Invasion Part 2: Activation
Arrow and Blue Lantern stood ready for battle against this demon like creature, it had already attacked them and neither of them had ever seen a thing like this before.
“Okay, who are you, and what do you want with us?!” Arrow demanded.
*RAARRRRRGH!!!*
“My ring can’t translate it, I don’t understand, it’s able to translate any and every language known throughout the universe! All that I heard was a roar!”
The creature flared its wings and flew straight for them. Candy flared her aura and thrust out her palm, creating a version of it twice the size of her own and slammed it against the monster. The demon met her attack head on, striking her aura palm with a powerful punch. The attack rumbled through the metal roof, making Candy wince a bit from the impact. But Candy was quick to counter, she deflected the claw and performed a spinning roundhouse kick to the creature’s jaw, sending it reeling back as its talons dug into the metal roof!
Arrow notched one of his Trick arrows and launched it! The arrow wheezed through the air and struck the monster in its chest, when the tip impacted against its chest armor it exploded. The beast howled in pain from the blast, clutching at its chest, but it still stood before them, snarling and growling.
“You have arrows that can blow up too?!” Candy asked surprised.
“That and many others, never know when you might need an arrow for a specific situation,” said Arrow.
“Cool!”
The monster let loose another jet of flames from its mouth, making Candy stand in front of Arrow to protect him from the flames.
“Sorry, but do you mind if I get a boost?”
Candy widened her stance and planted her feet. “Go for it!”
Arrow took a few steps back, notched another arrow, and ran towards Candy. He jumped up, placing his right foot on her right shoulder and using her as a vault to gain extra height over her. Arrow fired his projectile and it struck the creature in his mouth, blasting fourth an icy cloud that covered its face. The monster stumbled back, its jaws completely frozen shut! Arrow landed on the roof again, rolling, and stopped into a kneeling position.
He fired another arrow, it burst about halfway and turned into a bolo, wrapping around its legs and going taut the moment it encircled its legs. The creature fell back like a ton of bricks, creating a dent in the roof. A blue light shined above the creature, catching a glimpse of the Blue Lantern’s giant fist come crashing down on top of it! The roof caved in, giving way to a large hole. The monster continued down till it landed in the warehouse with a loud “BOOM”!
Arrow stood near the hole, with Candy floating just above it. He looked up to the wielder of hope with worry and caution.
“I doubt that that was enough to fell it,” said Arrow.
“No doubt about that, let’s go and make sure that it’s down,” said Candy.
Candy held out her hand and Arrow grabbed hold of it. The two of them descended down into the warehouse, upon entering they saw that it was dark, the only light came from Candy’s aura. Candy released Arrow, letting him land softly against the stone floor. She stuck by him, his bow at the ready, illuminating the area as best she could. They saw the crater where the monster landed, but it wasn’t there.
Arrow drew back on his bow, now on edge that they were in a dark place with a monster skulking about. Candy and Arrow continued further into the warehouse, both ready to do battle with it again.
[Enemy presence detected. Distance thirty feet. Enemy numbers: 7.]
“Wait – what?!”
“Did your ring just say ‘seven’?!” Arrow asked.
In the distance a flame flickered. The flame created a shadowy silhouette of several sharp teeth, the same as the monster. Arrow and Candy entered into attack stances, and readied themselves for a fight. Soon that one flame turned into two, then three, five, and lastly seven. Candy raised her right fist into the air, concentrating her light to shine brighter. The ring responded, releasing more of its blue light into the warehouse and revealing all seven monsters.
“Oooookay, now I need help.”
CANTERLOT CITY, CANTERLOT UNIVERSITY…
Lucky was busy still analyzing the strange alien weapon that Star and Annie had brought to him. It bothered him that a gang of criminals had such high-tech weaponry, not to mention that they were made out of materials that didn’t even exist on the periodic table! Lucky looked to the digital display on his monitor, showing the time to be nine ‘o clock. He knew he could work later, the university didn’t really set any hours when it came to a student’s individual lab time. But Lucky didn’t want to worry Amber, she was already doing a lot as it was.
