Justice Lad sat down on top of the remains of the giant machine and rested. He was exhausted from the fight in more ways then one but he had won and defeated another giant machine. Freedom Eagle landed next to him. "Hey there kiddo. You did great."
"Yes, thanks sir. But you're the real hero. I couldn't have saved the city if you hadn't shown up."
"I just blocked the energy blast and tore off the cannon's. You did all the work."
"Well...yeah...I guess so. Thanks for that though sir."
"You're welcome." Freedom Eagle said.
"So, um, if I may ask, where were you?"
"Long story short, I was punching an Eldritch Abomination in the face." he paused. "Or whatever counted as a face for that thing."
"An eldritch?"
"Nasty, horrendous things from outside the Universe. They are abominations Justice Lad and are not something you should ever want to fight." Freedom Eagle summed up.
"Woah..."
"Yeah." He ruffled his student's hair. "But never mind that, great job in the fight."
Justice Lad laughed. "So what are we going to do about him?"
"I'll take him to The Pin and dismantle the robot."
"What's The Pin?"
"It's where we take the really bad guys. I don't see him breaking out of there. Afterwords we'll figure out just how and where he built this and ensure he can never do it again."
"Wow, it sounds really impressive."
"Oh it is. I'll take you to visit when you're older. Trust me when I say that it's no place for a child. Even a super one like yourself."
Justice Lad nodded. "So, um, can I go home then?"
"Sure thing and you can take tomorrow off from training too. You've earned it."
"Thanks!" Justice Lad said as the two high fived and then Justice Lad flew away.
Freedom Eagle watched him leave. "That kid, he's incredible. Fighting giant robots at his age. I can't imagine how powerful he'll be when he grows up." He stood up and flew around the giant robot at super speed, dismantling it in seconds and he then grabbed the Pilot and flew him away to the Pin Prison.
Justice Lad arrived back home and took off his mask as he walked in the door.
His parents ran up and hugged him when they saw his torn costume and the bruises on his body. "Oh my son!"
"Son, what happened? We heard explosions and earthquakes!"
Seraph hugged them both close for a few moments. "Oh man. Today was crazy."
The family sat down to talk about it.
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"Another giant robot?!" Seraphina asked, shocked.
"Yeah and this one was even bigger and stronger then the last."
"Incredible. I can't imagine what it must have been like for you to face such a monster on your own." Heman said.
"Tiring. I am taking a couple days off to rest after this battle."
His parents nodded noddd with understanding. "We're just happy you're okay son." His father said.
"Don't worry, I always will be."
The two talked for awhile more before Seraph headed off to take a nice long hot bath and then have a nice long sleep.
His parents arranged for the costume to be delivered to an extremely expensive tailor to be repaired.
After bathing and drying off, Seraph put on his pajamas's and got into bed. He soon fell asleep, tired from the day's battle.
It had been a good last few days and Seraph was relaxing on a building. He had some training with Freedom Eagle tomorrow so he planned to just take today off. After relaxing and enjoying the breeze, he leaped off of the building and flew over the ground as the people cheered on Justice Lad. After flying around and waving to the people, he flew back up into the air and began flying around the city when he heard something in the distance. Something big was coming. Justice Lad flew up further and cupped his hand behind his ear to hear better. He was right. It was big whatever it was. Justice Lad gulped and flew towards the sound to see what it was. It didn't take long before he could see it in the distance and he stopped in his tracks, staring at the oncoming 107 meters tall mechanical giant heading his way.
Justice Lad stared in horror, shaking at the sheer size of the giant robot. It was far larger then the one he had fought previously and form the looks of it, this new one had far more weapons. He turned around and looked back on Paradise City. Justice Lad balled his hands into fists and then turned back to the giant robot. He knew that he could not let this giant get anywhere near the city this time. He looked at the ground below. A mountain area. Not the best, but he would have to fight it here. He flew to meet it.
Inside the cockpit, the pilot smiled as the computers picked up on Justice Lad. "Right on schedule. This time, you die." The two met up and Justice Lad flew up to it's head. "Long time no see kid! Like the shiny new outfit."
"Like the nightmarish evil robot."
The pilot laughed. "Yeah, this is my newest creation, designed specifically to kill you. This is my INSTRUMENT OF VENGEANCE! Get as mad as you want, you won't even scratch it!"
"We'll see, jerk. I beat you last time, I can do it again!"
"You got guts kid. But that's not going to save you this time!" The robot's eyes lit up and fired red lasers at Justice Lad.
Justice Lad flew down and backwards to avoid them but as he did the torso of the robot slid open and two guns popped out and opened fire on him. Caught off guard, Justice Lad barely had time to cover himself before being hit by bullets almost as big as he was. He was pelted by the bullets, his super durability protecting him but they hurt like hell. The robot stopped shooting and turned and smacked Justice Lad with his shield, sending him soaring through the air.
Justice Lad landed 10 miles away and dug a trench through the rocky ground on impact. He lay motionless for a few moments before rolling over on his stomach and slowly picking himself up. He fell down again and then got up again. He was hurting after that hit. Justice Lad groaned and shook his head. "Owwww..." He glanced around as he dusted himself off. "Where am I now?" He had landed in a rocky area without much cover, a forest in the distance, a few giant boulders, but that was it. Hearing the robot coming his way, Justice Lad quickly come up with a plan. He kept low to the ground and flew away at super speed.
The giant robot landed shortly after and began scanning for him. "I'm confident he landed around here somewhere..." He spotted the trench. "Well, I hit him pretty damn hard. But, there's no body, so where..."
(NOW!) Justice Lad circled around and flew back towards the giant, aiming at the back of it's right knee. He rammed into it with both fists at top speed, denting it inwards and causing the giant to fall on one knee.
"Huh? What's? Where?"
Justice Lad smiled and flew up on the giant's back and began punching it's back, shaking the giant and rocking the pilot. He looked at the computer's and found that he was on the robot's back. He smirked. "Stupid kid...don't underestimate me!" He pressed a button and millions of volts of electricity covered the robot. Justice Lad was right in the middle of punching away when he got shocked. He yelled out and jumped backwards. He landed on the ground and rolled to a stop.
The robot turned and stared down at him. "How do you like the Full Body Tazer? You really think I wouldn't have something in case you attacked me from behind?! WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?"
"A BULLY AND A THUG!" Justice Lad yelled back up at him as he got up.
