Uncanny Suicide Squad

Chapter 2: Taking on the HIVE

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Shout Outs-

Aaron- Deadshot and Cheshire aren't the only ones that I have paired up. Keep watching for more pairings soon.

Doza- Oh yeah. I have loads of fics out there. I'm trying to flood ffnet with my work then… I CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD! BWA-HA-HAAAA!

Todd fan- I appreciate your reviews and all, luv… but could you be a little more detailed? I'd like to know what you actually like about my stuff.

The skies above Jump City-

In the skies above Jump City, Deadshot sat in the pilot's seat of the helicopter that carried the all-new Suicide Squad to their first mission. Deadshot and his teammates were to take down the HIVE and eliminate the headmaster: Brother Blood.

Whereas Jump City's very own Teen Titans would be all over the team for invading their city, the Suicide Squad had no need to worry as the teen heroes were already busy fighting with Cinderblock and Plasmus downtown. The Suicide Squad could go about their business in relative peace.

Beside Deadshot, in the co-pilot's seat, the Vietnamese assassin known as Cheshire leant over and whispered in her lover's ear.

'Is this mission starting to get your adrenaline pumping?' Cheshire whispered lustily. 'Because it is certainly getting mine pumping. And you know how I get when I'm on an adrenaline buzz.'

'Yeah, I've got the scars to prove it.' Deadshot chuckled.

Sitting behind the co-team leaders, the rest of the Suicide Squad waited patiently until they reached the drop-off point. Well, everybody was waiting patiently except from Killer Frost. The ice-wielding psychopath was fidgeting impatiently.

'C'mon, C'mon. When do we get to kill stuff? I'm getting antsy already.'

'Will you please shut up?' The fire-wielding demon woman known as Scorch groaned. 'You're doing my head in. Take a pill or something.'

'The pills they gave me in the Slab made me drowsy.' Killer Frost sniffed. 'And I don't wanna be drowsy if we're gonna kill stuff.'

'No killing!' Deadshot reminded everybody from the pilot's seat. 'Until we get to Brother Blood, that is. Then it's kill-kill-kill all the way.'

'But we get to smash up robots, right?' Firefly piped up hopefully. 'Burn them too?'

'You can burn all the robots you want once we get inside, Lynns.' Deadshot answered with a sigh. 'Just be patient. We'll reach the drop-off point shortly.'

'Umm, not that I want to pooh-pooh the plan or anything…' Giganta piped up. 'But why is Bizarro sitting in the helicopter with us? He can fly.'

'An imperfect clone flying through the sky would be a little too obvious, don't you think?' Cheshire pointed out. 'This is a stealth mission. We want to keep contact with the Teen Titans to a minimum.'

'Bizarro am excited!' Superman's imperfect clone yelled loudly and happily. 'Bizarro am working with new friends! Bizarro's friends am Number One!'

'Thanks for that, mate.' Captain Boomerang winced as he rubbed his ear. 'Deafen me why don'cha?'

'Heads up, people.' Deadshot called from the pilot's seat. 'Get your parachutes ready, it's time for the drop!'

The HIVE-

In the main building of the HIVE Academy, the building that housed Brother Blood's private quarters, robotic drones marched make and forth in their duties guarding their master.

One drone stopped and studied the large locked door that comprised the only way in and out of the building.

'Unit-765-B detects fall in ambient temperature. Query: Accurate supposition?'

Another drone studied the door.

'Unit-765-B is correct in supposition. Ambient temperature has dropped significantly.'

'Query: Possible attack?' Drone 1 queried.

'Negative.' Drone 2 replied. 'Drop in ambient temperature arose form exterior weather systems. Commence duties.'

Before the drones could continue onwards one more step, the door exploded in a burst of brittle, frozen metal.

'Alarm!' The drones both bleated. 'Academy under attack! Alarm!'

'These overgrown toaster ovens never shut up, do they?' Deadshot sighed as he blew holes in both drones. 'There goes the stealthy option, I guess.'

'Stealth sucks.' Killer Frost sniffed as she froze a nearby door. 'I was always one for the frontal assault. More chances for killing that way.'

'I can see that it's gonna be a great mission with you, Sheila.' Captain Boomerang sighed as he tossed an exploding boomerang at the frozen door. 'Fire in the hole!'

The Suicide Squad dived for cover as the boomerang exploded, leaving a hole where the door once was.

'Brother Blood's private quarters are on the top floor.' Cheshire explained as she examined a mini-map on her watch. 'Quick. We don't have more time.'

'Bizarro smash?' The imperfect clone asked.

'Oh hell yeah.' Scorch grinned as a fiery aura began to surround her.

Firefly gazed at the demon woman, the fiery aura reflecting off his armoured mask.