Lucky looked to the corner of the room where a locker stood, he stood up from his chair and walked over to it. When he opened the locker, inside was his backpack, a jacket, and the briefcase, the very same briefcase that held the last gift of his parents. The purple haired boy wanted to get more research done on the so called “Firestorm Matrix”, wanting to understand it more. From what he had understood about it, it worked with transmutation and nuclear energy. But the complexity of the matrix seemed to indicate that it was a power that a single human body couldn’t withstand.
“Why make it so that a person could meld with it? More than that, why make it so powerful that a single person can’t control it?” Lucky asked out loud.
*Knock*
*Knock*
Lucky quickly closed the locker and went to answer the door.
“Who is it?”
“It’s me Hot Head, you’re bro.”
Lucky unlocked the lab door and let Hot Head inside. The olive skinned boy was wearing his usual skater attire. A red shirt with torn gray jeans, and a black hat turned backwards. His right forearm was bandaged up from a, most likely, recent skate bordering accident, and said skateboard was tucked under his left arm.
“S’up Lucky,” said Hot Head.
“Hey Hot Head, what brings you here?” Lucky asked.
“Eh, Amber’s on the night shift over at the hospital, so the house’s pretty much empty.”
“Needed some company?”
“Nah, here to keep you company!”
Hot Head made his way to an open chair and sat in it backwards. Lucky shook his head, but smiled, he knew Hot Head didn’t like being in the house alone. Just as well, neither did Lucky, a lab was one thing, but when there’s no one at home to greet you and say hi, it feels lonely. And quite frankly, both boys had had enough with being lonely.
“So what’re you working on that’s got you staying here so late? Usually you’re home by nine or ten.”
Lucky hadn’t told Hot Head about Annie and Star’s secret identities, Hot Head would no doubt have a cow if he knew that Annie, their surrogate little sister, was out battling criminals. But he never said he couldn’t tell him who was visiting him.
“I got a message from Hawk and Dove.”
Hot Head’s head shot up at the mention of the two heroines.
“Whoa, seriously?! They came and saw you?!”
“Yes and no, they dropped off that thing over there.” Lucky pointed to the alien weapon still being analyzed on the workbench. “It was from that bank robbery earlier today, apparently that gang of crooks was using some kind of advanced weapons to rob the bank and it was some pretty strong stuff.”
Hot Head got up from chair and went over to the bench. Lucky shot him a look that said “Don’t touch it”, to which Hot Head gave him a look that replied “I’m not!” Hot Head went over to the weapon and looked at it, noting the obvious damage dealt to it by the two heroes.
“So…is it bad or something?”
“Very, heavy duty stuff, but it isn’t military or anything of this Earth,” said Lucky.
“‘Of this Earth’, you mean it’s alien?!” Hot Head asked.
Lucky nodded.
“Freaky.”
“Yeah, been racking my brain for a while trying to figure it out, but nothing’s making much sense!”
Hot Head walked over to Lucky and clasped a hand on his shoulder.
“Hey, why don’t we head home and you can get some sleep. You work better when you’ve given that brain of yours some rest.”
Lucky smiled again, he didn’t want to stop working, but he knew Hot Head was right. Besides, he was no good to anyone sleep deprived.
“Alright, let me shut down and I’ll get my stuff.”
Hot Head nodded and went to the window to gaze at the campus while Lucky shut down his computer, hid the alien weapon, and went the locker. Hot Head looked over the grounds, the tall buildings, the clock tower, and the admitted hot university girls. But really, he had eyes for one girl, even if he had a hard time telling her so. Hot Head spotted one girl walking along the path cut into the quad, she was on her cellphone and carrying some textbooks in the crook of her left arm.
Just then Hot Head caught sight of something moving in the dark. He thought it was his imagination, but he continued to keep an eye on it. The shadow seemed to keep moving, and it was big, at least from his vantage point. The shadow kept moving, going faster and faster. Hot Head started to get edgy as he saw the direction the shadow was heading.
“Lucky…!”
“What’s up?”
“Look over here and tell me I’m just seeing things, ‘cause if I’m not, then we need to call the police!”
