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Chapter 4: I hate M.O.N.K.E.Y.S.
Dakota City; August 3rd; 8:10 EST
The doors to the bank flew open as three men in masks run out carrying duffel bags and holding handgun. "Come on, let's go!" One yelled, they all ran down an ally and get into a car. As the cops pulled up, the robber's car had already gone out the ally and sped down the street.
"Hahaha, we're home free." One crook said with glee and excitement. "Don't start celebrating just yet, we still need to-, Holy-" The driver started to say only to cut himself off, he screamed as he slammed his foot on the breaks to keep the car from hitting the kid in the middle of the road.
The kid, who ran into the road chasing a basketball froze in fear when he saw the car speeding towards him, he closed his eyes and waited for the impact, but it never came. He looked up and saw an older teen standing in front of him who stopped the car from hitting him. Legend looked back and gave the kid a smile.
"Hey, you okay?" The kid just looked at Legend dumbfounded. The three crooks got out of the car and pointed their guns at Legend and the kid. "Who are you?!" The one in the back asked, yelling.
Legend smirked. "Me, I'm Legend, I'm a hero." In a burst of confidence, the crook that was driving cocked his gun and spoke up. "I don't care who or what you are, get out of our way or you and the kid are gonna eat lead.
Legend puts his hand to his chin and pretends to think about it. "Hurry up!" the crook yells in frustration. "Hmm, Nah, I don't think that'll be a good idea. How about I do this instead."
He grabbed the front of the car and flipped it into the air, the three Crooks stared at the now flying vehicle as it hit the ground several feet away but then Legend dashed forward and took down two of them, as the last one turned in surprise, all he saw was Legend taking their guns and crushing them in his hands.
Out of fear the last crook ran to the kid, grabbed him, pulled out a knife, and held it to the kids throat.
"O-okay, you listen here, you're gonna grab the bags out of, the car and drop them at my feet, then you're gonna let me leave and not follow me or else the kid gets it, you hear m-" The crook never finished his sentence because a blue energy blast hit him in the chest, sending him flying into the back of a garbage truck. Legend rushed and caught the kid before he hit the ground.
He looked back to see Icon and gulped, worried about what was about to happen. He put the kid on the ground. "Are you alright?" The kid nodded wordlessly still stun by the situation. "Good now go, make sure you stay safe okay." The kid nodded again and ran off.
Legend stood up and turned, only to see Icon right behind him, Legend jumped back slightly. Icon looked over his young clone son, after sizing him up Icon cleared his throat. "It's… nice to meet you." Icon says cautiously.
"Y-yeah, same too you." Legend says looking to the side, rubbing the back of his neck. Icon grumbled to himself for a second. "Hey?" Icon says getting Legend's full attention. "Yes?" "How about we talk somewhere else?" Legend's looked up at his father with surprise, he give him a small but genuine smile. "I… I'd like that." Icon puts a hand on Legend's shoulder. Icon gives a small chuckle, Legend starts to talk as they walk.
Mount Justice; August 3rd; 13:06 EDT
Kid Flash and Aqualad are playing virtual air hockey, Kid Flash gets one right past Kaldur, and into his goal. Kaldur looks stunned for a moment, then glares competitively at Kid Flash who is eating a banana.
Recognized:
Superboy; B 0 4
Legend; B 0 5
Superboy is sneering as he appears out of the Zeta Tube, he stomps across the room. Legend appeared right after Superboy with a pep in his step.
"Hey, Superboy, Legend." M'gann greets them as Superboy walks right through the others game board. Causing Robin to step out, looking at Superboy in a cross between curiosity and slight glare. "How was Metropolis?" M'gann continues, even as Superboy walks past them all.
Unlike his fellow clone, Legend was in the best mood of his life, M'gann turned to him. "How was Dakota City?" M'gann asked, hoping this conversation would go better the one with Superboy. "It was awesome! I met my d-, Icon and his sidekick, Rocket, she's really cool, then we all had lunch at Big belly burger." Legend tells M'gann excitedly and she smiles, Superboy hear their conversation and scoffed.
Black Canary clears her throat behind Kid Flash, catching the teams attention as she and Martian Manhunter step out of the shadows. "Ready for training everyone?" She questions.
M'gann is the first to react, as peppy as ever. "Black Canary! Uncle J'onn!" she goes up and hugs her uncle. Though he doesn't reach out and embrace her back, he does duck his chin to meet the top of her head before she steps back.
"I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd see how you were adjusting." J'onn says, placing a hand on his niece's shoulder. "A few bumps, but I'm learning." She assures, as "that's all I can ask."
Superboy watches from the hallway entrance. Going to walk away, but Canary and Legend sees him. "Stick around." Canary calls out, getting Superboy to stop in his tracks. "Class is in session." He turns back, but crosses his arm over his chest.
Canary walks to the center of the ring, turning the tiles pure white with a blue barrier. "I consider it an honor to be your teacher." She prefaces, turning towards the larger grouping of teens as she pulls on her jacket slightly. "I'll throw a lot at you, everything I've learned from my own mentors." She continues as she pulls off her jacket, showing off some bandages wrapped around her arm. She grunts through the pain but finishes taking it off. "And my own bruises." She confesses, holding the wrapping.
