Struggling Aftermath

Okay...things really get a lot tense...as the next chapter is now up, and here Joey gets another respite as he managed to get away from Falconoid, but despite the respite, Joey received a lot of beating he got from Falconoid, and the blast the enemy gave caused some damage to the teen's body while he fell from the cliff and in to the heart of a raging river. Fortunately, Falconoid couldn't find him, and hopefully Joey doesn't get drowned.

Meanwhile, something VERY unexpected is going to happen, as Dummy Tramp is making his move to have the U.S. Military mobilized and have them conduct a wide manhunt for the real Joey, after the "fake Joey" and "fake Heroman" made headlines as their "terrorism" caused extensive damage in the U.S., and its not only taking place here, but also at several parts of Southeast Asia where he obliterated several nations there, in which it caused a lot of pressures to its neighboring countries' 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...another new villain makes his debut much like Zeroid and Falconoid did...and this again puts Joey in danger...

With that said…HEROMAN…ATTACK!


Previously…

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..."

"I will..."

"I'm afraid that things have gotten too far...and this would continue if..."

"I say the same thing..."

"Please do something about the problem..."

"I will see to it! I'm assembling my cabinet and am going to formulate a plan to stop Joey Jones!"

"We are counting on you...many lives are lost..."

"I understand...I will get to work immediately..."

"We will hear from you later...please let us know if you can stop him..."

"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 told Minami to get ready, as he is about to be "summoned" for work.


Now…

The scene shows that Tramp has arrived at the Pentagon and there the military leaders saluted the president, and there he saluted them in return, though some of the soldiers were mentally apprehensive having heard of Tramp being more than what he appeared to be, suggesting that they didn't like him, as they had a feeling that he is not the right person to be a government official, yet Tramp managed to win the election and became vice president, but with the death of the US President, and most of the senators, Tramp became the new president and is now tasked to deal with the issue, and now he is here at the Pentagon.

"Is everyone inside?"

"Yes, Mr. President."

"Has Hughes arrived?"

"Not yet."

"We're gong inside. let me know if there are any visitors coming."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"Okay...everyone...we will commence the meeting!"

"Yes, Mr. President!"

Moreover, Axel Hughes of the N.I.A. arrived and he too is wary of Tramp, feeling that he is nothing more than just a "verbal pushover" with nothing to back up his "resume", yet he had no choice because of Tramp being proclaimed the president, and now he is summoned, and Hughes knows what the reason is, as this will surely involve in "capturing" "Joey" and "Heroman", so for now he'll just have to play along and see if he could do something to quell the tension and offer his suggestion to address the issue without using excessive force to deal with the problem.

As everyone are assembled within the meeting room, Tramp made his move and told everyone that the matter has to be dealt with...swift response and began entertaining the idea of using powerful weapons to "shoot down" Joey Jones on sight, whether he would surrender or not, which Hughes anticipated this and made his presence known and made some suggestions, in which it resulted in a "word war" between the two men though Tramp is secretly enjoying this.

"...and so...I am proposing this...shoot Joey Jones...whether he lives or dies...it won't matter...as long as he is being stopped..."

"Wait, Tramp!"

"Mind your manners, Hughes...I am now the president..."

"Pardon me...but...we don't know if the one causing this is really Joey..."

"You saw what happened...and you saw how he summoned Heroman...so what else do you want to point out...?"

"We need to capture him alive...and see if he really is Joey or not..."

"Tell that to the deceased citizens of three Asian countries...and unless you can show proof...my decision stands..."

"But...!"

However, some of the generals started to "back" Tramp, as they felt that Joey has indeed "turned bad" and now he is doing "terrorism acts" which Hughes rebutted, and made it known that either Joey is being controlled or that the Joey who is terrorizing the world is an impostor, as he told them that before the crisis took place, Joey went missing and is believed to have been abducted while showing proof that Heroman died and can't be brought back, however, Tramp "neutralizes" Hughes verbally, warning that either Hughes participate in this or step down from the N.I.A, in which Hughes reluctantly went silent.

"You heard everyone's opinion, Hughes."

"But...!"

"This is something we can't ignore."

"But...!"

"A billion lives are lost...and you still believe that Joey Jones is innocent...?"

"Please hear me out!"

"I heard enough from you. Please don't try my patience. I am already stressed from watching the news and the UN gave me a lot of pressure."

"..."

By then, the military generals are suggesting using fighter jets and tanks to deal with "Heroman "and even "commandos" to deal with "Joey", which Tramp seemingly favored the idea, but then he made it known that this will be for the "first wave" as he claimed to "expect" casualties because he showed the footage of how "Joey" and "Heroman" dealt major blows to the two Korean countries, Guam and Hawaii, and then made a shocking gesture when he "introduced" Dr. Minami, as the scientist came in, which shocked Hughes and some of the generals.

"Everyone...I have brought someone who will help us in dealing with this situation. Come in...Dr. Minami."

"Good day, everyone."

"What the...?"

"Dr. Minami!"

"How did you...?"

"He's an escaped criminal!"

"Why he's here?"

"Mr. President! what is the meaning of this?!"

