I do not own any rights to the Justice League series. I am just writing this story because I liked the idea of creating my own OC character that would interact with the Justice League Unlimited Story line.
Ch.11 The Golden Phoenix
"Ms. Waller, the members of the group that you have gathered are named, Tyson Mills, Vivian Torres, Marik Kingston, Greg Ross, Bianca Cross, and Wilson Stone; is that correct?" The red-haired man asked. "Yes, those are the names of the individuals, and we have been training them for the last 3 months, Mr. Shaw." Amanda replied. "How far has their training progressed?" A blond haired woman with a few gray hairs starting to show mixed in asked. "Marik, Greg, and Bianca had trouble gaining full control of their powers up until about a month ago." Amanda replied.
"What are the abilities that each individual has?" asked a black haired man. "Tyson has an ability that we have nicknamed Phoenix. We first discovered his ability because of his military background. His ability allows him to recover from wounds within a matter of days. We have tested him by shooting him in what have been kill shots within hours he was alive again. Vivian ability is nicknamed Blackout. It allows her to completely engulf an area in darkness that only she can see within up to a 1 mile radius." Amanda said only to be cut off by the black-haired man. "So her ability basically negates the vision of the people within that 1 mile radius." The black-haired man stated.
"Yes, Mr. Newland that is her ability. Next we have Marik whose ability is almost identical to the villainess Volcana both are pyrokinetics. He is able to create and control fire. Greg has the ability of flight we have clocked him going up to Mach 2 speeds though he has to wear goggles in order to see, and he has to wear a face mask with an equipped oxygen tank in order for him to breath correctly, and a thermal suit to keep his body heat up. We believe he could possibly go faster, but we believe it will cause bodily harm. Bianca has the ability to control the gravity of surrounding objects within 100 feet making them either weightless or increase the weight multiple times. Wilson is the final member of the team, and his ability is called enhancement. When we first tested his ability with his normal capabilities it doubled his normal capabilities thought last week when we tested him his ability had tripled his normal capabilities. We believe his power will continue to increase his capabilities." Amanda said completing the explanation.
"What have your studies on Xander shown?" Mr. Shaw asked. "From his spar with Captain Atom we have to assume that he was holding back from using his full power." Amanda replied. "So we know his basic abilities are that we have seen are creating barriers, teleporting, using a paralyzing energy attack. He also used wind blade attacks, and a type of ice attack against Captain Atom. Also after his battle with Captain Atom we witnessed him regrow the local plant life that was destroyed during their spar. Though it took an incredible amount of energy from him to complete the regrowth which resulted in him losing consciousness." Mr. Newland said. "Yes, that is the extent of our knowledge of his powers, though if he has other powers we don't know what they are currently." Amanda stated.
"Has Xander agreed to join the Golden Phoenix group?" asked the blond-gray haired woman. "No, he has not agreed to join, but he has agreed to meet with the group at the military base that we had Xander in yesterday." Amanda replied. "Did he say when he would meet with you?" Mr. Shaw inquired. "Yes, he said he will meet with our group within two weeks." Amanda stated. "Our last known location of Xander was Metropolis when he was helping Superman, and Flash capture Livewire." Mr. Newland stated.
"That reminds me didn't anyone find it odd that Xander only used barriers against Livewire rather than his offensive attacks?" asked the blond-grayish haired woman. "As of now it is unknown why Xander didn't use his other abilities Mrs. Abbot." Amanda replied. "Ms. Waller what will the first assignment for our Golden Phoenix be?" Mr. Shaw questioned as he continued to look over the files on the key members of the group. "Their first assignment will be in 2 days. It will be a snatch-and-grab with a hostage situation in Eastern Europe near Tibet." Amanda responded while pulling up the files on the main view screen. "A new meta-human has kidnapped Senator Blake while he was vacationing in Italy, but so far a ransom demand has not been sent out to anyone. The only reason we know of it was because 1 of the spies that we have tailing each political person in the government to ensure their safety." Amanda finished explaining as she turned off the view screen.
