DARK, PART 4.
The giant and intimidating Solomon Grundy carried a larger stake than he had planted on the shores of Gotham City. Once the last stake was planted, the Penguin would only have to press the button of his detonator and the tsunami would destroy the city. Grundy felt good about doing this for his master. Grundy would do everything the Penguin told him to do to wake him up from his great dream a short time ago.
People recoiled or fled to avoid any damage that this dangerous monster could do, which was nothing compared to what would happen once Grundy planted this stake. Grundy reached the center of the street, but was greeted by a barrage of laser shots from Rangers pistols. Grundy growled and looked at the Rangers.
"You beat us once, Grundy." Kal said.
"But this time you will fall, monster." Diana said.
"In a way..." John said.
"Or another." Shayera finished.
"The bad thing is that they left me without a sentence to tell the big guy," said Barry looking at his companions.
"Next time I'll let you say something, Barry," said Kal.
"That'd be nice," said Barry.
"Grundy beat the colorful ones before, this time he will kill them." Grundy said throwing the stake at them. The Rangers dodged the stake, and Diana took the opportunity to fire back at Grundy, causing the monster to retreat.
"Keep firing, I'm going to face him," Kal ordered.
Diana kept shooting, then John and Shayera joined, but Barry wanted to face Grundy too. Barry, being the fastest, came to Grundy first, but Grundy hit him quickly and sent him back to his teammates. Kal punched Grundy in the face, then a hook in the stomach, then another blow to the face, to the chest, Grundy stopped Kal's blow, lifted him and threw him to the ground.
Diana ran to Grundy, pulling a sword out of her Morpho and punched Grundy's strong chest several times, but Grundy hit her sword and then hit her. John hit Grundy using a motorcycle this time, a motorcycle that required a lot of mental power. Shayera ran using her pistol and fired at Grundy, in the face. Grundy backed away and he pulled a light pole and threw it at John. John dodged it and fired at Grundy after he had taken out a gun using his Morpho.
Kal took advantage of this distraction by grabbing a car, holding it over his head and throwing it towards Grundy, creating another explosion. Kal had shown great strength, which John and Diana had not seen before, but Barry and Shayera had witnessed it very rarely.
"Well done Kal." Diana said.
"I'll admit that was good," said John, standing straight. He did not lower his head for a moment.
From the fire emerged Grundy, only this time, his skin was no longer gray, but blue, a strange blue glow. This was maybe a bad thing. Barry got up and returned with his fellow Rangers. They had to stop him.
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Major Wayne arrived on a motorcycle that he took from the hangar to the Iceberg Hall, and being smart, he decided to enter through the window through which he had escaped. It was not a problem for him to enter. Although the window was a few meters from the ground, Major Wayne used a hook grab to reach the broken window. Then he went through the window and saw some of the Penguin's thugs chatting about what they were going to do to J'onn once he had defeated Major Wayne. Major Wayne threw a smoke bomb at them and then entered the cloud of smoke and knocked out all the thugs. Major Wayne ran into a hallway, and was about to open the door before the Penguin's voice sounded through the speakers.
"I'm aware of your presence, Wayne," the Penguin said. "But that's how we're going to make things slower. Follow the arrows until you reach the main room. And better hurry up, because your Martian is about to burn. "The Penguin laughed again.
Major Wayne followed the path pointed by the Penguin to a large door. The commander opened the door and entered. The main hall of the Iceberg room was tested with Penguin thugs, and also of other petty criminals, or that is what Major Wayne could see as he inspected the room with his gaze.
The Penguin emerged from behind several thugs. A bully approached Commander Wayne from behind and threw a blow at the commander. The commander caught the blow of the killer and threw him to the ground before hitting his face with his foot. Another bully approached from behind but before he could throw a blow to the commander, he hit him in the face, leaving him unconscious. Major Wayne continued to walk forward and even managed to stop two thugs who approached him head on, and then knocked them down and knocked him out easily.
"You're finally back, Wayne," the Penguin said after asking for silence from all the thugs and criminals inside the room.
