SUPER PATRIOTS: CHAPTER TWO
It was a day after the Super Patriots had gone home and all the big news stations were talking about how 9/11 wasn't their fault. Some had even offered to tell them that it wasn't and that they couldn't control what was going on. That they shouldn't blame themselves for things that were not within their sphere of control.
People couldn't blame them for doing their job as heroes, and all of them were broken hearted watching SuperPro beat himself up over what happened.
They were invited to the charity concert for the New York City Fire and Police Department. One of the performers even had SuperPro come up on stage and play with them. The rest of his team even encouraged him to do so, cheering him on as he played and made the concert a huge hit.
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After the concert, people wanted to send e-mails to the team telling them to never give up, and that they understood that they couldn't save everyone.
The group, aside from SuperPro, had started feeling better about what had happened, getting medals for their bravery from New York and even their own home town.
That was when the other heroes started calling.
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It was the middle of October and Ranma was outside in the yard cheerlessly raking leaves when a huge, high-tech jet appeared over USA Manor. Ranma was dressed in a Navy blue sweatshirt for his Frat/Sorority of 'Upsilon Sigma Alpha'; the letters on his shirt were red, white and blue in that order.
"HEY! YOU CAN'T LAND THAT THING HERE!" He shouted once he saw the jet start to land.
The jet engines shut down as a ramp from the back opened of the plane. From that ramp, Ranma saw a group of women step out of the jet.
The first woman was a beautiful blond American dressed in a yellow blouse, cargo pants and boots. The second woman was another beautiful blond woman, presumably also American, with green eyes in a black T-shirt, jeans, and white running shoes. The cheetah hybrid was in a pinkish shirt that hung off her shoulders, dark blue jeans and boots. And the black woman with the short hair was in a military dress uniform with flats and a beret.
Ranma went over to the first blond woman.
"What the heck is that jet doing on our grounds?" He asked.
"I'm sorry sir," the blond said. "But we're looking for SuperPro and the Super Patriots, and we were told we could find them around here."
Ranma's eyes widened a bit.
Damn it, Naruto! You had to give out our e-mails! He mentally hissed. "I'm not sure where you heard that, but he's not here right now. He went to find someplace to be alone." He said, "I'm sorry you missed him."
He went back to raking leaves as the were-cheetah gently touched his shoulder and turned him around.
"Do you know when he'll be back?" She asked, getting the distinct feeling that he wasn't being entirely truthful.
"No, could be weeks, could be months. He may never return." He said sadly.
'I think we're looking at him.' "Alright, when you do see him, tell him it wasn't his fault."
"He KNOWS that! But he just feels…"
"Hopeless? Helpless? Like he failed his country? He didn't, he needed to learn that heroes can't be everywhere all the time. I think that was a lesson you had to learn the hard way, huh SuperPro?"
The others looked at her.
"What do you mean Brit?" Said the first blond.
"Toni Rayner, Rhonnie Stewart, Brianna Rayner meet Ranma Rogers, SuperPro."
They looked at Ranma, who sighed and nodded his head.
"Ranma, do you mind if we come in? We'd like to talk to you." Toni said.
Ranma nodded his head and lead them into the Frat house.
"Welcome to the Frat/Sorority of Upsilon Sigma Alpha," he said as they walked in.
"Wait a minute! Isn't this the Co-ed Greek house where all the student's parents fought for, or are still is fighting, for our country?" Brianna asked.
Ranma nodded. "I'm dorm master." he said.
They walked though the area and went into his office.
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They walked in and noticed that the office itself looked like a mess. Hanging in a corner was a clothing bag with his cap and gown in it. He motioned for them to sit down in the chairs on the other side of his desk, and they did.
"So... I take it you guys are heroes as well?"
They nodded.
"I'm Gold Lantern!" Toni said.
"I'm War Chest!" Rhonnie said.
"I'm Cache!" Brianna said.
"And I'm Cheetah!" Brittany said.
"I see. How did you get your powers?" Ranma asked.
"Brianna and I make and sell weapons." said Toni. "When I was younger, I was in a car accident that almost killed me. My father created a device that kept my heart beating. One night I was at a bar and went to get some fresh air, when I saw a couple drunk guys harassing this woman. I went over to stop them, one of them pulled a knife and tried to stab me, so I tossed him and his buddy into the bar's dumpster. That's when this guy came up to me and handed me this ring." she said, showing Ranma her ring, a gold and platinum ring with a gold-lined symbol on the top of it. "He said it's because I was worthy."
Ranma nodded and turned towards Brianna.
