IDIOTEQUE, PART 2.
The Joker shot towards the bubble that John had created, but it had no effect. The bubble was bulletproof. Harley ran towards the bubble and entered it with a bat in his hand and almost attacked the Rangers, but the Dark Ranger kicked her in the stomach, which sent her into the computer and the commander's chair.
"Curious, before you wanted to destroy the city, Joker, but now you wanted to make others complete fools." The Dark Ranger said with his Dark Sword in his hand.
"Yes, My brave Ranger." He said with his clown tone and going for Harley's bat. "Oh, never trust a Harley to do the work of a Joker." The Joker grabbed the bat and went straight to John's bubble, but he quickly pushed it. "As you know, life is a great joke, but nobody, except that useless Harley understands my point of view, so it is best that everyone see it, and on this basis, we can all enjoy the great joke that is life, and you will also join."
"Surely you gave them an electric shock or reprogrammed them all to behave like this." The Dark Ranger said turning his sword repeatedly.
"Oh, well, I don't know if that's if you've become more stupid or more clueless, Ranger, but I escaped and managed to experiment with a good gas that spreads for a short time but enough to make everyone dumb, and he's the one in these bottles." The Joker said grabbing a glass tube behind his bag and showing it to the Dark Ranger.
"Thank you for revealing the plan to me." The Dark Ranger said kicking the Joker's hand making the tube come back to the ceiling and was about to hit the ground, but the Dark Ranger held his breath and stepped out of John's protective bubble and he caught the jar before it hit the ground. The Joker was going to hit the Dark Ranger with Harley's bat, but the Dark Ranger cut the bat with his Dark Sword, then kicked him on the knees, causing him to fall to the ground, the Dark Ranger was about to get up, but Barry ran to him holding his breath and charged it and put it back into the bubble. While John saw this, he thought about creating a hand or something to help the Dark Ranger, but he knew he must keep the bubble created. At least, he was relaxed again when Barry brought the bubble back. It was very kind of Barry, but he considered it also something silly, since Barry risked getting infected with the Joker's gas.
"Let's get out of here, now." The Dark Ranger ordered.
"Is it okay, commander?" Barry asked.
"Let's just go now." He ordered. The Dark Ranger ran out of the conference room, Barry and John followed the Dark Ranger off the base, at least there was no one else of the Rangers interfering on the road.
Upon arriving at the base entrance, the Joker threw toy teeth with a tube of his Joker gas and a dynamite in it, but the Dark Ranger pulled his arm out of the bubble and threw a batarang towards the denture, hitting it in the white, and the jar rolled back to the Joker. The Dark Ranger pressed a button with his Morpho and the entrance door opened. The three Rangers left the base, and the Dark Ranger closed the door again.
"Go ahead and run Rangers. You are not my goal anyways," The Joker said going to another place in the base. "Soon the whole city will share my sense of humor."
"Power down." The three Rangers said outside the base in unison; The suits disappeared and returned to their normal appearance. Barry and John looked at the commander to see if there was any change in his face or body. They had to be vigilant in case the commander was also infected with the Joker's gas.
"Commander, are you okay?" John asked. Barry wanted to disregard John.
"Are you kidding, Johnny?" Barry asked very relaxed. "He is the Dark Ranger; he is the base commander. You need something else to be able to… " He was interrupted because John put adhesive tape on his mouth that he had created with his mind.
"Release him, cadet." Commander Wayne ordered John, who obeyed him, and Barry could speak again. "I'm fine, Cadet Allen." Said Commander Wayne, rising from the ground. "And now we have the Joker toxin so we can make an antidote." He said showing the bottle of the toxin to his Rangers.
"Very good plan, commander, but there is something that you did not contemplate before, and that is that J'onn's laboratory is inside." John said pointing out what would be the first major failure of the commander.
"I agree with Johnny, commander. Not even in dreams will I enter the base again, unless we ask for help from another base in another area. "Barry said.
"I will never call another base in another area of the country to solve something we can do." Said the commander. He already had his plan ready, but he had to execute it with the greatest possible secret to prevent the other bases from knowing that his became a mansion for complete idiots, or in other words an idiot. "I have a place to be able to create an antidote without any interruption."
"Great, and I thought I would have been wrong for the first time," Barry said happily.
"Alright, let's go there," said John.
"Negative, cadets." Commander Wayne said. "I must go alone and without any help. I must do this alone."
"Why do you always divide us every time we want to do something?" John asked.
"Because there is always a more important job." Commander Wayne said. "Now, you two have to prevent anyone from leaving the base. If any of them escapes, then we will have a big problem, and the Joker plans something more than just making all the inhabitants of the base useless."
"Oh, please, commander." Barry said. "The Joker is stuck with no way out. It won't do anything worse."
"Don't underestimate him, cadet. The first attack the Joker committed to the city and against you was very small but knowing him has something even worse hidden. "The commander explained.
"Fine, but then will we stay here watching our buddies turned idiots including my girlfriend?" Barry asked.
