Struggling Aftermath
Okay...I got new reviews...and this further inspired me to rev up the next chapter, so now I'm going to commence in putting on chapter 7 here...and here Joey gets a respite as he sneaked at thew back of a delivery truck, which the vehicle took off unaware of the "extra baggage", but despite the respite, this certainly give Joey much to be relieved as the beating he got from the hands of Zeroid caused some damage to his body has shrapnel hit most parts of his body.
Meanwhile, something VERY unexpected is going to happen, and its not only taking place at Center City, but also at a certain part of Southeast Asia which will add more pressures to its citizens, including especially the WORLD LEADERS from the United Nation…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 they are going to address this...in which the answers will slowly be shown below...
And lastly...a new villain makes his debut much like Zeroid did...and this again puts Joey in danger...
With that said…HEROMAN…ATTACK!
Previously…
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.
Now…
The time now is 05:00, and it was morning, which the sun is rising up and so far the delivery truck's travel is peaceful enough as they have been driving non-stop for 10 hours and none of the driver and its two passengers (workers to be exact) are aware that Joey is on board, injured but alive.
And because the people in the truck hadn't been listening to the radio, they have no idea what just happened to Center City and Washington D.C., hence they are unaware that the U.S. President is dead.
However, the passenger opened the truck's radio and there he and the driver heard the news, and they are rather confused and in disbelief as they too have witnessed Joey and Heroman's actions in saving the Earth, and the United States, which caused a debate between the two, who are divided in opinion over Joey's "recent actions", unaware that the Joey Jones who murdered the president is an impostor of sorts.
"Joey Jones...sounds familiar..."
"That's the kid who saved the world..."
"And last night I heard he murdered the president and massacred the senate..."
"What the heck happened...? Why would he..."
"I'm betting that the kid's success got to his head..."
"Wait a minute...I heard that he went missing a few months ago..."
"Maybe that when he showed up..."
"Sigh...I guess too much fame can be poisonous..."
By then the delivery truck arrived in La Veta, which is located at deep south of Colorado, which the place is known for town's association with mining claims such as the abandoned mining camp of Ojo, which is located a few miles from the town and whose concrete foundations can still be seen upon close inspection.
As they are arriving at a mine located at Chacuaco Creek Mine, it showed that it was a rather forest-like, with several trees, and most of the people seen there are mine workers, and when the truck arrived, the driver and passengers got off and removed the covers from the compartment, only to be surprised to see an injured Joey waking up, and are surprised to see his clothes bloodstained and the wounds that are still present.
"What the...?!"
"Hey! What are you doing in there?"
"Jeez! What's happened to you?"
"You got hurt or something?"
"Never mind that! Help me put this kid down and call for help!"
"Okay!"
"Got it!"
"Easy, kid...easy..."
The driver and two workers got Joey off the truck and place him on the ground and brought out some bandages and water to tend his wounds, and when Joey told them his name, the driver was surprised and assumed that he is on the run from the government and told the youth of his crimes which surprised him and there Joey told them what really happened to him, and another mine worker arrived with a newspaper and Joey took a look at it, and he too was equally surprised, and told them that he was brought here unconscious and how he got the wounds.
However, the mine workers are skeptical of the youth's claims until a radio, was blared which a reporter claimed that Joey is seen at the military base of Hawaii, and there the mine workers stared wide-eyed in surprise, seeing that Joey is in front of them and that the live radio feed stated that another Joey is terrorizing Hawaii, and are now starting to believe the REAL Joey, and decided that they need to report to the county sheriff of Colorado that there are TWO Joey's, and felt that this might solve the mystery of what's happening.
"Son of a bitch..."
"This can't be..."
"If you're Joey Jones...then who's that Joey Jones that is seen in Hawaii..?"
"Tarnation...looks like I smell a conspiracy here..."
"Wait...kid...do you have a twin brother or something...?"
"No...I don't have a twin..."
"I get it! The Joey Jones who is in Hawaii must be an impostor!"
"I see...we'd better take you to the city sheriff and there we can prove that you're innocent and that an impostor is wrecking havoc! Stick with us and we'l help you clear your name!"
"Thanks..."
However, before they made their move, someone came and this surprised everyone, as the new entrant is seen flying in the air, and as it landed it grabbed the two workers by their necks and strangled them, crushing their necks before tossing them aside, and Joey stared wide-eyed, seeing that this is another mechanical being, in which the assailant's appearance bears a sinister look. It had the head and face of a falcon, while its body, along with wings, resembled that of a gargoyle.
"Joey Jones...I found you!"
"Are you...?"
"Yes...one of the "Cybernoid Five"..."
"What...? "Cybernoid Five"...?"
"I will make sure you will not leave alive...and this place will be your burial ground..."
"Then you're also behind this impostor thing!"
"It matters not...you will stay here forever...as a corpse!"
"No...!"
"Remember my name! I am Falconoid!"
The assailant, who identified himself as "Falconoid", proclaimed that Joey will never leave Colorado and will "break" him apart, and there Joey slowly guessed that his being brought here may have something to do with what is happening at the White House, and now in Hawaii, and he braces himself at the eventuality but then the driver took Joey and had him placed inside the truck while the other mine workers blocked Falconoid's path while urging the truck driver to take Joey out of here and alert the Colorado police and tell them about the deception so the REAL Joey's name can be cleared.
