, and most of the supers in the crowd nodded in agreement. Mr. Incredible stepped forward, "Those of you who are with us, here's the plan. Find the robotic army and squish it. Don't worry about Magnum; that's his job." He nodded to Phantom.

Someone called out, "Why is Magnum only Phantom's?"

Phantom spoke up, still on the other platform, "My powers are the only ones powerful enough to destroy his. Basically it's a match-up to the death."

"I wouldn't go that far." Mr. Incredible said, and continued talking.

Phantom whispered, "I would." He sighed heavily, hating the thought of the upcoming fight more and more every minute.

Suddenly he felt cold and his ears started ringing. Just as his eyes lit up, Bolt and Invisigirl caught on. Phantom rang out, "Everyone be quiet!"

Mr. Incredible and the others talking immediately stopped and looked at him earnestly. Phantom had a confused look on his face—his eyebrows furrowed, his mouth turned down in a scowl.

"What is it?" Bolt asked.

Phantom closed his eyes and sighed in regret, "He's here."

Xxx

Magnum programmed all his robots to begin the march into the city, starting at their hideout and making their way to the city's center. However, a one-sided attack wouldn't be smart, he knew that much. Another reason to have Jumper.

Jumper had the ability to transport any objects in his possession, whether they were moving or stable. Including massive trucks carrying five hundred armed robots each. By the time Jumper returned to the three villains rendezvous point, he had transported six trucks across the city to various locations. He was starting to feel exhausted, but shrugged it off; it was go time. No time to whine or complain about discomforts, let alone think about them.

He did exhale heavily though when he stood beside his boss. "It's done; they're all out."

Magnum nodded evilly, "Good." Pushing a few more buttons, his entire army was now entering the outskirts of the city, beginning its long, dutiful journey through the city—destroying buildings, vehicles, and any poor soul that dare step in its way.

As Magnum stood between his two sidekicks, he ordered, "Come. We must go to Robinson Industries. A massive supply of electricity is held there."

He started to walk, but Jumper quickly asked, "Wait; why walk? I could get us there in half a second!"

Magnum turned on him, "Why save time? We can't be stopped. Besides, I want to give Phantom time to reboot for the grand finale. He won't want to miss it."

Alrighty, so I'm sure ya'll know what next chapter is going to mostly consist of. That's right! Let me hear you cheer! ACTION! WHOOO! It's gonna be AWESOME! Good grief, I've been waiting to write this [coming] chapter for AGES! If it wasn't for work and school and school and work, it woulda been up by now! Lol

Anywho, it's gonna be a fabulous chapter, but there's no telling when it'll be up. I give up making promises to you guys; it doesn't work out half the time Lol I guess writing another story and writing the beginnings of another sequel for that series isn't helping me much… I should probly finish this one before starting the new one… (I sense ILoveNico1000x tensing like a jaguar about to pounce on the gazelle… Baha Couldn't resist my friend XD)

Well anyway, we'll see! Haha I'll try to get it going soon, but again; no idea when I'll have it up. Until next time! :D

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