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Titans West Chapter 16 – “Draft Part 2”
Written by: Christophe
Edited by: Power Guy
With the Silverstreak hovering above ground in front of the Centennial courthouse, the Titans West walked amid the crowd towards the entrance. The crowd was enormous! QueenBee was sure Arachnid’s trial would garner much public attention, but not this much. Her eyes scoured the area. People with placards- ‘Down with the Car-Eating Spider!’ ‘Ye for Arachnid’ ‘We Love You Arachnid’ ‘Go Back To The Future!’- people were obviously divided in who to side with. The hero, or the civilian who got his car wrecked.
“Supergirl!” She turned around to see the face of the teenage girl smiling at her. “I’ve got a gift for you!” She held out her hand to Supergirl. She was holding Army dogtags stylized with the Superman logo embedded in red crystal.
Supergirl was touched. “For me! Thanks!” the crowd was getting thick and soon the girl was drowned away in the sea of masses. “We love you!”
The dog tags were nice, she had to admit, and so she wore them around her neck.
Frost held everyone together. “Guys, let’s not separate. Arachnid!”
“What?!” the hero-in-trial snapped.
“Stop signing autographs and get your butt in gear.” Frost said icily.
“What am I supposed to do? Brood and mope and wear handcuffs!? There are fans here!”
Wonder Warrior gave him a quick nudge. “Oh, all right… fine, I’ll play the felon.”
“You’re not quite a felon yet, but I’m sure you’ll find some way to achieve that.” Frost retorted.
“How about ya pull that icicle out of your…”
“Enough” Kid Comet bellowed.
“...” Arachnid had to shut up now. He DID NOT wanna get on KC’s bad side.
The trip from the steps to the entrance felt like hours, and once inside the marble halls, it felt as if they were in a flea market. With the camera flashes that “kinda remind me of exploding bomb bees” Queen Bee remarked.
The reporters crowded round “Wonder Warrior, what’s your stand on this matter?” A reporter inquired. “I believe you should be asking the leader- Frost?”
Frost answered their questions matter-of-factly, stating in no uncertain terms that they support the system and the way it will work out.
As Frost went off to the side to talk with reporters, Wonder Warrior drew himself to a corner where the grey-cloaked man hid in the shadows.
“I told you not to come.” Wonder Warrior said in a stoic manner.
“How can I not. The Arcahnid means just as much to me as he does you. Besides, as I told you, I’m looking out for signs.”
“Found any?” Wonder Warrior looked around making sure nobody was watching.
“None yet, but I don’t know why, I feel I’ll have my sign before the day ends.”
Suddenly cameras flashed near Wonder Warrior’s direction. He checked, the cloaked man was gone.
He walked back to the crowd, ignoring the flashbulbs practically in his face.
“What time’s the trial?” Supergirl asked Kid Comet.
“Not for another one and a half hours. Why?”
“I’m just gonna go get something.”
- - - - - -
Kid Marvel took a swift kick to the face as Black Maya gracefully spun in the air post-attack.
“Who on earth are you?”
“Does it matter?” the lady with the beautifully-burnt complexion asked. She pointed her palms in the direction of where he was. Red lightning came out and hit Kid Marvel squarely in the chest.
“Gaaah!” He screamed in pain.
Whoever this lady was, she was as strong as any secondary member of the marvel family AND she could channel lightning at will just like he could. “Two can play that game.”
The two combatants whirled in the air and threw lightning bolts at each other.
Kid Marvel ‘cheated’ and delivered a pressurized lightning attack. It hit her on the side.
“Aah!” Black Maya lost he air grip and started plummeting to the ground. Kid Marvel spun and the garland design of his costume began to glow. He spun around and delivered barrage of bullet-sized lightning bolts. He spun skillfully in the air.
The ‘bullets’ hit Black Maya as she hit the ground.
But she was far from done. “Like you said! Two can play that. A whip materialized out of thin air and cackled with red lightning. She lifted her hands and brought the tip of the whip up. The end of which caught Kid Marvel’s foot. Just as quickly as she grabbed him, she swung him in an arc and threw him down with full force.
