Okay next part. I know it's shorter than the first one but I've been busy. BTW I'd really appreciate some Reviews, tell me what you think.
John Smith
Morrow was practically gitty as he watched New York City being demolished by Red Tornado. He had created a video link with Red Tornado and saw everything he was doing through Tornado's eyes, so he could watch safely from a distance.
"This is splendid. I always thought New York was too crowded it will do it some good to have a few million less occupants. All I need is for some heroes to show up so I can fully test my modifications. And it appears we have found them. A speedster and two young meta-humans. Not bad for a warm-up." Impulse, Superboy and Wondergirl had arrived on the scene.
"Reddy, stop! What the heck are you doing?!" Superboy shouted at the android.
"Red Tornado, destroy those young heroes." Morrow ordered.
"Surrender or be destroyed." Ordered Red Tornado in a cold, metallic voice, free of emotion.
Red Tornado faced the trio and shot them with a huge cyclone, much more powerful than any he had ever made before. All three were taken somewhat by shock and got blown backwards momentarily. Superboy recovered quickly and knew they would have to take down Red Tornado. Superboy flew at top speeds and attempted to ram Tornado for all he was worth, but he was stopped by a force field. A particularly strong one.
"Where the heck did this come from?" Superboy was shocked by the force field, it hadn't been there before. Red Tornado stopped creating cyclones and only stared at the young hero.
"Let's try out the eye lasers." Morrow pressed a button on his control panel.
Superboy stared back at Red tornado and saw his eyes return to their natural red. Superboy smiled and turned to the rest of the group. "Hey guys, I think he's back to normal, his eyes are re.." Superboy was cut off when the eye lasers burned into his back. He had not been prepared for the attack and had not put up his TK field quick enough. He was thrown across the battle field and landed in Central Park.
"Oh man. There goes another jacket." Superboy complained to himself.
"You alright man?" Impulse wizzed over.
"Yeah, but now I know how Rob felt." Superboy started to pick himself up. Red Tornado was coming in for another attack and his eyes were burning again. Impulse grabbed Superboy and pulled him out of the way just as the lasers hit where he was standing.
"Thanks Imp. You run around and see if you can distract him. Cassie and I are gonna try to sneak up behind him."
"Gotcha." Impulse sped away as Superboy and Wondergirl took flight.
"Sure you're okay Kon."
"Worry about it later. It's not that bad, really. We gotta try to get the drop on him." Superboy and Wondergirl flew around behind Tornado while Impulse tried valiantly to distract him.
"Yo Reddy, over here. Oh missed me. Missed me again. Come on Reddy you can do better than that."
"That boy is really starting to annoy me. Time to try out the new wind attack." Morrow pressed another button on the console.
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Meanwhile at the Young Justice Head Quarters, Robin was crawling through an air vent.
"Hopefully Secret won't come and check on me for awhile. I hate to leave the guys in the dark, but I couldn't tell them about the destruct sequence built into Red Tornado unless I thought it absolutely necessary. True he wouldn't be destroyed but he would shut down and all his memories would be wiped and that's just as bad for Reddy as death. To have to start over, and he wouldn't remember his daughter or wife, or us for that matter. No, this has to be a last resort." Robin thought to himself as he made his way through the vent. He emerged in his on base bed room. Only to be used when seriously wiped and don't even have the strength to make it back to the Batcave Bedroom. He opened up the safe in the wall and took out the remote control for the self destruct. Robin didn't know if he could ever bring himself to use it.
There was a generally powerful computer in Robin's room that could be used as a monitor. He put the remote in his utility belt and turned on the monitor. He almost immediately ran out of his room and ran into the conference room, past Secret and into the hangar.
"Secret, come on we gotta go!" Robin yelled from the Supercycle.
Secret followed. "Wait, how did you get out? Where are we going?" Secret boarded the cycle having none of her questions answered.
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"Still not getting me. Huh?" Impulse looked in shock as Red Tornado showed another new attack he had aquired. Red Tornado suddenly released a furry of wind attacks. 200 mph winds rushed through the air at every step Impulse took. There was nowhere to go since the winds came from all directions and Impulse found himself flying through the air. Unable to concentrate on what was happening he didn't see himself heading for the building. Impulse slammed into the brick wall at 200 mph. He was out cold.
"One down, now where are the other two?" Morrow saw his link become somewhat fuzzy and realized Red Tornado had just taken a forceful hit. "They're behind him."
Indeed they were. Cassie's and Kon's combined strength had been enough to break through Tornado's force field and they were currently trying to take down the powerful android. They found their hits having little effect.
