Author's notes: I want to say thank you for the reviews, and now, I have some new fans of the story! Hooray! Special thanks to asha-man72, Klinoa, and Metal Dragon1 along with the usual, terrific authors, L1701E, Red Witch, and Sparky Genocide! Thanks for the kind reviews! They give me the incentive to finish this story!
CHAPTER 10: Things Just Got Worse
"Secret Scout Ring, POWER UP!!" yelled Sarah, Paul, David, Ryan, and Justin in unison as they raised their hands with their rings to the sky, and immediately, their bodies illuminated with an aura of shimmering, rosy light. The Dinosaucers immediately got into battle stances, prepared to defend their very lives against the Misfits and G.I. Joe. Allo, however, was furious that Justin was deciding to join and fight with the other Secret Scouts.
"Justin, get back inside the Lavadome and stay there!!" Allo yelled as the Dinosaucers and Blind Master charged towards the Misfits and the Joes.
"No!!" Allo got even more incensed at his son's defiance.
"Justin, this is a direct order!! Do it!! Go back to the Lavadome and put the base under lockdown!!!"
"I'm not leaving any of you!! I'm the one they want, so it's my fight too!!" Justin shot back, glaring at his father directly in the eye before he started to take off for the brawl, but now livid, Allo grabbed Justin roughly by the arm and forced him to remain still.
"Damn it, Justin! If you won't go willingly…" and Allo left the warning unfinished as he picked up a struggling Justin by the waist and started to carry him towards the base, his arm encircled around the teenager and pinning Justin's arms uselessly to his sides. He then spoke to Bronto-Thunder and Tricero on his communicator.
"Bronto-Thunder, Tricero, I'm going to take Justin back to the base for his safety; I will join you and the others immediately as soon as Justin is safe. Keep the both of us covered!" And then he shut off his radio-link before the triceratops and the brontosaurus could protest.
"Dad, let go!! They need me!! Let me go and fight!!" cried Justin angrily as he writhed and tried to buck out of Allo's grip, but the Dinosaucer turned a deaf ear as he kept sprinting towards the base, unwilling and extremely worried. Even with the added strength from the ring, Justin couldn't break out of his father's protective grip around him.
Meanwhile, the battle was raging fiercely.
Struthio gasped in astonishment as Quicksilver ran circles around him, being a multicolored blur in the air, moving so fast, the sands and winds picked up to howling speeds. The teenage Dinosaucer knew Blind Master told him Pietro was fast, but he didn't anticipate for the boy to be this fast. Luckily, unlike Justin, Struthio was too heavy for Pietro to pick up easily, and with such a large mass, the dinosaur was able to keep his balance and feet firmly planted on the ground. However, the painful sensation of the dust and rock shrapnel striking his face and the sand clouds blocking his sight was a major disadvantage. Thinking quickly, the struthiomimus suddenly stuck out his tail within the ring of silver, white, and gray encircling rapidly around him. Unfortunately, it was clearly obvious that Quicksilver had been warily familiar of that particular maneuver many times beforehand for the albino mutant jumped the tail easily before letting the Dinosaucer have a swift haymaker to his side. Struthio cried out in agony; even though it was light, physics withstanding, a light punch hurtling at over 100 miles per hours could generate enough force to make it feel like Struthio was hit with a two-ton iron bar. Over and over, the field scout was barraged with a multitude of lightning-quick punches and blows on his legs and torso while the cyclone blew harder and harder. Determined, Struthio stuck his tail out again in the circle, but this time, he stuck out his hand above his tail. Quicksilver nimbly avoided the tail…but jumped right into Struthio's waiting claw. With a thud, Pietro collided with the arm and was left winded on the sand, immediately lessening the force of the sand tornado. Seizing the moment, the struthiomimus picked up Pietro and grabbed the mutant from behind in a bear hug, effectively suspending him above the ground and preventing the Misfit from getting any traction on the sand.
"Gotcha!" crowed Struthio, but then Pietro smirked before his body immediately began rapidly vibrating, and in less than three seconds, Quicksilver's rapidly moving body caused enough friction to leave huge, red welts and burns on Struthio's arms, the heat biting enough to wear through the Dinosaucer's tough hide. Being in bodily contact, the rapid velocity of the albino's moving form was too intense for Struthio, and he cried out in pain again from the burns as he dropped a still-smirking Pietro.
"I'm not known for being a slippery one for nothing," Quicksilver mocked before he ran circles around Struthio again, this time now letting lose a full assault of blows, punches, and kicks all around the struthiomimus.
Teryx was narrowly dodging the laser pulses fired from Cover Girl's rifle as she flew in the air. Despite her agility and accurateness of flight control, it was still close enough to graze the remige and retrice feathers of her wings, singing them and causing several to fall out. Notwithstanding Teryx's best maneuvers, Cover Girl was a skilled markswoman; whatever she'd put her eye on, she'd put in a bullet. It was only a matter of time. Taking a huge gambit, the archaeopteryx did a complete break towards the sky, the glare of the sun directly behind her. Blinded by the harsh rays, Cover Girl ceased firing for a moment at her target, but the moment was all the Dinosaucer needed. Then executing a high yo-yo combat maneuver, like a jet, Teryx dove steeply before gliding directly above Cover Girl. Before the G.I. Joe soldier could react, using her mechanical manacle on her wrist, Teryx fired a blue, energy net directly at Cover Girl. It was one of the few abilities that she had over the other Dinosaucers, the ability to create and ensnare enemies with plasma nets made of ultraviolet radiation, a feat only possible due to advanced Reptilion technology. Though made of radiation energy, the net would only give a sufficient enough shock to render the solider unconscious without harm or injury. And the berth of the net was so wide and immense, Cover Girl could not possibly dodge it in time. With a crackle of electricity, the net enveloped Cover Girl and shrieking, the mousy-haired woman fell to her knees in pain, close to keeling over as the energy burned into her nerves. However, Low Light, enraged, grabbed the net off his girlfriend with both hands and extracted it off her body before it could do any damage. Teryx was at first confused. Why did the soldier do such a foolish thing? Now, because he was in direct contact with the net, he would be subjected to the energy shock. Yet despite seeing the ultraviolet streams snake up and down Low Light's arms, it was only until the human sniper's entire body began to glow that Teryx realized what was happening. She forgot that Low Light had the ability to transform his molecular make-up into solid, liquid, gas…or pure energy. So instead of shocking him, Low Light was actually absorbing the ultraviolet radiation from the net into his body.
