The "World of Heroes" DC RPG Season III

[dtorn4]

I come to and try to get a grasp on my surroundings. My vision is still hazy, but I think its an alley. I can feel cardboard underneath me, and the garbage smells awful. It's got to be an alley.

I fight through the pain and manage to mutter out, "...help..."

Then it hits me like a ton of bricks. I remember what Deathstroke did to my knee. "F***ing Slade," I think to myself. Im starting to get the feeling back in my arms, or at least enough to pull myself upright. Slade took my comunicator, so theres no chance of Bruce's timely arrival.

The pain is affecting my train of thought, I'm fresh out of ideas...

 

[Johnny Blaze]

"The kind of trouble where you get your arse kicked".

Garth shook his head, why the sprock couldn't it have paired me up with a professional like Deathstroke.

As much as Garth wanted to flash fry the creep, he knew he couldn't do that. X was working with the Unity as well, and Garth doubted the Unity would appreciate in-fighting.
So, Garth pushed his rising anger down, and spoke in a forced, yet calm, tone, "Look...kid, I realize that you must be looking to prove something in front of these legendary heroes, like the Batman here, so you're all itching to fight. But, stop harassing the lady, ok?"

 

[twylight]

"Saturn Girl, do you mind if I give the imotionally unstable, borderline sociopath living out an eight year okd's revenge fanatasy your highly advanced technology?"

Imra motioned.
***Go ahead. However I must warn you. If you try to copy it or study it I will have to take some measures.*** She said, slightly worried about the time anomoly's that would be caused if Batman studied the rings.

"I resent that. I am not borderline."

She raised her eyebrow in dissent.

Before turning to Garth who was speaking to the Red X.

"Look...kid, I realize that you must be looking to prove something in front of these legendary heroes, like the Batman here, so you're all itching to fight. But, stop harassing the lady, ok?"

***Garth..*** She came up next to him, facing the opposite direction as he and placed her hand on his right arm.

***Don't worry about it. We don't have time for this.*** She looked him in the eyes, something wasn't right. She glanced towards Gotham before looking back at him speaking to the others.

***There is someone in need in Gotham.*** She studied Garth as she spoke. There was something wrong with him.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

"Saturn Girl, do you mind if I give the imotionally unstable, borderline sociopath living out an eight year okd's revenge fanatasy your highly advanced technology?"

Imra motioned.
***Go ahead. However I must warn you. If you try to copy it or study it I will have to take some measures.*** She said, slightly worried about the time anomoly's that would be caused if Batman studied the rings.

"I resent that. I am not borderline."

She raised her eyebrow in dissent.

Before turning to Garth who was speaking to the Red X.

"Look...kid, I realize that you must be looking to prove something in front of these legendary heroes, like the Batman here, so you're all itching to fight. But, stop harassing the lady, ok?"

***Garth..*** She came up next to him, facing the opposite direction as he and placed her hand on his right arm.

***Don't worry about it. We don't have time for this.*** She looked him in the eyes, something wasn't right. She glanced towards Gotham before looking back at him speaking to the others.

**Yeah, you're right**, said Garth, mentally **as usual**, he smiled.

***There is someone in need in Gotham.*** She studied Garth as she spoke. There was something wrong with him.

**Well then, I guess we should go lend a hand**, thought Garth. As he spoke through the link, he averted his eyes from Imra's. There was something in her gaze that didn't sit well with him. As though she were trying to look through him. It worried Garth deep down that this Unity ordeal might split them apart, and that was something Garth did not want to happen. He loved this woman since the moment he saw her, and he did not want to lose her.
Garth pushed the thoughts aside, and focused once again on the here and now.
"Imra", he said aloud, "can you pinpoint where this someone is exactly?"

 

[twylight]

Imra concentrated.

***No, I can't the Unity....It's getting harder to concentrate. It's somewhere in an alley. If I was closer maybe..***

 

[The Question]

I hand the ring to Batman.

"You heard the lady."

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Imra concentrated.

***No, I can't the Unity....It's getting harder to concentrate. It's somewhere in an alley. If I was closer maybe..***

"Well, then we should fly out there and see if you can get a better fix", said Garth as he slowly rose off the ground.

"After all, whoever it may be could be in some serious trouble."

 

[wiegeabo]

As we get closer to this city called New York (I wonder where Old York is, or is it just called York?), I detect dips in the Unity frequencies I am scanning for. I ignore them. It is doubtful they are due to speedsters tapping into this speed force, and more likely caused by a lack of population, unified or otherwise.

