Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter: 59
Justice Freeman:Part.1
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AN: Takes place during the events of Secret Origins
Mars: Two years ago
Two astronauts explore the terrain of Mars. One stumbles onto the entrance to an underground cavern, at the end of which is a massive, ornate door. He wedges his pickaxe into the door's lock, and forces it open. The doors open, and something massive rushes out, reaching for him...
Earth: Two Years later
Metropolis 2001
With the trust issues of two certain heroes after an incident, as Gordon Freeman is unaware of what has transpired between the two in which he has arrived in this dimension several hours ago. He hasn't picked up any combine activity or influence but his suit as picked up unknown transmissions being directed into deep space for what purpose as he would need more information to determine what threat poses from deep space and once again he had found himself in Metropolis the year 2001
The previous Metropolis's he had been two were in the past and looked completely ridiculous, but this city appears to be more state of the art like some city of tomorrow. Gordon got gawking looks from people, but kept on walking paying no mind to their stares until he came upon a bunch of television sets in the window and people are glued to watching for what is transpiring on the television.
This is a re-broad cast as it shows in the nation's capital, J. Allen Carter, one of the two astronauts from the Mars expedition and now a U.S. Senator proposes a bold plan for total nuclear disarmament. He champions Superman as Earth's protector, believing that the Man of Steel is both reliable and more than capable of handing any threat to the Earth. Superman embraces the idea, despite protests from the military and other sources.
These even include other heroes, such as Central City's The Flash, who remarks: "I'm the fastest man alive and even I can't be in five places at once" then focusing on disarming the weapons. Gullible and idiotic just like the other supermen he had previously met, Gordon Freeman moved onward until he hears a mysterious voice in the background
Help me your world is in danger
Gordon narrowed his eyes and looked around for a moment, besides the people there is no one else as he walked to a nearby alley in which if he was talking to himself people might find him very crazy.
"This isn't my world I am a traveler" whispered Gordon
I cannot read your mind, but I can project my mind to other beings like the furry cat for instance.
"It's a long story behind that one," whispered Gordon as he sees the alley cat
Very well, they are coming
"Who is coming?" asked the one-free-man "The combine"
I do not know of the name Combine, they are the Imperium
"Where are you located?" asked Gordon
The voice told him the coordinates as Gordon is about to use him omni-tool to pinpoint of where the army base is a horrid sound is heard in the background like something is falling in the sky, a loud distant thunder is heard and Gordon turned to run to where it crashed as he sees some sort of large rock a meteor. Meteors don't usually crash like that as Gordon used his ninja skills to climb one of the buildings to get a better vantage point as he stands there for a moment.
Something cracks open from within the meteor like a chick hatching out of an egg as Gordon sees it almost looks like a strider a combine vehicle. But this one seems to be different like all white and organic, could this be some form of Combine technology incorporated by their allies and for their use in conquering this dimension. Gordon wondered what stopped them from doing so before, could it have something to do with the voice he heard that knows about this Imperium.
For a moment he watched Superman attempt to attack it but was shot and propelled backwards by the energy blast, military jets and the bat plane tried but failed to bring it down. Well it's Gordon's turn as he won't be a witness anymore as he uses his weapon replication program to bring out his Gravity gun and loaded it with a rugby ball like device known as a Magnusson Device as he attaches it to the Gravity gun.
Two meteors have dropped down from the sky and came out is the same one like before as they are attacking the city, Gordon leaps off the building right at the Imperium walker and fired right at it, the Magnusson device strikes the Imperium walker and explodes as it falls to the ground, Gordon landed on top of what remains of it and fired his gravity gun with more Magnusson devices as they hit the Imperium walkers as they exploded as well.
They're will be more, free me.
"I hate running from a fight" muttered Gordon "But ok,"
He provided cover fire for people to escape as they had saw what he had done, Batman almost looked impressed and Superman tried his best to take another one down but is knocked back again into a building. Then Gordon used his omni-tool to use the teleportation coordinates to the army base and disappeared in a circulation of color, along with sound. Batman wondered where he is going to and Superman came out of the building looking pretty mesmerized in which he is leaving as well. Batman decided to follow.
Elsewhere
On Themyscira, Princess Diana notices signs of trouble in the outside world, but her mother, Queen Hippolyta, tells her that it is none of their concern, as the Gods protect Themyscira.
The Army base
Gordon Freeman has infiltrated the army base as he can see ordinary humans patrolling the place, but he found the real ordinary humans incased in cocoons. Well looks like it is time to make himself known and he can hear outside the cries of battle as it would seem a certain man of steel wants to get in. That will keep them busy for a bit. As Gordon brings out another weapon as he points it right at the humans and fires. The corrosive properties hit the humans as they shape shift into their true white forms.
