Power Pack
Issue #50 – The GLP – Part Two
Michigan
"Who are these guys?" Mass Master asked as he finally turned himself to smoke so he could escape the effects of the gravity force.
"Don't you guys know anything? That's the Great Lakes Avengers. They formed years ago and were even lead by Hawkeye and Mockingbird for a time. Now they hang out here in Michigan and have a tendency to change their team name a lot," Psi-Lad said as his dream form stood near his gravity pinned teammates.
"Great, we're being crushed to death and he stands there gawking at Avenger wanna-bes," Energizer said as she continued to slowly disintegrate the ground below her to relieve the gravity pressure crushing her down.
"How do you know so much?" Frost Fire asked as they had felt the gravity lessen as the Weapon Whisperer had turned to look at the Great Lakes Pack.
"I've always made it a point to know all the super hero groups out there, especially ones connected to my family or the Avengers. The guy in the red and blue with blond hair sticking out is the leader, Mr. Immortal and has the ability to come back to life after every death. Next to him, the obsess woman in yellow once piece looking swimsuit is Big Bertha. She can alter her body's size and mass, the fatter she gets the stronger and durable she gets.
"The flat looking guy is Flatman. His body stays in a constant 2-D form and unlike my dad he can only stretch his body in length. The guy in all black with white gloves, diamond eye pieces and matching cape is Doorman. His body acts as a portal into the next room or other side when he presses up against a wall or something.
"The squirrel looking lady is Squirrel Girl. She has superhuman strength, agility, reflexes and enhanced senses. She also has retractable claws and can communicate with squirrels. She's also a friend of Wolverine's and is very trained in the fighting arts. The last one, in the green bug looking armor is the Grasshopper. Not much is known about him since there have been four total not counting this one sense he always seems to get killed on missions. It does appear that this fifth Grasshopper appears to be the first woman version," Psi-Lad said as he gave a quick run down of the team now confronting the Weapons Whisperer.
"First a bunch of kids and now a carnival freaks?" Weapon Whisperer asked with a laugh at the Great Lakes Pack.
"We are not freaks!" Mr. Immortal screamed as he ran towards the villain.
"Crush him," Weapons Whisperer said with a smiled as all of Power Pack got to their feet as G-Force's gravity power released them and wrapped around Mr. Immortal.
"Kat, don't look," Julie gasped grabbing her sister as Mr. Immortal's body went in all different directions in a loud crunching pop.
"Don't worry, he'll be back soon," Flatman said as he smiled at G-Force.
"But we still get payback," Squirrel Girl said as she landed in front of Weapon Whisper.
"What you going to bite me?" Weapon Whisperer asked.
"No, but they will," Squirrel Girl said as dozens of squirrels came out of nowhere and leapt on the man.
"You never learn. Attack them," Weapon Whispered said as Mr. Immortal's body dropped as he lost his connection to gravity and took control upon the squirrels.
"Don't hurt them!" Squirrel Girl shouted as all the squirrels stopped and charged to two super hero groups.
"They're not listening to you," Doorman said as he leaned up against a tree causing small thumps as every squirrel that leapt at him went into his body and hit the inside of the other end of the tree.
"I wasn't talking to them, I was talking to all of you guys," Squirrel Girl said as she leapt all around to avoid her furry friends that were no longer under their or her control.
"To the air," G-Force said as he grabbed his husband and flew upwards as Lightspeed grabbed her sister and went upwards as well leaving squirrels unable to harm Psi-Lad and Mass Master in their dream and smoke forms.
"My turn," Grasshopper said as she leapt into the air with great strength and speed.
Weapon Whisperer turned as he saw two green armored feet make contact with his body. Grasshopper seemed to hover in midair as her legs moved in and out with great speed as they kicked and pounded into Weapon Whisperer's body. Weapon Whispered managed to mumble something causing the squirrels to come to a stop as Grasshopper's legs suddenly stopped kicking and then struck out propelling off of his body as Grasshopper went flying very fast into the air and going a large distance. Weapon Whisperer started to stumble backwards and Flatman went to action to stretch across and trip the man so he fell flat on his back.
