AN: Sorry if this posting looks wonky but I'm currently out of town and won't be back home until late tonight or tomorrow. I'm posting this from Pages to the site using my Ipad so if it's really jacked up, I'm sorry and I'll reupload this chapter during the next update if it's that bad looking.
jwill21 - Starfire can but Cap. Marvel can't without a breathing device like the one he wore in the series.
Guest - I haven't read all the comics but I did keep some things like Braniac in te last story, even if it were a differant generation than the collector. I also kept Match's degeneration and mentioned it in the last story as well. So while I may not have read them all, I did get some things from them.
Mary Allen - Thanks, hope ou enjoy the rest and the other one. I'm not taking OCs. I don't write other people's characters as a rule cause I might mess them up. The only OC heavy story I did is the X-Men Evolution one I did, for example.
The Darkman - I have no idea. I haven't read anything about how they lost their home but I would think they were beaten by either a superior army who knew what they were capable of doing, or their leaders lost their ruling power in a contest of some sort, much like the kings in the darkages.
Ruffhero77 - Well, maybe I have plans for Red X but as far as his identity...maybe I'll let the readers decide if if he should have an identity other than the mask. And don't worry, I'm not one for exploding hearts.
Eric - Despero was a pawn for the Reach and by extent The Light. Blackfire fits in another way that will be revieled later on. Cap. Marvel can be in space but must have a breather like he wore in the show. Yes, Conner does outrank the other team members as he's in a command position. I think you'll like what I have in store for Blackfire as this is only the beginning.
Riley 000 - To me, the Tameran's language assiulation, would be a type of telepathic ability but only when physical contact is made. It would be like how Conner's TTK first worked with him having to touch an object to use is abilities. And I just added a natural telepathic defense to the Tamerans to add a little more power to them cause Mrs. Martian or Martian Manhunter could easily take them down. Only aliens can survive in space so humans with Meta Genes, most of them, will need a breather. Episodes will be four to five chapters long and at least 2000 words long.
Anon - Thanks, I'll remember that when I bring her up again, didn't catch that.
Lord Razor - Thanks.
2.
Above the southern half of America
April 29
12:33 UTC
"Tuh, I hate Deja vu."
Hovering high above the land, Conner, Cassie, and Blue Beetle were in a stand off with an orange skinned woman who looked remarkably like Starfire and was staring at Conner like a piece of meat. Taking offense first, Cassie shot forward in an effort to distract the Tameran. The demi-Amazon barely managed to block two purple orbs with her mystical bracelets and engaged the black aired woman in a tie up.
As they fought for dominance, Blue Beetle targeted the alien woman with his cannon, configured to fire a paralyzing ray when another twin energy beam came at him. Letting out a grunt, the blue and black hero spun around, causing him to miss his target completely. Not even Starfire was capable of hitting him with her eye beams with such force.
Grabbing Cassie roughly by her arm and neck, the new Tameran flung her around and threw her away. "Mesl'ay una i'n un fluo'ok!"
Yelling while tumbling through the air, Cassie came to a sudden stop as Conner caught her and let her regain her composure. After making sure she was okay, he flew directly for the orange female. Throwing a left, right combination, he was taken by surprise when she dodged both shots and rammed her shoulder into him. Coming back with a knee, he managed to stagger the alien who grabbed him by the shirt and landed a headbutt, using her headpiece to cause added damage. She did not stop there as she landed a palm strike to the underside of Conner's chin.
Recovering quickly, the demi-Kryptonian clinched his hands around the back of her neck, controlling her movements before landing an elbow to the side of her face. He was soon joined by Cassie who tacked her from behind, sending the three falling to the ground.
"This is Blue Beetle, gah. Conner, Cassie and I are fighting the alien chica. Could really use some help up here." As he spoke into his com unit, Blue Beetle rubbed his shoulder. His armor was almost fully repaired but his shoulder felt as if it were dislocated from the energy blast. His scarab would pop it back in place as soon as his armor was finished.