"Thanks for the energy boost, you feathered tramp!" snarled Low Light as he tossed aside the remains of the drained weapon, his entire body now illuminating with yellow light, "Now let me teach you to not mess with my girlfriend!" With that, Low Light immediately dissolved into a gaseous, thick, blinding, cloud of charcoal smoke and rocketed like a bullet directly at Teryx, swallowing her up within the mass of dark smog. The female reptile tried to fly out, but the smoke was everywhere; she couldn't see! Teryx coughed and sputtered madly, her flight pattern now chaotic, slow, and uncontrolled. Blind, distracted, and seriously weakened…it was the perfect chance for Cover Girl. Regaining hold of her laser rifle, Cover Girl aimed directly into the very heart of the smoke cloud and fired.
Direct hit. Teryx toppled out of the smoke with a cry before hitting the sandy terrain with a thud, her right shoulder streaked with blood, her wing useless. Stunned, all she could do was lie there on the brink of consciousness as Low Light reverted back to his normal human form, walking towards her.
Meanwhile, during the raging fights and curses, Althea spotted Allo and immediately guessed he was the prime dinosaur. And with the alpha Dinosaucer retreating back to the base, it was apparent she would find the brat, Justin, as well. She immediately dashed towards the direction of the Lavadome, but then another female, taller and with blond hair, jumped in front of her path. It was the Secret Scout, Sarah.
"Get out of my way, blondie!" growled Wavedancer.
"Bring it!" Sarah warned with equal danger as she got into a fighting stance from her lessons in kickboxing, "The only way you get to Justin is through me!!" Without much further prodding, Wavedancer flew forward with a powerful spring from her feet and started flailing Sarah with a flurry of punches, quick and hard. Sarah held her ground as she kept blocking the mutant's attacks, though barely for close combat was one of Althea's specialties. And Althea was smaller and much quicker. Already, Sarah's face was starting to show red marks from her opponent's fists as Althea then let loose a straight kick into Sarah's stomach. Winded, Sarah somersaulted backwards as she held her stomach gingerly with one hard as Wavedancer then charged towards her again. Ignoring the pain, Sarah then did a forward flip, narrowly missing Althea's roundhouse kick as she tried to deliver a downwards hammer punch on top of Althea, but the raven-haired solider simply blocked it effortlessly before grabbing Sarah's arm and flinging the girl to the ground in one, smooth, fluid motion. Wavedancer then tried to slam her foot onto Sarah's skull, but Sarah rolled away at the last instant, the boot missing her by no more than an inch before she did a one-armed handstand and caught Althea in the chin with her foot. Wavedancer winced in pain as the force was practically strong enough to dislocate her jaw. Superhuman strength, eh? Well then, if she wanted to get nasty… Sarah then back-flipped to safety as Wavedancer charged at her again, this time using her knife in one hand. Sarah was now getting extremely worried; no matter how much power her Secret Scout ring could help her, Althea was clearly winning and would soon overpower Sarah in a matter of seconds.
Stego and Plateo immediately took on the Scarlet Witch. Knowing her abilities from what Blind Master had told them, they figured two dinosaurs would be harder to overcome than a single foe. Immediately, Plateo touched his Dinosaucer insignia on his uniform, commanding to Stego, "Quickly, dinovolve!!"
Stego got the hint as he too touched his insignia on his uniform. To Wanda's shocked amazement, the plateosaurus and the stegosaurus immediately were engulfed with white light, energy released from each and every reptilian cell in their bodies as they began to undergo advanced metamorphosis.
"Dinovolve" is a term meaning to have a Dinosaucer's body revert into its former primordial form, its prehistoric body. Though they no longer had their physical, humanistic characteristics, Plateo and Stego both would change into stronger and more formidable opponents due to the "dinovolution" process. When the light faded, Wanda looked up to see herself staring directly at a primeval stegosaurus and plateosaurus, each towering over the teenager by at least fifty feet, both growling guttural noises. Wanda was now literally pitted against two Godzillas. Plateo was now standing upright on powerfully muscled hind legs with equally fearsome clawed forearms and a heavy, pliable tail that had to weigh at least a ton. Stego was equally impressive with his larger and rounder, hulking body that was casting a dreary shadow over Wanda, his stout plates on his back along with his spiked tail that looked stronger than steel.
With a roar, Stego immediately lumbered forward and arched his spiked tail high into the air before lunging it forward, like a scorpion, towards Wanda. Despite the ferocity, Plateo and Stego could honestly, even in their prehistoric forms, wish to not do any more harm to the mutant than absolutely necessary. But what choice did they have? Wanda was a powerful solider and opponent, and she would kill them and Justin if given the chance. Her army training rushing her instincts immediately, the goth girl managed to back-flip and roll away from the bony spikes at the last second, the tail crashing nearby in a cloud of dust and sand. Yet Plateo then dashed towards Scarlet Witch, ready to stomp her into the ground. Strafing like mad, the female mutant teen managed to dodge-roll out of the stampede in the last minute, though barely, the sand vibrating softly underneath the heavy Plateo's weight. Unfazed and resolute, Plateo simply turned around, causing his tail to swing towards Wanda like a whip. Gasping, the female Misfit ducked, the tail swishing by over her head by mere inches; even a grazing blow would be devastating enough to dislocate her shoulder. Snarling, Scarlet Witch let loose a huge hex-bolt, embedding it into Plateo's side. Wincing, the plateosaur faltered a bit, but he was too heavy to be knocked down by a simple hex-bolt. Wanda's hex powers were not strong enough to knock down a sentinel, much less a dinosaur. Encouraged, Stego then charged towards her this time, his tail ready, but Wanda immediately had a brilliant idea. As the bony, spiked club came rushing towards her, Scarlet Witch simply managed to hex the tail, causing Stego to lose control and ending up striking Plateo directly in the chest, leaving deep gouge wounds in the skin and flesh covering his sternum. Since the tail was relatively lighter than Stego's entire body, it was easier to hex it. From the pain, Plateo stumbled, wincing and making deep guttural rumblings of agony as the dinosaur awkwardly held both of its claws to its bleeding chest. Stego, horrified at what he had accidentally done, tried to attack Wanda again, but Wanda then flicked her hands at the sand underneath Plateo and Stego. Despite the firm ground moments ago, she had hexed the sand to turn it into a sinkhole, crumbling and turning into a sand trap, bringing the two heavy Dinosaucers lower and lower into the sand. Enraged, Plateo and Stego tried to scrabble out, but the more they struggled, the quicker they sank. The odds were now clearly against them
Wanda smirked, "What's the matter? Run into a little….bad luck??"