"Kid...inside!"
"But...!"
"No buts! You saw what that flying freak did to my fellow workers! And that thing might be connected to the recent incidents! We need to stay alive so that we can prove your innocence! And I'm the only witness you have to help you clear your name!"
"But...what about the others...? That mechanical thing's too strong for them to hold it...!"
"See what they're doing? They're buying us time to get away!"
"..."
"Buckle up, kid...it's going to be a tense and rocky ride...!"
Despite Joey's protest, seeing that the mine workers would be no match for the "mechanoid", the driver cruises off as the workers stall the attacker which gave the truck a ten-minute head-start to allow Joey to make a getaway, but as Joey had stated, Falconoid is physically stronger, and tossed the mine workers aside and is about to pursue his targets when other mine workers join in, using rifle shotguns and even dynamites to stop him, but they have no effect, much to Falconoid's amusement and irritation.
"Amusing...yet irritating...begone, worthless insects!"
Using a pair of optic blasts, Falconoid made short work of the workers, killing all of them before he resumes his pursuit, and like his namesake, the "mechanoid" can fly as fast like a falcon and soon he is able to spot the truck conversing the road beneath a forest, and there he uses his optic blasts to strike the truck down, but the driver managed to evade them, though the misfire struck the trees that caused a forest fire.
"Whoa!"
"Blast!"
"Hold on. kid...we're making a breakthrough!"
"Ahh!"
"I know...you're wounds are still fresh...but you got to stay strong...only you can stop that impostor from tarnishing your name..."
"Damn! Why did this happen?"
"All happens with a reason...just face it and move forward...now hold on tight!"
"Whoa!"
As the driver stepped on the gas and cruised faster, the truck is now gaining speed to reached the end of the forest and towards the open road, hoping that the thick smoke would keep their pursuer distracted and get a huge head-start, but then they heard a loud "thud" on the roof of the truck, where it was slowly being peeled open, and it was Falconoid, who ripped the ceiling apart and took Joey before flying off, firing an optic blast at the truck that the vehicle to explode, and killing the driver in the process.
"The driver!"
"Now you're next!"
"I won't let you end my life!"
"Too bad it will! For I will take the honor of taking your life!"
"I won't give in to the likes of you!"
"Then feel my wrath!"
"AAARRRGGGH!"
"Now feel the pain!"
As Falconoid began to beat up Joey, raking his upper body and caused more open wounds on his arms, back and chest, the teen boy withstood the pain and grabbed the controller device from his secret pocket and activated it, and the "gauntlet" was formed on his left forearm and there he managed to fire a laser that struck the winged assailant on its face, managing to break free and yet he is falling down fast.
"AARRRGHH! Curse you!"
"Aaaahhhh! Forcefield On!"
Pressing the "orb" on his "gauntlet", Joey activated his "forcefield" and has shielded himself yet he is falling fast, and there he fell down on what appeared to be a cliff, but the "forcefield" shielded him from harm before a rather rough landing and there he deactivated his "forcefield", and looked around, seeing that he is standing at a cliff and down below was a long way down towards a raging river, unaware that he is now at South Plate River, which is located still at Colorado.
"I wonder...am I still in Colorado...?"
As Joey is about to walk away and find help, Falconoid appeared and grabbed the boy by his hair and began punching him senseless like a punching bag, and the boy wobbled in pain and yet managed to fire his "gauntlet" laser and struck the "mechanoid" by his chest, but Falconoid fired his "optic blast" and struck Joey on his left chest, near his lungs, and the teen boy fell off from the cliff.
"AAAAIIIEEEE!"
After a minute Falconoid regained his senses and looked at the edge below, seeing the river flowing endlessly and slowly flew down, commencing his search for the injured boy but so far has found nothing and continued his search without stopping.
-x-
The scene shifts to Hawaii, where its capital, Honolulu, is slowly being laid to waste as "Joey Jones" and "Heroman" have destroyed its U. S. military base and leaves the country defenseless, and worse of all, the two even destroyed its local authorities (police to be exact), and caused massive damages to its infrastructures (government buildings, private properties and even malls). Many lives were lost and this caused a pandemic panic among its populace, and in less than three hours the population is now reduced to only 1/4, and the survivors are swimming to the open seas just to get away, and many more began to perish due to drowning and being feasted upon by sharks.
"Ahh...what a sight to behold..."
After seeing that he is satisfied, "Joey" tells "Heroman" that they are now moving to its next destination, and left the country in ruins and in panic, and the reporters who survived the onslaught, are forced to report the incident, which is again went viral to the news worldwide, slowly "cementing" the fact that "Joey Jones" has become a menace to the world, yet this is just the beginning of a global, and worldwide crisis.
-x-
In less than an hour, Guam is the next to be struck down, and "Joey Jones" unleashed "Heroman" on the island, attacking the military bases there, which made it looked like "Pearl Harbor", the only exception is that "Heroman" does the killing and struck both the navy and the land bases, and despite the aerial attacks from fighter planes, they are no match for "Heroman" as he effortlessly struck them down without problem, while "Joey" leaves while leaving "Heroman" doing the damage before he shortly left the scene, surprisingly sparing Guam from further damage.
