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This is it, what you've all been waiting for!!!!
Let the catastrophy begin!!
Guest starring a whole slew of superherouniverse characters
“Corey Wraithe sent you? This must be important.”
“General it is urgent” Captain Midnight said “humanity is at stake.”
“What do you need me to do?”
“Help us find Big Blue.”
“Never heard of it” Luther Vanguard said scratching his chin “but I know who can find this Big Blue for you. General Vinnie Layton.”
“We don’t have time to keep going after different sources” Captain Midnight said in frustration.
“I worked with him in the past” Luther began “back when he was Major Layton and I was a new lieutenant. Trust me if anybody has the clearance to find Big Blue it’ll be him. He used to tell me stories of his time with Johnny Reb and the Maverick Men. Told me if I wanted my Army career to amount to anything that I had to emulate what those men stood for. He’s got experience dealing with you superhero types too. Trust me he’s the man you need.”
“Then we need to find him fast!”
“Last I heard he was in charge of the facility at Black Lake” Luther replied “best start there.”
Meanwhile outside of the Washington Monument…
“Alright you are wondering why I called you all here” Wraith said reading their expressions “so here’s the deal. First Crockett, Hood and Seven you guys high tail it over to Sun City and rendezvous with Deadlaw there is one cloven beast headed there by my calculations you have about 3 hours to prepare. The Squad and Raven are already headed to Nighthaven to intercept two of the beasts before they can do too much damage there. Ghost, Hyde, Sugar Skull, and Voltage you guys are staying here with me we have about four headed our way. Captain Midnight and Shadow Hawk are going to get here as fast as they can but first they have something else to deal with.”
Talon watched as Wraith took charge of the makeshift team. This man reminded her a lot of Captain Midnight with his leadership skills. The two of them would make great superhero leaders sometime in the future she mused to herself. Each member of the team nodded their agreement with the plan and a time portal seemed to open up instantly.
Crocket had thought it best to get them all to Sun City as quickly as possible so he called his contact at the American Time Travel Association. This made Talon wonder why not simply go further back in the past and prepare but Robin Hood had said something about creating anomalies and how it was a bad idea. Oh well what did she know? After all she was only a seventeen year old girl and up until recently her biggest problem had been getting a date for Friday night.
So the team headed for Sun City vanished into thin air while the rest of them readied themselves for the upcoming battle. Hyde flexed his muscles as he stretched in preparation for the battle he knew would come. He did not want to chance getting killed simply because his muscles cramped up on him in the middle of the fight.
Ghost checked his guns and made sure he had plenty of clips filled with highly explosive ammo as the man with the golden skull simply meditated. This Sugar Skull character remained a mystery to them all as he said hardly a word since his arrival and instead has spent his time in a trance like state.
On the other hand Voltage was very talkative. He let the electricity play across his fingertips as he conversed with Wraith and Talon. It was as Sebastian King had thought, this man was former professional wrestler Raging Thunder. But due to a freak electrical storm he actually gained electrokinetic powers and decided to do some real good in the world by fighting crime. He had never gone up against anything as powerful as the alien threat that lay ahead however.
The facility at Black Lake…
*takes place just prior to the events of Big Blue, the Patient Man #1*
“Alright I’ll let them know” Luther exclaims as he disconnects the call “Layton has Big Blue down there. He has first hand information on these cloven hoofed beasts Wraith was going on about. Layton says he’ll brief us inside.”
“You mean Big Blue is down there?” Shadow Hawk asks “amazing. Cap did you copy that?”
“Sure did Shadow” Captain Midnight says from his position hovering just outside the jet.
His bracers went dead and he began to fall straight down toward Black Lake. Shadow Hawk saw the danger immediately and took the jet down fast bringing it underneath the Captain’s trajectory. Midnight slammed into the hull of the plane at a force that almost broke bones. They had to get to Big Blue fast for the bracers wouldn’t hold out much longer.
Inside Black Lake Luther Vanguard salutes his friend and former mentor Major General Vinnie Layton. Being only a 1 star Brigadier General himself he was still outranked by the man he respected most in the world. After the salute the two men shook hands.
“Been a long time Luther. Why don’t you have a seat, you look like hell.”
“No thanks Vinnie, man you wouldn’t believe me if I told you what hell I’ve been through.”
Captain Midnight saluted the older man upon entering the room himself and General Layton returned it before remarking “Captain Cole Turner, declared dead in 1936, lost over the Bermuda Triangle during a freak accident involving an experimental aircraft?”
“You’ve done your homework General, though I’d like to point out that the information is clearly incorrect” Cole answered.
“Yes I am rather inclined to believe you Captain. Though I wouldn’t have let you guys walk in here without doing a thorough background check” then Layton turned to Shadow Hawk “if you weren’t in the company of these two Army Officers I would’ve had you arrested on sight. The last thing I need is some vigilante wannabe who hasn’t gotten over his father’s death.”
“Easy General, John here’s been a great help to the effort” Luther replied patting his friend on the shoulder “we don’t have time for this right now. What we really need is all the intel you have on these Cloven and Big Blue.”
“Alright Luther” Vinnie said handing him a manila envelope “here’s all you need to know about the aliens, it’s not much but its better than nothing I suppose” then General Layton pointed behind him “ through that door behind me is Big Blue, he’ll recharge the Captain’s bracers but under no circumstances is he to go with you. I need to run him through some paces first and make sure he hasn’t gotten rusty.”
Captain Midnight entered the room behind the door that General Layton had mentioned. Big Blue was a lot younger than he had imagined him to be. Though from personal experience he knew that looks could be deceiving, he noted that the man in front of him still retained a youthful arrogance as well. That could either be a help or a hindrance depending upon the situation.
