“So how long do you think it will take before Superman cos to get you?” I asked during one of the breaks Lois asked for so she could organize her notes.
The reporter just paused her writing and raised an eyebrow at . “How would I know? It’s not like I have a way of calling him.”
“You don’t?” I asked, genuinely surprised. I thought she would. “What about sothing that lets him track you? Or Batman track you, I guess. I’m sure he would help out Superman if the jerk needed it.”
“Why would I have sothing like that? Besides, I was forced to leave all electronic devices at the security gate back on the base.”
“So how is he supposed to know where to co get you?!” This was such a bad idea. I should never have listened to photo guy about kidnapping his boss.
“You tell . I’m the victim here, rember?”
I ignored the annoyed reporter and thought over what this ant. No signal and nothing for Batman to magically track ant it could be days before soone ca to pick up Lois. Days that I would have to put up with her asking questions about every little thing she could think of and I would have to listen to because I couldn’t leave her to go train without risking her crossing a bear or sothing.
Yeah, that wasn’t happening. Ti for Improvised Kidnapping Plan B.
“Hey Lois! Wanna go on a trip?”
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A few hours of flying later the two of us touched down in the first major city I could find. I would have liked to head to a city I recognized or even back to tropolis, but flying with Lois screaming in my ear that I was going too fast got old real quick so I just picked one close by.
Then, after dropping Lois off on a rooftop, I looked down at the humans rushing around on the ground. It was ti to begin the next phase of my plan.
My Plan B was basically the exact opposite of Plan A. If going to the middle of nowhere and waiting for Superman to co to
wasn’t going to work, I would just have to make myself so noticeable people would send him to
instead. And what better way to get his attention than making the governnt be the ones screaming at him to do sothing?
“Attention governnt agency goons!” I called down to the black and yellow outfitted group trying to both guard a periter and break back into a lab that looked like it had been attacked by another villain. Though points to them for bringing fancier looking guns than normal. “I’m here to challenge your Champions for the fate of the planet again! Call out Superman!”
“Uh, Califa. I don’t think those people work for the governnt.” Lois comnted before ducking away from the edge of the building.
“What do you an?”
“I think that’s a H.I.V.E. logo on the van, they’re a–” Lois was cut off as the goons down below started shooting at .
So not governnt agents according to Lois. Why did H.I.V.E. sound familiar? Were they like the tropolis special police or the Star Labs security teams? Or so kind of discount SHIELD that I forgot about? h, as long as they called Superman I didn’t really care.
A blue laserbeam missed
by inches and I decided to give the goons my full attention.
I shot a ki beam into one of the SUV’s the goons were hiding behind – turning it into a burning wreck of twisted tal – and sent them scurrying for cover and then very obviously toying with them by shooting several weaker beams that barely dented the other forms of cover they were using.
Despite being fancier, most of the guns I could safely ignore. Sure bullets stung a bit when they hit
and really scuffed up my armor pretty good, but I would take those every ti rather than the unknown laserguns they had with them. Sothing that was quickly picked up on by the humans down below and eventually we were in a fun ga of tag where they would try to herd
into position with the more standard guns before trying to hit
with the laserguns while I did my best to dodge.
That didn’t an I was just going to let them shoot at
though, that would get boring fast. So every five laser shots they missed I would blow up one of the cars. Cars they were quickly running out of given how trigger-happy so of them were. If Superman didn’t show up soon, the goons were going to have to walk back to whatever base they called ho.
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“Co-on guys! Either step up your ga or get soone who can keep up! This is getting embare– Ack!” My snarky banter is interrupted by an SUV smacking
in the face. Considering I was still hovering over twenty feet in the air that could only an one thing.
Soone fun had just shown up.
“Better! Now you’re getting it!” I exclaid as I shoved the car off of
and looked where it had co from, eager to see who showed up.
It was a giant man walking out of the lab followed by another squad in the sa black and yellow colors as the goons but missing the chest armor and the sleeves on the upper part to let the man’s ridiculously huge muscled arms move freely. He was also missing the almost insectile helts I had seen on the others too, showing off his wild red hair.
I approved. He almost looked like a Saiyan with that outfit. He was missing the tail though, so no chance of that.
“This runt is the one giving you so much trouble?” He growled, making the goons flinch.
“Mammoth, sir…”
“Shut up. We have what we ca for. I’ll deal with the brat.”
Mammoth, huh? The na was familiar and I kinda rembered him being part of a team… the sothing five? So a Fantastic Four stand-in?
Although if he was here with just so goons then I guess the team hadn’t ford yet.
h, I’ll think about that later. For now…
“‘Deal with ’, huh? You’re pretty cocky. Hope you’re a good enough warm up for when Superman gets here.” I smirked at the giant and kicked off the ground before Mammoth could say anything else.
I wasn’t expecting soone looking like him to be a fast opponent, but the muscular giant was quicker than I expected. He snapped up one arm just in ti to use his forearm as a shield and the only reaction I got was a small grunt.
