Strength of the Mind
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana, Lance/Diablos, Selene/Red Knight, Sister, and Arlington.
Chapter 35: Manhunters' Escape Part 7
In Gorilla City…
Sister nimbly dodged an incoming attack from Hawkeye and stuck to a wall, taunting,
"Is this the best you can do?"
Wonder Girl charged in,
"Not even close."
She slammed a fist into the symbiote leader. Sister went flying down hard to the ground, but reformed after a few moments. She tutted,
"Now, is that any to treat the woman you love?"
Persiana pounced, going through Sister. Sister sighed,
"You do realize this is getting you nowhere, right?"
The lioness grinned,
"We know. We're just distracting you."
Hawkeye and Arsenal then launched their last sonic arrows at Sister. The high-pitched sound waves caused the symbiote villainess to screech out loud. She began reducing herself in a puddle and attempted to get away. Arlington shook her head,
"Oh, no you don't!"
She swooped down as a dragon and launched a long stream of fire breath. Sister screamed one last time as she was incinerated by the flames. She was no more.
Major Disaster and Power Girl pounded down a wall. The blonde powerhouse looked around,
"I can hear the machine. I just can't seem to find it."
It was then that she began seeing through the walls. She spotted the machine,
"It's through here."
She flew through several walls. Booker was surprised,
"How'd she do that?"
He continued onward.
The two former members of the Suicide Squad eventually came to the room where the earthquake machine was being housed in. Power Girl wanted to punch it, but Booker held her back,
"Wait, Karen. Let me. I think I can use this."
He walked up to the machine and placed both his hands on opposite sides of the control panel. He closed his eyes and began concentrating, attempting to influence the controls.
Another tectonic shift in the plates was already taking place as the disaster making metahuman started. Booker felt the quake and attempted to slow the plates down from colliding so violently with each other. He said,
"Calm down, baby. Daddy's here."
Karen, hearing this, rolled her eyes,
"Are you trying to avert another natural disaster, or making love to the planet?"
Booker said,
"If you break my concentration, we'll both be swallowed up in a volcano."
At this, the endowed blonde decided to keep quiet and let Booker finish.
Meanwhile, in Smallville…
Supergirl and Longshot were in the center of town, holding off the last of the Manhunter robots. Both their costumes were torn up, but they both fought on valiantly. Longshot's eye began glowing and he acrobatically dodged several Manhunters with astonishing speed and grace. Several of said Manhunters ended up damaging each other, as well as their weapons misfiring. One of the Manhunters pointed his weapon, saying,
"Target in sight. Preparing to term-."
The robot was cut down by Supergirl's heat vision. Kara huffed,
"No one terminates my boyfriend."
"Supergirl!"
The teen blonde turned and saw her cousin coming down. Superman asked,
"Kara, where's Ma and Pa?"
Supergirl said,
"They're in the basement at their home. Lana's with them too."
Just then, the two Kryptonians heard something with their superhuman hearing; the sound of a gunshot. Quickly, the two sped over to the Kents'.
When they arrived, the door to the storm cellar was blown out and, to both their horrors, Lana Lang was crawling. She looked up and smirked evilly,
"Too late, Clark. You're too late."
Superman rushed inside and saw Martha Kent huddled in a corner. Her husband, Jonathan, lay dead, and an alien-looking pistol was on the ground. Martha was trembling and she looked up at Clark,
"She was one of them. She shot him."
Clark could not believe it; a childhood friend of his, a woman that he once had feelings for, was a mole for a ruthless and brutal enemy. A tear rolled down his cheek as he looked at his adopted father's body.
Little did the Man of Steel realize, this was only the beginning…
Next Chapter:
The Manhunter invasion aftermath. Find out which heroes are dead, and which new ones are coming aboard in the next chapter. I promise, things are going to be very shaken up.
Major Disaster (walks out): And, for once, I won't be doing the shaking!