Plateo and Stego could both only helplessly roar in dismay as they sunk lower and lower into the sand, unable to move.
Paul wasn't doing too well, especially since Spirit was clearly the stronger, more experienced, and effective fighter in the duel. And despite his additional speed and agility from his ring, Sprit was surprisingly quick and versatile. If anything, the ring only brought Paul up to Spirit's level of combat, but not surpassing it. Spirit, stone faced yet with his dark eyes burning like hot coals, kept using a variety of judo and simple, fluid strikes that gave Paul very little room to back off and formulate a plan. Every time the Secret Scout tried to back off, Spirit would fearlessly dash forward with a different attack, whether it would be a punch, a kick, or a simple rush with his shoulder, like a football player. Yet the Native-American G.I. soldier was barely breaking a sweat, and almost seemed bored, as if he was playing cat-and-mouse, a trivial game, with Paul.
"Stop this!!" Paul tried to reason, "I don't wish to hurt you!!"
"Tell me where that mutant demon-child is, and I shall leave you," Spirit said in a low voice, barely tired, as he tried to sweep Paul off his feet with a low kick, but Paul managed to jump over the strike, avoiding it.
"No!" Paul's voice had never been more resolute and steadfast as it was on that one word, that one rebuttal.
"Then you shall die alongside him, foolish one," Spirit emotionlessly stated as he now became more intense and furious in his attacks. Paul then saw an opening as he jumped high and forward, his knee extended directly at Spirit's chest while throwing a simultaneous corkscrew punch at the soldier's jaw. Yet Spirit crossed his arms across his chest and blocked, catching the brunt of Paul's knee in the apex of his joined forearms while his hands caught hold of Paul's wrist. With a grunt, Sprit threw Paul down on the sand, the Secret Scout landing hard on his stomach. Yet before Paul could get back up, Spirit then jumped on Paul's back before applying a swift chokehold around his opponent's neck, his biceps immediately flexing and cutting off Paul's air supply. Paul choked as he tried to buck Spirit off him, but the G.I. Joe was too heavy for him, and already, black dots were appearing before Paul's eyes as his face grew red from struggling, and he could taste the roof of his mouth filling with blood. It wouldn't be long now.
"You traitor!! You treacherous scum!! You disgrace all of the glory and honor that is of the ninja way!! You shall pay for your betrayal, uragirimono!!!" Xi snarled murderously at his teacher and mentor as he tried to rip Blind Master to shreds with his claws, his feet and hands moving so swiftly, they were green blurs. Blind Master, however, was in no danger, his senses honed from years of battle and training. A simple shove, a quick twirl, a whack with his cane if a blow should come too close for his liking, Gabriel moved swift and sure. No matter what, Xi could not land a single punch on Gabriel. He may not wish to kill Xi, but he certainly would not want to give Xi a chance to hurt him, even in the mutant's insane rage. And there would be no way in hell Blind Master would allow any harm to come to Justin. Even if it would cost him his own life, Blind Master would do everything he could to ensure Justin and the Dinosaucers would survive this. (See Author's notes)
"Makeru mon ka," Blind Master replied softly in Japanese, placating. This statement, however, only further infuriated Xi as he kept trying to attack, now completely feral and lost in bloodlust. (See Author's notes)
Low Light then transformed his body into pure steel as he approached Teryx, ready to dig his metal fingers into Teryx's body and rip out her vital organs, one by one. But before he could grab the female Dinosaucer, there was a strangled cry from Cover Girl followed by a short noise of crackling rock, like grinding stone and ice cracking in first contact with water. The blond sniper turned to see, to his absolute horror, Cover Girl now frozen solid, fossilized into pure, hard, brown stone and rock. She had been shot, rendering her useless in the battle, her face still etched in surprise. And standing ten feet away from her with his gun still pointed at Cover Girl was Bonehead, trembling slightly with fear at what he had done, but still steadfast nonetheless. Low Light was furious, almost apoplectic.
"You miserable son of a lizard bitch!!" roared Low Light as he took out his sniper rifle fluidly, ready to put a bullet straight into Bonehead's eye and brain. Yet, without warning, a hand similar to a crab's claw pinched his arms painfully, to the point of feeling his bone scream at the sudden pressure as another pincer grasped the sniper gun and neatly decapitated it into two pieces. Low Light furiously turned to see himself face to face with Itchy. The gray itchyosaurus was fuming, his face in a dark scowl and his teeth showing dangerously.
"Let me teach you what happens to assholes that shoot my fiancée!" Itchy shouted as he flung Low Light back by several feet before ordering, "Bonehead, quick!! Fossilize him!!"
Upon the command, the pachycephalosaurus aimed his gun and shot a beam of multicolored light directly at Low Light, the laser cutting through the air and striking the G.I. Joe in the chest. Itchy was at first triumphant, but then to his horror, the dolphin-like dinosaur saw that Low Light was still moving and fully conscious, even after being shot at by the fossilizer gun. It didn't work! Then Itchy and Bonehead saw that Low Light had now transformed his body into stone, his tattered, black uniform now showing blackish-gray rock, his entire body now resembling a living golem.
"Here's a tip, morons!" Low Light snapped as he broke into a charging run towards Itchy, "You can't fossilize me if I'm already in the form of rock!!"
"Bring it, Joe!! You're due for a beat-down!!" snapped Itchy as he charged towards Low Light. With a roar, they both leapt towards each others throats, with Itchy having the advantage of towering over Low Light by several feet and being heavier while the army sniper had the advantage of deadly combat training and his mutant power. Low Light punched Itchy in the stomach hard with a rock fist before giving the Dinosaucer a head-butt in the chin. Not bothering the wipe the dribbling blood from his mouth, Itchy twirled around, his dolphin tail catching the soldier smartly on the neck, and even with the stone shell, damn, it still hurt like hellfire. However, the tail-whip was quickly followed by an execution of a backhand-and-right-cross punch combo before Low Light felt himself tackled and pinned to the ground. Itchy was no weakling, and multiple battles with the Tyrannos honed his skills of hand to hand combat. Yet Low Light wasn't beaten yet. Not by a long shot. As the Dinosaucer kept trying to crush him, Low Light's body glowed again with the brilliant hue of pure, unrestrained electricity.