"Free J'onn or I'll make you regret it, Cobblepot." Major Wayne threatened.
"I will not release Wayne, but you will face my one hundred men unless you want to see your friend die. Attack him! "The Penguin ordered, pointing to the commander with his umbrella.
The criminals jumped from the second floor and drew knives and some carried weapons such as pistols and rifles. The commander took something from his belt and remembered what the note he found in J'onn's safe was saying that was next to what he held in his hand.
If you ask when I did this, it was since you recruited the Rangers. I know this is considered insubordination, but the Rangers need a guide, and you are the right person. You think you can not do it for your past, but everyone deserves a second chance, even you, commander.- Jonn.
"Thanks J'onn." The commander said. Activated the device "Justice League, activate!" A bright light surrounded the commander's body. All the thugs and the Penguin covered their eyes. When it stopped shining, it was revealed to a Power Ranger, but this Ranger had a black suit with some white edges and lines and in the center of the chest of the uniform there was a number 100. The helmet of the black Ranger had several white edges and the symbol of the Justice League on the sides, along with its silver mouthpiece. Another thing that stood out from his uniform was his belt and a gray sword.
"I am the Dark Ranger." Said the commander using his new uniform. The Dark Ranger was put in combat position.
"Just attack him!" The Penguin ordered.
The thugs approached the Dark Ranger and threw punches. The Dark Ranger blocked all hits by bending over and raising his hands above his head before jumping, causing the thugs to back off. The Dark Ranger kicked at two thugs, blocked two hits from behind, turned around and grabbed two thugs by their heads, one for each hand, and smashed their heads against the ground. Others came closer to the Dark Ranger, but the Dark Ranger jumped and threw several ropes from his belt that caught several thugs in groups of three, and then punched each of them with heavy punches.
More thugs arrived. The Dark Ranger needed a better weapon. The Dark Ranger pressed his something with his belt, and several electric charges shot out at several thugs, electrocuting them and leaving them unconscious. The Dark Ranger kicked several thugs on the ground, stood up and threw several boomerangs at other thugs approaching him. The batarangs gave the other thugs an electric shock.
"Punch him you idiots!" The Penguin shouted, already beginning to get impatient with the failure of his thugs to defeat the Dark Ranger.
The Dark Ranger wasted no time in opening another compartment of his belt to get another device. The device was a kind of pistol, but with a strange liquid that could be sprayed on the ground. The Dark Ranger sprayed it on the ground, and continued his mission to defeat all other thugs. It was a long time since he was in such a situation, but he was feeling the same emotion that he had not felt for a long time, but that was not why he was doing that, it was because of J'onn and his Rangers that he was doing that.
The Dark Ranger sprayed that mysterious liquid at several points on the ground. The Dark Ranger waited for all the Penguin's thugs to settle around him, and he pressed the button on his gun, causing small explosions around him to release a blue smoke that covered the view of the Penguin and a remaining thug. Seconds later, the Dark Ranger emerged and walked towards the last bully. You could see all the unconscious thugs on the ground without any scratch because the explosion was meant to hurt, but not to kill. The bully covered his face with his two arms like shields. After two seconds, the bully opened his eyes, and was hit by the Dark Ranger in the face.
The Dark Ranger walked towards the Penguin.
"You're finished, Cobblepot." The Dark Ranger shouted. "Where is J'onn?"
The Penguin pressed a button on a remote control he held in his hand and a large metal container emerged, showing J'onn surrounded by a circle of fire. The Penguin paid close attention to the Martian's weakness. The Dark Ranger knew he had to do something, and considered throwing mini explosives, but he noticed that a mechanism would be activated that would kill J'onn if he threw a bomb into the armored glass, which is where the Dark Ranger could see J'onn, he needed a better plan.
"Your Martian is going to die, and if my stupid thugs were not enough men to defeat you, then I will do it with my armor." The Penguin said, pressing another button on the remote control, and a black armor with a helmet in shape. head of a penguin that covered his entire head. "And it will be very easy."
The Dark Ranger knew that he must improve the game. So he moved his hand to his back and pulled out a gray sword.
