One Year Later
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Chapter 27: Going Ape Part 6
In Nevada…
General Lane and Lieutenant Delgado were arriving at an active military base. The general walked to the base commander's office and, after they saluted, the four-star general said,
"Captain, I require the use of this base. We have a suspected terrorist confirmed in near one of our top secret instillations and we need to apprehend him immediately."
The captain said,
"Sir, what about the security at this top secret base?"
General Lane shook his head,
"This terrorist compromised the integrity of the base. Some soldiers were killed, and he is in the midst of stealing classified documents."
The Captain swallowed at that and nodded,
"I shall have units accompany you to that base."
In another part of Nevada…
Crisis, Veridium, and Wonder Woman began staring at the giant, metallic robot known as Alloy. The red-eyed commando asked,
"I am going out on a limb, Magnus, but I am guessing that this wasn't part of the basic programming, wasn't it?"
Diana shook her head,
"Crisis."
Leon chuckled,
"I guess I took after Persiana for that one."
Alloy formed a large mallet for a hand and attempted to slam it into the three of them. All of them scattered as Alloy attempted to focus on one of them. Veridium rolled out of the way and ran a scan,
"Thinker is no longer in the area."
Crisis unleashed his lightsaber on the massive android,
"How do we shut these things down?"
Doctor Magnus stopped a fist from crushing him,
"We have to get to the emergency shut down."
Wonder Woman punched one of Alloy's knees,
"And where is it?"
Magnus ducked another punch from Alloy and said,
"It's in the base, but the only other option is to flat out destroy them, and I won't let that happen!"
Crisis got snatched by Alloy and slammed into the ground hard. He groaned and held his head,
"This is about as bad as my visions."
Wonder Woman flew up to the center of Alloy's head and slammed a fist into it. This caused the large, united android to stumble back and fall, breaking back into its components. Gold looked back up and saw Veridium and Wonder Woman closing in on them. The shiny metallic Metal Men member attempted to assess the situation. The other Metal Men, protected by Iron and Lead, braced for another attack.
Crisis stumbled to his feet and looked at the Metal Men carefully. His glasses were broken in the attack and he had to squint his eyes to see in the burning Nevada heat. Leon had an idea. He rushed behind the Metal Men and unleashed an energy attack, significantly damaging Gold. The other Metal Men turned and Tin tried to take command, but another energy pulse, this time from Veridium, shut down the remaining Metal Men.
Veridium looked at Gold and saw how badly he was injured. The scientist then looked at Crisis,
"Was that necessary? We could have saved them if we had more time!"
Leon shook his head,
"We don't have that kind of time! We have to get out of here before the military starts breathing down our necks. I was lured here and, if they catch you two, they're going to think that you're part of the Howling Commandos and that it's been sanctioned by the League."
Diana glared,
"I am not leaving until my sister is safe!"
The red-eyed commando said,
"She'll be safe. Trust me on this. But, if you don't leave right now, you won't be!"
Veridium could see the Amazon warrior wanting to continue this, but he interjected,
"Wait, he's right, Wonder Woman. Besides, I need to repair the Metal Men and this base is compromised. Please, bring me aboard Watchtower so I can help them."
Diana sighed angrily; she really hated this dilemma. She nodded,
"All right, I will bring you aboard."
Suddenly, Crisis began holding his head, screaming,
"NO! Not now!"
It was another vision and, as he held his head, it was a powerful one. He fell down on the desert sand and began seizing up, his eyes rolling into the back of his head. Diana and Veridium watched as they transported up with the damaged Metal Men. Crisis then stopped, but lay in the desert weak. He looked up and, for a moment, saw the blinding desert sun. Then, he saw a figure stand over him that had a sinister grin on his face.
It was General Lane…
Meanwhile…
Chemo had reformed and was now fighting the Man of Steel. Superman evaded an attack and landed a powerful punch to the walking chemical giant. Chemo stumbled slight from the punch, but then landed a powerful swat on the leader of the Justice League. Clark stumbled and crashed into some rubble. He shook his head and, with a new look of determination in his eyes, flew back at Chemo at full force and punched him in the stomach. The shockwave from the blow could be felt throughout Bludhaven, as small debris was blown away by the sudden gust of wind. Chemo stumbled back, falling down in a deserted part of the city.
Martian Manhunter called in,
"We are receiving reports that Grodd has now taken over Gorilla City and the team we sent in needs help. Superman, I have an idea on how to handle Chemo; we will transport him to an asteroid belt far away so that none of the chemicals can cause any more harm to Bludhaven."
The Man of Steel nodded,
"Do it."
In a few moments, the chemical giant disappeared in a brilliant light, presumably a transporter beam. Chemo disappeared from Bludhaven's sight and Superman called in,
"You did it, J'onn."
The Martian hero nodded,
"Yes, it did work, but you must hurry, Superman. I shall meet you in Gorilla City to help the team we sent in."
Next Chapter:
Going Ape continues as the team sent into Gorilla City gets rescued by a very surprising ally, and the battle in Kasnia rages on as the Howling Commandos take on Axis America and the Aryan Brigade. Stay tuned, fellow readers!