"Hey, what the -?!" but that was all the itchyosaurus was able to utter before Low Light grasped the arms of his attacker with his hands and sent an insane amount of painful electricity coursing through Itchy's body. Itchy screamed in pain as the searing volts wrecked his senses and caused every nerve cell in his body to shrivel in anguish. His body slightly smoking, Itchy toppled off Low Light, unconscious and barely breathing; thankfully though, the Dinosaucer was still alive. Low Light managed to squirm his way from underneath the electrocuted dinosaur, reverting back to his normal form when he heard heavy footsteps pounding the ground rapidly behind him. The G.I. Joe cursed. He forgot about the second Dinosaucer, the one that fossilized Cover Girl. Preparing for the worst, Low Light transformed into solid steel alloy as he whirled around, ready to face the pachycephalosaurus.
"C'mon!! Give me your best…shot?" the sniper finished weakly as he saw Bonehead charging straight towards him. Unfortunately for Low Light, he was now facing the angry form of the dinovolved Bonehead, now changed to gargantuan size and massive strength. Facing the simple, naïve, spacey-looking Dinosaucer was one thing. Facing a prehistoric dinosaur with his massive, impenetrable skull bent low like a bull's and charging with speeds that could rival a moving car was another matter. And with Bonehead already within meters of Low Light, the mutant soldier didn't have much time to do anything else except gasp as Bonehead head-butted him in the chest. Hard. With enough force to knock over a steel, twenty-ton tank. With a snort and a final upwards thrust of his head, Bonehead sent Low Light, in his steel form, flying high in the air, clubbing the wind out of the G.I. Joe. Stunned and experiencing incredible pressure from the conflicting G-forces, Low Light could only go limp as he sailed in a steep curve before crashing back down into the sand. Groaning, Low Light managed to prop himself up into a sitting position, in sheer agony. He then noticed that even in his steel body, Low Light's chest area was caved inward from the brute force of Bonehead's thick skull. Two hundred feet or so away, Bonehead morphed back into his humanoid form, wincing as he gingerly touched his head.
"I am so going to feel that one in the morning," Bonehead groaned in pain.
"Bad dinosaur!" chanted Trinity in unison as they kept shocking Compy with psychic lightning as they flew in the air, holding each other's hands, and hovered after the Dinosaucer, "Bad dinosaur! Bad, bad, bad!!"
"YEEEAAARRRRGGGHHH!! Get these Stepford psychopaths away from me!!" hollered the compsognathus as he kept nimbly running, trying his best to avoid the bolts of energy as they literally seared into his mind and brain, rummaging through his path of memories like an out-of-control, swerving racecar. Nothing he could do could possibly defend himself from mutant triplets. As a huge, crackling force of white energy then thundered down on the small Dinosaucer, Tricero managed to grab Compy by the collar and roughly pulled him out of the danger. The lightning crashed down harmlessly on the sand within an inch or two of striking distance. However, Daria then commanded to Brittney and Quinn, "Delta Psychic Wave, girls!"
Upon the order, all three girls immediately formed a triangle formation, joining hands as a huge pulse of white energy started to swirl and coagulate into a mass of hot, psychic aura, churning and writhing. It was like staring directly into a snowstorm, a hurricane of white. With a thunderous roar, the mass flew towards Tricero and Compy. Thinking fast, Tricero grabbed Compy by the very back of his uniform tightly, saying gruffly, "Compy, break those girls apart, and they can't use their psychic attacks."
"Huh? Hey, what are you -?!!" Compy began as he was hefted roughly from behind. However, like a shot-put ball, Tricero simply leaned back effortlessly.
"Enjoy you first flying lesson, Compy," and with that, a hollering compsognathus was lobbed over the psychic energy like a baseball, gracefully soaring in a soft arc. With arms, legs, and tail flailing madly, Compy could only brace himself as the energy narrowly whizzed by underneath him, still heading directly towards Tricero who was on the ground below. Then Compy realized he was heading directly for the three triplet sisters, about to collide into them, exactly what Tricero intended when he aimed his throw. With a crash, Compy entangled himself into Daria, Quinn, and Brittney, and fearful of the high altitude, Compy scrambled onto the back of Daria, madly clawing and kicking.
"Hey, let go!" yelled Daria, distracted, and on cue, all four of them fell down onto the sand with a plop. Stunned, Compy then tried to get back on his feet and attack, but then using their martial skills, Quinn and Brittney started punching the Dinosaucer with quick, multiple jabs while Daria leapt into the air and tried to deliver a spinning-axel kick to Compy's head. Compy luckily managed to sidestep out of Daira's foot, but only to immediately become weighed down as Quinn and Brittney tackled him, trying to pin him down.
"If I live through this, I'm gonna kill Tricero!" cursed Compy angrily as he tried to madly tear the Triplets off him, yet the young mutants were surprisingly strong as they dog-piled the compsognathus.
Raptor was busy dodging the rainfall of metal bullets that Roadblock was shooting at him with his machine gun. Though the G.I. Joe solider had the weapon, Raptor was quick on his feet. Being a velociraptor enabled him flexible bodily movement and spilt-second reflexes, and combined with his cunning, Raptor was a deadly assassin. The sounds of rapid gunfire, like ripping cloth, rent the air as Roadblock kept spraying the sand with ammunition. Yet, to Raptor's foresight and intuition, it wasn't long before Roadblock ran out of the current bullet sash he was using. Knowing it was now or never, Raptor immediately sprung towards the African American Joe, taking a flying leap and soaring into the air like a cougar, ready to pounce and crush the human beneath him. There would be no possible way the army soldier would ever be able to reload his machine gun in time, and in extremely narrow quarters, a gun would always lose in close combat. Out of all the Dinosaucers, Raptor had no qualms or second thoughts about killing, and he was damn proud of it. However, Roadblock was no fool. Roadblock managed to crouch down before pushing himself forward on the balls of his feet in an effective roll maneuver, evading the spot where Raptor landed with his clawed feet by several inches. Snarling, Raptor turned around to face Roadblock, only to be met with a swift jab in the snout with the butt of Roadblock's gun. Feeling a tooth cracking from the hit, snarling, Raptor delivered a swift roundhouse kick. Roadblock leapt back, but he couldn't avoid the Dinosaucer's clawed foot, and wincing, the Joe now had four parallel and bleeding gashes showing through his army-green tank top. Raptor tried kicking him again, but Roadblock easily sidestepped before clubbing the dinosaur in the back with the weapon. Raptor then returned the favor with a backhand across the man's face. Taking the hit, Roadblock undid his spare bullet sash, and using it like a whip, Roadblock twirled around before delivering a stinging slap across Raptor's head with the flat end of the metal-studded band, the Raptor's face now showing ugly bruises dripping with blood from the swelling. Damn. That one hurt. Raptor then tried to claw at Roadblock again, but using another evasive maneuver from his military training, the Joe efficiently dodged the Dinosaucer's claws before leaping onto Raptor's back. Within a split second, the bullet sash was now tightened around Raptor's neck, strangling him. Raptor choked, trying to tug the collar off him, but Roadblock increased the pressure and pulled both ends harder, bring the Dinosaucer to his knees, close to passing out.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and once I'm done with you, Justin will hear my gun's call," sneered Roadblock in Raptor's ear, giving the sash a final tug, but Raptor, at the mention of Justin's name, managed to grab Roadblock's head from behind, his arm encircling around the Joe's neck, and flung the human off him as hard as he could. Roadblock landed on the ground on his back, but he still had a death grip on the bullet strip, and using it as leverage, Roadblock delivered another kick under Raptor's chin. Yet the brief moment was all Raptor needed to slash and hack at the sash with his claws, ripping in into three pieces, and the kick just gave Raptor the needed momentum to rip free from the stranglehold. Gasping, Raptor then sneered back.
