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Posted by Blue Beetle
on 4/27/2009, 9:03 pm, in reply to "The Calm Before Pt 1"
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"I know that was full power. I can clearly see that it didn't work." Jaime talks to the Scarab, both he and Bette run over to me as a walk up the shore line. I think I ate a jellyfish, at least I hope it was a jellyfish. Second thought that might be a bad thing.
"You gotta little seaweed..." Bette wipes it from my shoulder.
"Thanks." I look over at the Carapace android, as it begins to get back to its feet.
"So what is that thing?" Bette grabs one of her bow staffs, it glows yellow as it charges.
"It's called Carapace; it’s the last thing my uncle Jarvis created. Its armor is highly advanced."
"Figured that part out, the Scarab is running some probabilities of us taking this thing out, they aren't looking to good."
"They usually don't, if they did they'd call us something other then Blue Beetle."
I can smell the salt water from the harbor; the humidity fills my nose and lungs. She's been missing for two hours now. Whoever and whatever took her is going to pay when we find her. Above me the green glow of Hal's ring acts like neon colored nightlight as he checks the roof.
"Whenever you're ready Canary." She replies to Nightwing's words with a silent nod full of resolve. We're up against a group of Speedsters, not as fast as Wally or Bart but still quick, and somehow they've kidnapped Oracle, Barbara Gordon. This is going to feel good.
"Plug your ears boys." The ultra sonic scream blows out the entire wall of the harbor warehouse. It was used to bring over computer chips from China and Japan, at least thats what the old lease said, I didn't have enough time to dig any deeper then that.
Nightwing and I rush in through the dust and debris, my finger on my BB gun is ready to fire as pillars of green plummet through the ceiling, creating a giant cage around the gang. This was easier then it should have been but I don't think it matters to any of us now. She's sitting there tied up in front a conclave of monitors their screens blank. Canary must have blown the power with her scream the frequency disturbing them.
"Ms, are you OK?" I say walking over to her, taking the restraints off of her hands.
"Blue Beetle, you have terrible timing. I think I get a free pizza right?" She smiles at me, her eyes tinted behind her glasses, the dimples in her checks, the small freckles....
"Thanks BB; I'll make sure Ms. Gordon gets home safely." Nightwing places a hand on my shoulder as he bends down and picks up Babs in his arms. Just like Bruce, always the hero.
The pillar of smoke rises from the island shore line, the sound of tropical finches is temporarily drowned out. The two children in front of her keep running, the underbrush scraping against their legs. She stops as another explosion rocks the island.
"Ms. Case we have to keep going." Brenda says almost tripping as she comes to a halt.
"Yeah that Cylon back there was about to complete its prime directive." Paco's breath is heavy as he stops a few yards in front of the other two.
"You are such a dork." Brenda rolls her eyes.
"Takes one to know one." He's given her the grin before, ever since they were five and he accidentally broke her Malibu Barbie corvette. "They're heroes, they'll be OK, at least Jaime and Ted, not sure about Bette is she a sidekick or a team-up girl?"
"Real supportive Paco."
"We need to go back, how can you sit on the sidelines all the time?" Another explosion shakes the branches of the trees, rustling birds out of their nests.
"Well usually we're caught in the middle of the action, Mary sue over here gets himself captured or tied up every other week." Brenda points to Paco smiling.
"Hey in my defense I thought naga was something like a Goth you know, kinda emo or whatever, how was I supposed to know that she was a daughter of Medusa and an actual snake?"
"Look at something below the chest maybe? So Ms. Case you have a plan?"
"Melody, Brenda, Ms. Case makes me sound to old. Ted told me once about this place, about what happened here..." She gets to her feet looking around the sounds at the beach having stopped. She mouths a prayer, the last time she said one was while she was still a little girl.
"What did he tell you? Did it have intrigue and pirates cause pirates are always cool, not as cool as zombie pirates though." His voice is calm a little short of breath but calm as always. She rushes to him wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. He lets her, no resistance at all.
"Hey guys, you see a giant robot anywhere?" Jaime and Bette follow, Jaime's suit dissolving back into a bathing suit.
"Blue Beetle, Jaime, or is it Blue Beetle 2? Anyway used the Scarab to hack its defense matrix....."
"Everything in place J'onn?" The Watchtower is silent; J'onn and I are its only current occupants.
"Yes Theodore they are. Are you ready for this?" I watch as the green Martian walks towards the main control console of the orbiting satellite ready to beam the others on for our first official meeting. Weeks of planning and everything coming down to this.
"Honestly no." I hear a small chuckle follow my words...
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