I felt the muscles in his arm tense and kicked away from him before he could retaliate. And even then the wind pressure from his backhanded swing blew my hair back.
Okay, quick, but probably not fast, and very strong. How durable was he though?
The second my feet hit the pavent again I rushed him. Mammoth was again quick enough to raise his arms in defense when I went for his face, but he seed content to let my slowly strengthening punches and kicks rain down on him.
“That tickles.” He grunted, and that was the only warning I got before he tried slapping at
again. I jumped over it and using his arm as a springboard, kicked him in the face.
“Yeah?! How bout that one?”
“Grrrr.”
Mammoth didn’t verbally respond beyond growling and charging
in turn. I lightly jumped backwards as he repeatedly attempted to use his massive fists to hamr
into the pavent, taunting him the whole way and dishing out so counterattacks that didn’t phase him much, only for him to snag another SUV as we passed by and use it as a baseball bat to smash
into another car and then through a building.
“Okay, I probably deserved that.” I mumbled, pushing myself out of the wreckage. “But that ans no more holding back!”
My Ki aura flared a pale white as I powered up and I shot out of the ruined building and straight into Mammoth’s stomach. This ti my punch folded him in half and sent him flying into the second or third story of the building across the street.
I didn’t even get ti to grin before the few goons hanging around opened up on
again. And this ti I was just annoyed by it.
“Take a hint already and get lost!” I snapped and fired off several Ki beams. This ti I wasn’t playing around and exploded all the cars I hit. That was enough to finally send all of them scurrying away.
Seriously, didn’t they figure out I was just playing with them earlier?!
The slight distraction was enough for Mammoth to jump back down to street level and glare at . From the look of it my punch might have hurt, but it didn’t seem to have done much damage.
“I’m going to crush you for that.”
I rolled my eyes. There was no point in a warmup getting so dramatic.
Mammoth didn’t like that though and smashed both hands to the ground causing a shockwave that knocked
off balance long enough for him to get close enough that he was in punching range. And considering he was like three feet taller than I was, it ant he was able to punch at
while I still had to get closer to do anything.
We traded punches as the fight moved down the street, the occasional car or light post getting used as an improvised weapon, and I realized eventually that Mammoth was wearing
down faster than I was doing to him. And by that I an I missed blocking a punch and winced when I felt a bone in my arm crack under the pressure.
Arm hanging uselessly to not aggravate it, I switched things up so I was flying around the giant faster than he could track and occasionally knocking him around with a Ki blast. I didn’t bother with those too much though, because the standard blasts only seed to push him around and make him mad.
“That’s it you annoying little fly! I’ve had enough of you!” Mammoth raged after I got inside his guard and blasted him in the face, also incidentally proving my point.
The red-headed giant lifted his foot and brought it down on the cracked and cratered streets with enough force to cause a localized earthquake. From the savage smirk on his face, he was pretty confident this move was going to deal with .
I looked around at the devastated surroundings and had to admit it was pretty impressive. There was just one teensy tiny problem…
“So, uh, you know that didn’t do anything right?” I asked hesitantly. “Cause I’m flying right now?”
Going by the way his smirk collapsed, no, no he hadn’t realized that.
Mammoth was kind of a moron wasn’t he?
Oh well, like I said he was only a warmup. I should probably try to end this now.
My Ki flared even higher and I sped past his guard again. This ti I landed an uppercut that lifted him a couple inches off the ground but I wasn’t done. Before he could react, I twisted midair into a kick that broke his nose and sent him flying down the street. Naturally I flew after him and spun into an ax-kick, slamming him headfirst into the pavent and leaving
hovering just over the resulting crater, a Ki attack charging in my hand.
Mammoth groaned, still not actually unconscious, and looked up at
with a dazed expression.
I grinned down at him. “Smile for the birdy!” And unleashed my attack.
Once the smoke cleared I saw Mammoth was finally out for the count and in no shape to keep fighting.
With that out of the way I flew back up to the rooftop I left Lois at and waved at her. “So, governnt agency dealt with. Their superhero backup is taking a nap for a while. And the guy who attacked the building before we got here is probably going to get away. You think that’s enough to get Superman’s attention soon?”
Lois gave
a long look before she started rubbing at her forehead. “If you had listened earlier I would have told you those were H.I.V.E. agents. They’re a terrorist group, not soone working for the governnt. They were the ones attacking the lab.”
I froze.
“So they were villains?”
“Yes, yes they were. And while I’m sure soone will be glad you stopped them, did you have to destroy a city block in the process?”
“I’m not supposed to stop villains!” I protested. “I’m supposed to be beating the heroes and taking over the world!” I slouched in midair, even my tail drooping down. “Do you at least think this got Superman’s attention?”
Despite looking like she had a headache, Lois looked at sothing behind
and smirked. “I think you got a little more than that, kid.”
I turned.
Flying silently a little above
with his arms crossed in front of his chest was Superman.
…Along with Wonder Woman just off to the right of him.
……Aaand Green Lantern just off to his left.
This…this wasn’t part of the plan…
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