The pilot laughed. "I gotta admit, you have nerves of steel. I however, have this!" The pilot said and opened fire on Justice Lad with his multiple Gatling Guns. Justice Lad was already flying when he saw them starting to turn. Which was good, as the guns didn't shoot bullets. They shot rockets. There were explosions everywhere as Justice Lad flew around as fast he could to avoid being shot, knowing it would be the end of him if they connected. He started blurring from the speed he was putting out and began to fly around the robot faster then it could turn, trying to make the robot use up it's ammo.
The pilot flipped switches and the upper torso of the robot began rotating around and around while shooting at him.
Justice Lad saw the shots coming and quickly flew downwards into the ground, breaking through it and making a hole. He then began tunneling underneath the robot.
The Vengence Robot jumped backwards and opened fire on where he had saw him tunneling down. The result was a virtual inferno and dozens and dozens of explosions as the rockets fired out from the Gatling Guns.
The underground below collapsed under the explosions and fire.
The robot leaned forward and scanned the area for signs of him. No sign of the young hero.
Just when the pilot was relaxing, Justice Lad burst out of the ground and flew up into the air at superhuman speeds and rammed into the robot's head, causing the robot to jerk upwards and stumble backwards a few feet.
Justice Lad saw his chance and flew down below the robot and attacked it's leg again, causing the robot to fall on it's back. "AHHHH!" The pilot was tossed about in the cockpit. He grabbed the controls and began to right it up. Just as it was starting to get up though Justice Lad flew up to the robot and punched it back down. "Stay! Good bad guy!" He taunted.
"YOU SONNOVA-!" The pilot activated the full body taser once more but this time Justice Lad was ready and flew away from it.
The robot got back up on it's feet and aimed the shoulder mounted multi-missile launchers. The pilot smiled as the computer's locked on.
"Uh oh." Justice Lad began flying up and away from the giant robot.
"HA! Run all you like kid, it won't do any good. These are special missiles. Once they lock onto a target there is no escape! HOMING MISSILES FIRE!" The Pilot pounded down on a button and all the missiles fired at once, roughly two dozen in all. Justice Lad's face went pale. "Ohhhhhh not good."
He began flying away to avoid them but they followed him. No matter how he turned, the missiles followed after him. He had distance from them which was all he had right now. He sped up as he tried to think of a plan. Glancing down, and then back at the giant, that idea began to take shape.
The pilot laughed as the young superhero struggled to evade his missiles which began to gain on him. "Ohhh man! This is hilarious!" Justice Lad flew downwards and grab up a 10 ton boulder. "And just what is he planning on doing with that? It's useless you know, the missiles are more then smart enough to dodge a simple toy like that."
"Good to know." Justice Lad smiled as he flew up into the air. He took aim and slowed down just enough that the missiles started getting closer to him. This was very risky. If he messed up, he would die. So he would simply not mess up. Turning, he made sure the missiles were following him and then flew back towards the giant and raised the boulder up above his head. Once he was close enough, he flung it at the giant's head as hard as he could and then flew downwards to the robot's chest area. Closer, closer, closer...suddenly he made a superfast turn and let the missiles collide with the robot's chest.
The boulder broke against the robot's head harmlessly, but it provided the distraction that he wanted.
Just as the pilot was laughing in triumph, the missiles collided with the robot, causing a multitude of giant explosions that knocked the robot over and caused severe damage.
The pilot was nearly knocked out by the impact and would have been if not for the protective suit he wore. He groaned and looked at the screen. There was severe damage to the chest area even though the armor held, the missiles were used up, the damaged robot would move slower now and the kid was still alive.
"What's wrong?" Justice Lad asked, breathing hard from the effort to put out such speed. "I thought you said I couldn't damage you."
The pilot cursed as he forced the robot to stand up again. Screaming in rage he fired with the Gatling Gun Rocket Launchers once more while shooting out the robot's eye beams. Justice Lad flew around to dodge the attacks. A few minutes later, the rockets ran out. Justice Lad charged in and got in some good hits the moment he was distracted but the robot was once again able to smack him one. Fortunately, Justice Lad saw this one coming in time to block it. He was launched through the air once more, but this time he was able to roll with the impact and landed on his feet, although it still hurt. He got to his feet and engaged the giant once more with Justice Lad using his speed to dodge the attacks and knock around the giant and avoiding it's strikes. While the giant robot was very strong, even more then him, it wasn't fast enough to hit him due it's enormous size and the suit being limited to the pilot's reactions. So long as he kept an eye out, he was safe.
After a series of thunderous blows, Justice Lad succeeded in knocking it backwards a couple feet away.
The pilot looked at the readout. He was being pummeled by this kid. He was running low on weapons. He was sustaining damage. He was running out of options. He glanced around and then the idea came to him. He made the robot jump back several dozen feet back and after a series of button presses and a lever pull, the giant cannons on the robot's back pulled up into firing position. The robot took a stance as he aimed at his target.
Justice Lad panted, the fight was tiring him out. He needed to finish this. That was when the big guns came up. Justice Lad readed himself to dodge.
The Pilot smiled. "Kid....Justice Lad....I've been underestimating you even now. You're something else. No hero has fought with my creations like you have. So I'm sorry for that. But this is over. I've won."
"Won? What have you won? I can keep going."
"Oh I'm sure. But you won't be able to after this." The cannon's charged up. "You see, you made me remember something. Sometimes it's the smartest who wins, not the strongest. I don't need to hit you with this next attack to win." The cannons continued charging.
Justice Lad didn't get it.
"Confused? That's fine. Just take a look at what's behind you."
"Behind me?" Justice Lad glanced behind and then turned around in shock. What was behind him, miles away, was Paradise City.
"That's your precious city. For what it's worth, you've done a good job defending it. But that's over now. You see, even at this range, I have enough firepower to blow the city away."
Justice Lad turned and stared at him. "Y-you....you wouldn't..."
"Oh. I would and I am." The cannon's finished charging up. (And once this is done, you'll be too busy being an emotional wreck to fight me off and I can stomp you into paste. This fight is over and I've won. You'll never stop this) "Goodbye Justice Lad. BREAKER BEAM FIRE!" The cannon's all fired at once, unleashing massive beams of energy that all combined into one and shot towards the young superhero. Justice Lad tried to dodge it and was flung away by the sheer power of the attack. Justice Lad tumbled to the ground. He rolled around on it and quickly sat back up, watching helplessly as the blast shot towards his beloved city. "STOP IT!" He screamed.
The beam got closer, closer, closer, closer and suddenly there was a flash of light and a deafening explosion. "NOOOOOOOO!"
The pilot smiled. It was over. He had won now.
