Alright. Here we go. The end of the fight with Godspeed. I hope you all really enjoy this chapter.
Let's get to it.
Green Hal37: I agree that Diana's strength is usually far more than any human. But, in this timeline, Grant has subjected himself to experiements to increase his strength similar to Slade's strength while under the Mirakuru. I feel it would be able to help him stand up to Diana for at least a little bit.
Chapter 13- Fall of a God
"We're almost there," Danai says. Bruce just nods.
The two turn around another corner a few seconds later, and stop short. Right in front of them, occupying almost the entire tunnel, are the bombs stolen from Kord, stripped down a bit and networked together.
"S***. This isn't good. These are fuel-air explosive bombs. And if they go off in a tight space like this…it could destroy the entire convention center, and maybe even more," Bruce mutters.
"How long do you need to disarm them?" Danai asks.
"Well, it's gonna be easier than normal. These are still experimental weapons. Kord built in extra safeguards in case they malfunctioned during tests. It's gonna make it easier for me. By the looks of it, Godspeed networked them all and set them for a timed detonation," Bruce says, examining the weapons. He pauses for a moment before saying, "We're lucky. The timer is set for detonation in five minutes. I can have them disarmed in two."
"Good. I'll cover you," Danai says as she turns around.
Bruce gets to work, finding himself praying that he's not gonna be too rusty after not having done this for a long time.
The next two minutes pass agonizingly for Danai and Bruce. Several more mercenaries come to try and stop them, but Danai easily dispatches them.
Finally, Bruce cries, "Got it!" as he cuts the last wire, and the control device powers down.
"Yes! We did it!" Danai cries.
"We should stay with the bombs. I don't trust them not to still accidently go off, or mercenaries to come set them off by hand. We're gonna have to call in a professional bomb disposal squad when this is over," Bruce says.
"Gotcha," Danai says before getting on comms and says, "Avengers, this is Vixen. Batman and I have disarmed the bombs. We're gonna stay with the bombs and keep an eye on them until this is all over."
(Above ground)
Despite the joy they feel from hearing the news from Vixen, none of the team have the time to answer, as they're still too busy fighting the Rogues.
Right in front of the convention center, Diana is still dueling with Grant. She is highly impressed with his skills by this point, but is feeling a lot more confident now. She can tell that he's tiring by now, but she isn't tiring at all.
Grant jumps back to avoid a slash of her sword, and takes a moment to catch his breath. Diana decides to give him a chance, and says, "Surrender now and you'll live."
"Never," Grant responds before charging at her again. He slashes at her, but Diana easily blocks his blows. She can immediately see his attacks are a little more wild, and presses her advantage. She easily blocks his blow with her sword and shield, while forcing him back, waiting for the right moment.
Just seconds later, he stabs at her a little wildly, and she seizes the chance. Diana dodges aside and slashes downwards, cutting off Grant's hand. Before he can even react, she slashes again and cuts off his head. His body collapses to the ground a second later.
Diana looks down at Grant's corpse, feeling a little tired from that long fight. "You should have surrendered," she says to her vanquished opponent.
Further down the street, Jenna is still dueling with Evelyn. She managed to wound her opponent several times, but Evelyn has managed to prevent her from landing a deadly blow.
Evelyn summons a gust of wind to knock away a small psychic knife Jenna has thrown at her. She glares at her opponent and says, "You can't stop us. The United States are ours!"
"No. You'll never win," Jenna says before running at Evelyn again.
Evelyn summons a hail storm to try and stop Jenna, but Jenna will not be stopped. Summoning a psychic shield in front of her to deflect the hail, she charges ahead, determined to end this.
Starting to panic, Evelyn summons several lightning bolts, but Jenna either dodges them or deflects them with her shield. Then, she leaps into the air, propelling herself off the top of a dumpster, and flies up towards Evelyn. Before Evelyn can react, Jenna drives her psychic sword through Evelyn's chest.
Evelyn drops to the ground like a stone, Jenna landing on top of her, still holding her sword. She looks down into the eyes of her dying opponent and says, "You chose the wrong side." Evelyn looks back up at her and coughs once before taking her final breath.
