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Italics--Spanish
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Chapter 2: Team Expansion
Munin, Bumble Bee and Aqualad sat in silence as Munin drove. They had received word that Brother Blood may have set up shop south of the border not to far from Mexico City. So here they were driving through the desert. And they were board.
"How about we…" began Bumble Bee.
"We tried that already." Replied Munin before she finished.
"Would you stop doing that? It gets really annoying."
"Sorry, habit."
Silence returned.
"So Munin, where are you from originally?" asked Aqualad.
"DC, why?"
"Just curious."
"Why do you let him finish his sentences?" asked Bumble Bee.
"Cause his mind is psionically shielded. He has his own mental powers and his are far greater then mine."
"uh-hu."
Munin sighed. 'Oh this is going to be a long drive.' He thought.
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They had pulled up in a small town called San Martin. Stopping for gas and to do some of their investigation. This investigation went almost no where. Partly because the only one who spoke Spanish was Munin. The other two had to rely on Munin for translations. Even then they found very little. No one seemed to have heard of anything. Though a couple people did say something about construction being done nearby.
It wasn't until they found these two kids who seemed to know a lot.
They were nearly identical twins. Couldn't have been older then ten. The part that made Munin suspicious was the fact that they came to find them.
"You came to ask about the new building being built right." This was asked in near complete unison by the two kids.
"Yes we are. Do you know something about it?" questioned Munin.
"Yes. The construction was only started a few weeks ago, but it already appears near done. And we have seen very strange people around there. People in yellow, and people who looked very strange. They all seemed to be guarding the building."
"Thanks for this information, but how did you come by this?"
"We went out to see the place and since we saw all the strange men we kept going out there."
"I see. We will look into it."
"So did you learn anything useful?" asked Bumble Bee.
"Maybe. Those kids claim that they have been going out to watch that building that a couple people mentioned. They said they saw a bunch of guys in yellow and some other strangely garbed guys. So it may be worth checking out but I am curious what those kids were doing monitoring a building they seem kinda you for tha kinda stuff."
"Well we could still check it out." Stated Aqualad.
"Yeah I think we will."
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"Well those kids were right. Those are definitely HIVE thugs guarding that place."
The three teens were crouched on a ridge about a quarter mile from the building and each was taking turns glancing through a set of binoculars that Munin pulled out of his coat. When he put them away Aqualad gave him an odd look.
"So how much stuff do you actually have inside that coat?"
"Would you ask Batman what he has in his belt?"
"No."
Munin just stared.
"Fine. So what do you think we should do?"
"The guards are on a pretty standard sweep pattern, I doubt it would be too hard to sneek in. I am not seeing that heavy of security. I think this might just be a back up base, but we can still go check it out."
"Sounds like a plan."
They waited till dark and then snuck in through a window in the warehouse like building. Once inside they had little trouble. Though there were several guards that would be waking up in broom closets and the like later. The wandered through many corridors past many different rooms. The internal design of the building was similar to some of the other bases they had encountered. It even kept the similar hive style the others did. That and it went several floors underground.
"Has anyone else noticed that since we got to this floor we haven't seen a soul?"
Munin and Aqualad glanced at Bumble Bee.
"You know, your right. I just noticed it myself. Lets keep going maybe we will find out why."
The tunnels all seemed to navigate towards the center of the building so that was the direction they headed in. After a little more walking they came upon a door which to there surprise opened immediately.
The room it led to was dark, but some light came from several large tubes along the wall. Shock came to the three heroes when they saw that these tubes were occupied by people. One was a huge man with a bald head and a strange outfit that looked like piecemeal armor. The second was a smaller man again in armor but this armor had wings and his face was partially obscured by the hawk like visor that covered his face. The last tube contained a woman who wore a simple yellow body suit.
The three teens may have examined the capsuled people more thoroughly if a video display behind them hadn't kicked on and the face of Brother Blood appeared before them.
"Munin so you were the other spy, I should have known. Well It matters not now. You three won't be getting out of this alive."
"And why's that Blood."
