[IC] Justice League Unlimited: Paragons and Pariahs (MrDidact and FiroIV)

[MrDidact]

The Watchtower, Justice League Headquarters

It had been just over a month since Lex Luthor had saved the world. A month since two of the League's greatest foes had vanished. A month since the largest alien invasion in Earth's history. And in that time the Justice League had picked up the pieces. The Secret Society had been effectively destroyed with it's leadership and most of its strongest members behind bars. But there remained a desperate remnant of that group that had eluded capture. Until now.

Francisco Ramos, the Detroit-born Metahuman known as Vibe strolled into the briefing room. He was the first to arrive, and smiled genially at J'onn J'onnz the Martian Manhunter. Before, J'onn would have only nodded but after months among the people of Earth he returned the smile. Vibe chuckled and called out, "How's it hanging J'onn? First one here I see. Dang that doesn't speak well for the rest of the team if I'm first." Vibe kept smiling as he planted his rear down on a bench facing J'onn who stood by a monitor.

Vibe asked, "What's the job anyway? T didn't tell me anything except to get here ASAP." Vibe leaned in to whisper, a somewhat futile gesture considering that he was speaking to a Telepath, "Just between you and me, I think he woke up on the wrong side of the bed." J'onn smiled a little and said, "Mister Terrific has a lot of work to do, there's still a lot that needs to be done and sometimes he forgets to be polite. As for the mission, we'll wait for the rest of your team first. I know how little all of you care for telepathic communication and I'd rather not have to repeat myself verbally."

The young hero leaned back and put his head in his hands, "It's cool J'onn. Who do I got anyway? Probably not anyone else on the Seven, they'd already be here. Booster? Atom? Canary? Now there's someone I wouldn't mind wor-" he was suddenly interrupted by a manic voice yelling, " GOOD MORNING, WATCHTOWER! " Vibe cursed in spanish under his breath as the Creeper rolled, literally rolled into the briefing room.

The yellow-skinned maniac laughed and said, "Well, it's not really morning. No sunshine here." Creeper pursed his lips and scratched his head, "Goodnight? It's dark right? But you can't have night without day. Lunchtime? No that was an hour ago. Oh ok, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, WA- " J'onn held up a hand and said, "Hello Creeper. It's good to see you. Please take seat."

Creeper smiled, "Sure thing my space brotha from a space motha! Anything for J-Man! Or J-Manhunter." Creeper jumped and flipped in the air landing in the seat next to Vibe who muttered, "Hey Creeper." Creeper smiled even wider, "Sup Vibe? Been awhile. Last time I saw you was when we were chasing down the Society. Or was it when I cleaned out my toilet? One of those times, in any case a long time. Good to see you how are the kids?"

"I don't have any kids, Creeper."

"Wife?"

"I'm single. You've known me for more than a year."

Creeper laughed, "To me it's been like decades man. Seriously, you single? With dance moves like that? I'm shocked. Figuratively shocked, literally shocked is more fun. Anyway, I thought all the hot mamacitas would be lining up for the tamales." Vibe groaned as Creeper went on and on. He stared at J'onn and it didn't take a telepath to know what he was thinking. J'onn simply smiled again.

Suddenly Creeper started sniffing the air, "Speaking of hot mamacitas..." His head whipped towards the door and he cheered, "Vivi!" Vibe turned his head to look and he sat up straighter and mussed with his hair when he saw who was walking in. Vivian D'Vartis, the Crimson Fox, sashayed into the briefing room and made Vibe and Creeper drool, literally in the latter's case. The women of the League tended to be devastatingly attractive and Fox was no different. Her beauty was almost a physical presence that made Vibe's throat feel dry.

Crimson Fox smiled and said, "Hi Jackie." Her eyes met Vibe's shades and she smiled, "Hi Cisco." Sweat started to bead his forehead and Vibe was suddenly very glad he wore shades, he coughed and said "Hi Vivian, good to see you." Fox's eyes sparkled, "I know I barely see you two around any more." She grinned at J'onn, "Hey J'onn." J'onn smiled broadly, "Hello Vivian please take a seat."

She nodded and sat down next to Vibe's right side. Now the young man found himself between the craziest man in the League and one of the most beautiful women he had ever met. Vibe counted himself lucky that he hadn't already gone crazy on the spot. He tried his best to act casual and mostly succeeded, "So J'onn, we all here yet?" J'onn shook his head, "No, this mission calls for a larger sized team. We're still waiting on Ray, Sand, and Gypsy."

Creeper smiled at the sound of the names and Fox did too. Vibe nodded and thought to himself that Ray was pretty cool but Sand was almost as weird as Creeper. He turned his head to the side and saw Creeper playing rock-papers-scissors to himself. He seemed to be losing judging by the sounds of frustration he made. Okay, nobody comes even close when compared to Creeper. And Gypsy was coming too. Vibe thought she was as attractive as Vivian, and he had heard of her back in Detroit, he couldn't quite put his finger on why but she scared him too.

Well at least this won't be a boring mission

[FiroIV]

Raymond Terrill, also known as the second superhero “The Ray”, was sleeping in his room when he woke to the sound of a red alarm in his room. It was the “you are being summoned alarm” to the briefing room courtesy of Mister Terrific and not the “there’s an emergency alarm and prepare to fight of bad guys like right now”. In other words, he had a mission. To be honest Ray was not that thrilled to get the alarm seeing as he had just arrived at the watchtower about an hour ago. He wanted to sleep a bit more, but the job called and he had to answer.

The Philadelphia based hero got up from his bed and put on his suit on top his suit. He was among the few sets of heroes that never had to worry about his costume since it came with his powers. In literally a single flash, he was dressed in his “The Ray” costume. Only slightly eager to get to his next mission Ray brisk walked to the briefing room, which is considerably slower than his speed of light flying, but there was no flying in the halls of the Watchtower unless it was some kind of emergency. It’s why he wasn’t all that surprised to find himself being watched by the early birds.

Inside the room was J’onn which given the way the Martian looked at him wasn’t all that pleased to find him being late. It was still good to the see big ol’ green guy back. Ray smiled and sat next to Crimson Fox or Vivi as most people tend to call her when not in mission mode. Ray said hello to the other two as well and could have sat anywhere else, but he liked sitting next to Vivi since she always smelled good.

“Is this all of us J’onn?” Ray asked the Martian.

“Almost, we are waiting for Sand to get here then we will get started.” The not little green man replied.

Seconds later the person in question appeared. Sand walked in quietly and nodded to J’onn to which the replied with his own nod. Sand was about to sit on the opposite end of the table when he felt a weight pushing down on the chair he wanted to pull out.

“Ahhh.. gee sorry Sand” a squeaky voice said out of nowhere. “I forgot I was invisible.”

Moments later a young dark skinned woman wearing a dress began to appear as if she was there the whole time, and she was. Fading in to existence was Gypsy who had been sitting in the chair for a while now without saying a word. The young Michigan born hero had the rather infamous ability to stay invisible all the time without noticing it which has a tendency to put people off. She doesn’t mean any harm by it of course seeing as staying invisible has simply been her way of life. Sand, without any particular care whatsoever simply said that it was okay and picked a seat next to the now visible young woman.

“I guess we’re all here then yeah J’onn? I guess we’re good to go? So what’s the mission?” Ray asked quite eager to find out what they are supposed to do.

[MrDidact]

Martian Manhunter smiled and the screen activated displaying a row of villains, in and out of costume and their statistics. Firefly, Luminous, Tsukuri, Livewire, Psycho-Pirate, Queen Bee, The Tattooed Man and a half-dozen or so others filtered through the screen, "These are the remnants of the Secret Society. The majority of the Society was killed by Darkseid and Luthor with most of the survivors being taken into custody shortly after the invasion. Gentleman Ghost, Sonar, and Metallo had already been imprisoned beforehand leaving these members the only ones unaccounted for."

