Struggling Aftermath

Okay...I got new reviews...so now I'm going to commence in putting on chapter 6 here...and here Joey is again placed in danger as Zeroid attacked using "finger missiles" that caused a van to explode and the impact sends Joey falling from the hills of Elk Mountains in Colorado, putting in to question on whether he survives the fall or not, but this certainly caused some damage to his body has shrapnel hit most parts of his body.

Meanwhile, something unexpected has happen at Center City, which will add more pressures to its citizens, including especially Psy and Lina…after witnessing on live TV that "Joey Jones" has massacred the U.S. President and most of the senators at the Senate House...which now raises the question on how this has happened and who is behind all this...in which the answers will slowly be shown below...

With that said…HEROMAN…ATTACK!


Previously…

Recalling that using the controller would give him "super speed", Joey is pondering of using it, but then he saw a passing van and he waved, which caught the driver's attention, and the van stopped, where the driver peered out of the window and a conversation took place.

"H-hey...!"

"Huh? What are you doing out here this late...?"

"N-need ride...to the city...need...talk...to sheriff..."

"Are you hurt or something, kid?"

"Y-yeah...came from Center City...was taken here by force..."

"Wait...Center City...? Wait a minute...I know you..you're that Joey Jones...the kid who saved the world!"

"Yes...that's me...but can you tell me where I am...?"

"You're in Colorado..."

"What...I'm in Colorado?"

"Yeah...and this is Elk Mountains...huh?"

By then the van's radio blared where the news stated that the U.S. President was "murdered by Joey Jones and Heroman" about an hour ago and is currently at the U.S. Senate and killed several politicians there, and yet the driver is baffled that he is facing Joey in the heart of Elk Mountains in Colorado, and even Joey himself is surprised to hear this.

"What the...?"

"How...I'm here and yet..."

"So you're...wait...if that really happened...why are you here and..."

"I see...I was taken here..."

"Eh?"

"I'm...being...framed..."

"Hey! Are you hurt?"

"Y-yes..."

By then, Joey's body began to show signs of his injuries getting worse, and when the driver checked the teen's body, he saw the boy's right ribcage swelling further, and sensed that something is amiss, as the Joey Jones who is terrorizing Center City, is not what it appeared to be and decided to offer Joey a ride to the main city of Colorado and there he can offer to take him to the sheriff there so as to clear out the matter, which Joey agreed with, wanting to clear his name.

However, Zeroid appeared, and blocked the path with Joey surprised to see that the enemy is still around, and the driver sensed that Joey is in danger and attempted to protect the boy.

"Hey...hold it...I want the boy...he's my toy...!"

"What the hell...?"

"T-that thing...he did this to me...!"

"Seriously?"

"Hand him over...and we can settle this matter..."

"I don't know what's going on...but if you want this kid...sorry...he's coming with me!"

"Really...too bad...but I won't be sad...'coz I'm going to keep the lad...and seeing you take him out of here would make me mad..."

"Eh...?"

Zeroid then aimed his right hand at the van, where his fingers showed that it has stored "finger-missiles", and fired, hitting the van which it exploded, and the driver was instantaneously killed, while the impact of the blast and explosion sent Joey falling off the road and down the slope further, and shrapnel wounds struck his upper body, causing flesh wounds to appear and blood is seen staining his striped shirt.

"AAAAIIIEEE!"

As Zeroid is laughing at his "victory", he soon came to realize that he is supposed to keep the boy from leaving Colorado so he slides down the slope and attempts to go after the boy and see if he can keep him out of passing civilians' eyes


Now…

Back at Center City, the scene shifts to Danton's lab, and the time is 5 pm, and there the professor, along with Lina and Psy, watched the TV where a live news is being broadcasted, and the trio are in a state of disbelief at what they are seeing, as Keisha Jackson is reporting live where the U.S. President was murdered in cold blood and was shown how he was killed, and the footage showed Joey Jones using the "controller gauntlet" to fire a laser blast which decapitated the president and then fired another laser blast that struck the "Presidential Family", killing the First Lady and her two children before fleeing the scene, and additional footage showed that he is fighting off the President's security forces, and is using the gauntlet's "forcefield" to shield himself and flee from the scene.

"No way...!"

"It...it can't be...Joey wouldn't..."

"That was my initial reaction...but after seeing him summon his gauntlet...and seeing him using it to get away from the presidential Security Force...I feel like wanting to believe it was Joey...but the other part of me doesn't want to believe Joey would do this..."