"Because those three behind you are the future of my hive. They were genetically enhanced to fight against the titans."
"And you think they can beat us?"
"I do. But even if they don't, the data they will get me will make up for it. Enjoy the fight children, I will be watching."
Behind the three teens the tubes slowly hissed open. The liquid that was suspending them spilled out onto the floor. And almost as one the three opened their eyes.
The armor that covered most of the one man seemed to light up as if powering on. It was this one that first spoke.
"So you are the ones we were made to defeat. I was expecting something more impressive. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Pteradon. My large friend is Behemoth and the lovely young lady is Touch 'N Go. Now then I believe we have a mission."
Munin looked over the three arrayed against them. Then looked to Bumble Bee.
"There is no way we can fight well in here, we need to get to the surface."
As he said this he pulled something from his jacket.
Bumble Bee and Aqualad both saw what was in his hand and nodded. And with that confirmation he tossed the smoke bomb at the ground between them and their new opponents. The moment he did he and the other two bolted for the door. And as fast as the could they ran for the door. They made it up two floors before they ran into guards. They were surprised that even after dealing with the guards, bloods new agents hadn't caught up. They continued to wonder this till they made it outside and found their adversary waiting for them. Before they could ask Pteradon spoke up again.
"And escape hatch in the back. I knew you would head for the surface so we simply took the shorter route."
Munin look slightly perturbed at this.
"BB what's the plan?"
"You keep the big guy busy. I got the flyer. Aqualad, you get the girl, but be careful, you are at a serious disadvantage here."
"I know. You should start this off right though."
"Alright then. TITANS GO!"
With those words the battle was joined. Each titan and each hive member taking to there particular opponent.
Pteradon and Bumble Bee took to the air. While Aqualad and Munin each got enough room to maneuver without getting in the others way.
Munin made the first move against the monstrous Behemoth. He reached into the folds of his jacket and withdrew a strange looking gun. He then charged in towards the giant. Behemoth threw a massive round house punch which Munin ducked under. He then pulled the trigger on the gun releasing a cloud of gas straight into Behemoths face. The giant stumbled back a few paces but seemed otherwise unaffected.
"Well damn, that normally works on you big powerhouse types. It always worked for Sandman."
"My body has been hardened against attack and that includes my inner body as well."
This time not waiting for Munin to pull another weapon he charged in with his hand clenched for a sledgehammer strike. Munin seeing it coming leaped out of the way just in time, the attack slamming into the ground sending up a massive cloud of sand. While Behemoth was recovering he pulled another gun from his jacket and began firing on Behemoth, this time with small darts. These had even less effect that the gas as they just bounced off his skin.
"Damn it what are you made of?"
Bumble Bee was having almost as much trouble. While both she and Pteradon flew Pteradon was much faster and so far she had only managed several minor shots with her stinger blasts. He on the other hand had left several slashes in her arms and side. Nothing to bad so far, but if it kept up she was gonna be in serious trouble.
"Not so fast are we little bug. I was expecting far more of a challenge from the ones who have angered our master so."
"Just you wait boy, lets see how good your aim really is."
She then shrunk down to her tinier size making her a much harder target for someone who relied on melee strikes. And then she opened up with stinger shots. Which Pteradon effortlessly dodged around. It did however keep him from getting close enough to try for more claw attacks.
Aqualad and Touch 'N Go were in the middle of trading punches and kicks. Each had landed a few blows but nothing really noticeable. Finally Aqualad threw a shot he hoped might end it, a massive spinning round kick that would have cause some damage and probably knocked her out, if she hadn't caught it, and action that seemed almost effortless for her. Then she struck back, and this shot was much harder then anything she had previously done. Aqualad rolled with the attack to minimize the impact but it still really hurt. He then rolled backwards to make some distance.
"What the hell did you just do?"
"My powers allow me to steal your kinetic energy and use it to enhance my own. And without water your vaunted elemental magic is highly weakened. In other words you have no chance."
"Well you see that something people keep thinking. But I spent some time with the atlantean wizards and they taught me something."
"And what might that be?"
