Power Pack
Issue #49 – The GLP – Part One
Power's Residence
"Do I have to go?" Kat asked as she leaned against the door leading into her parent's room.
"Yes, you are too young to be staying home alone," Margaret Power said as she continued to pack her suitcase.
"I can stay at the Pack Pad. Kofi and Friday can watch over me or I would be willing to stay with the Richards," Kat pleaded.
"No, you are going and that's final. If you want to see Franklin so bad, I'm sure Sue and Reed will let him come with us," Margaret said with a smirk as she glanced over at her youngest daughter.
"No, that's okay, no need to do that," Kat said as she pouted and walked away.
"Betty hurry and get your bags packed. Your dad will be here soon with your sister and brother," Margaret called out after her daughter.
"I don't know why he has to pick them up when both can fly here," Kat mumbled to herself as she walked into her room.
"Because you don't want the neighbors to stare any more than they do now with the constant repairs to this house, plus they can't transport their luggage," Franklin said from her bed causing her to gasp with surprise.
"What are you doing in here?" Kat asked growing angry.
"May parents dropped me off a bit ago, they said I could go camping with you guys in Michigan," Franklin beamed with a smile.
"But, that's why you were smiling!" Kat suddenly screamed out.
"Better hurry dear," Margaret's voice called back with a musical tone.
Outside Julie's Dormitory
"Hurry up already!" Jack screamed reaching over and slamming on the horn.
"Jack, stop it," James Power said glaring at his son as he finished putting his daughter's suitcases in the trunk of the car.
"You better go," Johnny Gallo said as he held Julie and looked at her eyes.
"I wish you could go with," Julie sighed leaning into his arms.
"No, this is a family vacation for you and your family, plus as cool as your dad is, I don't think he's that cool to let his daughter's new boyfriend go on a camping trip," Johnny smiled.
"Please, we fight crime together, plus Kat gets to bring Franklin," Julie pouted.
"Now, you know that is different. Franklin is basically one of your siblings. Don't worry, I'll be here when you get back," Johnny said as he kissed Julie softly on the lips.
"Well I'll miss you," Julie said giving one last kiss and hug good-bye before turning to Samantha.
"No, I don't want to go. I am looking forward to some alone time and relaxing during semester break," Samantha said with a smile as she hugged Julie and waved as she ran to her dad's car and got in and joined a verbal conversation with her annoying brother.
Many Hours Later…..
"Can you still see my parents?" Alex asked as he glanced over at his husband.
"Kind of, man your dad drives slow," Jesse said as he turned around and looked out the back window of their car.
"Yeah, I can hear it now, mom nagging about his driving and the bickering between my brother, sisters and Franklin," Alex laughed as he glanced in the rearview window and saw his parent's new mini-van vanish behind a hill.
"I am so glad we drove ourselves," Jesse laughed as he turned back around and leaned back in his seat.
"I still don't' see why dad wouldn't let us fly. Would have been here much faster, I am so tired of fast food and rest stops," Alex said itching to activate his powers and take to the air.
"It's about seeing the countryside and experiencing," Jesse started to explain.
"OMG!" Alex said as he started to slow the car down near the Michigan boarder.
"Hey, no need to get dramatic, I was just," Jesse tried to say again.
"No, look," Alex interrupted again as he pulled the car to the shoulder.
Jesse glanced and saw up the road was a bunch of flashing lights and barricades. Cops and patrol cars were everywhere turning traffic around not allowing anyone to cross into Michigan. Alex got out of the car and Jesse quickly followed. As they started to approach the first Road Closed sign a police office started moving quickly towards them and waving his hands tell them to stop and come not further.
"Sorry boys, roads closed," the officer said.
"What's going on?" Alex asked.
"One of those super powered freaks is holding a town hostage demanding money. We're trying to keep civilians away until someone can get a hold of the Avengers or something. So, I'm going to have to ask you to get back in your car and turn around," the officer informed as the two boys turned around and headed back to their car.
"Hey, what's going on?" James Power asked as he stopped the mini van behind Alex's car.
