Hey, folks. It's time for another episode where I introduce Captain Hurricane's archenemy and this chappy will be the overall darkest episode as you read on. Thanks to those suggesting me episodes to do for they're interesting. But I'll take consideration on them but not all will make it in. As always, I do not own anything in this fic. Let's get it.
======Chapter 17: A Mad Doctor's Vengeance======
In the city of Metropolis, a middle aged man in his 40s with brown hair and moustache with glasses wearing a lab coat uniform with black jet boots. He attended the science convention growling at Martin and Francine Zell as they presented an alternative fuel to power cars similar to the G-Diffuser System. The mentioned man watching the Zells is none other than Dr. Aaron Palazzo aka Dr. Bloodborn. He narrowed his eyes at all the scientists present in the shadows.
"Damn all those cretins out there! Especially the Zells! I was the one who helped develop many experiments beneficial to mankind but the fools always reject my ideas with nuclear physics! And that stupid kid at North Star City was the final nail in the coffin when my weather machine went haywire striking him in the water! Yeah. He was the reason why I was exiled out of the university in the first place! Now that I'm free from prison after that pesky good for nothing Hurricane put me there, time to get my exact revenge starting at this convention.", Dr. Bloodborn said with a chuckle.
=====At Sweet Justice Lair=====
Our heroes were chilling for the weekend as Hunter and Lobo were playing Mortal Kombat 11 on the air hero's Switch, Diana, Karen and Z watched the match in disgust as Hunter did a Fatality with Scorpion to Lobo's Sub-Zero and Jessica, Babs, Kara and the newest member of the Superhero Girls being Tatsu aka Katana who returned after a long rigorous training trip.
"YES! Scorp wins yet again!", Hunter cheered as Lobo scoffs.
"You're so lucky that time, geek! I was one attack away from laying you out. But I gottta say that you know how to rip spines out with Scorpion, dude.", Lobo said with a grin as Diana grew disgusted.
"Great Zeus! You two get too engrossed in gory things. And this is coming from somebody who is among the mightiest Amazons.", Diana said as Tatsu nodded.
"Mortal Kombat is good but Soul Calibur is the best.", Tatsu said as Kara smirked.
"That's because that game has swords and weapons in them. Di and yourself would love that.", Kara said as Karen groaned at Hunter and Lobo playing another match with Lobo's Scorpion setting Hunter's Liu Kang on fire and uppercuts him for great measure.
"I can tell that Hunter and Lobo plays too much of that game. Especially what Hunter did to Luthor when the gremlins wreaked havoc.", Karen said as Hunter, Kara and Lobo grinned. Tatsu grew confused as she wanted to know what happened.
"What did he do to Luthor that made you claim he plays too much of Mortal Kombat?", Tatsu said as Z conjured up a spell.
"KCABHSALF!"
=====Flashback======
"FINISH HIM!", Kara and Lobo chorused seeing Luthor groggily dazed standing up. Hunter took Z's wand and the screen turned dark with the air hero turning Luthor into a robot version of himself. The air hero then did flurries of Hurricane Fists so brutal that the last and powerful hit breaks Luthor everywhere with his robotic parts scattered across the area.
"Hunter wins! BRUTALITY!", Carter said as Hunter smirked.
======Flashback Ended=====
"Oh. That's understandable.", Tatsu said crossing her arms at Hunter and Lobo with the other girls except for Kara nodding in agreement. Hunter and Lobo scoffs at the girls with Kara backing the boys up.
"KEH! Gaming embodiments are part of my powers. Besides. Luthor deserved it. He better be lucky he didn't endure the Raging Demon of Akuma.", Hunter said with a smirk as Tatsu's eyes bugged out along with Karen and Diana after witnessing Hunter beating Marv with Akuma in Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7.
"Luthor better be careful then. Sounds like Superman and Kara aren't the only ones dangerous to Luthor.", Tatsu said with a smirk as Hunter boasted.
"You better believe it.", Hunter said as the girls shrugged. Suddenly, the alarm rang as the heroes sprang from the gaming area as Babs went to the screen.
"Crime Alert! It's coming from the Metropolis Convention Center!", Babs said as she pushed the button to show the news.
=====At the Science Convention=====
"We interrupt your regular programming as we are witnessing a riot breaking out by a mysterious figure attacking the scientists with nuclear blasters and holding the convention hostage! All citizens are advised to steer clear of the convention! The figure Is armed and dangerous! Repeat! All Citizens are advised to steer clear of the area!", the reporter said as the mysterious figure kept on destroying the building as he laughed evilly.
====Back at the base====
"Wait a minute! It can't be! It just can't!", Hunter said in shock recognizing the evil cackle from the figure as the others were confused. Karen in worry asked the air hero what was wrong.
"What's the matter? You seem flustered. Do you know who that figure is?", the shy girl said as Jessica raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah. He's like any other villain we've faced. He's not too bad to fight.", the Lantern said as Hunter shook his head.
"Girls and Lobo, that cackle I've recognized belongs to Dr. Bloodborn.", Hunter said as Diana confused chimes in.