- - - - -
Supergirl walked out of the dressing room. It seems that the Amazon bracelet Kara had given her matched perfectly with her new purchases, as pyramid-studded leather bracelet, a red vest, a tube top and short denim pants. She bent down to adjust her shoes. “Plastic.” She handed her credit card to the salesclerk.
She stuffed her costume at superspeed in the suit sphere that she kept in her pocket.
As soon as she got out of the store, she noticed all the looks that the people oustside threw her. She liked the attention. “I should really let loose more often.”
“Aren’t the shorts a tad skimpy?” Green Lantern made a soft landing behind her. “You’re dad’ll flip.”
Supergirl turned to him. “Oh let him flip. He doesn’t do that often anyway. I’m daddy’s little girl.” She smiled her sweet-as-ever smile and grabbed Green Lantern’s hand to walk. She just about frolicked on the street.
“You seem happy.” Green Lantern mused. “What’s up?”
“Sunshiny day, villain-free, credit-card purchases, what’s not to like about the day? Oh! Almost forgot. Can’t be Supergirl without the logo. She pulled the dogtags hiding under her tube-top.”
“Hmm. Isn’t this a bit Superboy for you?”
“He always had a great fashion sense.” Supergirl was still frolicking when they saw the TV report. Near the Mabel Courtyard Mall. Kid Marvel was tearing into the streets with a leather clad Mary Marvel wannabe.”
“Is it rude to save a superguy’s butt in battle twice in a day? Does that affect his ego? Whatever.”
Suddenly Green Lantern was holding the hand of no one as a red and blue blur sped across the street.
“What. Just. Happened?” the green guardian asked himself.
- - - - - - - -
Black Maya drove one earth-shattering backhand onto Kid Marvel’s stomach and sent him flying down. “Looks like you’re not as tough as you talk.”
A voice behind her… “but I am.”
BAMMM
Black Maya careened off the air and into an ice-cream truck.
“That’s what you get for touching my boy.”
Black Maya could barely stand. “You insolent brat. I’m gonna bury you in the firepits after this!” She directed a straight shot of lightning onto Supergirl which she deflected with her amazon bracelet.
“Yeah. I didn’t need to do that.”
She flew down in front of Maya and delivered a fierce upper-cut. She sent Maya flying.
“I was just showing off.”
She supersped after the hurling Maya and stopped just a couple of feet above her. She then spun around in an axe kick and sent Maya hurtling down once more.
BOOOM
“Yep, she’s definitely down, this time.” Kid Marvel blusingly approached Supergirl.
The cameras rolled as reporters and cameramen surveyed the scene. “Just don’t let this affect you macho mindset.” She came in front of Kid Marvel and planted a big kiss on her lips.
“Call me when you’ve gotten ‘manned-up” With that she flew at superspeed into the sky.
Kid Marvel stared into the sky as she left.
“What. Just. Happened?”
- - - - -
Green Lantern went back to his business. He had been checking on irregularities in chronal pikes for the past couple of days. He didn’t know what they were but the ring kept telling him to run a scan. “Would be a great deal easier if I knew what I was doing.”
“Chronal pikes mass increase 48%” It was the Belle Reve Annex now being rebuilt. I’d better talk to Kyle or John about this.”
- - - - - - - -
The Titans took their seats with the rest of the audience.
Arachnid sat beside his lawyer Mike Engelhardt of Englehardt and Englehardt. “I feel so… underdressed. Think I should throw on a tie?”
“There are a lot of things that could improve your image right now, a tie isn’t one of them.” Mike said. “Still, it might work. You never know these days. Jumpsuit and tie just might earn you enough points for a mention in Mode Magazine.”
“Ha. Ha.” Arachnid wasn’t appreciating his lawyer’s dry humor at all, if it was even humor.
Wonder Warrior gave Arachnid an assuring nod as he looked back. While he was at it he saw Supergirl enter the room, both doors open. “My, she does love grand entrances, doesn’t she.” Mike said. “You should take notes.” He said to his client. Through Arachnid’s goggles he couldn’t see the rolling eyes, but the sideways head motion gave his frustration away.
The judge spoke, “we ready to begin?”
Suddenly the ground rumbled and the glass shattered on the two sides of the courtroom just near the front of the bench. The ground opened and a familiar robot armor in silver and black appeared out of the rubble, climbing out. Standing on top of the colossal beast machine was Black Maya. “Where is that witch!?”
