SECOND SON OF MARS II
by Gunman
Disclaimer: I do not own Eva or the Justice League.
Summary: Shinji uses his new powers to rescue the League from a band of villains, and faces off against one of the very villains who destroyed Mars.
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Chapter 2
Kid Mars
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It had been two weeks since Shinji woke up aboard the Watchtower. In that time he had successfully learned how to control his powers to where he wasn't inadvertently putting anyone in danger. But using his powers was still draining to him.
However, he had little idea that he would be using these powers to their full extent so soon.
Shinji was in his room aboard the Watchtower resting after another training session with his powers. It was a short lived rest as his mind was suddenly assaulted with various images.
Of the Justice League in danger.
"Jonn? Diana? Flash? Hawkgirl?" Shinji called out as he raced through the Watchtower at super speed.
Finding no one, he raced to the control room.
"Batman? Superman? Green Lantern?"
Again, nothing.
"Alright, Shinji. Calm down. Focus. Focus." he uttered to himself as he placed his hands on his head to focus his mental powers.
Images of flying over the water, of buildings, of various costumed peoples, and finally a captured and bound Justice League flew through his mind.
He had their location.
"They're in danger. I've got to help them. But... but I'm not ready for this. And I don't have a choice. I don't know who else to call." Shinji said as he headed to the hanger.
Fortunately, the League had a spare shuttle craft they used for emergencies. Unfortunately, Shinji only had half a lesson in flying it.
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A half hour later found the shuttle coming down hard in the mountains near where Shinji had sensed the thoughts of Jonn and the League.
The landing was hard only because Shinji was forced to land the shuttle by hand. And by hand, he went outside the shuttle and carried it down to the ground on his back.
Shinji heaved the shuttle and ground his feet hard into the rocky earth as he rested the ship onto it's feet.
"Whew! I need to learn how to land this thing." he said, breathing hard. "But later, I have to find Jonn and the others." he cleared his mind and got a bead on them via his telepathy.
He was about to move out, when he paused as he noticed his reflection in the shuttle's hull. The reflection of his Martian form.
Whoa! I think I need something more... appropriate. Shinji thought as he cleared his mind and forced a new image of himself to take shape.
He had been toying with the possibility that he should try and keep his original human form. But as he was a Martian now, Shinji decided to settle on an image that Jonn had chosen when he first came to Earth.
Slowly Shinji's body began to bend and distort, changing from his Martian body to a greenish humanoid image, much like Jonn's. It was the same size as his human form, but with slightly more muscle than before. His body continued to change, his bare green flesh assuming a dark green bodysuit with blue gloves and boots. He finished with a red circle on his chest.
At first the red circle looked like the red sun on the Japanese flag, until texture and distorted colors came into play. The finished product looking like a representation of the planet Mars.
Guess I'm going to need a name now. He thought as he stared at himself in the reflection of the shuttle. I'm not Shinji Ikari anymore. I'm not even human anymore. I'm... Kid Mars.
Shinji wasn't sure where he came up with that name, but it seemed appropriate.
Time to go. Shinji thought as he headed towards the mental impressions he was getting of the League members.
In less than a minute, the young Martian came upon a large mining complex that looked like it had only been abandoned recently. Using his invisibility and intangibility, Shinji was easily able to get into the complex. Using his telepathy he was able to locate the League.
There!
Flying silently through the dark corridors, Shinji phased through a pair of large double doors which was illuminating a bright light.
He entered the room and froze when he saw all seven League members in individual holding cells. Each one shackled and had a different implement or gadget to keep them contained.
Superman's cell was projecting a bright red light that he figured was red solar radiation. Accidentally reading Superman's mind had told him of this weakness.
Both Jonn Jonzz and John Stewart had strange headsets over their heads, neural neutralizers, to keep them from concentrating and using their powers.
Wonder Woman had high energy electrical binders on her wrists which were of stronger voltage than the ones Hawkgirl, Batman and Flash had.
Okay. Not impossible to get them out. But... if I did, the ones who captured them would come in and stop me. There's no way I'd be able to stop them and protect the League. Plus Jonn and the others would still be too injured to fight back. He thought.
