Resurrecting the Red
Chapter 22: In the Line of Fire, Part II
"Watchtower, Luthor just invited some friends over from the Injustice League."
David watched as Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne wasted no time in getting the League into gear. A minute after the Huntress's call for help, Superman had used the emergency transporters to beam down to the planet with Warhawk, Green Lantern, Aquagirl, Donna Troy, and Black Canary.
The young Flash quickly turned to Bruce and J'onn, who were now at the control station. The billionaire was currently typing away madly at the console, despite the arthritis in his old hands.
"What should I…" David started. A large explosion interrupted him.
"We have three breaches in the Watchtower," Bruce said calmly. "Levels two and three, sections blue and gold."
"I'm on it," David said quickly, and sped off before either man could stop him. J'onn quickly relayed the information telepathically to the rest of the League.
"This is bad," J'onn told Bruce.
"Yes," the billionaire answered. "I suspected that Luthor had ties to the Injustice League like her father, but I didn't realize that she had enough influence to call out this many of them."
"I sense five people," J'onn said. "Three of them I recognize, the other two I don't."
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Diana came on guard the moment that the Watchtower shuddered and the alarms began ringing. Though, to be truthful, she had been on guard the whole time she'd been watching Jon-El.
"Zaranna, Tornado, Booster, stay on guard," Diana snapped hurriedly. She went on the defensive the moment the wall exploded inward. The Amazon focused in on the approaching two figures as one of them raised his hands.
Diana dodged out of the way as a blast of green radiation melted through part of the floor.
"Nimble minx, aren't we?" Blight asked dryly. The man formerly known as Derek Powers shot another blast at Wonder Woman, trying to distract her from his colleague.
Jon-El smirked as Zaranna, Red Tornado, and Booster Gold formed a ring in front of him, trying to stall a blonde haired woman wearing an identical smirk.
"I've come to liberate you, Little Cousin," Galatea said. Zaranna, Zatanna's daughter, was already weaving a spell to cast as Steven Carter, the second Booster Gold, created a force field in front of the imprisoned Jon-El. Red Tornado merely waited impassively as he waited for the blonde clone to make her move.
"Oh please," Galatea snorted. "Your pathetic little tricks won't work on me." She zipped out of the way as Zatarra attempted to use her magic.
"Blight!" the clone shouted. "Take care of them. I'll get Wonder Woman!" Diana punched through the floor, causing Blight to fall down into the next level.
"You were saying?" Wonder Woman asked. Galatea smirked.
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David stared curiously at the gigantic red haired woman in front of him. She had on a pink dress.
"I never did like pink much," the Flash said.
"It's my favorite color," Giganta snapped. David sped out of the way as her fist crashed down at him. As he sped around the huge woman, he could see Static and Dr. Fate teaming up against some lady who called herself Star Sapphire.
"You wouldn't hit a girl, would you Little Man?" Giganta taunted.
"Actually," the Flash said, "I would!" He zoomed up the nearby wall and twirled himself into a cyclone, catching the giant woman in the crossfire. David used the increasing speed to fling Giganta towards Star Sapphire.
"Static! Fate! Move it!" David yelled. The two men looked up just in time to dodge out of the way. Unfortunately, Sapphire did as well. Virgil used the moment to zap Giganta with several high volts of electricity, causing her to revert back to her smaller form.
The three men now turned their attention to Sapphire.
"Hey," Static said suddenly. "There're five of them, right?"
"Yeah, so?" David asked.
"There's two in the detention center with Jon-El and there's two here. Where's the fifth?"
"I'll find her," Dr. Fate said calmly. "I'm sure you two can handle this." With that, the wizard teleported away.
"Gee, thanks!" David yelled sarcastically, his temper flaring up.
"We can handle it Kid," Virgil said.
"I don't care, he left us!" David snapped, growing more infuriated.
"Hey! Hey!" Virgil protested. "If you're going to lose your temper, take it out on her!" He pointed at Star Sapphire.
David zoomed at her.
"Geez," Virgil muttered. "Sometimes he's so much like Linda that it's scary."
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Bruce watched as a black liquid surged under the closed doors and into the room. It looked familiar….
"It's Inque," Bruce warned. The black liquid immediately reformed into the image of a young woman. Bruce made no attempt to hide his face. Since Luthor had discovered the identities of most of the League, she had probably informed her associates in the Injustice League.
Which meant that J'onn was going to be busy later on when he was wiping their memories.
"She doesn't like the water," Bruce said. Too bad they had sent Aquagirl down to the planet. She would be the perfect foil for Inque.
"I'll handle her," a voice suddenly said. Bruce and J'onn watched as Dr. Fate materialized into the room. J'onn nodded at him before turning back to the console. He had a League to supervise.
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"Which way?" Ethan asked. He and Terry, miraculously, hadn't run into anyone from the Injustice League yet. Both had been listening to the League Emergency Communications System (E-Com), and neither expected their good fortune to last long.
"J'onn said that according to Jon-El, they're down in the third level," Terry answered.
"Which one are we one?" Ethan asked.
"The second."
Terry scanned around him, searching for a weak point in the compound's structure. He spotted one near them.
"Use your sonic scream here," Terry pointed. "If we can bust through this spot, we'll have a short cut down to the next level." Ethan opened his mouth and blasted at the spot that Batman had indicated. He managed to damage it to the point that the floor compacted inwards, but not enough to punch through the thick titanium floor.
