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Being the most ranking member of the League, Bombshell steps up and takes charge of the team. She gathers Crimson Shield, Ghost Ninja, and Harbinger in the conference room at Sentinel Tower…
“We need to do something about the massive breakout of the Superhuman Detention Facility. Gunslinger, Dark Eagle, and Firefox are still out there somewhere.”
“Don’t forget the Monkey King is still out there. I’m not sure what he will do now that he is no longer under the control of the Shadow Dragon Clan” Ghost Ninja added.
“What of the Gorgons” Crimson Shield asked “aren’t they not still out there as well?
“We will tackle each threat in turn” Bombshell replied “but right now the escapees of the prison are on American soil. The others are not. We have to clean up our own backyard first.”
“Where are Midnight and Mainframe” Harbinger asked “shouldn’t they be in on this as well?”
“They have returned to Saint Katherine’s Bay to try and get rid of the mob presence as best they can before Franklin Harrier controls the whole town. Once that is under control they swore they would return to help us” Bombshell answered impatiently.
“Could we not ask some of the international superheroes for help?” Ghost Ninja asked.
“Well I for one will not wait around for the enemy to tighten the noose around our neck. I am going to meet them head on” with that Harbinger storms off toward the armory.
In the armory he gathers the six Cadamarian power swords and straps two across his back and hangs the others around his belt. Drawing his own Claoimh Solais, which bursts into flames as it leaves the sheath, he sprouts his feathery wings and heads for the hanger door. Ghost Ninja materializes to block his way.
“Where do you think you are going Luther, the team needs us?”
“No they need someone who will do something besides sit around and run their mouth.”
With that he spread his wings and took flight out the door and into the night sky.
Drawing forth the katana Kusanagi and merging it with the other sword he was then covered in cybernetic protective armor. The power of the swords flowed through him and urged him to call forth more power. He drew the sword Mjolnir next and he felt the power to control the earth flow through him. After merging that sword with the others the three of them became a large flaming mallet.
Next the winged hero draws forth the wind sword Vorpal and it effortlessly combines with the others giving him control over the very air around him. Voices echoed in his head telling him that he needed the other swords, begging him to draw forth another one.
Drawing out the water sword Dainsleif he allowed it to transform into bracelets that clamped around the handle of the mallet. Now he had the power to control water as well. Only one more in his possession, the necromantic sword Mistilteinn, was to be drawn. Combining it with the others the large Mallet’s handle extended even further making it resemble a large war hammer. He felt the power to raise the dead flow through him as well.
Luther Vanguard now felt as if he had almost as much power as the Cadamarian gods themselves. The swords now controlled his mind almost completely and they yearned to be reunited with the remaining three power swords. With the six combined they had a sentient mind that allowed them to track down the others.
Back at Sentinel Tower…
“He seemed strange” Ghost Ninja stated “I’m not sure what to think about his departure.”
“We all have reason to act a little strange with what has happened” Bombshell smiled grimly “he will be fine.”
An alarm began blaring as the massive computer system came on line. The three heroes went to the computer room and activated the monitors. An image of downtown Wayward City came up at once. A swarm of locusts were chewing through everything on street level including streetlamps and car tires. An insect winged man wearing a helmet hovered just overhead directing them to their mayhem.
“Let’s get down there at once.”
Crimson Shield took flight as Bombshell and Ghost Ninja each mounted one of the team’s new “ninja” motorcycles that the president had authorized them to purchase. They raced down the street away from the tower rapidly closing the distance between their headquarters and Main Street.
Crimson Shield arrived on the scene first and his acute sense of hearing alerted him to the buzzing before one of the locusts took a chunk out of his ear. He swatted the bug away and peered around looking for the man in the helmet. The insects created a thick screen in front of him so that he couldn’t see but mere inches in front of his face.
The scene resembled a biblical plague. The swarm blanketed the street effectively covering everything from view. Bombshell and Ghost Ninja arrived and joined the Crimson Shield in his battle with the bugs. Bombshell swatted them away while Ghost Ninja used her chain-whip to cut a path through them.
The insect winged human ordered them to his side as he flew down and met the heroes on the ground. They created a protective barrier between him and the do-gooders “there is no hope for your city heroes. It is time Locust, lord of the insects, took his rightful place as ruler!”
With that he ordered the insects to attack. They flew at the heroes biting with their mandibles. Crimson Shield used his power shield to block the first wave. Bombshell drained the energy from a nearby electrical wire and unleashed a torrent of energy to incinerate the bugs. Ghost Ninja continued to use her chain-whip letting the barbed tip stab the insects dropping them all like flies.
“No not my insects! How dare you harm my pets” Locust shouted as he took a swing at Ghost Ninja’s head.
She simply phased through the attack and kicked the villain hard in the stomach then somersaulted out of his reach before he could retaliate. Crimson Shield flies up close to Locust and delivers a super strong haymaker to the jaw. The winged villain is knocked back into his own insect swarm from the impact.
Calling on his insects they fly as close together as possible creating the form of a large man. The insects stomp towards the heroes in this guise and coordinating their movements the large arm swings forward in a giant fist and punches the Crimson Shield. Even using his power shield to block the attack, Orion Smith is forced backwards by the impact. He flies into Bombshell knocking them both to the ground in a tangled heap.
While the two heroes struggle back to their feet, the mysterious stranger appears down a darkened ally. He fires his homemade pistol from the safety of the shadows and congratulates himself silently as the acidic bullet pierces Ghost Ninja’s flesh.
The heroine falls to the ground in agony as her allies are surrounded by an insect prison cell. The Locust laughs manically at the plight of the heroes as he stands over Ghost Ninja. The acid starts to burn its way through her spine. Alicia Martin manages to phase, albeit weakly, and the bullets falls out of her body.
The damage has already been done however leaving her unable to stand. Crimson Shield swings his power shield against the insect bars but they simply reform within seconds. It looks as if there time is up and so the mysterious strangers steps out from the shadows.
“Well done Locust, well done. One crippled, two caught, and the final one being slowly driven mad by the power of the Cadamarian swords.”
“Who are you” Bombshell shouts from the confines of her cell?
“You may call me the Master Manipulator if it pleases you heroes. I have been planning this for quite some time.”
Just then three figures arrive on scene, the Gunslinger, Fire Fox, and Dark Eagle.
“We meet again” Gunslinger says drawing forth his pistols and aiming one at each of the caged superheroes.
Dark Eagle draws his own revolver and points it at the downed form of Ghost Ninja “if only Midnight were here this would be a fitting reunion.”
“And where is that electrical do-gooder?” Fire Fox chides “oh yeah that’s right he’s dead” with that she laughs hysterically.
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