Sink the Allentown
To Firefly25: Hey there Firefly! Nice to hear from you again! Yeah, the trump card the Joes are going to pull out are going to cause a few thousand laughs. I like the ideas for the pirate humor, and I'll see if I can fit that line. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait to beta-read the new chapter of "Reindeer Flotilla".
To todd fan: Hey there todd fan! Glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy this new one! I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Slugs and Snails", "X-Men: Evolution, the Musical", and "Little Shop of Mutants". Your fics rock!
To Raliena: Hey there Rae! Glad you liked the last chapter! Come back soon, and enjoy the new chapter!
To Red Witch: Hey there Red Witch! Yeah, malfunctioning BATs are fun. Especially if they keep colliding into each other. I can't wait to read more stuff from you! Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Memories Are Made of This", and "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff". I was thinking of doing a Misfit version of Valor vs. Venom myself, but I need a synopsis. Where'd you get yours?
To Aaron: Hey there Aaron! Nice to hear from you again! Yeah, this episode was a classic. Actually, Dazzler's classification of 'lightengale' comes from the comics. It was a joke on the fact that she had light-based powers and she was a singer. A nightingale is a singing bird, so they put together the words 'light' and 'nightingale', and they got 'lightengale'. If you've seen the episode, then you'll get the idea of how Cobra will be stopped by our heroes. Enjoy the new chapter!
Disclaimer: "Whether she's naked under that toga." - Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters II
Chapter 7: Surprise Defense!
The bridge of the USS Allentown
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
The communications console on the Allentown's bridge flickered to life.
"Who is that?" Destro asked Larson. The admiral went over to the console and punched up some information on who was calling.
"It's Whithalf. He wants to talk." Larson told the steel-masked arms dealer. Destro nodded.
"I am a man of honor, Larson. I don't see a problem in allowing you one last conversation with an old friend." The Scotsman nodded. Larson pressed a button on the console, and General Whithalf's face appeared on the screen.
"Larson…" Whithalf sighed. "Look Gerald, I know you care about the Allentown, but you have gone too far here. But it's not too late. You can still surrender. Please, Gerald. If you don't surrender, I will be forced to launch a massive attack against the Allentown. Either way Gerald, you won't win. Please…just surrender." Destro laughed.
"Oh please!" Destro laughed arrogantly. "Why should he surrender? He's got nothing! If he does surrender, he'll go to jail, and the Allentown will be on the receiving end of the cutter's torch!" Admiral Larson sighed grimly. Destro was unscrupulous, but he did have a point. If he surrendered, the Allentown would be forgotten despite all she did. Better the Allentown went down fighting than for the legendary ship to be made into tin cans.
"You still have a choice, Gerald." Whithalf said. "Turn back and give up." Larson looked up at Whithalf.
"I'm sorry, General." Larson said. "But I don't want the Allentown to become scrap metal. She served her country loyally for sixty plus years, Whithalf. Being made into scrap is not how you honor a great ship." He ended the conference with Whithalf right then and there. The admiral sighed.
"You made the right choice, my friend." Destro nodded at Larson.
"Choices?" Larson said grimly, looking at the Cobra Navy uniform sitting on the chair. "I ran out of choices when I joined Cobra."
Joe Headquarters
"He cut me off." Whithalf sighed. He turned to Admiral Jones, who was standing behind him. "He cares more about his ship than his friends." Jones sighed grimly.
"He made his decision." Jones looked at Whithalf with sympathy. "You know what you have to do." Whithalf bowed his head and closed his eyes.
"Yes, I know." The old general sighed glumly. He picked up a headset. "All units…Sink the Allentown."
The Pacific Ocean
A squadron of Conquest X-30s raced through the air towards the Allentown. From the sea, a fleet of Joe WHALEs. In the air, accompanying the Conquests were Siryn, Thunderbolt, and Sunfire. Velocity, Dazzler, Thunderbird, and Chilljaw were on board WHALEs. From behind the controls of one WHALE, a certain Hawaiian Joe lamented.
"So long, USS Allentown. We hardly new ye." Torpedo sighed sadly. He then fired the torpedoes of his WHALE, alongside the others. Ali, from one WHALE, absorbed all the sound in the area and fired off one big blast of light. The Conquests fired their missiles. The missiles were accompanied by a sonic blast from Siryn, a solar fireball from Sunfire, and a lightning bolt from Thunderbolt.
The bridge of the USS Allentown
The Allentown's radar went crazy with blips.
"I hope you know how to swim, Destro! Not even the most top-of-the-line battleships can handle this kind of assault!" Destro smirked at the admiral.
"Do not worry, my dear Admiral Larson. As I said earlier, the Allentown's new toy will give this old ship the ultimate advantage." Destro reached toward a control panel and pressed a button. The mysterious device on the Allentown's deck shook for a moment, then started glowing. The satellite dish on top of the device started emitting yellow waves of energy. The waves flew outward from the ship in all directions. When the waves hit the torpedoes and missiles, they exploded. The waves then hit the vehicles.
"Hey what!" Torpedo exclaimed as all the power in his WHALE evaporated, causing it to shut down completely. The Conquests all fell out of the sky when the waves hit them.
"AAAAAAGH!" Kyle screamed when the waves hit him. Electricity flew out from all over his body. The Bostonian mutant then fell out of the sky.
"Kyle!" Siryn flew down and grabbed Kyle before he could hit the water.
"Waves…can't use powers…" Kyle groaned. The only attacks that were able to hit the ship were the mutants. Ali's light blast scorched the hull. Toshi's solar fireball hit the side of a deck, and Siryn's sonic scream hit the deck. The attacks didn't do a whole lot of damage. Kyle's electrical blast got shorted out by the waves before it could hit the ship.
"What was that?" Ali asked Rock 'n' Roll on board.
"I have no idea." The machine gunner blinked. "Whatever those funky waves were, they shorted out the WHALEs, knocked the Conquests out of the sky, and shorted out Thunderbolt."
"I knew it!" Terrell tore off his cap. "I knew it! Cobra didn't want the Allentown for something in it! They wanted the Allentown itself!"
"Use it to carry a weapon. A weapon that can shut us down." Rock 'n' Roll gulped.
"Not to mention shut down one of our team's powerhouses." Ali added.
The bridge of the USS Allentown
Larson's jaw dropped when he saw the Joe offensive fall quickly.
"What…was…that?" Larson exclaimed. Destro laughed.
"That, my dear Admiral, is the Pulse Modulator." Destro pointed at the device. "It creates an electromagnetic bubble two miles wide around the ship in all directions. It protects the ship from all electronic attack."
"And what about that Misfit boy?"
"Kyle Wildfire isn't known as, or calls himself the Thunderbolt for a reason." Destro chuckled. "His mutant DNA makes him into a living generator and battery. Since this device is meant to shut down electronic devices, I can assume that it would affect him to a degree as well. Also fortunate. He's one of the West Coast Misfits' resident powerhouses. His loss weakens those teen mutant miscreants really hard. The BATs in this ship are shielded from the electromagnetic waves."
"So, what does this mean?" Larson asked. Destro smirked.
"It means…the Allentown is invincible." Destro said. Larson eyed the Cobra Navy uniform on his chair. He picked it up.
"You know what? I think I am going to like wearing your friend Serpentor's gift after all." Larson chuckled.
Well, well, well! Looks like Larson has made his decision! What insanity will happen next? How will our heroes save the day? Will Thunderbolt recover? And how angry will he get if he does recover? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!