Justice Lad punched the ground in anger as he cried in anger and sorrow. He had failed. He had fought as hard as he could and he had failed everyone. All the innocent people. "I'm sorry....I'm sorry...I-I..." He looked up. He trailed off.
The Pilot smiled and sat back in his seat as the robot walked up to Justice Lad. Suddenly, he stopped. He saw the same thing Justice Lad was. He pulled up the visor of his helmet to make sure he wasn't seeing things. "No...."
The computer zoomed in.
"No...way...."
The skyscrapers, the towers, the buildings, the people....it was all still there.
"Th-that is...impossible...."
Floating in front of the city, arms held out to the sides, a grim look of determination on his face and his cape billowing in the wind.....was Justice Lad's mentor. Freedom Eagle had shielded the city with his body, stopping the blast from getting anywhere near it.
Needless to say, the pilot was shocked to see this.
See? Shocked. :)
"F-Freedom?"
Freedom Eagle glared at the giant robot. A second later he had zipped over to Justice Lad and handed him a tissue. "There now, no crying, everything's better now see?"
Justice Lad wiped his eyes. "But how?"
Freedom Eagle simply smiled. "I've taken harder hits then that." He then glared up at the giant robot which began backing away from him. "Y-you....but...how...what...that's impossible! Nobody could survive that!"
"Then allow me introduce myself. I'm nobody and I just survived it."
He then flew behind the mecha, grabbed at it's cannons and ripped them right off and flung them away. "And that's quite enough of that."
The mecha fell onto it's knees, the damage was severe.
Freedom prepared to finish it off.
"WAIT!" Justice Lad called up to him. "He's mine."
Freedom Eagle looked down at his student and nodded. "You got it. Knock him dead kid."
"Oh I'm planning on it." He said and flew up to the giant and began pounding on it's head, knocking the robot onto it's back again.
The pilot pressed the button for the taser and the electricity coursed through the robot for a moment before fizzling out. "Oh no. Ohhh no. Not now..." He checked the readout. The Breaker Beam had trained too much power from the robot. The eye lasers and taser were offline. And then the kid was on the robot again. Just like last time And he was angry. With a roar he jumped onto the robot's chest and began pummeling it at super speed, landing hundreds of blows that began tearing through the armor until Justice Lad punched into and through it and with a grunt he tore it open and hopped inside.
The robot thrashed and writhed on the ground as Justice Lad tore it apart from the inside.
"NO! NO! NO!" The pilot slammed his hands on the console but nothing was working. The robot was shutting down and shaking apart. After a few moments, Justice Lad punched through the sheet of metal between him and the pilot and threw him out. The Pilot flew out of the robot and tumbled down it. He groaned as he picked himself up. Justice Lad flew up out of the hole he had made and stared at the villain. The Pilot pulled out two pistols and opened fire on the hero. Justice Lad swatted the bullets out of his way like they were annoying flies and then zipped up to the pilot, grabbed him and smacked him one, sending him flying through the air to crash to the ground and rolled to a stop, busted up an out cold.
Justice Lad had won.
Justice Lad carried Indigo and his minion over to the bank and set them down on the ground. He looked up to see an ambulance, police cars and fire trucks hanging around taking care of things. His parents came out and waved to him. Upon seeing the young man who had saved them, the crowd burst into applause and cheers. Justice Lad smiled and flew into the air in a loop-d-loop before flying around the people, listening to their cheers and gratitude.
He then landed on a car and stood around to listen to their praise for a bit. "Thank you, thank you, I was just doing my duty ladies and gentlemen. The bad guys have been beaten and the city is at peace once more. Now, I must go, but fear not. For wherever evil raises it's head, Justice Lad will be there!" He then flew off as fast as he could.
A few moments later, Seraph Dragonhowl came running up to his parents. "Mom! Dad! You're okay!"
"Of course we are son, thanks to Justice Lad."
"Awww, I missed him? I was hiding just like you said and now I missed him?"
His parents laughed. "The important thing is that you're safe son."
The reporters took a photo of the family who then got in their limo and headed home.
"So what are we going to do about the check?"
"Oh we'll just have to cash it in some other time son!" His father said cheerfully.
Later that night, a news report played with people praising Justice Lad for his vigilance and heroism in defeating an entire gang and a powerful super-villain despite being just a kid.
Justice Lad carried Indigo and his minion over to the bank and set them down on the ground. He looked up to see an ambulance, police cars and fire trucks hanging around taking care of things. His parents came out and waved to him. Upon seeing the young man who had saved them, the crowd burst into applause and cheers. Justice Lad smiled and flew into the air in a loop-d-loop before flying around the people, listening to their cheers and gratitude.
He then landed on a car and stood around to listen to their praise for a bit. "Thank you, thank you, I was just doing my duty ladies and gentlemen. The bad guys have been beaten and the city is at peace once more. Now, I must go, but fear not. For wherever evil raises it's head, Justice Lad will be there!" He then flew off as fast as he could.
A few moments later, Seraph Dragonhowl came running up to his parents. "Mom! Dad! You're okay!"
"Of course we are son, thanks to Justice Lad."
"Awww, I missed him? I was hiding just like said and now I missed him?"
His parents laughed. "The important thing is that you're safe son."
The reporters took a photo of the family who then got in their limo and headed home.
It had been a year of training for Seraph. He worked out by lifting large boulders over his head, increased his speed by chasing Freedom Eagle in the air and on the ground, and increased his hand to hand skills by attacking Eagle and following his instructions on top of being taught karate by him. Little Seraph still did not compare to his mentor but he had become much more powerful then before. He was now 9 years old and was walking around the city with his parents. The evil pilot was still imprisoned and there had been no real attacks. Some low level criminals had shown up but the police dealt with them easily with Justice Lad helping out every now and then. There had been a fight between Freedom Eagle and an android villain, but as far as Seraph knew, there were no casualties. He had also met a nice girl named Bellatrix a few days ago.
Over time he had come to love Paradise City.
The people were nice, the city was beautiful, there were tall buildings everywhere, it was clean, and from what he heard the schools were excellent. Seraph hoped that last part was true as he was going to leave homeschooling and go to a private school soon. He had also modified his costume over the course of the year to be more superheroic. Currently he had been nicknamed by the papers as the Paradise Prince due to being the richest boy in the city.
Yes, life was good.
But life was not all fun and games for the young boy. For there was another supervillain fight on the way.