"What happened?" M'gann asks, worriedly. "The job." Canary replies simply, throwing her jacket away. "Now, combat is about controlling conflict, putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting." She explains, her tone then lightened slightly. "I'll need a sparring partner."
"Right here, yeah!" Kid Flash calls out raising his hand, as he still has food in his mouth. Stepping up, Aqualad frowns, Robin has a sly smirk and Legend looks excited to see what happens next. He meets her in the middle, finishing the banana in one bite and swallowing before he continues. "After this…" he starts, aiming his banana peel to the garbage. *Swish* commentating as it makes it in. "I'll show you my moves."
Black Canary smiles knowingly as her eyes narrow. She throws a quick jab, which he blocks, but finds his feet being taken out from under him. Before even he can react. He hits the ground with a thud that causes M'gann to look on worriedly, Aqualad to lean back, Robin to shake his head, and Legend to frown with confusion. On the floor, it reads in big letters.
Kid Flash
Status: Fail
"Oh, it hurts so good." He manages to still be his joke making self, even when he's in pain. "Good block." Canary admits. "But did anyone see what he did wrong?" she asks as she helps him back to his feet.
Robin is all too excited to answer this one. "Ooh, ooh, he hit on teacher and got served?"
Kid Flash holds the shoulder that he landed on, which just happens to be the one he blocked with as he looks back, annoyed and horrified that Robin said that. "Dude!"
"He allowed me to dictate the terms of-" she begins but is cut off as Superboy scoffs.
"Oh please." Canary arches an eyebrow as she turns her head to look over her shoulder at the annoyed Superboy. "With my powers, the battle's always on my terms." He jabs his thumb inadvertently at the symbol on his chest, but clearly means himself, but because of how he sees himself.
"I'm a living weapon, and so is Legend. This is a waste of my time, and if he's smart, he'll agree with me." Clenching his fists to prove his point and make it very clear how he sees himself and his fellow clone. He points to Legend who is trying to stay out of this. Canary faces him as she smiles, a craving for the fight ahead in her eyes. "Prove it."
Superboy's eyebrows raise, not expecting that answer before he schools his features and walks into the ring. As he stands before Canary, he crosses his arms and Kid Flash quickly walks back towards the other members of the Team.
Superboy pits up his fists in a boxing stance while Canary smirks. She then surprised everyone by walking out of the ring and stood there with her arms crossed. "What are you doing?" Superboy asked with a confused. "Oh, you're not gonna fight me, your gonna fight your 'fellow weapon' over there." Everyone in the room, minus J'onn, looked flabbergasted. "What, why?" Legend asked Canary.
"Your clone buddy here said that no matter what the battle is on his terms, if that's true then he should have no problem going against someone just as strong as he is." Canary explains. "That makes sense." Robin added in. Superboy growled. "Fine, it doesn't matter who it is, I'll win. " With that statement everyone looked at Legend, wondering how he would respond.
Legend looks at everyone and sighs. "Alright, let's do this." He says cracking his neck and knuckles. He entered the ring with Superboy and the match began.
Superboy comes in with a left cross that Legend blocks, he threw a jab at Superboy's chest pushing him back. Superboy throws multiple punches at Legend, pushing him back.
Superboy then throws a straight punch to Legend's face, he dodged and performed the same leg sweep that Canary did to Kid Flash, the group were stunned silent until Robin broke the silence by chuckling.
Robin continues to laugh out loud until Aqualad elbows him in the side. He still doesn't stop laughing but covers his mouth with his gloves.
Superboy remains on the ground for a moment, the words showing above his head on the floor, before he pushes himself back on his hands with a groan.
Though that doesn't sway Canary. "You're angry." She merely states, standing calm. "Good, but don't react, channel that anger-"
Superboy gets to his feet and charges at her with another punch she gets into a stance ready for anything, but Legend grabbed his arm and judo flipped him, he landed on his back once more. The floor lit up once more.
Superboy
Status: Fail
From the sidelines, M'gann winced, Robin muffles his own laughter, Aqualad looks worried and Kid Flash frowns. Legend offered his hand to Superboy. "That's it." Superboy growls, standing without his help. "I'm done."
"Training is mandatory." Canary says as he starts to walk away, placing a hand on his shoulder, he turns towards her as he shakes it off. His rage burning in his eyes. Legend looks at his fellow clones back, saddened.
Before this can escalate any further the alarm beeps. Opening a HoloScreen. "Batman to the Cave." The Dark Knight calls, all rush to join Superboy, Legend and Canary. As they do, Batman continues. "A new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary. The attacker was capable of studying, then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents."
On a smaller screen the image of the attacker becomes a video feed, where Superman goes for a massive punch, only for it to get caught and the attacker to then use the Kryptonian to take out Red Tornado, and Flash, before throwing the alien. Then turning to use its newly acquired laser eyes to take out two Batarangs.