"You will have to defeat me, and my Dark Sword. The strongest sword on the entire planet, Cobblepot."
"That will not save you," the Penguin said before it jumped down and ran to Major Wayne.
XXX
The battle of the Rangers against the implacable Solomon Grundy had not progressed as well as the Rangers had thought. Solomon Grundy, having literally fire in his hands instead of lightning, the Rangers were overwhelmed in strength and endurance. Kal had tried to counterattack Grundy by getting another strong hit from the monster. Diana was hit repeatedly on the ground, Barry trying to get up after Grundy threw him into a coffee shop destroying the front door, and Shayera only managed to hit Grundy with shots that did not seem to hurt him.
Shayera got fed up and faced Grundy. She used her sword and managed to scratch him before Grundy grabbed the sword and threw it away from her. Shayera fired at Grundy's head, causing him to retreat, but he gave Shayera another blow. John, who had tried to prevent his fellow Rangers from destroying the buildings on the street, hit Grundy with a bus he created with his mind. Grundy crashed to the ground, and Shayera to finish it again and again.
Grundy grabbed Shayera for the helmet, but Kal shot him with his heat vision, causing Grundy to release Shayera. Shayera got up and electrocuted Grundy out of anger, making Grundy stronger with every second that passed by electrocuting him. Diana grabbed Shayera and threw her to the ground.
"You're making it worse." Diana told him.
"Sorry, but it was an impulse. He beat me up," Shayera replied.
Grundy began to release rays everywhere. He began to walk through the city until he stepped on a puddle of water that had been formed by a bucket of water thrown on the ground by a flower shop. That was a super driver, creating Grundy to release a large electric charge but begin to feel pain. Kal saw this just like John.
"Meeting." Kal ordered. The Rangers gathered in a circle. "New plan: if Grundy likes electricity a lot, we will give him electricity, but much more than he needs. Shayera, you and Diana will help me get him to a high voltage point. John, find him. "
John created binoculars with his mind, and saw the high voltage point about ten streets away.
"There it is," John exclaimed.
"Charge," said Kal.
"Yes, sir." The four Rangers told their leader.
Shayera and Diana shot Grundy. Having caught Grundy's attention, the monster began to follow them. The male Rangers took another route to get to the point where they would make Grundy a time bomb against himself. Because the Rangers were farther away from him, Grundy thought it would be better to re-plant the last stake. The Rangers did not notice it until a few seconds later, but Grundy had grabbed the stake. Diana decided to run, jumped onto a car and jumped higher in the direction of Grundy. Diana drew her sword from her Morpho and hit the stake with such force, causing a dent.
Diana hit Grundy several times with her sword, Grundy directed the stake to Diana, but this time, Diana grabbed the stake and the blow became a forced fight by the stake, a fight that Grundy seemed to be close to winning. Kal ran and kicked Grundy in the chest. John took the stake and took it with him.
"You want the stake, right?" John asked holding the stake with two giant hands created by his mind. "Then come get it."
"Return the stake to Grundy." Grundy yelled.
"Follow him, Grundy, or he will not give it to you," said Kal, bringing his face close to Grundy.
Grundy was chasing John. John gave the stake to Barry and Barry ran to Shayera, since he was faster than Grundy, managed to get to the meeting point and gave the stake to Shayera.
"Shayera, energize the stake." Kal ordered by the communicators. "It will make the worst blow."
"No problem, Kal." Shayera said as she put her hands on the stake and passed electric current to the stake. Grundy arrived and he saw Shayera electrocuting the stake.
"Grundy will kill you dead so you can give him the stake." Grundy said running to Shayera.
"Then come get me," Shayera replied, pulling out a pistol from her Morpho. Shayera threw the stake at Grundy and shot him with his gun.
Grundy uses the stake to attack Shayera but Kal shoots his heat vision towards Grundy in the back. Grundy turned to Kal and was about to run towards him, but Shayera kept shooting him. Grundy turned to Shayera and John took advantage of the situation and crashed a motorbike against Grundy, Kal threw another car towards Grundy, but this time, Grundy lifted the stake and was about to hit Shayera, but Diana jumped from behind and kicked the stake so that will be buried in the floor in the electric plate.
