I do not own any rights to the Justice League series. I am just writing this story because I liked the idea of creating my own OC character that would interact with the Justice League Unlimited Story line.
Ch. 7 Electricity in Metropolis
"What is Metropolis like?" asked Xander as he sat on the energy barrier that was flying next to Superman as they both flew over the tree line. "It's a large city a few trouble makers here and there. Though you might want to avoid using your powers while there." Superman replied. "I doubt that I will be able to move around Metropolis without someone recognizing me from the news footage of me from when I accidentally visited Gotham." Xander responded sarcastically.
"We should reach Metropolis in about an hour at the rate we are flying. Will your ability to maintain that barrier for that long? Superman asked. "If I am using it just for traveling then I will be fine, but if I have to use it in a fight then I will have to unlock more of my power by releasing my seals." replied Xander as he looked over at Superman. "How many seals did you release while battling with Captain Atom?" Superman questioned. "I released the first two seals out of four in other words I was using half of my full power when I was battling Captain Atom." responded Xander. 'That was only half of his full power, and he was slowly starting to over power Captain Atom.' thought a surprised Superman.
"Where will I be staying while in Metropolis?" Xander inquired. "You can stay with a friend of mine. His name is Clark Kent; he is a reporter just tell him that I sent you when I drop you off at his place, but I would suggest not leaving his apartment otherwise there could be problems with the people that might recognize you from the news." Superman said with a smile. "Hopefully this reporter friend of yours won't ask me too many questions otherwise we will have problems." Xander replied with an annoyed look. "What problem do you have with repo-" Superman started to ask only to be interrupted as his communicator turned on "Superman, I just got a news feed from Metropolis. Livewire is attacking a power plant." J'onn's voice spoke over the communicator . "Okay, I will get there as soon as I can" Superman responded.
"Should I send someone to stop her before you arrive?" asked J'onn. "If they have the chance to capture her, then capture her but otherwise have them make sure that the civilians and the plant workers get out of there safely." Superman replied. "Xander, will you be able to speed up any?" Superman asked. "Why, what's wrong?" Xander wondered. "There is trouble at a power plant in Metropolis, and I have to go stop her before she causes too much damage or hurts someone." Superman replied. "Give me 1 minute, then we will find out." Xander responded.
Xander stopped flying and focused before saying "Restriction Seals one, two, and three released." as he said this, there was an explosion of energy. Superman watched as energy seemed to come off of Xander for about ten seconds, before finally fading out of sight. "There I should be able to speed things up for you now," Xander said. "Let's go" Superman replied. Superman started flying almost becoming a blur to anyone that could be watching. Xander formed a complete boxed in barrier around himself and took off flying as fast as his powers would allow him to. Superman glanced over his shoulder to see that while almost going at full speed he was slowly leaving Xander behind. 'He's fast I can't keep up with him even with three seals released.' Xander exclaimed mentally. 'I need to find a way to keep up with him, but how if I slow down to unlock my full power I will lose sight of him. That's it, I know how to keep up with him.' thought Xander with a smirk.
Superman felt something wrap around his leg, and as he turned around to look and see what it was. He saw a chain made of energy similar to what Green Lantern would use hooked around his leg connecting him to Xander's Barrier Box. Xander yelled "I am locked onto your leg, so you will be able to go full speed while dragging me along that way you can get to the power plant faster without having to worry about me getting left behind or lost." "Hang on then." Superman yelled back as he took off at full speed.
Meanwhile at the Power Plant. "Run, get out of here," a worker shouted as he ran for the exit. "Ah, now we're talkin'" Livewire said as she drained the plant of energy. "You know it's against city regulations for someone who doesn't work here to be in this building without the proper safety gear," a grinning Flash teased as he dashed into the room. "Oh, they sent the quick fish instead of the big fish, it's too bad for you that you have to be my warm-up before my real date gets here." laughed Livewire as she raised her hand, sent a blast of electricity at Flash who moved out of the way. "Well what do ya know I'm faster than lightning." Flash joked as he continued to dodge the bolts of electricity sent at him.
"Don't worry I am just warming up," a slightly annoyed Livewire replied as she continued to try and zap Flash. "Well at the rate your going I think you'll just have to settle with me as your main course instead of Superman." Flash yelled as he grabbed a fire extinguisher from the wall, and pulled the pin. "I won't be taken down by no second rate hero," Livewire yelled as she stopped shooting electrical bolts at Flash, and watched as he started zig-zagging around her. "How about I put out some of your fire power?" Flash asked as he passed by Livewire, and started spraying the extinguisher foam only to watch as Livewire transformed into lightning, and disappeared into the nearby electrical outlet.