"Looks like we lost another Grasshopper," Mr. Immortal said as he was standing up looking completely healthy.
"Lightspeed, see if you can catch her. She's too far for me to grab her," G-Force commanded.
"I don't know if I can go fast enough to catch her," Lightspeed said as she prepared to take off.
"Let me help," Energizer said as she was glowing from disintegrating something.
Kat didn't know if this would work but she quickly placed her hands upon her sister and willed the energy to transfer into Lightspeed's body. With a sudden boost, shot into the air like a rocket leaving a feint rainbow trail of light behind her. After a few seconds, Lightspeed suddenly reappeared in the air above them in a flash of light with Grasshopper. Lightspeed suddenly went weak and fell as Grasshopper, still with momentum of her projectory, flew towards the ground but suddenly slowed and stopped as G-Force used his powers to bring her and his sister safely to the ground.
"Wow, that was impressive," Big Bertha said landing with a large thud that caused everyone to turn and see her very large form sitting contently on top of and smothering Weapon Whisperer's whole upper body.
"I don't know what happened. I felt this big boost of energy and was moving so fast that when I go to her I couldn't slow down and grabbed her and managed to do a u-turn. Then with a push I somehow managed to teleport us back here but once we appeared I felt the energy boost vanish and then kind of crashed," Lightspeed said as they all turned and looked at Energizer.
"I think we need to talk more later about what Kofi is discovering about our powers," G-Force said as they turned their attention back to the Great Lakes Pack.
"What about him?" Psi-Lad asked as he saw the villain's legs sticking out form under a very large woman.
"He's pinned for now. He's not strong enough to push me off and the fact I'm sitting here in a passive way means he can't use his powers to free himself," Big Bertha said with a smile.
"So what do we do about him?" G-Force asked to no one in particular.
"You let us take him," a voice called out as they all turned to see a Vault Transport Craft landing along side War Machine, Iron-Man, Hawkeye and
"Mockingbird?" Mr. Immortal asked in surprise.
"How, I thought you were dead?" Bertha added.
"Not my girl, she's back and were now leading a new team," Hawkeye said with a smile. **See Avengers Inc.**
"Is that why you're here, you want them to join your new team?" Psi-Lad asked in excitement.
"Not our team, I'm sorry," Hawkeye said as Big Bertha got up and War Machine and his Vault Guardsmen quickly took the Weapon Whisperer into custody and onto the Transport Craft.
"Oh," Flatman said with disappointment.
"But, we would like to make you an offer to run your own team," Mockingbird said.
"Run their own team, but isn't that what they are already doing?" Mass Master asked as he stared from his team to the Great Lakes Pack.
"Maybe she's still delirious from coming back from the dead. I get that sometimes," Mr. Immortal said from the side of his mouth to his teammates.
"What your former leaders are trying to say is that we would like you to still run your own team but do it as part of the new Avengers Inc.," Iron-Man added stepping in.
"I'm still a little confused," Doorman chimed in.
"If you agree to be a part of Avengers Inc, you would go to our Academy where we would better train you and equip you and then sanction your team to operate as a super hero team," Iron-Man said.
"And if we refused?" Mr. Immortal asked.
"Nothing, you just wouldn't get any of the cool perks," Hawkeye winked.
"So we would go to the Avengers Academy," Grasshopper began to say when Mockingbird nodded, "I know I am new but I think we should do it," Grasshopper finished as she felt the tech in her legs begin to tingle.
"Let's do it," Mr. Immortal said as his team cheered.
"You now the offer still stands for you guys," Iron-Man said turning to G-Force and Power Pack.
"No, for now we like what we have," G-Force said as his team agreed and then left leaving the clean up to the others.
Later
"Any luck?" Margaret Power asked as she looked up as her husband managed the campfire he had gotten going.
"No," Alex said as he, Jack, Jesse and Franklin came walking up with their fishing rods and an empty basket.