"They went into hiding as soon as the battles broke out and it hasn't been until now that myself, Question, and Batman had been able to pin down their location. They are hiding out here," The screens flashed to show an island with a massive estate built on it, "Ironically they've taken shelter in the complex Grodd assaulted back in the early days of the League." Creeper exclaimed, "Is that what irony is? I thought it was-" Vibe elbowed him and for once Creeper shut up. Not before blowing a raspberry at Vibe however.

"The fortifications seem to be somewhat increased featuring automated turrets, cameras, and the remains of the Legion's army. Luckily they seem to have no heavy armor or air support. Your mission will be to infiltrate the Island at Night, take down the base, and capture and or neutralize the villains. They don't want to go to prison so they will fight to kill and you will do what is necessary." Creeper clapped his hands in merriment.

"I'm not going to lie to you. This will be a difficult assignment. There are a hundred or so guards but they should be easy enough to deal with. The villains will be the problem they are among the last major villain threats in the world. I advise against direct confrontation and to proceed with caution. There may be security measures and contingencies we don't even know about. But I am confident this team can succeed." Vibe exhaled and inhaled. It was one of the hardest jobs he'd ever done but he knew that he could do it. Nobody ket Francisco Ramos down. Vivi seemed a little nervous too but straightened herself up and looked resolved. Creeper looked manic as usual.

"Mission support will be Mister Terrific and the Javelin will set down about five miles from the estate itself. You all know the capabilities of these villains but you will receive full briefings in the forms of these files in these folders as well as copies sent to your Javelin." J'onn picked up six folders, his arms turning into three smaller limbs each that stretched out to hand the dossiers to the team. Vivi accepted them gingerly, as Vibe did the same and Creeper snatched them up enthusiastically.

"You will leave in approximately three hours. The team leader and specific plan of action is for you to decide. You may take this time to work out the details. Any questions?" Creeper held up a hand shouting me over and over until J'onn picked him, "Why isn't Supes, Wondy, or any of the bigs guys going?" Vibe was about to remark before he admitted that that was a good question.

"The majority of the League is still embroiled in recovery and peace keeping operations in the fallout of the invasion. You six were among the only ones available and I felt it was the perfect chance for you all to bond and gain experience. Any other questions?" Vivian raised a hand, "Why not teleport in and do we have back up?" J'onn said, "The Legion has seemingly found a way to counter our transport network no doubt one of Luthor's inventions. The Javelin has been modified to enter without a trace. If you take out the device blocking the transporters you can call upon reinforcement at will if the situation calls for it."

"Any other questions before I leave you to discuss your plans?"

[FiroIV]

Sand, as always was silently listening to the mission briefing. From the looks of it, their mission was a League cleanup mission. From his rough assessment of the villains, none of them was particularly destructive. They were dangerous, all villains are, but not enough that they should o be particularly scared. Out of all the villains that J’onn mentioned the one he was particularly scared of was LiveWire simply because the woman had a naturally lethal power. Everyone else could be easily outsmarted or had a significant weakness that could be used against them. As for his worries why none of the original Leagu members were here that questioned was answered by Vibe, which saved him time from speaking up.

Just for safe measure Sand decided to stay quiet and let the others speak first. In the meantime he decided to read through the files in the folders. He was among the heroes that extensively made use of the League’s extensive library of data. One of his principles as a hero was to make use of any available resource and joining the League gave him access to a near limitless source of heroes.

“Actually J’onn I have one question about the mission. Do we know what kind of tech Luthor built exactly? Like what does it look like and stuff? I think it would be easier if we go for that first then call for backup to make the whole thing easier.” Gypsy asked the Martian. This type of mission was not a good fit for her because of her powers and skill set wasn’t suited for fighting villain of this caliber. Her other teammates Vibe and The Ray were a good fit because they had a naturally high level combat level because of their powers.

It would be a completely different thing is she was just sneaking since that was her specialty. If the place was just a normal compound full of flat scan goons where the goal was to infiltrate and get something then it would be an entirely different question. Her spying ability was high enough that if she used it in tandem with her power then there was a possibility that she defeat even Batman in that aspect.

“I have a question J’onn. Why go now? I mean If they are hiding out why not just wait till we have more members and raid the whole thing. Also why not go with us?” The Ray asked. Truthfully he was quite scared. He’s never had had to do a mission that involved fighting a group of super villains.

The only time he’s ever went against a large group of super powered people was when the UltiMen clones invaded the watchtower. That was entirely different thing though since the clones were mindless and fought only using their powers. They were robotic and didn’t really act like people since they followed a certain code which made them predictable and easy to defeat. Just plain super villains with powers, abilities, personalities, and the ability to learn was a whole other thing.

[MrDidact]

J'onn shook his head, "We can't know specifically what it would look like but Mister Terrific, Steel, and Atom have managed to construct a rough profile of it's probable specifications, properties, and unique signatures. We're calibrating our scanners to pick up likely candidates for such a device but we can't have complete certainty. At that time of night most of the guards and at least a few of the villains, would be sleeping so if some way were found to keep them permanently out of the battle that would be best. Your infiltration specialty is particularly useful for this."

J'onn smiled at Ray and put his hand on his shoulder, "We want to move in while they're still licking their wounds. If we wait too long the Society will move on and be free to gather it's strength. It'll be a while before we can amass significantly more of the Roster and by then they probably would have abandoned the island. As to why I won't be joining you, I will be there in mind. I will facilitate telepathic communications and provide support any way I can but there are other duties that require my physical presence. Rest assured if the situation calls for it I will not leave you." J'onn still smiled and nodded at Ray, "I want to give all of you a chance to show what you're made of. You can do this Ray, you just have to believe it."

J'onn turned to the whole group, "This will be one of your toughest assignments yet but if you work together, use your heads, and keep your cool you'll all make it out. I must take my leave. Good luck." With that J'onn walked out of the briefing room.

Vibe ran a hand through his hair nervously. He had powers sure but he'd never thrown down with villains without one of the more experienced members backing him up. Crimson Fox seemed nervous as well. She'd been involved in the Ultimen Attack but that was different, a brawl against mindless enemies. In fact the rest of the team seemed nervous, only Creeper seemed unconcerned whistling to himself.

Vibe cleared his throat, "Ok well I guess the first thing to do is pick a leader." Creeper raised his hands jumping up and down, "Oh oh oh! Do me! Do me! I wanna be it! I'll be a great leader! We'll all get to die together!" Vibe stared flatly at Creeper impressive with sunglasses, "No Creeper." Fox put a hand on Creeper's shoulder and giggled, "Oui, Jack. We need someone a little more... cautious as leader." Creeper hung his head and said, "Awwww. Ok I guess." Fox smiled and kissed Creeper on the cheek which made him go, "Yowza!" And flip backward in the air fist-pumping before landing on the floor.

Crimson Fox smiled again, "I do not believe I'd be a very good leader." Vibe sighed, "Yeah, I don't think I could be either. I don't have enough experience." Crimson Fox turned to the other three, "What about you? I know Ray isn't as experienced either. But maybe you'd like to take command Sand?" Vivian smiled at Cynthia and sidled up to her, wrapping an arm around her hip, she giggled, "I wouldn't mind taking orders from you either." It was all Vibe could do to not drool, but again Creeper just let it drip to the floor.

Vibe shook his head, "Well whoever goes, I'm thinking the first thing we do is land in the jungle. Maybe take out patrols they might have, me and Sand slip on uniforms. Gypsy, Fox, and Creeper can stay hidden pretty well and Ray can just conjure up a uniform." Creeper raised a hand, "We can probably check out the place, see what's there to see. Then we send Cindy to use some of Sandy's night-night gas. We'll have less people to have fun with but it'd be smart." Vibe blinked, "That actually was smart Jack." Vivian nodded, "Yes. Then we can find someone to interrogate. Ask about defenses, where the tech is, anything we need. I could probably handle that but if not any one of us could do it really. What do you guys think?"