"Who is this Dr. Bloodborn you speak of? How dangerous is he?", Diana said as the others listened in. Huntter sighed and took a deep breath.
"Dr. Bloodborn was a world renowned scientist hailed from the same hometown I came from. Before I moved here and met all of you, I was a normal teen with normal problems and all. One day, I was on a vacation at the beach with my folks. That was also the day that both lives changed forever.", Hunter said showing an old newspaper and a picture out of his storage ring. The picture shocked everybody as it showed Hunter in the ICU with burnt marks hooked onto a life support machine.
"Hera! What happened to you?!"
"That's awful!"
"Damn, dude! How did you end up like that?", Diana, Karen and Lobo said as the others didn't know what to say as Hunter explained.
"Dr. Bloodborn or Aaron Palazzo performed an unauthorized experiment using a weather machine near beachgoers that was powered by the G-Diffusers. His machine created a thunderstorm and I was caught in the middle in the water struck by the power of the machine. In fact, I was in the hospital for a short time for the device granted me my powers for the first time. Palazzo was charged for reckless endangerment and attempted murder. He was banned from the university for his dangerous experiments and ever since, he wants to get rid of me once and for all. So I posed as Captain Hurricane to protect my town in which he nearly destroyed with his nuclear weapons. We have gone at it until I placed him in prison for his crime and now he's returned targeting your city.", Hunter said as the others gasped.
"We need to head over to the convention and put a stop to his plans before he does something dangerous to the city! All right, fellow warriors! We don't have a moment to lose!", Diana said as the group suited up and headed out to the convention.
=======At the Science Convention====
Many of the scientists and researchers were held hostage by the dastardly Dr. Bloodborn who is grinning evilly. The Zells gasped recognizing Palazzo in a cybernetic mask with a plasma gun in his hands.
"That's right, you fools! I'm free from the hellhole you call a prison! Exile me from society would you? After all I've tried to do to benefit mankind?! You're pathetic worms especially you two!", the villainous mad doctor pointed his plasma gun at the Zells.
"Aaron? I recognized you from our days at the research collaboration. You were banned from the university for dangerous experiments involving nuclear weapons and the G-Diffusers for selfish gains.", Francine said spooked as Dr. Bloodborn sneered.
"Oh how I remember it all. You two want to harness the power of the G-Diffusers for the advancement of society that never cared about science to begin with! I wanted to harness it to dominate the wretched society with an iron fist! And I could've done it too if it wasn't for that stupid kid getting in the way of my nuclear weather machine!", Dr. Bloodborn said with a sneer holding a newspaper with an image of Hunter supposedly killed in the incident. The Zells were shocked seeing the air hero they met few weeks ago.
"That's Hunter! He's the boy that almost gotten killed by your dangerous experiment! It's not his fault you were in this mess!", Martin said as Bloodborn growled cocking his plasma gun.
"You dare say that to me? You two are part of the problem being against my ideologies in my views on the use of nuclear and atomic physics! I'm using it to create my own empire and what better way than to go to my former colleagues and make them an offer they can't refuse? Say, how's your daughter Doris? Is she all right?", Bloodborn said as the Zells and the crowd gasped.
"We're not telling you anything about our sweetums! You hear?! Don't think for a second you're dragging us into your schemes!", Mrs. Zel said in anger as Bloodborn cackled firing the plasma gun in the air as he sneers at the scientists frightened for their lives.
"You better otherwise everyone here including you will suffer! You both are in this up to your necks!", the mad doctor growled cocking his plasma gun to emphasize his point. Suddenly, a sonic blast knocked Bloodborn to the ground as the Zells looked up to see the heroes enter in with Hunter glaring daggers at Bloodborn as the mad doctor got up to do the same time.
"Bloodborn! You haven't changed at all I see! Stuck in your own evil ways!", Hunter said in anger as Bloodborn smiled evilly at his archnemesis.
"I was about to say the same about you, you good-for-nothing! And I see you have your little band of misfits here to help you stop me!", Bloodborn said with a sneer. Diana angrily shouted at the mad scientist wanting answers.
"What in Zeus's name are you doing terrorizing Metropolis? Release the Zells and other innocents immediately!", Diana said as Babs glared at the scientist.
"What are you planning to do with Mr. and Mrs. Zell?!", Babs interrogated as Bloodborn pointed his plasma weapon at the frightened group of scientists.
"For your information, pointy eared rat! These two along with some of the others led by them developed ways to harness energy with nuclear and atomic forces. Apparently you all heard of the G-Diffuser System, yes?", Bloodborn said as Babs nodded.
"Yes. Some of us are aware of that. The G-Diffuser System is supposed to help the future of technology for the military, transportation and society as a whole." What exactly are you planning to do with the G-Diffusers?", the ginger heroine asked as Bloodborn smiled evilly.
"I'm glad you asked, child. I plan to build my empire and use the power of nuclear physics to do just that! And since these fools helped create the G-Diffuser System, they'll all help me in my cause. Once I turn Metropolis and North Star City to ashes. The Bloodborn Empire will be born where I can rule it all!", Bloodborn cackled as Hunter growled in anger.