"Whoa. Tornado's toughened up." Superboy was almost caught off guard once more by the eye lasers but he dodged at the last second, and delivered a shot to the chops to Red Tornado. Red Tornado was thrown aback, but seemed virtually unphased. Superboy was shocked.
"That was my best shot!" He exclaimed facing Wondergirl.
"SB look out!" Cassie shouted, but Superboy wasn't quick enough and received a double punch from Red Tornado, one to the stomach and jaw. Wondergirl raced to his aid and was backfisted by Tornado and blown into the river by top speed winds. Superboy went for another shot but Red Tornado reactivated his force field and blocked the attempt. Superboy pounded on the force field determined he could destroy it and forgot to pay attention to Red Tornado's eyes. Another hit with the eye lasers at full settings and Superboy was out of the fight too. Red Tornado had defeated some of the strongest teen heroes on the planet in a matter of minutes, YJ was out of the game.
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"Red Tornado, what are you just standing around for? Finish off the young heroes!" Morrow screamed into his remote.
Red Tornado began to advance on Superboy since he was closest. Red Tornado's eyes flashed a bright red as they revved up to destroy the Boy of Steel. Just as the rays erupted Red Tornado was struck from behind causing him to misfire.
"What was that? Tornado turn around." Morrow ordered. On his view screen Morrow could see the Supercycle along with Robin and Secret, they fired again and another shot hit Tornado. The shots from the cycle were quite strong and beginning to dent the android.
"Looks like we're just in time. Does Reddy look different to you?" Robin asked Secret in the back seat.
"The young boy seems to have come back for another fight. How brave. Futile, but brave. Destroy them too." Red Tornado prepared for another attack, on the Supercycle this time.
"Surrender or be destroyed." The cold voice of Red Tornado ordered once more.
"He sounds too automatic or something." Secret answered. "Robin look out!" A huge blast of wind came from Red Tornado. Robin hit the phase out sequence and the two remained unharmed.
"Man, there's nothing like having a phase out button on your ride." Robin exclaimed.
The wind stopped and Morrow could see Robin and Secret on the cycle completely unscathed.
"What? Fire again!" Red Tornado fired again and the outcome was the same, they were fine.
"Okay Secret, here's the plan. I'm gonna bail out, hopefully Reddy won't see me. I need you to keep him distracted. Just stay in phase out sequence, every few minutes go solid and fire another couple of rounds, then go right back to immaterial. Got it?"
"I understand Robin. What are you doing?" Secret asked.
"I gotta go help the guys. Okay, I'm outta here." Robin turned the cycle and entered what was left of the park. When he was sure they were out of sight from Red Tornado he jumped off, once more becoming solid. He gave Secret a thumbs up and began to head to the river for Wondergirl.
"Now how do I work this thing?" Secret asked herself.
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Robin raced across the park being careful not to be seen by Red Tornado, he reached the river and immediately dove in. He saw Wondergirl sinking and took out his rebreather while he swam to her aid. He placed the rebreather over her mouth as he pulled them both to the surface. Robin took in a huge breath as he re-surfaced.
"Good, she's okay. Now where was Bart?" Robin thought to himself as he placed Wondergirl on the bank and out of danger. Robin ran towards the nearby buildings and began to search for Impulse. He spotted him leaning against a building, unconscious, the building had taken quite a pounding from Red Tornado's attacks and was beginning to fall, with Impulse underneath it. Robin raced to him and pulled him out of the way just as the building collapsed.
"Man Bart, of all the times I need your help, you take a nap under a falling building." Robin said as he carried Impulse to the woods. "I hope you guys wake up soon. I could use a hand." Robin looked into the sky as a wind began around him. "Oh no."
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Secret had been relying mostly on voice commands for the Supercycle. Simple commands such as "fly" and "fly faster" were all she had managed so far. She had seen Robin dive in for Wondergirl and then resurface but she had lost sight of him as he entered the city streets. Secret remembered what Robin had told her.
"Just stay in phase out sequence, every few minutes go solid and fire another couple of rounds, then go right back to immaterial."
She had said she understood but really she had no idea what she was doing.
"Okay Robin said all I had to do was fire and change back to immaterial. That should be easy enough. Okay Cycle. Go solid and shoot at Red Tornado." Secret ordered. The Supercycle obeyed. Red Tornado flew backwards several feet upon impact from the blast.
"Blast that cycle. Tornado charge her now while she's solid!" Morrow yelled into his communicator.