Lucky picked up the briefcase and rushed over to where Hot Head was standing. He looked out the window and followed his gaze, finding the shadowy object.
“No, I see it too!”
The shadow rushed towards the girl, there was a distant scream as the shadow overtook the girl and just as quickly rushed away. Hot Head and Lucky looked to each and quickly bolted for the door, locking it behind them. The two boys hurried down the stairs and onto the bottom floor. They burst out through the double doors and ran frantically to the spot where the girl was abducted. The textbooks, cellphone, and a purse were all that was there.
“How the hell did that happen?!” Hot Head asked.
“I don’t know, but look!”
Lucky pointed to a trail of broken branches and scratch marks leading away from where the girl was taken.
“Lucky call the police, I’ll track them down!”
“Hot Head!”
“Look I’ve seen enough of those cop shows to know that if we stand here and wait they’ll get away and then she’ll end up a missing person! I’ll keep my cellphone in my hand and call you back if I find out where they are!”
Before Lucky could protest Hot Head was already running, he threw his skateboard ahead of him and jumped, landing on it and taking off.
Hot Head had been told a lot times not to skateboard at night, but the circumstances were dire. He weaved in and around various benches and obstacles as he made his way down the path, following the broken branches and scratch marks that lead towards an old building. Hot Head kicked against the ground, increasing his speed, some stairs came into view, but luckily they weren’t too high. Hot Head jumped the stairs, forgoing any fancy tricks and just continuing the chase. The rusty haired boy felt his cellphone vibrate in his hand and opened it to talk.
“Yeah?!”
{I called the cops and they said they’d be here, I also told them that you were following the abductor!}
“Probably told you that I should stop and wait for them?”
{Yes.}
“Typical, what about Campus Security?!”
{I alerted them too, where are you now?!}
“These scratch marks are going towards some old looking building, there’s construction scaffolding all over it! There’s also some kind of rotunda dome looking thing on it!”
{Must be the old Solarium, they’re remodeling it so they could use it to expand the campus. I know a shortcut to get there, keep going and I’ll meet you there!}
Hot Head had stopped in front of the building, following the claw marks to the entrance to the building. Lucky made it to entrance as well, still carrying his heavy briefcase. Hot Head gave him a look.
“Lucky why are you still carrying that thing? I know it’s from your parents but it’s probably not a good idea to be lugging it around,” said Hot Head.
“Trust me, if this is gets bad, we might need this,” said Lucky.
Hot Head didn’t want to get into how that case could help, they had bigger things to worry about, like saving a girl from a creeper. The duo entered the old building, the smell old drywall, wood, and paint was heavy in the air. The faint moonlight lit up as much as the halls as it could, but it still left a good portion of the hall shrouded in shadow. They could’ve used their cellphones for flashlights, but it would only give them away, if they wanted to save the girl and stop the abductor it wouldn’t do to give away their position.
The two boys headed further down the hall, hearing a series of creaking noises echo through the empty building. Their nerves were on edge, Hot Head held his skateboard like a weapon, ready to smash it into the face of whoever it was they were after. Lucky was ready as well, however, he was unsure if he really wanted to use what was inside of it on some stalker-kidnapper.
Suddenly they heard an inhuman growl coming from down one of the other halls. Lucky looked to Hot Head, both gulped, feeling as if they had just stepped into a horror movie scenario. Regardless, they needed to keep going. Hot Head and Lucky made it to the other end of the hall, which dead ended right at an old swimming pool. The two boys poked their heads up and stifled a gasp.
On the other side of the door were at least a dozen, demon-like monsters. Gold armor plated and bearing an Omega symbol, with bat wings, razor sharp talons, dagger fangs, and a helmet that was fastened around their eyes, making them wonder how they could see at all. The pool down below was emptied long ago, leaving it a cracked, hollow mess, but the pool wasn’t so empty. There were at least twenty students, all unconscious, at least that’s what they hoped, otherwise they were about to stumble onto a feast.