"Can't catch any fish if you can't use your powers," Jack grumbled.
"Or if you won't even bait your rods and try to catch them," Julie teased as she glanced at Alex and Jesse who made fasces at the thought of touching bait.
"Well, you're all in luck, because I have everything I need to make my famous Lentil Soup, campfire style," James smiled as everyone but Franklin groaned.
New Warriors
A.I.M. High – Part Three
Adarco Corporation
Lower Level
"I still don't understand why I couldn't kill her," Crossbones said as he glared at the girl he had held by her neck not too long ago.
"Because, she is mine to kill and we need them all alive, for the moment," Red Viper said as she flickered her tongue near his ear as she stared at the small group hanging by chains from the ceiling over a vat of acidic acid.
Night Thrasher cursed as he stared at the group of villains before him, MODOCK, Brace 7.0, Red Riper and Crossbones. There was nothing he could do as thanks to MODOCK, the collars around his neck emitted a strange EMP Pulse into his body causing the electronics in his armor to stay off-line and the chains were to strong to simply break free without risking falling in the acid pit underneath him. He noticed that he wasn't alone in hanging from the chains. Next to him were Scarlet Spider and Phaser, whom he assumed their suits were down as well. He also noticed two others, Cosmic Knight and Penance.
Cosmic Knight appeared to be unconscious and her sword was in a strange case on a lab table. Penance also looked to be unconscious. He knew Penance's suit would be down too, but he and Cosmic Knight both had actual powers. He was worried that they might be dead until he overheard Red Viper say something to MODOCK about injecting the two with a venom that would render them paralyzed and that there was nothing to worry about, it wouldn't kill them, unless she gave them another bite before it ran its course or was neutralized or cleansed from their systems. Night Thrasher was almost in fear of all their lives.
It seemed MODOCK was working on a new line of Cyborgs, similar to the newly revived Brace 7.0 but needed superhero flesh, organs and parts to make them work. He knew that is what they were going to be used for. The only reason Night Thrasher was only almost worried was because he still had part of his team, Namorita, Rage, Skybolt, Ripcord and Komodo out there somewhere and they would find a way to rescue them, if they were still alive.
"Soon, with the flesh of these five will help give birth to my new breed of Cyborg warriors," MODOCK laughed and clapping his tiny hands and moved over to his computer controls.
"Not today you won't," Skybolt said as he flew into the room, releasing a heat blast from his chest plate hitting and causing the controls to explode right in front of MODOCK.
"No, my machine, kill him!" MODOCK shouted as Brace 7.0 raised his gun and aimed at the flying Warrior.
"I tell ya, Thrash, can't ever leave you alone," Rage said as he charged into and tackled the muscled Cyborg.
"Finally, this is getting interesting," Crossbones said as he pulled out a large rifle.
"Yes it is," Namorita said as she flew upwards, her fists connecting with Crossbones chin and lifting him up into the air with her before sending him flying backwards.
"Don't worry we'll get you out of here," Komodo said as she leapt, landed and hung from the chains holding Night Thrasher.
"Time for a little smoked lizard," Red Viper said as she pulled out two pistols and aimed carefully at the green skinned reptile.
"Not this time, Syn. Time to join your father," Ripcord said as two metal like whips shot out from her wrists and connected with each gun in a shocking snap.
"I should have killed you the first time I had you, Beatrix," Red Viper hissed as she did a back flip and landed rubbing her now empty, smoking and burning with pain hands.
"Oh, this is payback," Ripcord said as she sent out her whips and wrapped them on the railing of the balcony Red Viper was standing on and focused her power through her whips and into the metal balcony.
"You, witch!" Red Viper screamed as she used the force of the shock that touched her feet to leap over and land on the floor next to Ripcord, did a ground sweep and knocked her opponent's feet out from under her.
"You," Ripcord began to say when a boot heel cut her voice off as it pushed down on her neck.
"I'm going to kill you slowly," Red Viper smiled as a blade shaped like a snake shot our from under her right wrist and into her hand.