"You are an annoying twit…and your rhyming stinks," Raptor said curtly, rudely. Roadblock became instantly murderous.
"You'll pay for that remark, turd!" Roadblock shouted as he charged with fists flying, Raptor retaliating just the same, and over and over, the Dinosaucer and Joe traded curses, kicks, and punches, blow for blow.
They weren't the only ones trading blow for blow. Bronto-Thunder and Blob were wrestling, their hands gripped upon the other, grunting and shoving. Both were trying to outbid and overpower the other in a sheer contest of muscle and brute strength. Though the brontosaurus towered over Blob many fold, Blob was still surprisingly strong, and no matter how hard he tried, the Dinosaucer could not shove Blob back. And since he was considerably much smaller, it was harder and more awkward for Bronto-Thunder to gain leverage and a good position to pin Blob down; it was like trying to push down an unmovable lawn gnome. And the fleeting moments that passed only resulted in the match becoming more and more ugly and violent.
"OW! Let go of my hair, long-neck!!" hollered Blob as Bronto-Thunder gave the mutant's Mohawk another tug.
"When you let go of my tail, fatso!!" yelled Bronto-Thunder in pain as Fred squeezed on the Dinosaucer's appendage even harder with his free hand.
"You're one to talk, Lizard-Lard-Bottom!!" Fred snapped as he gave the Dinosaucer opponent a good swift knee into the stomach before adding, "Typical! Insulting others for the same physical imperfections you suffer yourself!! Talk about your typical scapegoat venting!"
"Who the hell are you to talk?! A 'Dr. Phil' reject?!!" retorted Bronto-Thunder as he tried returning the blow with his fist, but to his horror, he found that his hand merely just sunk into the stomach of the mutant teen, making wet, squelching noises like quicksand. Bronto-Thunder grunted as he tried pulling it out, but to his surprise, the fat and muscle of Blob's stomach started compressing against his hand painfully, like a vise, and as such, the Dinosaucer's hand was stuck within the folds of Fred's stomach. He couldn't get out.
"Hey! Leggo!!!" exclaimed Bronto-Thunder.
"Ha ha!" crowed Fred as he let go of the brontosaurus' tail and punched the dinosaur's collarbone hard with his fist. Trying his hardest not to reel from the burning pain of bone cracking, Bronto-Thunder used his now-free tail to wrap itself tightly around Fred's neck like a noose. Aghast in shock, Fred struggled with the tail around his windpipe, and with this distraction, the grip around Bronto-Thunder's fist lessened, and taking advantage of the moment, the Dinosaucer ripped his fist clear before elbowing Fred in the chin. Fred stumbled back a bit, but he did not fall, and instead, he just gave Bronto-Thunder a look of pure anger.
"Ha ha!" echoed the Dinosaucer annoyingly, mockingly.
"You're gonna regret that, jackass!" roared Blob as he charged at Bronto-Thunder.
"Somehow, I doubt that, you dumb redneck!" shot Bronto-Thunder as he sidestepped the charging mass and tripped him neatly with one foot.
"Reptilian pig!" snarled Blob as he got up and charged again, undaunted.
Meanwhile, Paul was coming close to being strangled to death and Spirit increased the pressure of his forearm across his neck, squeezing harder and harder. Paul was close to suffocating, his lungs begging for some air, and each struggle and body movement just made his body give in to the temptation to go limp even further. Spirit's face was emotionless, waiting for the second when the Secret Scout expired until a foot delivered its heel straight into the soldier's nose, sending enough force for Spirit's head to crack back. The G.I. Joe soldier fell soundlessly, not even realizing that the Secret Scout David managed to sneak up from Spirit's blind spot to deliver a side kick straight to the man's head. And with the additional energy increasing his strength, it was safe to say the Native American would be down and out for a good while. As the Spirit fell, his chokehold lessened and allowed Paul to gasp eagerly for precious air.
"You OK?" David asked worriedly as he knelt by his friend.
"I've had better days," Paul said shortly between deep breaths, coughing, but unfortunately, there wasn't much time for rest. Bullets whizzed over their heads precariously, and David saw that the sailor, Shipwreck, was currently shooting at them with his twin Eagles.
"Scatter!!" David snapped at Paul, giving his friend a shove while he charged directly at the bearded naval Joe. It was foolhardy, but Paul was seriously weakened to put up a good offense, and with David rushing in for a quick ambush, Shipwreck would have no choice but to aim his guns at the raven-haired adult instead. It worked. Shipwreck started shooting at David, and the Secret Scout didn't even flinch as the two bullets grazed by his shoulder and thigh painfully, leaving behind flesh wounds. Running and sliding erratically, David made a flying leap and tried to deliver a flying double-roundhouse kick at Shipwreck. Shipwreck managed to step aside by half-turning his body, but he only avoided the first kick only to have one of the Eagle guns knocked out of his hand by with the second kick. Ignoring the pain in his left hand, Shipwreck swung the butt of his gun with his other hand, having it collide against the right side of David's face. Feeling the blood run down his temple, David managed to quickly pick up a handful of sand and threw it directly in the soldier's eyes. Roaring, Shipwreck was blinded as he tried to painfully blink and rub the sharp fragments of rock and dust from his face, but David used the opportunity to karate-chop the second Eagle out of his attacker's right hand before sweeping the ground with his foot and tripping Shipwreck. Before Shipwreck could get up, David tackled him and pinned the sailor down as best as he could.