"Arrow called in reinforcements." Batman continues as the video pauses. "which nearly proved disastrous as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant."
"Whoa." Kid Flash is the first one to speak up, Kaldur looks worried and Superboy clenches his jaw. "One guy with the powers of the entire League? It seems unbelievable." Robin says allowed. Looking just as worried at Kaldur, his mouth even dropping open slightly. While M'gann looks on nervously.
"In the end, it took eight Leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android." Batman informs, which catches Robin's attention.
"An android?" he questions. "Who built it, T.O. Morrow?" he continues to ask, stepping up since this is where he thrives.
"Good guess, Robin." Batman states, causing Superboy to look down as he sees, even more, working father-son relationships within the League and Team, and Legend notices. "But Red Tornado doesn't think so."
"The technology bears the signature of Professor Ivo." Martian Manhunter tells them. "Ivo?' Aqualad questions, shocked. "But Ivo's dead." Canary looks over her shoulder. "So we all thought or hoped." Clearly it is the latter.
"To make certain this threat is permanently neutralized-" Another small screen pops up on the opposite side of where the footage from the fight was. "-we're sending two trucks carrying the Android's parts to two separate STAR Labs facilities." A point between the four noted cities- which are Springfield, Gotham, Boston, and NYC- becomes a red triangle.
"-in Boston and New York." The two paths going in completely separate directions but beginning at the triangle's base which is now a glowing red dot. "For immediate evaluation, every precaution is being taken." Their attention comes back to Batman on the main screen.
"We'll have four additional trucks to create confusion in case Ivo or anyone tries to recover the remains. This is where they come in, you will split into undercover teams to safeguard the two real trucks."
"Yes, road trip!" Kid Flash says excitedly. Canary turns to Kid with an angered look while Aqualad and M'gann look to him rather confused. Robin joins and glares behind his mask. Legend face palmed.
"So now we take out your trash?" Superboy questions angrily. "You had something better to do?" Batman counters, Superboy looks away just as Aqualad's transmitter goes off. "Coordinates received. On our way." Aqualad confirms, everyone but Superboy running off.
As he walks away Canary grabs his arm. "When you're ready, I'll be here." She tells him honestly. He doesn't respond, merely looking away before continuing to walk off.
Litchfield County; August 3rd 20:08 EDT
In a field off the main highway, six trucks are sitting ready, while the part of the dismantled Android is being loaded. Overseeing this is Red Tornado, Atom, Green Arrow, Flash, and Superman.
Turning away and using his enhanced vision, Superman can see the Team waiting on their motorcycles, Aqualad and M'gann on blue, Kid Flash and Legend on yellow, and Superboy and Robin on red. He zeroes in on Superboy, who returns his gaze.
He turns away, Superboy looks down before sliding on his helmet as the engines from the truck rev. They rev their cycles and come to the edge of the clearing and they put on their helmets.
"STAR Boston is a go." Is put over the comms as three trucks close their back-gates. "STAR Manhattan is go." Green Arrow nods, then looks to Batman who gives the signal.
The trucks pull out in two opposite directions. Robin and Superboy following the ones going right, while Kid Flash, Legend, Aqualad, and M'gann follow the three going left.
Atom, Red Tornado, and Flash all take off. As Superman goes to a black glove is placed on his shoulder.
"I told you, we need to talk." Batman states, Superman stands straight and looks just over his shoulder at the Dark Knight.
As two of the trucks make a right-hand exit, and one continues straight, Superboy and Robin only follow the one remaining truck still on the highway.
Robin zooms in to be in front of Superboy and on his right. "If dislike is the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster? See, if things are going wrong, they go right." Superboy remains silent, ignoring Robin's attempt at positivity and conversation. "Uh, clearly you're not feeling the aster. What's wrong?"
"Canary." Superboy replies instantly. "And what business does she have teaching combat skills to guy's with Super-Strength?" he questions, mostly to himself, considering the fact that he looks away from the Boy Wonder.
"Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig." Robin states simply. "Canary learned that the hard way. Same with Batman and well, me." He's hesitant to include himself in the list, fearing what that could cause Superboy to do.
Though instead of snapping back or anything he revs his cycle and gets a lot closer to the back of the truck and a good five or six car lengths in front of Robin.
With Miss Martian, Legend, Aqualad, and Kid Flash. "Do you think Superboy's okay?" Miss M asks, driving on the left of Aqualad. Then quickly realizes how that may sound. "I- I wasn't reading his mind, I swear but anger flowed off him in waves when we left."
Kid Flash pulls onto her left, a sarcastic chuckle coming through. "Surfed that wave, just give him space. That's actually sound advice, considering the fuse on that guy seems to be at a record low, on a good day." He continues, getting practically right next to her. "Stick as close as you want." Her facial features relax and even draw up in slight pity as she realizes that he's flirting with her again.
"Superboy just needs time to cool off." Aqualad states, turning the focus away from Kid Flash's bad flirting. "A quiet mission will clear his head."