"You're insane! You'll kill everybody on the planet if that power is used irresponsibly! You won't get away with this!", Kara yelled as she charges at the mad doctor only to get shot with the plasma gun getting knocked to the floor.
"Kara!", they all chorused as the Kryptonian got to her feet shooting laser beams at the mad doctor as he dodged out the way laughing. Hunter and Diana engaged the doctor in a fight with the doctor as they dodge shots from the plasma gun.
"Get them! Don't let these brats leave here alive!", Bloodborn yelled as he fired his plasma guns at Hunter and Diana. The droids that Bloodborn deployed came out of nowhere and attacked the rest of the group. Tatsu slashed a few robots followed by a kick to the droid's head destroying it.
"Hey, Metal Heads! Wanna piece of me?!", Lobo said throwing a crate at the droids blowing them up to bits.
"Oh my.", Mrs. Zel said covering her mouth at the heroes' display of combat. Babs punched a few more droids and slammed two of the droids together breaking them.
"Incoming!", Jessica said to Karen and Kara as other droids blasted at the two girls.
"EEEP! They almost fried us to bits! Now they're asking for it!", Babs said as she threw exploding batarangs blowing the droids to bits. Karen used her stingers to destroy the other ones as Jessica used her Power Ring to hit oncoming droids with a wrecking ball construct. Z conjured up water spells to shorten the remaining robots' circuits.
"Face it, Doc! You're not going to do a repeat like you did in North Star City! We'll stop you yet!", Hunter shouted as he punched Dr. Bloodborn with a Senpuuken knocking the villain into Diana who axe handled onto the head of Bloodborn knocking him to the ground.
""The bull stops here, Bloodborn!", Diana said as Hunter cleared his throat.
"You meant "The buck stops here.".", he corrected as Diana nodded.
"That too.", Diana said as Bloodborn growled at the heroes as he gets up.
"Fools! You may have beaten me and decimated some of my droids but this is only the beginning! Say goodnight!", Bloodborn cackled as he used KO gas to put the heroes to sleep as the cloud of gas gets them. Bloodborn grinned at the Zels and has his henchmen come out being his droid henchmen being Scraps, a tall lanky bot resembling a grasshopper and a shorter stubby one being Gordy resembling a boar.
Get the scientists! They're coming with us!", Bloodborn barked as the bots did as they were told.
"What about the children?!", Mrs. Zel said pointing to the knocked out teens as Scraps cackled.
"Ha-ha-hooooow! Forget those brats, lady! You're coming with us! The boss is in of help of yours and that dweeb next to you!", Scraps cackled as Martin frowned at that insult.
"Hey! Who are you calling a dweeb, you walking tin can! Oooof!", the scientist said as he gets shoved by Gordy.
"Ah shaddup! If ya know what's good for ya, you show some respect to us, bub!", Gordy said in his gruff voice as the three villains took off with the kidnapped Zels in tow. As for the heroes, a certain group of individuals came in and carried them out. A vine grabbed Jessica and Z, a big hand grabbed Hunter, Karen and Kara, a pink energy wrapped around Lobo, a bluish shark like hand carried Babs and Diana, a catsuited figure carried Tatsu and the rest of the individuals followed the figures out of the area.
======At the Sweet Revenge Squad Base====
"Wake up, you nerds!"
"Rise and shine, sleepyheads!", Giganta and Harley quinn said respectively as the knocked out heroes slowly opened their eyes as Tatsu spoke first.
"Ugh. Where are we?", Tatsu wondered as Hunter turned his head to her with a confused look.
"I dunno. But Bloodborn and his two bolts for brains kidnapped the Zels and went bailskis on us.", Hunter said as He looked around as the others sat up rubbing their eyes. Soon after, Giganta jumped in front of Hunter scaring him.
"RAAAAAAAAR!"
"AAUUG!", Hunter screamed after Giganta roared in his face making the air hero fall on his butt. Tatsu helped Hunter to his feet as they and the others were surprised to see the Sweet Revenge Squad.
"What the? What are you guys doing here?! Are you up to something? Whatever it is, we're not in the mood for it!", Kara said as Lobo cosigned.
"Yeah, geeks! We got a lot on our plate to deal with here!", Lobo said as Poison Ivy scoffs.
"Some gratitude you all gave us after we witnessed you twerps being clobbered.", Poison Ivy scoffs as Cheetah ran over to Hunter glomping him.
"Oh Hurricane! Are you okay? Did the mean doctor hurt you? I swear I'll claw his face in!", Cheetah said nuzzling Hunter's face making Diana, Karen and Doris growl in anger. Kid Cabra and Hammerhead laughed themselves silly watching their rival get glomped by the catgirl.
"Can somebody get this girl off me?!", Hunter said annoyed as Cheetah tries to kiss him as Hunter tries to pull away. Thankfully, Diana lassoed Cheetah and throws her into a closet as cat yowling sound effects played.
"Whew. Thanks, Di. That chick is such a pain. As for you and your cronies, Ivy. What were you doing at the science convention?", Hunter asked as Karen chimed in.
"I'm with Hurricane on this. It's not like any of you were interested in science, anyway.", Karen said as Z nodded.
"There's got to be an explanation behind this. Be honest.", Z said as Ivy smirked.