They walked into the bank and waited in line as everyone turned and waved to them and greeted the Dragonhowl's. Seraph and his parents greeted them back and waited in line to cash a check when suddenly a group of men in black suits broke into the bank and fired Flamethrower's into the air. They were lead by a masked man in white armor.
"This is a bank robbery, everyone hand over your money and valuables and you will not be harmed." The man said as one of his goons produced a large bag. "Now get to it!"
Seraph looked up at his parents who moved in front of their son to give him cover. Seraph ran towards the back exit and removed his suit to reveal his costume underneath. He put on his mask and then flew back to the entrance and entered in behind the criminals. "Hey you!"
The gang turned around to see a child floating in the air and looking down on them.
"Give everybody's money back right now or else!"
Two of the goons replied by turning on their flamethrowers and blasting him with fire. The people in the bank screamed in horror as they saw the little boy hero be engulfed by flames. Fortunately, Justice Lad was superpowered so he was unharmed. He flew through the flames and grabbed one of the goons and tossed him across the room. The thug bounced off a wall 50 feet away and fell to the ground.
He then punched another thug across the room. The remaining thugs backed up and fired their flamethrowers at once but Justice Lad was unharmed and easily flung them around the room like rag dolls, taking out each one with one hit.
Soon all that was left was the leader.
He looked around and shrugged. "So you're Justice Lad huh? You're younger then I thought."
"Yeah, so what's your name you jerk?"
"Y ou can call me...The Indigo Inferno."
"Indigo what?"
The Indigo Inferno raised his hand and a blue flame surrounded it and then flew forward, exploding against Justice Lad's chest and launching him through the air. He broke through the wall but was otherwise unharmed. He patted his chest, thankful for the adjustments to it that made his costume so durable.
"Ohhhh...Indigo means blue...blue fire. I get it now!" Justice Lad said as he got to his feet and stared down the villain again.
"Should've stayed down kid." Indigo said and rapid fired the fireballs at him. The fireballs were as fast as bullets from a machine gun but thanks to his training, Justice Lad was able to dodge them and fly over to Indigo and throw him out of the bank and across the street. He collided with a street lamp, knocking it over. The fireballs impacted against the bank wall, blowing it out.
"Well that's that. Is everybody okay?"
"Yes...yes we're okay now Justice Lad. Thank you."
Justice Lad smiled. "All in a day's work ma'am."
Behind him, Indigo stood up and summoned up a large fireball which he flung at the bank.
"JUSTICE LAD LOOK OUT!" A woman screamed.
He turned around and saw a fireball the size of a van hurtling towards them. He glanced at the henchmen on the ground. (Doesn't he even care about them?!) After a quick look at the people in the bank, he made a decision and flew out to the fireball, crossing his arms over his head.
The explosion rocked the bank, blowing away the glass and sending the people flying through the air. People on the street screamed and ran for cover from the explosion even as they were launched into the air.
Justice Lad flew backwards from the impact and flew straight through the bank and out the other side of it. He bounced off the wall of the alleyway behind it and fell to the ground.
"And that takes care of that." Indigo smiled. "I suppose robbing the bank can wait for another day." He said and walked off laughing.
Justice lad picked himself up. The blast had hurt but compared to the pounding that the metal giant had given him, it wasn't all that bad. He shook his head to get rid of the ringing in his ears and brushed the dirt and rubble off his costume. He flew back through the hole to find the people of the bank had survived, including the henchmen. There were injuries but they were all okay.
He flew over to his parents. "We're fine. Go get him." His mother said.
Justice Lad nodded and flew off after Indigo Inferno.
Round 2
Justice Lad flew around the city, searching for Indigo Inferno. He finally found him when his super hearing picked up the sound of his voice. Justice Lad flew over to his location and hid behind a corner. He watched him knock on a large metal door. He heard someone undoing locks and the door opened and a man in black let him in.
"What's up boss? You get the cash?"
"No. I did take down Justice Lad though."
"You serious?"
"Of course. He was a dumb kid fighting a grown man. Who do you think was gonna win?"
"And the others?"
"Had to leave them behind. They were out like lights. No matter though. With Justice Lad out of commission, the city is ours for the taking."
After making sure nobody was there to get dragged into the fight, Justice Lad came out of hiding and walked over to the door and knocked on it. A man looked through a hole but he didn't see him.
Justice Lad waited for a minute before knocking again.
Same result.
Smiling, Justice Lad flew up into the air and knocked a third time.
The man in black opened up the door. "WHO'S THERE?!" He demanded and he practically deflated as he saw Justice Lad floating in front of him. Justice Lad shoved him across the room and onto Indigo, knocking him over. Indigo shoved his minion off of him and looked up to see the kid hero smiling at him. "Still alive Indy!"
He flew outside to avoid Indigo's flames and floated in the air.
"You should have stayed down kid."
Justice Lad blew a raspberry at him. "There's no one here to distract me now. This time I'm going to win."
"Keep dreaming." Indigo launched the fireballs at him but Justice Lad easily evaded them and flew in front of Indigo so fast the villain had no time to react. Justice Lad punched him in the face, sending the villain flying through the air several dozen feet before he hit the ground. "That was for attacking the bank at all!"
Indigo rubbed his jaw and looked up to see Justice Lad had vanished.
"Boo!"
Indigo whirled around and swung a fire covered arm at the young boy who ducked under it and punched him in the stomach, busting his armor and sending the villain flying. "That was for the fireballs."
Indigo picked himself up, holding his ribs. "St-stupid...k-kid...don't.get.COCKY!" Indigo roared and a wall of blue fire erupted around him. He gestured and the fire launched out at Justice Lad who used his speed to avoid it. Indigo controlled the wave of fire with his hands, using it as an extension of his arm to try and grab Justice Lad who flew around it. "That's enough!" Justice Lad said and made a U-Turn in the air and flew past the fire and rocketed towards Indigo and tackled him, carrying him through the air for several feet before tossing him away, the fire dissipating with the loss of his concentration. Indigo bounced off the ground for a few feet before stopping. He got to his feet and found Justice Lad in front of him again. He grabbed the villain by the shirt and punched him across the face. "And this is for the giant fireball!" He smacked him again,launching him dozens of feet away to hit the ground, unconscious.
The two flew around until they found a giant boulder. "Alright, try to move this."
Seraph walked over and pushed against it. It didn't budge. Surprised, Seraph tried again. He then began pushing harder and began making it slowly slide across the ground. Seraph walked forward a couple feet before stopping. He was breathing hard.
(I thought so. Well, that was a 100 ton boulder. Still, it's impressive that he could move it at all at such a young age.)