Hot Head and Lucky quickly sunk back down to the floor, and crawled away till they were around the next corner. Their hearts were pounding in their ears at the sight of the demonic creatures. Hot Head wasn’t a coward by any means, but seeing those monsters – actual monsters – was enough to make the toughest guy run. Which he contemplated doing if it weren’t for the likely fact that they’d be spotted or heard.
“Lucky, you really need to contact Hawk and Dove, like NOW!” Hot Head whispered.
“I don’t have their cellphone number!” Okay, I do, both of them, but that’s not the point! “I get messages from them from a bat!”
“A BAT?!”
“How else do you expect them to contact me in secret?!” Lucky hissed.
“Well a lot of good it does us now! Unless that bat travels as fast as a Ferrari we’re screwed! ‘Cause this definitely qualifies as a superhero situation, and I don’t think cops or campus security is exactly trained to deal with this kind of thing!”
Lucky looked to his briefcase, the very same one that held the Firestorm Matrix inside. It was risky – very risky – but with the lives of those people on the line, could he really afford to hesitate?! Then again, asking Hot Head to help in the activation of the gift left behind by his parents could potentially harm him. Despite his studying of the Matrix, there were still too many unknowns.
Hot Head could see the gears turning in Lucky’s head, somehow he could tell that his surrogate brother knew a way to help. “Lucky, if you got some kind of super weapon in that case, now’s the time to bust it out!”
“It’s…It’s not exactly a weapon! Or…maybe it is…either way it’s too risky! If I did then I’d need your help to use it and I don’t want to put your life in danger!”
Hot Head placed his hands on Lucky’s shoulders and gave him a serious look. “Lucky, right now, we’re in a situation where we could die either way! But I don’t plan on dying bro! And knowing that these things are out here, if they get out, what’s stopping them from going after Amber?!”
Lucky’s eyes widened at the thought of that.
“She’s the one good thing in our lives that I want to protect, the one person who gave a damn about us and has been taking crap from people because she cared enough to adopt us! I’m not gonna die here today Lucky, and neither are you! So whatever’s in there, if it can save those people, and if it can keep us from getting killed, then let’s use it!”
Lucky saw the fire burning in Hot Head’s eyes, as asinine as it was, he was right. Besides, he wasn’t called Lucky Star for nothing, his luck hadn’t run out yet, and right now, with Hot Head by his side, he was feeling very lucky!
“Alright!” Lucky exclaimed.
The purple haired boy placed the briefcase on the floor, placing his palm against the scanner as it read his biometrics. Once it confirmed his identity the case’s latches flicked open, the upper half swinging open with a hiss. A fog came rolling out of the case as Lucky placed his hands inside to take out container that held the Firestorm Matrix. Lucky held it in his hands before himself and Hot Head, the latter just gazing at the swirling atomic fireball.
“What the hell is that supposed to be?” Hot Head asked.
“This is something my parents were working on, their last gift to me before they died apparently,” said Lucky.
“Wait, was this same thing we got from that lawyer guy a few months back?!”
“Yes.”
“So…what’s it do?”
“Essentially, from what their notes said, it’ll turn us into a superhuman, capable of transmutation and harnessing great levels of nuclear power.”
“Whoa…that’s a…a little extreme,” said Hot Head.
“We’re about to face twelve demon monsters, I think we have license to use overkill.”
Hot Head shook his head, mentally psyching himself up for this. “Alright so what do we do?!”
“Once I release it from the container, we’ll grab it, and use the activation phrase.”
“‘Activation phrase’?” Hot Head asked skeptically.
“It’s so the Matrix can recognize our voices and bio signatures, so it will respond to our commands.”
Hot Head nodded and readied himself. Lucky pressed a few buttons on the container and the glass split apart, revealing the atomic fireball. Hot Head grabbed onto it, wincing as he awaited the hot burning sensation from grabbing such a thing, but surprisingly, he felt nothing, warmth, but it didn’t hurt. Lucky placed one hand on the Firestorm Matrix and looked to Hot Head, seeing the same surprised look as himself. What neither of them noticed was that the atomic fireball was giving off light, light that was visible to the demon monsters inside the room. One of the beasts smashed open the doors and lumbered into the hall, spotting the source of light coming from Hot Head and Lucky.