"Our grandfather was an archeologist who raided a sacred tomb in the Himalayan Mountains, only to have a curse transform him into an undead monster called Paralich. He snapped and started to kill off everyone and everything he cared about." Brianna said. "Toni and I made armor for ourselves and Rhonnie. We fought him off and buried him in a lead mine."
"And you call yourself Cache?" He asked.
"I'm a Metahuman. I can make any type of weapon, or armor, or vehicle. Real or imaginary." She said.
"And you Cheetah?" he asked.
"This is my natural ability, I'm a were-cheetah." Said Brittany.
"Alright... so what did you wish to talk to me about?" Ranma asked. "Or... should I guess? You wanted to tell me that I shouldn't give up? That 9/11 wasn't my fault?"
"It wasn't." Rhonnie said.
"But also, we want to join you." said Toni.
"Join me?" Ranma asked.
"You and the Super Patriots." Brittany said.
"We want to help you." Brianna said.
Ranma sighed, pulled out his cell phone and called his mother.
(Hello sweetie! How are you doing?) Nodoka Rogers said on the other end, having seen the caller-ID on her own phone.
"Fine, mom. Uh, listen... I've got a group of people in my office and... well here it is."
He then gave his mother the rundown on the 4 young women in his office.
(And what do they want?) Nodoka asked.
"Can we talk to you at the house?" Ranma asked.
(Alright, I'll meet you there later.)
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Ranma took his Hummer and headed to the house with Brianna and the others following in their jet. They arrived at the house and landed/parked on the grounds. Ranma waited until they exited the jet and lead them into the house.
"Mom, I'm home!" Ranma called out. "Come on in." he said to the quartet, leading them into the living room.
Nodoka then came in and went over to her son first.
"Hello Ranma." she said, kissing him on the cheek. "Hello. I'm Nodoka Rogers, Ranma's mother and unofficial leader of the Super Patriots."
"Unofficial?" Rhonnie asked.
"Think of me more like a director who advises her subordinates in the field, if necessary." she said with a smile.
"I'm Toni Rayner, these are my sisters Brittany and Brianna, and my best friend Rhonnie Stewart." Toni said. "And we've come to join the Super Patriots."
Nodoka looked concerned/confused. "Really. And...
who are
you?"
"I'm Gold Lantern." Toni said.
"I'm Cheetah." Brittany said.
"I'm Cache." Brianna said.
"And I'm War Chest." Rhonnie said.
Nodoka nodded. "Let's talk." she said.
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Meanwhile in Philadelphia a young-looking man was looking at the paper, reading about what the Super Patriots had done in New York. He was lost in thought as a young woman came in and looked over his shoulder.
"Do you think we should help them, dad?" She asked as he closed the paper and looked at her.
"Get packed, grab my bike keys, and get ready to go." He said to her.
His name was Jake Logan, owner and bouncer of a bar and grill for Eagle fans, but he was best known as the seventh American hero, Freedom. He was subjected to the super soldier formula and was given super strength, speed and agility. However, the super soldier formula also triggered his latent meta-mutant powers, giving him the ability to heal from virtually any injury, which also retarded his aging, and also enhanced his senses.
After WW2 he was kidnapped by the Canadian government and subjected to an experiment that gave him an adamantium skeleton and razor-sharp claws. But before he could be placed on a Canadian meta-mutant team, he escaped and went back to America. However, the experiments had also caused him to lose a majority of his memories. During the long years he was trying to find out who he was and where his family was, he had met a variety of different women and fell in love. He married around 4 times and had around 9 kids and 5 grandkids. Around 7 of his kids and 4 of his grandkids were meta-mutants, 3 of his kids and 2 of his grandkids had his claws.
His youngest child, Lisa, was given his WW2 codename and was given a female version of his outfit. Lisa was a very beautiful young woman, she was 19 years old, with long black hair and caramel brown eyes. She was tall, around 5 foot 7 and was very well built, she went in to her room and packed some clothes and got dressed in her uniform. It was a black bathing suit, fishnet stockings, boots and an airmen's jacket with a domino mask. She grabbed her duffle bag, grabbed the keys and walked to the garage.
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Meanwhile Jake was packing up some clothes, some extra gear, and put on his new Freedom jacket. It was a black leather jacket with the word 'FREEDOM' on it with a wing on the 'F' and 'M'. Lisa came out and tossed him the keys. He caught them and they tied their bags to the bike.
"Let's go." he said.
They got on the bike and took off for New Nerima.
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Meanwhile, back in New Nerima, Nodoka had agreed to allow the Rayner's and Rhonnie to join the team. Toni and Brittany were meeting the other members of the team.