"Fine. We followed you wimps into the building after hearing about a nutcase doc trying to destroy Metropolis. A city we're trying to take over from you twerps!", Ivy said as Kara growled.
"KEH! Is that a fact, you (ARF!)?!", Kara said as Livewire charged her electricity smirking at the blonde.
"Yeah. Got a problem with that?!", Livewire said with electricity surrounding her fists. Lobo chimed in with his complaints.
"As a matter of fact, we do! We ain't lettin' a mad doc make Metropolis bite the big one. What makes you think we're going to let somebody like you Sparky take over this town?! Answer us that, bra!", Lobo yelled as Hammerhead decks the Zarnian in the face.
"Here's your answer, mate! Come at me, mate! Unless you're a wuss!", the shark boy said as Lobo growled along with Hunter.
"You (ARFS) wanna dance? Let's dance!", Lobo said as Kid Caabra rams Hunter to the floor prompting the boys plus Livewire and Kara to brawl with Doris and Cheetah fighting each other.
"Whoa! I love a great fight! Where's the popcorn?! I know we put it someplace.", Harley squealed as the brawl continued.
"Hey, you guys! This isn't the time for WWF! Knock it off!", Babs said as Hunter hits Kid Caabra in the face with a chair while Lobo and Hammerhead put themselves through a table. Kara and Livewire fought and said foul language to each other. Jessica and Carol brawled with their Ring and Gem shooting blasts of energy with Harley laughing at the chaos. Z, Karen, Ivy, Tatsu and Catwoman has had enough of the brawling as they figured out a way to stop the madness.
Bumblebee stung Hunter in the arm and tackles Kid Cabra, Lobo and Hammerhead were too dazed in the rubble, Jessica, Carol, Kara and Leslie were tied up by Ivy's vines and Giganta and Cheetah were tied up by Diana's lasso. Once the brawlers were subdued, Diana spoke on behalf of her team.
"Look at yourselves! You all are busy fighting each other while a madman's on the loose bent on destroying the city wiping out everybody! Put aside your differences aside and let's form a temporary alliance to defeat Bloodborn!", Diana said as Ivy nodded.
"Couldn't agree more. But remember, like the last time when Circe turned us into animals, we're back to fighting each other as usual.", Ivy said as Giganta growled at the idea.
"What?! Again?! Ivy, we're not siding with these wimps! Are you serious?", Giganta said glancing at Hunter holding Cabra's teeth smirking only for Karen to knock the teeth off his hands.
"All right, Bumbletwerp. Hurricane's mine!", Giganta said to herself as Ivy chimes in.
"Yes and only to get this mad doc out of the way so we can make Metropolis ours!", Ivy said as Lobo and Hammerhead woke up still groggy from the table.
"Can this get any crazier?", Hurricane wondered as a familiar jingle played in the background.
(Cue Katt Monroe's Theme from Star Fox Zero)
Catwoman slyly comes in closer to Hunter purring on him making Doris, Tatsu, Karen and Diana angry at the thief.
"Because, handsome. You'll team up with more beautiful ladies like moi. What do you say? It's a purr-fect plan. Meow!", Catwoman purred as Hunter babbled with Doris bonking Hunter on the head.
"Snap out of it, Romeo! No time to be zoning out!", Doris said as Hunter rubbed his head.
"Okay, fine. Augg! My head!", Hunter whined as Babs broke the awkwardness.
"Now that we're in an alliance again, now what? Bloodborn could be anywhere!", Babs said but Hunter's tuner ring showed a radio news bulletin.
"We interrupt this program for a special bulletin! A man going by the name Dr. Bloodborn is keeping famed scientists Martin and Francine Zel hostage at a nuclear factory in South Metropolis! All citizens are advised to call the authorities. Do not engage the enemy! He is armed and dangerous!", the radio broadcaster said as Doris deep down grew concerned for her parents but shook off her stupor and cracked her knuckles.
"What are we waiting for?! Let's break this Bloodcreep in half! Who's with me?!", Doris said as Harley blew an airhorn near Lobo and Hammerhead making them sit up spooked as Ivy and Diana led the two factions to the nuclear factory.
=====Metropolis Nuclear Factory=====
And so the Mighty 9 and the Sweet Revenge Squad went up to the factory as Giganta was the first to say something.
"Now that we're here, I'm goin' in to break Bloodborn's nose in!", Giganta smirked as she tried to barrel into the building but Hunter held her back. The giant ginger glared at the air hero as did the others.
"Giganta, don't separate from us like that. There's guards all over the place. We need to figure out a way inside to catch Bloodborn off guard.", Hunter hissed as Tatsu nodded in agreement.
"Hurricane's right. We need to plan our tactics before rushing into battle without one. That's a sure way to get ourselves captured or worse.", the swordswoman said as Diana nodded in agreement.
"we need to be stealthy as we sneak around the building. Z, conjure up some barrels for us to use.", Diana said as Z did as she was told but accidentally conjured up a big cardboard box in the mix. Hunter being a video game enthusiast knew where cardboard boxes and stealth missions came from a certain game by Konami.