"She is not your girlfriend, but it seems we have no choice, Barry. You better feel me and make me comfortable. "John said creating a chair with his mind.
"Well said, Cadet Stewart." Commander Wayne told John. "Now, you better stay here to watch the base and the color master while I go to that place."
"And why do we have to take care of the master of colors?" Barry asked, generating more discomfort in the commander and John, and the latter looked sillier with that question.
"Because I'll take your motorcycle to keep you from following me, and if you still try to keep running, I'm going to notice." Barry took out his keys from his motorcycle, but before giving them to him, Barry asked again. "How is it that the master of colors is still there unconscious?"
"The car has a safety system that keeps the master of the colors inside the car. Once we solve this problem, we will lock him up and now, I'm going away from this very unnecessary interrogation. "Said the commander snatching the keys and heading to Barry's motorcycle. Once the commander left, Barry addressed John very humbly.
"Can you create a chair for me?" Barry asked kindly.
"You can sit on the floor, Barry." John replied, refusing to talk to him. It was even worse being in this situation and especially with him. He would have even preferred Diana to be at Barry's place.
"Oh, please, Johnny. You are more bitter than the commander. "He said turning around.
"I am firm because you do not take anything seriously. You are literally the most awkward Ranger I've ever encountered. I wish you weren't on the team. "John said getting up from his seat and almost shouting at the cheerful Barry.
"See here I mean? You complain about all the good things I do. "Barry said extending his arms to John emphasizing his words.
"And you don't take anything seriously. I get tired of you thinking that Diana is your girlfriend, that you are great. You're not great at all and I'm sick of you. "John said following.
"I wish Shayera or Diana was here," Barry said. "She could calm you down by applying her anger."
"I would even prefer my previous team to be here." John said by sheer impulse. This made Barry respond surprised.
"Did you have a team before us?" Barry asked.
"Forget what I said." John said turning around.
"No, John. I want to know who your team was, and I hope nobody leaves the base to interrupt this. "Barry told him very seriously. Barry was interested, but not because John told him he wasn't serious, it was because he really wanted to know.
John was upset, but now with himself. He had said he had a team, but he would have preferred Diana or Shayera to know it, not Barry, but now he was trapped. John let out a sigh, he had no choice but to tell him this.
"I had a team in which is how I met my wife." John told him waiting for a mockery of Barry, but he just looked closely. John hoped that Barry would release a mockery and a joke which would justify the reason why he wanted to leave the conversation but said nothing. "It was in zone A. However, when she got pregnant after two years of dating, she had to leave the team."
"You were a Power Ranger before?" Barry asked, still very interested.
"No. We were not Power Rangers. We were a team of four people for small missions and patrolling. But after she left, my other two companions left a short time later. One was moved to another planet, and another did become Power Ranger. "
"Wow. That must have been hard how it was that another was named Ranger and not you. "Barry told him in a serious tone.
"It was very hard, Barry. After they left, I was a soldier for a while longer until Wayne recruited me. And in all that time, even though the team was not perfect, we were doing things better in less time than we have been Rangers. "John said sitting back in a chair that he created again with his mind.
"This is funny, Johnny. I thought the girls would always see you as an annoying inflexible, but it's good that a girl had a child with you, you should invite them one day here to meet them. "Barry said patting John on the shoulder. John was again bothered by Barry's lack of seriousness. "But, seriously, I must tell you that I am not your team, I am someone better who has this great speed and this beautiful face to brighten the day." Barry said emphasizing his face with his hands.
John simply did not answer. It bothered him how Barry did not understand him, but he could not see that Barry also had difficulties with him. Both did not understand each other, and this affected them too much. But he decided not to fight. At least, Barry tried to comfort him a little by the separation of the team due to unknown circumstances. John sat down to watch, but Barry went to a bench and lay on it, sparing that the commander returned on his motorcycle.
XXX
LOCATION UNKNOWN.
Commander Wayne was creating the antidote to counteract the Joker's gas. He had taken about fifteen minutes just to see the gas components. The commander felt guilty again for the situation. Since their Rangers had arrived at the base, they had gotten into a lot of dangerous problems and situations, in which they often came out unharmed, but this time, their base had been easily penetrated by a professional criminal, who eventually, turned its inhabitants into complete fools. The worst part is that three of his Rangers had been turned into complete fools. He had failed them, but not by much.
It was a few minutes before he began to create a formula that reversed the effects of gas. He was happy to be alone, since they wouldn't see him in a while and he wouldn't have any distractions to create it, or at least no direct physical distractions.
After half an hour, the commander had finally made the antidote. But later, he managed to access the security cameras at the base of Zone C. He was watching his two Rangers, John and Barry. John was still sitting in the chair he had created with his mind since he was gone, while Barry walked around John but without saying a word.
"Obviously, the two have managed to speak without fighting, but they still can't understand," Commander Wayne thought. The commander was not going to solve any problem between them, only his Rangers would solve it.