"Alright, let's take a break for awhile."
The two sat on the cliffside, enjoying the magnificent view of the mountains.
"Sir?"
"Yeah?"
"How long have you been a superhero?"
"Hmm, well I guess this year will mark year 103 for me."
"You're 103?"
"Yeah. I just age a little slower then normal humans do. Physically, I'm in my fourties."
"Wow."
"Yeah, I got started a long time ago and I haven't looked back."
"You must be the oldest man in the world."
Freedom Eagle got a laugh out of that. "Nah, that would be either Patriot or Keres."
"Who's Keres?"
"A friend of mine. He's an immortal."
"Immortal?"
"It means that he can't age or die."
"Wow, that must be so cool."
"Yes, I am certain that it is."
"What about Patriot?"
"Eternal Youth. He doesn't age."
"Oh."
"Anyway, up for some more training? Let's do H2H Combat now."
"H2H?"
"Oh, sorry, it means hand-to-hand, martial arts."
"Okay!" Justice Lad flew up and got ready to train.
Freedom held up his hands, palms facing Justice.
"Hit my palms, hard as you can and follow my instructions."
"Okay."
"Alright...Right Punch!"
Justice Lad did as he asked and punched his palm as hard as he could with his right hand. There was a loud *SMACK!* but Freedom's hand didn't move at all. "Good. Left Punch!"
Justice Lad punched and the same result.
"Woah....that's incredible!"
"You have some real power behind your hits kiddo." Freedom complimented. "Again!"
"Okay!"
"Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right!"
This kept up for an hour before Freedom had him switch to kicks for an hour before going to back to punches and started shouting his commands faster and Justice Lad had to keep up.
By the end of the day, they had moved onto combinations and Justice Lad had learned to throw fast punches and kicks and they had worked in some flight training as well.
The Dragonhowl's heard a knock on their door and Freedom walked in holding a tired Seraph.
"The training went very well. He's a fast learner. I'll see you next week." Freedom Eagle handed Seraph to them and flew off.
The Dragonhowl's waved goodbye to him and carried their son to his bedroom.
Seraph woke up, ate, got dressed, packed and waited by the door for Freedom's Eagle to show up so he could begin training. His father was reading the newspaper. There was an article about the child genius Marnie Montgomery. Seraph could read it from across the room. Apparently she had given her android some upgrades and it was now able to understand and translate foreign languages after hearing them for a few minutes. Seraph made a mental note to see if he could meet her later.
There was a knock at the door and Bob let Freedom's Eagle in.
"Ready to go Seraph?"
Seraph nodded and flew over to him. "You bet!"
"Glad to hear it." Freedom's Eagle said. "Don't worry, he'll be home by tonight."
Seraphina and Heman nodded. "Goodbye, have fun Seraph!"
Seraph waved goodbye and they walked out. "So when does my training begin?"
"Right now actually." Freedom's Eagle said and flew up into the air. "Keep up with me."
"But you're......" Eagle held up a hand. "Don't worry, I'll go slow today."
"Oh.....okay." Seraph said and flew up into the air.
"Alright. Go." With that, they were off and flying in the air. Eagle was flying with ease and even turned around to look at him with his arms crossed as Seraph did his best to keep up. "That's it Seraph. Don't try to force your speed all at once, let it build up gradually."
"Okay..." Seraph focused on Eagle and began slowly accelerating. He felt the wind whooshing around him as he began moving up to 40-50-60 MPH. Eagle smiled. "There you go." He then flew to the side. "Let's work on navigation. Follow my path." Seraph had trouble stopping and continued forward for several feet before he came to a stop. He then spotted Eagle and flew over to him. Eagle flew upwards diagonally and Seraph had to change course to follow him. They continued flight training for two hours, working on speed, navigating and flight combat. Seraph had trouble with that. The idea was to attack Eagle. Seraph quickly found that his ramming tactic wasn't working. Eagle would simply fly over or under or to the sides, so Seraph had to adjust his tactics and try to anticipate where Eagle would go. They also worked in punches and kicks. As they flew over a scrapyard, Eagle motioned for Seraph to follow him.
The two touched down and Seraph walked around with Eagle. They soon discovered a 30 ton reefer truck. "Alright, this will work. Seraph, try to lift this."
"What? B-but it's huge!"
"So was the armored suit you fought and you were able to knock that thing around just fine. Think of the truck as a smaller version of the suit."
"Oh. Okay." Seraph walked over to the truck and got under it and then stood up. It was shaky at first but he managed to lift it up with ease. "I did it!"
"Strong as I expected. Alright, let's go find something else for you to lift." He said as they flew off.
Issue 2 Chapter 1
Freedom's Eagle
The next day, Seraph woke up early and walked to the kitchen to find his breakfast already made. Toast, ham, eggs and biscuits. There was a glass of orange juice by the plate and the silverware was already out. "Good morning master Seraph." Bob said. "We made you breakfast." Cyrill said. "Oh, wow...thanks." Seraph began eating, starting with the ham. "Say, this is really good."
"Why thank you Master Seraph. We took care in making it taste the best for you. You deserve it."
Seraph nodded and ate up, finishing all of the food in no time. As a side effect of his alien biology, he ate a lot more then a normal boy his age. He then downed the juice. "Ahhhhh, breakfast was excellent. You two should cook more often."
"Thank you for such kind words." The two bowed.
After Cyrill washed the dishes, Bob knelt down to Seraph. "Now then, would you like to go see the others? I'm sure that your parents are all better now."
Seraph nodded. "Yes, let's go!" He ran to the door and began flying.
"Er, we meant to take the car young master!" Cyrill called after him.
Bob chuckled. "Such enthusiasm."
Arriving at the hospital, they were delighted to see that the Dragonhowl's and the other workers there had recovered completely. "MOTHER! FATHER!" Seraph jumped over to them and hugged his parents. They held their son tightly. "You're all better now!" Seraph declared. "That's right. The doctor's worked on us and fixed us up completely." His mother summed up. "We also heard about you defeating the giant. I must say, I am very impressed son." Heman added.
"B-but......but you got hurt because of me!"
"No son. The villain who was piloting that monstrosity was the one who harmed us. We came out to help knowing the risks." His father explained. "Also...."
He stood up as the rest of the household came out to greet Seraph. "We would all do it again if it meant protecting you."
"EVERYONE!" Seraph flew around the hospital lobby and hugged and shook their hands.
Heman and Seraphina turned their attention to Bob and Cyrill. "Thank you for looking after our son." "Thank you very much."