"What information do we have on this new meta-human?" asked Mr. Newland. "The facial identification records matched him to a criminal named Rick Carson. Our files on him were mostly arrest records for armed robbery, and hi-jacking cars. Though nowhere in the files did it record him being a meta-human. So this has to be a recent change as far as what abilities we know of is a cryokinesis ability similar to Killer Frost. The main difference is that his ability allows him to grow stronger the colder he becomes; while he becomes weaker the hotter he becomes." Amanda explained to the group. "Why would we need to send in the whole group if it's just 1 meta-human, Ms. Waller." asked Mr. Shaw. "Where we have been tracking him ever since he left with his hostage we know that he has been working with a group, and we are just doing this as a trial run as well as making sure that they get some experience working together as a group," said Amanda.
"Until then, keep us updated on this mission, and tell us if the project should be cut or continued. That being said, I believe that we should be adjourning this meeting until a later date." Mr. Shaw said as he stood up. "I agree with you Mr. Shaw, I have to return to Nevada tonight anyway." Mr. Newland spoke up as he started to stand-up alongside Mrs. Abbot. "We will reconvene this meeting in 1 month." Mr. Shaw said as he walked out the side door leading deeper into the building. Senator Yardell, and Amanda stood up last after watching the others walk out the door.
"Amanda, may I offer my services in getting us back to our hotels?" Senator Yardell asked as he looked over at Amanda. "I will take that offer, but I will be leaving tomorrow to get the group ready for their first mission." Amanda replied as she stood up from her chair. A few minutes later they arrived outside where a limo was waiting for them. After they got in the limo pulled away from the building. Within 30 minutes the limo arrived at Amanda's hotel, and as she got out Senator Yardell called out, "I will keep looking into what Drake is doing, and I will make sure to keep you informed." "Okay, we will talk later." Amanda said as she walked into the hotel.
The very next morning Amanda left the hotel taking a limo to the airport. Within an hour she was on a plane heading back to the military airstrip in Ohio where General McKnight was briefing the Golden Phoenix Group. "Alright here is the basic idea of what your mission is." General McKnight said as he turned on the wall view screen. "3 days ago, Senator Blake was kidnapped while his family, and him were vacationing in Italy. The person that kidnapped him is a newly discovered meta-human using cryokinesis abilities. We have been watching him since the kidnapping, and we now know that he is working with a group to keep a good hold on the Senator while he is setting up a ransom. Your job will be to go to Tibet, and extract the Senator without causing too much of a ruckus. Any questions?" asked General McKnight as he looked at the group.
"When will we be leaving, sir?" asked Tyson. "You will be leaving after you have been briefed once again by Ms. Waller when she arrives here later this afternoon. So in other words you will most likely be in Tibet by tomorrow morning so pack for cold weather. If there are no other questions, you are dismissed." General McKnight replied as he walked out of the room when no one spoke up after half a minute. As the group walked out of the room to head to the common area to wait for Amanda to arrive Vivian walked over to Tyson. "What do you think we should expect from this mission Ty?" Vivian asked. "We won't know until we are actually on the mission, but I did make sure to look over the file on this Rick Carson guy. It basically explained that from what the security cameras could pick-up we will have to watch out for ice attacks from this guy. Though I am still wondering why they would want to send the whole group just to stop 1 meta-human, a few armed thugs, and rescue a Senator. Just 2 or 3 members of our group would be enough to accomplish this mission." Tyson responded before sighing. "Don't worry so much. Besides we will get the extra information from Ms. Waller when she gets here." Vivian said with a carefree grin as they arrived at the common room to relax.