Gardner continues to fly infront of me. I contemplate how different he has become with his new power source, and I am forced to consider if he is has become unified. Whether he has or not, Gardner cannot be trusted. Once again I entertain the though of letting him fall if his power gives out...but that is not why I am here. Unity must be stopped and, one way or another, Gardner may have the best chance of doing just that.

My ring begins having trouble getting a clear unified signal up ahead. Something is definitely weakening it. And, unlike before, the interference appears to be constant...defining almost a circular area.

We may have just found our missing speedster...

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

***Go ahead. However I must warn you. If you try to copy it or study it I will have to take some measures.***

***Word is my honor, Saturn Girl.***

I took the ring from Question and slipped it on my right ring finger. I wonder, do I just imagine myself flying or--

Suddenly I'm up in the air. I'm able to get my composure back before I could scream. I hover in the air a few moments before I've figured out how to--

Move. With just a thought, I'm flying towards Gotham. The wind tears at my face, whining about my breaking the rules of physics. I can see for miles and miles away, everything looking so small and far away, yet easy to go to. I urge myself to go faster and I do, worrying if the grin on my face will split my skull in half.

This must be what Clark goes through. The man's luckier than anyone I know.

Soon enough I'm in Gotham. Even this place looks beautiful while miles above it.

That's when I see it out of the corner of my eye, a flash of stark blue and black in an alley. I pause and hover, looking for it again. Then I see it.

Dick. Lying in an alley. Too far to judge if he's breathing.

Before I even thought it, I'm dropping towards the pavement. I barely slow down enough to land without hurting myself. My knees (espically the new one) siezed for a moment before calming down.

Speaking of knees, his looks shattered. I almost grimance at the sight but I don't, for his sake.

"What happened?"

 

[twylight]

"Well, then we should fly out there and see if you can get a better fix"
"After all, whoever it may be could be in some serious trouble."

***They are. However I think Batman has it under control.*** she motioned towards the floating man in black.


"We need to find the others and find out their plans so we can work accordingly." She said merging flawlessly into verbal communication.

 

[dtorn4]

***Word is my honor, Saturn Girl.***

I took the ring from Question and slipped it on my right ring finger. I wonder, do I just imagine myself flying or--

Suddenly I'm up in the air. I'm able to get my composure back before I could scream. I hover in the air a few moments before I've figured out how to--

Move. With just a thought, I'm flying towards Gotham. The wind tears at my face, whining about my breaking the rules of physics. I can see for miles and miles away, everything looking so small and far away, yet easy to go to. I urge myself to go faster and I do, worrying if the grin on my face will split my skull in half.

This must be what Clark goes through. The man's luckier than anyone I know.

Soon enough I'm in Gotham. Even this place looks beautiful while miles above it.

That's when I see it out of the corner of my eye, a flash of stark blue and black in an alley. I pause and hover, looking for it again. Then I see it.

Dick. Lying in an alley. Too far to judge if he's breathing.

Before I even thought it, I'm dropping towards the pavement. I barely slow down enough to land without hurting myself. My knees (espically the new one) siezed for a moment before calming down.

Speaking of knees, his looks shattered. I almost grimance at the sight but I don't, for his sake.

"What happened?"

I look up when I hear that familiar voice. Thank God. There's not much energy left in me after the fight and exhaustion of nursing myself upright so I softly spit out, "...Slade..."

 

[rex26]

Deathstroke catches himself and waits for Grayson to throw his finishing blow. Completely prepared for it, Deathstroke catches Grayson's leg just before it connects with him. He locks it up and twists Nightwing around so his back is facing him.

"Sorry kid, no hard feelings, just business."

With that Deathstroke threw all his weight into a right forearm blow to Grayson's knee. The bones popped and shattered as Slade made sure this would be an injury that would take the original Boy Wonder off his feet for sometime.

Grayson fell to the ground, grabbing his knee and screaming out in pain. His knee was completely bent the wrong way, showing obvious ligament and tendon damage. Slade squatted next to his victim, pulling his communicator off his belt.

"Don't want you calling Daddy on me," he shattered the communicator under his foot and began to walk away. Just as he reached the end of the alley he turned back and looked at Grayson, he laughed and called out,

"Be thankful I didn't kill you."

As soon as Slade reached the end of the alley, the Unity transported him to his hotel suite in Metropolis. The building was 10 stories high, filled with Unified guards ready to die at Deathstroke's beckon. He pulled off his mask and grabbed a towel, wiping the sweat and blood from his face. Then there was a scream from the other room.

"Daddy!" Rose came running out the bedroom, "I thought you were never going to come home!"