"He just needs to blow off some steam, then he'll be right back to being a big grumpy teddy bear." Legend says trying to cheer Miss M up. The cornfield they whiz past shakes, then green, grey, and black robot things fly out and after them. Completely passing them, latching right onto the truck.
Pressing the outside of his helmet, Aqualad opens up a comm channel. "Robin, Superboy, our truck is under attack!"
"Kind of figured." Robin replies, looking to the monkey-robots latched onto their truck too.
"I hate monkeys." Superboy says angrily, his eyes zeroing." "So do I." Legend said over his comm.
The monkeys are not only attacking the portion of the truck with the robot, but also the driver's cabin. The truck swerves a little but remains to fair a straight enough drive.
Aqualad pulls on the handle of his bike, which is actually his water-bearer to form a whip and take out two of the monkeys that couldn't get out of the way fast enough. Instead, the monkeys drop back and go for Miss Martian, Legend, and Kid Flash's motorcycles. Using her telekinesis, she finds, opens and flies to the truck.
While Kid Flash fights for control a minute longer before he jumps off his motorcycle and begins to run to catch up with the truck. Legend swerved to avoid Kid Flash's motorcycle, grabbing it by the handle and swinging it around to take out the monkeys that were flying around him. He drop it once he was about to lose balance.
The driver's managing to keep them in their lane but is totally freaking out. "S-somebody help!" he cries.
While on the roof of the truck two of them use their laser eyes to create a way into the truck. Cutting far enough that they can slip inside, they stop, and one grabs the now curling edge pulling it back to reveal two armed guards. They release a barrage of bullets at the mass of robots, only managing to hit one of them. Five remain on the roof, but as Miss Martian flies over them, she uses her telekinesis to knock them all off.
Kid Flash runs up beside the truck, taking out the four monkeys with a kick off the side of the truck, using the closest as a step, ripping the second one off, and stepping on the third to knock it off as he makes his way to the cabin.
The three that remain on the back gate are taken out as Aqualad uses both his water-bearers as whips, while still remaining on his motorcycle.
One monkey dives right for the driver's window, hard enough to crack it as the rest continue to obscure his sight. Miss Martian, covered in six or seven monkeys flies in front of the truck, growing an arm from her head and her lower right side to rid herself of the monkeys that cover her.
A monkey flies in low on her right side and she grows another arm to destroy it while taking out the final monkey she grows a third arm on her left side to punch it. Flying right at the monkeys who are obscuring the driver's line of sight, but she, with now four extra arms, one of which is growing out of the right side of her head- scares him more than the monkeys.
However, noticing something on the roof back gates she flies up and gets out of his way.
On the other side of the truck, there are two monkeys, one that Kid Flash steps on to get to the higher of the two, grabbing its tail to get himself on top of the truck where a six-armed Miss Martian lands.
Startled, he falls to his butt and clambers back. Scared out by his freak out Miss Martian loses her extra arms and falls into a stiff fighting stance in shock. Legend climbs up after Kid Flash, missing seeing Miss Martian with six arms.
Before any communication can be done a horde of monkeys fly out of the hole separating the three of them. Assaulting them in sheer numbers. While another group creates a massive hole in the back gate, the Android pieces in hand. Too high too quickly that Aqualad can only screech to a stop and watch which direction they fly off in.
Removing the final monkey from the back gate of the truck with a Batarang gives Robin time to climb up to the roof, just as a monkey pulls one of the guards out of the hole in the roof.
Robin lands on the balls of his feet, low to the roof, before standing as he brandishes two Escrima sticks. Smirking before he charges at the monkeys, using both to swipe one to his left, then back across his body two knock away the second one charging at him. Diving into a front handspring he crosses the hole in the roof, only to find another drove of them come up from the back of the truck.
Though, they don't make it to Robin as Superboy lands right in the center of them. Knocking all the monkeys off the truck and Robin off his feet. Four latch onto Superboy, and he blindly rips them off.
While two more head to the back wheels on the side of the truck, using their laser vision to destroy the tires and make the whole truck swerve. Robin manages to keep his balance and he leans in front of the driver window.
"Get out!" He yells, loud enough for the man to hear him. The man gets the door open and before he can even think Robin has grabbed his shoulders and throws both of them into a cornfield.
With no driver and two busted wheels on one side the truck tips and skids then rolls, over and over, destroying many of the monkeys on the outside.
Once the truck has stopped, now upside down the back gate blows out a group of five monkeys flying off with the android parts. Leaving a guard to stumble out of the smoking truck coughing.
Robin supports the driver as they come back to the side of the road. Setting him down as he watches the monkeys fly off.
Behind him, Superboy pushes the whole truck up and off of him. Breathing heavily, Superboy wipes his eyes and opens them slowly, finding his vision is returning. Seeing where the monkeys are flying, he jumps with a grunt to catch up to them.
"Superboy!" Robin calls out in a vain attempt to get him to stop. In Robin's comm Aqualad patches through. "Aqualad to Robin. We've lost our cargo. Did you-"
Robin cuts him off with a sigh. "It's gone." He confirms. "And so is my partner."
Still crossing massive amounts of distance in single bounds Superboy is gaining on the monkeys. "Aqualad to Superboy, radio your position, we'll come help you."