As Jenna kneels over Evelyn's body, back in front of the Subway, John is thrown against the wall of the building. Zoe races forward to take his place, trying her hardest to get a hit in on Myers, but he easily blocks her blows.
The two quickly end up in a stalemate, batons and boomerangs crossed. Myers smirks as he pushes her back. "You'll never win. The bombs are about to go off. We've won," Myers says evilly.
"No. They're not. We have two teammates in the sewers. They disarmed the bombs," Zoe says with a grin.
Myers' face goes shocked, then murderous. "Then I'll just kill you and go down there and re-arm them. You can't stop us!"
Zoe smirks. "You know, if you weren't so intent on trying to kill me right now, and doing your little bad guy speech, you would've remembered to watch your back," she says.
Myers' eyes widen. But before he can react, there's a twang, and the sound of an arrow hitting flesh. Myers freezes, eyes wide. The sound repeats twice more. Then, Myers coughs up blood and falls to the ground. Behind him, John is back on his feet, bow raised.
Zoe steps back from Myer's corpse, eying it as John hurries over. She then looks up and smiles. "Nice one, John," she says with a chuckle. John chuckles a bit too, and the two high five.
Two blocks over, Stephen is exchanging high speed blows with Godspeed. However, Godspeed still has a slight advantage in speed, even if Stephen is the better fighter. Godspeed gets under one of Stephen's blows and grabs his wrist, then takes off, racing around and smashing Stephen against things before throwing him into a dumpster.
As Godspeed comes to a halt, Nora comes racing up behind him, landing a blow that knocks him tumbling several blocks. She races after him, but he speeds out of the way. The two race through the streets of Dallas until they reach AT&T Stadium, where Godspeed manages to grab Nora and pin her against the outside wall of the stadium.
"You will never beat me, XS," Godspeed says.
"Really?" Nora says, smirking, realizing she now has a chance, as she's never had Godspeed this close for more than a second. Her eyes begin to glow red, and wisps of red energy begin to trail out of her finger and reach up towards Godspeed's head, wrapping around his head.
Godspeed begins to sway a bit as Nora's magic begins to mess with his mind. Though his mind is feeling hazy, he knows he has to stop her. Feeling very sluggish, he lashes out with a speed punch, hitting Nora right in the face, dazing her. He stumbles away, then starts to run, trying to shake the effects of Nora's magic. Luckily for him, he managed to react quickly enough to avoid any real lasting effects. It doesn't take long for him to shake it off.
However, by the time he has shaken it off, Nora has recovered too. She races to attack him, but he speeds away, and she chases after him.
"Nora, where are you?" Stephen calls over comms.
"I was just at AT&T Stadium, and now I'm chasing Godspeed between the stadium and convention center," Nora replies.
"Alright. Give me a minute. Godspeed hurt one of my legs pretty bad. Give me a minute to let it heal, and I'll join you," Stephen says.
Nora doesn't respond, but continues to chase Godspeed. But, frustratingly, she seems unable to catch up to him.
Then, all of a sudden, Godspeed stops, steps aside, and thrusts his leg out into Nora's path. Not able to react in time, Nora trips over Godspeed's leg and goes tumbling for several blocks before Godspeed catches up and grabs her, running her into a wall, dazing her.
As Nora crumples to the ground from the force of the impact, Godspeed grabs her and pins her to the ground by the throat. "You have gotten much faster, XS. Both you and your brother. But you still can't beat me. No matter how many times, I will always beat you. And now, you will die," he says before he raises his hand, vibrating it at super speed.
Nora looks up at Godspeed, feeling convinced that this is the end. Then, out of nowhere, what looks like a blast of ice hits Godspeed, knocking him flying off of Nora and encasing his chest in ice.
Nora gasps a bit, then manages to prop herself up on her elbows and looks in the direction of the blast. Standing at the end of the alley is a man that looks like he's made of ice, wearing some kind of dark blue suit, frost seeping off of his hands. As she watches, he walks up to her, and his body transforms from ice back to a normal human body. He walks up and holds out his hand to her.
"Who are you?" she asks.