"This!" His hand seemed to glow for a moment before they took on a blue tint, and then water erupted from his palms in a massive blast. A blast that Touch 'N Go was able to dodge.
"Nice, but still not enough to save you."
"We'll see."
Back to Munin. He was having some serious trouble. Nothing he seemed to do was really hurting this guy. After both the dart gun and the gas gun had failed he even tried pulling out his real gun, a Browning 9mm he kept for emergencies. That worked about as well as the dart gun the bullets simply shatter against his skin. He even threw one of his explosive darts at him. When the smoke had cleared Behemoth looked almost amused. Now Munin was simply dodging around Behemoths massive swings. Behemoth was agile for his massive size, but Munin was staying one step ahead thanks to his telepathy. He dodged around another massive swing by the brute before doing several flips backward.
"Okay screw this."
With those words Munin removed his hat then tossed off his coat revealing the rest of his armor, arm guards that started at the elbow and went down to his wrists. He then grabbed two strange objects from his belt and slipped them over his hands. The strange metal bands started to crackle with electricity. He then slipped into a somewhat neutral unarmed combat stance.
"Lets try this again."
Bumble Bee had thought she finally scored a serious hit on her opponent when she shot him almost square in the face unfortunately the blast had bounced off his armored helmet. From there it had been more games of cat and mouse, though the parts of cat and mouse kept switching.
That was until one of Pteradon's slashes got her just below the wing joint. This sent her crashing back to the ground. As she started to get up she was kicked hard in the stomach.
"Sorry little bug, but now you're mine."
He moved in ready to slash her with talons when suddenly a noise distracted him and a blur of white and red came out of no where smashing into him and sending him flying backwards. As he started to get back up the now recovered Bumble Bee hit him with two solid blasts from her stingers sending him into unconsciousness. She then looked and saw that the blur that had saved her life was a pair of small boys in very strange outfits. A moment later she recognized them as the boys who had told them about the base. Before she could say anything to them they grinned and then ran off towards Aqualad.
Seeing that he was getting help she turned to backup Munin. She watched as he sidestepped one of Behemoths massive overhand shots, but this time he grabbed a hold of the arm and with amazing technique physically hurled the giant man, slamming him into the ground. Unfortunately with the ground being sand this really had little effect on the powerhouse. She aimed her stingers and opened fire.
Aqualad had yet to be able to land a definite blast on Touch 'N Go. She was just too fast. At least that was the case until the little blur had sent her flying. And much as had happened to Pteradon, Touch 'N Go was blasted with a jet of water that left her in dreamland. Aqualad stared at the grinning boys as the looked over their handy work. He then turned just in time to see the finale of the fight with Behemoth.
Something about the stinger blasts seemed to actually annoy Behemoth so he had focused on the now flying girl and turn away from the darkly garbed one. This turned out to be his downfall. As Munin, using his telekinesis to enhance his jump, leaped onto the back of the giant rapping his arms around the big mans neck. Then after only a few seconds of pressure the big man began to slow, a few seconds more and he fell forward.
"Take that you rat bastard."
"What did you do to him?" Asked Bumble Bee.
"Its called a sleeper hold, highly affective, even against guys like him. What happened to yours?"
"Had a little help." She then pointed to the two grinning red heads.
"Ah those two. I was wondering where they fit into this."
"We are very happy we could help."
"And I am glad you two did. We were in trouble there for a bit. So what do you call yourselves."
"We are Positive and Negative."
"What are you guys saying?"
"They said they were happy they could help and that they are called Masa Menos."
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A/N: And there we go, chapter two up. For the comic buffs the three villains are from a group called the Hybrid, they never worked for brother blood, they were actually created by a hero who went bad, but I figure if the cartoon can put Blood in charge of the hive I can give him some unusual minions.
As for the move that Munin used. I myself am a martial artist and can tell you that a true sleeper hold can put a person, even an exceptionally strong one out in less then ten seconds. The sleeper used in the WWE is incorrect, and for safety reasons please to don't try the move out, it can be very dangerous.
Now then with that gone. Please review, I really want to know how I am doing.