Slade hugged his daughter then walked over to the bar, pouring out a glass of scotch. He pounded his first one down then instantly began filling up for round two. The warm liquid burned his throat as he gasped out, "I missed you too sweety. Now that those boy scouts are running around playing our game of cat and mouse, you and I will finally have some time to catch up."

 

[Johnny Blaze]

"Well, then we should fly out there and see if you can get a better fix"
"After all, whoever it may be could be in some serious trouble."

***They are. However I think Batman has it under control.*** she motioned towards the floating man in black.


"We need to find the others and find out their plans so we can work accordingly." She said merging flawlessly into verbal communication.

"Sounds like a plan", said Garth as he folded his arms over his chest.
Garth looked at the heroes from the twenty-first century, "So...any of you have any communicators or something that can contact the others?"

 

[Red]

"Sounds like a plan", said Garth as he folded his arms over his chest.
Garth looked at the heroes from the twenty-first century, "So...any of you have any communicators or something that can contact the others?"

"For once Sparkies got a point, we're doing no good here, we need to regroup".

 

[Spider-Man9X17]

Kyle constructed a communicator from his ring and handed it to Garth.

"Be quick with it, will ya. I'm on peak hours."

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Kyle constructed a communicator from his ring and handed it to Garth.

"Be quick with it, will ya. I'm on peak hours."

"Me?" Garth said confused.
"I don't know any of these people. I'm from the future, remember? One of you should be the person to call in the troops."

 

[Red]

"Me?" Garth said confused.
"I don't know any of these people. I'm from the future, remember? One of you should be the person to call in the troops."

"Bats was kind of the go to guy for the league, whos next in line?" X glaced over at Question.

 

[Spider-Man9X17]

"I'll do it then."

Kyle put the communicator to his mouth.

"To any available heroes who are hearing this message: This is Kyle Rayner transmitting from the top of the Lexcorp Building in Metropolis. We have secured a data disk on the Unity and are ready to formulate a counter-strikle plan. Any and all assistance is greatly needed ASAP."

 

[rex26]

As soon as Slade reached the end of the alley, the Unity transported him to his hotel suite in Metropolis. The building was 10 stories high, filled with Unified guards ready to die at Deathstroke's beckon. He pulled off his mask and grabbed a towel, wiping the sweat and blood from his face. Then there was a scream from the other room.

"Daddy!" Rose came running out the bedroom, "I thought you were never going to come home!"

Slade hugged his daughter then walked over to the bar, pouring out a glass of scotch. He pounded his first one down then instantly began filling up for round two. The warm liquid burned his throat as he gasped out, "I missed you too sweety. Now that those boy scouts are running around playing our game of cat and mouse, you and I will finally have some time to catch up."

"Slade Wilson"

"Son of a..."

"I have intercepted a message, and I am transferring it to you immediately."

"To any available heroes who are hearing this message: This is Kyle Rayner transmitting from the top of the Lexcorp Building in Metropolis. We have secured a data disk on the Unity and are ready to formulate a counter-strikle plan. Any and all assistance is greatly needed ASAP."

"I need you to go there and survey the situation. No direct confrontation, make sure our moles are successfully intercepting plans."

Slade looked at Rose. She looked puzzled, unable to hear the Unity's voice, wondering why her father stopped talking mid-conversation. But this was all for her, so if it meant a few more hours doing patrol duty, then it was well worth it.

"You got it chief."

 

[SuperFerret]

Hmm. Must have been like...9 days I've been in the hospital now. Ted only called like once to ask if I could get more cheez-its while I'm out. I told him I've been in the hospital for the past two days and his response was

"...So that's a no?"

...I was touched. -_-

<hangs up phone>

Got daily visits from Ariana though, which was nice. She's opened up a little more. Really nice girl. Brought me hot pockets once and I friggin burned my throat attempting to scarf it down out of sheer joy...Her heart was in the right place though. Oh yeah, guess who doesn't need to be hooked up to a machine to breathe anymore? Mmmuah. Yeah, looks like Barry felt a little charitable and helped me with the recover. Ribs are stable too. Not too strong. Can't take a punch or anything yet. But they won't fall out. Should be out of here and back to my regular life pretty soon...<sighs>...Yeah...


I'm half asleep when I hear a loud tapping at the window.

"What the hell could..."

No...No way.
I push myself to sit up and my eyes nearly fall out when I see who's. There.

"C-C-Clark! Superman! Holy s**t!"

I get up as fast I can but a cord pulls me and fall right back down on my pillow. Hurt like a son of a b**ch too.

"W-Wait a second. I'll be right there."