"Power Pack is needed," Alex said as he quickly told them what the officer had told them.
"Then we better get moving," Jack said quickly jumping out of the car.
"Wait, we can't just leave our cars here," Margaret said, the frustration of their delayed vacation sounded in her voice.
"Mom, you take my car and you and dad turn around and take an alternate route. We'll catch up with you later, Franklin will be able to tell us where you are," Alex said.
"Wait, I want to go," Franklin protested.
"No, son. I can't let you do that. You will stay in here with me and take a nap," James said with a wink as the Power kids ran quickly from the road and into a group of trees.
"Let's do this, Costumes On!" Jack shouted as they commanded their outfits to appear.
Gravity waves surrounded Alex as he became G-Force. A rainbow of lights swirled around Julie as she became Lightspeed. Smoke moved all around Jack as he soon became Mass Master. Bright yellow energy engulfed Kat as she became Energizer. Ice encased Jesse as fire melted it away to reveal Frost Fire. The five all nodded at each other as a form shimmered and Franklin appeared next to him in his costumed dream form of Psi-Lad. Mass Master turned into his cloud form to provide cover as Lightspeed grabbed her sister and took to the air as G-Force grabbed Frost Fire and followed after while Psi-Lad's dream form easily rode along Lightspeed's rainbow trail.
"I am the Weapon Whisperer and if you don't bring me ten million dollars I will destroy this town," a man wearing a camouflage shirt and top, with black boots and gloves and wearing a harness over his chest and back holding numerous weapons said as he looked around with his bald head and camouflage painted face.
"Serious, guy looks like a bad Rambo wannabe," Mass Master said as Power Pack arrived onto the scene.
"Thank God you arrived, Avengers. We can't do anything against him," a police officer said running up to Power Pack as they landed near them.
"Actually, were not Avengers, were the Power Pack, but we do know them and the Fantastic Four are my," Psi-Lad began to ramble when G-Force raised his hand to cut him off.
"Why can't you stop him?" Lightspeed asked quickly.
"It seems he can tell weapons what to do. We went to fire our guns and he simply told them to back fire and they did, sent a bunch of my men to the hospital. We don't know what else to do and we don't have the kind of money he is demanding," the officer said.
"Then allow me," G-Force said as he turned to face the villain.
"You send a bunch of super powered kids to face me?" Weapon Whisperer asked as he began to laugh.
G-Force closed his eyes, extended his arms and began to concentrate. He felt the gravity all around himself and felt lighter. Instead of taking flight he began to expend his reach, taking control of the area away from his body. Pushing out with all his might he soon could feel the area directly around Weapon Whisperer. Alex knew this seemed like it was taking forever and pushed his powers, but in time and practice he would be able to do this as quickly as Magneto would do it. With a final push, G-Force swung his arms down causing the gravity around the villain to increased slamming him and pinning him to the ground.
"You did it!" Came the cheers from all around him.
"Foolish kids, don't you know that when you use your powers on someone in an aggressive manor it becomes a weapon and a weapon in any form is mine to command. Reverse polarity," Weapon Whisper said with a smooth breath as suddenly he was on his feet and all of Power Pack were being pinned to the ground as gravity began to crush them.
"We're going to die," Energizer gasped as she felt her body crushing.
"Never fear Power Pack, the Great Lakes Pack is here!" Shouted a voice as everyone glanced up to see a group of costumed heroes standing atop a building.
"I thought we were the Lightening Rods?" Doorman whispered.
"No, we had changed it to Great Lakes X-Men since were mutants," Squirrel Girl whispered back.
"I thought we were going to call ourselves Great Lakes Champions but you know Mr. Immortal, always changing our name to reflect the group we're teaming up with," Flatman said with a sigh.
"Great, we are going to die," Mass Master said as he closed his eyes and awaited their crushing fate.
New Warriors
A.I.M. High – Part Two
Warehouse – Albany, New York
"Looks like we've been setup," Komodo said as she leapt into the air to avoid gunfire.