"I did it, I shot him. Sorry Red Tornado. What was I supposed to do now?" Secret said aloud. Before she remembered what to do next the Supercycle was hit with a blast of red beams.
"Surrender or be destroyed." Red Tornado commanded once more, his voice cold as ice. The Supercycle was hit with a combination attack of eye beams and tremendous winds and began to descend quickly.
"Supercycle fly! FLY!" Secret screamed as the cycle plummeted to the ground. She flew into the air as the bike crashed into the ground. "Robin's gonna kill me."
"Not before I do my dear." Morrow whispered to himself. "Engulf her with a tornado, Tornado."
"What am I going to do n... AHHHH!" Secret screamed as she was enveloped by a cyclone created by Red Tornado. She was whirled through the air for several moments at top speeds before she was blown clear away. Red Tornado changed the cyclone to a massive wind and Secret was blown clear out of New York.
"Ha ha ha. I've done it. The ultimate machine of destruction. I've disposed of some of the strongest teen heroes alive without so much as a dent in my weapon. I truly am the.... what is this?" Morrow had spotted Robin as he dragged Impulse to what was left of the forest. "Oh, missed one. Red Tornado dive down there."
Robin saw Tornado heading towards him and dashed into the open streets. He hoped Red Tornado would follow him and not see the fallen members of Young Justice in the forest, it worked. Only problem was Red Tornado was firing at him with the eye lasers as he had done everyone else, Robin swerved and jumped to avoid the beams but his mobility and sgility were limited thanks to the beating he'd taken earlier.
Robin leapt in the air. "I know I already said this once." Robin thought. "But this is so not my day."
"Hmm. That boy is fast. Red Tornado shoot down the building he's heading toward." Morrow commanded once more. He was having the time of his life and enjoyed playing with Young Justice as he thought of it.
"Complying." Answered Tornado as he caused the oncoming building to collapse before Robin. Robin was virtually stuck in the preverbrial rock and a hard place. He had run out of places to run and the only way out now was past Red Tornado.
Red Tornado only flew above Robin motionless and silent. Robin began to reach inside his belt.
"Tornado fire!"
Robin leapt just as the lasers struck the area he had been standing. The rocks above Robin were shook free from their hold by the blast, Robin never saw them coming as they crashed
down upon him.
TBC
John Smith
Morrow was practically gitty as he watched New York City being demolished by Red Tornado. He had created a video link with Red Tornado and saw everything he was doing through Tornado's eyes, so he could watch safely from a distance.
"This is splendid. I always thought New York was too crowded it will do it some good to have a few million less occupants. All I need is for some heroes to show up so I can fully test my modifications. And it appears we have found them. A speedster and two young meta-humans. Not bad for a warm-up." Impulse, Superboy and Wondergirl had arrived on the scene.
"Reddy, stop! What the heck are you doing?!" Superboy shouted at the android.
"Red Tornado, destroy those young heroes." Morrow ordered.
"Surrender or be destroyed." Ordered Red Tornado in a cold, metallic voice, free of emotion.
Red Tornado faced the trio and shot them with a huge cyclone, much more powerful than any he had ever made before. All three were taken somewhat by shock and got blown backwards momentarily. Superboy recovered quickly and knew they would have to take down Red Tornado. Superboy flew at top speeds and attempted to ram Tornado for all he was worth, but he was stopped by a force field. A particularly strong one.
"Where the heck did this come from?" Superboy was shocked by the force field, it hadn't been there before. Red Tornado stopped creating cyclones and only stared at the young hero.
"Let's try out the eye lasers." Morrow pressed a button on his control panel.
Superboy stared back at Red tornado and saw his eyes return to their natural red. Superboy smiled and turned to the rest of the group. "Hey guys, I think he's back to normal, his eyes are re.." Superboy was cut off when the eye lasers burned into his back. He had not been prepared for the attack and had not put up his TK field quick enough. He was thrown across the battle field and landed in Central Park.
"Oh man. There goes another jacket." Superboy complained to himself.
"You alright man?" Impulse wizzed over.
"Yeah, but now I know how Rob felt." Superboy started to pick himself up. Red Tornado was coming in for another attack and his eyes were burning again. Impulse grabbed Superboy and pulled him out of the way just as the lasers hit where he was standing.
"Thanks Imp. You run around and see if you can distract him. Cassie and I are gonna try to sneak up behind him."
"Gotcha." Impulse sped away as Superboy and Wondergirl took flight.
"Sure you're okay Kon."