His mind pondered what to do, until he had an idea.
I'll need a distraction. Maybe a gas leak, or a fire or something. He then remembered what Jonn had told him about fire, that it was a Martian's greatest weakness. No. No fires. That would be bad. Too bad they can't just start... fighting. Hey!
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Shinji spent the next two hours following the ones responsible for the League's capture. They were all supervillains who had a grudge or two against the League
The first was an Atlantean named Orm, now calling himself The Ocean Master, who had tried to take over the undersea kingdom of Atlantis by eliminating Aquaman and his son, and then tried to melt the polar ice caps with a weapon that Aquaman had built in case the surface world attacked him. He was stopped by Aquaman himself. He was dressed in a modified version of his Atlantean armor, more coverings around his arms and legs, and even a face mask.
The second was Arisia, a human girl raised by the amazons who had tried to wipe out all men on the planet using a biological weapon she created. She was stopped Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, and Queen Hippolyta. She was dressed in her white and gold bodysuit, but had added armor plating to her shoulders, arms, and legs.
The third was Luminous, a genius in light manipulation and holograms who had tried twice to kill Superman by using Lex Luthor's satellites to filter only red light into the Earth's atmosphere. The man of steel had been able to stop him, with the assistance of Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. He was dressed up in his black bodysuit, complete with yellow circuit patterns all around it.
The fourth was Captain Cold, the freeze gun wielding criminal from Central City who had been thwarted in the past by the Flash. He had joined forces with this group in order to get his own revenge on the scarlet speedster. He was an albino guy dressed in a dark blue winter trench coat with ski goggles over his eyes.
The fifth was Bane, a muscle-bound Venom-powered hitman who was experimented on to become a super soldier, only to be defeated by Batman on several occasions despite his physical strength. He was decked out all in leather, until his formula kicked in and his muscles expanded to reveal his bright red skin beneath the leather strands which only covered his body when he was in normal size.
The sixth was a Manhunter robot, the only survivor of the robot battalion that were replaced by the Green Lantern Corps centuries ago as peacekeepers. They were defeated by both the League and the Corps. The main difference in this model was that he had attached two extra arms to his body.
The last member was named Protex, one of the parasitic alien invaders who managed to escape the League after they had destroyed the Imperium and routed all of the other alien invaders. Like all the other members of his race, he had absorbed the shape changing powers that the Martians once had, and still had his vulnerability to sunlight. He had adjusted his image to where he looked like a white version of Jonn Jonzz himself, in a black and white bodysuit.
Shinji didn't need to know how they had captured the League. Most likely they had ganged up on each one individually until they had them all. His primary concern now was to help the League, and he would need the help of the villains themselves to do it.
He was about to go and put his plan into action, when he heard the villains start arguing.
"We should kill them now." one of them said.
What's this? He wondered as he skulked closer to the group.
They were all in a large meeting room, but only five of them were there.
Ocean Master, Arisia, Luminous, Captain Cold, and Protex.
"And we will kill them." Ocean Master said. "They will pay for their interference in my plans to rule Atlantis!"
"And for destroying my people as well." Protex said.
"My plans were also halted by their interference." Arisia said.
"They're not going anywhere now. Not with that muscle head Bane and that Manhunter robot guy watching them." Captain Cold said.
"And the special cells I invented will ensure they won't get out." Luminous said.
"For now, the League is out of our way. Immobilized. We should continue with our own agendas." Ocean Master said.
"We should kill them before they become a burden to us." Arisia said.
"We will, but what fun would that be to just kill them? They should be made to suffer first."
"Of course!" Protex said.
"Agreed." Captain Cold said.
"I like it." Luminous said.
"Very well." Arisia said.
The group departed in order to plan their own enemies personal torture and demise.
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Luminous crashed onto a couch he found in one of the offices.
"Maybe I could run a few hundred volts through him. In his weakened state I'd bet he'd scream real good." he thought to himself.
"Maybe I could come up with a better plan." Arisia said, standing in the door way.