"This is my sister, Ranko." Ranma said, introducing the strawberry blond haired woman.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you." She said, she was sitting at the table working on her homework, studying for their test and eating crackers with some cottage cheese.
"My adopted brother Sam Irons." Ranma said, also studying for the test, while snacking on a bag of chips.
The second he saw Rhonnie, he just stopped and stared. He couldn't tear his eyes away from her.
"Nice to meet you, call me Kevin." He said, instantly standing up to meet Rhonnie's eyes. It was easy to see that he was taller than her as she blushed heavily.
Ranma rolled his eyes.
"Moving on, my cousin John Walker." Ranma said, introducing Tenchi.
He was drinking some juice and smiled at Toni.
"Hi," he said. "Would you like some pear-white grape juice?" he asked the blond.
"Sure." Toni said.
While he got her a glass, Naruto and Hinata walked into the house.
"This is Naruto Starr." Ranma said, introducing the blond haired young man who was with a gorgeous blue haired, pale eyed woman. "And his girlfriend, Hinata Belle."
They looked at their new teammates and bowed their heads, acknowledging them.
"Hello." Naruto and Hinata said.
"Hi." said Brianna.
"And finally, Karen Kuonji." Ranma said as the blond haired woman walked into the room.
"Nice to meet you all." Toni said to them as Tenchi handed her a glass of juice.
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In New York, a young man was packing up some clothes. He was headed to New Nerima, he knew that one of his best friends was in town and had helped out during 9/11. He saw the press conference and saw how his friend's heart was shattered and he wanted to help him. In the doorway to his room, a gorgeous red-haired young woman stood and watched.
"Are you sure about this Kyle?" the woman asked.
"I'm sure, MJ." he said. "I'm going to go talk Ranma see if I can help. I'll call for you when the time comes."
"Alright, Kyle." She said and gave him a passionate kiss.
Kyle Parker was an ESU graduate student in Nanotechnology that was given one of the most power weapons in the universe, a green lantern power ring, granted to him by a roundish, dying alien named Galius Zed. Add to that he had also been bitten by a genetically-enhanced spider that gave him all the abilities of a spider, from crawling across walls to shooting webs from his wrists. He combined these powers and called himself, 'Jade Spider'.
It was these powers and abilities that had helped him win the heart of world famous fashion model Mary Jane Hayden. He was currently married to said fashion model.
Lifting his ring up he transformed his regular street clothes into a green under armor top with a huge white spider on the chest and back, green tights with white trim with green webbing in it, white boots and gauntlets with room for his ring and his wrists uncovered.
"Be careful Tiger," Mary Jane said, giving him another kiss before he glowed bright green and took off like a comet.
Continued.
Name:
SuperPro
Real Name: Rogers, Ranma
Height:
Weight:
Hair:
Black
Eyes: Blue
Powers: enhanced physical prowess
Name:
Gridiron Girl
Real Name: Rogers, Ranko
Height:
Weight:
Hair: Strawberry blond
Eyes: Blue
Powers: enhanced physical
prowess
Name: Minute Man
Real Name: Walker, John
Tenchi
Height:
Weight:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Powers:
Enhanced physical prowess
Name: Eagle
Real Name:
Irons, Samuel Kevin
Height:
Weight:
Hair: none
Eyes:
amber
Powers: enhanced physical prowess
Name: Power
Soldier
Real Name: Starr, Naruto 'Bucky'
Height:
Weight:
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Powers: enhanced physical
prowess
Name: Winder Girl
Real Name: Belle,
Hinata
Height:
Weight:
Hair: Blue
Eyes:
Lavender
Powers: enhanced physical prowess
Name: Star
Girl
Real Name: Kuonji, Karen
Height:
Weight:
Hair:
Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Powers: enhanced physical prowess
Name:
Gold Lantern
Real Name: Rayner, Toni Gina
Height: 5 feet 8 (in
armor) 6 foot 1
Weight: 125 lbs. (in armor) 325 lbs
Hair:
Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Powers: Slight mental control over armor and
able to create golden energy projections using a gold and platinum
ring given to her by the 'Powers that be'.
Name:
Cache
Real Name: Rayner, Brianna Gardener
Height: 5 foot
7
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Green
Powers: Can
create any type of weapon, armor or vehicle real or
imaginary.
Name: Cheetah
Real Name: Rayner,
Brittany
Height: 5 foot 6, (in were form) 7 foot 3
Weight: 115
lbs. (in were form) 330 lbs.
Hair: Blond (in were form) cheetah
patterned
Eyes: Blue (in were form) Blue w/ green sclera.
