For all of those who have not finished reading Locked Up, here is the order of the price Passion's 1.Earthquake, 2.Falcon, 3. Dust, 4.Deadeye, 5.Blade, 6., 7.?
Ch.6: The New Power
A wisp of wind passed by the small island and sending a small cloud of dust rolling past the fight, Nightwing lay on the ground holding the large wound in his chest and crawling farther away from the battle, he was no help right now. The cloaked man stood there in complete stillness, his face hidden behind the mask like cloak. Logan and Malice stood farther back almost flat against the wall of the Tower trying to get there nerves back.
"Who are you? Why does Riku send you now?" asked Logan holding the Massacre at the ready position.
For a moment the man stood there in silence but finally he spoke up.
"I am Blade; weapon's master and mercenary of any kind. I work for my master because I owe him my life and I will not let some punk heroes break my promise to him, he sends me not as a killer but as a warning, a warning of which I ask you to take for you children. Stand down now!" his voice was cold and metallic like a machine but his movements were to fast and careless for a machine.
"Remove your cloak and fight us like a real man!" yelled Malice as he charged the man.
Logan was unable to stop him from charging but stood back and watched Malice swing at the man as recklessly as Nightwing had done but he didn't know any other way to stop a master of weapons.
"Why do you not choose your fights better? You have no remorse trader!" boomed the man.
The former assassin saw the man's left hand coming at him and began to sink into the shadows but as he did, I giant foot as slammed into his jaw sending the dark warrior high above the crowds and crashing down into a pile of ruble.
"Bastard!" hissed Malice as he stood once more.
'Hold it! Stop trying to fight him alone and fight along side me, if we can fight together we might be able to stop this guy, we have to play with the mind before we capture the cat.' said a soft voice inside the assassin's mind, he knew it was Logan's.
Malice rose to his feet and stumbled for a moment but retreated back to his friend's side.
"Got any idea genius?" asked the assassin regaining his breath.
"We got to get that cloak off; we can see his weak points without it. Now you take the left and I will try the spinning top maneuver!" hissed the man as he prepared to jump.
"So what do you want from me, a Price Basher?" asked the assassin as he whipped the sweat off of his forehead.
"I was thinking a Soul Eater, but either is fine!" laughed the green boy as he pushed his foot off the ground and blasted into the air like a helicopter.
Malice ran straight for the man holding his blade out like a spear as Logan threw the blade down to the floor below Blade and saw the extend-o-steel began to do its part and fly across the air and put more momentum into his turns. Every twist of his body was pushed off with tremendous force leaving deep holes in the soft earth. As Blade avoided the falling blades he had to keep an eye on Malice who was getting closer by the second. The Passion soldier watched the blades fall and swung his sword in a fast motion knocking the blade sideways.
He saw Logan begin to fall from the sky but as he did Malice stopped his sprint and pushed himself off the soil with all the force in his legs sending the shadow master backwards into the tower and before the body connected with steel he sunk into his own shadow. Blade never saw it happen, when he finally noticed the missing fighter it was to late. Out from the warriors shadow came the Doom Bringer pointed sideways like a spring board. The sword was pushed up high and as it was Malice pulled it out from underneath Blade's legs and disappeared again. This time he proofed up in front of the falling Blade and delivered and large smash to the head from Doom Bringer's back end. As the warrior began to fall the Doom Bringer slipped underneath his feet and sprung the man into the air once more. But as he stood in the sky the falling Logan began to spin again.
"Spinning top!" yelled Logan as he began to run the blade across the man's chest and lower and lower till the cloak around him was in shreds.
Blade began to fall in a mist of his own cloak and never saw Malice wrapped around his blade and falling like a meteor.
"Soul Eater!"
The spinning man slammed the sword into Blade's stomach and impaled him into the ground, recoiling fast. Malice and Logan landed on there knees in a cloud of dust and sweat. The shreds of brown cloak fell to the floor and both fighters stood once more, tired, but proud.
"There! Now we can see his true form! I don't see why we just didn't ask him to take the cloak off!" yelled Malice as he stumbled to walk over to Logan who was catching his breath.
"Well we showed him we aren't to be messed with!" countered Logan as walked closer to the smoking crater.
Before either of the fighters could react a large form rose up from the hole in the floor still masked in the dust.
"Come the fuck on, what is this guy pure metal!" yelled Cyborg from the tower.
"Maybe he is, Victor? You could help them defeat this guy if he is a pure machine!" chipped up the smiling Sarah.
"She's got a point Cyborg go out there and bring Nightwing back so we can get him to the medical Lab." came the monotone voice of Raven.
"Yes please bring my husband back safely!" sniffed Kori as she held her stomach.
"Fine, fine, I will be right back; if that guy gets closer to the tower you girls open fire on him!"
The three women nodded as the metallic humanoid approached the door and creped outside. He saw the fallen hero near the edge of the island and ran up to his limp body. He saw the puddle of crimson blood flowing from the open wound and saw if spill into the ocean making a long line of pink water wading across the calm sea. He threw the former boy wonder over his shoulder and ran as fast as he could back to the Tower doors. He knocked three times and opened it wide. Then he placed his leader's body on a love seat couch.