“Captain Midnight” Big Blue stated as fact and not a question “Layton said you were coming. I believe I can help you.”
“Then the quicker we get started the better” Captain Midnight replied.
Big Blue looked the other man in the eyes and then his powers flared. Green fire burning from his eyes and hands, he clamped his fingers around Midnight’s wrist bracers. The energy flowed forth and the bracers lapped it up greedily restoring their power and increasing it tenfold. Midnight could mentally see the inside of his bracers as they charged up, electrical currents dancing across the wiring.
Then the energy transference stopped and Big Blue spoke again “that should do it. With as much atomic power as I imbued the bracers with you shouldn’t ever experience power failure again even when using your most taxing of abilities.”
“That’s good then” Captain Midnight said rubbing his wrists in turn “with powers like yours, you could be a great help against the Cloven.”
“Man what I wouldn’t give to go into battle with you. But Layton says I have some training to accomplish first. I’ve been out of action a long time.”
“Well, God willing we’ll meet up again later” Captain Midnight said extending his hand to Big Blue.
Meanwhile back in Washington, D.C.
Four large mechanical beasts have landed creating a large crater just outside the White House. Their domed heads start to spin around as they scan the area for their targets. They slowly stood up on their cloven hooves and stretched their mechanical arms to full length.
“Primary target acquired” came the mechanical voice from the lead beast as its dome settled on the White House.
“Secondary target achieved” came a voice from the second beast as it discovered the Washington Monument and began scanning the hidden CIA facility that lay beneath it. *see Wraith: Chosen for more on the facility*
“We have incoming” the third beast roared as Wraith’s energy rifle spat out a purplish bolt of light.
The energy blast hit the beast in the leg sending it staggering backwards. But it remained standing and turned its large fork like weapon toward its attacker. A strange hazy energy seeped out of the prongs and started weaving its way toward Wraith as he continued to fire his rifle.
Just before the haze reached him Wraith phased his body allowing its tendrils to pass harmlessly through him. But even so he felt a momentary tingle in his body as if something was tugging on the back of his consciousness. Something was very wrong here he thought to himself as he moved to distance himself from the energy.
“Ghost, keep your distance, I don’t know what those tridents do but it can’t be good” Wraith shouted over at the man who was firing his pistols from a little too close to one of the beasts.
Hyde had already managed to wrap his muscular arms around the fourth beast’s lower leg in an effort to trip the beast up. The cloven hoofed mechanical creature kicked its leg wildly about in frustration trying to shake the green man loose. The man with the golden skull had gotten himself onto the same beasts back and was clawing away at the metal housing with his hands as rage increased his power.
Wraith took all this in instantly and then he shouted out in realization “where’s Talon?!”
Panic almost overwhelmed him for her safety was his responsibility. She was less experienced than anyone else here and had no real powers to protect her in any way. Then he saw her climbing on the roof of the White House. What the hell was she doing? Secret Service were out on the lawn now guns drawn. That’s when Wraith noticed Talon wasn’t alone. She had the President with her.
Just moments earlier…
“Mr. President we have to get you to safety.”
“Who are you? How did you get past security?”
“We’ve got no time for questions, look outside the window!”
The desperation in the girl’s eyes were all the convincing the President needed as he turned his gaze to look. He almost screamed at the sight of large mechanical beasts on his lawn. Then he turned back to the girl who wore a bird themed costume as if she’s some kind of comic book character.
“I think you’re right” he managed to stammer out. What do you suggest?”
“We get to the roof.”
“We’ll be trapped up there” he countered.
“No we won’t I have a ride coming for you” she said hoping her brother would get here soon.
Right outside the backdoor she fires her grappler up to the roof and wraps her free arm around the president “hold on sir” she says as she hits the retract button and the cable pulls them up to the roof.
The President couldn’t believe his eyes, there were more costumed characters and what reminded him of a hairless green ape/man fighting with the beasts. From her perch on the White House roof Talon fired off several explosive hawk-stars. The bird shaped blades zinged through the air striking the closest beast’s dome. The explosion momentarily blinded the creature allowing Hyde a few free punches to its head without reprisal.
The Shadow Jet could be seen on the horizon closing in fast. Flying beside it was a fully functional Captain Midnight, his bracers and his eyes glowing red in anticipation of the coming battle. The Jet fired off two rockets targeting two different creatures. The rockets whizzed through the air and stuck the beasts full in the chest.
The large creatures stumbled backwards and fell under the bombardment. But they were not destroyed only slowed down. Almost immediately they began climbing back to their feet and Shadow Hawk swore under his breath. This was going to be tougher than he thought.
“General I have a spare set of gauntlets stored underneath your seat. I regret that I do not have any firearms or armor on board for you however” Shadow Hawk tells Luther Vanguard as he opens the hatch of the jet.
“No problem, I can handle myself” the General replied securing the gauntlets in place.
Shadow Hawk leapt out of the cockpit extending his blades as he entered a freefall. The blades connected with the back of one of the creatures slicing downwards through the metal as it also slowed his descent. Luther Vanguard followed suit landing on another one of the creatures.
Captain Midnight came in firing his energy blasts at full power. The atomic energy struck his target repeatedly until the beast staggered backwards falling into the White House. Talon grabbed the President and launcher her grappler at the Shadow Jet just in time to swing free before being crushed by the metal behemoth. Safely onboard the Shadow Jet, Talon set a course for Andrews AFB where Air Force One awaited the President’s arrival.
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Duo attack. Lolz
can't wait Bono.