Two rooms over Livewire came out of the wall outlet, and grinned as she saw a telephone outlet. "Where do you think your going?" Flash yelled as he opened the door, fire extinguisher still in hand. "To call out the Blue Boy Scout," responded Livewire as she bolted into the phone lines. "Uh, J'onn she got away from me." Flash said as he activated the communicator. "Did she say where she was going next?" asked J'onn. "She said something about calling out Superman, but that was about it." Flash replied. "In that case she probably went to wreak havoc in Metropolis." Superman said as he walked up behind Flash. "Whoa, when did you get here?" asked a spooked Flash. "When you contacted J'onn." Superman replied as he walked out of the room, and headed toward the entrance of the plant.
When Superman and Flash got outside they found the police, reporters, and the plant workers waiting for them. "Superman, where is Livewire?", "Flash would you like to comment on the fact that you were unable to apprehend Livewire?" multiple reporters asked as they bombarded the two heroes with questions. "We believe that Livewire is currently heading for Metropolis so I am sorry, but we need to leave to try and get a location on where she will pop up next in Metropolis." Superman replied. Flash disappeared in a blur as he raced off toward downtown Metropolis. While Superman flew up and over the power plant leading Xander who was floating above the nearby forest.
"So what was going on at the plant?" Xander asked. "A villain of mine escaped, her name is Livewire, and she has powers over electricity." Superman explained. "Like the guy I met in Dakota named Static?" Xander asked. "Similar, but not quite the same," Superman answered. "Well as much as I would like to help you take her on I won't be able to do much," Xander said. "What do you mean with your powers you should be able to handle her by yourself." Superman asked as he looked at Xander with shock. "The way I was raised, and trained by my teachers I cannot fight a woman. I can use my powers to protect others from people like her, but I cannot use my powers to attack her thanks to the seal on my body otherwise it will put me in a coma for a while." Xander replied.
In Metropolis at the same time that Superman and Xander took off toward the city Livewire slipped out of a power junction box overlooking the park from a distance. "Time to call out the boy scout." Livewire said with a grin. Livewire shot out multiple bolts of lightning around the people that were walking, jogging, and playing around in the park. Within seconds the people started running away from the park. A minute later the wail of the local patrol car as it came toward the park. Following for a few seconds before out racing the patrol car, and running right into the park Flash looked around to try and get a lock onto wherever Livewire was throwing her attacks from. Livewire watched as Flash arrived in the park, and sent a large bolt of electricity toward Flash when he had his back turned.
At the last second Flash rolled to the side to avoid the electricity. "Nice try, but you will have to try, try again." Flash yelled as he started to dash in multiple directions before disappearing among the trees. Livewire glanced around and watched as the Metropolis police barricaded off the park to keep the civilians and reports away. "Where is he? He should have been here by now." Livewire growled out in annoyance under her breath. As she turned her head to look around she immediately had to discharge a burst of electricity when she saw a rock flying at her only to realize after destroying that rock did she notice that there were multiple rocks coming at her from different directions.
Flash continued to run through the woods gathering rocks and trying to keep Livewire off balance until Superman could come, and stop her. As Flash was weaving his way through a few trees he noticed a couple of kids that were hiding in the bushes too scared to get up and out of there. Glancing back to see what Livewire was doing Flash saw that she had to attention pointed in another direction. With that thought in mind he rushed over and grabbed the two kids and made a break for the nearest barricade. As he escaped the tree line and neared the barricade he heard Livewire yell "I got you this time." Flash turned his head in time to see a bolt of electricity closing in on him and the kids. 'It's too close to dodge, but I can get them out of the way.' thought Flash.
Just as Flash threw the kids toward the barricade a red-bluish blur grabbed the kids, and took them to the police stationed at the barricade. Then, to Flash's shock when he had been positive that he would have been zapped he never felt it hit. Flash turned to see the electricity slamming into a barrier about two feet away from him. "You okay?" Flash heard Xander's voice ask him from above. "Yeah. You guys got here just in time to make sure those kids were okay, and you even saved me from a nasty shock." Flash said grinning in relief as he finally spotted Xander floating above him. "So that's Livewire?" Xander asked as he looked at the villainess glaring at them from over at the power lines.
'Who is this guy, and how did he stop my attack?' wondered Livewire as she stared at Xander, who was floating just above Flash. "Livewire you need to stop this before someone gets hurt." said Superman as he flew up to Livewire and started to float nearby to where she was standing. "The only one who is going to get hurt is you." Livewire replied as she sent a burst of electricity at Superman only for him to move out of the way. "Stay still and I will make sure your death is quick" Livewire yelled as she continued to try and hit Superman only to miss as he started to fly faster around her.