As Hughes demanded why Minami is here, Tramp told Hughes that he has given Minami a "full pardon" and believes in his inventions, and told everyone that Minami is "reformed" and will aid the U.S. in dealing with both "Joey" and "Heroman", reiterating that Minami's invention would "help" deal with the global problem, and as Minami "proclaims" that he is a "changed man" and will "atone" for his mistakes, Hughes himself is doubtful and slowly deduced that something is off, such as how Minami came in to contact with Tramp, and why Tramp gave Minami a "full pardon" when the scientist is a wanted man who escaped several months ago.

There Tramp have the military mobilized and ordered its generals to move out to find and kill Joey if needed, while telling Minami to come up with a "good invention" to put a "stop" to "Joey" and "Heroman's" atrocities, which Hughes clenched his fists as he sensed that there is treachery here and is starting to sense that Tramp may have played a hand that allowed Minami to escape further prosecution. For now he has no options right now apart from reluctantly work with Minami and see where this would go.

-x-

The scene shifts to the South Plate River, where you can see a river is moving and only waters are running, which only birds are seen flying and passing by, until the next scene zooms in, where a pair of campers are nearby the bank, getting water on their drinkers, as they are enjoying their "nature trip", and are ready to head back to their tent when a third camper shouts at his companions and there the two ruses in, where they saw a body is being washed away, and there they used a rope to tie it around the camper's waist to head for the bank to get the body, and they succeeded as the campers pulled their companion back and the scene shows that the body is that of the REAL Joey Jones, and the campers were initially unaware of the "Joey Global Incident" and they began to check his body, seeing that his wounds were still fresh.

"Hey! We need help here!"

"He looks hurt..."

"His wounds...they're serious!"

"Get me my first aid kit..."

"Here!"

"Help me put ointment and..."

"Hey!"

"That's...Joey Jones!"

"What's he doing here? And why is he beaten up like that?"

After applying ointments and bandaging his body, the campers await for Joey to wake up, and when they are contemplating on bringing him to a clinic, another camper showed, up, and he appeared to be a scientist, as he is doing research within the forests of South Plate River when he stumbled upon the scene and asked them what just happened, and there the campers told the scientist what just happened, and there another camper came and showed to them the scene he saw from his portable TV, where the campers are baffled about the news, since Joey is here and yet the Joey they saw is reported to be terrorizing other parts of Asia.

"Joey Jones did this...?"

"Is it live?"

"Wait..."

"If Joey Jones is terrorizing Asia...then why is he here?"

"This is strange..."

"What is going on here...?"

"We need to wake this boy up...maybe he can answer this..."

"I guess..."

By then, Joey rouses from his "unconsciousness" and there he slowly asked where he is, and when told, joey wobbles himself to get up, telling the campers that he must get to the authorities to let them know that he is being framed and that the Joey being hunted is an impostor, but the scientist, who introduces himself as "Doctor Shibata", told Joey that he cannot at this point and asked him why he is here and how he got the wounds, in which Joey explained all he knows, and the campers slowly believe him, which they say that it's probably better for joey to show up to the Colorado authorities to explain, and that the campers will be witnesses to this, so as to give credibility to Joey's alibi.

However, something jumped out from the water, and landed on the ground, and there the campers, and Joey are taken by surprise at the entrant who showed up, he appeared to be a "gill man"-like figure, whose face had a resemblance to a humanoid fish, and it was wielding a spear gun and has an oxygen tank-like backpack behind it, and Joey slowly gets up, sensing that the entrant is probably another mechanical being and is probably after him just like Zeroid and Falconoid.

"Ra-ha-ha-ha! I found you, Joey Jones!"

"What the...?"

"You will not leave...you will die here!"

"Are you after me? Are you with those other two?"

"Correct! I am one of the "Cybernoid Five"...!"

"Not again..."

"I am Aquanoid...and I will kill you!"

"You won't!"

The new entrant, who introduced himself as "Aquanoid", proclaims that South Plate River will be his "burial ground" and will never leave alive, and when one of the campers went in front of Joey, he told Aquanoid that he will not let anything happen to the boy, which the enemy snickered and made its move, which moments later, would shock Joey and the other campers.

"Acid Spray!"

Aquanoid fires a spray of liquified acid which slowly dissolves the camper and he melted away along with his bones, and Joey stared wide-eyed as he realized that not only is he in danger, but also those around him, and now he is contemplating on fighting the enemy, as he activated his "controller" and now the gauntlet is formed around his left forearm, ready to take on his opponent, not caring if he gets more bodily damage as long as he can protect those who are willing to protect him.

To Be Continued...


Hope you like it...and though this chapter focused heavily on the Pentagon and Tramp making his move, with Axel Hughes getting involved, the biggest shocker would be Dr. Minami appearing again and is now given a "full pardon" and will work with the president to deal with "Joey" and "Heroman", much to Hughes' shock and doubt, and though he suspect that there may be a connection between Minami and Tramp, he couldn't act as his hands are "tied" and all he can do right now is play along until he could gather evidence that Minami might be behind the series of crisis that puts the U.S. in a tight spot.

Joey ended up in a river located in South Platte River, as though his injuries have been tended by some kind-hearted campers, he is now about to receive more injuries as he is now facing a new mechanical attacker, Aquanoid.


Preview:

Joey Jones is again being attacked by a new enemy while still in the "waters", which would result in the teen getting "washed away", though he will get some "help" from his "gauntlet"...

Meanwhile, Psy and Lina are informed by Hughes of the new situation and this would put the two teens in apprehension, and an unexpected situation befalls the two teens...