Then he went to the chamber where J'onn's lab was. The commander felt more guilt when he saw that his laboratory was empty, but well ordered. "Then J'onn closed his lab to prevent someone from killing himself with the chemicals." The commander thought thanking J'onn's intelligence, which prevented the gas from spreading outside the base with its closure. The commander passed from camera to camera, watching all the inhabitants breaking glass, sliding down the stairs of the base, painting on the walls, crashing heads again and again, sticking in the chest or even head-to-head on the floor and the rest of his body leaning against the wall.
Finally, the commander found J'onn, his scientist who was beating from side to side using his long arms that had become elastic. He was spinning and swinging like a five-year-old boy with a circular swing. Interestingly, his speech was locked and erratic, like that of a baby.
The commander managed to find his other three Rangers who had been turned into complete idiots. Kal was shooting at the metal in the entrance hall, but since metal was repellant from his shots, the burst of heat vision bounced off to another place; At least he was alone and couldn't hurt anyone. Shayera was passing electricity to another device to make the lights in her room blink uncontrollably repeatedly. And finally, Diana, was trying to break a wall. The commander did not understand what Diana wanted to do, since she was the only one, they had encountered before arriving at the Joker. Maybe she was trying to get out.
The commander stopped thinking about his Rangers and was now locating the Joker. A few seconds passed before arriving at the hangar, where the Joker and Harley were building something, or rather Harley was building it. However, the design was quite strange, but he suspected they were building a hovercraft, but one too big. "I'm right again," the commander thought.
"I created the antidote for gas, now I have to make sure that it spreads so that others recover the intellect," he said mentally, heading for the exit of the small laboratory. He had to save the base.
XXX
Barry and John, after a while, saw the color master wake up and hit the patrol car windows. This time, the color master would do nothing to escape, except shout for some help.
"Wow, I think he knows he can't escape and that's why he wants to ask for help." John said seriously.
"It's funny. I had never seen any criminal ask for help in a police vehicle. "Barry said applauding the amused sight before him.
"It's not fun," said John.
"Oh, nothing is fun for you, unless something bad happens to me." Barry said something annoying. Fortunately, before this became hostile, the commander had returned on Barry's motorcycle.
"Listen well, Rangers." Commander Wayne got off the motorcycle, addressing them and giving Barry the keys to the motorcycle. "It's time to get in, and this is the antidote." The Dark Ranger said showing the tube with a liquid substance in a glass jar placed in a metal tube. "We have to get to the air conditioning zone to be able to disperse it throughout the base."
"Oh, you see, commander." Barry said a little annoying. "We must go with you to create the antidote instead of watching it here." John was silent, but this time, he agreed with Barry. He had got bored with this surveillance at the base.
"I give the orders here, cadets." Commander Wayne replied, referring to both. John was surprised when he learned that the commander was referring to him. "If something should have been learned here a long time ago, it is that they cannot question the decisions or the orders I make, and the other, Cadet Allen, it would be better not to lie on a sidewalk a block away while doing surveillance. "Said the commander, leaving both speechless. "It's time, cadets. Ready? "Asked the commander taking out his Morpho.
"Ready! "The other two Rangers responded by pulling out their Morphos.
"Justice League, activate!" The three said in unison. Again, the three were dressed in their Rangers uniforms and helmets, which would protect them.
"John recreates the protective bubble." The Dark Ranger ordered John. John obeyed his commander and created a protective bubble again, "Let's go in, Rangers." The Dark Ranger ordered.
The Dark Ranger pressed his Morpho's button again, and the door opened. The three Rangers entered quickly, and the door closed again. Everything seemed calm, but Kal was still playing with his calorific vision. The Dark Ranger took out a batarang, took out his hand and threw it at Kal, crashing it into his head. Suddenly, a large glue enveloped the eyes and part of Kal's head.
"What did you do, commander?" John asked, believing that Kal was being destroyed by that sticky mixture.
"That will only blind him for a short time, cadet. Let's keep moving. We must get to the air conditioning room to disperse the antidote. "Commander Wayne ordered. The three kept moving through the corridors until they saw the Ranger that Barry was waiting to see: Shayera. Shayera was in the halls with a sword in her hand and electrocuting her at the same time.
"Hell, Shayera." Barry said surprised and stunned to see her friend acting like a fool. He missed her tender and menacing look. "It can't be, Shayera. Don't worry, I saved you ... "Barry said being interrupted because the Dark Ranger who pulled him to continue with them to the air conditioning room.
"Barry. Glad to see you. Help me. "Shayera said with her tongue locked. Barry listened very well to his friend asking for help, so he followed his fellow Rangers into the living room. The room was under the escalators and through a long and short corridor. They took to get to the air conditioning lounge, but Shayera followed them to the hall. The Dark Ranger knew that he had to keep Shayera out of the bubble because she could electrocute them, so he threw an electric batarang at Shayera, impacting his arm, but electrocuting it in five seconds, leaving her out of combat.