"Think nothing of it." Bob said.
After singing out and taking care of things, The Dragonhowl's called some extra cars and were driven home.
Arriving home, they took Seraph aside for a talk. "Now Seraph, we are proud of you, don't get us wrong, but....." "But you must understand how terrifying it is for us to see when you are out fighting a monster like that." "Therefore, you will do no super villain or monster fighting until you are of proper age and complete your training here. Understand?"
"Yes mother, yes father, that giant was pretty scary anyway."
"Good. Now then, get some rest. We are going to help with preparations."
"Preparations?"
"For your victory party of course."
"WOW! Thanks!"
"You earned it son."
A few hours later, Seraph was called downstairs to find a massive party had begun with food and drink and pastries. "Ohhhhhh wow, all this for me?" Seraph asked. "That's right son. This is your victory party, enjoy!" The household clapped and cheered for him. "Alright!" Seraph flew over and began enjoying the food and drinks.
In the middle of the party, there was a buzz at the gate. One of the butler's pressed a button. "Hello?"
"Hello, I am Freedom's Eagle, I am here to see the young Justice Lad."
The butler pressed a button to turn on a camera. It was indeed the famous superhero. "Yes....please....come in!" He got the door and let him in. Soon after, they made their way to the party.
"Excuse me, Master Heman, Lady Seraphina, we have a guest."
"What? This is my son's party, who could be....." He trailed off and was stunned silent when they all saw the superhero Freedom's Eagle. Seraph was ecstatic. "OH MY GOD! It's you! You're Freedom's Eagle! Hi, I'm Seraph, I'm a fan!" He said and flew up to him. Freedom's Eagle smiled and shook his hand. "Hello there Seraph, I saw your fight on the news. That was impressive for a boy your age." He said and shook his hand. He then turned to Heman and Seraphina. "So you're his parents? You have raised a fine boy."
"Well.....thank you. Thank you very much Mister Freedom's Eagle, but, if I may ask, what are you here for?"
"That's very simple. I would like to train him."
A short time later, they were sitting in the living room and having tea. "So you see, it would only be on a weekly basis. That way he can rest up between training sessions." Freedom's Eagle said.
"A good idea, what do you think son?" Heman asked.
"SURE!" Seraph declared.
"Well that settles that." Seraphina said.
"Alright, your training will begin tomorrow." Freedom's Eagle said. "I'll see you then Seraph."
"See you!" Seraph waved to him as Eagle walked outside and flew off.
The swat team, police and an ambulance arrived soon after the fact and took everyone to a hospital. Seraph was already healing by the time he arrived at the hospital but the process was slow. A doctor tried to put a needle in him but it broke against his skin. His parents otoh had mild concussions on top of their other injuries, so they would need to stay at the hospital for awhile.
Seraph sat by his parent's beds. "This is all my fault. I never should have gone out to fight. I should have just did what they told me to do."
Bob, a butler to the Dragonhowl's and one who had been fortunate enough to only get mild injuries from the explosion, put his hand on Seraph's shoulder. "Master Seraph, if I may, you did save the entire city. We all knew the risk when we came out to help you. If your parents were awake right now, I know they would be proud of you." Seraph turned and looked at him. "B-but....Bob....." He grabbed onto his butler and sobbed. Bob held the young man close to him as Cyrille, a maid to the Dragonhowl's walked in. She saw the distress on Seraph's face and tried to improve his mood. "Don't worry young master. I'm sure that they'll recover. Paradise City is famous for it's medical technology. They will fix your parents in no time." Seraph looked up at her. "R-really? They can fix everyone?" "Yes, young master, everything will be fine." Seraph smiled happily. "You hear that mom and dad? You're gonna be just fine!" He exclaimed. "The doctor's are going to fix you up and you'll be all better."
A doctor came in. "Alright, you're all free to leave. We'll contact you if there's any change."
Bob and Cyrille nodded. "Come along young master. Let's go home."
"Right!" Seraph said and followed them out. "I'll be back tomorrow mom and dad!"
Upon exiting the hospital, they found a massive crowd there. All cheering for the boy who had saved the city. "Justice Lad! Justice Lad! Justice Lad" They all cheered for and thanked him. He waved shyly to everyone.
The three headed home while the doctor's worked to heal everyone.
Arriving home, Seraph looked around. "It seems so empty...."
"I'm sure that it will be filled up again soon. Is there anything you would like master Seraph?" Bob asked.
"I-I want to go lie down." He said.
Cyrill followed Seraph to his room and tucked him into bed. He quickly fell asleep.
The maid and butler sat in the living room in silence. "Poor child. He fought so hard......he should be celebrating right now. Instead...he comes home to an empty house." Cyrill said solemly. "It's not fair."
"This is the risk we took going out there to save him." Bob said. "The life of a superhero isn't always glamorous after all. There are risks."
"I know......I know....but...." Cyrill hugged Bob.
"There there dear. You'll see, everything will be fine."
Elsewhere.....
Bellatrix Lugosi Insidious was lying on her bed, flipping through channels on the tv as she thought about what to do for her science project. All of the other children would be doing volcanoes, or planets or animals. A few would be doing something about atoms/molecules/energy. She wanted to do something big. Something that would blow everyone away. She had settled on a robot, but she couldn't settle on just what she wanted to do with said robot or even what she wanted to do with it or how it should look. She got her answer when she caught a news report about a child hero fighting it out with a giant mecha. Bellatrix sat up straight and looked at the footage. She smiled. The remnants of the robot suit were going to be taken to the Paradise City police station. An easy in. Bellatrix turned off the tv, got up off the bed and walked to her desk. Opening up a notebook, she began writing down her plans to get in and out of the police station with the suit. It was trashed, sure, but that didn't mean she couldn't fix and improve it.
"HE DID WHAT?!" Heman Dragonhowl demanded.
"Like I said Master Heman, your son left to protect Paradise City from a rampaging giant robot."
"And just where were you?!" Seraphina asked.
"I was going to get him for his training sessions but he was already gone."
Heman cursed under his breath and slammed his hands on the table. Thinking for a moment, he looked Seraphina. The two locked eyes and then nodded as Heman stood up straight and his eyes narrowed. "Get the guns. Our son needs help."
Back at the city.....
Justice Lad was staring down the giant metal suit. The giant raised up one leg and attempted to stomp on him. Justice Lad held up his hands and caught it. He struggled with it as the suit continued to press down on him but he was ultimately able to toss it off of him. The giant fell on it's back and Justice Lad jumped onto it's torso and began punching it, rocking the whole suit. "Damn kid, get off me!" The pilot yelled as the suit's left hand grabbed him. The pilot grinned as the suit got up. Justice Lad struggled to get out of the grip. "Put.......me.....down!"