"I'll take this off your hands, Z. This will come in handy.", Hunter grinned as the others placed the barrels over themselves. Diana led the group with Ivy a close second.
"Cardboard box? What are you, Solid Snake?", Kid Cabra said in sarcasm as Hunter smirked inside his box crawling behind Doris.
"Yeah. I'm too sexy for my box.", Hurricane said as Doris huffed at Kid Cabra and Hurricane.
"Just keep up and don't make any noises.", Doris said as the group sneak inside the building.
=====Inside the building======
The heroes under their barrels crept silently as Diana peeping through the holes spot guards passing by, She tried to catch the attention of the group to stop them.
"Everyone stop. Guards are coming.", Diana said as the group stopped with Lobo bumping into Kara. The blonde growled at Lobo for doing that.
Catwoman shushed them.
"Will you two shut it please? You both will blow our cover!", she hissed as the group watched the guards glanced at the barrels and went on their merry way. Once they're gone out of sight, Diana gave the signal to move forward.
"The coast is clear. Let's move.", the Amazon said as they crept throughout the factory.
====Meanwhile in the production area=====
Dr. Bloodborn watched as some of the factory workers were made to work on his projects against their will. Mr. and Mrs. Zel were tied up as they watch helplessly with their blueprints being used for evil purposes. The blueprints were that of fuel cells for weapons and of course the components to the G-Diffuser System.
"What's the matter, cretins? You should be proud that your contributions help me reach my goal for an empire for the future!", Dr. Bloodborn laughed evilly as Francine yelled at the mad doctor.
"What you are doing is dangerous and insane! Our research will not be tarnished by your plan to dominate the world with it! It shouldn't be abused for your weapons of pain and war!", Francine cried out as Dr. Bloodbornn smirked with Scraps and Gordy grinning.
"Your sniveling won't get you nowhere. Luthor wasted his time trying to get rid of those superhero brats to conquer the world. I'm doing something at least to help me and possibly him get a leg up further of our goal. We both have something in common and that's having adversaries get in our way. See those fuel cells over there?", Dr. Bloodborn said as Martin raised an eyebrow.
"What are you planning to do with them?", Martin said as Bloodborn smled.
"Let me explain. These fuel cells will become part of my warhead in which that's in the other blueprint. With this warhead, I'll turn Metropolis into a pile of ashes in a matter of seconds.", Dr. Bloodborn proudly said as Maartin and Francine were terrified.
"That's genocide! The fuel cells you're abusing has the equal power of that of an atomic bomb that blew up Nagasaki and Hiroshima during WWII!", Francine cried out in shock as Bloodborn smirked.
"Precisely. In fact, the fuel cells stored into the warhead has the power to knock out two cities at once in a single warhead! Not only will Metropolis be a target but neighboring cities as well. Specifically, North Star City! Once these cities are in ruin, I'll build the Bloodborn Republic , where I'll rule it all!", Dr. Bloodborn cackled loudly as the warhead is stored with fuel cells.
"You're a monster!", Martin said quivering in fear as Bloodborn and his henchmen laughed. Little did they know that the heroes walking in barrels and a cardboard box slinking around was about to get them. The one in the cardboard box crawling around spotted a warhead and gasped. He nudged Kara's red barrel to get her attention.
"Kara, look over to the right of the factory! There's a warhead!", he whispered as Kara grew confused. She used her X-ray vision to look around and she gasped seeing a warhead.
"You're right. That crazy doc's going to kill us all once he launches it! Guys, we have a problem.", Kara said as the others were told the same thing Hunter told her as Babs gasped in horror.
"And we heard the doctor say something about the fuel cells making the warhead powerful enough to destroy two cities in one launch. But it may do more than two cities being—", Babs stammered as Harley finished it off.
"Gotham.", the jester said as the teens in realization must stop Bloodborn before the warhead is finished. Hunter seething under the box wanted to do something knowing that his former home is about to get destroyed along with Metropolis and Gotham.
"Bloodborn, you're not going to get away with this! It's unforgivable!", Hunter seethed as Tatsu sensed his boiling anger.
"Hunter, are you okay? Please do not let your rage take over. We'll put a stop to Bloodborn before he succeeds in his plan.", Tatsu said as Hunter sighed in his box.
"It's just that I barely made it to the missile the last time he plotted to destroy the place they exiled him for. So many innocents could've gotten killed in a mass genocide. I'm not going to let that happen here and lose my loved ones in the process. Out of all the villains we faced so far, this guy is the worst.", Hunter said to Tatsu as she understood his pain of possibly losing everyone he cares about. The others sensed Hunter's pain as some lifted his spirits up. In fact, Karen went up to the air hero as did Diana and Doris.
"You're not alone in this fight against Bloodborm. We're with you in this fight. It's just like the other threats we've faced. We'll get through this. When he messes with our you, he messes with us.", Karen said as Diana and Doris nodded.
"Never let your warrior spirit dwindle because of a traumatic experience. Remember, Karen is right for we're in this together. And we're not going down without a fight. May the gods help you inn this time of need just like we will.", Diana said encouraging Hunter's spirits as Doris under the barrel glared at Bloodborn and spotting her parents tied up.