Meanwhile in Tibet, "Hey boss, the guy you said would call is on the phone asking for you." a brown haired man said as he walked up to a man with pale silverish white hair before handing the phone over to him. "So you finally got around to calling." the Silver-haired man said. "I just thought I would be nice enough to call, and tell you that sometime tomorrow your base is going to be attacked by a group of people that are coming to rescue your hostage." A man said on the phone. "What, but there's no way that they could have followed us here." said the Silver-haired man. "Actually, they were tailing the Senator when they spotted you taking him. Though now they are using their new secret group to go after you Rick. Each member of this group is also a meta-human." replied the man on the phone. "Well thanks for the update, but I am sure that my group can handle them." Rick replied. "I would suggest that you avoid battle with this group, but if you don't, then don't blame me if you get caught." the man responded with a chuckle before hanging up. Rick glared down at the phone before walking out to the main room. "Okay boys; it seems that we have some unwelcome visitors coming sometime tomorrow. So for the rest of the evening I want all of you to help me prepare to show these guests a welcome they will never forget." Rick exclaimed as he walked down the stairs while the thugs got up, and started getting ready for the fight to come tomorrow.
At 6 p.m. Amanda walked into the base, before heading to the briefing room. 5 minutes after she arrived in the room the members of the Golden Phoenix group started arriving. "Okay, you have probably heard from General McKnight that Senator Blake was kidnapped by a meta-human. Next we know that they are hiding out in Tibet. This mission will be a test to make sure that all of you can work together as a team. Any questions so far?" Amanda asked as she looked at the group. "So is the mission to be a basic snatch-and-grab? We just go in there get the Senator, and get out without raising the alarm, correct?" asked Tyson. "Yes, that is the basic idea, but if it comes down to it do whatever is necessary to ensure that the mission is a success." Amanda replied. "Will there be any other meta-humans besides the one both General McKnight, and you have mentioned?" Vivian inquired. "That is unknown for now, so you will have to be cautious while being on this mission, don't take unnecessary risks if it can be avoided. The only one with abilities that we know of is Rick, and like the file there before you explains he has cryokinesis abilities. If there are no other questions, then start packing for the mission, and meet me at the airstrip in 1 hour. Move out." Amanda responded as she watched the group leave the room.
1 hour later the members of the Golden Phoenix gathered into the cargo plane that would be their transportation to the target location. "Okay, you know what is expected of you, and I expect to see you back here within 1 week." Amanda said as she watched the group get on the plane. "We will make sure to accomplish the mission." Tyson said while saluting, before shutting the pressure door. Within 5 minutes the plane was racing up the runway, before taking off into the night sky. "Okay, what is the basic plan?" Wilson asked Tyson. "We will infiltrate the place that they are holding the Senator in, and when we get him out Greg, I want you to take him, and fly away, but don't fly at your top speed he won't be able to survive while you can somewhat take the high level of speeds. Then, on our way out we will travel with me in the back to take any attacks they may throw our way, and with Vivian and Bianca's ability to slow them down we should be able to get to the rendezvous point on time." Tyson replied.
18 hours later, "Okay, we are at the drop zone." Tyson said as he looked around making sure that everyone had their parachutes on. A loud alarm went off as the hatch at the back of the plane opened up. "Alright, time to go." Wilson said as he jumped out of the plane with Greg jumping out right behind him without a parachute, and started flying down to the ground. Vivian, Marik, and Bianca jumped out with Tyson following them after he was sure that everyone had made it out of the plane safely.
3 minutes passed as the group glided down with their parachutes with the ground coming ever closer. As each member landed with a run to pull the parachute down to cover them up fast to try and ensure a stealthy entrance. After putting up his parachute Tyson pulled out a map, and compass. "Okay, we need to go over those 5 ridges, and we should get to the target site within a day." Tyson said as he pointed over to a cluster of rocky hills that went around the mountain.