[FiroIV]

“Understood J’onn.” Gypsy smiled and saluted. The whole “this is your specialty” was kind of nice of him. Having been married must have done him good, Gypsy thought. Looking through the folder that J’onn game them all she decided to spend her time listening to the others while she looked through the files for information about the machine. The best course of action for her was to look for it, dismantle it and call for help. Their enemies had the advantage in numbers and in sheer firepower because of it. It made more sense to her if they called for backup. One of the biggest advantages to being a part of the league was that they could band together and help each other out. They should utilize that more.

There was no arguing with the Martian’s logic. His answer was the perfect answer, it actually sounded like the ideal answer tailor fit for him. Ray figured that it must be the Martian’s telepathy. The man’s telepathic powers made him really terrifying, and him providing assistance through his telepathy just made him that much scarier. The details are unclear, but according to the League’s files the original team was first formed when the Martian called for them from around the world and when he went into hiding to learn how to live with people he used his telepathy to hide his presence so that he could notbe found. Truly the Martian was a terrifying man, and ray was glad that he was on their side. “That’s good to know then J’onn.”

Having no questions to ask Sand simply accepted the fact that the Martian left. The members of this pick up team had already asked any question that he would want to ask, which was a nice turn of events. For his part, Sand kept quiet in his chair reading the files making sure that he and his team would be prepared to take down the facility and the villains inside. As someone who relied mostly on his wits and gadgets being three steps ahead was one of the things that he needed to do.

He was quite honored that they wanted him to be their leader, but honestly he’d rather not have the responsibility. “I’m quite honored that you think highly of me, but I’d rather not be a leader. We should just come up with a decent plan, stay in contact and hope for the best. It may seem uncharacteristic, but we’ve never really been a group together.” This way none of them should argue. Everyone here is a decent human being who shouldn’t be that petty, well the Creeper was one thing, but he’s a special case.

“Anyway I agree with the plan so far. Our best bet is to land in the jungle and sneak in.” He managed to sound formally so far. He just hoped that his plan made sense to them as well with him. “I looked through the filed J’onn gave us and I figure our best bet is to go in pairs. There are six of us here, three heavy hitters, Vibe, The Ray and Creeper, while Gypsy, Crimson Fox, and have abilities that can be used for stealth. If we pair the three together we can compensate the other’s lack of stealth skills and hitting power”. It made sense in his head, hopefully he was able to express the plan properly to them as well. Truthfully he’d just rather go with the girls since the other three were pretty loud, but he appreciated their strength and they were valuable in their own right. “Also I like Creeper’s idea of using sleeping gas to decrease the number of opponents. I dodn’t have enough that will cover the entire island, but if we systematically use them I their ventilation system we should cover multiple areas at once.”

“There’s actually something I want to say.” The ray raised his hand. “If we pair up with teams I’d prefer to go with Vivian. The two of us…I think are the fastest here in terms of speed. So getting around should be pretty easy. Like Francisco said if I sneak in using costumes I don’t think I’ll have any problems socializing to get info.” He did not want to use interrogate. “Also if Vivian can come with me she can use her powers on men so it can make things easier. Right? ”

[MrDidact]

Vibe and Fox nodded, Creeper giving Sand a thumbs up. Fox said, "That sounds good I guess. But if push comes to shove we might want to choose one. We'll see how this works out though." Vibe crossed his arms, "Yeah powers and skills are pretty much rock, paper, scissors. Balancing out the pairs is the best course of action." Fox, who still sat next to Gypsy and had an arm around her pursed her lips, "If we put some in the main ventilation system it should get the maximum coverage. Why don't we also use some of your special stuff and put it in the main water supply? It'll get anyone who takes a drink."

Vivi smiled at Ray and nodded, "That sounds good. Together the two of us can cover the most ground in the least amount of time. If we encounter anything, I have ways of persuading people," she laughed melodically and Vibe straightened out his collar, "Yeah I'm guessing I would pair with Gypsy and Creeper with Sand. My vibration powers and Gypsy's stealth powers would give us a lot of versatility and with Sand paired with Creeper you'll be a good melee team." Plus Vibe silently added, he wouldn't have to deal with Creeper. Creeper for his part jumped up and down and sidled up next to Sand smiling.

Fox spoke up again, "We have a few hours so maybe Sand can whip up more gas and knockout potion in the labs. Based on the old files, the Island has a dock where the old owner put boats. The Society probably put in a few boats maybe even a sub. I'm thinking Ray and I could get there the fastest and knock out any vessels. Let's go with Blue team for the two of us. For Gypsy and Vibe, Red Team and Sand and Creeper are Gold Team."

Vibe nodded, "Sounds good. So Blue Team knocks out any boats when the rest of us land in the jungle. Red and Gold knock out any jungle patrols and scavenge equipment and uniforms. We could hack into their radio network and listen in on comms. We leave the Javelin on remote control so Mister Terrific can pilot and give us fire support if it blows out. If we connect it to the mainframe we can use it to hack into any computer systems we find as well."

Fox said, "We scope out the place and find different entry points. There'll probably be a motor pool and we should knock out any vehicles to limit enemy mobility. Red Team should find the security room, we take it over and use the cameras to our advantage, knock out any automated defenses too. That way they can probably spot the anti-transporter device. Gold Team sets up the gas, finds and disables any other armories, and generally finds out ways to sabotage the enemy while Blue Team tries to gather any intel we can. Who knows the Society might have some info that could be useful."

Vibe continued, "If our cover is blown we should find a way to cut the power. Livewire can travel through any electronics and she's probably the most dangerous one there. If we get in trouble we should regroup, but knocking out the anti-transporter is priority so we can knock over the place easier." Vibe looked around at the people he'd be walking into this mission with. He was placing his life in their hands. He looked at Creeper and sighed, "Any other ideas?"

[FiroIV]

Using the liquid form of the sleeping gas came to him even before she suggested the idea of putting it in their water supply, but he already decided not to use it beforehand. It wasn’t impossible and given that they had three hours to prepare he could certainly make enough to cover most of the island. He didn’t want to though. The liquid form of the formula was still in its rough stages and the few doses that he carried with himself were synthesized so that they could be in liquid form. Simply changing the formula from one state to another, from his past experiences, resulted in dangerous consequences.

“I’m not against using the formula like that, but the formula I use doesn’t work that way. I’d have to come up with a new method to create something that’s soluble enough and fast enough to work on their entire water system. It’s also too much work to do that, the gas is simply more effective which is why Wes kept it that way for years.” Sandy said. “Don’t worry though. I have enough time to make a few gas canisters that everyone can use.”

Listening to others talk was definitely quite a change for Gypsy. She’s never been on such a large group mission before that involved six moving parts. It was a bit overwhelming, but since this was a mission that she was quite good at she the influx of information wasn’t all that hard to grasp. Like in any mission she was worried that they might fail, but her tension was eased by the fact that she was partnered with Vibe. They were still technically strangers, but he had lots of firepower that could easily cover her lack of offense.

“I don’t have any suggestions per say, but I think our best bet for now is to not get worked up on this.” Gypsy commented. It was obvious that they were tense, she could feel it in their aura. “Anyway I think we covered the basics. In summation, we have the following. Once we land on the isaldn our first priority is to get some disguises for the team that goes inside, Red and Gold so that’s me, Creeper, Vibe, and Sand.

Then there’s Blue team consisting of The Ray and Crimson Fox who will go take out the enemy boats, or possibly a sub first, and then move inward taking down any sort of obstacles. Also the main power source for the island should be external given so you guys could also look out for that I guess.”

“Actually I want to add something to that.” Ray piped up from his chair. He understood the flow of the conversation, but he wasn’t really the tactical type so he let the others talk it out. “If we do need to regroup somewhere before completing the mission Crimson Fox and I should also set up some kind safe zone where Mister T can find all of us. You know, just to be safe.”

“Hmm I actually didn’t think of that nice thinking Ray. Okay so while Blue team does that Red team and Gold team go inside right?” Gypsy commented.