"As much as we tangle with you dorks, no way we're letting that creep watch us bite the dust. Not by a long shot. Besides, it'll be a bore not able to clobber you and your pals if Bloodborn has his way.", Doris said as Lobo added in.
"Yeah, geek. . We're bros, man. We're gonna lacerate and disembowel tha (ArF!) if it's the last thing we do. Remember that, pal.", Lobo said as Hunter took in the words of his friends and rivals and had a determined look on his face. He looked at Bloodborn and turned to the others.
"Guys, let's kick Bloodborn's (ARF!) and save our damn city!", Hunter said as the others agreed. Babs pulled out her smoke bombs as the group snuck to Dr. Bloodborn's range. Babs threw the smoke bomb in the doc's direction.
"What the?", the doc said as the smoke bomb went off crating a smokescreen. Soon, Hunter jumped from the cardboard box and landed some vicious hits and ended the combo with a spike as Bloodborn fell to the ground. Once Bloodborn got up and the smoke cleared, he gasped and growled seeing his archnemesis and the super teens surrounded him.
"What? You! You insolent little pest! No matter how many times I try to shake you off, you keep coming back! And your friends are also a thorn in my side as well!", Bloodborn said as Hunter glared at the doctor.
"I heard of your sick plans and I have to say that's disgusting and unforgivable! You're act of terror ends here!", Hurricane said as Diana chimes in.
"Using weapons of war for your selfish needs! Absurd! So many innocent people will perish by your madness!", Diana said as Jessica spotted something in Bloodborn's hand. The device was small but compact being a blue box with illuminated energy followed by ports to connect something to.
"What is that thing? It's glowing blue.", Jessica said as Hunter gasped at the device knowing what it is.
"That's a G-Diffuser System! What are you planning to do with it, Bloodborn?!", Hunter said as Ivy grew confused.
"I hate to interrupt but what's a G-Diffuser System?", Ivy said as Hunter explained it.
"It supposedly helps become a power source to machines helping them push beyond their limits and adapt to gravitational forces and physics. In a nutshell, it's a secondary engine and power source.", Hurricane said as Bloodborn nodded.
"Correct. I'm using this G-Diffuser System to help power my dimensional device so I can travel to other worlds to conquer and spread my empire. Mother Boxes create boom tubes to many areas in our world as it's limited to only that. Special Mother Boxes can do just that and send anyone to any dimension they wish. But the drawback is that regular Mother Boxes and Special Boxes are rare and the latter is ultra rare to find. It's going to change where I will change that by making my own dimensional travel device and mass produce it to those who wish to conquer their own world! Mother Boxes will become obsolete and the new wave of traveling through worlds will be a thing of the future and onwards.", Bloodborn said as Francine yelled at the doctor.
"But if you place it in the wrong hands, the space-time continuum will fall apart and the multiverses will cease to exist!" Also, the G-Diffuser System has a drawback as well. If the device is pushed too far past it's limits than it should be without improvements, the consequences are dire.", Francine said as Hunter remembered a time when he was racing on his airboard in the past, he didn't know the Limits Of the G-Diffuser System in which it almost costed his life.
"Wish I could explain more but it's time to put these kids to bed forever!", Bloodborn daid pointing his plasma gun at Hunter.
"You leave me with no other choice! This is as far as you go!", Hunter said as he engaged in the fight against Dr. Bloodborn. Scraps and Gordy fought Kid Caabra and Hammerhead while Lobo and Harley destroyed some of the bots with their blaster and hammer respectively. Catwoman swiped the G-Diffuser swiftly after Hunter knocked the device off of Bloodborn's hands and ran to Babs and gave it to her.
"Take this device and keep it someplace safe! I'll aid Ivy and Karen in taking care of these robots!", Catwoman said as Babs hid the device in her pack. Diana and Tatsu fought the robots holding the factory workers hostage as the droids got split in two by the girls' swords.
"Katana, there's more factory workers in need of rescue! Straight ahead!", Diana said pointing to a group of scaered workers held at gunpoint by the robots. Tatsu nodded and kept her sword ready as the girls got close.
"I see that. And they got them at gunpoint!", Katana said as the girls jumped into action as the robots fired their lasers at them. Katana cartwheeled out the way and vertically slashed the bots to shambles and Diana lassoes some against the wall breaking them upon contact. Diana and Tatsu then frees the workers as they watch Kara, Livewire and Cheetah fight an onslaught of sniper droidds.
Kara laser beams one of them, Cheetah got into a one-on-one duel with a big bot and Livewire shortened the few sniper bots in their circuits with her electrokinesis. The three girls were nearly blasted away by the snipers. Cheetah bared her fangs as the snipers pointed their blasters at her.
"Have you gone crazy?! Pointing a gun at me?! Time to teach you not to point a weapon at an angry wild cat! RAAAAAO!", Cheetah yowled as she pounced at superspeed clawing the sniper bot to pieces while Kara punched two bots in the torso exploding upon contact. Livewire grabbed one sniper bot from behind and sucked it dry of it's electrical currents.