"Get him to the infirmary and look in the third drawer from the left of the second desk you will find what you need to keep his heart beat stable. Try to keep pressure on his wound; it's dangerous, but not deadly!" ordered the metal man.
"What are you going to do?" asked his wife.
"I am going to stop this guy!" smiled the former Teen as he ran back out side with his sonic cannon ready.
Outside the tower the dust had finally settled and the villain was finally revealed. He was a young boy! His face was soft and pale and he had long blonde hair. On his right arm was a bracelet with lots of buttons and gadgets. The blades were still in his hand but he seemed more evil without the cloak on. He wore an all black jump suit with metal plates on his shoulders and knees. On his back was a small mechanical disk that stayed still at all times. It was like an older version of the young Gizmo with hair. But his left eye was a deep blue but his right eye was mechanical red with lines dashing across his forehead like a scar.
"A fucking kid? I can't shoot a fucking kid!" yelled Cyborg as he lowered his blaster.
"But I can shoot you!" yelled back the boy as he raised his right arm and pressed a few buttons and jumped back from the titans.
The small hand he held creaked and cracked. He slipped both blades into holders on the side of the gadget and held his arm up as a shield with the weapons curved around his slim arm. The young boy tensed up and a small pipe came out of his knuckle. The weapon was pointed at Logan and a blue laser shot out of the machine and grazed across the man's side.
"That little bastard!" growled Cyborg as he charged the boy.
Blade shot furiously at the metal man but every shot just left a black scorch mark across his metal chest.
"Sorry punk ass, but my skin isn't that easy to break!" laughed the man as he fired his shoulder missiles at the young boy.
The small weapons came close to him but not close enough to do damage, while the boy was dodging explosions the blue sonic beam flew at his chest and shot the boy back a few feet. He landed hard on his back and rose just as fast as he had landed. The blast had ripped off his Jump suit and revealed a mechanical chest. His entire right side was mechanical! A miniature Cyborg stood in front of the titans. The only difference between the two was the fact his colors were black and crimson red wires plunging across his mechanic right side.
"What the hell are you?" asked Malice as he looked on in shock.
"So nice of you to ask, I am called Blade but my digit is 277-49880 I am the very first human transfiguration besides Cyborg over there. And my master Price saved my life by putting in the money to update me and make me stronger. Victor Stone is my prototype and there fore he is out of date and is unable to beat me! I will show you all the power of technology!" laughed the young boy as he pressed another button on his arm plate.
A blue light came from the gadget and became and orb around the young boy. The blue light lifted the boy high above the ground and floated for moments before the child spoke.
"You all saw Cyborg's Mega Cannon when you fought Slade when Trigon was around right? Well now its time to show you double the power in one move!" laughed the child as he pressed several buttons and held his arm tight.
An amazing thing began, the boy's entire right side began to separate and transform. His arm expanded three times the normal length and the hand entered a large hole. Several pistons came out from the elbow and several holes opened up around the boys stomach and chest. The knee poked out a small barrel big enough to fire a missile and aimed straight for the three titans.
"I am now fully armed!" laughed Blade as the red lights began to blink and a large red light began to form around the boy's hand.
The Titans looked on it total awe.
"You will never be able to use that kind of attack with your power cells! You may be strong but that kind of attack would drain you completely!" yelled Cyborg.
"What does he mean?" asked Starfire as she watched from the computer room in the infirmary.
"He is saying if the boy fires that gun it will be suicide, he cant handle that kind of power!" smiled Sarah as she searched in countless drawers looking for cotton swabs.
Back outside the boy was not listening as he still charged his weapon. But Malice became frustrated and charged the boy. He lunged at the boy with all his power but all of it was blocked by the blue ball, absorbing all the power and throwing it back like putty. What was up with this guy?
"How is this possible? I half human half robot kid with a mega cannon and a shield strong enough to absorb and hit like nothing? That is just ridiculous man!" yelled Cyborg as he scratched his head.
The titans were in a stale mate, how can they break through that shield? In time that weapon will be ready but what can they do?
"You know that if you fire that at us we can dodge it right?" asked Logan as he smiled proudly.
Blade chuckled under his breath.
"I am not aiming for you idiots!"
'Then what the hell is he aiming for… the Tower?' the answer came at Logan like a bag a bricks, his wife, his friends, a pregnant women, and his son were all in danger.
"I won't let you harm my son or my wife!" yelled the green crusader as he tried to break the shield.
The extend-o-steel wasn't even strong enough to crack the blue ball. This boy was completely powerless. Cyborg and Malice ran ahead of the green man and began to attack the ball with all of there force, Logan just stood back and looked on in awe. This was no ordinary villain; he was prepared for every single titan and knew it from the beginning.
'Maybe I can help, if you want It.' came a soft voice.