"Cadet Hol will be fine in a few minutes, Allen." The Dark Ranger said following John. The Dark Ranger knew that he should let Barry know that Shayera would be fine after that electrocution.
Upon reaching the air conditioning room, the door was closed. The Dark Ranger pressed another button, but the door didn't move. Then a voice rang through the speaker.
"My pudding knew you were going to try to go to that door to ruin the fun. Now try to do something, but you can't open the door, ever. I beat dumb. "Harley said in a squeaky and furious voice.
The Dark Ranger knew this, so he pulled out a small tube, not the antidote tube, and pulled his hand out of the bubble and fired several cylinders at the door.
"Let's get away from the door. Unless you want to be close to the explosion. "The Dark Ranger said ahead of what Barry was going to ask.
The three moved away from the door, and the Dark Ranger pressed a button that detonated the bombs he had put on the door, which was instantly destroyed. The three Rangers ran and entered the air conditioning room but were surprised to see twenty thugs from the Joker, each with oxygen helmets and hoses, and of course, with their clown masks each.
"Wow, incredibly, there are uglier people than the Joker." Barry said mocking the Joker's thugs.
"Stewart, expand the bubble. We must beat these thugs. "The Dark Ranger ordered John. John used more of the force he was already using to expand the bubble, and he succeeded, causing the other thugs to be astonished and scared to believe that the bubble was going to hurt them.
"Let's go for them, boys." One of the thugs said.
Now, the two Rangers threw themselves into the fight against the Joker's thugs, while John continued to generate the protective bubble. For the first time, Barry couldn't run, because he knew that at some point he could trip over John and make him lose his concentration.
Seeing himself in this situation, Barry drew a sword with his Morpho and began throwing blows with all his strength, managing to knock down, but not knock out, the thugs of the Joker. Meanwhile, the Dark Ranger was able to hit everywhere, managing to knock down five thugs, but there were still fifteen left. Barry kept throwing punches, but they managed to reach him and almost subdue him, until Barry began to vibrate and shake at high speed, causing the thugs to be thrown into the air.
The Dark Ranger, looking overcome, began throwing his batarang at the thugs, some electric and others that release clouds of smoke. The thugs tried to resist, but the Dark Ranger had very good devices to get out of the fight alive. Barry continued and managed to leave the remaining thugs somewhat stunned on the ground.
"We are going to disperse the antidote through the base. We need to put the tube there. "The Dark Ranger said pointing to the air duct that ventilated the air from the inside to the outside. The Dark Ranger put the antidote tube in a compartment in a metal box. Once there, he pressed the button and the air duct began to ventilate at great speed a large cloud of blue smoke. It would take a few minutes to expand throughout the base. "We have to go to J'onn's lab. There we will alert the Rangers and the staff. "
"Come on, then," Barry said.
"Stewart, you can now deactivate the protective bubble. The antidote is already scattering through the base. "Said the Dark Ranger.
John deactivated the bubble, which left him dizzy from the great effort.
XXX
In the conference room, Harley hit the monitor when he saw that the Dark Ranger had managed to spread the antidote through the base. Obviously, while her "pudding" was in the hangar building his next monstrous machine, Harley had tried to disable all systems to ruin the Rangers' plan. However, she did not know that when J'onn activated the base lock, he had also activated a supercomputer lock of any order, unless it was the commander or J'onn. Harley was still dealing with the lock, tried to destroy the computer to activate something, but it was in vain. Now, everything was lost; both were going to jail, unable to fulfill the vision of her pudding.
"Harley, come to the hangar. And don't do anything stupid. This will be the ultimate joke. "The Joker ordered Harley.
"Of course, Mr. J.," Harley said using a sweet voice. She wanted to please her pudding. Harley left the conference room and headed for the hangar. She had no idea what the Joker had planned.
XXX
Upon arriving at J'onn's lab, they found a fainted J'onn with long, sharp arms. The Dark Ranger got to his knees and shook J'onn and ordered him to wake up. John and Barry thought he was doing something very silly, but curiously he woke up very quickly and surprisingly.
"Hello, commander." J'onn said as he rose.
"J'onn we need you to open the lab. We have to alert the base. "The Dark Ranger ordered.
"No problem." J'onn said opening the door by typing a code in the door.
The four entered the laboratory and the Dark Ranger used the computer and the alarm rang throughout the base.
"We must stop the Joker." Said the Dark Ranger. Immediately, all the soldiers of the base woke up and began to put themselves in a firm position. The dark ranger used the hangar chamber again and there they saw the Joker creating a kind of hovercraft, which did not presage anything good. The Joker was not to escape, and the six Rangers were the only ones who could stop him. The Dark Ranger took his Morpho and called the other three Rangers, who answered after three rings of sperm. The Dark Ranger said "Rangers, to the hangar. The Joker will not escape. "
"Yes sir." Kal, Diana and Shayera said getting out of the idiocy that had caused the Joker's gas.
"Let's go to the hangar, and fast." The Dark Ranger ordered, but first he turned to J'onn. "J'onn stay here in case we need anything."