"I have a feeling that the one we see isn't Joey...he went missing only to show up doing this..."

"Psy...What do we..."

"Wait...another newsflash is about to be aired..."

"Huh?"

"What the..."

"No way..."

The next news footage shows that Joey Jones appeared at the U.S. Senate House 30 minutes later and there he did the same, killing a vast majority of the senators, governors and congressmen, leaving the US political party in a disarray and this would soon cause a chain reaction that would put the United States of America in a state of emergency, and there the Pentagon announced that Joey Jones is a wanted person and will be treated as a "terrorist", which they are going to stop him, dead or alive.

By then, Danton's cellphone rang and the teacher answered it while activating the loudspeaker, and the caller is revealed to be Hughes, and there he asked Danton if he is aware of what is happening, which he told that he just saw the news and admitted that he is confused at this time as to how this happened when Joey is missing for three months and now he shows up and committed several counts of murder to the President and the senators, and told Hughes that he is not sure what to make of this.

Hughes sadly, and out of concern, told Danton that based on the live footage, it is no doubt that Joey has "turned bad" and in an ironic twist of fate, was able to mysteriously "revived" Heroman and is now using him to commit heinous crimes, and that Hughes sadly told Danton that the US Army will have to use "deadly force" to stop Joey and Heroman, dead or alive, and told him that at this point, the US Army, along with all local authorities, will implement the "shoot-to-kill" directive, which made Psy and Lina shocked, and confused, as they still couldn't comprehend that Joey would turn in to this.

"No way..."

"I'm sorry, Danton...but the U.S. Army...along with the local authorities of every state...they all agreed to find, hunt and shoot Joey if on sight...I can't do anything beyond this point..."

"But...Joey wouldn't do that...!"

"I know..."

"We know it's not him!"

"I understand...but we all saw what happened on live TV..."

"But..."

"Be ready for anything...the worst case scenario may about to happen..."

"Okay..."

As Hughes cut the line, Danton turned to the two teenagers and sadly told them that the live footage they seen is evidence itself, and that the way he acts, it is no doubt that Joey has "gone mad", which he took it back when he recalled how Heroman "died" and that Joey wouldn't do this after the recent incidents that has happened to him, which Psy supported this, having a feeling that the Joey Jones who murdered the president doesn't appeared to be what he is, feeling that he may be an impostor, or at least, being controlled.

"We have a HUGE problem..."

"We still don't think Joey would..."

"Psy's right..it's impossible..."

"But...we all saw it..."

"Danton...we were all there when Heroman sacrificed himself to save Earth..."

"Yes..."

"And Joey was assaulted before he went missing...and from what I deduced...the Joey we saw on TV murdering the president is an impostor..."

"I agree!"

"You may be right...we have to think of a way to expose that guy...but we have to be prepared in case he turn out to be Joey himself..."

"Professor Danton!"

"Okay, okay..."

The trio then began to think of ways to know if Joey is really the Joey they knew, and if he is an impostor, they have to find a way to expose him so that the REAL Joey Jones' name would be cleared of any wrong doing, though they are unaware that the REAL Joey is currently at Elk Mountains and in grave danger given the extent of his injuries at the hands of his attacker, who is sill going after the teen boy.

-x-

At the National Intelligence Agency, Axel Hughes is sitting on a chair in front of his table, watching the footage of what happened at the White House, where Keisha Jackson and her cameraman, Leo, bear witnessed to what happened that resulted in a political chaos where the Presidential Family was killed in cold blood and the cameras showed how the culprit, Joey Jones, committed and showed his "sadistic side", though Hughes still believes that Joey may have been controlled by someone, yet he is "powerless" at this point as the situation is, for now, beyond his control as the U.S. Army and the local authorities are now set to hunt down Joey.

"How could this happen...? Is Joey really...? Perhaps he's been controlled by someone since he went missing...I hope he's an impostor...and if He really turn bad...aaarrgh! I don't know what to think at this point!"

-FLASHBACK-

At the White House, The U.S. President and his family are being interviewed by Keisha Jackson and it was live on TV, and everything went well until an unexpected scene showed up, where Joey Jones turned up, and this surprised them as they are aware that Joey was reported missing and a national search was up for him, and this certainly became a shock that Joey turned up all of the sudden, and he seemed to be fine, and the President is the first to greet him, and the boy greeted in return, until he activated his "controller gauntlet" and fired a laser that caused the President's head to explode, and his headless, bloody body fell to the ground, shocking the first lady and her children, and Joey did the same to them, and the Presidential Family is dead, and there Joey told Keisha to let the world know what has happened before taking his leave, with Keisha shocked at the sight she just saw.