"I don't need any help, don't want any!" he yells as he pulls his comm from his ear and on his next drop to the ground drops it. "Superboy?" Aqualad asks, but there is no one on the other end now.
Miss Martian, Aqualad, Legend, and Kid Flash stand behind their own crashed truck. The only one with his motorcycle still intact is Aqualad.
"I think he ditched his comm." Robin states the obvious over the line.
"Super." Wally moans sarcastically. "Now we can't even track him."
"Miss M, can you find him with your telepathy?" Legend asks Miss Martian has her hands on her head but gets nothing. "He's out of my telepathic range. This Professor Ivo, if he is alive, seems to be two steps ahead of us." Then her confidence fades. "M-maybe w-we should contact Red Tornado?" She questions.
"Tornado always tells us to handle things ourselves." Aqualad counters. "And the mission can still succeed if we recover the parts before they're reassembled." Legend adds.
"Well, that's a great plan." Wally drawls. "except for the part about us NOT KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK!" He explodes with anger. "Maybe we do." Robin chimes in. He crouches over one of the destroyed monkeys left where he is, pulling a cable out of his HoloGlove and connecting it to the monkey.
"We'd have heard by now if the decoy trucks had been attacked." He says as he continues to punch out commands on his glove. Decoding the monkey's software.
"So how did these monkeys know exactly which trucks to target?" he smirks as the screen emerges from his HoloGlove.
"The parts have GPS." Then a map shows up on his screen. "The monkeys can track the signal, which means I can track with the one I captured. Looks like both sets of parts are converging on…"
He starts placing the map of the state, trying to determine where they're heading. "Gotham City." He realizes, his voice heavy with emotion.
"That far south?" Aqualad questions, shocked. "M'gann and I won't get there anytime soon." He looks right to Kid and Legend. "I'm sending Kid and Legend on ahead to meet you. Aqualad out."
Wally smiles his mischievous smile and drops his goggles over his eyes. Then he is gone without another word.
Standing up, Robin puts the monkey on his shoulder, then using his HoloGlove to remotely activate his motorcycle.
"Definitely a disaster." Robin sighs, looking up at the darkening sky and rising crescent moon. "Heavy on the 'dis'."
Metropolis; August 3rd; 21:18 EDT
Bibbo's Diner
"Apple pie." Clark Kent says to the waiter, as a fellow raven sits across from him, his face obscured as he holds the menu high to his face.
"The Devil's Food cake." Bruce Wayne orders, handing the menu back with a smile. "Something tells me this isn't about desert." Clark decides, his tone hesitant.
"The boy needs you." Bruce tells the bespeckled man before him.
"No." Clark snaps back instantly. "He needs you. He needs Red." Though his tone shakes slightly, he decides to look out the window rather than at Bruce. "I'm just a constant reminder of what he's not."
"Sorry, Clark, but you're dead wrong." Clark glances at Bruce then back out the window. "Look, I know he troubles you, but he's here." He stumbles slightly, but returns strongly for the next sentence, hoping to solidify his reasoning.
"You have to get over the how and why." Clark glares out the window. "Trust me on this. This boy needs his father." His eyes narrow, daring Clark to deny what he's saying.
Clark dares. "I'm not his father!" he shouts, standing up, fear and confusion cover any anger there might be in those words. "I heard that Icon took Legend out to eat." Clark continues to glare at Bruce. "Just try talking to him, it worked for them." Clark turns to the cook, placing his fedora on his head. "I'll take that apple pie to go." He walks to the register and pays, leaving Bruce to skulk in solitude.
Gotham City; August 3rd; 21:21 EDT
The monkeys with the parts fly towards a moving train, the car's side doors open. By more monkeys to allow them to fly in, the second group right behind them. Then the doors slide shut.
Superboy jumps an amazing distance, landing on the same car the monkeys went in. Tightening his hand, he jabs it into the roof, creating a tear that easily rips wider with his super-strength. Superboy sees no immediate danger and jumps.
Behind him, just outside the shadows are the now-open boxes of the Amazo parts.
He hears the monkeys chatter before him. Looking up, shrouded in the green glow of his monkeys is an aging ginger man with a white button-down shirt, black slacks, and a black vest typing away on his computer.
Taking his time, and entirely calm, the man looks up. "Oh, hello." He greets.
"You? You're Ivo?" Superboy scoffs. "I'm whelmed."
"You're one to talk." Ivo counters, turning away from his computer, resting his elbow on his fist, and placing his hand on his chin. "Since when does the big blue boy scout have a brat?" "He doesn't." Superboy snaps, narrowing his eyes.
"Eh, well, if you say so." Ivo brushes off shrugging. "Have you met my Mobile Optimal Neural Quotient Infiltrators?" he gestures to the dozen-plus monkey MONQIs around him. To which they take off and launch themselves at Superboy.
He responds with a jab, taking out one, into a back fist, taking out a second then finding one right where the other just was jabs to destroy it. On his right, he turns with a back first to destroy another, managing a 180 rotation. Finishing the rotation and destroying the final MONQI with another back fist. Knocking the head right back at Ivo.