"MMM! Delicious.", Livewire said watching the bot fall to the ground. Giganta and Karen were fighting through waves of enemies leading to the Zels tied up while Jessica, Ivy, Zatanna and Carol were handling the bots being Scraps and Gordy as Kid Cabra and Hammerhead were getting their butts handed to them. Babs fought a handful of guards brainwashed by Bloodborn by sweep kicking them to the ground and uppercuts them in the jaw before throwing one of them into the wall. One more guard swung his fists at the violet hero but was caught by Babs as she twisted his hands in pain making him scream. Catwoman dropkicked the guard to the ground aiding Babs in the process as they work together to fight the other guards.
Soon after the droids were defeated, Hunter and Bloodborn engaged in a brutal fistfight. Hunter did a wind generated lariat knocking Bloodborn to the floor followed by the doc grabbing Hurricane by the collar. However, Hunter headbutts him in the face stunning the doc as the air hero did a point blank Senpuuken to the villain.
"Face it, Bloodbutt! You lost the battle against us this time, pal!", Hurricane said as Bloodborn smirked at the air hero.
"The look on your face. You're no longer troubled! No matter, here I come!", Bloodborn said shooting his plasma gun at Hurricane only to miss. Hurricane shot an energy tornado at the doctor and dashed in for a uppercut. The doctor falls to the ground pounding the floor in frustration as Hurricane made it harder for him.
"You little wretch! I won't be beaten by a bunch of good-for-nothing runts! Especially you!", Bloodborn snarked pulling the trigger of his plasma gun.
"Hurricane, look out!", Z said as Hunter dodged the gunshot and taunted the mad doctor. Giganta untied the Zels as they were glad to see Doris unaware that she's Giganta.
"Sweetums? How did you get here?! It's dangerous here!", Francine said as Giganta freed them as Lobo summoned his bike.
"No time to explain, Mom! You and Dad must get out of here! Lobo, get them out this 2D dump!", Giganta said to Lobo as the Zarnian smirked.
"No need to tell me twice, Red! Hey, geeks! Hop on if you want to live!", Lobo said as the scientists hopped onto the vehicle with the Zarnian racing them out of the factory.
"Oh my! A bike that flies! How exhilarating!", Francine said as Martin enjoyed the ride.
"Makes me want to get a bike of our own. Once this young fellow gets us outta here, let's get us one.", Martin said as Francine giggled.
"Certainly, hun.", she said as Lobo smirked.
"Glad you two enjoyin' the ride. Hang on tight because this old girl is ready to run wild!", Lobo said as he revved the bike to go faster out of the building. Hunter and Bloodborn continued their fight until the air hero charged his fists with wind energy as Bloodborn charged at him with his gun ready to fire.
"Time to close your eyes forever in front of your friends! Say goodnight!", Bloodborn said as he fired the gun as Hunter dodged the shots and yelled his signature move's attack.
"SEEENPUUUKEN!", the air hero yelled as he landed a spinning Hurricane Fist to Dr. Bloodborn sending the doctor flying into Gordy and Scraps knocking them out. The teens spotted Bloodborn and his two lackeys fallen to the ground as Harley whistled in awe.
"Down goes Frazier! Hahahahahaha!", Harley cackled as Giganta huffed.
"KEH! Frazier? Really?", Giganta said as Kid Cabra taunted at Bloodborn.
"You got knocked the (dolphin chirp) out, maaaan!", Kid Cabra said as Karen and Hunter raised an eyebrow.
"Did you just quote that line from the movie, Friday?", they both chorused as the goat teen smirked with Giganta groaning at her teammate's antics.. Bloodborn slowly gets up in anger and disappointment pointing the finger at the heroes and villains.
"I'm finished with you rats! You humiliated me for the last time, Hurricane! Now I have an ace in the hole to finish you Off! Say goodbye to your precious city!", Bloodborn said pressing a button on a remote launching the warhead. This made Hunter feel alarmed.
"NOOOOOOOO! Bloodborn, you idiot!", Hurricane said as Kara flew after the warhead in the sky.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!", Kara said flying after the missile. She flew beside It after it was about to touch down to the ground. She grabbed and lifted it to the sky flying into space and threw it far into the cosmos. She then blasted it to smithereens stopping the mass genocide from happening. Kara flew faster than the speed of sound back to the factory where she spotted Bloodborn punched out by Hurricane.
"Finally, we did it! Now what are we going to do with this clown on the ground?", Kara said as Hurricane looked down on his fallen archnemesis.
"Batgirl, call the authorities. We're finished here..", he said as he sighed at Bloodborn knocked out. Soon the teens left the factory as the police arrived arresting Dr. Bloodborn.
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"Thanks to the efforts of superpowered teenagers, Dr. Bloodborn aka Aaron Palazzo is now behind bars as a potential mass genocide has been thwarted. The Metropolis Arms Factory is taped off for investigation as the factory workers are unharmed and the famed scientists Martin and Francine Zel are safe and sound as we speak. That is all we have for the report. Lois Lane, out!"
The news went off returning to normal programming as Hunter relaxed on a beanbag eating a burrito as did the others. He sighed in content as he saved the world from genocide with the help of his buddies.