*RAAAAARRRRGH!!!*
“FIRESTORM!!!”
“FIRESTORM!!!”
The fireball erupted forth, bellowing powerful flames that engulfed both Hot Head and Lucky Star. Three rings appeared around the sphere of flames, warbling with power as the transformation took place. Within the sphere, the silhouettes of the two bodies could be seen, but after a few moments the two joined into one body! The sphere burst apart, sending a shockwave that threw the demon creature right into the wall. Amongst the smoldering, charred area stood a new being.
He stood six feet tall, the skin around his face a light shade of olive. His arms were covered in a red armor that had glowing yellow lines etched into them, his chest had armor-like plate on it with sculpted muscles, the image on the armor was that of a red sun surrounded by three purple rings, and six red orbs with white lines heading right for the red sun symbol. Around his waist a white sash was tied, acting as belt for his scarlet red pants, his feet covered by yellow armored boots. The cowl around his head was a deep red, with yellow lines that formed a corona crown around his forehead, and his hair was made of bellowing flames that looked like a lions mane, but as it reached down to the floor it tapered off till it was thin like tail.
The new entity opened its eyes, which were a piercing white. He raised his hands up to his face, scanning his new form. He touched his forearm, almost in disbelief that this was in fact his body. When he ran his hand through his flaming mane they went through it, there was a density to them, but when he pulled his hand away all that was there was flaming embers that returned to where they were taken.
“Okay… this is freaky!”
“I can’t disagree there.”
“Lucky?! Oh god, where are you?!”
“Calm down Hot Head, I’m right here.”
“Where here?! All I see is burned walls and a floor!”
Suddenly a spectral head formed before Hot Head, a head that looked exactly like Lucky Star.
“Oh crap…you’re a ghost…I killed you!”
“No you didn’t! I’m just projecting myself so you can see me! As far as I can figure it, I’m inside you.”
Hot Head shook his head in confusion. “‘INSIDE ME’?!”
~~~
Lucky Star stood at the center of a vast expanse of a flaming universe, atoms and molecules all danced around him. Around his forehead was the same corona crown as was on their united form’s head. Before him was a window to the outside, currently he was looking at Hot Head, examining their joined form, but simultaneously, there was other windows that provided him with a near three-sixty view of the area.
“I understand now, the answers are here in the Matrix itself.”
“Run that by me again?!”
“When I said I was inside you, I meant that in a figurative and literal sense. I’m actually inside the Firestorm Matrix itself, and now I see why it needed two people to activate it. One acts as the body, or the ‘driver’, and the other acts as the coordinator, maintaining the inner workings of the Matrix.”
“So what I drive the body, in other words I am the body itself? I get to move around and you’re trapped inside the Matrix?!”
“I don’t think ‘trapped’ is the right word, more like housed for the time being –” Lucky saw movement out of the corner of his eye as he looked towards the window that was tracking the demon, “– HOT HEAD LOOK OUT!”
~~~
Hot Head looked up and watched as the demon wrenched itself free of the hole in the wall and raced towards him. The Nuclear Man held up his hand instinctively, three rings appeared around his hand, at the same time a plasma like energy coalesced at the center. The built up energy released itself in a powerful, fiery, plasma blast that struck the demon and sent him careening for the wall. The demon went through it, and several others before exploding violently a few rooms away!
Hot Head looked at his hand in awe of what he had done. “What was that?!”
“Flame Plasma discharge.”
“Cool! Now let’s get to those people!”
Hot Head, or rather Firestorm, ran towards the entrance that the monster had just burst out of. Two others came out to investigate the explosion and saw Firestorm running right for them. The two demons roared and spewed out twin jets of fire. The flames slammed against Firestorm, making him stop. But he didn’t feel hot, in fact, the flames didn’t hurt at all! With his right hand he reached out, willing the flames to flow into it. The flames condensed till they were the size of a baseball in his hand.
“Alright ugly, why don’t you choke on your own fire!”