“Yes. That is right.” Sand said going in for the finish. Red Team which consists of Gypsy and Vibe should focus on looking for the anti-transport device since you two have more mobility that us given that Gypsy can phase through walls. This way Gold team, which is Creeper and I can focus on the security room. I figure the two teams can also work on the radio for their communication and their armory while inside. Naturally there’s also the matter of the gas which we’ll be doing as well.” It sounded pretty hard when talking about, but in reality execution wouldn’t be that hard given that everyone of them here had some sort of experience with these kinds of mission, and those that don’t were partnered with some that do. “It sounds about right. Yes?”

[MrDidact]

Crimson Fox nodded at Sand, "That makes sense, it would have been nice but we have to make do with what we have yeah?" She smiled at Gypsy and sighed dramatically, "It's too bad we won't be partners. I was looking forward to catching up." She grinned and Ray and winked suggestively, "I'm sure we will make due though right Ray?" Fox giggled and her eyes flashed. She always liked playing around, but she did have to admit that most of her teammates were fairly attractive. Creeper when he was in his normal form of course. She couldn't tell about Sandy however and idly wondered what he looked like under that mask.

Fox nodded at Gypsy, "Yes everyone should be more calm. Being too anxious will not be good for the mission." Vibe nodded and said, "Yeah it does no good to get too worked up." The young man had never been on a mission quite like this. Small team, large opposition, minimal support, and no established members to help guide them. He realized this was his moment, his chance to prove himself as a real hero. Besides it wouldn't be a Justice League mission if it were easy. He breathed in and out and he felt a bit of the fear bleed away. Of course that might have been Vivi giving him a pick-up but he'd take anything that worked.

Creeper laughed in delight, not showing any fear at all, "I'm loving this so much! We'll finally get to hang out and kick ass together!" He smiled slyly at Sand, raising an eyebrow, "Maybe we can blow stuff up too." Vibe was about to protest before pausing, "Well. Maybe we could sabotage their armory to blow. Synchronize it with blowing the motor pool to create a big diversion if or rather when we need it."

Fox spoke up, "Finding a safe area is a good idea. Once we compromise their transport and power system, likely candidates would be deeper in the surrounding jungle. That way if we need to disperse, pursuers will have a hard time of keeping up and finding us while allowing Michael to keep an eye on us." Vibe rubbed his hands, now a little excited about it all rather than nervous. The plan was coming together and things were looking up, "I think we got everything down. Sand, you should go prepare the gas. I'll go see if we can sign out any special equipment like remote explosives. Everyone else should study the files and get a little bit of rest before we go. Anything else?"

[FiroIV]

Gypsy and Crimson Fox weren’t best friends, but almost every single girl in the league were friendly to each other. Being in a league made up of mostly men having female friends was a treasure. As Wonder Woman would say, sisterhood forever. “We’ll catch up on other missions so don’t worry about it.” Gypsy said to Vivian with a smile. “Plus this way I can finally get together with Vibe. I’ve always wanted to get to know Francis more anyway.” She said without having known about Francisco’s preference for Cisco.

“Yes, fun”. The sarcasm in his voice was so palpable and thick it could be cut with a knife and served to the Creeper, which Sandy figured he would gladly eat. Sandy meant no ill will of course, but the man should have known that. Under the madness lied genius, which the Creeper proved to him with his idea. “Good plan. I think we can find a way to use it, but I’ll have to set up timers just so we can get it right.“

The plan sounded really good to Ray. He was glad to have such a good and capable comrades on this team, but to be honest he was quite sad. He wasn’t miserable of course, but whenever he was in a group mission like this he would be reminded of how inexperienced and lacking he was. “Right, right. I don’t think we forgot anything right Sand?” Ray said to the man who seemed the most tactical of them all.

“There are still a lot of things we haven’t covered, but that’s normal in all missions. The best we can do now is hope that we accomplish the majority of our goals and that we succeed on any mission. No amount of preparing will ever get us ready for every sort of complication that rises up. The best thing to do is make a good plan, and as far as I can tell we have one.” Sand said without flinching even once. He didn’t mean it to be some kind of inspirational speech, but quite honestly all speeches were inspirational in some way.

“Well…I guess we’re done here?” Gypsy said with a smile. “Meeting adjourned then.”

[MrDidact]

Crimson Fox smiled at Gypsy and wrapped her arms around her in a mostly platonic hug, "I'm going to hold you to it Cynthia." For his part Vibe nodded at Gypsy, suppressing the urge to cough awkwardly. He was glad for his shades at that moment, they hid his embarrassed expression. Gypsy was a beautiful woman. Come to think of it, every woman on the station was unbelievably attractive. Vibe didn't even correct her about his nickname, trying his best to casually smile, "You bet Cindy. We come from the same town, we should have been working together earlier."

Creeper mirrored Fox's gesture towards Gypsy but for Sand. He also squeezed much tighter than was strictly necessary and shook his teammate as he did. Creeper's expression of glee was bordering on manic, "Oh boy oh boy oh boy, we're gonna be best buddies Sandy! After this we should have a sleepover! It'll be great! We'll play truth or dare, eat ice cream, watch scary movies, paint our nails, brush each other's hair-" Creeper stopped and pursed his lips, "Do you even have hair? Or a face? Are you just a skull wearing a mask? I bet you are, it's ok I don't judge."

The team listened to Sand's impromptu speech, Fox and Vibe nodding in understanding while Creeper absently picked his ear. After the meeting broke up, the team went their own separate ways to prepare themselves for the mission. Vibe decided to catch some rest in his bunk while Fox researched more of the terrain, even getting Creeper to assist her in marking down locations. He was marginally helpful.

A few hours later, with hearts beating they boarded their Javelin and they were off. Vibe was their pilot and he navigated them to their target, an island in the Pacific. Vibe engaged the stealth systems and activated the scanner, immediately picking up a few hundred heat signatures and large energy spikes near the Estate, in the jungle, and in the water.

Creeper jumped up and down, "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there y-" Crimson Fox placed her arm on his hand, "Yes Jack we're here." Vibe swallowed his anxiety and said, "Alright let's land this thing in that clearing over there. I picked up what could be a sub on the far side of the island and what could have been the main power source. I'll drop off Blue Team as close as I can get to the sub."

The invisible and silent Javelin, it's stealth systems modeled after Wonder Woman's invisible jet, hovered over the ground. Vivian smiled and blew a kiss to the team, "Wish us luck." Vivian pulled her hood over her face and flipped out of the Javelin, landing softly and perfectly in the growth below. She smiled at Ray and they were off, Fox running and jumping across the tree tops to the sub. She felt alive, the air in her face and the pounding of her heart sounding like music to her. They reached where the sub might have been and they saw the vessel docked on the side of the island, a couple dozen armed guards around the vessel whose hatch was open.

Fox looked at Ray, "How do you want to proceed?"

Meanwhile Vibe landed the Javelin in a small clearing, leaving the cloaking system online as Red and Gold Team left together. Back on the Watchtower, J'onn opened up a telepathic group link allowing them to communicate without having to use radios. It was incredibly useful and efficient but it was all Vibe could do to keep his thoughts away from Gypsy. At least J'onn was kind enough to filter most of what Creeper was thinking. Vibe thought. Patrol ahead. After we take 'em out we can split up.

The foursome creeped up, spreading out until they saw a convoy of five jeeps run down the path. Creeper said, We gotta squish em in! Like a bug between my fingers. Take out the front, take out the back, sweep the middle. Vibe nodded, Good idea. I can take the front part. Creeper and Gypsy take the rear while Sand gasses the middle. Sound good?

[FiroIV]

Once everyone decided to disband everyone went their separate ways except for Ray. Ray decided to stay in the briefing room with Crimson Fox and the Creeper. He wasn’t going to be much help anywhere else and he was still pumped up having been woken abruptly, and getting a short nap in between was just going to make him crankier so instead he opted to help in any way he could, which in this case was basically nothing. He sat in the room while the other two did most of the work. In other words he was just an extra set of hands who lurked in the corner and gave his two cents all while thinking about the mission and everyone else who has already left.