"Ah. And after all the trouble I went through finding an acronym for MONQI." Ivo grumbles as Superboy continues to destroy the small robots. Turning back to his computer.
Grabbing two Superboy smashes them together in front of him, completely obliterating them. Though he's panting.
Something moves in the background. "Access: Captain Atom." Superboy's eyes widen just before he's hit in the chest with a yellow ray. Which knocks him completely off his feet and into the crates behind him.
Just after hitting the ground, he looks up, to see Ivo standing before him. "Since Professor Ivo's magnificent MONQIs don't float your boat" behind a pair of red eyes begin to shine from the shadows.
"maybe my amazing Amazo will suit you better." Ivo finishes darkly as the massive android stands tall. Just like from the clip Batman showed them during the debrief.
The train comes around tight corners to stay close to the mountains. Superboy wipes the back of his hand over his mouth, standing with his hands clenched. "Give me your best shot."
The MONQIs laugh behind Ivo. "Please, my Android has the strength of Superman." Ivo states simply. Superboy's eyes widen slightly. "What chance do you have?"
Superboy's response is to charge at Amazo with a battle cry and a punch, which is blocked easily by the android, hitting just as his hand is still an open palm rather than in a fist. Undeterred Superboy continues to unleash a flurry of punches until he finally lands one on the android's face.
The neck follows the movement that would've broken it on a human, reverting back in a moment. As Superboy goes for another punch Amazo catches it with his bare hand.
"Oh, sorry. Did that strike a nerve?" Ivo questions, calmly. "Amazo, strike a few more." He commands.
Amazo does, nailing an uppercut under Superboy's to knock him into the inside of the roof, then he falls into one of the boxes they were defending, shattering it on impact. Amazo watches him intently as he stands back up, slowly. Then falling into a relaxed fighting stance.
"Access: Black Canary." Amazo dictates, his jaw unhinging to drop wide open before releasing a Canary Cry.
The Cry not only causes him immense pain but also physically knocks him into the far wall of the train car, then to the ground. Superboy stumbles back to his feet anyway.
"Access: Flash." Amazo dictates, running at Superboy with speeds he couldn't match, but that doesn't mean he can't see them.
His eyes widen mere moments before the hook punch hits him in the face. Landing, and giving Amazo the opening to unleash a high-speed flurry of punches that when finished leaves Superboy falling back.
Landing with a crash Ivo's mockery comes through. "Oh, no wonder Daddy keeps you hidden away." Superboy turns his head to Ivo instantly, though not having the strength to stand- yet. "You're not really doing justice to the old S shield, are you?" finishing off with a wheezy laugh.
That was all Superboy needed, that final push to get him back on his feet. Coming with a cross to Amazo's face with a cry.
Just before it reaches Amazo dictates. "Access: Martian Manhunter." Turning intangible and letting the punch go right through him. As the force pulls him through, Amazo does a jab to the lower ribs.
Superboy turns back, confused. Just in time for Amazo to land a solid cross that knocks him through the back wall of the train, into the mountainside and into the blade of the bulldozer, then to the flatbed car's surface.
Amazo front handsprings right before him. Dictating "Access: Superman." Grabbing Superboy's shoulders and holding him over the edge of not only the train but the mountain as well. Holding him with one arm he punches him back, over the fields and into the high stories of a building on the edge of the city, a school judging by the number of desks he crashed through.
Amazo and Ivo can see the smoke, the android turning to its creator. Ivo shrugs. "Finish him. Priority Alpha."
Taking the command Amazo jumps off the train car and towards where he sees the smoke.
Robin, now in uniform, pushes his bike to the limits. Flying past a sign telling him he has finally reached the Gotham City limits. He hears Kid Flash before he sees him, he too is now sporting the brightly colored spandex. "So, you changed too?" he teases, though he has no room to talk since he went as far as to put his mask on under his helmet.
"You kidding?" Kid Flash questions back, then makes a noise of disgust that would be accompanied by a shiver if he wasn't running at super speeds. "I feel naked in civvies. You still tracking the parts?" he changes the topic of conversation.
"They were heading through Gotham, but they veered." Robin informs, looking down at the virtual map on his motorcycle. A red cone represents the target: Subject Amazo. The location finally appears in the bottom right-hand corner.
"Wait! Dude, they're at my school!" he gasps. They hear a crash next to them, they turn to see Legend. "When did you get here?" kid flash asks. "I've been following you since you left, so where too?"
Superboy gets hit and thrown back into the trophy display case, destroying the glass and a few of the pictures and trophies inside. Falling to the floor, Amazo stands over him. Then grabs him by the shirt, whirling his upper body independently to throw Superboy down the hall and into some lockers.
One of which pops open to reveal a fangirl picture of Superman. Anger overcomes Superboy as he punches the locker door.
Going in for another hook, that Amazo blocks with ease and counters with an uppercut to the face. Sending him through the concrete walls of a science lab. Then into the far wall and to the ground. Amazo flying right behind him to stand over him as he hits then doesn't get up for a moment.