Written by: Christophe
Edited by: Power Guy
With the Silverstreak hovering above ground in front of the Centennial courthouse, the Titans West walked amid the crowd towards the entrance. The crowd was enormous! QueenBee was sure Arachnid’s trial would garner much public attention, but not this much. Her eyes scoured the area. People with placards- ‘Down with the Car-Eating Spider!’ ‘Ye for Arachnid’ ‘We Love You Arachnid’ ‘Go Back To The Future!’- people were obviously divided in who to side with. The hero, or the civilian who got his car wrecked.
“Supergirl!” She turned around to see the face of the teenage girl smiling at her. “I’ve got a gift for you!” She held out her hand to Supergirl. She was holding Army dogtags stylized with the Superman logo embedded in red crystal.
Supergirl was touched. “For me! Thanks!” the crowd was getting thick and soon the girl was drowned away in the sea of masses. “We love you!”
The dog tags were nice, she had to admit, and so she wore them around her neck.
Frost held everyone together. “Guys, let’s not separate. Arachnid!”
“What?!” the hero-in-trial snapped.
“Stop signing autographs and get your butt in gear.” Frost said icily.
“What am I supposed to do? Brood and mope and wear handcuffs!? There are fans here!”
Wonder Warrior gave him a quick nudge. “Oh, all right… fine, I’ll play the felon.”
“You’re not quite a felon yet, but I’m sure you’ll find some way to achieve that.” Frost retorted.
“How about ya pull that icicle out of your…”
“Enough” Kid Comet bellowed.
“...” Arachnid had to shut up now. He DID NOT wanna get on KC’s bad side.
The trip from the steps to the entrance felt like hours, and once inside the marble halls, it felt as if they were in a flea market. With the camera flashes that “kinda remind me of exploding bomb bees” Queen Bee remarked.
The reporters crowded round “Wonder Warrior, what’s your stand on this matter?” A reporter inquired. “I believe you should be asking the leader- Frost?”
Frost answered their questions matter-of-factly, stating in no uncertain terms that they support the system and the way it will work out.
As Frost went off to the side to talk with reporters, Wonder Warrior drew himself to a corner where the grey-cloaked man hid in the shadows.
“I told you not to come.” Wonder Warrior said in a stoic manner.
“How can I not. The Arcahnid means just as much to me as he does you. Besides, as I told you, I’m looking out for signs.”
“Found any?” Wonder Warrior looked around making sure nobody was watching.
“None yet, but I don’t know why, I feel I’ll have my sign before the day ends.”
Suddenly cameras flashed near Wonder Warrior’s direction. He checked, the cloaked man was gone.
He walked back to the crowd, ignoring the flashbulbs practically in his face.
“What time’s the trial?” Supergirl asked Kid Comet.
“Not for another one and a half hours. Why?”
“I’m just gonna go get something.”
- - - - - -
Kid Marvel took a swift kick to the face as Black Maya gracefully spun in the air post-attack.
“Who on earth are you?”
“Does it matter?” the lady with the beautifully-burnt complexion asked. She pointed her palms in the direction of where he was. Red lightning came out and hit Kid Marvel squarely in the chest.
“Gaaah!” He screamed in pain.
Whoever this lady was, she was as strong as any secondary member of the marvel family AND she could channel lightning at will just like he could. “Two can play that game.”
The two combatants whirled in the air and threw lightning bolts at each other.
Kid Marvel ‘cheated’ and delivered a pressurized lightning attack. It hit her on the side.
“Aah!” Black Maya lost he air grip and started plummeting to the ground. Kid Marvel spun and the garland design of his costume began to glow. He spun around and delivered barrage of bullet-sized lightning bolts. He spun skillfully in the air.
The ‘bullets’ hit Black Maya as she hit the ground.
But she was far from done. “Like you said! Two can play that. A whip materialized out of thin air and cackled with red lightning. She lifted her hands and brought the tip of the whip up. The end of which caught Kid Marvel’s foot. Just as quickly as she grabbed him, she swung him in an arc and threw him down with full force.
- - - - -
Supergirl walked out of the dressing room. It seems that the Amazon bracelet Kara had given her matched perfectly with her new purchases, as pyramid-studded leather bracelet, a red vest, a tube top and short denim pants. She bent down to adjust her shoes. “Plastic.” She handed her credit card to the salesclerk.