"Introductions can wait. Let's just handle this guy first," the man responds. He then turns his body back to ice and turns to Godspeed, right as the villainous speedster vibrates through the ice on his chest and regains his feet.
Nora races right at him, trying to keep him distracted from her new ally. Godspeed races away, and she chases after him. The new guy shoots out ice, creating an ice bridge. He then shoots ice both behind him and in front of him, propelling himself along the ice bridge while extending it, soaring after them.
Nora and Godspeed continue speeding through the streets of Dallas. Right as Nora is wondering where he brother is, Stephen comes speeding in from nowhere and body slams Godspeed.
Godspeed goes tumbling through the streets until slamming into a wall. As he regains his feet, Stephen flashes up right in front of him. He looks hard at Godspeed and says, "Until now, I've just tried to stop you with my speed. Not anymore." His eyes glow red, and he takes to the air. As he does, various objects begin to lift themselves off the ground, enveloped in red energy, and begin to throw themselves at Godspeed. Godspeed dodges out of the way of the various objects, only for Stephen to start hurling energy blasts at him.
Godspeed desperately tries to avoid the blasts. Then, Nora comes racing in and punches Godspeed, knocking him back into the wall. Stephen lowers himself to the ground and races right towards Godspeed. Godspeed tries to race away, but the new guy races in and fires an ice blast at him, knocking him back.
Godspeed quickly regains his feet and runs right at Stephen, but Nora comes in and punches him. The twins begin racing around Godspeed, landing punch after punch. Godspeed cries out in pain from the multiple blows, but finds no time to react.
Finally, the twins run away a short distance, but circle back and both land a punch directly to Godspeed's chest at the same time, knocking him back into a wall so hard that seriously dazes him.
"New guy! Now!" Nora cries. With that, the new guy glides in on his ice bridge, drops down right in front of them, then unleashes a stream of ice. Before Godspeed can react, he is entirely encased in ice.
The new guy lowers his hands and grins. "I think it'll take him a while to vibrate himself out of that. Long enough to get him in a cell," he says as he turns to the twins.
"Thanks for your help. But…who are you?" Stephen asks.
The man smiles. "Nowadays, I go by Bobby Drake. Although you can also call me Iceman," he says.
"Wait. Nowadays? Is that not your real name?" Nora asks.
"Bingo," Bobby says. He pauses for a second before saying, "My true name is Robert Snart. My parents are Sara Lance and Leonard Snart. My mom gave birth to me after my dad died and left me with a friend of hers in 2015. But, she never came back. My foster mom told me the truth about my parents. I've lived under the name Bobby Drake for decades now. I didn't want anyone to think I was related to Leonard Snart. And I've kept my powers secret. But, I've been following your fight with Godspeed. I knew it was time I followed in my parents' footsteps to be a hero. So, I came here, and just waited for the right moment to attack."
Nora and Stephen both look at each other, then back at Bobby, and smile. Stephen extends his hand and says, "Well, welcome to the team, Iceman."
Well, there we have it folks. The end of the Battle of Dallas.
I hope you liked my introduction of Iceman. I have heard he's a fan favorite among the X-Men, so I figured this was a decent time to introduce him. I also hope you like the idea of him actually being the son of Sara and Snart. I'll leave it up to your imagination for now how he has his powers. I know it may be disappointing that Bobby won't be a member of the X-Men whenever they get introduced, but I really wanted to introduce him here. Also, if you leave a review, let me know whether you thought he was Caitlin's son before he said who his parents were.
Also, I imagine Bobby being portrayed by Zac Efron.
For those confused about it, fuel-air explosive bombs are very powerful explosive that release flammable gas into the surrounding air before detonating, amplifying the explosion. Their explosive force can be several times what a normal bomb of the same size would be. And from what I've read about them, detonating that many of them in such a close space would be absolutely devastating, and easily capable of destroying a building that size.
So, Godspeed has been defeated, but this story isn't over. There are two more chapters, the last of which will feature the twins going back in time to take Pietro into the Speed Force.
Well. Until the next chapter, please, please leave a review and tell me how I did, and stay tuned.