Could these be trans-aliens experimented by the combine, he doesn't know but doesn't hesitate either. This weapon is known as an Immolator a plasma flamethrower as it burns them to a crisp and disintegrates. More are coming as they changed their forms and Gordon changed tactics as they fired their weapons at him as his shields held and went on to attacking them with ninja and kung fun moves until they are done for and he eliminated them.
He came upon two large double doors and used the gravity gun, to blast them open. At the other end of the corridor Superman rips open the double doors with Batman in tow wondering what is going on. Gordon found a green alien shackled up as he frees him in whom he suspected he was captured in trying to warn the Earth of this invasion, but that failed and helped him up
"Hey you all right," said Gordon
The alien looked at him for a moment in remembering he cannot read his mind, so he simply nodded. Then Batman and Superman walk in seeing Gordon there with the alien, along with hundreds of what remains are white skin alien bodies.
"What is it?" asked Batman "And how did he get here,"
"Mankind's only hope" said Superman "I am wondering the same thing."
The alien spoke for a moment with his mind as Batman is taken back in which the alien transforms into a human like being.
"Don't take it personally, J'onn; he doesn't trust anyone." said Superman
"A wise policy" said John Jones
Batman walked up and narrowed his eyes at Gordon with the famous bat glare as the one-free-man did not flinch, until a streaking sound is heard in a form of a missile as Gordon pushed batman out of the way and the missile slammed into Gordon causing an explosion with smoke and fire engulfing the room. This surprised everyone as Gordon stepped out of the fire. Little did they know he has his shields up and his armor suffered no damage at all!
"You get him out of here," said Gordon "I will handle them,"
Gordon rushes off to go battle the alien invaders as Superman, along with Batman look on as they take the alien out of here and escape.
Elsewhere
On Themyscira, Diana enters the Temple of Athena, and prays her mother's forgiveness. She picks up a set of armor laid at the altar and puts it on...
At the military base, Superman, Batman, and J'onn flee the scene, with their attackers close behind. Taking to the air, they find themselves pursued by swarms of flying craft. Although they manage to down some, the Batwing is critically damaged, and nearly crashes; until Gordon Freeman uses his gravity gun to put the batwing safely to the ground below as Batman looked a little surprised at this
Swarms of craft are coming at them until Gordon uses his gravity gun to catch one of them and throws it right back at the swarm of crafts as they explode into pieces. The fighters are driven off by the timely arrival of four more heroes: Green Lantern John Stewart, Hawkgirl of Thanagar, Princess Diana, and the Flash. Then a few conversations are in order in which a tower can be seen as well that Gordon recognized as it almost looked like citadel, but many differences.
J'onn explains: The aliens invaded Mars a thousand years ago, all but wiping out J'onn's people, and absorbing their telepathic and shape-changing abilities. J'onn was the lone survivor of a strike mission that incapacitated the invaders, and he sealed them away in an underground chamber five hundred years ago.
Unfortunately, the astronauts released them while J'onn was hibernating. J'onn came to Earth to warn them, but was captured on arrival by the aliens. Instead, he used his partially-blocked telepathic powers to summon the heroes together. Unfortunately, the nerve gas which the Martians used to incapacitate the aliens before is made from a now-extinct Martian plant, and cannot be reproduced.
"It would explain why they didn't invade sooner," said Gordon "Also these trans-aliens have technology similar to the Combine, although the shape shifting is something new"
"You keep mentioning that word, combine," said J'onn "What does it mean, you know something?"
"What does that symbol mean upon your armor," said Diana
"Where did you get the technology especially the weapon of yours," said Batman
"You did an excellent job out there," said Superman
"Well you're just as gullible as the other supermen I've met," said Gordon "The symbol means freedom, but that is a long story, and to your question Batman it is even longer story. As for you J'onn if I suspect is true the Combine may have been to your dimension before."
"Impossible," said John Stewart "The guardians of the universe would known of an incursion into this dimension, who are you and where are you from,"
"That is a very long story," said Gordon "And now is not the time,"
"Is that your response to everything," said Hawkgirl
"Well when you do a lot of traveling like I have you'll have several long stories or two," said Gordon
"What do you mean other supermen," asked Superman
"What is this twenty questions Clark," said Gordon "Just go save the world like you normally do with Bruce here."
Superman and Batman widen their eyes for a moment in how does this man know their names, J'onn interrupts them with their presence on Earth established, the aliens set up enormous factories that project an ionizing field into the atmosphere, creating a cloud cover that shrouds the entire planet. J'onn explains that the invaders are nocturnal, wishing to block out the sun, and the heroes agree that the factories should be investigated and destroyed.
"I'll do as much damage as I can," said Gordon "All of you can do what you want,"
Unused to working together, but resolved, the heroes split into three groups to destroy a factory each, Gordon has his own ideas as he watches the heroes leave until he finds a suitable location to attack.
"I have a plan," muttered Gordon
"What is your plan," spoke the voice of J'onn
Gordon outlined the plan in detail and then went off to carry it out
Chapter: 60
Justice Freeman:Part.2