"Can I help you?"
"Yes. I think you can." she said, walking over to the yellow and black suited man, before closing the door.
Alright! I think I'm gonna get lucky. Luminous thought.
Arisia walked up to him, and punched him hard in the face.
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Captain Cold was checking his freeze gun when Protex burst into his room.
"Cold! I need to talk to you!" the white humanoid alien said in a panic.
"What's wrong?" the ice master asked.
"It's Arisia! She's crazy!"
"So what else is new?"
"You mean you didn't hear? I just found out myself!"
"Hear what?"
"That she created a virus that only kills men! That's why the League stopped her!"
"Only kills... wait! Then why has she been working with us?"
"I don't know. But it was the same way with Copperhead, Shade and Solomon Grundy. She used them to get what she wanted, them exposed them to the virus. They would have died if it wasn't for the League coming up with an antidote."
"Alright. This is a problem." he said as he slammed his cartridge into his freeze gun. "We need to have a little talk with this lady." He was about to exit his room when he paused. "Wait. Does this virus affect aliens too?" Cold asked.
"It affected the Martian. Which means it could affect me too!"
"Right. Just checking. What about the robot?"
"I saw her reprogramming him. He's on her side now."
"Blast! Let's find Ocean Master."
"Right behind you." Protex said, following him out.
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Arisia was going over a computer file when Ocean Master stepped into the room.
"Can I help you?" the blond woman asked.
"Yes. You can die!" Orm growled as he hefted a large metal pipe over his head and brought it down hard, on top of the computer.
Fortunately, Arisia had seen his reflection and ducked out of the way.
"What the hell are you doing?" she shouted.
"Getting rid of you!" he said, swinging the large pipe at her, and missing. "I know all about your virus, and I can't risk you trying to recreate it. It'll ruin my plans to take over Atlantis!" he said, and in a burst of speed, rushed forward and clocked Arisia hard in the face, knocking her out the second story window and down into the first floor factory floor.
Orm grimaced as he walked out.
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Bane and Manhunter were standing around the individual cells where they just stared at the Justice League, bound and captive.
"We should eliminate them now." Manhunter said, just glaring at the heroes.
"Yes. But we each deserve to destroy our own enemies." Bane said. "The Bat will be crushed by my hands!" he glared at the dark knight.
Suddenly, Arisia burst into the room.
"Help me! They've gone mad!" the injured non-Amazon said.
"What's happened to you?" Bane asked, noticing how ragged the blond woman looked.
"It's Ocean Master! He's betrayed us! He's rousted the others to rebel against us!"
"What?" Bane gasped.
"And that stinking alien! He was using us to destroy the League so that the rest of his people could come back and conquer the world!" she said.
"Really? We'll see about that!" Bane growled as he raced out of the room.
"What about the Justice League?" Manhunter asked.
"They're not going anywhere. Come on!" Arisia said, pointing at the door.
Manhunter nodded and followed Bane out the door.
However, the second he was gone, Arisia grinned and stood up as if not injured. Her features and armor died away, her height shrunk, until only Kid Mars remained.
And now for my plan. Shinji grinned.
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"You traitorous harlot! You'll die for this!" Ocean Master shouted as he punched Arisia again.
"You're the traitor, you backstabbing scoundrel!" Arisia shouted as she recoiled and kicked Orm hard in the chest.
"Stay back you stinking pile of bolts!" Captain Cold shouted as he fired his freeze gun at the robot's chest, encasing him in ice, though the robot was continuing to advance.
"No Man Escapes The Manhunters!" the four-armed robot said in monotone, cracking the ice as he continued to advance against the albino.
Protex was using his shape changing powers to become a living rubber band, easily avoiding all of Bane's massive swings.
"Hold still, you rubberized misfit!" Bane growled as he slammed his fists into the ground, once again missing the alien.
"I should never have trusted you deplorable Earthlings!" Protex shouted as he continued to dodge the giant-sized fists of Bane, before turning back and punching in hard in the face.