'Who is it? Malice? Raven? James!' smiled the man as he looked in back of himself and saw the child looking out from the shaded window.
'It's me dad, but you have to do everything I tell you exactly as I explain it!' shouted the young boy as he began to give out the plan in his father's mind.
While the two talked and planned the boy had finally recharged his beam and was ready to fire. He took aim at the tower and looked on to the middle of its large structure. He was going to break off the supporter beam and the entire building would fall down like dominos.
"You pathetic humans never had the chance to stop me! I am the all powerful Blade, Master of Weaponry!" laughed the little boy as he stared to cock back his human gun.
'Get ready dad! Rise up your blade and aim it to the skies!'
Logan lifted his blade up in the air and shut his eyes. For a moment he felt all of his stomach rise up into his chest and he couldn't breath. When he opened up his eyes he saw he was covered in a blue light. The same type of light that the firing cannon was, the green fighter looked up and saw the boy yelling something but he couldn't understand what he was saying.
"Time to die titans! Mega Solar Plexus Cannon… FIRE!"
Everything seemed to stand on end, the world stopped in time. The air disappeared and a sound of thunder struck down to the earth. A large beam of light filled the space and it all was heading for Logan who looked on with calm and peace. The beam was large enough to absorb three Adonis's standing on top of one another.
"Now dad!" yelled the boy as he slammed his fists into the screen.
Logan swung back his blade and shot the extend-o-steel up high in the air. The beam came at him like the tunnel of light. But as it began to strike against him, all the force of it flew up and covered around the blade and the green man's body. He was completely covered in the beam. But it wasn't killing the man or even trying to break off of him, it was plastered onto his green flesh like a suit of armor. The extend-o-steel fell back down into normal position. And everyone noticed it had changed. It was twice as large and curved along the edges like fishing hooks. The blade had absorbed the power and kept in itself.
Blade looked on in horror; his ultimate attack was absorbed by a man with green skin and an elastic blade! Then he heard the sound of a blinking red light and noticed that his power cell was on empty, completely. The shield he had created broke apart like glass and he fell to the ground like a brick. He lay there in complete stillness, his body not giving him an inch to move. He felt like a stone and could only move his mouth.
"This is impossible! How was I beaten by a bunch of blubbering befouls! I can not be beaten this day!" cried out the boy as he tried to move.
Logan's hair was now standing on end, being pushed up by the power, his eyes were pure white and his muscles were bulging in power. He raised the blade to point at the fallen Blade who tried to crawl away.
"You have failed your bastard master! To save you the pain of feeling his wrath I will end your life now!" yelled the green man with a more haunting voice, it was like hat of a demon's scratching at the mind of Blade.
Logan stabbed the large blade into the ground with such force it sent boulders up from the ground and floating around him like a new gravitational pull. Then there was the sound a cracking and breaking. The ground began to fly up from the ground boulder by boulder. Blade was lifted off the ground with no trouble. Logan swung the blade out of the ground and sent the boy flying high above the ground. He was swimming in the air; no gravitation could hold him down.
Logan jumped under Blade's spot and held his weapon high. With all the force in his body he shot off the ground leaving a large crater from the force in his wake. The man began to spin like a top in the air as he flung forward in the air. With amazement the blade began to make a wave of blue light around the man. He was inches away from the falling boy when he spoke again.
"Your destiny ends here Blade, may your soul be at peace! Eternal Master Slash!"
The blade interred through the boy's lower abdomen and began to break the boy into pieces of metal and chunks of artificial flesh. There was no blood, everything was absorbed by the power and particles of beam began to fall down to the earth like a shower of glitter. The powerful warrior glided down to the ground and landing on his feet with a thud; the sword began to absorb all of the blue light and sunk back into its dwellings. Logan returned to his normal self but he collapsed to the floor with a slam and hard breaths. But amazingly the Massacre blade stayed the same. It was like it was updated by the power of the Megan Solar Plexus Cannon. Logan laid there on the ground with the new weapon in his hands. But even if everything in his body hurt and every breath took all the strength he had he began to laugh. He laughed loud and proud for defeating one of the most difficult villains he had ever faced. Cyborg approached him and picked him up in his arms making sure not to break him in half.
As the metal man walked back into the Tower with his best friend in hands he could have sworn he saw the face of Beast Boy return for just a moment. The glimpse of his old friend reminded him that this new Logan was no different then Beast Boy, just a little older. Malice on the other hand picked up the Massacre and looked at its sleek new style with a smile.
"Things never seem to stay the same huh?" he smiled as he carried the weapon back with his friends to the tower.
Inside the perfectly fine tower Cyborg laid the green warrior down on his and Raven's bed and left him with the dark princess. She walked up to her husband and kissed him softly on the lips.
"I guess this means things are going to change again, but this time you and me are going to stay together right?" smiled the violet girl.
Logan tried to speak but couldn't so all he could do was shake his head and smile. He was still just the boy she grew up with, just in a new and improved body. I guess no one really ever changes even if given a new power.