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 7 - THE POWER OF THE SUN
A crazy laugh was heard on the bridge of the massive ship that
was now high over Metropolis. Dr Regulus was still talking to himself
as he formulated the master plan in his mind.
"Ha! The Legion of Super-Dummies will find out just how powerful
I am. I have unlimited power! As long as the sun keeps shining, I am
virtually invincible!" he said.
Regulus checked a few of the video screens in front of him and
then pushed a few buttons to make some adjustments.
His deep voice turned more serious in tone, "I need to show
them ... and the world ... just how powerful I can be."
He widened his ship's view screen of Metropolis in order to
get some idea of where to strike next. He turned the camera from one
place to another. Then, something caught his eye.
"Ah, the Trevis Building," he said. "That looks interesting."
The Trevis Building was located in downtown Metropolis and was
referred to as a mixed-occupancy building. The 75-story circular tower
was home to commercial offices, apartments, condominiums and even a
hotel.
Regulus laughed at what he was about to do. He slowly guided
his ship to hover right above the Trevis Building. Nobody knew he was
there because his ship had been disguised as a big white cloud in the
sky. Stealth technology allowed him to avoid all radar and sensor scans
from the Science Police and the Metropolis Spaceport.
Since what he was about to do was going to be cosidered very
much an overt act, he no longer saw the need to be covert. He turned
off the cloud-making machine.
Soon the cloud disappeared to be replaced in the sky by a huge
golden metallic cube, as tall as a flying 20-story building.
Meanwhile, back on the ground, two more Legionnaires had made
their way back to where their clubhouse once stood.
Cosmic Boy greeted them, "Karate Kid, Dream Girl, where have
you two been?"
"We got here as soon as we could," Val answered. "What happened
to the clubhouse?"
Rokk answered with a question of his own. "What? Didn't you feel
the earth shake a little while ago?"
Karate Kid's head slowly turned to look at Nura who had a coy
smile on her face as her beautiful eyes looked downward.
Val turned to look back at Cosmic Boy. He tried to think of
something to say. "Uh ..." he looked backed to Nura, who just turned
her head to avoid his gaze. "Uh ... yeah, I guess I did feel the earth
move a little while ago."
Dream Girl turned away and covered her mouth with her hand.
Cosmic Boy saw her and thought she was upset at what had
happened to the clubhouse. He told her in a confident voice, "Don't
worry, Nura. We'll get whoever did this."
With her back to him, she replied with faked sadness, "I-I
hope so, Rokk. This is so ... so terrible."
The three Legionnaires heard a shout. It was Colossal Boy.
He was pointing into the sky. "Look at that!" he yelled.
They turned and looked skyward. A humongous golden ship was
hovering over downtown Metropolis.
Beneath Regulus' ship, a large circular panel slid open. A
few moments later, a golden beam of light was being projected at the
Trevis Building. Soon, there was another earthquake. This one seemed
worse the first one.
The Trevis Building was caught in the grip of Dr Regulus'
super-tractor beam. As if it was trying to shake a stick loose that
was impaled in the ground, first moving one side and then the other,
the building was being ripped from its foundation in the ground.
Moments later, the tall building began to rise. Needless to
say, there was pandemonium in the street near the building that was
being literally hijacked by the evil Dr Regulus. The sound of the
high-rise being ripped out of the ground was tremendous and really
couldn't being accurately described.
On the bridge of the ship, Regulus was laughing like a hyena.
He could hardly contain himself.
"Mad they want to call me?!" he shouted. "Mad? I'll show
them mad!"
He continued to laugh as he worked the controls for the
tractor-beam and the ship itself that was rising even higher into
the air. The ship was now about 3,800-feet in the air.
What people on the ground saw was the huge ship carrying an
800-foot tall building beneath it. The ship was moving very slowly.
It didn't seem to be in any hurry to leave the area.
"It's payback time, people!" Regulus said to no one. "The
death and destruction will be incredible when I drop this building
on downtown Metropolis."
He pushed some more buttons to make final adjustments.