"Worry about it later. It's not that bad, really. We gotta try to get the drop on him." Superboy and Wondergirl flew around behind Tornado while Impulse tried valiantly to distract him.
"Yo Reddy, over here. Oh missed me. Missed me again. Come on Reddy you can do better than that."
"That boy is really starting to annoy me. Time to try out the new wind attack." Morrow pressed another button on the console.
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Meanwhile at the Young Justice Head Quarters, Robin was crawling through an air vent.
"Hopefully Secret won't come and check on me for awhile. I hate to leave the guys in the dark, but I couldn't tell them about the destruct sequence built into Red Tornado unless I thought it absolutely necessary. True he wouldn't be destroyed but he would shut down and all his memories would be wiped and that's just as bad for Reddy as death. To have to start over, and he wouldn't remember his daughter or wife, or us for that matter. No, this has to be a last resort." Robin thought to himself as he made his way through the vent. He emerged in his on base bed room. Only to be used when seriously wiped and don't even have the strength to make it back to the Batcave Bedroom. He opened up the safe in the wall and took out the remote control for the self destruct. Robin didn't know if he could ever bring himself to use it.
There was a generally powerful computer in Robin's room that could be used as a monitor. He put the remote in his utility belt and turned on the monitor. He almost immediately ran out of his room and ran into the conference room, past Secret and into the hangar.
"Secret, come on we gotta go!" Robin yelled from the Supercycle.
Secret followed. "Wait, how did you get out? Where are we going?" Secret boarded the cycle having none of her questions answered.
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"Still not getting me. Huh?" Impulse looked in shock as Red Tornado showed another new attack he had aquired. Red Tornado suddenly released a furry of wind attacks. 200 mph winds rushed through the air at every step Impulse took. There was nowhere to go since the winds came from all directions and Impulse found himself flying through the air. Unable to concentrate on what was happening he didn't see himself heading for the building. Impulse slammed into the brick wall at 200 mph. He was out cold.
"One down, now where are the other two?" Morrow saw his link become somewhat fuzzy and realized Red Tornado had just taken a forceful hit. "They're behind him."
Indeed they were. Cassie's and Kon's combined strength had been enough to break through Tornado's force field and they were currently trying to take down the powerful android. They found their hits having little effect.
"Whoa. Tornado's toughened up." Superboy was almost caught off guard once more by the eye lasers but he dodged at the last second, and delivered a shot to the chops to Red Tornado. Red Tornado was thrown aback, but seemed virtually unphased. Superboy was shocked.
"That was my best shot!" He exclaimed facing Wondergirl.
"SB look out!" Cassie shouted, but Superboy wasn't quick enough and received a double punch from Red Tornado, one to the stomach and jaw. Wondergirl raced to his aid and was backfisted by Tornado and blown into the river by top speed winds. Superboy went for another shot but Red Tornado reactivated his force field and blocked the attempt. Superboy pounded on the force field determined he could destroy it and forgot to pay attention to Red Tornado's eyes. Another hit with the eye lasers at full settings and Superboy was out of the fight too. Red Tornado had defeated some of the strongest teen heroes on the planet in a matter of minutes, YJ was out of the game.
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"Red Tornado, what are you just standing around for? Finish off the young heroes!" Morrow screamed into his remote.
Red Tornado began to advance on Superboy since he was closest. Red Tornado's eyes flashed a bright red as they revved up to destroy the Boy of Steel. Just as the rays erupted Red Tornado was struck from behind causing him to misfire.
"What was that? Tornado turn around." Morrow ordered. On his view screen Morrow could see the Supercycle along with Robin and Secret, they fired again and another shot hit Tornado. The shots from the cycle were quite strong and beginning to dent the android.
"Looks like we're just in time. Does Reddy look different to you?" Robin asked Secret in the back seat.
"The young boy seems to have come back for another fight. How brave. Futile, but brave. Destroy them too." Red Tornado prepared for another attack, on the Supercycle this time.
"Surrender or be destroyed." The cold voice of Red Tornado ordered once more.
"He sounds too automatic or something." Secret answered. "Robin look out!" A huge blast of wind came from Red Tornado. Robin hit the phase out sequence and the two remained unharmed.
"Man, there's nothing like having a phase out button on your ride." Robin exclaimed.
The wind stopped and Morrow could see Robin and Secret on the cycle completely unscathed.
"What? Fire again!" Red Tornado fired again and the outcome was the same, they were fine.