"Sir, one of our scouts spotted people parachuting in on the other side of the mountain, and are currently working their way over the mountain ridges to come up on the south-side of the base." a man wearing Kevlar armor said as he looked at Rick. "Set up a defense around the south perimeter though make sure to keep some of the guards on the other three sides as well incase this is actually a diversionary tactic." Rick said as he looked at the map of the area around the base.
As Greg flew around the mountain looking at the base from afar he started noticing small movements from the people at the base while looking through a pair of goggles. While watching he also continued to keep track of the group as they traveled around the mountain. "Tyson, this is Greg. I am seeing a little bit of activity starting to pick up at the base." Greg said as he made a slow pass over a nearby ridge. "Okay, if you see any further movement that may give us problems with the mission give us a heads up so we can prepare for it." Tyson replied. "Will do, I will make another quick pass over the rest of the ridges surrounding the base." Greg announced before the radio went dead. "Alright, we will set up the attack on the following ridge. I want our group to be ready to attack at dawn." Tyson told the others as he marched in the snow toward the base.
At 4:30 a.m. just as Tyson and the others reached the crest of the ridge the communicators went off with Greg yelling "It's a Trap!". The group's eyes widened just as the snow around them blew down on them from the force of a fire hose spraying water at the peak of the ridge above them. As the snow, and water fell on them Tyson realized that it was getting harder to move. When he looked down and around him he realized that their entire group was getting covered in ice. Greg watched as the rest of the group was frozen solid before he heard gunshots. He flew away, dodging the bullets before they could reach him by staying out of shooting range.
"Shoot him out of the sky using whatever means is necessary." Rick yelled as he turned away from where he had his hand planted on the ground. While his back was turned Rick failed to notice an orange glow coming from one of the frozen people below. A second later Marik defrosted himself along with the rest of the group as the thugs continued to shoot at Greg. "Wilson, Bianca you two are up. Everyone else, get down." Tyson yelled as he laid flat on the snow. Vivian, and Marik followed Tyson's example while Vivian activated her ability increasing the gravity of the area to 5 times the normal amount. Wilson using his ability to enhance his muscles allowed him to go up the hill with ease. When he got up to the crest he saw all of the thugs on the ground trying to get back on their feet.
Wilson immediately started knocking the thugs out. Before he could get to the remaining 10 thugs he was pelted by shards of ice. "I don't know who you guys are, but none of you will be leaving here alive." Rick yelled as he continued to send shards of ice at Wilson. "Greg get down on the ground." Tyson shouted. 20 seconds later Greg landed next to Vivian. "Okay, Bianca turn your ability off. Vivian activate your ability, and work your way around until you can find the Senator. Then, work your way to the north side of the base until you get into the second valley over there, and when you two get there cut your power." Tyson whispered over to Vivian who nodded her head.
As Rick started to stand up when the increased pressure finally lifted, it was like someone had just turned out all the lights. He couldn't see anything, but he could hear the remaining thugs shouting about not being able to see either. 'It has to be the ability of one of the people over there. I guess I will have to go with that back-up plan after all.' Rick thought with a grimace. After realizing that he couldn't see correctly he raised his arm, and felt around in his jacket until he found his switch. As he grabbed it he flipped the switch to activate it sending a signal to another device that one of the thugs that was guarding the Senator had which would cause it to beep.
Inside the base, the three thugs that were guarding the Senator froze as they heard the beeping. "Okay, that's the signal. Kill him." the thug with the device said. "I can't let you do that, boys." a feminine voice spoke up all of a sudden in the dark. "Who's there?" yelled one of the thugs. "Your nightmare in the dark '' Vivian bellowed as she rolled away from where they had turned their guns toward the last place they had heard her speak, and opened fire. Vivian pulled out a taser, and shot one of the thugs in the back. "Ahhhh!" screamed the thug as he fell down to the floor. "Thomas, where are you man?" shouted one of the other thugs as he started swinging the gun he held back, and forth trying to hear or figure out where their attacker was.