She stuffed her costume at superspeed in the suit sphere that she kept in her pocket.
As soon as she got out of the store, she noticed all the looks that the people oustside threw her. She liked the attention. “I should really let loose more often.”
“Aren’t the shorts a tad skimpy?” Green Lantern made a soft landing behind her. “You’re dad’ll flip.”
Supergirl turned to him. “Oh let him flip. He doesn’t do that often anyway. I’m daddy’s little girl.” She smiled her sweet-as-ever smile and grabbed Green Lantern’s hand to walk. She just about frolicked on the street.
“You seem happy.” Green Lantern mused. “What’s up?”
“Sunshiny day, villain-free, credit-card purchases, what’s not to like about the day? Oh! Almost forgot. Can’t be Supergirl without the logo. She pulled the dogtags hiding under her tube-top.”
“Hmm. Isn’t this a bit Superboy for you?”
“He always had a great fashion sense.” Supergirl was still frolicking when they saw the TV report. Near the Mabel Courtyard Mall. Kid Marvel was tearing into the streets with a leather clad Mary Marvel wannabe.”
“Is it rude to save a superguy’s butt in battle twice in a day? Does that affect his ego? Whatever.”
Suddenly Green Lantern was holding the hand of no one as a red and blue blur sped across the street.
“What. Just. Happened?” the green guardian asked himself.
- - - - - - - -
Black Maya drove one earth-shattering backhand onto Kid Marvel’s stomach and sent him flying down. “Looks like you’re not as tough as you talk.”
A voice behind her… “but I am.”
BAMMM
Black Maya careened off the air and into an ice-cream truck.
“That’s what you get for touching my boy.”
Black Maya could barely stand. “You insolent brat. I’m gonna bury you in the firepits after this!” She directed a straight shot of lightning onto Supergirl which she deflected with her amazon bracelet.
“Yeah. I didn’t need to do that.”
She flew down in front of Maya and delivered a fierce upper-cut. She sent Maya flying.
“I was just showing off.”
She supersped after the hurling Maya and stopped just a couple of feet above her. She then spun around in an axe kick and sent Maya hurtling down once more.
BOOOM
“Yep, she’s definitely down, this time.” Kid Marvel blusingly approached Supergirl.
The cameras rolled as reporters and cameramen surveyed the scene. “Just don’t let this affect you macho mindset.” She came in front of Kid Marvel and planted a big kiss on her lips.
“Call me when you’ve gotten ‘manned-up” With that she flew at superspeed into the sky.
Kid Marvel stared into the sky as she left.
“What. Just. Happened?”
- - - - -
Green Lantern went back to his business. He had been checking on irregularities in chronal pikes for the past couple of days. He didn’t know what they were but the ring kept telling him to run a scan. “Would be a great deal easier if I knew what I was doing.”
“Chronal pikes mass increase 48%” It was the Belle Reve Annex now being rebuilt. I’d better talk to Kyle or John about this.”
- - - - - - - -
The Titans took their seats with the rest of the audience.
Arachnid sat beside his lawyer Mike Engelhardt of Englehardt and Englehardt. “I feel so… underdressed. Think I should throw on a tie?”
“There are a lot of things that could improve your image right now, a tie isn’t one of them.” Mike said. “Still, it might work. You never know these days. Jumpsuit and tie just might earn you enough points for a mention in Mode Magazine.”
“Ha. Ha.” Arachnid wasn’t appreciating his lawyer’s dry humor at all, if it was even humor.
Wonder Warrior gave Arachnid an assuring nod as he looked back. While he was at it he saw Supergirl enter the room, both doors open. “My, she does love grand entrances, doesn’t she.” Mike said. “You should take notes.” He said to his client. Through Arachnid’s goggles he couldn’t see the rolling eyes, but the sideways head motion gave his frustration away.
The judge spoke, “we ready to begin?”
Suddenly the ground rumbled and the glass shattered on the two sides of the courtroom just near the front of the bench. The ground opened and a familiar robot armor in silver and black appeared out of the rubble, climbing out. Standing on top of the colossal beast machine was Black Maya. “Where is that witch!?”