"Don't worry, commander." J'onn replied.
The three Rangers left J'onn's lab and headed for the hangar. The three Rangers arrived, where Kal, Diana and Shayera had arrived seconds before.
"The Joker is inside, and possibly has a hovercraft to fight us, be alert." The Dark Ranger ordered.
"Very well, commander, but it would be better if you tell us how the whole base is dirty and why we don't remember anything that happened." Kal said.
"Later. Let's stop the Joker first. "The Dark Ranger said, but J'onn opened the door remotely before the Dark Ranger had to use his Morpho to open the door. "Transform."
"Ready?" Kal asked taking out his Morpho.
"Ready!" Shayera and Diana answered in unison.
"Justice League, activate!" The three Rangers said and, after a while behaving like idiots, they finally had their costumes.
The six Rangers entered the hangar, where they saw the Joker and Harley on top of a board with a propeller, three missiles and a control board; and firing a missile at the ceiling. The missile caused an explosion that destroyed much of the roof, forcing the Rangers to back off.
"I see that they completely recovered from my elixir." The Joker said with much feigned sadness and indignation. "They will no longer share my vision of the perfect world. But all right, with these three missiles, the entire city will share my vision. So, say goodbye to Gotham City. "The Joker said with a maniacal laugh, and Harley joined him in his laughter, but the Joker slapped her. "I'm the only one who can do that, Harley." He said as they left the base to fire the missiles.
"I'm sorry, Mistah J.," Harley said, lowering her head slightly.
That made Diana angry. She saw how that cruel man treated this woman badly, and she did nothing to defend herself. Men were still bastards with no values or respect for women, it was what she thought after seeing that.
The Joker and Harley left in their ship, ready to fire the missiles with their gas that would turn all the inhabitants of the city into complete idiots.
"To the ship." The Dark Ranger said pointing to the ship they arrived on the first day. The six Rangers entered the ship, but the Dark Ranger went to the driver's cabin, turned on the mave and took advantage of the fact that the roof had been destroyed so as not to waste more time on opening and closing it. The ship sailed the skies, surprising the inhabitants of the city, but as the Joker's ship was smaller, some citizens noticed it. "Rangers, I will open the gate and you all will jump onto the Joker's slider, stop it and prevent it from firing the missiles." The Dark Ranger ordered opening the gate.
"Hey, that's not worth it," Kal said. "This was not in our workouts. And what are you going to do?" He couldn't believe that now they had to stop a slider in full airspace and on the move.
"That's true, Wayne. We're not prepared for something like that. "Barry said to hide his fear.
"I agree with them. We can't do something like that. "Shayera said.
"I thought you were Power Rangers, not cowards." The Dark Ranger replied with a small disappointment. That hurt for them three.
Shayera got angry and jumped, so the others followed her and landed a little wobbly, but Harley attacked them with a big hammer, but Diana easily dominated her by taking the bat from her hand and pushing it. Diana considered this madwoman a victim of the man, so she did not attack her as she had done with Poison Ivy.
"Oh, Harley, when will you stop being so useless?" The Joker asked putting the autopilot in his slider and pulling something out of his jacket. "You are a shame for your poor daughter. She doesn't deserve to live by your side. "Joker said throwing something that Diana caught with a jump and being held by Kal. Diana saw that it was a harmless doll, or so she believed until it exploded, damaging her, Kal and John. Diana was now hanging from the slider, but Joker would soon cheat again, as he pulled out a rope denture and put a dynamite on it, and sent it to Diana, but Shayera destroyed it using a gun that he pulled from his Morpho. "Oh, women always ruin the fun of everything. They were more fun when they were under the influence of my gas, but they will be again in a matter of time. "He said with another manic laugh.
"Hey, nobody attacks my girlfriend and gets away with it." Barry said running towards the Joker, pushing him against the slider's control. The Joker took out a knife under his sleeve and cut Barry, backing away. The Joker attacked again, but Kal grabbed his wrist and let him release the knife, but the Joker put his hand on his wrist. Kal felt a strong electric shock, as the Joker had used an electric bell on his hand. The Joker was about to push Kal out of the slider, but Barry approached him again.
"You'll finally see what a good joke is, Little yellow guy." Joker said pulling out a gun and pulling the trigger. Barry backed away, but the gun only drew a white flag that had "Bang!" Written in black letters. The Joker let out another psychotic laugh before pulling out another 'gun and shooting at Barry and Shayera, who had already helped raise Diana. "Gotham City will finally know my worldview, Power Bobos." He said releasing another manic laugh and pressing a button on the slider control, which turned on the missiles beneath the slider. The Joker kicked Kal, but he dodged it and fell mouth on the slider and saw the missiles.
"Oh, he didn't fire the missiles." Kal said, about to use his heat vision to detonate the missiles and avoid a disaster, but the commander talking on the ship's speakers.
