Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter: 60
Justice Freeman:Part.2
Superman and Hawkgirl head to Metropolis, but are captured. Flash and Green Lantern attack another, but are forced to retreat; J'onn, Diana, and Batman attack a third. While inside, Batman discovers that the aliens are vulnerable to the sun's rays, which is why they are creating the cloud cover. They also manage to steal the crystal powering the factory. Then the trio is attacked, only this time J'onn, Diana and Batman escape.
The remaining heroes regroup in Metropolis and prepare to free Hawkgirl and Superman. J'onn warns that they do not have much time, as the Imperium — the leader of the Invaders — will be arriving soon. While Flash creates a diversion, J'onn, Diana, Batman and Green Lantern breach the facility. Managing to fight off the aliens, they find Superman and Hawkgirl in a holding cell, but it's a trap. The two heroes are actually aliens in disguise, and the rest of the heroes are captured.
As the six heroes are held captive, they are shocked to see Senator Carter appear alongside their captors. It turns out that Carter is actually an alien in disguise; the real Carter perished on Mars. Using his persona, the aliens learned as much as possible about Earth's defenses, and also tricked humans into disarming their most powerful weapons.
But where is Gordon Freeman?
New York City: Imperium factory
The answer is simple looking for answers as he had successfully infiltrated the factory and found the main computer core as he downloaded much available information about the Imperium and their forces, this factory is almost similar to the Citadel. So he knew where he is doing and started to overload the power core in a form of a feed back loop as Gordon quickly escaped the factor and it exploded behind him.
We've been captured said J'onn there isn't a lot of time he told him his location
"I'll be there," muttered Gordon
Metropolis: Imperium shuttle
The one-free-man used his ninja skills to infiltrate the Imperium shuttle in which he had studied the layout of the large shuttle, also he spotted the mother ship of the Imperium that almost looks like a Combine devastator craft but it looks more organic.
With no effective obstacles to their invasion left, the aliens signal a mother ship orbiting the Earth, and receive their leader, the Imperium. Ugly fellow, Gordon listened in on this conversation and is making his move.
The Imperium remembers J'onn, and begins to torture him. The Imperium calls on J'onn to surrender, saying that he has finally lost, but J'onn lets slip that he still has a plan. This Imperium is torturing J'onn in which it is digging deep in to the mind of the alien until one of their guards blurts out a single word while noticing one of Earth's previous TV broadcasts that sends the Imperium into shock
"GORDON FREEMAN IS HERE," gasped the Imperium "FIND THE ONE FREE MAN AND KILL HIM."
"Too late," said Gordon
Gordon has used the time to sabotage the ion crystal, reversing the field's polarity in which it spreads to other factories. The clouds part and the sun shine through the opening in the factory's roof. He used his gravity gun to make more holes as he flipped to the ground and exchanged weapons as he used his trusty crowbar to attack them. Along with a series of ninja and kung-fu moves, to take them down!
"Well we can't have a captive audience can we," said Gordon "Let's set you all free."
The-one-free-man used his small arms gun to shot at the restraints keeping them down as Superman is first free and followed by the others as they are ready for battle. Exposed to the sun, the aliens begin to burn and die. Batman explains that the aliens have no resistance to ultraviolet radiation. The Imperium, its skin blistering, hastily retreats back into its shuttle, leaving the Carter dopple ganger to die, and makes for the mother ship.
However, Diana lassoes the shuttle, which Hawkgirl further damages with her mace, and swings it into the factory, destroying both it and the Imperium. The other heroes quickly evacuate the captured humans being held there, before the factory explodes.
The mother ship flees into space or so at least it tries to in which Gordon has teleported about the mother ship and is wreaking havoc aboard the alien vessel, all the while the other heroes are standing up the building of the daily planet
The Imperium has heard tales from their masters about the one-free-man in which he kept on coming and broke into the bridge of the mother skill, killing the bridge crew and turning the ship right back around as it is heading back to Earth in full speed.
The heroes see the ship falling to Earth as it is going to crash in Metropolis park, which it does as it creates a huge fireball in the sky. Gordon Freeman had gotten off the ship before it crash as he is walking several feet away with an explosion to his back and the heroes arrived as well.
"And the walls came tumbling down," said Gordon
Earth rejoices over the repulse of the invasion, Gordon helped bring what was left down as he is helped by the heroes as they have many questions, but he told them soon. A news report is seen as several skeptics, including General Wells, warn that they got lucky; if the aliens or a similar threat return, the Earth has no means of advance warning. Watching the report, Batman ponders this remark...
The Watchtower: Earth's orbit
A month later
A short time later, the heroes assemble aboard a large space station orbiting the Earth, built and launched in secret by Wayne Enterprises. The station will provide advance warning in case of another invasion. Gordon has seen impressive technology like the Citadel space station and Babylon 5, but this is just as good as well. Superman addresses the assembled heroes, saying that the invasion has proved to him that even he isn't powerful enough to safeguard the Earth by himself.
"You mean like a bunch of Super Friends," said Flash
"Oh, hell no," said Gordon
"More like a Justice League," said Superman
Gordon joined in with the heroes he felt a little foolish in doing it but he doesn't mind and Batman wanted to be a part timer, after that all of them looked at the one-free-man wanting an answer or two.