A huge electric current ran through Grundy's body, who laughed at all the electricity it received, but then it was deamsaida and began to try to detach from the stake, but the current was so strong that soon it became unstable and there was a big explosion.
"Super cannon!" Kal ordered.
"Super cannon ready!" The five Rangers shouted, pulling out the cannon using their Morphos and aiming it at Grundy. "Ready, Aim, fire!"
The fireball struck a weak Grundy, causing it to release lightning and sparks.
"Grundy must plant the stake!" Grundy shouted before dropping to the ground and releasing a large explosion, which also destroyed the stake.
"I do not think our prisons are big enough to hold him," Barry said.
"Well said, Barry. Red Ranger to the base of the league. "Said Kal using his Morpho. "We need help to pick up a giant from the street."
"And bring a giant truck, not a simple patrol car." Barry added. The two Rangers hung up.
"Well, let's stop the Penguin," said Kal, going for his motorbike.
"We can not, Kal." John said. "We took Clayface for granted and the commander and J'onn were kidnapped. We can not make another mistake like that. "
"Then I'll go help him along with Diana," Kal said. "Stay here."
"No, Kal." Said Shayera. "We're here to prevent Grundy from escaping like Clayface, and if he gets up again, we can not beat him without you two. But if you leave, the commander will have no mercy on you. "
Kal was convinced, just by hearing the word "commander."
"I hope it does not take long. I do not think the commander can beat the Penguin. "
This did cause nerves in the Rangers. They expected the commander to know how to keep the Penguin busy until they could arrive.
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Penguin's armor had its fins laser-edged, so every hit the Dark Ranger received would be a hard hit. However, as the Dark Ranger had said, he had the strongest sword in the world, so he had not received much damage from the Penguin and his armor. The Penguin launched a blow with its fin that was blocked by the Dark Ranger's sword.
"I did not ruin your family, Cobblepot," the Dark Ranger told the Penguin.
"You did. You and your parents enjoyed making them shatter with every day and month that happened while I was out of the country." Penguin replied throwing a kick at the Dark Ranger.
"I did not ruin your family. Your parents were lost in corruption. "Said the Dark Ranger backing up before the lethal blows of the Penguin. "My family did not cause that Cobblepot."
"Yes, they provoked him, Wayne. And they paid their due. "The Penguin fired the fins at the Dark Ranger, who deflected the two blades with his Dark Sword. "You tell me that my family is corrupt, and yours is dead. And soon your Martian and your city will die too. "
The armor no longer had fins, but two cannons came out, which fired laser bullets at the Dark Ranger. The Dark Ranger deflected a few bullets with his sword, but the bullets were too many to deflect them all. The Penguin took out a grenade and pointed towards the Dark Ranger. The Penguin fired again to further weaken the Dark Ranger.
"But you will live long enough to see them die," said the Penguin. The Penguin threw the grenade and exploded against the Dark Ranger, who fell to the ground on impact. "Curious, I already beat you, just as your family destroyed mine."
"You have not beaten me, Oswald," the Dark Ranger said rising slowly, leaning on his sword. "As long as I'm still alive, I can always beat you."
"Well then you will not do it with this shot," said the Penguin. The two guns came together and created a huge fireball that fired at the Dark Ranger.
The Dark Ranger caught the ball of fire with his sword, and although it cost to retain it, he managed to deflect the ball of fire into J'onn's cage. The fireball struck the cage, and although it did shake the cage a little, it disabled the security systems of the cage and opened the door.
"No!" The Penguin shouted when he saw that the Martian was free, but he still had a last resort. "Well, your city will die with both at the same time." The Penguin took out a remote control that had a few buttons and a monitor. The Penguin pressed a button, which activated all the stakes and only needed to be detonated. The Penguin pressed the red button, but after a few seconds passed, he saw that nothing had happened with the stakes. "Come on, it works, stupid device." The Penguin claimed when he saw that nothing was happening.