"Okay Secret, here's the plan. I'm gonna bail out, hopefully Reddy won't see me. I need you to keep him distracted. Just stay in phase out sequence, every few minutes go solid and fire another couple of rounds, then go right back to immaterial. Got it?"
"I understand Robin. What are you doing?" Secret asked.
"I gotta go help the guys. Okay, I'm outta here." Robin turned the cycle and entered what was left of the park. When he was sure they were out of sight from Red Tornado he jumped off, once more becoming solid. He gave Secret a thumbs up and began to head to the river for Wondergirl.
"Now how do I work this thing?" Secret asked herself.
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Robin raced across the park being careful not to be seen by Red Tornado, he reached the river and immediately dove in. He saw Wondergirl sinking and took out his rebreather while he swam to her aid. He placed the rebreather over her mouth as he pulled them both to the surface. Robin took in a huge breath as he re-surfaced.
"Good, she's okay. Now where was Bart?" Robin thought to himself as he placed Wondergirl on the bank and out of danger. Robin ran towards the nearby buildings and began to search for Impulse. He spotted him leaning against a building, unconscious, the building had taken quite a pounding from Red Tornado's attacks and was beginning to fall, with Impulse underneath it. Robin raced to him and pulled him out of the way just as the building collapsed.
"Man Bart, of all the times I need your help, you take a nap under a falling building." Robin said as he carried Impulse to the woods. "I hope you guys wake up soon. I could use a hand." Robin looked into the sky as a wind began around him. "Oh no."
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Secret had been relying mostly on voice commands for the Supercycle. Simple commands such as "fly" and "fly faster" were all she had managed so far. She had seen Robin dive in for Wondergirl and then resurface but she had lost sight of him as he entered the city streets. Secret remembered what Robin had told her.
"Just stay in phase out sequence, every few minutes go solid and fire another couple of rounds, then go right back to immaterial."
She had said she understood but really she had no idea what she was doing.
"Okay Robin said all I had to do was fire and change back to immaterial. That should be easy enough. Okay Cycle. Go solid and shoot at Red Tornado." Secret ordered. The Supercycle obeyed. Red Tornado flew backwards several feet upon impact from the blast.
"Blast that cycle. Tornado charge her now while she's solid!" Morrow yelled into his communicator.
"I did it, I shot him. Sorry Red Tornado. What was I supposed to do now?" Secret said aloud. Before she remembered what to do next the Supercycle was hit with a blast of red beams.
"Surrender or be destroyed." Red Tornado commanded once more, his voice cold as ice. The Supercycle was hit with a combination attack of eye beams and tremendous winds and began to descend quickly.
"Supercycle fly! FLY!" Secret screamed as the cycle plummeted to the ground. She flew into the air as the bike crashed into the ground. "Robin's gonna kill me."
"Not before I do my dear." Morrow whispered to himself. "Engulf her with a tornado, Tornado."
"What am I going to do n... AHHHH!" Secret screamed as she was enveloped by a cyclone created by Red Tornado. She was whirled through the air for several moments at top speeds before she was blown clear away. Red Tornado changed the cyclone to a massive wind and Secret was blown clear out of New York.
"Ha ha ha. I've done it. The ultimate machine of destruction. I've disposed of some of the strongest teen heroes alive without so much as a dent in my weapon. I truly am the.... what is this?" Morrow had spotted Robin as he dragged Impulse to what was left of the forest. "Oh, missed one. Red Tornado dive down there."
Robin saw Tornado heading towards him and dashed into the open streets. He hoped Red Tornado would follow him and not see the fallen members of Young Justice in the forest, it worked. Only problem was Red Tornado was firing at him with the eye lasers as he had done everyone else, Robin swerved and jumped to avoid the beams but his mobility and sgility were limited thanks to the beating he'd taken earlier.
Robin leapt in the air. "I know I already said this once." Robin thought. "But this is so not my day."
"Hmm. That boy is fast. Red Tornado shoot down the building he's heading toward." Morrow commanded once more. He was having the time of his life and enjoyed playing with Young Justice as he thought of it.
"Complying." Answered Tornado as he caused the oncoming building to collapse before Robin. Robin was virtually stuck in the preverbrial rock and a hard place. He had run out of places to run and the only way out now was past Red Tornado.
Red Tornado only flew above Robin motionless and silent. Robin began to reach inside his belt.
"Tornado fire!"
Robin leapt just as the lasers struck the area he had been standing. The rocks above Robin were shook free from their hold by the blast, Robin never saw them coming as they crashed
down upon him.
TBC