"Don't you think about using your caloric vision. They are in the slider and the city is below you, they will harm people if they destroy the missiles. "The Dark Ranger warned the others.
"Then turn them off before him." Diana said hanging from one and going to the missile beneath Kal.
"You need tools." John said. Hanging on the missile Diana had used as a push to reach the third missile. "Try to open a small space and remove wires to disable them." John told them helping his two companions.
"Don't use guns or swords uncontrollably or they will spread the Joker's gas again." The Dark ranger warned again.
"Let's see if they do it before they hit the ground, Darky." The Joker said pressing the slider controller button, causing the missiles to be released and each one directed to three different areas of the city.
"Oh, no," said the Dark Ranger watching the Rangers sent to different directions, and the ship was too slow to save all three, and he had to keep ensuring that Barry and Shayera didn't fall off the slider, since they were now fighting against the Joker and Harley.
Meanwhile, John knew that he had to remove a nearby lid that would deactivate the missile. So, he created a laser gun to open a small compartment, and John pulled out two wires, which deactivated the missile, but now he was in free fall against an area of the city. John knew that this was a critical moment, but he had to act worse. So, when the missile was already a few kilometers from touching the ground, John created wide and long skateboards, a ramp and a belt to avoid falling off the missile, which required a great concentration. When the missile touched the ramp, John almost stopped concentration, but managed to stay until the missile hit the ground. From there, John created a jetpack for him, flying over the missile that caused cars to deviate or slow down, creating minimal damage to the city. John reached a building and created a giant spring. The Joker's missile was headed for John, but the spring began to decelerate the missile until it almost reached John, who was using all his strength not to be destroyed. Fortunately, the missile stopped.
The effort John of having to make was so much that he lost his suit when he lay on the floor exhausted.
"Well, finally, I did more than just help those children." He said speaking to himself between long breaths. John was like that for a minute or two until his Morpho rang. "Say?" He asked.
"John, I just sent you your motorcycle. Go to the city center. Diana needs your help. "J'onn told him. John waited for a minute until his motorcycle arrived, so he got in and went downtown. He didn't want to imagine what problems his teammates had gotten into.
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Meanwhile, Kal heeded John's advice. It was the first time he had listened to John on the battlefield, because he did not know anything about the Joker's missiles, besides that he had never done anything like this before, and that if he tried to stop him before explode, it would surely kill itself. Kal hit a few times a section of the missile, opening a part of the missile, and reached in to find at least one cable. Kal managed to find two cables and tore them off, deactivating the missile, but this time, he was in free fall, so he got on the tip of the missile and raised his arms using his force. Kal looked down and saw that he was in the area where the Gotham City Journal was, which also meant that Lois was nearby, and was not willing for Lois to suffer any damage.
Kal squeezed his legs as much as he could when he was close to the ground, but when he landed, he never thought how much force he would have to use to not break, which would cause the missile to fall on him. Kal also used the strength of his arms to a level never before done, but it was worth it if he could save Lois and the others, but he felt more and more exhausted. After a good distance, with Kal pushing the missile, and with cars deviating from the course just like people to avoid damage, Kal managed to stop him using literally, full force, avoiding damaging more buildings and citizens. Kal dropped the missile, his suit disappeared and threw himself to the ground.
"They didn't train us for something like that," Kal said breathing amusedly at the effort.
Kal waited a minute until he felt a hand stroking her cheek. Kal opened his eyes and saw Lois, very worried about him.
"Kal, are you alright?" Lois asked. Lois had gone to the area where Kal was. Because the missile was so heavy, the whole street felt it, and Lois went to see what happened to see if she got a piece of news, but when she got to the stage, she was a little scared to see that it was Kal who had stopped a missile, So she wanted to make sure he was fine.
"They didn't train me for this, Lois." Kal replied grabbing Lois's hand. "But I feel better than I've felt in my whole life." He said smiling.
"And your team?" Lois asked somewhat annoyed to believe that the other Rangers would let Kal do that alone.
"They are fighting against the Joker. The clown who almost attacked you. "Kal replied trying to move. He wanted to go help his teammates, but also hug Lois.
"Again?" Lois asked. "I thought they had already locked him up."
"He was locked up, but he managed to escape, and the missiles were part of his plan, but Diana, John and I prevented them from exploding in the city." He said getting up with Lois. "But I have to help them again." He said almost running, but he was still weak to run.
"I'm going with you, Kal." Lois said.
"No, you can't." Kal opposed. He didn't want to expose Lois to further damage. "It's very dangerous."
"I can have a good story, Kal, and you're not in a position to walk." However, at that moment, the base's red motorcycle arrived with Kal. Kal's Morpho rang, so he took it out and responded. "Thanks J'onn," Kal said relaxedly.
"Go to the center of the city, now. The team needs your help. "J'onn said with a lot of panic.
"The team is in trouble, come up." Kal told Lois. Lois got on the motorcycle, Kal later, he turned on the motorcycle and went to the city center.