While the villains were battling each other, they didn't notice the security monitors that were on the captured Justice League. If they had they would have noticed a sudden bright flash of light, before the screen returned to normal.
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Let's hope that holds for a while. Shinji thought as he left the holographic generator on the ground and went to free the Justice League.
Courtesy of Luminous, the hologram projector was transmitting an image of the still captive League members to the video cameras in the room, which gave Shinji the chance to free the real ones.
Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl were first, followed by Jonn Jonzz, Green Lantern, Superman, Flash and Batman.
"I was wondering when you were going to get here." Batman said as he rubbed his head.
"You knew I would come to save you?" Shinji asked as he helped unshackle the others, who were still groggy from their imprisonment. Especially Superman.
"No. But I figured you were the best one to sense that we were in danger."
"Sorry. I was busy dealing with the villains who captured you." Shinji replied as he helped Superman to sit up.
"You were fighting them?" Flash asked, rubbing his wrists.
"Not exactly." Shinji said as the League suddenly turned their heads when they heard numerous crashing and explosions coming from the other side of the complex.
"You got them to fight each other?" Hawkgirl asked, surprised.
"Yes. And I'm never doing that again." Shinji said as he sat down, looking like he was going to pass out any second.
It was Batman who figured out what had happened.
"You used your shape changing abilities to mimic each of those villains to convince them that they had betrayed each other." the dark knight exclaimed.
"Yes." Shinji said, breathing hard.
"But you haven't fully mastered your powers yet. The strain must have finally caught up to you." Wonder Woman said.
"That... and my heart... won't stop... beating..." Shinji said, clutching his chest.
"Too much excitement, adrenaline, and stress, all combined with your inexperience in this situation, I'm rather amazed you didn't pass out sooner." Batman said.
"I think... I'm going to... now." Shinji said as his eyes suddenly closed and he fell on to his face, his body reverting back to his Martian form.
"Shinji!" Wonder Woman gasped as she ran to his side.
The other League members crowded around him as Jonn leaned in to check on him.
"Is he alright?" Hawkgirl asked as Jonn placed his hand on Shinji's head, his eyes glowing.
"He's fine. Just unconscious. This entire situation has overwhelmed him." Jonn said.
More crashes and explosions sounded.
"I guess we need to take care of that." Flash said.
"Shouldn't be too hard, if they've pretty much kicked the stuffings out of each other that is." Green Lantern said.
"Luminous is still unconscious in the South Western office. The others are fighting in the far West wing." Jonn said after doing a telepathic sweep.
"Alright. I'll take Shinji back to the Javelin and be back in two shakes." Flash said as he scooped up the alien boy and dashed off.
"Alright then. We'll handle the clean up." Superman said, cracking his knuckles.
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"Ohhhhh." Shinji groaned as he woke up to find himself staring at the ceiling of the Watchtower medical bay. "Home sweet space station."
"You're awake." the familiar voice of Diana said as Shinji turned his head towards the amazon.
"Ms Diana." he said.
"Just Diana, Shinji-kun." the amazon said, having discovered the affectionate term used for Japanese names.
Shinji blushed at the affectionate usage. He then looked at his hands and realized he was still in his Martian form. Concentrating, Shinji was once again in his 'Kid Mars' form.
"I see you've adopted an image the same as Jonn has."
"I thought it would be more appropriate than being an... alien all the time." he replied. "Even though I am an alien now."
"Yes. A Martian in body, a human in mind." she said as she moved up to him, kissing him lightly on the forehead. "And a hero at heart."
"Huh? But I..." he tried to say, blushing furiously now.
"You could have chosen to do nothing. But instead you chose to come to our aid. We were all very impressed with your actions last week. Especially Jonn."
"Oh. Thank you, I... last week?" he suddenly gasped.
"Yes. You've been unconscious for an entire week. Each of us have taken turns watching over you. I just relieved Jonn a couple hours ago." she explained. "He should be back with Superman soon."
"Mr Jonzz was here?"
"Yes. He's been by your side more than anyone else."
Shinji's heart warmed at that, though he didn't really know why.