"In case you do not know, the stake was never planted," the Dark Ranger said. "My Rangers stopped it."
"But they will not avoid this." The Penguin ran to the Dark Ranger using all his power, but the Dark Ranger had another trick to use as well.
"Smoke bomb." Said the Dark ranger releasing something from his belt, covering his figure with smoke. The cloud of smoke dissipated and the Dark Ranger was not in sight. The Penguin could still detonate the stakes to at least create considerable damage to the outskirts of the city, if he pressed the remote detonation button, but he would do it once he saw the Dark Ranger.
The Penguin could not find the Dark Ranger anywhere. He felt kick in his leg, which knocked him down, the Dark Ranger reappeared and took control of the hands of the armor. The penguin rose again and fired at the Dark Ranger, who threw his sword at the Penguin, before running towards it to jump in front of the Penguin and land easily on the ground, leaving a packet of bombs in the Penguin's armor. The bombs exploded behind the Dark Ranger and the armor was destroyed, leaving a weak Penguin covered in ashes created by the fire. The Dark Ranger approached the Penguin and placed his handcuffs on his wrists.
"On behalf of the Justice League, you're arrested, Cobblepot." The Dark Ranger told him.
"Keep saying that until I escape. And my revenge will be worse. "The Penguin said before fainting.
"Well done, Bruce." J'onn said resting his hand on the Dark Ranger's shoulder. The Dark Ranger turned around.
"Power out," said the commander. The suit disappeared. "Thanks J'onn, and now I'm back for you and the Rangers."
"They need a guide, commander, and you are the one who can do it better than anybody else," J'onn said knowing that he could not be so open with the commander now that they were on the battlefield.
"And I will," Major Wayne said. The commander took control of the Penguin and and pressed the white button. "The stakes are already deactivated, we can remove them." The commander used his Morpho to ask for help. "Here the commander to the base, we need many trucks for prisoners to pick up the henchmen of the criminal boss known as the Penguin, and the Penguin himself. Also go to the outskirts of the city to remove the stakes from the ground; calm, the stakes are deactivated. "
The commander placed his Morpho back on his belt and picked up his sword from the ground. A door opened and the commander and J'onn put themselves in guard position, but they saw that their Rangers were still in their uniforms.
"We're already here, commander ... Oh, we're late," Barry said.
"Yes, they arrived in time to watch the criminals. Thanks for coming anyway. I already called for help to take all these prisoners, so there is no need for them to wear their suits yet." said the commander.
"HEY? How did he do all this? "Diana asked.
"We'll see everything at the base, Rangers. For now, all this criminal scum must be imprisoned." Commander Wayne replied.
XXX
In the conference room, Major Wayne had finished telling the story of the fight with the Penguin, since there were no cameras in the Iceberg room, so no fight could be seen.
"Now you have the Dark Ranger in the battle in Zone. By the way, good work with Grundy, but you still have to improve. "Said the commander returning to his surveillance post. "Retreat, cadets."
The Rangers nodded and left. J'onn was not in the room because he stayed in his lab, because this was something the commander had to face on his own.
When the Rangers left, the commander kept thinking that something bad would happen in the future, but he hoped that if that happened it would only happen to him, and not to J'onn or his Rangers. he expected this to be good, but he would not hear it until much later.
In the conference room, Rangers thought about how Major Wayne being a Ranger would only harm them.
"Great, first we had the commander watching us all the time, and now he's going to missions with us," Kal complained. "IS THIS GOOD?"
"Ultimately bad, Kal." Shayera replied. "We will no longer have any freedom."
"It's bad, definitely." John said. "Now I'm going to have two leaders instead of one."
"I'm already afraid of the commander, I do not know if I can control myself in the conversations with him behind me all the time," Barry said.
"What do you think, Diana?" Kal asked.
Diana remained silent for a few seconds. On the one hand, they would not have freedom, but on the other, she could see if he would make a change in the team, just as she was interested in knowing what the commander was like on the battlefield. This day had only caused Diana's interest in the commander to increase further.
"Time will tell." Diana answered simply.
NEXT: ALONE, PART 1.