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Posted by Blue Beetle
on 8/21/2008, 6:48 pm, in reply to "Quiet Move Conclusion: Scholar's Mate "
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The Bug is still, tense but still. I look over my shoulder as I put the Bug on autopilot, Vixen and J'onn sit, ready for what's coming next. The distress signal came across on of the Justice League's old channels, one we used to use when there was a hostage situation. We back tracked the signal to the old London embassy.
"It's a trap." Bruce says what we are all thinking. "He's trying to distract you get you away from the real threat."
"I know." I look back at him as I begin to make my way towards the Bug. Maxwell Lord, our one time friend and ally and now one of our most dangerous foes has taken my girlfriend hostage as his army of OMACs hover over every major city ready to wipe out hero and villain a like. "That's why you are going to worry about the OMAC's and I'm going to take care of Max."
"You think you can handle Lord alone?"
"Of course." I lie, Max has been two steps a head of us up until now, and there is no saying that he still isn't. In the background I can see Green Arrow and Vixen talking, they've been through this already when the OMAC's went after him. They both lean forward and share a kiss, I feel like a voyeur for watching it. As they break away from each other Vixen's eyes turn towards me.
"I'm coming with you." Mari walks down the cold steel steps of the cave towards me, Bruce and the Bug. "You can't get rid of me that easily."
I can only nod knowing that arguing with Mari would be worthless at this point.
"I too will accompany you; Max will surely have contingency plans in place." J'onn chimes in. He's right whether it's OMACs or the Global Guardians Max will have back-up.
"We'll stay here and play John Conner, rally the troops and all that for when the boys in blue decide to go war of the machines on us." Green Arrow now stands next to Batman, as Vixen, Martian Manhunter and I stand underneath the hull of the Bug.
"Don't go and get yourselves killed." I wink.
"You either, and make sure my lady friend comes back in one piece, I don't feel like losing her just yet." Green Arrow extends his hand which I shake. I look over at Batman; he's already put on the cowl, his white eyes glow.
"You better get going we don't have much time left." He turns and walks back up into the cave and towards the Bat Computer, Green Arrow follows soon after as Vixen, Martian Manhunter and I climb into the Bug.
The lights of London gleam through the early morning fog which has settled over the city, I look down at the radar which lights up as it makes contacts with the OMAC's that have taken position above the city.
"This is your Captain; if you look to our right you'll see Big Ben and to you're left you'll see the mounting army of the robotic destruction." Vixen stands up making her way from the back of the ship to the front, she peers out the window, the fog gets thicker the more we drop in altitude.
"The old Embassy has a hangar on the bank of the Thames River." I plug in both the hangar coordinates and entry codes. "J'onn you picking up any contacts?"
I watch as J'onn furrows his brow, as he scans the area below for any guests that Max might have brought along. He grabs his head screaming out in pain.
*BOOOM!!!*
"Vixen help him!" The explosion rocks the ships as I shout orders to Mari. I've heard J'onn scream like that before back in Middleton when we fought the Prime OMAC. I hit a series of controls, whatever hit us took out the right solar shield. The panels in front of me show that we are bleeding power quickly, I shut down the other engine and we begin to fall. I hit another series of commands, routing power from the left engine into the right, with only one battery working for both sets of engines the best I can do is make our descent comfortable.
"J'onn! Are you OK?!" Vixen helps him up allowing him to lean on her. He shakes his head, tiny droplets of perspiration bead along his forehead.
"We were right about the trap." He stands up on his own.
"Better brace from impact, cause this is going to hurt." I watch as both Vixen and J'onn grab onto the side of the ship waiting for the impact, we hit the river with large splash, I feel like a bobble head. The water rushes around the Bug, as the waves from the impact disperse. We rock back and forth on the Thames River, emergency systems and alarms blaring.
"Least we got here in one piece." I try to bring up a map of the area on the cracked monitor in front of me. "It looks like we got close to the hangar entrance of the Embassy. Lucky us...”
Vixen wipes a thin trail of blood from the side of her arm, she must have cut herself on impact, J'onn is more fortunate, he stands like nothing happened although the from the way he stands the psychic attack has already taken a toll on him. The next blast hits the hull with a dull thud; it sounds like hail the size of someone’s fists.
"I think that answers the question of Max bringing back up." I look up to see the imprints; it’s only a matter of time before the hull is completely breached.
"Vixen you carry Beetle to the Embassy, I will deal with our attackers." J'onn speaks becoming intangible he flies through the hall. The pounding stops soon after.
"You heard My Favorite Martian." I hit a command on my gauntlets; one of the large cockpit eyes ejects falling into the gray water. "You think you can carry me?"
Vixen and I climb onto the top of the ship; the fog has slowly begun to lift. Above us we can see J'onn and the Global Guardians; he looks to holding his own. Her grasp is tight as her arms wrap around me, we stay low, to the surface of the river water flies around us as we pick up speed, I'm not sure what animal she's channeling and I don't bother to ask as we reach the hanger.
"Thanks, next time maybe some in flight peanuts wouldn't be too much to ask?" I smirk.
"So long as you put some air bugs in your next version of the Beetle-Jet I think we should be about even." She smirks back. The hanger is old, and hasn't been used since the Embassy closed. I hit the night vision on my goggles making the dark room visible, crates and boxes a few old prototypes. No Max, he must be in the Embassy's briefing room.
"Something doesn't feel right. I smell...arghhhhhh." I hear her screams as turn around only to be blinded as the lights of the hangar activate. I try and turn off the night vision as quickly as I can; I think I just burned out my retinas.
"Vixen are you OK?" I look over at her, the back of her uniform is torn, whatever got her, got her from behind. I look around the hanger and see our assailant.
"Sasha?" The Black Queen of Checkmate stands across from the two of us. Her eyes glow red, her skin is a metallic hue of blue and silver, the OMAC virus which she had resisted for so long looks to have finally taken hold.
"Eye sees you." Her voice sounds so robotic it sends a chill down my spine.
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