"Then ... then ... they'll see just how powerful I am," he
said. "This will just give them a small demonstration of my immense
power!" He laughed again.
As Dr Regulus' finger was just about to push the button that
would turn off the super-tractor beam and drop the Trevis Building
to the ground, an alarm klaxon began sounding a warning. His eyes
quickly turned to another monitor screen. In the distance, he spotted
an orange ship quickly coming toward him.
His fingers pushed some keys on his computer console and a
computerized female-sounding voice told him: "Ship identified as a
Legion Mark III cruiser with a ..." He cut off the rest of the
description -- he didn't need it. He just needed to confirm that
it was indeed Legionnaires that were coming at him.
He laughed. "They want to play games, eh?"
On the Legion ship that was fast approaching the huge,
metallic monster that was floating in the sky, Duo Damsel asked
Invisible Kid, "Are you sure it was a good idea leaving Karate
Kid and Dream Girl at our temporary command post? We might need
their help."
Invisible Kid's eyes first looked at some computer screens
and then at the main viewing screen that showed the golden ship.
Then he answered Luornu, "We needed to leave someone behind in case
some other Legionnaires show up to our distress call. We'll be okay."
Regulus watched the Legion ship approach with great interest.
Once more he laughed in anticipation. "That's it. Come closer you
young meddlers," he said.
The Legion ship began to slow down as it came near Regulus'
craft. Suddenly, an awesome sun-powered blast hit the Legionnaires.
The blast was so unexpected and powerful, it struck the ship about
halfway on the fuselage. The Legion ship was torn in two and was
effectively destroyed!
Seeing what he had done, Regulus screamed in joy and laughed
uncontrollably. "They ..." he practically choked from laughing,
"... they never knew what hit them!"
Regulus was right. The force of the blast was so violent that
the bodies of seven Legionnaires were ejected from their craft and
into the air over Metropolis.
TO BE CONTINUED ....
***
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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 7 - THE POWER OF THE SUN
A crazy laugh was heard on the bridge of the massive ship that
was now high over Metropolis. Dr Regulus was still talking to himself
as he formulated the master plan in his mind.
"Ha! The Legion of Super-Dummies will find out just how powerful
I am. I have unlimited power! As long as the sun keeps shining, I am
virtually invincible!" he said.
Regulus checked a few of the video screens in front of him and
then pushed a few buttons to make some adjustments.
His deep voice turned more serious in tone, "I need to show
them ... and the world ... just how powerful I can be."
He widened his ship's view screen of Metropolis in order to
get some idea of where to strike next. He turned the camera from one
place to another. Then, something caught his eye.
"Ah, the Trevis Building," he said. "That looks interesting."
The Trevis Building was located in downtown Metropolis and was
referred to as a mixed-occupancy building. The 75-story circular tower
was home to commercial offices, apartments, condominiums and even a
hotel.
Regulus laughed at what he was about to do. He slowly guided
his ship to hover right above the Trevis Building. Nobody knew he was
there because his ship had been disguised as a big white cloud in the
sky. Stealth technology allowed him to avoid all radar and sensor scans
from the Science Police and the Metropolis Spaceport.
Since what he was about to do was going to be cosidered very
much an overt act, he no longer saw the need to be covert. He turned
off the cloud-making machine.
Soon the cloud disappeared to be replaced in the sky by a huge
golden metallic cube, as tall as a flying 20-story building.
Meanwhile, back on the ground, two more Legionnaires had made
their way back to where their clubhouse once stood.
Cosmic Boy greeted them, "Karate Kid, Dream Girl, where have
you two been?"
"We got here as soon as we could," Val answered. "What happened
to the clubhouse?"
Rokk answered with a question of his own. "What? Didn't you feel
the earth shake a little while ago?"
Karate Kid's head slowly turned to look at Nura who had a coy
smile on her face as her beautiful eyes looked downward.
