LSH: THE EVIL DR REGULUS

By Bruce Wayne

Based on the plot in Adventure Comics 348 "Target: 21 Legionnaires"
by Jim Shooter

Disclaimer: The characters that appear in this story belong to DC Comics.
I am writing this for pleasure, and sharing it with friends. I am, in no
way, getting paid for it.



CHAPTER 4 - A MISSING SUN BOY


Pandemonium broke out in the Metropolis Arena. Despite the
presence of some of the greatest super-heroes on the planet in the
building, the ten thousand or so teenagers in the auditorium screamed
hysterically at the swaying of the building.

Some of those present super-heroes were far from calm as well.

"Grife! What's happening?!" Phantom Girl yelled before she phased
out as a precaution.

Brainiac 5 had been thrown to the ground. He turned on his force-
field belt to protect himself.

To avoid the violent rocking, Superboy had risen a few feet in
the air and was looking around trying to assess the situation. At the
moment, he had no idea what he could do to help.

Colossal Boy knew what he wanted to do. He had seen Sun Boy
thrown off his feet and strike his head on the floor. All that was
on his mind was to reach his teammate who appeared to need assistance.

Gim Allon, with his usual courage, determination and strength,
struggled to his feet and was starting to make his way toward Dirk.

Invisible Kid and Brainiac 5 both yelled to Colossal Boy, "NO!"

The Legion's leader added, "Gim! Don't touch him! Dirk's probably
still red-hot from that last blast of his. You'll be burned! Let Superboy
get him."

Colossal Boy stopped dead in his tracks. Lyle was right. Sun
Boy's last blast vaporized that steel block and his body probably needed
time to cool down.

Invisible Kid was about to call out to Superboy for him to check
Dirk out when all of a sudden a portion of the balcony seating in the
arena began to noticeably sag. Invisible Kid and Superboy both saw it
at the same time and Superboy flew to the area beneath the balcony to
hold it up with his super-strength. This gave time for those who were
in the dangerous area to get out and to safety.

The shaking finally, and thankfully, stopped.

While all eyes were on Superboy, Dirk Morgna began to stir.
After hitting his head on the ground, he had a pounding headache.

"Uhh ..." He said through unfocused eyes. He was seeing double
and triple. "W-where am I? W-what's happening?" he said to himself. But
the more distressing question was: "Who-who am I?"

Though he didn't realize it yet, the blow to the head that Sun
Boy received caused him to have amnesia.

Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel -- who was offstage until the quake
hit -- and Invisible Kid began helping evacuating the spectators out
of the building. Superboy and Colossal Boy were making sure that parts
of the building didn't fall on top of innocent victims.

Tinya had gone over to Brainiac 5 to see if he had any idea
about what had happened. But before Phantom Girl could ask her question,
a Science Police officer came on stage to find a Legionnaire -- any
Legionnaire.

It was at about this time that Sun Boy saw that everyone was
leaving the building. He staggered out a doorway that led to the rear
of the building. The bright sunlight hurt his eyes and head. At that
moment he just wished that he could fly away from where he was. And
his wish came true! He began to fly.

Sun Boy didn't know where he was going. He only knew that he
needed to get away from where he was.

The SP spotted Brainy and jogged toward him and the girl in
white. "Are you a Legionnaire?" the officer asked.

Brainiac 5 still looking around and trying to assess the
situation only nodded in acknowledgement.

The officer who, for obvious reasons, was excited, quickly
blurted out, "I was sent here to tell you that something happened
to your clubhouse!"

Brainy and Tinya's heads turned immediately to the officer
with concerned looks on their faces.

Brainiac 5 asked, "What do you mean? The Legion clubhouse?"

"Yeah," the officer replied. "I don't know what happened but
I did hear a report about some huge golden ship that ripped the club-
house up."

Both Brainy's and Tinya's widened at what the officer informed
them.

Brainiac 5 said to Phantom Girl, "That must've been what
caused the quake."

The top Legion scientist used his Legion flight ring comm-link
to call out to the rest of the team, "Everybody report back to me, we've
got trouble."

In a few moments, after Superboy and Colossal Boy managed
to brace up the damaged section of the balcony area, the Legionnaires
gathered around Brainiac 5.

"What's up, Brainy?" asked Invisible Kid.

An excited Phantom Girl answered for him, "An SP just said a
giant golden spaceship destroyed our clubhouse!"

"WHAT?!" exclaimed Colossal Boy.

"I believe that may had been the source of this mysterious
quake," added Brainy.

"Let's go check!" Cosmic Boy said.

The Legionnaires began to head for the exit. "Wait!" yelled
Luornu, stopping her teammates. "Where's Dirk?"

All the Legionaires looked around and saw no sign of Sun Boy.

Colossal Boy asked the obvious, "Where'd Sun Boy go?"


TO BE CONTINUED ....


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