I carefully but quickly get out of bed and I take the I-V pole and pull it with me. I unlatch the huge window open to let him in...wow. I'll never get used to seeing this guy. It's like meeting Santa Claus, you know? I've known this guy since I was a kid and here I am, shaking like it's the first time I've met him...Maybe it's because it's been too long, maybe because I'm hoping he can just pick me up and get me out of this mess I've made for myself. All I know is I'm 13 all over again.

Okay man. Play it cool. Don't want to look desperate.

"H-Hey man. It's been a while..." I say nodding with a goofy smile on my face.

"...What're you doin' here?"

OOC: Sorry this took so long.


I quickly explain to Wally what has been going on, and I fill him in on our plan to somehow use the Speed Force to interrupt the Unity's signal.

Obviously, he was taken aback by the sheer amount of information I gave him.

After he sat down and had time to process all of it, I asked him, "Are you willing to help us?"

 

[wiegeabo]

The signal, or lack thereof, was getting stronger, or weaker depending on your point of view. I could tell by the interference of the signal we had been tracking that we were finally approaching the boundary where Unity's influence ended, and the speedster's connection to the speed force began.

I kept an eye on Gardner to see what would happen when that threshold was finally crossed.

 

[Red]

"I'll do it then."

Kyle put the communicator to his mouth.

"To any available heroes who are hearing this message: This is Kyle Rayner transmitting from the top of the Lexcorp Building in Metropolis. We have secured a data disk on the Unity and are ready to formulate a counter-strikle plan. Any and all assistance is greatly needed ASAP."

X listened intently as Kyle spoke on the communicator. Would he able to keep his story together when the others joined them, a feeling of uncertainty fell over him, was all this worth it. All this fighting, all these lies.



The unity promises the impossible; could it bring them back, both of them? Just the way they where. X had to try, he owed them that much.

 

[batnkevlar]

"Hi honey."

I was talking in a screen to Carol. It had been a while since I had seen her.

"Hi. How's Earth. Are you doing all right?" she asked.

"Yes. Everything's fine," I lied. "Just a little while more to clean up."

"That's nice to know. 7 months left."

"I know. Pie taking care of you?"

"Yes. He's doing all right."

"And Kilowog?"

"His family's very nice, I guess. A bit... alien."

"Haha, what would you expect?"

Suddenly my JLA commlink goes haywire.

"Sorry Carol. I gotta go. Love you honey."

"Love you too."

I listened to the message. It was Kyle.

"To any available heroes who are hearing this message: This is Kyle Rayner transmitting from the top of the Lexcorp Building in Metropolis. We have secured a data disk on the Unity and are ready to formulate a counter-strikle plan. Any and all assistance is greatly needed ASAP."

Good. Very good.

I send a message back to him.

"Where? And encrypt your message next time."

 

[Savage]

OOC: Sorry this took so long.


I quickly explain to Wally what has been going on, and I fill him in on our plan to somehow use the Speed Force to interrupt the Unity's signal.

Obviously, he was taken aback by the sheer amount of information I gave him.

After he sat down and had time to process all of it, I asked him, "Are you willing to help us?"

OOC: It's cool man.

IC: Flash III

I was just about read to blurt HELL YEAH!!! when all the emotion drained from my face...Dissapointed, I sat down in my hospital bed.

"...I...I can't." I say reluctantly. "I'm sorry...When I made the choice to hang up the tights...It was a permanent one...The speedforce. It stripped me of my powers. As soon as I put that Flash ring down on Barry's grave I could feel it drain from me. But that wasn't what scared me...For the first time in my life...Barry wasn't there. It was like he left me and when he did, he took my gifts with him...<sighs> I'm sorry Clark but...I'm useless."

 

[White_Howling]

Taking a long rest from the last fight, I find myself staring at the clouds above the Kent farm. With the Titans communicator in my pocket and not a single beep I can’t help, but feel unneeded. With every super hero scrambling against the Unity, I feel I let Superman down in some way. Have I done all I can, to help them out. This battle for the adults and what’s my part in all this, I’m no where as strong or fast as Kara or Clark.

"What’s wrong with me?” I question myself. Ever since I found out Luthor was the other haft of the DNA. Everything has changed.

I feel a storm approaching and fast. Maybe it’s already here. Something’s not right.

“I better stop doubting myself.” I walk back into the house and head for my room.

I grab the black shirt with \S/ and put it on. I open up the rear window and step outside.

“Time for action.” I look towards the skies above which gave an orange glow. I decided to head to Titans tower. Maybe someone can fill me in.