Forcing his hand under his left shoulder Superboy looks to Amazo. "That…" he pants heavily "all you got?" he finishes angrily taunting the robot.
"Access: Captain Atom." Amazo dictates, holding out one hand that begins to glow bright yellow. Putting Superboy through the floor, then high up through the wall of the gymnasium. He crashes just shy of midcourt, bouncing over midcourt and skidding to stop in the lane. Not too far from the hoop.
A singular clap catches his attention. On the bleachers Amazo is clapping slowly, backed by two MONQIs. "I don't usually attend these things in person" one of the MONQIs chuckles and so does he. "but this was too good to miss."
On the court, Amazo dictates "Access: Superman."
Superboy sighs, stopping on his knees but gets to his feet. Standing over Superboy, Amazo brings up both fists, ready for the killing blow. When Kid Flash zooms in grabbing Superboy before the strike can land. Announcing it to Superboy with a "Yoink." before grabbing him, just in case the fight rattled his brains.
The two skid to a stop beside Robin and Legend, all four now by the gym doors and just right of the bleachers opposite Ivo.
Robin launches a disk at Amazo. "Access: Martian Manhunter." The android announces, just before the disk would have hit, now passing through his intangible body. Blowing up behind the android harmlessly. "Access: Red Tornado." A red tornado forms under its feet, moving towards the four teenage boys.
As they're hit, Kid Flash is thrown back into the nearby wall, while Robin, Legend and Superboy rush in the opposite direction. Robin and Kid Flash give out a cry of surprise as they're snatched by the wind currents.
Superboy hits the bleachers, while Robin hits the outside edge of the court then skids to the be in front of the bottom bleacher. Legend hits the wall above the bleachers and falls on the top row.
Kid Flash hitting the wall with a thud, knocking the air out of him, and then the floor a good four or five feet below him with another painful thud. Struggling to get to one knee, he looks up to find Amazo before him.
"Access: Captain Atom." The android dictates, nearly zapping Kid, who's now fully alert once more and running under the bleachers to avoid being hit. Though the explosion from it hitting the wall does knock him off balance, before using his speed to run to the other side of the bleachers and back around the front.
Amazo turns. "Access: Black Canary." It states, aiming the pulsating wave of sound to the ground just before Kid Flash, which he can't avoid and runs into. Getting thrown back and his ears ringing from the pitch.
Rolling twice, then skidding under the backboard of the opposite hoop. His hands falling away from his ears as he skids on his stomach. "Access: Superman." Amazo dictates.
Just as Superboy's punch comes within range and he catches it once again with an open hand. He throws a hard cross at Superboy's face only to have his fist get caught by Legend. Amazo back hands Legend off of him and punches Superboy in the face to send him back into the bleachers, only Robin gets to his feet.
"Access: Martian Manhunter." Amazo says, elongating his arm and destroying the two disks Robin just now decided to throw at him. Who dodges right just in time. While Amazo is distracted, Legend goes to Superboy and whispers in his ear, when he was done Superboy nodded.
Attempting to catch him off-guard Kid Flash runs at Amazo, who turns and uses his large hands to easily grasp Kid Flash's upper arms. "Access: Superman." Amazo says, grabbing the ginger in a literal bone-crushing hug.
A snapping sound echoes though the room, catching Amazo's attention, even with Kid Flash's cry of pain.
"Access: Martian Manhunter." Amazo dictates, turning intangible to avoid an arrow, but dropping Kid in the process.
The green-fletched arrow sticking itself clean in the ground just right of Robin's right foot. His eyes widen as he takes in the color of the arrow.
Kid Flash runs away before he gets caught again. Superboy come from behind as Legend comes from the front, they charge at Amazo, they then begin to take turns hitting Amazo.
"Access: Black Canary." Amazo dictates, releasing a Canary cry, it sends Legend and Superboy flying back.
A red Birdarang whizzes past Amazo's head. "Access: Superman." Amazo says, his eyes glowing red. Just before the lasers would've hit Robin, Kid Flash pulls him out of the way. Kid Flash hitting his back first, then his side before they came to a stop.
Breathing heavily, Superboy makes his way out of the rubble. Looking first to Ivo, then Amazo who is looking to a still downed Robin and Kid Flash. Clenching his eyes shut then sighing does he opens his eyes. "Access: Black Canary." Amazo dictates.
Ivo yawns dramatically, which is what prevents him from hearing Superboy. "Oh, yawn." He drawls, feeling the need to enunciate that, then continue still sounding bored.
"Normally Amazo would study and mimic your abilities during battle, but what's the point?" waving his hand before looking at his fingernail beds. "You're all such poor copies of the originals."
The MONKEY's laugh, Superboy's mouth opens for a moment, then closes as he smiles. "So everyone keeps saying." Superboy states, his anger coming back onto his face and flowing through his words. "It makes me angry!" he yells, jumping over Amazo and aiming his double downward fists for Ivo.
The professor manages a squeak before getting out of the way, just before Superboy would've hit his face. Though the power of the hit knocks him off balance and with a wimpy yelp falls down a row of bleachers.