Maybe he was just worried about me because I'm a Martian now. Shinji thought. Or, maybe it was because he had little to do and monitor duty was boring. That has to be it. I'm not a real Martian so... "He stayed the longest?" he asked.
"Yes. He actually asked several of us to take his time on monitor duty so he could stay with you."
Shinji smiled widely, and he knew why. It felt nice to be cared about. His smile faded as he recalled the reasons behind his exhaustion.
"What about the villains?" he asked.
"They were easy to defeat once they started fighting each other." she explained. "We deactivated the Manhunter robot and brought it back up here. Orm was returned to Atlantis to stand trial. Arisia was placed in a special holding cell on Strykers, along with Protex and Luminous. Captain Cold was sent back to Central City, and Bane was sent back to Gotham City."
"Guess that's it then." Shinji said.
Suddenly, the alarms sounded.
"What's going on?" Shinji asked as Diana went over to the computer.
"There's something going on in..." she said, but was interrupted.
"The hanger!" Shinji suddenly said as he leaped out of bed and sped out the door.
"Shinji?" Diana asked as she quickly followed him out.
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"ARGH!" Jonn shouted as Protex slammed into him from behind after he had pressed the alarm.
"Jonn, are you..." Superman asked right before he was attacked by the Manhunter robot from behind. "AAHHH!!!!"
"I'm going to finish you off myself, as I should have done beforehand!" the alien invader shouted as he punched the Martian repeatedly until he was unconsciousness. He then reached over and grabbed an acetylene torch. "And I'm going to enjoy watching you burn!" he said, lighting it.
Just then, Shinji appeared in the hanger bay and saw Jonn in danger.
"Jonn." he gasped, his anger-level skyrocketing. "NOOOOOOO!!!!!!" he shouted, his eyes suddenly glowing bright red.
Before anyone realized what was happening, a pair of reddish energy beams exploded out of Shinji's eyes, shot across the hanger, and slammed into Protex with the force of a speeding train.
"ARGH!" the alien parasite slammed hard into the far wall.
"Great Hera!" Wonder Woman gasped, arriving just as Shinji had shot lasers out of his eyes.
"Argh!" Superman shouted as Manhunter punched the Kryptonian hero again.
"Superman!" she shouted and flew in to tackle the four-armed robot away from her teammate.
"Jonn? Jonn? Mr Jonzz?" Shinji cried out as he gently shook the older Martian.
While Shinji was tending to his mentor, Protex was slowly reviving. He gasped at what he saw.
"What? Another Martian? But that's impossible!" he groaned as he stood up. "No matter. I'll finish him off as well."
"Sir, what happened?" Shinji asked the older Martian.
"Protex escaped from his cell and snuck aboard the Javelin when we left Strykers. He reactivated the Manhunter robot we had put in storage and then attacked us." Jonn said before passing out again.
"Right." Shinji said as he stood up to face the evil alien.
"I wasn't aware that there was another living Martian. But it doesn't matter. I'll feed upon your psychic energy and then contact my people to return to finish off this world." Protex said, his arms becoming metallic swords.
"You won't get the chance!" Shinji stated.
"Don't sound so brazen, boy. You're a child. In no way a match for me."
Shinji just smiled as Protex attacked.
The Martian boy dodged the blade arms of the parasitic alien, leaping over them and lashing out with a strong kick to his face. Protex recoiled and attacked again, his arms extending to strike Shinji from a distance. However, Protex didn't know that Shinji had super speed as well, and was caught off guard when he came zooming in to punch him hard in the face.
"Argh!" Protex groaned. "It seems I underestimated you."
"I get that a lot." Shinji said as Protex attacked again, this time striking nothing but air as Shinji went intangible.
"Stand your ground, child!" Protex screamed as he was suddenly backhanded by the boy.
"You're the one who keeps going backwards." Shinji said, suddenly blinking in shock. Whoa. I think Flash is having an effect on me. He thought.
"I will destroy you!" Protex growled, but Shinji remained defiant.
"Jonn taught me how to use my powers. His training wasn't for nothing." he stated.