Firestorm rushed forward with great speed, cocking back his right hand and thrusting it into the open jaws of the demon monster, shoving the condensed fireball right down its throat. The monster stumbled back as it literally choked on the fireball, after a few seconds the creature’s chest exploded outwards, no blood or entrails came out, all burned to cinders from the intense heat. Firestorm then delivered a powerful haymaker right to the second monster’s head, plowing his fist into it and right into the floor. The demon twitched a few times, but after a couple of seconds it ceased all movement.
“Three down!” Hot Head shouted.
“And nine to go!” Lucky finished.
The remaining demons roared at Firestorm, each one unfurling their wings and taking into the air in the spacious area. One of the demons charged for him, but Firestorm jumped up high into the air, making the demon slam itself into the concrete floor. What Hot Head hadn’t counted on was that once he was in the air he didn’t come down.
“We can fly too?!”
“Seems that way, I’ll handle the fine tuning, just concentrate on where you want to go!”
Heeding his surrogate brother’s advice, Hot Head flung himself towards the pack of demons that had been in the air. The three atom rings appeared on both hands as he fired a twin blast of plasma energy at the two demons, hitting them in midair and causing them to explode. One of them tried to rush him from behind, but with Lucky looking out for him, Hot Head was able to counter with a spinning fire kick that twisted the creature’s head around with an audible snap!
One of the demons picked up a steel rod and hurled it at Hot Head like a spear. Hot Head put up his hands to protect himself, but deep within, Lucky reached out with his hand. Firestorm’s hand did the same thing as the atomic rings appeared yet again. The rod glowed a bright yellow-orange and broke apart into tiny particles, the particles then rearranged themselves until they had been completely altered, becoming a new object. What hit Hot Head instead was a rubber ball, Hot Head looked at the round ball as it bounced on the floor in total confusion.
“Okay, how did we do that?!”
“Transmutation, the ability to alter the atomic structure of an object and change it into something completely different from the original, I just rearranged the atoms and lessened its molecular density ‘till it became as soft as rubber ball.”
Even though they were in a life or death situation, Hot Head had to admit, he was loving this whole Firestorm thing. And Lucky could tell too, feeling his elation through their linked psyches. From their altitude, Lucky could see the demon monsters gather to one of the others. It held something in its claws, but Lucky couldn’t figure out what it was.
“Hot Head, that one demon thing is holding something! I don’t know what it is but I don’t like it!”
“Then let’s do something about it!”
Hot Head flew towards the remaining demons, all but one bum rushed him. Surrounding him and clutching hard to him as they dragged Firestorm to the floor. Hot Head struggled against the demons, all the while watching as the remaining one placed the box like object against the concrete wall. Hot Head’s eyes began to glow yellow as he built up energy within his body, the sounds of sizzling armor and flesh began to echo within the room.
“GET! OFF! ME!!!”
Hot Head’s body released a powerful burst of energy that incinerated the demons off his body. Firestorm panted from the release of the energy, but quickly recovered getting ready to take on the last beast. But the creature merely stood its ground, flaring its wings as flames began to drip from its maw.
“FOR TIREK!!!” The demon roared.
“Did that thing just talk?!”
“Never mind that it’s building up energy!”
The demon’s Omega symbol started to glow bright red, the flames in its mouth spilling out of its mouth with each passing second. Hot Head knew this was going to be bad but then they both remembered the people in the pool below. Firestorm jumped into the pool, both Lucky and Hot Head looked around to get an idea of what they were working with. From what they could tell the people were unconscious, but there were too many to carry out in time.
Thinking fast, the amalgamated entity thrust its open palms forward. The atomic rings formed around his hands as Lucky guided Hot Head in the construction. The concrete and mortar began to dissolve around them, and form over Firestorm and the twenty people. Like the conductor of an orchestra, Firestorm moved his hands to and fro, molding the concrete and hardening it till it was as hard and as titanium. When it was finished, Firestorm braced himself.