The other two who left, Gypsy and Sand where busy doing their own thing, the things they specialized in. Sand, having accidentally volunteered himself to do a lot of the grunt and specilaised work was in the watchtower laboratories making a new batch of formula for the group. Normally it would have taken hi a few good hours, but having an entire laboratory staff at your hand made it easier.

One of the best things about the Watchtower staff was that they complied with nearly everything anyone could ask for. In theory he could have made them do it, but he was against giving such dangerous chemical formulas to strangers. The staff has all been tested, but it had already been proven that there are many ways for information to leak out of the tower. Once he finished synthesizing the formula all that was left was to let it still for a while and transfer them to the grenades, he left that part to the staff so that he could some very important sleep.

Gyspsy who didn’t need to do any sort of preparing, power or equipment wise, decided to head to the computer labs to go through the Justice League’s files. The information that J’onn gave them was thorough, but Cindy prepared to do her own investigatory work every now and then. Having a net ensured that she would always have a fallback, but just because the League was there was no excuse to let her skills slip. Cindy patiently went through all the files the League had that was connected to tehri current mission. Her first prioroity being the tech they were after.

Hours later the team was off. The first to get out of the Javelin was Blue Team, namely Crimson Fox and The Ray.

Ray was quite apprehensive, as with any mission, but having someone like Crimson Fox around was strangely appeasing.. It could have been for a number of reasons, but he chucked it up to having someone who radiated confidence and skill. Upon being asked on how they wanted to proceed Ray said “I tend to attract to much attention for my own good, so I can’t go out there all gun’s ablaze.”. Ray paused.

He knew that if he went out there he may as well paint a target on their shirts. His powers, although handy was just too bright for stealth missions. To him there was only one way he could be useful here. “The way I see it our best bet at stealth is to find a weak spot and pick them off one by one as quietly as possible. If I use my power out there I’ll be seen, but I can shoot a few laser from all the way here in the jungle to back you up if you can get close. What do you think?” In all honestly this was a dangerous plan, but then again all plans involving the League business was dangerous.

Once the Blue Team had left the remaining four quickly went to their own business. The four of them huddled together watched as the five jeeps came. Gypsy for her part did not like the boys’ plan. “Sorry boys, but wed attract too much attention like that. We can take em out for sure, but people would notice if five jeeps worth of people went missing.” Gypsy voiced her opinion, which she would not have done unless it was a telepathic call.

“I agree with Gypsy. We can easily take them out, but we’d attract too much attention, and that’s not something we want right now.” Sand expressed his disapproval. Sand looked watched each jeep closely and noticed something. “The last jeep has about four people in their group, and it’s lagging behind. We’ll focus on capturing one and steal their uniforms to find a way inside the facility. We can take down any enemies we encounter along the way, but he have to do it as subtle as possible. Understood?”

[MrDidact]

Crimson Fox smiled at Ray, "Good thinking Ray. You're right. Until they manage to hack into the enemy's communications we shouldn't risk going in guns blazing. You could probably take them all out if it came to it though. I'll have to finesse this. Watch my back." She blew Ray a kiss and jumped onto the jungle in a silent crouch. She watched the enemy patrols and noticed a guard peel away from his patrol to come into the brush. Vivian crawled on all floors like the fox she was named for as she stalked her prey. The man was deep in the trees and started whistling as he unzipped his pants. His gun rested on the tree next to him.

He never saw it coming as Vivian grabbed him and slammed his head into the tree trunk. He fell to the floor in a limp pile. She relieved him of a pistol and some grenades as well as a knife and the guard's radio. Vivian disassembled his rifle, hid him under a bush, and moved on, jumping up a tree to look again. There were a dozen men spread around the sub on the dock while another half-dozen loitered on the beach. The rest, another dozen, patrolled the perimeter in groups and they were one man down.

Vivian saw a four man patrol enter a jungle path close by. Perfect. She quickly and quietly made her way through the canopy to overlook the patrol. The last man in line suddenly had a strong pair of legs encircle his neck and choke off his voice as he was pulled into the trees. The next man didn't make a sound as a hand sliced down on his windpipe and he fell limp. The third one had his shouts choked out with a strong grip. The last one turned and saw nothing. Nobody. He raised his gun and looked back about to shout when he saw her.

Vivian smiled and said, "Bonjour." Then her leg snapped up and his world went black. She hid the bodies and jumped back into the trees. She jumped and flipped to the other side of the trees looking over the beach where another patrol went into the jungle. They moved in pairs and that was fine by her. She crouched down behind two of them and slammed their heads against each other, catching their bodies in one hand each as she carefully to the next pair. She grabbed their legs and pulled them from underneath them dropping their heads directly on the ground. They blacked out as she let their bodies slump on the ground.

Now for the last one One final patrol broke off from the main group and Vivian noted this one was even more tightly clustered. She smiled and flipped through the air and landed feet first on the back of two henchmen. They grunted as they were slammed on the ground and the two men in the lead turned around to have Vivian catch them in the neck and lift both of them in the air. She hit their heads together and dropped them while she punched the two beneath her feet in the head. They followed their friends into la-la land.

That was almost half of them accounted for. She commed Ray, "I did all I could Ray hopefully you enjoyed the show. Now I need a way to the sub. Maybe you can use your powers to disguise yourself as a guard. Take some equipment and lead them off into the jungle. We take them out together then I advance on the sub with you as backup. Sound good?" Vivian felt a rush as she thought about how she had handled the situation so far. Even Batman would have been pleased.

Elsewhere Vibe nodded while Creeper sighed in disappointment. Sorry guys, wasn't thinking that far ahead Vibe thought sheepishly and hoped Cindy didn't think he was a moron now. Creeper thought , No fun with you guys I swear. Vibe grinned and turned towards the jeep. Gold takes the front, Creeper is a hell of a distraction. Red takes the back. Creeper silently clapped with glee and jumped up into a tree as the jeep lagged behind. Then he fell into the driver's side and slammed the driver beneath him. He let Sand deal with the passenger while Vibe ran up behind the now stopped jeep and pulled the back left passenger off of it. The man slammed into the ground and Vibe's boot dug into his neck. He was out in moments.

Vibe quickly changed into the guard's uniform, slipping it over his own though he took off the vest. It was a tight fit but he didn't feel comfortable with undressing in front of Cindy. And Creeper too. He relieved him of his gear and thought to Sand, "See if you can use our Javelin's computer to hack into their radio net." Vibe checked the rifle the guard had and it took him back to younger days. Worse days. Creeper sighed, Seacrest out He slapped on a skin patch and suddenly the Creeper was no more. There stood Jack Ryder, naked. The man shook his head and followed Vibe's motions. What a trip, lemme tell you being him is something else.

Vibe realized he rarely ever saw Creeper in his normal form. He hardly knew anything about Jack Ryder. No time for that. After getting the bodies out of the road and into the bush, he got into the driver's seat and waited for everyone else to be settled. The jeep had a bag that they could stuff all of their excess into, including Vibe's vest and Creeper's feather boa. He drove off, We in Sand? Now should we follow the rest or what?

[FiroIV]

Having someone like Crimson Fox as a partner was a sight to see. In all honestly Ray would have cheered if he could have, but this being a stealth mission meant that he had to be as quiet as possible. She moved with such elegance and finesse that he couldn't not admire her from the bushes. It was like watching Batman, but female and more pleasing to look at.

In the midst of her taking down the small group of enemies a patrol watching from the shore managed to spot her working her magic. He could have ended their little mission right away, but thankfully enough Ray managed to act quickly and saved the both of them. The moment Ray spotted the grunt noticing the two of them he readied himself and shot a small laser at the man’s back and knocked him towards the sea. The man was far from the sub and all the other grunts so no one noticed the small laser fly through the jungle. The blast he shot was the “hard” kind and not the deadly hot laser kind so the enemy was immediately thrown into the ocean, hopefully not dead.