"Blue, most of the League are guarding high priority targets or are on their own missions," Cyborg came through. "I've contacted Raven from the Titans, Zatanna, and I are on the way. ETA for all three of us, three to five minutes."
"Copy that." A loud crack occurred with a sharp pain shooting through him, signaling his shoulder was now fixed. "So wish you came with pain killers."
"Like the females of your team tell the Guardian, man up, Jaime Reyes," the scarab told him.
"Now I regret teaching you how to be sarcastic."
"You are the one who wanted me to be more 'human'. Or would you rather me go back to my old self?"
"And hear how I should vaporize everything in sight? Yeah, I would really want that."
"Is that a fact, or are you being sarcastic?"
"Sarcastic."
"Blue!" Flying up to the self arguing hero, Supergirl came to a stop with Mrs. Martian and the Bioship hovering nearby. "We heard you were engaged with the hostile. Where is it?"
"Down there," Blue Beetle answered. "My scarab's picking up her, Cass, and Conner over Texas and dropping fast, heading to the Arlington area."
"Her?" Mrs. Martian asked from the com unit.
"Yeah. The light sort of disappeared from around her and she...well...she looks like Starfire."
"That explains the orbs." Supergirl commented. "And the language."
"Okay, now we know what we're dealing with, let's get down there and help the others," Mrs. Martian instructed.
"Cy, Rae, and Zee are on their way as back up and trust me, we'll need it. She's stronger than our orange chica," Blue Beetle explained as they flew to join the other three team members.
Down on the highway leading to Arlington, cars went about their daily routine, unknowing of the three super-powered beings making their way towards them. Inside one of the many SUVs traveling down the interstate, a young boy sat staring idly out the window with his mother in the driver's seat slapping on her mascara and lipstick as she drove near seventy-five miles an hour. As he counted the eighth white colored vehicle on the road, a bight purple beam of light caught his attention and made him jump back in his seat. The next thing he saw was an orange skinned woman and a blonde woman fighting back and forth with a black haired young man catching up to them with his white shirt smoking like it was on fire.
"Mom!" the kid yelled. "Mom, mom, ma, ma, momma, momma!"
"Steven, Steven, Steven!" she yelled back. "Jeez, that's so annoying. And aren't you supposed to be sick? I swear, I will drive your butt right back to school and drop you off-WHAAA!"
Swerving across three lanes, the woman, and several other cars, tried to avoid a falling highway sign the orange alien was thrown into. Metal crashed down on the street with several unfortunate cars being struck. As the woman rolled on the asphalt, she kicked herself back into the air with chunks of the road flying after her. As for the woman in the SUV, she had a quizzical look on her face from her mascara smearing when she panicked.
"Cass, check the people in the cars, I got the alien." Breaking off, Conner left Cassie behind to do as he said and continued the chase.
Taking a quick glance back, the orange woman saw she was still being followed by the larger of the two males she encountered previously. A grin stretched across her face as it was the one she was most interested in. Banking sharply to the right, the woman followed the highway's exit to a busy street where she turned onto her back and flung more of the purple orbs at her pursuer. The sound of explosions, horns honking, and crashes occurred around her as she tried to goad the man into following her more, which was an easy feat as he wanted to end this chase with her brought down.
Avoiding the purple energy orbs, Conner rolled, swerved, and did virtually anything he could think of to stay on the woman's tail. There was a time or two when he had to catch an incoming object to make sure it would not crash into the bystanders, one of which was a parked motorcycle that nearly smashed into a mother and her baby who were walking on the sidewalk. It was here when he wished he had Sphere to return fire as he was sick of not being able to do so.
Having enough of the chase, Conner climbed higher in the air once the alien woman turned back around. Above her now, he banked to the right and picked up speed, rotating his body as he did so, and managed to catch up with her. Before she could react, the Titan leader crashed into her and forced her away from the road towards a packed parking lot, causing both to engage in a midair wrestling match as they headed for a packed stadium.