On the other side of the dome, the demon had reached critical mass and exploded, blowing out the walls of the pool area and scattering the debris outwards. Police and Campus Security definitely heard the explosion and rushed to the scene of the explosion. Debris was scattered everywhere as the officers, paramedics, and firefighters came rolling in. Guns were drawn as they approached, not knowing what they might find. The pool area was on fire due the explosion, the firefighters prepared to battle the flames but stopped when they saw the flames recede, as if they were being sucked in by something.
The glowing form of Firestorm stood at the center of the flames, absorbing the heat and fire as quickly as possible. The atomic rings appeared over his right hand as he waved it in a wide arch, converting the thick black smoke into precious life giving oxygen. The dome was gone and the people within had stirred awake from the sound of the explosion. The officers readied their guns, but Firestorm stepped away, allowing the people to run to the awaiting paramedics. Wearily, the officers put away their guns, choosing instead to help the twenty students who were in need of care.
“You did it Lucky,” said Hot Head.
“No, we did it bro, together. Firestorm is us united as one,” replied Lucky.
The two surrogate brothers chuckled, but it was short lived, there was a beeping noise coming from the box that the demon had placed on the wall, which miraculously survived the detonation.
“I swear I didn’t touch it!”
“Uh-oh…”
BALTIMARE, AROUND THE SAME TIME…
Arrow was dodging fire blasts left and right as he ran along the wooden crates and released multiple bladed arrows right into the demons’ heads. The creatures fell, but they weren’t out. For the latter part of a couple of hours, Arrow and Candy had been battling the demon-like creatures, head to head. Explosive arrows going off one after the other, along with powerful slamming punches and palm strikes from Candy’s blue aura were, it was all the two could do fight off the monsters. So far they managed to take down three, but these monsters were slowly learning their tricks. Arrow and Blue Lantern stood back to back, Candy with her aura flared and Arrow with his bow at the ready. The remaining four demons boxed them in, slowly stalking towards them with flames dripping from their mouths.
“Well…this doesn’t seem to be in our favor anymore,” said Arrow.
“I suppose that depends on how you look at it, we lasted longer than I thought we would, so that’s a plus!” Candy pointed out.
Arrow chuckled. “Even in his bleak situation you’re still optimistic, I admire that.”
“Don’t get me wrong, I can be a little OCD and sometimes I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. Then I realize that it’s actually an entire space sector, and I feel like I’m going to be crushed!”
The creatures drew closer, their talons and fangs bared for the kill.
“But when that happens I just focus on something, something that I know I can protect and would fight hard to do so!”
“And what might that be?” Arrow asked.
“My family, and my friends, so long as I know that I’m strong enough to protect them, then I know I can bare the weight! And that all will be well!”
At that moment Candy’s blue aura flared like an inferno, her eyes glowed blue as the patches of her Blue Lantern uniform glowed bright, causing the demons to back away.
[Willpower detected. Attack beams: Unlocked. Constructs: Unlocked.]
The demons unleashed a torrent of flames at their enemies, but Candy was ready. She concentrated and created a barrier around both of them, their flames striking her shield and doing nothing to breach it. When the monsters ceased their attacks, Candy smiled as she rose up into the air and glanced at each one.
“My turn!” Candy shouted.
Her blue ring gathered its light, she then thrust her ring hand forward, firing a beam of cerulean light right at the demon and obliterating it in a single shot. Another one tried to jump her, but Candy formed construct streamers that wrapped around the creature’s claws, binding them tightly together. She then pulled at the streamers and tossed the demon into another one, sending them crashing into some crates. A third was about to attack her from behind, but at that moment a beam of emerald light shot down from the ceiling and struck the monster, destroying it and smothering the explosion.
Arrow looked up and saw a young man descend from the very same hole he made. His face was covered by a green mask, green armor covered the upper half of his chest, and on his shoulders were two pauldrons that had a bit of edge to them. His forearms were protected by armored bracers, along with metal boots covered from his feet all the way up to his shins. The rest of his body was covered in a black chainmail mesh, but at the center of his chest plate was a glowing symbol of a circle with one horizontal bar sitting on its top and another on its bottom. This was the ally of the Blue Lantern, the Green Lantern.