"Good idea." The pilot said and flung Justice Lad down to the ground. He hit the street hard, breaking it. Justice Lad yelled in pain. "Hey kid, don't quite on me now!" The suit raised a giant foot and stomped on him. Hard and then again. The suit bent over and picked up the child by his cape. "See, this is why kids shouldn't wear costumes." He then turned and tossed Justice Lad several blocks away. Justice Lad hit the ground and bounced a few feet before rolling to a stop. He was crying in pain. As the suit was closing in, several cars pulled up to the crying child. Heman and Seraphina Dragonhowl ran out of the car. "Seraph! SON!" Heman knelt down and held his crying son. "Shhhhh.......shhhhh...mommy and daddy are here now sweety." Seraphina said. "Mommy.......Daddy.......it hurts....it hurts." He cried into his parents arms.
"Sooooo, you're his parents huh? Pretty s-ty parents if you ask me, sending their little boy to die like this."
The Dragonhowl's glared at him. "You did this?" Heman growled. "YOU HURT OUR SON?!" Seraphina asked.
"Yeah, that's right. What are you gonna do about it?"
At that, the entire staff of the mansion, the chefs, maids and butlers walked out of the cars, each of them carrying guns. Seraphina and Heman took out their own. They all took aim at the suit. More specifically, the glass that protected the pilot. "LIGHT HIM UP!" Heman shouted. Every single one of them opened fire on him at the same time. The bullets pinged off of him at first as the pilot laughed and laughed but then he saw it. A small crack in the glass. It soon began spreading and the pilot had the suit cover the glass with it's arms. The Dragonhowl's household emptied their guns and the suit uncovered itself, glaring down menacingly at them. "You.......all of you.......I.Have.Had.ENOUGH!" He pressed red buttons and rockets popped out of the suit's arms. "RUN!" Heman shouted as they ran for it. The suit fired, blowing up their cars. The massive explosion sending the Dragonhowl's flying. They rolled a stop, holding their son. They were alive, but wounded from the explosion. "M-mommy? Daddy?" Seraph asked quietly. No response. They were unconscious. Seraph stood up, trembling.
"Awwwwww, isn't this tragic? Boo, hoo." The pilot laughed. "Look on the bright side kid. You can all die together."
"You....you......you......" Seraph gritted his teeth, he turned to look up at the monster. "You.....hurt.....them."
"Yeah. And now, I'M GONNA KILL THEM!" The pilot roared. "AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO!"
Justice Lad lost it. He was a good kid. A nice boy. His parents had raised him like that. He had never been angry in his life before. So, it was understandable that he utterly snapped here. With a roar of fury unseen in a child his age, Justice Lad knelt down and launched himself towards the metal monstrosity, blurring with speed. "Just try it!" The pilot said and put his arms up to block him. There was a sound of thunder and a shockwave of force as Justice Lad collided with the big metal arms....and broke through them to smash into the suit's torso and slam across the street into an alleyway where it hit the brick wall and broke through it. The pilot was tossed around by the sheer impact and barely had time to figure out where he was, not to mention the fact that the suit was busted, before Justice Lad began whaling on the suit, causing it to shake and break apart. Justice Lad roared with anger at the suit as he flailed angrily on and settled it with one final double punch to the suit, causing the robot to break apart into pieces. The pilot was left trembling int the remnants of the suit's head in terror. "Jesus Christ.......what....WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Justice Lad walked up to the glass and broke into it and grabbed the pilot out. "Just a kid." He then flung the pilot several feet away into a parked car, knocking him out. Justice Lad fell to his knees, exhausted.
8 year old Seraph was flying around the mansion in his 'costume' that he made the other day. It was mostly just small light blue pants, a long sleeved lightblue shirt, a gold cape and mask, but a costume was a costume. He flew around a lot for fun. He then noticed that the TV was on and there was a news report on about a man in a super armor attacking the nearby Paradise City. Seraph thought about what to do. His parents didn't want him fighting, at least, not until he was old enough and had developed his powers more. But.....what was the point of having the powers if he couldn't use them when people needed help. Maybe....maybe just this once he'd go out and fight. He was sure his parents would understand. Besides, the suit didn't look so tough.
Seraph flew to the door, opened it and was gone. A moment later one of the butlers walked in. "Master Seraph, your parents wish to......Master Seraph?" He then saw the news report and the open door. "Oh Dear Me NO!" He then ran to find the Dragonhowl's.
A few minutes later, Seraph arrived at the city and touched down. He looked around for the bad guy. It didn't take him long to see that the bad guy on the news report was a lot bigger then he looked on TV. As in, 60 feet bigger. Seraph stared at the giant suit, wondering just what the heck he was thinking coming here to fight such a monster. Seraph was frozen to the spot in fear. Then, he heard it, the screams of the people in the city. It was unlike anything he had ever heard before. These weren't screams of joy from his parents or laughter or praise or tender loving. No, this was terror. People in the city were screaming for help and there were no superheroes in sight. The police were shooting at the suit uselessly, their bullets bouncing off of the armor. The suit raised up a giant arm and swatted away the police, sending them sailing through the air. One of them landed on Seraph, who crawled out from underneath the officer and he then saw for himself just how badly injured the officer was. He had several broken bones and was coughing up blood. The officer turned to Seraph. "G-g-get out of here kid...."
Seraph trembled before gritting his teeth and hitting his hands on the ground before standing up and yelling at the suit. "HEY! YOU BIG BULLY!"
The suit turned and looked down at him as Seraph walked over and faced the suit in the middle of the city. "You talking to me kid?" The pilot laughed.
"Yeah. YEAH I AM! STOP HURTING PEOPLE! RIGHT! NOW!"
The pilot burst out laughing. "And what if I don't?"
"Then...then.....THEN I'LL BEAT YOU UP!"
The pilot cracked up then roared with laughter at the child. "Oh this is just precious! What's your name anyway kid?"
"I am S......I AM JUSTICE LAD!" Seraph declared.
"So now the so called heroes are sending kids to do their dirty work. Man, that's low even to me. Oh well, time to go splat!" The robot suit attempted to swat him like he did with the police. Seraph swallowed and held up his hands. The giant metal arm collided with Seraph and......in front of millions of people......Seraph stopped it cold before shoving it away. He leaped up to the suit and headbutted it, pushing it back a couple feet.