"Nothing is what you will become, boy!" the alien shouted, wrought with frustration. "When I'm done with you, your hero friends will be next!" he said, leaping at the boy with blades spiraling out.
Shinji felt his anger rise again as the open threats towards his new friends and family entered into his mind.
"This... ends... now!" Shinji said as his eyes glowed, a powerful beam of energy blasting the parasitic alien square in the chest and tossing him across the hanger to hit the wall, hard.
Shinji breathed a sigh of relief as Protex stopped moving. There was no fight left in him.
"Excellent work, Shinji." Jonn said as he staggered up to Shinji.
"Are you alright, sir?" Shinji asked the older Martian.
"I'll be fine." he replied as the pair looked over to see Superman and Wonder Woman standing over a pile of scrap metal that was once the Manhunter robot. "But I'm curious as to where this new ability of yours came from."
"You mean... my eye beams?" he asked, as Jonn nodded. "I... I don't know."
"What do you remember when it happened?"
"Anger. When he was threatening you... and the others. I just felt... angry. Like I couldn't let anyone hurt you or Diana or Superman or anyone else."
Jonn thought about that for a minute. "It sounds rather simple, but I can think of no other explanation for this."
"Simple?"
"It's possible that your gained this new powers due to your transformation from human to Martian. It would also explain your ability to move as quicky as Flash." Jonn explained.
Shinji was wide-eyed at this, but accepted his analysis of his new abilities. He had been curious as to where his new speed had come from, as Jonn didn't possess them himself.
"Looks like I have more training to do." Shinji stated.
"So it would seem." Jonn smiled at the boy.
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Author's Notes:
Here's chapter 2. Hope you liked it.
This chapter was basically a filler, showing off Shinji's potential as a hero as well as him using his new powers.
The villains I used have already been in the Justice League episodes (Orm from 'The Enemy Below', Arisia from 'Fury', The Manhunter from 'In Blackest Night', Protex from 'Secret Origins' (the name actually taken from one of the White Martians in the comic books), Luminous is one of Superman's enemies from his series, but doesn't appear in the Justice League series until the Second Season, Bane is from 'The Batman' series, and Captain Cold is one of Flash's enemies from the comics)
Also, in regards to Shinji's new abilities, super speed and laser vision, in the comics Jonn had these powers, but in the animated series they were phased out. I added them to Shinji's new arsenal of powers based on Shinji being a runner (it has been mentioned several times in the series) and his laser vision being a side-effect of his own 'berserker' mode.
I know it's kinda a long-shot, but these are abilities that Jonn originally had before he was animated, so I thought to add them to Shinji's repertoire.
And I hope everyone likes the Omake at the end of this. It's basically a series of extended scenes from this chapter alone.
Next chapter: A Knight With Shadows. It will also be the last chapter to this story.
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And now, an Extended Scene OMAKE!!!
Extended Scene 1
Luminous crashed onto a couch he found in one of the offices.
"Maybe I could run a few hundred volts through him. In his weakened state I'd bet he'd scream real good." he thought to himself.
"Maybe I could come up with a better plan." Arisia said, standing in the door way.
"Can I help you?"
"Yes. I think you can." she said, walking over to the yellow and black suited man, before closing the door.
Alright! I think I'm gonna get lucky. Luminous thought.
Arisia walked up to him, and punched him hard in the face.
Once he was out, Arisia's body started to bend and shape until she was Kid Mars once again.
"Oh!" he groaned, holding his head. "That's harder than I thought. I need more practice. But... not right now." he said as he grabbed the holographic generators from Luminous's belt. "These will definitely be of use. Thanks, Luminous." he said as he opened the door and saw Protex enter one of the rooms at the far end. "Perfect."
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Extended scene 2
Captain Cold was checking his freeze gun when Protex burst into his room.
"Cold! I need to talk to you!" the white humanoid alien said in a panic.
"What's wrong?" the ice master asked.
"It's Arisia! She's crazy!"
"So what else is new?"
"You mean you didn't hear? I just found out myself!"