Soon the Government of Guam began to assess the damage to life and property and there they declared that Guam is in a "state of calamity", and its governor contacted the United States of America and spoke to the newly-appointed president, Dummy Tramp, and there he assured the Guam Governor that he will use his resources to find "Joey Jones" and "bring him to justice", which seemed to have eased the Guam Governor yet he expressed disbelief on what has happened to Joey, which Tramp told in reply that "success has gotten to his head" and "showed his true colors", which the Guam Governor slowly accepted.
Unknown to the general populace, Tramp is in cahoots with Minami and their plans became a "moderate success" as Minami had the REAL Joey brought to Colorado and isolate him there and sent a CLONE Joey, along with using "unknown means" to "re-create" Heroman and used them to cause massive destruction to further frame and discredit Joey in the eyes of the general public, and with the REAL Joey taking the blame, Minami's plan is slowly surfacing, and Tramp took his cellphone and dialled Minami in secret.
"Hello...Minami...?"
"Yes, it's me...like my little "project"...?"
"Yes...and well done...it worked than I have expected...and the boy...? I mean the REAL..."
"He's still in Colorado...he is last sighted in South Platte River...Veronica will sens another fighter to keep him grounded..."
"Good...good...now be ready...once the military is in a pressure...I will make my move...and have you at my side...and there they will be forced to acknowledge your presence once I summoned you..."
"Good...I'm glad we forged a partnership..."
"Yes...and I'm glad we became allies..."
"I'm glad too...hee-hee-hee-hee-hee..."
-x-
At Pyongnyang, North Korea, the scene shifts to the island's military base, where its nuclear weapons are stored, and as scientists and its military are gloating at the United States' "hero going bad", something unexpected happened, as "Joey" shows up and killed the guards and the scientists there, while he began to tinker with the controls, and began to program the nuclear missiles to strike Hawaii, Guam, and South Korea, and the timer has been set to have them launched in 500 minutes, and then have two remaining missiles detonate.
In less than an hour, Heroman appeared back at the Unites States, and began to attack and disable the Pentagon, and smashed the radar systems to prevent the U.S. military from detecting the warheads, and once it was done, Heroman fled, and the scientists and technicians began to try repairing the radars, as they have no idea why Heroman did this, but after several more hours, the radars were partially restored, and just then the nuclear missiles have already been launched, and there they are shocked to see what happened.
"What the...?"
"Missiles are nearing its targets!"
"No! They're going to hit Hawaii and Guam!"
"So that's why Heroman attacked...to disable our radar systems!"
"Quick! Try to intercept the missiles!"
"No use! It's too late!"
"Damn!"
"No...! The survivors...!"
The restored radars showed that the nuclear warhead missiles have struck Guam, then in Hawaii, obliterating the islands and erased them from the map, and no survivors are shown. Then international news began to show up, with reporters reporting that China, along with North and South Korea were "erased from existence" as three more nuclear missiles have been launched and destroyed the three Asian counties, and there "Joey" is identified as being the one who set the missiles and had them fired at the now destroyed counties.
Worse of all, there were absolutely no survivors left and radiation began to spread at the South East Asian neighboring countries and there the United Nations chief made a personal contact with Tramp, demanding that "Joey Jones" be stopped, which Tramp appeared to be "stressed", but is just acting as this was part of his, and Minami's plans, and told the UN chief that he will address the issue.
"President Tramp..."
"Yes..."
"We want you to do something about Joey Jones..."
"Yes...yes...I'm on it...I just inspected Pentagon...I realized that the boy has let success get to his head...I'll see to it that he be stopped...dead or alive..."
"We are counting on you...many lives are lost..."
"I understand...I will get to work immediately..."
"We will hear from you later..."
"I will..."
After that, Tramp summoned his cabinet as well as the National Intelligence Agency to have an emergency meeting and discuss on how to deal with the "global crisis" at hand, smiling secretly that framing the REAL Joey worked than he has expected, and there he secretly called and told Minami to get ready, as he is about to be "summoned" for work.
To Be Continued...
Hope you like it...and though this chapter focused heavily on Joey committing a MASS murder spree which resulted in the obliteration of two US-controlled counties and three South East Asian nations though the use of nuclear missiles, it is obvious that Joey Jones and Heroman are not real, for the REAL Joey Jones is still at Colorado, and he is now the subject of question on whether he survived the fall while in South Platte River, as he is further injured by another new attacker, Falconoid.
With Dummy Tramp appointed as U.S. President, his plans have succeeded and now moves in to have Minami involved, and this will certainly add more pressure to the Unites States, with Hughes in particular, as he still believes that Joey is innocent and being controlled by someone. But with what just happened right now, will his opinion change?
Preview:
Joey Jones is again being attacked by a new enemy while still in the "waters", while Tramp has "brought out" Minami to "help" in apprehending "Joey Jones", which would cause tension with Hughes being wary of Minami serving the president...