'Ooooh…' Firefly sighed dreamily. 'Have I ever told you how beautiful you are when you do that aura thing?'

'Leave the flirting for later, Lynns.' Deadshot commanded as he led the charge up the stairs. 'We've got a mission to take care of.'

Firefly just sighed in disappointment.

'Don't worry.' Scorch said as she placed a comforting hand on Firefly's shoulder. 'We can talk about this later. Promise.'

Firefly just grinned happily under his mask as he followed everybody upstairs.

Several floors upwards-

Jinx, Gizmo and Mammoth, three of the most famous graduates of the HIVE Academy leapt out fo the way as a robot drone (pieces of it anyway) smashed through the wall followed by what seemed to be a deathly pale clone of Superman.

'Bizarro smash robots!' The clone bellowed. 'Bizarro am Number One!'

Bizarro was soon followed by more drones and his fellow Suicide Squaddies.

'Oh yeah. This is more like it.' Killer Frost grinned as she impaled one drone with an icy spike. 'Okay. These things aren't human but… it's fun enough turning them into scrap!'

'What the spit?' Gizmo blinked. 'We're under attack!'

'Gee, ya think?' Jinx snorted. 'Don't just stand there, dumbass. Do something!'

'Already there!' Mammoth grinned as he charged at the Suicide Squad.

'Heads up!' Deadshot bellowed as he blew more holes in the robot drones. 'Steroid-enhanced kid at nine o' clock!'

'On it, boss!' Giganta called as she stomped towards the charging Mammoth.

The giant redhead peered down at the HIVE Graduate with a smile.

'Hey there, little boy. You gonna play with Giganta?'

'Crud.' Mammoth winced as Giganta grabbed him in a giant hand.

'Get your stinking hands off him, you slug-sniffing pit-licker!' Gizmo yelled as he flew around the giant woman.

'Y'know, as insults go, yours suck!' Scorch jeered as she flew up to Gizmo on a plume of fire.

'Get away from me, lady!' Gizmo demanded as two miniature rocket launchers popped out of his backpack. 'Don't make me blow you up!'

'Go on, I dare ya.' Scorch challenged.

'I warned you…' Gizmo said as he launched his rockets at the demon woman.

Scorch simply dodged out of the rockets' paths and set after Gizmo herself.

'Is that all you got, kid?' Scorch taunted as she zipped after Gizmo. 'C'mon. Gimmie a challenge!'

'Try this on for size, snot-licker!' Gizmo smirked as a flamethrower popped out of his pack.

Scorch just laughed in glee as she was blasted with fire.

'Fire doesn't hurt me, dumbass.' Scorch snickered as she absorbed the fire into her body. 'I can absorb whatever you've got. Now, how about I give you a little taste of your own fiery medicine?'

'Aww, spit.' Gizmo hissed as Scorch blasted off one of his robotic wings with a fireball.

Killer Frost caught Gizmo just before he splattered himself all over the wall.

'I know we're not supposed to kill you kids…' Killer Frost grinned as her fingers began to take the shape of ice claws. 'But I'm sure one wouldn't hurt…'

Before the icy Goth could strike the killer blow, she let out a shriek as he frozen hand exploded into tiny pieces.

'No killing!' Deadshot ordered as he held a smoking wrist blaster at her. 'Don't make me take you down!'

Killer Frost just held her injured hand and dropped Gizmo.

'Think yourself lucky, kid.' Killer Frost groused as she returned to the rest of the team.

Elsewhere, Cheshire, Firefly and Captain Boomerang were taking on Jinx.

'I say we turn her into barbeque!' Firefly chuckled evilly.

'We're not here to kill the students, you fire-spewing idiot!' Cheshire growled as she swatted the pyromaniac upside the head. 'And Digger, but that razor-sharp boomerang away. Don't make me put you down like a dingo.'

Captain Boomerang did as he was told and put away his boomerang as Cheshire turned back to their quarry.

'Now, you seem like a pretty intelligent girl, Jinx.' Cheshire explained. 'And I really don't want to hurt you… so will you let us pass without too much fuss?'

Jinx turned to regard her two beaten teammates.

'I'm smart enough to know when I'm beaten.' Jinx nodded with a shrug. 'I never liked these losers all that much anyway.'

Cheshire snapped her fingers as she got an idea.

'I know! Why don't you join us? A plucky young teenage sidekick would brighten up the team a lot. What do you say?'

Jinx stroked her chin in thought.

'What's the money like?'

'It sucks.' Firefly confessed. 'But we're based near Vegas.'

'Sold!' Jinx grinned as she shook Cheshire's hand. 'I've always wanted to go to Vegas.'

The roof-

Brother Blood panted heavily as he ran for his escape helicopter. The HIVE Academy was under attack and he was making his escape. Forget the students, Brother Blood only wanted to save himself.