"I have an idea, but I need you to tell Superman my idea to make sure Livewire can't escape." Xander said to Flash as he landed next to him. "What do you have in mind?" asked Flash. "I can create a barrier around her to ensure that she can't get back into the power lines but in order to do that I need you, or Superman to get her away from the power lines so my barrier doesn't cut any of the power lines." Xander said as he sat down to start focusing on creating the barrier. "Okay, give me a minute to relay that to him." Flash said as he activated his communicator. "Superman, Xander has a plan to trap Livewire, but you will have to get her away from the power lines." Flash said as he watched Superman continue to avoid bolts of electricity. "What's his plan?" asked Superman. "He's planning to create a barrier around Livewire, but if she stays on the power lines his barrier will cut them and endanger the public so he is requesting that you get her away from the power lines, then his barrier will make it almost impossible for her to escape."
Livewire watched as her attacks continued to miss their target as Superman kept moving out of the way. "Okay if you won't stay still how about I make you take it." Livewire said grinning darkly as she aimed a hand at the crowd of people. "No, don't." Superman yelled as he moved in front of the bolt of electricity, and was shocked forcing him down to the ground. Livewire grinned as she jumped down off the telephone pole after Superman intent to finish him for good. "Now this looks just right. You lying at my feet weak as could be. Just remember who finally beat you." Livewire cackled. As she brought her hand down to send the charged up electricity at Superman only for it to bounce back at her.
"What the?" Livewire yelped as she stepped backward only to run into something that wasn't there. "Hey, what's going on here?" Livewire asked as she looked around. "Barrier in place." Xander said as Flash and him both walked up. "So she's stuck in the barrier." asked Flash as he walked around Livewire who tried to hit Flash with a bolt of electricity only for it to hit the invisible barrier. "For now she is." Xander replied as he kept his focus trained on Livewire, and keeping the barrier up. "When I get out of here you are going down first, then Superman will be finished once and for all." Livewire yelled as she tried to bolt up to the power lines only to start bouncing around in the barrier. "The barrier is like a box that is sealed so until I open it you won't be getting out." Xander replied. "Let's see who will give out first then, your barrier or my power." Livewire said as she reformed, and start sending a continuous bolt of electricity at one wall of the barrier. 'This could be bad if this continues. Though it was a good thing that I unlocked my first two seals before Flash and I came to help Superman from that last attack of hers.' thought Xander as a bead of sweat dripped down the side of his face.
"How long has he been holding that barrier up?" asked Superman. "Close to ten minutes I think." said Flash as they both watched Xander continue to hold up the barrier. "Just give up already. I still have plenty of energy, and you look like your running out of power rookie." Livewire laughed as she continued to discharge electricity into the side of the barrier. "Restriction Seal Three release" Xander said as he closed his eyes while filling more of his power return to him. "What are you saying?" asked Livewire who looked at Xander confused when she saw him glow for a second. "I am releasing more of my power so I can keep this barrier around you for a while longer." said a slightly winded Xander. 'Well this isn't good. I need a recharge and he has more energy stored up to keep me here' thought Livewire while grimacing.
"Who do you think is going to hold out longer his barrier or her powers?" Flash asked Superman as he landed next to him. "I don't know Xander has been using his powers a bit today, and from what we know from John; Xander has four seals over the output of his powers. When I flew past him a minute ago I hear him say that he was releasing his third seal, so that would mean that he still has one more level of power before he's finished. Whereas Livewire has been using her power that she gathered like crazy since she arrived in the park. Between trying to hit you, and now trying to escape from the barrier that is currently containing her." Superman replied as he watched Xander who was getting more exhausted by the minute. "I remember GL(Green Lantern) telling me something about Xander having power restrictions that he can undo when he needs a power boost." Flash said.
"Why don't you just let me go already I can tell that you are nearing the end of your rope, and I am sure that I can keep this up long enough to break out and escape." Livewire said even though she guessed that she only had a couple of minutes of power left before she wouldn't even be able to escape. "I have more than enough power to keep you here for at least another ten minutes if I had to use it." Xander said as he dropped down to a kneeling position from the overuse of his power today. "Okay we are doing to have to step in, and help him because he looks like he will black out at any second." Superman said to Flash as he looked around, and spotted a fire hydrant.
"Go to Xander and tell him to release the barrier in five seconds." Superman told Flash as he flew toward the hydrant. Flash ran over to Xander, and helped him to his feet. "Get ready to release your barrier Superman is going to finish the fight and get her back to the prison." Flash said as he looked at Superman who was uncapping the hydrant, and aiming the water that came out in their direction since Xander was standing in front of Livewire. As Flash pulled Xander out of the way Livewire could only tense up as she felt the water hit her before she felt the familiar shock from being hit by water. Livewire screamed as she was shocked into unconsciousness.
There's Ch.7, I hope you like the story line so far. Feel free to leave comments on anything that I could do to make this story better.