"It doesn't matter, they are no match," Ripcord said as she swung her mechanical whips charged by her power and laying waste to any and all A.I.M. solders near her.
"For girl power," Namorita finished as he pounded a few more soldiers across the room.
"Guys, it's a trap?" Rage shouted as he broke through the front door and paused, his costume still smoking from the explosion.
"Luckily Rage's powers and my suit protected us from the blast so we can help," Skybolt began to say as he ran in after Rage but ended up taking pause as well.
"You boys are a little late," Komodo said as her tail hit the last of the A.I.M. soldiers and she landed next to Ripcord and Namorita who had both just taken down their soldiers.
"I'm not getting a response from the other team, I think we better get to Adarco," Namorita said as she and her team headed out.
Adarco Corporation
"Red Viper is Sin, the Red Skull's daughter?" Penance asked as he looked from the girl with the red skull face and the weapons all pointed at them.
"Well, she's got her daddy's looks," Cosmic Knight laughed as she gripped her sword tight bringing it to life.
"Yes, I am my father's daughter and after his death I swore to make Captain America pay along with this country and all its heroes. My first step was to gather my own army which I did with the Serpent Society until your team got in my way. I was planning my revenge on you when I got contacted by an old friend of my father's.
"Seems he discovered your leaders snooping around into A.I.M. affairs and suggested a team up to eliminate a common enemy. So we setup this trap. By now, your team at the warehouse should be dead," Red Viper explained with a laugh.
"If they're harmed you will pay," Penance said thinking of Rage and especially Namorita.
"Where's your slithery friends?" Cosmic Knight asked.
"They are recouping and taking care of other things. I didn't need them for this," Red Viper said as she pressed a button igniting the firing systems in the weapons surrounding the two Warriors.
"Knight, protect yourself, I got this," Penance said as he let his anger fuel him.
As the weapons fired upon them, Cosmic Knight automatically surrounded herself with her invisible force bubble. She cringed as she saw Penance bounce back and forth as he let the blasts hit him and, with the pain, fuel his powers in a different way. After a few seconds, Penance landed straight up and pushed out with all his power with a heavy scream. A kinetic blast blew outwards causing the whole room to shake as every weapon and cannon exploded from its impact. Sin stumbled as Cosmic Knight dropped her field and leapt at the woman with her sword held high.
"Now, you're the one that will go, ack," Cosmic Knight began to scream when a hand shot out and grabbed her by the neck causing her to chock and drop her sword.
"Oh, silly me. I may have left my crew at home but I didn't come alone. Say hi to my boyfriend," Red Viper said as Penance looked up to see a large muscular figure wearing a black mask with a white skull pattern on the front holding Cosmic Knight by her neck with once hand, dangling her over the edge while squeezing tight.
"Can I kill her now?" Crossbones asked as he drew a large jagged knife out with his other hand.
Lower Level
"This is not good," Night Thrasher said as he and his team of Phaser and Scarlet Spider arrived into a room where it looked like an assembly line.
"What are they building?" Phaser asked as she saw all the A.I.M. solders moving around as computers worked to continue manufacturing.
"Why, an army of cyborgs of course," a voice screeched as a bright light suddenly flooded onto them.
"MODOK," Night Thrasher said as he saw the large floating head-like body moving into view.
"Greetings, Night Thrasher. I am so glad that you followed my clues to me here," MODOK said with a laugh.
"Is this guy crazy? Why would he lead us here to where he is building an army of cyborgs?" Phaser asked looking at her leader.
"Because as many robotic parts that I've assembled I now need to add the flesh and since regular soldiers haven't taken I figured why not try superheroes," MODOK said as three power blasts hit the three from behind causing them to arch and fall over the railing and towards the assembly floor below.
"Now, let's see if I can finally get it right and make another like you, Brace 7.0," MODOK said as a large cyborg stepped out of the dark lowering his two smoking weapons.
Next: Issue #50 – The GLP – Part Two & New Warriors: A.I.M. High – Part Three