As Joey is about to leave the White House, the Presidential Security Force attempted to stop him, but Joey activated his gauntlet to give him "super speed" and left the scene, which puts the United States in a state of shock, and soon the footage of this became viral all over the world, and Keisha herself reluctantly reported the incident which viewers were shocked by what has happened to the President, and soon opinion is divided over Joey's actions.

Soon after two hours, the Senators inside the Senate House are discussing about what just happened, and there Joey showed up, and there he shocked everyone inside when he "summoned" Heroman and unleashed terror as he and Heroman began to slaughter the senators, governors, and even low-level politicians, while sparing the reporters so that their "deeds" would be broadcasted all over the world before he and Heroman took their leave, leaving reporters stunned and in disbelief as they are forced to report what just transpired.

-END FLASHBACK-

Hughes also believes that the Heroman who is with Joey may be a fake given that he saw how Heroman died during his last battle against Gogorr, yet he is conflicted seeing how Joey "operated" Heroman, and now he is unsure what to believe, and is thinking of a way to neutralize the two without harming Joey, as he intend to subdue the boy so he can have doctors and scientists check and see if Joey is really controlled or brainwashed, and if he is correct, they may be a way to clear the boy's name.

"I hope my theory is right about Joey being controlled...it has to be... Go help us all..."

By then, his assistant came and told Hughes that Joey and Heroman are seen within the Washington DC area, and they have just destroyed a daycare center and murdered innocent children and that the SWAT Team are currently dealing with the two, and Hughes took a deep breath as he realized that subduing Joey will not be as easy as he initially thought, so for now he has to let the authorities deal with the matter right now.

-x-

At Elk Mountains, hours have passed and the time now is 19:00, and it was dark, pitched dark and cold, yet things appeared to be calm as very few vehicles passed by and neither of them are aware of what transpired hours ago, and continued to pass their usual route, but the calm was interrupted as the scene shifts to a forest right below the feet of the mountain, as bats and nocturnal birds are flying away from the trees, and the scene zooms in, where it showed that Zeroid is smashing tree after tree just to find Joey, believing that he is nearby the area.

"Joey Jones...Joey Jones...come on out...you're making me shout...show yourself or else I break you snout!"

Thankfully, despite his mechanical build, Zeroid was proved to be a scatterbrain and wrongfully went to another direction, missing the other route where the injured Joey is, and there Joey saw a bear (actually, a cub) his size and then came up with an idea though he is against it, as he placed his jacket on the cub and had it go to the direction where Zeroid went, and Joey wobbly went to the other route, and clutched his upper body, as he is slowly bleeding due to the wounds he got from the exploding van and falling down the slope.

"Darn...hope I can make it out...got to...let Center city...and America know...that I've...been...framed..."

As Zeroid is navigating his way he saw what appeared to be Joey and went after it, firing his "finger missiles" and hit the target on its legs, and as he approached it, he is rather taken aback at what he saw.

"Eh? Joey Jones turned into a bear...? is he a werewolf or something...?"

By then, Veronica showed up and told Zeroid that it is just a cub wearing Joey's jacket, and as Zeroid is about to recommence his search, Dr. Minami called and told Zeroid to wait until sunrise arrive, as he has other plans on how to find Joey, as the scientist believes that the boy won't be able to get that far given the injuries he sustained.
Elsewhere, Joey sneaked inside a delivery truck and hid under the covers, and patiently waited for the coast to be clear, but he slowly drifted to sleep due to exhaustion,. not noticing that the truck slowly moved as it is heading to other parts of Colorado, not knowing that Joey is stowed at the back of the truck.

To Be Continued...


Hope you like it...and though this chapter focused heavily on Joey committing a murder spree and that Heroman appeared and aided him, it is obvious that they are not real, for the REAL Joey Jones is still at Colorado, and he narrowly escaped Zeroid's onslaught, but the REAL struggle is just starting, as Minami is having more plans to keep Joey from leaving Colorado.

Will the US Army be able to stop the "other" Joey, who seem to possess the same "controller gauntlet" to keep his attackers at bay? And with a "fake" Heroman by his side, will this Joey Jones be stopped?


Preview:

Joey Jones arrived at another part of Colorado, where he is attacked by another mechanical being, while the "other" Joey Jones struck headlines as he shows up in other parts of the world, murdering several world leaders and caused destruction to a country...