Vivian circled the room before grabbing the gun the unconscious thug had laying next to him. She raised the handle of the gun up before bringing it down on top of the closest thug's head. "Uhhh!" the thug groaned as he fell to the ground before being hit a second time, and remained unmoving on the ground. "I'm sorry, take him. Take him. Please don't hurt me." the final thug whimpered as he dropped his gun. "Good choice." he heard the voice say on his left side before he felt a hand on the back of his head, and with a crunch his head collided with the wall as he groaned sliding down the wall into unconsciousness. "Senator Blake, I am here to get you back to safety. I will walk you out of here, but I cannot stop using my power to let you see otherwise your kidnappers will be able to see as well." Vivian explained as she pulled the duct tape off of his mouth. "Thank you miss. Now can we please get out of here." Senator Blake said nervously.
5 minutes later, Tyson heard his communicator go off "Alright, I got the Senator to a safe distance get Greg to get him out of here now. I will release the blackout in 10 seconds after I say go. Now, GO!" Vivian yelled over the communicator. "You heard her Greg get ready to move we will cover you. Marik, I need you to hold off Rick for a couple of minutes." Tyson yelled. Just as Tyson finished yelling the orders their vision returned. Greg staggered to his feet, and took off into the air. "I am going to freeze all of you" Rick yelled as he lunged at Wilson who was standing a few feet away from him. Wilson immediately rotated his body before darting to the left to avoid Rick. As Rick stood up to attack again he had to send out waves of ice shards to block an incoming wave of fire.
"There you are." Greg yelled as he landed next to Vivian, and Senator Blake. "Talk later get him out of here." Vivian commanded as she shooed them away while she started heading back toward the group. "Okay, let's get you out of here. Oh, here you will need these." Greg said as he handed Blake a pair of goggles and an oxygen tank. Once it was secure Greg took off carrying Blake into the sky toward the rendezvous point.
Tyson ran forward feeling a few bullets hit him, but he continued on until he started fighting a few of the thugs closest to him. Wilson started knocking out a few of the thugs close to him before he saw Vivian running toward them. Rick saw the dwindling numbers on his side so he sent out a large wave of ice which caused Marik's fire to create a large amount of fog. When the fog cleared Rick had vanished. "Alright fall back, and get to the rendezvous point as soon as possible.
3 hours later, the group arrived to find Greg, Blake, and Amanda waiting for them at the airstrip. "Where is Rick Carson?" Amanda asked after seeing the group arrive. "Unfortunately, he was able to get away during the fight." Tyson said with a deep scowl. "Fine, but you will continue to be on the lookout for him from now on is that CLEAR!?" Amanda asked with an irritated tone. "Yes, Ma'am." the group exclaimed. "Okay, let's get Senator Blake back home." Amanda said as she boarded the jet.
"Mr. Drake, you have a phone call waiting for you." Drake's butler said as he walked up to the pool with the phone. "Thank you, Eric. Feel free to have the afternoon off." Drake replied as he took the phone. "Drake, you didn't bother to mention that the people coming to rescue Blake would also be freaks like me." Rick yelled over the phone. "Calm yourself, Rick. Next time just try to plan a little bit better." Drake said with a grin as he hung up. Dialing a different number a minute later a new voice came on the line. "What do you want Drake?" a bored voice asked. "I was calling to ask if you had gotten the latest edition of the Daily Planet?" Drake inquired with a chuckle. "Yes, I know that he is heading my direction, and I will make sure to test what he can do when the time comes." the voice growled before ending the conversation early. 'Well, the Titans must have gotten on his nerves recently if he is in that kind of mood.' Drake thought with a smirk.
There's Ch. 11, I hope you like the story line so far. Feel free to leave comments on anything that I could do to make this story better. Due to some issues in life along with a case of writers block I will be temporarily putting this story on hold. Though I promise to finish the story, and not just leave it as a cliff hanger. ~ Thanks, CosmicSandstorm13