Lina did her best to avoid Montacera as the Dinosaucer kept trying to punch her before she finally managed to soar up into the air, avoiding the montanoceratops' blows. Frustrated, Montacera realized that as long as Dragonfly was airborne, she couldn't lay a single hand on her.
"Come down and fight fair, you coward!!" snapped Montacera. Glowering, Lina then swooped down and tried to buzz right by the young Dinosaucer with her wings. Montacera then felt a painful sensation on her shoulder as Lina flew by, and she realized that there was a deep laceration bleeding through her torn uniform. The mutant girl wasn't as defenseless and weak as she appeared to be; though fragile looking, those clear wings were razor-sharp, like knives, and could cut through metal.
"That fair enough?" Dragonfly mocked patronizingly before she shot out a stream of white, sticky silk from her mouth. Montacera shrieked in outrage as the mess of protein splattered against her face and eyes, blinding her. The dinosaur tried desperately to pull the threaded gunk off her face, but it immediately hardened upon contact with the air, and as such, it was like trying to pull out hardened gum and taffy. Unable to do anything, Montacera was truly incapable, and it was then that Dragonfly dive-bombed towards her enemy again.
"Montacera!!" cried out a deep voice, and before she knew it, Montacera felt someone shove her to the ground and gently cover her, a huge, hulking form pressing her small body against the sand, as the sudden noise of Lina's wings rushed past. There was a horrible ripping, wet sound, like the sound of a chainsaw striking a clod of moist earth and mud, followed by a scream of anguish from Tricero. Trembling clawed fingers managed to rip away the last of the silk from Montacera's eyes as she saw she was looking into the haggard, sick face of Tricero, his complexion greener than normal.
"Tricero?" gasped Montacera weakly as she saw the damage Lina's wings caused when she flew by. The triceratops's entire back was horrifically slashed and in tatters, blood pouring freely and the wounds deep, creating disgusting, loose ribbons of flesh. Then she realized what the triceratops had done; Tricero had shielded Montacera from the onslaught of Dragonfly's wings and had willingly taken the damage meant for her. If not for Tricero, it would have been Montacera who would have been critically wounded. The elder Dinosaucer was shaking uncontrollably with the shock of blood loss as he nearly collapsed on the sand, barely able to prop himself up with his hands.
"Tricero!" Montacera cried, his throat clogged and close to wailing.
"I'm…all…right…" Tricero managed to gasp, but his voice was hoarse and thick with dizziness, as if he was about to vomit.
Ryan and Dimetro both teamed up against Toad, but even their combined strengths were not evenly matched against the mutant's agility, martial expertise, and evasive jumps. Toad managed to avoid every lunge and attack made by Ryan and Dimetro, and when the Dinosaucer got too close, he let loose a swarm of martial strikes. Yet it was not that successful. Dimetro, though slow, certainly could handle the punches and kicks sent by Toad, and the frog mutant soon learned that not even his powerful legs could crush and damage through the tough hide and built, solid frame of the dimetrodon. Toad then suddenly let loose a globule of blue slime. Yelping, Dimetro felt the mass splatter against his arm.
Enraged at the sight. Ryan then stormed towards Toad, snarling, "Leave him alone, you freak!!"
"Funny, comin' from the guy associatin' with dinosaurs!" Todd retorted as he took out his wooden bo staff that was strapped behind his back and started twirling it expertly. Unafraid, Ryan let loose a jab, left hook followed by an elbow-thrust punch combo only to have Toad lean and doge every attack with ease before thwacking the side of his staff on Ryan's head. Stars and colors literally exploded in front of the blond adult's sight, but shaking out the cobwebs, Ryan then tried to tackle Toad again. Toad then jumped high into the air, his mutant strength based on his frog-mutation enabling his legs to send Toad high into the air like a rocket. Smirking, Ryan then used the additional energy from his Secret Scout ring to jump high into the air as well, soaring directly towards the Toad who was shocked at the sight.
"Hey, how'd you do that?! I thought you're not a mutant!!"
"God forbid if I turn out to be a freak like you, pond-scum!" shouted Ryan as he let loose a scissor kick that Toad barely had time to block. In the air, the martial combat was strangely majestic, like a scene from the movie, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Back at the Lavadome, Allo was still trying to restrain Justin and force his son to hide in his room. Justin, however, was not having it, and Allo was getting dangerously close to losing his temper fully.
"Dad, let me go!"
"Justin, damn it, stay here and hide!!" yelled Allo in his son's face as he gripped the teenager tightly by the shoulders and forced him to remain standing in the doorway of the Lavadome.
"Dad, the Dinosaucers -!!"
"No excuses, Justin!! Don't question me!! Just do as I say!!!"
"They'll get hurt because of me!! I need to help them!!"
"The Dinosaucers and Secret Scouts will get hurt because they wish to protect you, not to have you go run out like an idiot into battle!! So stop this foolishness now!"
"You can't make me stay, Dad! I won't be selfish and hide like a coward!"
"Justin, so help me, if you don't do as I say, I'll tie you down!" Allo seethed as he gripped his son so hard, Justin's felt like his spine were being crushed.
Justin was now sobbing, pleading as the allosaurus felt his child's hands weakly grasp at his.
"Dad, please! Just let them kill me if it will put a stop to this! I don't want to lose them! I don't want to lose my friends, my family! If…if all the Misfits want is to kill me…then maybe they'll leave the others alone when they're done with me! I…I don't want to lose them!"
Allo's heart broke at that sentence, that plea for mercy killing. Justin wanted the Misfits to murder him, to be a sacrifice of appeasement, to somehow offer himself as a chance for the Dinosaucers to escape harm. Allo then gripped his son's face firmly, trying hard not to let his son know how much he was pained to hear that.
"But I don't want to lose you. So please, for the gods' sake, stop being foolish and just hide. I already lost one child. I don't want to lose another."
Before Justin could answer, the very ground beneath them started wavering and shaking uncontrollably, the metal structure of the Lavadome creaking and groaning with the sudden shift of the rock beneath it. The earth was moving so irregularly, it was like a layer of brown rubber, waves and waves of seismic force rippling through the terrain like water and causing some noticeable destruction to the base.
