The
loud buzz of the engine generators drowned out any chance of conversation. John
was waiting patiently for Alexander to exit the generator room. Once a week,
Alexander went around to each anti-gravity engine and re-charged the
generators. These generators did not just supply electricity to the engines; in
fact, the engines took very little electricity. Instead most of the electricity
was sent out to the areas surrounding the engines. There was also a seventh generator,
the largest of the group, and it was located in the heart of the city.
Alexander visited this one last, and afterwards he needed to rest until the
next day. Of all his duties, this was the most important. Without his weekly charge, the Eagle as the
people know it would soon run out of power. Normally John saw to it that nobody
disturbed Alexander on this day, but an emergency had arisen that definitely
required Alexander’s attention.
The
hovercraft sped down the emergency lane on the highway leading towards one of
the many parks on the Eagle. As he looked ahead, Alexander could see the smoke
from the plane crash. John had told him the firefighters and police were
already there working on containing the panic, and a squadron of Eagle Men were
battling the crazed metahuman who flew a plane into their floating city. As he
got closer, Alexander saw a bolt of electricity flash up into the sky.
Hopefully the Eagle Men can take him down
quickly, Alexander thought as he pushed the hovercraft to go faster. I don’t want to lose any more of my people.
In
the park, the Eagle Men were attacking the super villain using powerful
electric guns. They had surrounded the metahuman and were blasting away at him,
yet with each electric blast the villain seemed to grow larger in both size and
power.
“Electricity
isn’t stunning him!” The Eagle commander shouted into his headpiece. “Switch to
sonic frequencies!”
The
Eagle Men obeyed the order, and with a quick push of a button their futuristic
guns switched from emitting electric bursts to sonic waves. With a dozen high
frequency blasts hitting him, the metahuman’s ears began to bleed and he fell
to one knee. He slammed his hands to the ground, sending out an electrical wave
that knocked most of the Eagle Men back. As the metahuman intruder struggle
back to his feet, a horn blared from his right. Suddenly a hovercraft crashed
into him, burying the metahuman under the crushed vehicle. Weakly he tried to
crawl out from underneath, but the Eagle commander reached him first and
delivered a massive sonic blast which rendered the metahuman unconscious.
Alexander
stared intently at the metahuman bounded before him. The Eagle Men brought the
prisoner to the cells right away, locking his feet and hands inside metal
clamps along with a energy dampening clamp around his torso. In this position,
the metahuman was suspended in midair, unable to move anything but his head.
It’s rare for these cells to contain prisoners, and this was the first time the
supercell was being occupied. Yet it was necessary, given the enemy. As the
metahuman opened his eyes, an evil grin spread across his scarred face at the
sight of Alexander.
“Fancy
meeting you here, hero. I thought you’d still be helping out your dear friends
in Frontier.”
Alexander
looked upon the face of Volt, the super villain that nearly beat Frontier and
killed Steve almost six months ago. Alexander himself had to go down and help
his old team, which was the first time in eight years he had associated with
Frontier. Since then he had crossed paths with Volt once more, in the big
battle of Hopling city a month ago. Volt escaped in the chaos, vowing to have
another battle with the Electric Eagle.
“You
should not have come here,” Alexander’s voice was hard as diamonds as he
controlled his rage. Never before has anyone attacked the Eagle.
Volt
laughed as best he could, “But how else could we have this conversation? You
never return my calls.”
Alexander’s
hand rushed out, backhanding Volt across the face. A trail of blood drooled out
of the corner of the super villain’s mouth. “I am very close to throwing you
off the Eagle and ridding the world of you once and for all.”
“You
wouldn’t do that,” Volt chuckled, “you’re a hero, buddy.”
Alexander
grabbed Volt’s chin, forcing the two to look eye to eye. “I am the protector of
the Eagle’s citizens first, a superhero second. And you are a threat to the
people. Now what are you doing here?” Alexander’s voice rose to a roar. “You
couldn’t have believed you could do any permanent damage. Tell me the truth!”
Volt
spit blood out of his mouth and smiled. “I’m here to destroy your world, hero.”
Alexander
snarled as he turned and walked away, signaling for the guards to remain and
keep a vigilant watch. A messenger hurried next to him, ready for a statement.
“Summon the council members. We need a quick decision.”
“On
the fate of the prisoner, sir?”
“No,”
Alexander said, his fists clenching tight as he thought of the wounded Eagle
Men and destroyed park. “They need to decide which side of the Eagle to throw
him off.”
Thirty
minutes later, as the Eagle’s council members were assembling to decide on what
to do with Volt, the guards were leaning against the walls, making small talk
as their shifts drug on. Guarding prisoners was a terribly boring duty, but it
was necessary all the same. Suddenly a crack was heard, followed by a shining
light next to Volt. The guards leveled their weapons and turned, but instantly
fell to the ground. Volt looked over and smiled.
“Right
on time.”
“You
didn’t tell us you’d be in a cell.” A slender woman in her early thirties
stepped out of the light and tossed her long black hair over one shoulder. “I’m
assuming you have a plan for escaping?”
“Do
you think I’m an idiot, Mind Queen?” Volt sounded angry. Despite only knowing
each other for two weeks, his little band of villains should know he was not a
man to mess with, physically or mentally. “Once you free me, I’ll be glad to
share it with you.” After a pause, “Nice dress by the way. I didn’t know this
was a social event.”
Mind
Queen sighed and rolled her green eyes. She folded her arms across her busty
chest and tossed a look back towards the light, which was dying down. “Just get
him down from there. We don’t have all day. Eventually someone will radio in
and find the guards unresponsive.”
A
short skinny man walked over to Volt. Once he left the fading light, it
vanished and in its place stood a fat, angry looking girl. The short man looked
completely incapable of helping at all, but with a grunt he began growing in size.
Soon he stood nearly ten feet tall, his body bulked up into a behemoth man.
With little strain, he cracked open the metal clamps that held Volt, freeing
the villain.
“Thanks
Augmento. Now let’s bring this ship down.”
“The
hell am I supposed to do?” The fat girl folded her arms, snorting as she
talked. As much as Volt needed her teleportation ability, he despised this
little angry girl. He knew, despite her obnoxious protests, that her abilities
had nothing to do with her short, fat, ugly look.
“Stick
to the plan, Pinpoint. Find a nice place to hide and be ready to get us out of
here when we call you.” Volt walked out of the supercell room with the others,
leaving Pinpoint to pout all on her own.
“Remember
the plan, you two,” Volt said as they snuck out of the prison into the late
afternoon’s light. Mind Queen’s psionic blasts were extremely useful in
subduing the guards they came across. Volt had a moment of gratitude that he
was able to persuade her to his little team. Very nice to look at too, he thought, stealing a glance at her
round butt through her skin tight red dress.
“This
isn’t my first time, Volt,” Mind Queen said, catching Volt checking her out and
giving him a light mental slap. “I know what to do.”
“And
my part’s easy,” Augmento mumbled through the pain of increasing his size
further. Now that they were outside he was growing to the size of a three story
building. “I am the muscle that’s destroying this boat.”
Volt
smiled cruelly, thinking of the pain he was about to cause Alexander. “Let us
begin.”
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