"Close enough," Terry said. He flung a small gift from Bruce at the severely weakened spot. The chemical explosion from Bruce's toy sufficiently served to puncture through the remaining metal.
"After you," Terry indicated. Ethan peered down through the floor at the long drop.
"Did I mention that I hate heights?" Green Arrow asked.
"If you don't move Ethan, I'm shoving you through!" Terry threatened. Ethan Queen took a deep breath and leapt down. He hadn't been kidding. He really did hate heights.
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Kara gave a small sigh of relief as Clark's team joined in on the fight. Her cousin immediately focused on Bizarro as she and Donna Troy teamed up against Chameleon. Aquagirl and Warhawk both attacked the Shade as the Huntress was left to deal with Curare alone. Black Canary and Green Lantern had gone off to find Batman and Green Arrow.
The Huntress kind of preferred it that way. She was too proud to ask for help against the blue skinned woman.
Besides, Elizabeth Szasz never backed down from a challenge.
The Huntress somersaulted out of the way as Curare leapt nimbly at her. Elizabeth was thankful yet again to her mother for forcing her and her sister to take gymnastics when they were growing up.
Elizabeth was an Olympic level gymnast.
She rolled out of the way as her blue opponent sliced down at her. The Huntress rolled onto her back and kicked up, catching Curare in the jaw. Elizabeth realized that her crossbow wasn't going to do her any good.
The strange woman was a close range combatant. She was also too fast at long distances for the crossbow to be effective.
She narrowly avoided the sharp blade. However, Curare twisted in mid strike to catch Elizabeth in the stomach with a powerful kick from her foot.
Damn…she's good…
Even though the odds seemed to be against her, the Huntress smirked.
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Clark glanced over at Kara as he punched Bizarro through a wall. Kara was holding her own against Chameleon, but his ability to become intangible was making it difficult for anyone to fight him.
We really need J'onn to fight him.
Kara was too proud to admit that though. He knew that she had come to the same conclusion. For all her powers and fighting experience, it didn't matter if your opponent could faze through solid matter.
To Clark's surprise though, Kara decided to call J'onn for help, pride be damned. She had matured much more than he realized during her time in the future.
"Superman," Kara called out. "J'onn and I are switching places. Can you handle it for a few seconds?" She seemed almost eager to go.
Of course. The answer hit Clark immediately.
She wanted to fight Galatea.
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"Men," Star Sapphire snarled. "You think you're so superior…"
"Shut up Lady!" the Flash snapped. He was getting rather peeved with the dark haired supervillian. She kept droning on and on about the flaws of men. It only served to heighten David's already foul mood.
Star Sapphire sent several blasts at David and Virgil. One managed to knock Static back, but the Flash dodged the others.
"Look You Ugly Witch!" David snapped. "The strongest people I know are women! Wonder Woman, Superwoman…not to mention mine and Batman's girlfriends could kick our butts any day of the week!"
"Calm down Kid!" Static called out. "Losing your temper's one thing….but don't let it go to your head! You need to think!"
David knew that Virgil was right, but he was still pissed. How dare this strange woman downgrade men? Not to mention the fact that she had broken into the Watchtower with the intent of killing he and his fellow Leaguers.
The Flash couldn't help it if he was in a bad mood.
Static watched as a red blur caused Star Sapphire to fly back against the wall. Suddenly, however, he saw David come to a screeching halt and grasp his head in pain.
"Flash!" Virgil shouted. "What's wrong?" He watched as Sapphire used the opportunity to blast the distracted David through a wall. Static immediately swung around to shoot electricity at her.
What the hell had happened to David?
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David groaned as he struggled to sit up. His body hurt like hell, especially his head.
Who's that? Who's there?
It was that voice again. The one he had heard when he was fighting Jon-El.
"Who are you?" David asked out loud.
But the voice didn't answer.
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"Terry!" Matt shouted, flinging himself towards his brother. Amanda allowed herself a small smirk of satisfaction when she saw that it was Batman and Green Arrow who had come in to rescue them.
Terry and Ethan immediately opened their cells. Batman grabbed a hold of his younger brother, and was shocked when Matt wrapped his arms around him in a hug.
"Aww…." Ethan said. Terry and Matt both gave him identical glares. Green Arrow held up his hands as Amanda's smirk grew wider. They were definitely Bruce's sons.
Even if they didn't know that.
"Let's get going," Terry said quickly. Ethan offered his hand to Amanda, which she took.
"Why are superheroes always so handsome," she murmured.
"What was that?" Green Arrow questioned.
"It was nothing Shorty," she answered. Ethan fumed a bit at her back.
"I'm not short," he protested.
"Yeah you are Queen," Terry said. "Now get moving!" Green Arrow didn't argue as he helped Amanda out of the room.
"I don't suppose we can expect an emergency transport to the Watchtower anytime soon," Ethan commented.
"Why is that?" Amanda asked.
"Luthor called in the Injustice League," Terry answered. "They've sent people to attack here and back at the station."
"What're you going to do?" Matt asked warily. Batman and Green Arrow looked at each other before sharing a glance with Amanda.
"I suppose we'd better get out of the compound first," Ethan said. "We'll take it from there."
"You make it sound so easy," Amanda said dryly.
"I wish," Green Arrow answered grimly.
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