Seraph landed on the ground, rubbing his head. ".....Wow.....I can do this! I can do it! I CAN BEAT YOU!"
"The hell is this kid?" The pilot asked as the suit righted itself and got ready to fight.
After the space ship was tucked away in the basement and the would-be-super villain carried off in an ambulance (with a story about a meteor being provided) the Dragonhowl's set about naming their son. It was decided that since it was Seraphina that discovered their son, she should name him. She chose the name Seraph. Seraph Dragonhowl.
They raised him as their own but there were more complications then the usual raising of a child. The couple soon discovered their child had superhuman powers. It started with him levitating out of his high chair and from flying through a wall. That was problematic to explain to people. The most incredible part was that, from the baby's giggling, he was unharmed and thought it to be a game. Seraph's next display of power was when he smacked the table and smashed it to pieces. It was here that the Dragonhowl's realized they were out of their league in raising a superbaby of this level of power so they hired several experts in metahumans. With their help the Dragonhowl's got a handle on their superbaby and over the next 6 years, they split their time in between raising and loving their child and helping him control his powers. By the age of 7, he had control aside from the occasional mishap. He had also grown into a well behaved young man and was receiving a top of the line education.
As superchildren are wont to do of course, Seraph was very interested in the stories of the superheroes of the world and eagerly desired to join their fights.
The ship was sent through the wormhole and lights flashed around it as the ship went through at thousands of miles per hour.
Elsewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy space distorted and light shot out and a hole in time/space opened up as the ship shot out. Right into a meteor shower as the light irradiated the meteors and the ship was sent out through space.
On Earth
Heman and Seraphina Dragonhowl were in the middle of having dinner. "Heman darling, this Almas Caviar is superb." Seraphina said. "Yes. I made the ooo grade. Only the best for you my dear." The Dragonhowl's lived in a massive mansion with many miles long lawn. Outside, a super villain marched over to the gate and kicked it down and walked onto the lawn.
The ship began to enter the atmosphere.
The super villain clenched his fists. "Alright. Draghonhowls. I am going to take you for everything that you have."
The ship went through the atmosphere and was coming to the planet.
A red light began radiating from the villain. The Dragonhowl's saw the red light out the window. "Do you see something?" Seraphina asked. Heman walked over and looked out the window. "I think I do. There's a red light. What is that?"
The ship shot out of the sky.
"Yesss...I'll fry you and take your fortune for myself! Billions of dollars here I come!! Prepare to die Dragon-huh?" The villain looked up and his face sunk as he saw ship rocketing towards him.
There was a loud explosion.
The Dragonhowl's recovered and saw the windows had been shattered. Heman groaned as he got up and waited for his ears to stop ringing. "Seraphina? Darling? Are you alright?"
"Ow.....ow...yes. I was farther away from the window then you were dear." Heman helped her up. "I suppose we should go see what happened."
Their maids and butlers ran over to them. "Masters are you okay?"
"Yes. Come along, we're going outside to see what happened. Half of you come with us and the rest of you go make some calls to get our property repaired. Let's move people!"
Arriving outside they were horrified to see that the lawn had been destroyed by the landing. Heman sighed. "This is going to be expensive to fix." The two cautiously walked over to the crater and as the smoke cleared, they saw a small ship opened up and a baby laying in it. "Oh my!" Seraphina ran down and picked up the baby. "Heman! Get down here! There's an adorable baby down here!" Heman walked down and looked in the baby's eyes. "Oh wow. What an adorable child. Whose is he?"
"Uhhhh....." Seraphina looked down at the spaceship. ".....It doesn't look like he belongs to anyone."
"I see. Well, it would be irresponsible to leave him out here. Let's adopt him."
"Let's dear."
"H-help."
The Dragonhowl's looked down and just now saw the supervillain trapped under the ship. "Are you okay?" Seraphina asked. "Do you want us to call an ambulance?" Heman asked him.
"......that would be great."
"Okay." Seraphina looked back up to the workers. "Please call an ambulance for this gentleman."
"A pity. He seems to be a real nice man." Heman, his wife and their new son walked out of the crater to begin their new life together.
Issue 1 Chapter 0: Last Son
Outer space.
The planet Quasara was currently under attack by an unknown enemy. The Quasarians were fighting back but their numbers were dwindling. Half of their cities had already fallen and the outcome of the battle was becoming obvious.
Within the command center, two of the Quasarians, Edauchebeane and Ovlhieghwuaste, wife and husband respectively, raced to the transport chamber. Ovlhi ran to a computer and began hastily typing in coordinates. "Ovlhi, must we do this? Must we send away our only child?" Edauch asked as she glanced down at the baby in her arms. The baby cried for his mother.
"It is the only way my love. That monsters forces have us outnumbered and outgunned. Even with our great powers we have no way of holding them all off for long. They will kill us all, our children included."
They heard a loud explosion and one of their own crashed through the ceiling and broke the floor. Blood was dribblign from his mouth. "XINPARG! My friend!" Ovlhi ran to his side.
"I'm sorry.....I tried to hold them off...." He said and died in his old friends arms. Outside, the two of them could hear the screams of their people as the battle waged on. Soldiers on both sides were dying as their homeworld burned around them. Ovlhi shut his old friends eyes.
"OVLHI!" He turned and saw some of the soldiers had found their way to the transport center. He gritted his teeth. "Edauch...see to it that our son escapes." With a roar of fury he flew into the air at super speed and engaged the army of soldiers.
"Oh beloved...." Edauch cried tears at her husbands departure but she knew what had to be done. Running to the transport, she placed her infant son in the transport. Her baby cried and reached for her. Too young to understand what was going on. All the baby knew was that his mommy had left him. "Mama. Mama!" Edauch cried tears as she finished typing in the coordinates. The ship closed over her baby and a hole opened in the wall which began to glow a bright white and the ship was then shot into it. There was a flash as the ship was transported away from the planet and across the universe. "Goodbye my son. May you find a safe home." Wiping her eyes, Edauch's eyes narrowed as she steeled herself and flew into the air. She had nothing left now. So she would die by her husband's side. Edauch looked around and saw Ovlhi engaging the enemy, moving at super speed and pile driving enemy soldiers to the ground. Edauch flew through the air and tackled two soldiers and flung them away. She then flew down to her husband's side and the two embraced before standing together against the coming enemy. "I love Edauch." "I love you too Ovlhi." They grinned. A smile in the face of death and with a roar of defiance flew into the air to take the fight to the enemy.