"You seem like a warrior," said Diana
"What is your military training" asked Green Lantern
"Do tell," said Hawkgirl "They called you the one-free-man,"
"I checked on the name Gordon Freeman," said Batman "He doesn't exist, no records nothing,"
Ok, Ok," said Gordon "Gather around and I will tell you a long story, yes my name is Gordon Freeman and I don't come from this dimension"
He started explain about himself as he is or was a native of Seattle, Washington life in which he always had it's ups and downs since he got a job to join Black Mesa research facility, as he told them he was an orphan with no parents in which the only
thing that people found on him at when he was found on the door step of an orphanage is his name and nothing more.
Gordon explained that he was already regarded as the quiet type and willing to adapt to any situation until he was in his teens as the orphanage at first put money away for him to go to college considering how smart Gordon is who is willing to learn and grow upon in life.
His childhood heroes were Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Richard Feynman because books were his friends in which that is all he had. He told them about an exhibited an early interest in theoretical physics, especially quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. After observing a series of teleportation experiments conducted by the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck, the transmission of matter became Gordon's obsession.
He told them he had no known dependents. As he explained he graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Physics. His doctoral thesis on the teleportation of matter through extremely dense elements was titled Observation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum Structures by Induction through Nonlinear Transuranic Crystal of Extremely Long Wavelength (ELW) Pulse from Mode-Locked Source Array.
What," said Flash "Hah, you nerd"
"Shut up and pay attention," said Hawkgirl
He told them he took up residence in Black Mesa however his job in general in regards was nothing more than a joke like manual labor, despite his qualifications. Consisting of little more than pressing a button and pushing a cart as he found that to be a little embarrassing at times, but it paid well and Gordon often wondered if he would be doing this utter nonsense for the rest of his life. At time he spent in Black Mesa he only said a few words and kept his mouth shut most of the time, he considered himself a little anti-social being an orphan and all.
An inter-dimensional rift in space time happened and his world changed forever, as he told them in detail in which he became something he would never thought in becoming. A hero, he never dreamed he was one. In which he explained he survived all the challenges and got the respect of a few people for his acts of bravery. Then he wound up in another dimension called Xen and doing battle against an alien warlord named Nihilanth
"Nihilanth" coursed all of them
He told them to never mind about the name, as he told them he killed the alien warlord and then he was confront by a being he despises the most, the G-man. The people noticed in the room how angry he got with that name. He was given a choice to live or die in a form of a deal. Gordon did not want to do either, then all of sudden the choice was made but not by him. No it was the G-man himself. Gordon explained in detain It wasn't until two decades later he had learned the G-man put him in a place far from time, space, thought and even Earth itself.
The G-man stated the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world it wouldn't be an understatement it is a fact as Gordon found himself in the middle of the occupation by an inter-dimensional alien empire known as the Combine. They in fact conquered the Earth in seven hours thanks in part to a traitor named Dr. Wallace Breen, that name alone made his blood boil. Then he went to explain uprisings, creatures and other things as well in which began as Gordon helped in many ways often doing battle against combine forces until finally driven out of his dimension.
Then finally he explained after the death of a friend of his, his other friends went off to the artic in finding a ship owned by Black Mesa had survived and after discovering technology like the Hazardous Environmental Suit that was on board the Borealis Finally told them he went on several adventures in other dimensions in which he went on for awhile about those adventures until finally he is done and all of them blinked in surprise, but they could tell he wasn't lying either.
"Great Hera," said Diana "You met another me,"
"Hah," said Flash "You ran into a bunch of people calling themselves Super Friends,"
"These Combine," said Green Lantern "Are a serious threat, something must be done and I will have a talk with the Guardians of the universe,"
"Seriously a hawkman," said Hawkgirl "Well that is interesting,"
"Alien species destroyed," said J'onn "Even the Combine have allies,"
"Gordon," said Superman "Do the Imperium have a home world,"
"All of this is so overwhelming you said." said Batman "Portal technology is dangerous I may have to check in on Area 51 to make sure an accident like that doesn't happen here," he added "Seven hour war….I don't think I want to live through that or what you have been through Gordon,"
"Yes, Diana," said Gordon "I have met you, the one previous I met is kind of a weakling, but you are stronger than her," he continued to speak "Yes Flash, super friends….don't ask! The combine are a serious threat, don't forget what I said. Well yeah that too. Yes the Combine do have allies to do their dirty work or do things on their own," he pointed out "I have found their home world by hacking into their mother ship before I crashed it."
He uses the omni-tool to show them the location.
"You do what you have to do," said Gordon "Bruce and yes I have met several of you, I may not be around a lot but I will always be there if the Justice League needs me," he hands them a device "A way to contact me, I will provide intelligence on combine activities and movements, I warn you don't allow to the same fate of my dimension, portal technology is both a good idea and a bad idea."
He clears his throat!
"Perhaps I can bring one of your doubles here," said Gordon "Like one of yours, Bruce,"
"Hah," said Flash "Another bats this will be interesting,"
"I wonder which one," said Superman
"It would be how you say…." said Diana "What is the word again…cool, I think,"
"Fine do it," growled Batman "But we are going to talk about this in calling me Bruce,"
"Be right back," said Gordon
Gordon activates a portal from his suit and simply vanishes with the portal as well in which everyone looked on and is waiting.
Chapter: 61
Bats in the Belfry