Val turned to look back at Cosmic Boy. He tried to think of
something to say. "Uh ..." he looked backed to Nura, who just turned
her head to avoid his gaze. "Uh ... yeah, I guess I did feel the earth
move a little while ago."
Dream Girl turned away and covered her mouth with her hand.
Cosmic Boy saw her and thought she was upset at what had
happened to the clubhouse. He told her in a confident voice, "Don't
worry, Nura. We'll get whoever did this."
With her back to him, she replied with faked sadness, "I-I
hope so, Rokk. This is so ... so terrible."
The three Legionnaires heard a shout. It was Colossal Boy.
He was pointing into the sky. "Look at that!" he yelled.
They turned and looked skyward. A humongous golden ship was
hovering over downtown Metropolis.
Beneath Regulus' ship, a large circular panel slid open. A
few moments later, a golden beam of light was being projected at the
Trevis Building. Soon, there was another earthquake. This one seemed
worse the first one.
The Trevis Building was caught in the grip of Dr Regulus'
super-tractor beam. As if it was trying to shake a stick loose that
was impaled in the ground, first moving one side and then the other,
the building was being ripped from its foundation in the ground.
Moments later, the tall building began to rise. Needless to
say, there was pandemonium in the street near the building that was
being literally hijacked by the evil Dr Regulus. The sound of the
high-rise being ripped out of the ground was tremendous and really
couldn't being accurately described.
On the bridge of the ship, Regulus was laughing like a hyena.
He could hardly contain himself.
"Mad they want to call me?!" he shouted. "Mad? I'll show
them mad!"
He continued to laugh as he worked the controls for the
tractor-beam and the ship itself that was rising even higher into
the air. The ship was now about 3,800-feet in the air.
What people on the ground saw was the huge ship carrying an
800-foot tall building beneath it. The ship was moving very slowly.
It didn't seem to be in any hurry to leave the area.
"It's payback time, people!" Regulus said to no one. "The
death and destruction will be incredible when I drop this building
on downtown Metropolis."
He pushed some more buttons to make final adjustments.
"Then ... then ... they'll see just how powerful I am," he
said. "This will just give them a small demonstration of my immense
power!" He laughed again.
As Dr Regulus' finger was just about to push the button that
would turn off the super-tractor beam and drop the Trevis Building
to the ground, an alarm klaxon began sounding a warning. His eyes
quickly turned to another monitor screen. In the distance, he spotted
an orange ship quickly coming toward him.
His fingers pushed some keys on his computer console and a
computerized female-sounding voice told him: "Ship identified as a
Legion Mark III cruiser with a ..." He cut off the rest of the
description -- he didn't need it. He just needed to confirm that
it was indeed Legionnaires that were coming at him.
He laughed. "They want to play games, eh?"
On the Legion ship that was fast approaching the huge,
metallic monster that was floating in the sky, Duo Damsel asked
Invisible Kid, "Are you sure it was a good idea leaving Karate
Kid and Dream Girl at our temporary command post? We might need
their help."
Invisible Kid's eyes first looked at some computer screens
and then at the main viewing screen that showed the golden ship.
Then he answered Luornu, "We needed to leave someone behind in case
some other Legionnaires show up to our distress call. We'll be okay."
Regulus watched the Legion ship approach with great interest.
Once more he laughed in anticipation. "That's it. Come closer you
young meddlers," he said.
The Legion ship began to slow down as it came near Regulus'
craft. Suddenly, an awesome sun-powered blast hit the Legionnaires.
The blast was so unexpected and powerful, it struck the ship about
halfway on the fuselage. The Legion ship was torn in two and was
effectively destroyed!
Seeing what he had done, Regulus screamed in joy and laughed
uncontrollably. "They ..." he practically choked from laughing,
"... they never knew what hit them!"
Regulus was right. The force of the blast was so violent that
the bodies of seven Legionnaires were ejected from their craft and
into the air over Metropolis.
TO BE CONTINUED ....
***
Come visit me and/or Chris Dee and the other fine writers at Gotham After
Dark Message Board at: http://pub101.ezboard.com/bgothampm