Away from the battle, but heading to it, Cyborg kept is electronic frequencies open for any news on what was happening. Raven and Zatanna were already in the vicinity with Supergirl and Mrs Martian. Increasing the output of his jetpack, something he had created to get around easier, his distance counter put him around twenty seconds from meeting up with the others and twenty seven seconds from arriving where Conner's biochip registered he was at when he saw the coordinates listed on his forearm computer screen.
"Oh this is just dandy," Cyborg said as he typed a request into his arm's built-in computer. "And it's only the top of the fifth. Great."
He then poured on more speed.
Inside the stadium, thousands of people, many more than a typical day as it was during the week, were enjoying a baseball game when a bright streak of purple light hit the infield, barely missing the player at bat and carving a trench through the pitcher's mound, across first base, and well into the right and center outfield. Men wearing blue uniforms with 'Rangers' written across their chests scrambled to get out of the way of the beam of light while the other players dressed in red did the same. Fans screamed as they watched the cause of the destruction while the cameramen recorded two beings in the air having a fight and quickly headed out of view.
"Me'ay wa'y entah unla swerackt'a!" the alien female yelled as she tried to clamp down on Conner's head with her light covered hands. "En suannah!"
Grunting, the Krypto-human forced her hands way and moved his head just as she fired her eye beams. He could feel her trying to kick off by planting her foot on his stomach but he refused to let go and forced them both down onto an empty green field far below. The force of the impact was enough to leave a shallow crater in what they found was artificial turf. The fight did not stop there as the alien woman pounced on Conner and delivered three hard lefts to his face. To this, Conner retaliated by kicking her off and over him, then flipping on top of her to deliver two elbows to her chin then pinned her arms above her head.
"Enough!" he yelled as he held her down.
Even though she was pinned, the orange alien woman did not bother to struggle. Instead of trying to get free, she laughed. "Pulay un tweenah el'ay unah wet'a'l sweena."
"Why can't you speak English or any of the seven other languages I know?" Conner sighed.
"Conner, you free to talk?" Mrs. Martian spoke over their mind link.
"Yeah. Where are you?"
"Nearly to your position. I have the Bioship in camouflage mode since you two made an appearance at that baseball game. Supergirl's with me but Blue Beetle's back checking on anyone who may be injured."
"I left Cass back there on the highway. She's doing the same. Any word on backup?"
"Cyborg, Zatanna, and Raven will be here shortly."
"Can you see about getting Starfire here too? This alien looks like her and speaks the same language she did when we first met her."
"I'll send a message to Batman about it. He and Star are still in space with Captain Marvel and Captain Atom...I'm here, docking the Bioship above the stadium and coming down with Supergirl."
Keeping the alien woman pinned, Conner looked up and saw a hole open up where the near invisible Martian ship was. He first saw his cousin descend from seemingly out of nowhere then his wife soon after. Both women were about halfway to him when the orange woman took advantage of the distraction and fired her eye beams at the Martian and female Kryptonian. She then managed to get a foot against her captor's chest and kicked him off.
"En tay la'a shu'un lo mada!" Pouncing on Conner, the orange alien straddled him then grabbed him by the sides of his head and leaned in.
Arriving at the stadium, Cyborg, Zatanna, and Raven made sure those in the neighboring baseball field did not see them as they flew in through the open dome. They expected to find a fight going on but what they found took them all by surprise. On a large HD screen hanging over the football field, Conner and the alien woman's image was plastered in the center of the monitor. Both were engaged in a kiss with Conner trying to get out of the alien woman's grip and the former looking as if she were deeply enjoying what she was doing.
"What the?" Cyborg said as he came to a stop. "What happened to the fight?"
"Looks like they're making up," commented Raven, "and out."
"Get away from him!" Drawing the three hero's attention, Mrs. Martian flew directly at the alien and Conner with her fist cocked back. She was like a laser with how fast she traveled, seeking to forcibly separate the alien woman from her husband.