"What in the name of the mother planet?!!" Allo gasped. Justin, however, remembered his previous experience with the Misfits and bore in mind what the mutant named Avalanche could do with his power. The teenager turned his eyes out to the desert to see to his horror, Lance sneering at him as he hovered his hands in front of him, concentrating on a seismic attack to bring the whole base down, and hopefully taking Allo and Justin with them. To the Dinosaucer's dread, a wave of earth and rocks emerged from the horizon before gaining speed and charging directly towards them, the sounds of moving terrain like rumbling of the loudest thunder. Like clockwork, the floor of the Lavadome, unable to tolerate so much pressure, cracked and tore asunder, metal twisting and snapping like brittle, flimsy plastic, and the metal domes threatened to collapse even further, debris and shrapnel raining down as deadly hail. As Justin unconsciously backed further into the hangar bay in fright, the metal floor underneath his feet suddenly caved in and crumpled into wrinkled, useless sheet metal. Screaming, Justin fell on his stomach as the floor disintegrated bit by bit, threatening to send the teenager into a bottomless chasm formed from the earthquakes. Allo immediately lunged for his son, his attention to Avalanche forgotten.
"Justin!!"
"Dad!!" Justin whimpered in relief as his father managed to grab him by the hand, the teenager hanging on precariously as he dangled in the emptiness of the black hole of where the floor of the Lavadome base used to be. Justin grasped at his father's oversized claws with both hands tightly, his arms and chest muscles burning from the sudden pull and exertion. Unfortunately, the floor, bucking underneath the allosaurus' weight, was starting to give in as well. If Allo didn't get out in time, he would fall to his doom alongside Justin. If he did, he would still have to deal with the crushing surge of rock that was approaching the base closer and closer, ready to bury the Dinosaucers' home and seal it underneath a rockslide.
"It's finished, you pathetic wimp!!" shouted Avalanche in glee, but Justin's body once again, due to the extreme fear and danger, began to glow its telltale silvery light as the white sparkles and orbs enveloped both him and Allo. With a gentle noise, the Dinosaucer and the teenager disappeared just before the earthquake completely desecrated the Lavadome in mere seconds later.
During this time, Dimetro was actually feeling numb, his body stinging and struggling to listen to the orders from his brain. His vision was starting to blur, his breath was coming in short gasps, and by Reptilion, it took all of his strength to not faint from exhaustion right then and there as he fell to his knees.
"What…what is going on??" he wondered out loud, sweating profusely. Toad smiled wickedly as he managed to jump above the Dinosaucer, trying to evade Ryan who was still pursuing him.
"Yo, feelin' a bit down, Dinosaucer? It's a little present thanks to the slime I hit you with earlier. It's pretty cool, huh? That slime's poisonous, even when it comes into body contact for just a little while, and it has a little nice paralyzing effect on top of the poison, so if you don't manage to keep up, you're gonna pass out, unable to move. Course, that's assumin' that you'll manage to survive the toxins in your bloodstream that seeped in your body from my slimeball cause that poison's gonna do a number on your vital organs."
"In a minute, I'm going to do a number on your head, you mutie bastard!!" roared Ryan in helpless fury as he tried to tackle Toad again, taking another flying leap. But Toad was ready for him this time. Twisting his body, the mutant soldier managed to avoid the attack before kicking out with his frog legs, catching Ryan in the stomach. Winded, Ryan couldn't do anything but fall back down to the sand, crashing on his back.
"Ryan…" croaked a weakening Dimetro in worry as Ryan, unconscious, laid sprawled out on the desert floor, limbs akimbo. Toad then leapt back into the air again, this time ready to land feet first directly on top of Ryan's body. With his heavy amphibian legs and the accelerating trip down, Toad could easily crush every single bone in the Secret Scout's body. At the same moment, Allo and Justin the appeared in a flurry of sparks right beside Dimetro, teleporting to a safer place thanks to Justin's power. Allo was completely floored. One instant, he and Justin were hanging on for dear life; the next instant, he was overwhelmed by a bright illumination before finding himself and his son out in the desert next to Dimetro. Then the Dinosaucer leader noticed his friend sinking into critical danger from the poisonous reside sticking to his skin.
"Dimetro!" gasped Allo as he rushed to the dimetrodon's aid. Justin then spotted Ryan and the mutant called Toad about to pound him into a bloody smear on the sand.
"Ryan!" Justin cried out in worry, and before he even could comprehend what he was doing, Justin vanished and disintegrated into a mess of lights before Allo could stop him only to appear again by Ryan's side.
"Ju…Justin??" Ryan managed to utter weakly, on the brink of regaining consciousness as he saw the younger Secret Scout next to him. Without replying, Justin grabbed Ryan's arm and teleported again, taking Ryan with him.
THUD! As Justin reappeared with Ryan next to them, Dimetro and Allo saw that Toad was now stuck up to his waist in the sand, the downward landing generating so much force, nothing broke his fall as he plummeted feet first onto the ground. Now Toad, a bit dizzy (and who could blame him), was embedded into the desert ground. If Justin didn't teleport Ryan out of the way, Toad would have killed the man.
"Wow, what a rush!" panted Justin as he materialized. This time, the use of his mutation came much easier, quicker.
"WHOA!" Paul, who was nearby, exclaimed in awe, "You can teleport too??!"
"I dunno! I guess so!" gasped Justin the instant the glittering, white sparks faded.
Ryan, however, was looking up at the mutant teenager who was still holding his hand protectively, as if Justin had grown three heads.
"You…you saved me?" Ryan managed to gasp. Justin nodded, looking at the injured Ryan still lying on his back in the sand, no trace of malice or bitterness in his wide eyes.
"I couldn't let you get hurt, Ryan." Ryan honestly did not know how to feel about that statement.
"Oof!!" grunted David as Shipwreck managed to place a knee below the Secret Scout's stomach and forcefully push the raven-haired young adult off his body. Spirit was starting to regain consciousness as he groggily hefted himself into a sitting position. Itchy, now awake, managed to limp out of the battlefield while a bleeding Teryx was leaning on her fiancée heavily, an arm draped around the itchyosaurus' shoulders, her clawed feet and wings dragging heavily into the sand. Raptor, to Compy's surprise, managed to divert Trinity long enough to pull his ally out of danger. Blind Master was helping Plateo and Stego, both whom miraculously managed to extract themselves from the sand-trap Wanda created with her hex-bolts. Unfortunately, the battle was far from over.
