I Hate Mondays
Green Lantern let out a scream as he smashed into the underside of an overturned diaper truck, ripping it open and letting out dozens of fresh diapers. As one of them descended onto his shaved head, he muttered, "I hate Mondays." Captain Marvel swooped down and helped him up and Green Lantern gave a quick "thanks."
"No probl…" was all Captain Marvel got to say before Green Lantern formed a bubble around them that protected them from an oncoming car. Turning around to witness the wreckage, Captain Marvel could only stare. "I don't think the owner of this car will be happy."
"Let's hope he has superhero insurance," Green Lantern sad dismissively as he flew up into the sky. "Come on!" Green Lantern beckoned as he got farther away.
"Oh right."
Supergirl took another punch square in the jaw and a knee to the stomach, trying very hard not to pass out. As she gripped her stomach in pain, the leech delivered another punch right at her cheek, and Supergirl went careening toward the ground. Just as she was about to hit, Captain Atom dived in and carried her back up into the air.\
"Thanks…Captain" Supergirl murmured weakly with a faint smile.
"Glad to help," Captain Atom said through a smile of his own. The moment didn't last long as the leech monster quickly swooped in and hit them both with a blast of ice that threw them away in different directions.
"Hey ugly over here!" Green Lantern taunted from behind the leech. It turned around to face the challenger only to receive a green, glowing boxing glove straight in the…face. Forced backward, the leech monster was then hit hard in the back by Captain Marvel and the leech now hit the ground hard with a thud.
After several moments, the creature didn't move and a curious look crossed Captain Marvel's features. "Is he dead?" Captain Marvel asked the approaching Green Lantern. Suddenly, the creature rose and rocketed upwards toward them.
"You had to ask." The creature knocked away Captain Marvel and hit Green Lantern squarely in the chest with a blast of hat vision, knocking him to the ground. The creature was about to give chase when it felt two arms slide under its and bring it back into a hold.
"Oh no you don't," Captain Marvel said with a strain. As powerful as Captain Marvel was, the leech monster still had a easy way of escape. Ice spikes emerged from the monster's back, forcing Captain Marvel to let go before he was punctured. Then, the creature turned around swiftly and let out a powerful blast of snow. The mini blizzard interfered with his sight and was forcing him back.
A jet of blue energy, a laser bolt and two beams of heat interrupted the struggle and the leech had no choice but to break of. It flew up higher into the air, avoiding Captain Atom's, Steel's as well as Supergirl's attacks. This did not leave it defenseless, however. The creature tried to hit the heroes with sonic blasts but the two were able to avoid them. It did not last long. Captain Atom and Steel suddenly took a very powerful sonic blast that sent him flying back. Supergirl made the mistake of trying to help them and received a sonic blast of her own.
The leech didn't get the opportunity to take advantage of the two as a jet of green fire hit the monster on the side. A follow up blast came and this one was able to knock away the creature, for the time being. Fire had finally awoken and she quickly grabbed both heroes by the hands and set them down.
Captain Atom was still awake, groggy, but still awake. "Are you okay?" Fire asked, helping him up.
"Yeah but I think she had it worse with her super hearing and Steel is out too," Captain Atom said as he looked down upon Supergirl and Steel.
"They'll be fine," Green Lantern said as he touched down on the ground next to them. "We better get them somewhere safe."
"I'll take them," Captain Marvel said as he lifted Supergirl up on one shoulder and Steel in the other, who stirred a bit. "I think they'll be up in a bit."
"Right, now come on!" Green Lantern ordered the junior members of the team. He flew up into the air and the others followed.
The creature had already recovered and was now heading straight for them. They were ready though. Green Lantern sot out jets of green light from his ring like a machine gun but the creature evaded it with Superman's own speed and grace. Captain Atom and Fire came in and attacked the leech with nuclear energy and beams of green fire, respectively. All three attacks still were still avoided.