"Hear what?"
"That she created a virus that only kills men! That's why the League stopped her!"
"Only kills... wait! Then why has she been working with us?"
"I don't know. But it was the same way with Copperhead, Shade and Solomon Grundy. She used them to get what she wanted, them exposed them to the virus. They would have died if it wasn't for the League coming up with an antidote."
"Alright. This is a problem." he said as he slammed his cartridge into his freeze gun. "We need to have a little talk with this lady."
He was about to exit his room when he paused. "Wait. Does this virus affect aliens too?" Cold asked.
"It affected the Martian. Which means it could affect me too!"
"Right. Just checking. What about the robot?"
"I saw her reprogramming him. He's on her side now."
"Blast! Let's find Ocean Master."
"Right behind you." Protex said, following him out.
Protex started to slow his pace and paused as Captain Cold turned the corner. The white humanoid shape slowly disappeared as Kid Mars took his place.
Suddenly, Shinji sensed that Protex was rounding the corner and quickly shifted his image.
Oh, I'm going to pay for that. Shinji thought of his quickie transformation.
"Ocean Master?" the white alien said, coming up to the ragged looking Atlantean.
"Hurry! It's Arisia! She's trying to kill us all! Captain Cold went on ahead, down the hallway!" he said, pointing to the end of the hall. "Go! Stop her! I'll join you shortly."
"Alright." Protex said as he ran ahead of the Atlantean, who was shortly after a Martian.
"Oh, boy!" he gasped, whipping his brow of sweat. "Just a little bit more, Shinji. Come on." he said and proceeded down the hall.
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Extended Scene 3
Arisia was going over a computer file when Ocean Master stepped into the room.
"Can I help you?" the blond woman asked.
"Yes. You can die!" Orm growled as he hefted a large metal pipe over his head and brought it down hard, on top of the computer.
Fortunately, Arisia had seen his reflection and ducked out of the way.
"What the hell are you doing?" she shouted.
"Getting rid of you!" he said, swinging the large pipe at her, and missing. "I know all about your virus, and I can't risk you trying to recreate it. It'll ruin my plans to take over Atlantis!" he said, and in a burst of speed, rushed forward and clocked Arisia hard in the face, knocking her out the second story window and down into the first floor factory floor.
Orm grimaced as he walked out, his body slowly changing into Kid Mars.
I really hated doing that, but I had no choice. Shinji thought as he very gradually started changing into the blond Arisia. Even though she's evil, I dislike hurting women.
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Extended Scene 4
Bane and Manhunter were standing around the individual cells where they just stared at the Justice League, bound and captive.
"We should eliminate them now." Manhunter said, just glaring at the heroes.
"Yes. But we each deserve to destroy our own enemies." Bane said. "The Bat will be crushed by my hands!" he glared at the dark knight.
Suddenly, Arisia burst into the room, holding her arm.
"Help me! They've gone mad!" the injured non-Amazon said.
"What's happened to you?" Bane asked, noticing how ragged the blond woman looked.
"It's Ocean Master! He's betrayed us! He's rousted the others to rebel against us!"
"What?" Bane gasped.
"And that sticking alien! He was using us to destroy the League so that the rest of people could come back and conquer the world!" she said.
"Really? We'll see about that!" Bane growled as he raced out of the room.
"What about the Justice League?" Manhunter asked.
"They're not going anywhere. I'll be behind you." Arisia said, pointing at the door.
Manhunter nodded and followed Bane out the door.
However, the second he was gone, Arisia grinned and stood up as if not injured. Her features and armor died away, her height shrunk, until only Kid Mars remained.
And now for my plan. Shinji grinned, but that faded as his body felt weak. Keep it together, Shinji. I just need to set up the hologram generator to create an image over the security camera in order to make it seem as if the League is still being held prisoner. And hopefully by the time they start fighting, I'll have everyone out of those cells. He thought as he fiddled with Luminous's device. Good thing I read his mind to figure out how to work this thing.
The device flashed, an image overlaid the cameras view, giving Shinji the chance he needed to free the Justice League.