XXX
While Diana deactivated the missile, Barry and Shayera continued fighting against the Joker and Harley, but when Shayera saw that Diana was in the missile, Shayera deflected the slider, following the missile taking advantage of the fact that Barry had the Joker and Harley occupied, which made The Dark Ranger would follow.
Diana pulled out the wires and deactivated the missile, but like Kal and John, she had to stop the missile to avoid damaging civilians. Diana had to use all her strength when she reached the ground, destroying the pavement, and causing other people to enter the buildings to cover herself, while the cars deviated from the street where the missile fell. Diana tried not to bend her arms, but the missile was too heavy for her, so she only stood a few seconds before the missile fell on her and dragged her several meters with the full weight of the missile on top and the pavement under it.
Shayera did not see this because the fight with Harley and the Joker caused the slider to hit the ground on another street. However, the Dark Ranger saw how they fell unharmed, but he was alarmed. He had seen Diana being crushed while trying to stop the missile. So, he went to her, landed the ship in the middle of the street, left the ship and went to the missile broken by the crash.
"Diana!" The Dark Ranger shouted when he was in the crash zone. Desperately, he began to remove the rocks he had left. Trying to find Diana and get her out of there. He couldn't let her die, that's why he didn't draw his sword.
Kal and John arrived a few seconds later and saw the Dark Ranger in the center of the street, with people surrounding him and watching as he removed the rocks.
"What do you want to do?" Kal asked John.
"Diana is down from the missile." John said when he figured out what the Dark Ranger was doing.
"Diana?" Lois asked.
"Yes." John replied.
"That can't be," Kal said skeptically. He could not believe that Diana could not stop the missile as he had done.
John had been through this before, so he said Diana was already dead. So, he went with the Dark Ranger and put a hand on his shoulder for him to stop. The Dark Ranger felt John's hand, so he stopped for a few moments, clenching his fists in anger.
"No." The Dark Ranger whispered furiously. "No!" He shouted hitting the ground. he couldn't believe that je had already lost a Ranger in such a short time, but the worst part was that they had lost her, Diana, the princess. Kal and Lois couldn't believe Diana was dead, although Lois had only seen her a few times, she saved her life, and Kal had a slight friendship with Diana, which made this moment terrible.
Miraculously, the missile began to move and then Diana came out of it, with the box she had removed from the missile, and then destroyed it. Diana stood up slowly and saw that the people of Gotham City were surprised that she was still alive, and that she had stopped a missile. Like Kal and John, she lost her suit after the crash, so she was safe and sound.
"The gods have been compassionate today," Diana said aloud to the civilians in the street. "The city is safe."
At first, nobody said anything, but then a civilian applauded, and soon everyone began to applaud the Rangers for saving that area of the city. John and Kal went to Diana, glad she wasn't dead. The three felt weird when they were acclaimed and applauded, but they felt good. It was the first time they felt very good as a team.
Lois slipped away among the spectators and managed to take a picture of the four Rangers. While they were still clapping, Diana looked at the commander, he also turned to see her, and she saw her gloves covered in dirt.
Diana knew what had happened. While she was under the missile, she heard a loud voice calling her, so she woke up. Now, seeing the Dark Ranger's gloves, then he knew that he had tried to help her out of that missile. But before she could say anything, the commander recalled the mission.
"The Joker is still loose. Let's go for him. "He ordered and ran to where Barry, Shayera, the Joker and Harley had landed.
The three Rangers continued to make their way among the people who applauded and cheered. Although they wanted to stay until the applause ended, they were still afraid of the Dark Ranger, and had a mission to fulfill. Lois also followed them, she wanted her story and helped with something.
When they arrived, they saw the Joker and Harley fighting against Barry and Shayera. The Joker had pulled a metal lever from his suit and was now trying to hit Barry, while Harley was having a gun fight against Shayera. The three Rangers transformed and put on their suits again. Shayera was happy that Diana was alive, but now she wanted to show off defeating Harley. However, this was eliminated when Diana shot Harley, hitting her chest, fainting her. Shayera thought about claiming Diana for this, but there was still the Joker.
"It's over, Joker. Give up. "said the Dark Ranger.
"Giving up is nothing fun." The Joker replied after he knocked Barry down.
The Joker began repeatedly hitting Barry with his metal lever. John tried to interfere, but the Joker threw a dynamite at John. Kal ran towards him, but he threw marbles, causing him to fall to the ground with a soft blow. Diana ran to him, but the Joker shot him five times, hitting him in the chest. Shayera managed to reach him, take his gun and hit him twice, but he fired a green liquid from a rose he had taken out of his suit. The Dark Ranger started fighting the Joker, and they both looked even for a little while until the Joker almost electrocuted him, but he backed away, which gave the Joker the chance to shoot him three times.
Barry ran back to him and circled around him five times, and then stopped. The Joker still had his helmet and oxygen tank on and on.
"You've lost, clown." Barry said mockingly with his left finger.
"How can I have lost, yellow?" The Joker asked. "You already beat me once and you ruined my fun, but now you're not going to have fun." He told Barry this while he carried his gun with more bullets.