"So far, so good. Glad Dr. Bloodbutt and his goons are behind bars.", Hunter said as the others nodded.
"Yeah. I feel ya. I'm glad we all didn't bite the big one. That doc is as psycho as you say he is.", Kara said munching on a burrito. Babs took out the G-Diffuser System as Jessica noticed the device.
"Whoa! You have the G-Diffuser System! What are we going to do with it now that we took it from that evil doctor?", the Lantern said as Babs analyzed it.
"Not sure. But I'm betting we could put it to good use somehow. All we know that this system acts as a secondary engine and adapter of sorts.", Babs said researching the G-Diffuser's capabilities. Diana chimed in as she looked at Hunter's air vehicle.
"Isn't Hunter's board powered by the same box?", the Amazon said as Hunter nodded.
"Yeah. The G-Diffuser acted as a supplementary engine to the main engine. It acts as a balancer and adapts to any gravity force designed in the air, land or sea. Before the Zels upgraded my airboard, it can only do air and some terrain on land. But you can connect other useful parts to it to make any machine efficient and useful. However, similar to a car's modification, you have to tune it to let the system know you have parts installed otherwise it won't work as well.", Hunter said as Babs nodded.
"Yeah. Also according to the internet, the system let's you adjust the power balance to the thrusters in the back of the aircraft and weapons in the front on the fly. However, it must be adjusted carefully for it would mess up the power supply. It's a balancing act for various situations.", Babs said as Bumblebee wondered about upgrading her suit by installing the device in her suit.
"I wonder if it's safe to install the G-Diffuser into my suit so it could fly at high speeds and become more adaptable to the environment?", Bumblebee said as Babs and Hunter felt unsure.
"Although it's a possibility, we can't take any chances because if the device messes the suit up, then you'll be history. Now if only we could research it vertime then we'll see about it. Heck, we'll have to design a supersuit tailored for the G-Diffuser.", Hunter said as Karen nodded in understanding. Z received a text from her father and the magician girl squealed in delight.
"EEEEE! I scored some passes!", Z said in glee as Jessica said on behalf of the Mighty 9.
"Passes to what?", the Lantern asked as Z explained.
"My father gave me several passes to Sparkle Palace Amusement Park! We get to ride all day and it starts tomorrow!", Z said as the group cheered as Diana grew confused.
"I haven't been to an amusement park before. This would be interesting.", Diana said in wonder as Hunter beamed thinking about the wild rides.
"Sweet! Can't wait for tomorrow! But we gotta see if our folks would let us go.", Karen said as Z beat her to the punch.
"No worries, Karen. My father told your families about it and they're on board with it. Just be at my place tonight and we'll be the first ones there in the morning.", Z said as Lobo and Hunter high fived while the girls squealed in delight.
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In prison, Dr. Bloodborn grumbled in his cell as he reflected on his recent defeat. He paced around his cell while his henchmen sat there bored.
"Curse that good-for-nothing air riding brat and his other good-for-nothing rats! I hate that air punk!", the doctor lamented as Gordy chimed in.
"Uh, boss? What about your plans to create a dimension thingy?", the robotic boar said as Scraps guffed.
"Don't be stupid! He's working on it!", the grasshopper robot Scraps said as Bloodborn glared daggers at his minions.
"Of course I have! We just hit a snag on our plans of dominating this world and the next! I'm brainstorming on a machine that will help make dimensional travel a reality. The G-Diffuser System will act as a turbocharger for my machine to work efficiently making my goal a reality to conquer as many dimensions as I want! I bet there's a similar dimension like this one where I can form an alliance with somebody with the same or similar goals as mine!", Dr. Bloodborn said with Gordy and Scraps glancing.
"Your Measlyness. You're saying with the G-Thingy in tow, we can conquer dimensions with others with the similar views as us?", Scraps said as Bloodborn rolled his eyes.
"Of course, you nincombot! Think of it this way! We'll be unstoppable if we teach our allies how to harness the power of dimensional travel. There are many ways to do it aside from that Mother Box that was ultra rare to find. Mankind has tried time and time again on how to perfect the ultimate solution for multiversal travel. Magic is one thing but it can only do so much. But with a device mass produced to our allies in different multiverses, we'll conquer realities in an instant! That pesky Captain Hurricane and his band of misfits will crumble to the Bloodborn Empire!", Bloodborn cackled as an inmate next door grew irritated.
"Hey! Shut the hell up in there!", the inmate said as the evil doctor silently sneered.
"Captain Hurricane, you may have beaten me but mark my words. Your defeat is at hand!", Dr. Bloodborn cackled as it echoed throughout the prison.
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A/N: And that's chappy 17, folks. This is my OC baddie's debut into the DCSG universe. However, Dr. Bloodborn overall debuted in another fanfic being Justice League Zero so this incarnation in DCSG is the second character. Now this episode I've written so far is the darkest episode in this fanfic due to Bloodborn's backstory and present motives not to mention how Hunter got his superpowers that nearly killed him. Hopefully, I won't write too many dark situations like this in the fanfic. The next episodes will operate like normal. Don't forget to follow, fav and review, folks. As always, LilMancub out and I'll see y'all in the next one.