All around the Dinosaucers, Blind Master and the Secret Scouts, in a crude circle, were the Misfits and Joes, now gaining a second wind for fighting the instant they saw Justin huddled with his family and friends.
"Surrender the brat, and we might let you Dinosaucers live!" roared Low Light as he pointed furiously at Justin. Allo then protectively grabbed the frightened Justin, holding him close to his body, guarding him.
"You can't have him!! I won't let you take my son!!" bellowed Allo.
"Then get ready to become extinct, Dinosaucers!!!" yelled Althea as she and the rest of the team powered up and readied their weapons, about to strike the finishing blow. All the Dinosaucers and Secret Scouts, despite their injuries, tensed for the critical moment, sure that if Justin would not survive this, then they would all gladly die alongside with him.
To their surprise, it was not to be.
"Illustro orbis lux lucis claustrum!!!" commanded a deep, harsh voice in Latin from the skies above, its formal authority echoing grandly across the desert. Upon the mysterious chant, out of the blue, rings of the purest white light emerged from the sky, forming from thin air and radiating a powerful essence before setting themselves upon the Misfits and the Joes surrounding the area. Like magic, the rings completely encircled the soldiers before shrinking and tightening around their bodies, pinning their arms to their sides and binding their legs together uselessly before levitating them softly above the ground. Several, like Xi and Wavedancer, did their best to avoid and dodge the rings and Low Light even tried to transform into a gaseous phase. However, the end result was the same. (See Author's notes)
"Hey, leggo!!" cried Toad as he was imprisoned.
"Hey, no fair, you cheats!!" yelled Blob, the bands managing to even lift him up despite his obese weight.
"I can't get loose!! I can't get loose!!" cried Pietro as he kept trying to struggle and writhe out of the grasp. Blind Master and the others were astounded.
"Amazing!! How many things can you do with your mutant powers?!" exclaimed Paul in astonishment.
"Paul, it's not me!! I didn't do anything!" Justin gasped.
"Are you sure?!" asked a bewildered Sarah as she stared at the sight.
Compy then demanded impatiently to Justin, "Wait a minute! If you didn't do anything, then who the slag did?!!"
"That would be the work of us Whitelighters, you pitiful demon," snarled a voice as a group of twenty-one men, varying in size, height and bulk suddenly materialized in a flurry of white sparks around them in a knit, perfectly formed circle, surrounding the group. Justin was stunned. All of the men were young, having pale, yet not sickly, skin with rosy hues, and it was clearly evident that they were powerful warriors and impressive fighters, especially since they were all carrying scythes and swords made from black metal. Each of the men were wearing white robes that looked like the purest lily blossom, the freshest snow, the whitest cloud. And Justin was even further startled to see that the men, all of them, could appear by summoning a bunch of white, heavenly auras, exactly like he could. But how was that possible? Were they mutants as well? And then Justin noticed with some trepidation that all the men were glaring at him, and three of the mysterious angels were especially antagonistic.
One was a strong, robust, strapping man with silver eyes and long, black hair with one lock of his hair behind his temple entwined in a thin, long braid. His face was delicate and almost feminine, yet the way he stood so proudly and confidently, challenging even, said that this person was not of the peaceful type. He was carrying a black, double-headed axe.
The second was a slightly shorter adult with short, platinum-blond colored hair and cold blue eyes of a glacier that made the insides of Justin freeze up in fear and intimidation as the bore into him. He too was wearing a white robe, but unlike the first man, this one was stockier, his muscular build looming and daunting. He literally could have been a professional body-builder or a wrestler. Around his forehead was a silver chain, wrapped around securely like a crown, and in between the blue eyes was a red ruby, carved into the shape of a crescent moon. This one was wielding a large, black hammer with the head of the weapon being the size of a small car.
The third person was staring at him the most hatefully, and it took Justin only a brief second before his breath caught in his throat. He recognized the man with the goatee immediately. It was the one from his nightmares, the same nightmares that haunted him ever since he was found by Allo and the Dinosaucers in the desert. Plateo, thinking the men were friendly, stood up and started walking towards them, trying to be welcoming and amiable as he tried to express thanks on his teammates' behalf.
"We do not know who you are, but your help was most timely and appreciative. Please accept our most heartiest thanks and -"
"Silence!!!" the man with the hammer snarled and with a wave of his hand, a bright, gleaming force struck the plateosuaurs Dinosaucer, sending him backwards and crashing into the ground. Sarah and Struthio rushed over to their friend's aid. David, Raptor, Bronto-Thunder, and Bonehead looked angry enough to try to attack and retaliate, but then the other man with the black axe barked at them with deadly warning.
"Do not even attempt it!"
Gideon (the man with the goatee) then narrowed his eyes at Justin, being held protectively by Allo. After a moment of deathly silence, Gideon then beamed with malicious, gruesome satisfaction.
"Hello, half-breed."
Just like his dream. It was coming true, and Justin could only quiver against the allosaurus' body as Allo held Justin even tighter.
"Don't call him that!!" flared Allo, ready to kill and fight, "Who do you think you are?!!"
"Justin, do you know him?" the Blind Master asked cautiously. Gideon then chuckled deeply.
"The little bastard child would never know me considering I was never there after he soiled the world's presence with his soul…but I know of him. After all, I am Justin's father."
Author's notes: "Uragirimono" is Japanese for "traitor" and the Blind Master's response, "Makeru mon ka", is Japanese for "I won't give up". Also, the phrase "Illustro orbis lux lucis claustrum!" is Latin for literally "Illuminate rings light prison!" or in this sense, "Illuminate, rings of imprisoning light!"
I hope this chapter was all right; I had no idea it was so difficult to write action sequences. And be prepared for the next chapter, folks, called "Revelations"!! If you were confused by the mystery of this story, all your questions will be answered, including:
1.) What is wrong with Justin (i.e. Why do people hate him)?
2.) Why is Justin considered a "half-breed"?
3.) What exactly is Justin's power?
4.) Who exactly is Gideon?
5.) Why are the Dinosaucers, Secret Scouts, and Blind Master the only ones who can tolerate Justin?
However, considering what I had written about the men and Gideon so far, I think people will be able to guess (if not Google search) which TV show I'm basing them from (and as a result, you should be able to guess what Justin's heritage is and what his powers are). However, for this story, I'm twisting the nature of Gideon a bit, but not by much because he is actually this much of a jerk! Until next Friday, read and review!