"I'm really starting to dislike you," Cosmic Knight said as she caused the blade in Red Viper's hand to burst into flame as she shot out her hand and turned her fist to rock punching Red Viper and sending her off of Ripcord.
"I will make it my life's mission to kill you and your friends," Red Viper mumbled as she got to her feet and saw that Komodo has succeeded in freeing Night Thrasher and the others.
"Finish her," Scarlet Spider said as a mechanical spider leg shot out his back, freed her sword and through it Cosmic Knight.
"My pleasure," Cosmic Knight said as the minute the sword hilt hit her hand the gem on the bottom lit up as a translucent blade extracted from the hilt and ignited in a fiery aura.
"Next time, I promise you," Red Viper said as her snake mask formed over her face, shot out to blasts of venom and hit the floor causing the ground to explode and release a large dense smoke between her and her enemy.
"Hurry, before she, oof," Night Thrasher began to say when a strong force hit him in the chest and sent him backwards.
"No one but me will ever lay a hand on her," Crossbones said as he shook his fist and then vanished through the smoke after Red Viper.
"They're both gone," Scarlet Spider said as he leapt through the smoke and looked around.
"That's the least of our worries," Penance said as he looked up to see what seemed to be hundreds of AIM solders pouring into the room, guns a blazing.
"Kill them all. Brace, with me," MODOCK commanded as he and his Cyborg headed for the nearest exit as his henchmen charged the New Warriors.
"We got to stop them," Night Thrasher said getting back on his feet and leapt and dodged to avoid the gun fire.
"If we can get past these AIM soldiers," Phaser said as she used her suit to make her intangible.
"I got this, Knight," Penance said as he nodded at Cosmic Knight before stepping out in the middle of the room allowing gun blasts to hit him.
"On it," Cosmic Knight said as she lifted her sword and focused her powers into it and suddenly created a protective, invisible dome around her and the rest of the New Warriors.
Penance allowed a few more blasts to hit him and then knelt down on one knee, leaning his bodying forward and down. After a few seconds he focused all his pain into his powers and whipped his body straight up and swinging out his arms with great force causing a powers kinetic pulse to shot our from his body with tremendous power. Cosmic Knight's shield held as the pulse hit everything causing all the computer and lab equipment to explode and all the AIM soldiers to go flying back wards. Penance stood up and looked directly at MODOCK and Brace, who looked back at him to see that they were the only two left standing.
"Stop them," MODOCK told his Cyborg.
Brace 7.0 looked from his master and to the New Warriors gathering below. With a cry of surprise, MODOCK found himself being thrown with great force at the enemy as Brace 7.0 quickly ignited a rocket back and with great speed and force shot up and out making his escape. MODOCK collided hard with the New Warriors but tried to get himself upright only to be staring straight at Rage and Namorita who were pounding their fists into their hands.
"Show's over," Scarlet Spider said as he encased the AIM leader in webbing.
Later – New Warrior's Headquarters
"Hey, we caught the bad guy and put his AIM operation out of business. Why so glum?" Rage asked as he walked in on Night Thrasher watching the Adarco Corporation being swarmed by Vault Guardsmen, SHIELD and some very important members of the Avengers on the computer monitor.
"Yes, but that Cyborg and that infuriating daughter of the red Skull got away," Night Thrasher said.
"Don't worry, I, more than anyone want to taken down," Valeria said walking into the room, her blond hair resting upon her shoulders.
"Val?" Dwayne asked as he stared at the girl.
"Yeah, it seems when I used my powers like that through my Infinity Sword and combined with the kinetic pulsing from Penance it somehow reverted me back to my true age. Guess I'm not the youngest on the team anymore," Valeria said with a wink to Rage.
"Yeah, nothing wrong with being in your twenties," Dwayne said with a smile he hadn't had in a long time.
"Yeah, guess your right," Val said as looked at her leader and then smiled, "so, what's the next mission?"
Next: Issue #51 – Power Reflections – Part One & New Warriors: Down Time