Superboy's attention is dead-set on the villainous creator of Amazo. "Want to see me channel that anger?" he shouts, stirring Robin and Kid Flash. Both now free to move slowly to aggravate anything since Amazo's back is turned.
Kid Flash's eyes widen. "Great. He's gone ballistic again." Robin smiles. "Maybe not." Getting Kid Flash to turn to him with confusion as he smirks.
"Amazo, protect your master. Priority Alpha." Ivo commands, diving further down the bleachers to avoid getting crushed by Superboy.
"Access: Captain Atom." Amazo dictates, pointing a hand in Superboy's direction. Hitting Superboy once more, sending him flying back. As the MONKEY's help Ivo back to his feet.
"Anyone want to play keep-away?" Robin questions. "Ohh, heck yeah, over here!" Legend replies. Robin kicked Ivo in the back and sending him flying forward since his feet weren't on the ground.
Amazo's attention turns to Robin. "Oh, oh, me, me!" Kid Flash yells, running on the other side of Amazo and catching its attention.
"Access: Superman." The android says just as Kid Flash gets in front of him. Lifting his left foot and stomping it to catch underneath Kid Flash's last step towards Ivo. Sending the speedster up and high into the bleachers, upside down. Robin stands from a crouch, throwing a disk at Amazo's head.
"Access: Martian Manhunter." Amazo announces, turning intangible. Just as he does, Superboy and Legend jump down landing in front and behind Amazo. "Access: Superman." The android announced. When he turns tangible, Superboy and Legend both throw a lariat at Amazo's neck.
(A and B's double lariat from Naruto.)
The attack was successful in separating Amazo's head from his body. His face and what remained of his neck began to spark and zap blue electricity. The two super clones fell down, All their energy spent.
The headless body falls flat to The ground with a clanging thud. Robin runs up to the body. "Help me disassemble him now!" Though out of the four, he's in the best shape, Kid being unsteady on his feet, Superboy and Legend not even being back up yet.
Holding his left arm Kid is the first to comment. "Dude, the guy has no head." His lack of high-speed helping because at this point it seems entirely irrelevant.
"Don't take any chances." Aqualad decides, as he and Miss Martian enter. Both heading in their direction quickly. "Hehe, hey, look who's late to the party." Legend says jokingly then groaned in pain.
M'gann lands beside Superboy to steady him if necessary. "Superboy, are you alright?" She questions, noting the amount of damage done to his skin.
Superboy smiles. "Fine." He assures. "I'm Fine too." Legend says with sarcasm, then looks to Robin and smiles. "Finally feeling the aster." Robin smiles right back.
"Hey." Kid Flash says, gaining their attention. "Where's Ivo?" around them the gym is still smoking in some places from the battle, but Ivo is nowhere to be seen.
Mount Justice; August 4th; 1:06 EDT
The Team stands before Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Red Tornado, Batman, and Green Arrow, recounting the status of the mission.
"The Amazo android is secured and safely being analyzed at the two separate STAR Labs, but Ivo escaped. And since he created the tech, he's arguably more dangerous than the Android." Aqualad informs.
"Capturing the professor will be a League priority." Canary informs.
"But we understand that your mission encountered other complications." Martian Manhunter states, crossing his arms. Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash glare at Superboy, who has the decency to look away ashamed.
Batman decides to step up. "Complications come with the job. Your ability to handle them has impressed the League."
"The whole League?" Superboy asks, knowing the answer.
"Given time, yes." Batman assures. "Kryptonians, as you know, have very hard heads." Superboy can't stop the small smile. Legend puts a hand on his shoulder and smiles with him. "Of course, there's no shame in asking for help. That's why the League exists. Because there's some problems even we can't handle individually."
"Please." Robin draws. "If we needed help, we'd never get the chance to ask." Kid Flash closes his eyes, knowing exactly what he means. Robin pulls out the arrow. "Look familiar?" he lets Batman take it from him. "You were following us." He accuses "Babysitting. You still don't trust us!"
Ignoring Robin's accusations, Batman passes the arrow to Green Arrow. "We didn't follow you."
Green Arrow pulls an arrow out of his own quiver, holding them side by side. The tip and shaft are noticeably different than the one Robin handed over.
Robin's eyes widen. "And that's not your arrow…" Looking between the two again and smiling. "But that means-"
Kid Flash, smiling brightly, cuts off the Boy Wonder. "Speedy!"
"He has our backs." Aqualad agrees. Kid Flash runs and takes the arrow from Green Arrow. "Souvenir!"
Batman and Green Arrow share a look, but don't comment. Legend notices this and knows what they might be thinking.
Superboy clears his throat and steps up to Black Canary. Catching her slightly off-guard as she turns to him curiously. "I'm ready."
"Good. Because I'm here." Black Canary assures, placing her hand on her hip as she looks him in the eye. "And I'm here if you need an extra hand." Legend adds in, they all smile at each other.
Chapter end. Please review, it really helps. I'll do my best to update the story quicker. Thanks for reading.