"I don't need my suit to beat you. Power out. "Barry said and the suit disappeared. "Come on clown, shoot." He said doing a half-mocking dance.
"Wow, I didn't think you were almost as funny as me, it's a shame to tell you to die..." The Joker said before realizing that he spoke as a mentally retarded. "What did I just say?" The Joker asked, before firing the gun at himself by accident. The Joker stepped back and put his hand on his chest, but he was electrocuted with his own electric bell, falling unconscious to the ground, and Harley had recently woken up to see everything. She screamed and ran to see her clown, as did all the Rangers.
"What did you do to my pudding?" Asked an angry Harley.
"Simple. When I turned around before you woke up, I changed the hoses. His toxic gas was still in tubes, so I think it was better to administer his own medicine. "Barry said.
"You have destroyed the best man on the planet," Harley said before hugging him again.
"Hey, I don't understand why you get angry, we can free you from the Joker's control now." Barry told him somewhat surprised by the girl's reaction.
"What are you talking about?" Harley asked indignantly.
"The Joker used his gas on you, we can free you from that." Barry replied. The Dark Ranger hit him in the head when he realized that he had said something very silly.
"You're a fool." Harley told him. "He never used anything on me. I love him. "Harley said hugging the Joker more, surprising the other Rangers, except the Dark Ranger, who already knew about this.
"Wow, this is the craziest love I've ever seen," Barry told the Dark Ranger, who didn't answer. And what they didn't see was when Lois managed to take a picture of them and run back to the Gotham City Journal.
XXX
"Rangers, thanks to your risky acts, the city is safe, civilians are grateful, and the Joker is back in jail, along with Harley. Congratulations on a job well done. "J'onn said, but they weren't ready for what Commander Wayne meant.
"However, they took a deadly risk that can't happen again. In case you don't remember, Prince Cadet almost died trying to stop the missile. Despite her effort, we cannot allow a Ranger to die in such a terrible way as it could have happened today. So, we will incorporate a new system soon to avoid this. "The commander told them trying to maintain his tough man stance, since the idea of losing a Ranger was terrible for him.
"How is that new modality going to be, commander?" Barry asked very interested.
"That will be known in due course. For now, you can go clean the base. "Commander Wayne told them hoping they would obey that order.
"Us why?" Kal asked.
"Because you, even though you were under the effects of the Joker's gas, the entire base is dirty and with several faults, and that adds to the fact that the base soldiers are out there removing the debris from the Joker's missiles and repairing streets. It will help them so that Cadet Stewart and Allen tell them what happened, in addition to that Cadet you let a reporter from the Gotham City Journal take a photo of nostors and publish it tomorrow. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to repair this computer from what Harley Quinn, the Joker's henchman did to him. "He said before turning around and starting work.
Diana thought about staying a little longer to ask the commander why he tried to help her before but decided that it was better to hear what had happened while under the effects of the Joker's gas. So, she went with her companions to a long day of cleaning and repairs.
"Go to the lab, J'onn. We can't risk losing any Ranger. "Commander Wayne told J'onn.
"Yes, sir," J'onn said, going to the lab, understanding how hard this was for the commander.
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"I never thought that a woman in these times would be so subdued and obsessed by a man." Diana said, wanting to engage in conversation with others.
"It's not the first time I've seen that, Diana." John said. "Even these days, the man is very subject to the woman or vice versa. You better get used to it. "He recommended, since he had already seen something similar.
"You say you always bump into subdued women?" she asked angrily.
"I didn't mean that, Diana. I simply say that it is common for someone to be very close to a person or obsessed with that person and will do everything possible for that person to love them. "John said.
"I agree with him, Diana. Someone I know does that regularly for a girl. " Shayera looking at Barry, making him want to change the subject.
"Well, I think it's time to tell you what happened while we saved them, and we were heroes." Barry said. Kal, knowing that his friend was in trouble, wanted to help him.
"Yes, I can't believe you beat the Joker twice, and this one you changed the hoses in a really smart play." Kal said with a little astonishment, since he wasn't sure that it would unite to get him out of trouble.
"Don't you think John?" Barry asked him, standing in front of him with great arrogance, but secretly wanting John to notice. "I managed to fool a smart clown."
John even recognized it in his mind. For the first time, Barry had made an intelligent maneuver against the Joker. He had left his comfort zone and had shown that he could do something hard to believe. John had to recognize him.
"I must admit... you're not as dumb as I thought." John said before continuing.
"You see?" Barry asked before realizing what John had said. "Hey, stop. That's not right, apologize for that. "Barry demanded, but what the Rangers cared about most was cleaning.
However, Kal and Diana had goals in mind. Diana wanted to continue her conversation with the commander, but for now, she wanted to spend a pleasant time with her fellow Rangers, even if she had to clean up. And Kal, he had to clean up before going to see Lois.
NEXT: AN EXPLOSION IN BIPLANE, PART 1.