"I have an idea," Fire said finally. "Just shoot when I tell you to." With that, Fire launched herself straight at the leech. It tried hitting her with heat vision but she avoided it. With blazing speed, she rammed right into the leech creature, sending it reeling toward a nearby building. "Now!" Fire screamed as she got out of the way.
Taking their cue, Green Lantern and Captain Atom unleashed incredible blasts of energy. Both beams hit the monster directly, forcing it straight into a building. The ensuing explosion was large and it grew bigger when Fire joined in on the fun. Continuing the onslaught for several more seconds, they then broke off.
"Wait for it," Green Lantern whispered to the others, his hand raised as a signal. After a few moments of complete silence, two grey arms outstretched from the rubble and gripped Green Lantern's and Captain Atom's throats. The arms then flung the two into Fire and all three of them crashed right into a building. The three fell to the ground in pain, landing with a thud onto the ground. "Since when did that thing have Elongated Man's powers?"
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"Elongated Man's down!" Vigilante screamed as he took cover behind an overturned Javelin, avoiding the rays of heat vision that flew through the hangar room. On his shoulder was an unconscious Elongated Man, slung over his shoulder. He settled him on the floor and then pulled out his pistols. Peeking from the side, Vigilante took all the shots at the approaching leech's that he could take. The bullets didn't do much however and the monsters kept going. "These varmints just wont die!"
"Everything can die, one way or another," Star Spangled Girl said as she took cover as well behind the Javelin. She peeked over the edge and let loose some blasts from her staff before taking some more cover. "We just got to figure out how."
"Easier said then done," Hawk said as he too took cover. "We need something powerful…like the Javelin cannons!" Hawk said as he looked up at the Javelin.
"The thing's upside down, how the heck are we supposed to use the cannons?" Star Spangled Girl asked skeptically as she looked at the damaged flying vehicle.
"Watch," Hawk said as he crawled under the Javelin. He punched the window above, the glass shattering over the floor and climbed through it, into the upside down bridge. Standing up on the tips of his toes, he pressed the plasma cannon's activation button. Outside, the plasma cannon's emerged from the ships sides. Luckily the cannons were facing the side the monsters were coming from. Hawk, with some difficulty, set up the lock-on screen on the monitor and began firing.
The Leaguers had caught onto what was happening and jumped out of the way, letting the plasma bolts barrage the leeches endlessly. He continued the attack for several minutes, only stopping when the plasma containers were empty. Hawk did not worry at first though as the creatures did not emerge from the smoke. He was foolish to do so.
A chunk of ice flew through the air and smashed the hull of the Javelin, knocking over Hawk onto his ass. Then another came and then heat vision rays came bolting out of the smoke and soon the battle had begun all over again.
"So much for that," Star Spangled Kid said as Hawk emerged from the ruined Javelin.
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"Where're we going again?" Flash asked as he Batman and Wonder Woman ran threw the Watchtower hallways, hearing the sounds of battle from behind them.
"The channeling chamber," Batman said with the slightest trace of annoyance. "We're almost at the elevator. Just another turn." As they rounded the corner, they came face to face with six leeches, blocking the way to the elevator.
"Now what?" Flash asked grimly.
"We make a path," Diana said simply. She rushed the creatures at full speed, knocking them to the walls, creating a small path. "Hurry!" Batman and Flash did as she said. They quickly got to the other side and Diana pressed the elevator button. Lucky for them, the elevator was on their floor. Diana and Flash entered first while Batman fumbled through one of his pouches. "What're you doing?"
"This," Batman said as he pulled out two small objects that appeared to be mini mines. Batman pressed a button on both of them and threw them to the leeches, who had just recovered. Batman quickly entered the elevator and pressed the bottom floor button. The elevator had just begun to descend when suddenly, a loud bang could be heard and debris fell on top of the elevator.
"When'd you get those?" Flash asked in awe.
"They were for blowing through walls," Batman said as he wrapped his cape around him. "But they're good for other things."