The Green Lantern’s aura was flaring up much like Candy’s, his white eyes blazing with the light of willpower! He looked to Candy who rubbed the back of her head as she flashed him a sheepish smile.
“Okay, explanation time, Blue,” said Green Lantern.
“GL…well you see –”
*RAARGH!!!*
One of the demons tried to sneak attack Green Lantern, but Arrow was quick to pelt it with three sharp arrows right into its skull, causing the beast to fall in midair and crash land against some crates. Green Lantern quickly whipped around and pointed his ring at Arrow ready to fire, but Candy immediately created a giant hand construct that blocked his shot.
“GL no, he’s on our side! That’s the Arrow!”
Green Lantern lowered his ring and looked upon the dark green hooded archer. “So you and Blue Lantern were fighting these things together?”
“Yes, she had come to the warehouse earlier to help some people who were being trafficked like slaves, she healed them and allowed the police and paramedics to get them to their rightful homes. As we left we were attacked by that thing, during the fight we stumbled upon more of them. Which leads us up to now.” Arrow explained.
Green Lantern looked to Arrow and then to Candy, he then sighed and landed on the ground in front of Arrow and extended his right hand. “Well then, thank ya, for lookin’ out for her and givin’ her a hand.”
Arrow reached out and shook Green Lantern’s hand and returned it with a smile. “Truthfully, she was the one looking out for me, I don’t think I could’ve lasted too long without her protecting me through the fight.”
“You guys are going to make me blush, stop!” Candy whined. “But seriously, why were those things here and what they doing?”
Green Lantern looked around the warehouse. “A good question…ring, scan for anything not from Earth, biological or technological.”
GL raised his fist into the air and the ring on his middle finger released a scanning beam that rotated three-hundred and sixty degrees. After two passes the scanning beam stopped, it then created a stream of light that went off towards the back part of the warehouse.
[None terrestrial technology detected, distance thirty meters.]
Green Lantern looked to Candy, and Candy to Arrow. All three nodded and followed the rope of light. Candy had created a bubble of blue light that allowed her to tow Arrow behind her. The trio of heroes floated through the warehouse till they reached the end of the rope. The ring had led them to a strange box like object that was fastened to the wall. Candy let Arrow go so that he too could examine the object.
“Ring, analyze this thing,” said Green Lantern.
His ring created a sophisticated computer/scanner construct that began probing the box. After a few seconds the construct vanished and the ring rendered its findings.
[Object is unknown, no data was retrieved.]
“Okay Ah know that ain’t right!”
“Why exactly?” Arrow asked.
“Because the Green Lantern Corps’ rings were created by the Guardians of the Universe, and they’ve been around since the beginnin’, so all that they know, the ring knows, and they practically know everythin’.”
“Looks like we found something that has either eluded their knowledge or evaded it,” said Arrow with a bit of dread.
“Well this is a real head stumper, what can be created that even the Guardians don’t know about?” Candy asked.
“Not sure, but Ah don’t like it.”
*Beep*
“What was that?” Green Lantern asked.
*Beep*
“Is someone’s cellphone going off?” Candy asked.
*Beep*
*Beep*
*Beep*
“No…it’s coming from the box!” Arrow shouted
*Beep*
*Beep*
*Beep*
*Beep*
*Beep*
Candy and Green Lantern quickly created a dual barrier of blue and green light, that surrounded all three of them in a cocoon of protective power. The box continued to beep till it reached a high pitch and started to glow. The box morphed and changed, expanding into a giant portal with an Omega symbol at the top of it, the portal’s center then boomed thunderously as a glowing tunnel of white and black appeared. All three heroes started to hear the beating of many wings, and the screeches and roars of a familiar foe.
“Oh…”
“Crap!”
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An interesting approach to this. Best of luck!
5677723 It's a standalone, but like the DC comics, some things are universal and other things change, the power of the multiverse. So while this story's Scootaloo is SHAZAM, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the same SHAZAM from my other story.
5680240 Thanks, I'll continue to write it!
As this whole thing is happening, I'm smashing my head into my pillow and all but screaming at them to form Firestorm!
YES!