“Oh please. I thoroughly enjoyed the show.” And he did. “Sounds good to me. Let’s do it” Ray said in agreement. Ray helped Vivian move all the unconscious bodies into the jungle, including the one he shot down and hid them to the best of their abilities. Once Ray managed to get a good look and feel for their uniform all he needed to do was make them.

“I’ll move back into the jungle to change, keep a look out just in case someone notices.” Ray wasn’t really shy being naked in front of her, but the problem lies in her powers. Whenever he used his power his body would glow to match the amount of strength he used for his powers and creating a new uniform was a pretty big show. He could have just worn their uniforms, but the moment he used his powers they’d just burn up anyway.

Once he was done making the suit Ray came out of the jungle looking like your typical red shirt grunt. “How do I look?” Ray said trying not to laugh at how ridiculous, he looked wearing the enemies uniform. “I’m ready on my end here, are you? Let’s go on your signal.”

Elsewhere the other teams managed to take down their opponents the team immediately got changed into their new outfits. The boys went for the uniforms while Gypsy decided that being invisible would be much better. There was also the odd way she would look in a man’s uniform. Once the boy’s were done changing Gypsy immediately went into her invisible mode. “I’ll stay incognito like this. Once we get inside I can provide a better support to Vibe this way.” She said in a humble, but commanding tone. No on really argued since they all pretty much knew she loved spending her time being invisible.

Sand was a little proud that so far there were no arguments or small mishaps. In all honesty about a hundred things could have gone wrong already. It was a surprise that they haven’t hightailed it out here yet or worse dead.

He had no problem changing in front of the team and watching them was quite intriguing really. Seeing the naked body of his teammates allowed him to grasp the way their body’s anatomy moved. Vibe was your standard young and athletic human being who obviously relied on his powers, whereas the Creepers was simply inhuman. Jack Ryder of course was built the same way he was. From his observations it seems that the muscle definition and the anatomy of the two seeped onto one another in spite of their split personalities.”Ryder, it’s good to see you.” Sand quietly nodded to the man as he himself began finishing putting on his uniform.

Once the three men were finished with their preparations they quickly rallied in the jeep to discuss their next move; the preparation being putting on the uniform, hiding the bodies and inspecting the jeep for any information. Vibe and Creeper were sitting in the front, Cindy was sitting in the back invisible and Sandy was being Sandy.

“I was in ages ago. Keep following them from a distance, if they show any signs of curiosity we take them out, but for now we’ll keep a low profile.” Sandy listened in on their radio net searching for Intel as Vibe drove along with the other jeeps. He wanted to look for more info, but using his small gadget without proper security destroyed any chances of proper probing. The best that he could do was listen in on the radio chatter and get up a rough map of the area. “It seems that this convoy is heading directly to the main building. Once we get there, we can split to divide the work. Remember to keep in radio contact or telepathic distance as much as possible.”

[MrDidact]

Vivian nodded, "Yes. I will make sure none but me get to enjoy the sight." She giggled melodically and kept a lookout for Ray with minimal backwards glances and appreciative eyebrow raising. When she observed the enemy troops it seemed as they were still on low alert. They hadn't noticed any of their patrols going missing so far. Vivi and Ray needed to move fast to take advantage of that fact.

Vivi looked back at Ray and held down another giggle at the sight of him in the blue suit and goggles, "You make it work Ray." She smiled, "I'll ping you on the comm when I'm ready." She jumped up into an overhanging branch and made her way to a clear vantage point of the beach. She sent Ray the signal on the comm which would tell him to get the attention of as many of the guards as he could. Whatever it was he did, the six men loitering on the beach gripped their guns and came over into the brush.

The Crimson Fox silently jumped across the canopy to look down on them. Six men, two of them. It was simple math. As soon as they were far away enough from the sub, Vivi jumped down with both feet on the rearmost guard. He crumpled under her weight and then Vivi hopped onto the air to plant her fists on his back while snapping both of her feet out to catch the other two guards in their heads.

The man under her was knocked out by the second hit while his friends stumbled back. Vivi twisted her body into a somersault that kicked the guard on the left in the face, knocking him out. As he fell Vivi grabbed his limp body and used it to slam his friend in the face. He was blessedly knocked out and Vivi dropped the body. She let Ray take care of the remaining three and hid the bodies and disposed of their weapons. She smiled at Ray and gestured to the Sub, "How do you want to play this? You could probably sink the whole thing with a few shots."

Jack nodded, "Yeah this takes me back to grade school when I had invisible buddies." Jack Ryder nodded at Sand, "You too Hawkins, it's very rare we get to talk. Hey Cisco." Vibe smiled, "Good to see you man, you should come out more. Your other side can get annoying." Vibe thought he looked ridiculous in the enemy suit and envied Gypsy being able to turn invisible. Vibe drove along to catch up to the other jeeps and so far it seemed good, "Sounds good Sandy. We can plant charges in the motor pool."

The main estate came into sight and it loomed over the jungle, a massive complex of buildings with a clearing of half a mile around it. The Society could have hidden here forever if they hadn't been discovered. Mister Terrific's steady and calm voice filtered over the commlink, "Scans of the building don't reveal anything that could be the dampeners. They're probably shielded. But we managed to identify a likely candidate for the security room and the armory based off of our scans." Mister Terrific uploaded the coordinates in a map of the estate to them, "Proceed with caution. We haven't picked up Livewire's signature yet but she's there somewhere. And if you go to the armory you might encounter Firefly, Tsukuri, or Luminous. Good luck, keep me posted. Terrific out."

Vibe gulped and drove after the jeeps which assembled in a large garage that could only be a motor pool. The garage was packed with jeeps and ATVs and it even looked like the society had an APC with a massive cannon. They definitely needed to take this all out. Vibe turned off the jeep and the team disembarked. The men ahead of them departed and left them alone in the motor pool. Jack said, "Alright we gotta rig this place to blow if we want to survive this. Let's get to work."

Jack and Cisco took half of the room, leaving the other half to Sand and Gypsy. They placed miniature explosives on fuel tanks, jeeps, and the APC. They were small but powerful, with a direct link back to the Watchtower which could remote detonate them at any time. They had their own triggers among the team, Sand and Vibe had them.

After that was done Vibe and Jack huddled up with Sand and Gypsy, "Alright let's split up. Me and Gypsy need to start looking for the dampeners but we can probably take the armory as well. You guys handle the gas and the security room." Vibe gestured to where he thought Gypsy might be and strolled off, doing his best to look like a mook while he thought, "Gypsy wanna hit the armory first? T's scans tell me it's not far away. They strolled through the large halls with multiple hallways, cameras at all the corners with the occasional henchman walking down another hallway. Vibe willed his heart not to explode in his chest.

Meanwhile Jack followed Sand, "So what we gonna do first? Gas or security room? T gave us a location for the security room but where would we start for the gas?"

[FiroIV]

Once Vivian sent the message Ray immediately went to work on getting the guard’s attention. Spotting the six guards Ray sent out a small flash of light in the forests and shouted for help. His acting skills aside the costume and special effects were good enough to get the guards attention. The six guards probably meant well, but Ray had a job to do. The moment they turned their heads Ray knocked them out. One of them managed to hurry off into the forest, but Ray sniped him off.

After taking their of their bodies and thoroughly makig sure that they would not wake up any time soon Ray joined Crimson Fox near the submarine. It was a silent agreement. They would take down three guards each. Vivain went to take care of the guys on the right by the forest while Ray took care of the men by the beach. Once he got close enough to one of the guys it was pretty easy to take them out.

Using the unconscious body as a form of shield Ray shot out blasts from his free hand to shoot. One enemy who was off into the distance has good aim, but not good enough. The other guard was making a run for it signaling for help on his radio. Acting quickly Ray tossed the unconscious guard, flew past the knocked out shooter and body blasted the guard into the ocean before he could alert for help.

