Immortal Undeath
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Chapter 2: Catching Up
Leon was walking through the halls of the new Howling Commando base. He had just finished talking with Talia, the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, head of the League of Assassins. The red-eyed swordsman was personally disgusted with the arrangement, but, Fury made him agree to it. It was Fury that had the arrangement. Crisis knew it was not the greatest of plans, that Fury was making him take this deal as a hard lesson in the seedy underbelly of counter-intelligence and surveillance.
The precognitive powerhouse then looked up and saw Guy Gardner, the red-headed Green Lantern, with his arms folded and a sneer across his face. Leon stopped and, looking out of his peripherals, saw Big Barda, a former member of the Furies, behind him. She was clutching a rod-like weapon and was in full body armor.
The red-eyed young man took his glasses off, trying to be calm,
"Is there something I can help you with?"
Guy cracked his knuckles,
"Yeah, I still owe you a beating, you yellow-ringed freak."
Leon looked at him evenly,
"I think it's more than that, Gardner."
Barda snarled,
"Many innocent people died when you stole those weapons."
Crisis looked back,
"That wasn't my call. It was Fury's. Besides, I had my reasons for doing what I did."
Just then, Guy charged up his ring and unleashed a blast of emerald energy. Leon turned and was leveled fast on the floor. He slid by Barda, but the powerhouse stood up and wiped his mouth. Guy smirked,
"That's only the start of what I can do, jackass."
The member of the Howling Commandos smirked,
"Well, then; let me show you what I can really do."
Meanwhile…
Farrah Willows, the white-haired feline heroine Persiana, was in a nursery of sorts, taking care of her babies. She was busy calming one down,
"It's OK. I'm here now."
The baby, this one covered in thin fur, had red, cat-like eyes and a wispy tail. There were already little fangs coming out of her mouth. She seemed to like the attention.
Greer Nelson, the heroine Tigra, peered around the corner and silently stared inside. She looked at her adopted sister and smiled. Farrah would be a great mother, and the children seemed to adore her.
Farrah looked up, almost as if she heard something. She sniffed and said,
"Greer, is that you?"
Greer called from behind the wall,
"I didn't want to bother you."
The striped heroine came around and said,
"The last time I heard, you were still carrying."
Persiana laughed,
"Yeah, and I swore up and down I'd get back at Leon for this. But, they're Lance's children."
Greer looked into the crib and saw another baby, this one also covered in white fur as well. The former cop asked,
"Have you chosen names for them yet?"
Farrah answered,
"Yeah. That one you're looking at is Chloe. The one I'm holding is Sophia."
She then pointed to another baby, who had slight patches of reptilian-like skin on her hips and arms,
"That's Athena, and my son's name is Lance."
Greer said,
"They're all beautiful."
She got concerned and continued,
"You and I haven't had much chance to talk since you left to stop Daken. I was wondering how you were holding up."
Farrah noticed Sophia had stopped fussing and placed her gently back in the crib. She brushed her hair back and said,
"It's been a little rough going. I'm still adjusting to a lot of it."
Tigra came near her,
"You know you can't run around black ops style and take care of a family, right?"
The cat-girl nodded,
"I know that, Greer. I know that. It's just…I can't leave them behind. Leon is my mate, and all the other people I care about are here too. It's just that I couldn't do this to them and I don't want to abandon them."
Tigra nodded,
"Yeah, I know."
She looked up at her student,
"Farrah, I want you to know that…if you need help with the children, I'm here for you."
The white-haired were-lioness was about to respond when, suddenly, there was an explosion. Tigra said,
"I'll go check it out."
It did not take long for the tigress to find out the source of the commotion. It was Crisis, and he had just put Guy Gardner and Barda through a wall. Hawkman was next in line as he readied a mace.
The commotion drew the attention of several other members of the Justice League. Barry Allen, the current Flash, got between Crisis and Hawkman,
"What's going on?"
Leon shook his head, flat out lying,
"I slipped."
Superman folded his arms,
"And how did Guy and Barda end up through a wall?"
Leon shrugged,
"Differences of opinion."
He rotated his shoulder, slightly sore from the attack. J'onn helped up both the red-headed Green Lantern and the former female Fury. Guy wiped his mouth and glared,
"This ain't over, punk! You're ass is getting kicked!"
Barry asked,
"What is this about?"
Leon said,
"They're blaming me for Watchtower's destruction, and a lot of innocent people that were murdered."
He shook his head,
"I told you; I didn't know about it until five minutes before it happened. Besides, I delivered the canisters to the President personally. It was his job at that point to secure them. Lane got a hold of them and this is the situation all of us are in now."
Hawkman grumbled,
"You disgust me. You're blaming your mistake on others."
The red-eyed powerhouse responded,
"It's the truth."
Fury was leaning against a wall, watching the heated exchange. He then turned at seemingly nothing and shrugged,
"Kid's right, you know?"
Batman, who was also there, just stared at both Fury and the brawl that had been stopped.
Tigra came in at that moment and asked,
"What's going on? What happened?"
Leon shook his head,
"Nothing happened."
Just then, there was a loud, animal-like roar echoing throughout the Howling Commando's base. Fury grumbled,
"And this day just gets better and better."
Next Chapter:
Bast goes on a rampage, and a flashback on Crucifer and his legacy of terror is revealed! Stay tuned, fellow readers!