'Fly me out of here!' Brother Blood commanded.

The pilot silently nodded as the helicopter began to take off.

The helicopter had barely moved off the roof when Bizarro smashed his way through.

'Brother Blood am not getting away!' The imperfect clone bellowed. 'Bizarro am catch Brother Blood!'

'I don't think so, creature!' Brother Blood hissed as his eyes began to glow red. 'I'm not exactly powerless here.'

Brother Blood laughed evilly as he blasted Bizarro with a burst of energy from his hands.

'Ha-ho. Bizarro am tickling.' The imperfect clone chuckled. 'Brother Blood am funny!'

Brother Blood tried to shoot Bizarro down with more energy blasts but found them useless against the clone's might.

'Brother Blood am like coin in can!' Bizarro grinned as he grabbed hold of the helicopter. 'Bizarro shake coin out of can!'

Brother Blood found himself knocked out of his seat as Bizarro began to shake the helicopter about. Blood tried to grab hold of something but found himself falling out of the open door.

Unfortunately for Brother Blood, Cheshire was the one that caught him.

'Oh look, Floyd.' Cheshire grinned at her lover. 'It's raining men.'

'W-what are you going to do with me?' Brother Blood whimpered.

'You've been targeted for elimination, Brother Blood.' Deadshot replied. 'Cheshire, would you care to do the honours?'

'I'd love to, darling.' Cheshire grinned as she removed a syringe from her belt.

Brother Blood gulped nervously as Cheshire pressed the syringe against his neck.

'W-what is in that thing?' He whimpered.

'The venom of the South Pacific Cone Shell.' Cheshire explained. 'The deadliest toxin known to man. Don't worry though, you'll be dead before you even feel it…'

Meanwhile, somewhere in Boston-

In a warehouse, somewhere in Boston, the psychotic clown known as the Joker was watching TV surrounded by lackeys. Harley Quinn was also there, petting her hyenas.

'This is the life, eh Harls?' The Joker sighed happily as he propped his feet up on a lackey. 'Who needs Gotham and its flying rodents when we could have peace and quiet in Boston?'

'I heard Wonder Woman's moved in, Mistah J.' Harley remembered.

'That scary redheaded Wonder Woman or that pesky Justice Leaguer?' The Joker frowned.

'The Justice League one.' Harley answered. 'Cept she ain't callin' herself Wonder Woman no more…'

'I guess we'll pop around and say hi.' The Joker shrugged.

'Ooh! Ooh!' Harley clapped excitedly. 'I could make a fruit basket!'

'And put a bomb in it?' The Joker asked.

'Of course I would, puddin'.' Harley grinned. 'The Woman-Formerly-Known-As-Wondy is gonna go boom!'

'Always the same eh, Joker?'

The Joker jumped up from his seat at the sound of the voice.

'What the Hell? Who's supposed to be in charge of security?'

One lackey held up a quivering hand.

'Th-that would be me, boss…'

The Joker rolled his eyes and pulled out a gun.

BLAM!

'You're fired! Ha!'

'It's practically impossible to find good help nowadays, isn't it?' The mysterious visitor asked.

'Okay. How about you show yourself before I ventilate you, Bunky?' Joker warned. 'I was watching my stories and I'd like to get back to them.'

'Is that how you talk to an old friend?' Lex Luthor asked as he stepped out of the shadows. 'Hello Joker. Long time no see.'

'Lexie!' Joker grinned as he gave the folically-challenged villain a big hug. 'What brings you to Boston?'

'The same thing as you, Joker.' Lex winced. 'Business opportunities. That and I have a proposition for you.'

'I'm listening…' Joker grinned as he let Lex go.

'I want you to join the Society.' Lex explained.

'Meh. Why the Hell not?' Joker shrugged. 'You always did throw the best parties.'

'What about the Wondy thing, Mistah J?' Harley piped up.

'Aww, nuts.' Joker winced. 'I guess I'll have to turn you down, Lexie. I was planning on having a little fun with the Amazon-Formerly-Known-As-Wonder Woman.'

'The Society will be perfectly willing to wait for you, Joker.' Lex nodded. 'Just try not to get into too much trouble.'

'Lexie, baby!' Joker grinned as he put an arm around Lex's shoulder. 'I'm the Joker! I never get in trouble!'

Lex just shook his head silently. It was going to be a long night…

TBC…

Next: Raid on Cadmus

The Suicide Squad recruits their next member: Galatea. But first they have to break her out of captivity from Cadmus. Meanwhile: The Joker and Harley Quinn meet the rest of the Society…

Author's Notes- For the Joker's adventures with the Amazon-Formerly-Known-As-Wonder Woman, check out future chapters of 'Uncanny Wonder Woman.'