The two heroes quickly disposed of their weapons and reconvened near the sub. The idea that they could sink the whole things was something he wanted to do. One of the many ways he enjoyed his powers was taking down large structures, but thankfully enough he had a smarter idea. “I want to, but why don’t we see what’s inside first. I’ll keep a look out here since I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t make sense of anything down there. If we find anything valuable, we radio it in and move on. We can trash it later.”

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“Since it’s closer, we might as well.” Gypsy said in agreement with Vibe. Once the two separated it was pretty easy to see how nervous the young man was. “Vibe you gotta relax man. You’re going to tip the security guys off. The best way to blend in is to look like you own the place. Plus I’m right here okay. I’ve got your back big boy.” Sensing that the young man was about to say something. “Also don’t talk when we’re in public. Cameras are watching and they might find it suspicious if they notice a mook talking to himself.” The two walked in silence under the directions of the map that they have. According to the information they have the armory was not that far off, a few more turns and then they were good.

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Quietly thinking Sandy weighed their options. The information that T gave them told them that the security room is relatively close by, farther than the armory though. If the two of them find it fast and peacefully, they could take it out quickly. On the other hand they can make several detours planting the gas bombs and detonate them once they reach the security rooms. Formulating the most efficient and effective plan was hard, but after some thinking Sandy finally came up with something concrete. “Here’s what we’ll do.”
“We’ll go to the security room first. We’ll make several detours along the way to leave the charges in vents and hallways.” Sandy took out six small pellets from his belt and gave them to Jack. “These are for you. In case of emergencies. They’re not as big enough for a whole facility, but they’ll get you out of a small fight.” Sandy was about to finish his whole plan when a few underlings started to walk in. “Let’s walk and talk.”

The two started walking towards their destination as casually as possible. Sandy made sure to memorize his way there to look like he knew the place. Whenever they got the chance one of them would go into a room and subtly leave a gas pellet into a corner. The plan was that they would slowly make their way to the security room, disable the cameras, and take control of it as much as possible. Once tehy deal with the cameras and hopefully get a better map of the place, they’ll be able to plant the much larger gas charges elsewhere.

[MrDidact]

Vivian nodded at Ray, "Roger, I'll move in. If I run into anything, I'll give a yell and you come in hands blazing." Vivian commed T, "Hey Michael please do the me the favor of of blocking all transmissions from the sub." T confirmed and Crimson Fox opened the hatch and dropped in. The sub was a small one and the hallways weren't very spacious. With her lithe form however, she didn't feel very cramped at all. The sub seemed to be deserted and most of the systems were shut off. She reached the command room and took a breath before carefully opening it.

Inside she saw six guards working at panels and a diminutive man in a suit and top hat standing next to a man in a wetsuit with a web-like fringe instead of hair and a woman in a blue suit. This must have been the Dummy and the Shark and the suited woman might have been the Puzzler. Crimson Fox smiled, these guys were D-List at best. She took a few steps back and got a running start before pouncing into the room. She caught one guard right in the chest and slammed him to the floor. She head-butted him to the ground before getting to her feet and slamming his partner's head into a control panel.

The next man had time to draw a pistol but Vivian stepped to the side and forward before slamming an elbow down on the man's. Bones cracked and Vivian grabbed him by the torso and kicked him into the next man, sending them both tumbling to the floor. Vivian ran forward, after punching the trapped man in the face, as two guards leveled assault rifles. She kept running before sliding through the floor, the bullets flying over her head as she did. She slid to a stop in front of the men and her fists slammed into both of their crotches.

Both of them groaned in pain and dropped their weapons before Vivian stood and slammed their heads together. Then she grabbed them by their necks and threw them at Shark who caught him with one hand and the Puzzler who disassembled into several pieces to avoid the man. The Crimson Fox used that distraction to run up to the Dummy and uppercut him into the ceiling. He hit the ceiling hard and on the way down Vivian slammed her elbow into his gut. He was down for the count, the Dummy had never been big on physical confrontation anyway. Crimson Fox smiled at her takedown of a villain.

Shark tried to slam the guard's body into her but she ducked under the body and her fist flew up into Shark's jaw. Shark staggered back and Vivian turned around to see the reconstituted Puzzler take a swing at her. She grabbed the Puzzler's fist but it disassembled as she did and the Puzzler was free of her grasp. The Puzzler wasn't free of Vivian's boot sending her flying down the room however. Crimson Fox doubted Puzzler was down but she turned back on Shark and started rapidly slamming fist after fist into Shark's gut making him grunt with every hit.

Shark raised a clawed hand and tried to slash at her but Vivian rolled back and commed Ray, "Hey Ray, found something. Shark and Puzzler trying to kill me, help would be appreciated. Kisses." Vivian jumped to the side as Shark charged her and her elbow slammed into his back, upsetting his balance and making him particularly vulnerable to Vivian's foot sending him flying several feet forward at Puzzler who split apart and rejoined to avoid him. Vivian hoped her partner showed up, and soon.

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Meanwhile in the estate, Vibe didn't say or do anything but he seemed to relax visibly. Finally they found the armory and Vibe nodded at the two guards who let him in. Inside they found the mother-lode of weapons. Assault rifles, shotguns, grenades, light machine guns, rocket launchers, mortars, sentry turrets, drones, pistols, and all kinds of next-gen weaponry and gadgetry. They definitely had to take this room out. Luckily there weren't any mooks in the room. Unluckily there were two supervillains. Javelin and Puppeteer were both there. Javelin was working on an arsenal of his high-tech namesake while Puppeteer was fiddling with his hypnosis ray gun. They both needed to go but Puppeteer's ray gun was much more dangerous. I'll get Puppeteer, you take Javelin .

Trusting Gypsy to her own devices he walked off and pretended to be examining several racks of weapons and inspecting them until he was behind the Puppeteer who was humming to himself as he worked on his ray gun. Vibe turned around and seeing they were out of view of the cameras, his arms flew forward and wrapped around the super-villain. His cries were choked out by Vibe's arm as he began to lose consciousness before slumping down to the floor. Javelin had had his back to Puppeteer and he probably didn't hear that but hopefully Cindy had already taken care of him. He really hoped Jack and Sandy had taken care of the cameras.

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Jack followed Sandy's lead and as they walked towards the security room they planted several of the gas pellets that would flow across the ventilation into high-traffic areas like the barracks and the cafeteria. They finally found the security room which had two guards outside. Jack spoke up, "Hey we're the relief shift." One of the guards said, "You're kinda early aren't you." Jack shrugged, "Tsukuri's orders. You wanna take it up with her?" The guards looked at each other before shrugging and walking off.

Inside they found a large room with computer screen that took up a whole wall had a view of all the cameras as well as controls for all the automated defense measures and security systems. Four techs were working at the controls and a man stood and faced the monitors. The garish helmet he wore on his head made Jack believe the man to be the Thinker, whose helmet allowed telepathy and mind control. A logical choice to oversee the security room. There were two guards with assault rifles as well.

He needed to be taken out first. Jack whispered, "I'll take the big guy and the mooks while you get the nerds and work on the computer." Jack walked up and said to Thinker, "Sir, I have a report to make." Thinker chuckled as Jack took off the skin patch. No doubt, arrogant villain that he was, Thinker would have used his telepathy helmet to look into Jack's thoughts and seem impressive. That plan backfired when Thinker looked into the mind of the Creeper. As he turned, his eyes bulged and he grabbed his head babbling incoherently and yelling.

The two guards ran forward but Creeper flipped in the air behind one, denying his partner the target. Creeper jumped up and kicked both legs into the man's back sending him flying forward. Creeper fell to the floor but jumped up to his feet and leaped forward after him. He grabbed the man in mid-air and both of them slammed into the other guard, Creeper laughed, "Yay! Twister!" All three of them were in a heap of limbs but Creeper locked one man with his leg while he choked the other one out with his arms, laughing all the while, until the men blacked out. Thinker kept babbling and Creeper stood up to see how Sandy was doing.

