Here it is, chapter 12, i said it would be done in a day and it is, so there. :p And it's longer too :)
but yeah enjoy :D
Arthur Curry broke through the murky surface of the Amazon River; he'd gotten lost earlier and had asked a shoal of piranha fish to point him in the right direction. He swam stealthily to the water's edge, keeping his wits about him. He got his bearings and started checking the area for guards when he heard a loud whistling noise and seconds later saw what looked like the burning wing of a fighter plane crashing through the forest roof. It smashed into the river, just meters away from him. A.C quickly overcame the initial shock of the situation and realisation dawned on him; if military aircraft were falling through the sky, things were not going according to plan. He quickly deduced that the guys must be involved in some sort of in-air fire fight. He opened a comm.-link.
"Aquaman to Green Arrow, come in"
A few tense seconds later he heard Ollie's voice.
[Arrow here]
A.C could hear that he was running "Dude, what the hell's going on, I nearly got pancaked by a burning fighter wing!"
[Oh yeah, that was us, we got into a fight, the Arrow plane's been destroyed. Me and Cyborg got out just in time. We're about 2 and a half miles away from the facility.]
"Wow man, what do you want me to do?"
[Well, not long after you left, we got a phone call…from the guy behind all of this, claims to be Bart's grandfather.]
"What?! That's crazy, why would his own grandfather kidnap him?"
[I don't know. But…Impulse is hurt, I spoke to him, he sounded really bad man and I don't know what they're doing to him] his voice cracked up slightly with that last comment.
Aquaman felt his own concern growing "How long till you guys get here?" he asked
[Um, we'll be at least 20 minutes; the terrain is slowing us down]
"Okay. I'm gonna see if I can get into that place and find Bart, I'll stay hidden, call me when you're closer."
[Alright, be careful, don't get into any big fights you can't win and don't draw attention to yourself, I don't want to have to come save your scaly backside as well]
A.C gave a small chuckle "Understood, Aquaman out."
With that he jogged off silently in the direction of the complex. He came to a sudden stop near the opening of the clearance of the facility when he saw two men-in-black walking towards him. He ducked behind a bush and when they were a mere foot away he pounced, grabbing the one closest to him around the neck and slamming him head first into a thick tree trunk, before the other man could react, he was met by the same fate. Aquaman proceeded to drag the two now unconscious men into a deeper part of the jungle, he tied them to a tree out of sight and gagged them both with bits of cloth he'd ripped off the jacket of the shorter man. He then took all their weaponry and equipment; he threw the various lethal guns into the river and took the less deadly weapons such as a taser gun and tranquilizer darts. He then stripped down the bigger man, leaving him in his underwear, the guy was about his size so A.C figured the uniform would fit him, and it did. He pulled down the cap that came with it over his eyes and walked back towards the complex, keeping in the shadows whenever possible. He made his way to a small side door of a large warehouse. He figured that this must be the central point of operations. He had noted on his way in, the LuthorCorp jet sitting on the runway; Lex was around here somewhere.
He made his way down the corridor, using the guy's ID to get around almost unnoticed. He kept his head down, prepared to take down anyone who glanced at him for more than a second. His path relatively clear and he soon found himself in a large room full of television screens, a young woman sat alone in front of them, her eyes flicking between the screens. The room was dark and she had headphones on, A.C made his way silently towards the screen, stopping 6 feet behind the woman. He scanned the screens which showed various areas both in and outside the warehouse, his eyes stopped when he came to four screens all showing –at different angles- a large room. In the centre of the room sat a thick metal frame, it looked like a large doorframe, the top of it was rounded. He looked closer and saw that the space inside the frame seemed distorted, like when you look into the distance on a really hot day and see heat waves. What was this that thing, he thought. He then noticed a treadmill device hooked up the metal frame and on that treadmill, a red and yellow blur, something moving so fast that that's all it was, a blur. But A.C knew what it was. Bart. So that's why the kid was here, they were using him to power that machine thing and if he was injured like Ollie said then he'd be pushed to exhaustion faster. They needed to get him out of there now.
A.C noted four other people in the room, 3 men in black, 2 standing at the double door that served as the entrance to the room, obviously to keep people like him out of there. The other one was standing near the treadmill, next to him stood a gray haired man in his late 50s, early 60s, his gaze was switching between the boy on the treadmill and a computer screen in front of him. He must be Bart's apparent grandfather, he thought.
His eyes widened when he suddenly noticed to figures appear on one of the outdoor screen; Green Arrow and Cyborg. The woman noticed too, her hand moved to her ear to open a comm.-link to tell someone about the incoming intruders. But it never got there; A.C put his hand over her mouth to muffle her shouts as he tazered her in the back, she slumped forward in the chair, unconscious. He pushed her to the floor rather carelessly and took her place. He needed to know where all the security cameras were and where the guards were. A.C was surprised to see –from the holding cells cameras- the familiar bold head of Lex Luthor. So he was a prisoner too? Man, this was getting weirder by the minute. He made sure he was alone and opened a comm.-link.
"Aquaman to Green Arrow, what's your status?" he whispered
[We'll be at the edge of the clearing in 4 minutes, what's your status]
"Glad you asked, I'm in the control centre, I think. I can see every bit of this place via a lot of TV screens"
[Any word on Impulse?]
"Yeah, they've got him on a treadmill thing, if he keeps going… I think the exhaustions gonna kill him."
[Shit. We'll be there in 2 minutes, keep an eye on us, make sure we don't go walking into a bunch of guards on their coffee break or something]
"Gotcha boss,"
Elsewhere, in the room A.C had been watching, Malcolm Thawne checked his grandson's vitals, his heart was beating at around 300 beats per minute, had he been a normal human being; the strain on his heart would have caused it to give out. But Bart wasn't normal. Although, there was no way, that, had he been in control of his body, would he still be running. The air around him crackled with electricity. It would not be long until the portal reached 100% power and Thawne could begin the end of this world.
"Bart, run faster." He commanded and although no one could tell the kid sped up further, reaching 850 miles an hour, the electricity around him crackled angrily. But he kept running and would not stop until told to by Thawne or he dropped dead from exhaustion.
So there ya go, let me know what ya think and i will try and update again within the next week, okay? good :D
and i think it'll all kick off in the next chapter, but whos knows...hopefully i do. ;]