[FiroIV]

“I’m on my way, but the Tattooed man is kind of keeping me busy.” Standing in front of Ray was The Tattooed man in his full shirtless costume on top of a dragon construct. The Tattooed man, at best was a C Rank villain who mostly fought against the green lantern. His justice league file did not have a lot information other than his real name, Mark Richard’s, and that his powers allowed him to manifest his tattoos into purple colored hard light structures.

At this moment the two of them were flying above the sub. Ray was looking out for enemies when the Tattooed man flew in on a purple dragon creature and tackled him on to the ocean effectively knocking Ray off of the sub. Ray and Vivian were sure to stay under the radar, but the Tattooed man must have been going on rounds and saw the commotion. Ray flew out of the water and headed off to fight off The Tattooed man while on his dragon.

The Tattooed man’s signature weapon, among his assortment of tattoos was a long extendable rope. It, like everything he conjured was the color purple and had a certain magical element to it. The rope was extendable, manipulable, and had a hitting power like green lantern’s giant mallet attack. Suffice to say getting hit by it was good enough to knock ray around in the sky. “Fox, sorry this is taking a while. How are you holding up?” He had a plan in mind, but he needed the right distraction.

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Javelin and Puppeteer were not that horrible to face. Cisco volunteered to go after Puppeteer which for Cindy was the better option. Cindy had the lowest attacking power in the team and of the two people they were about to fight the most suitable enemy for her was Javelin. Javelin was a gadget based villain like captain boomerang. No one knew his real name, but he was an Olympic level athlete who based his entire shtick on using javelin which worked for Cindy because she could easily sneak up on him or phase through his javelins.

Cindy laid in wait just behind Javelin, close enough that she could feel his breathing. Once Cisco did his thing the muffled sound of the Puppeteer being choked made Javelin turn his head, which was Cindy’s cue to act. Once the man began to turn his head Cindy grabbed Javelin from behind by the mouth using her right hand, kicked him behind the knees, pushed him down to the ground, sat on him, used her weight to pin him down, and then used her left hand to perform a choke hold. It was quick, semi-painless, and effective. Within seconds Cindy had subdued Javelin. Once she ensured that Javelin was down she phased the man’s limbs through the ground properly trapping him. “Vibe? How are things on your end?” Cindy asked her partner already turning invisible.

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Getting through the two guards was a piece of cake. Mooks were not the smartest people in the world, which is why they will never go farther than their red shirt status, Sandy thought. It was a reference to Star Wars, which was one of the things that Gerry, his cousin, recommended he watched because he was behind on many cultural inventions and progress.

The Creeper immediately volunteered to go after the Thinker. It was either his own mad way of thinking or Jack’s sense of logic, either way Sandy agreed. It was pretty simple really since the Thinker read minds having him face the mind of Creeper was simply the best course of action. Sandy actually felt a little bad for Thinker once he heard the screams.

Sandy was tasked with dealing with the men, and one woman who handled the tech. Unlike Creeper who went with revealing his identity as a legitimate threat Sandy simply lobbed a sleeping and smoke gas grenade at the middle of the room. The ensuing chaos by Creeper’s side was a good enough distraction that no one noticed him do it. Once the gas began seeping out Sandy took of the helmet and put on his mask. The thickly colored gas was still in the air, but the goggles and the mask allowed Sandy to finish off any of the mooks and the techies that managed to resist the effects of the gas. Sand took care of them in seconds.
Ignoring the sound of Creeper fighting Sand immediately went to the computer terminals and did his thing. Accessing the camera monitors he spotted Vibe and what he could assume was an invisible Cindy entering the armory. Once he had a grasp on how the systems worked Sandy plugged in a device to access the system’s mainframe to get a better grasp on the situation.

Once the laughter from Creeper finished Sandy spoke. “Sorry about the gas, but your body will be able to handle it I’m sure. I would have helped, but I was sure you didn’t need it.” On his right Sandy watched the armory monitor and watched his two teammates taking down two villains, and on his left Sandy was dealing with a message from the Tattooed man saying he spotted a situation in the coast. “Looks like the others are getting things done. We’re still under the radar. Contact the team using the comm or through Mister T and tell them we’ve secured the security room while I work on this.”

[MrDidact]

Vivian backed away steadily with her hands raised as Puzzler and Shark slowly advanced on her. She chuckled, "Well I'm getting backed into a corner but I can't really complain. Any ideas Ray?" Fox hoped he caught her meaning as Shark charged at her while Puzzler remained behind. This time Fox didn't just dodge his attack. Instead she side-stepped him and actually pushed him forward, using his momentum and her strength to bury his whole head into a computer terminal which began violently shocking his body and making him scream in pain.

That would keep him busy for at least a few moments. Puzzler disassembled and her pieces tried to wrap themselves around Fox. She let Puzzler wrap herself around her. It was close enough for her pheromones to get to work. Puzzler still had something like a nose and when she tried Vivian could effect a woman as easily as a man. Suddenly Puzzler was whole again and moaning on the floor with a shudder of something between pleasure and despair.

Crimson Fox smiled. Two villains down. Shark roared and tore himself free of the terminal and unsteadily got his feet under him. Crimson Fox said, "Puzzler and Dummy are down. I've just got Shark Boy. What next?" Fox jumped forward and caught Shark in the torso. The mutant was slammed against the computer wall and dented the monitors while Fox kneed him in the crotch and began landing blow after blow on his ugly face.

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Creeper gave Sand a sloppy salute and keyed his comm, taking in deep inhales of the gas and sighing pleasantly, "Jack here. Me and Sandy have secured the security room. Oooh a pun. Anyways, we've got the house in our pocket now. You guys know what to do next. Adios!" He turned to Sandy and grinned, "So what do we do next? Do we make everything go boom-boom now?"

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Vibe called out softly, "One villain down." He picked up a nearby metal box and slammed it into the ray gun, smashing it into pieces. He began taking out charges and placing them in strategic points in the room, "Let's set the charges so we can get rid of all this stuff. We got control of the security systems now but let's hustle all the same." After placng his share of charges, Vibe spotted a large gun vault. He opened it and took the guns out and found there was space to stuff both of the villains inside to shield them from the blast and to pick them up later. Vibe called out, "Ok now that's done. Let's look for the teleporter dampener." He commed Sand, "Sand anything that tells us where the Dampener is?"

[FiroIV]

Ray didn’t like how this was turning out. In fact he kind of hated it. He wasn’t losing, but he sure felt like it since t only thing he did was dodge, block, and parry the attacks from the tattooed man. Ray was already used to the strength of the whip so he didn’t mind the lashing especially since he was extending his own power to get rid of the power. Their powers were complementary like how all the differently colored lantern corps are.

Ray and Fox both listened in on each other’s fight and from what Ray could tell Fox was having a much better fight than him. The sheer fact that she managed to take down two villains in a three versus one fight did nothing to his confidence in this fight. “Well I’m getting my butt handed to me, but so far so good.” Dodging another whip lash Ray flew up and sent out a blast to The Tattooed Man. It wasn’t strong enough to get rid of the dragon projection but it was something.

“Fox, sorry to interrupt, but can you do me a favor? ” While Ray was talking he took this opportunity to fight ray shot tiny energy bullets to rain down on the enemy. This technique won’t stop him, but it’s incredibly annoying. “Make sure to at the front of the sub, I don’t want you to get caught in the cross fire”.

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Managing the security room was not an easy task. He as looking at all the screens as much as he could while inputting and coding the computer to ensure that they had complete control of the society. Naturally, his first task was alarm suppression. He needed to make sure that all incoming alarms would get cancelled out. It was going surprising well. The other task was finding the other teams, so far he had found one team, Vibe and Gypsy. According to the info intercepted before the Ray and Fox were causing a bit of a stir outside. So far everything was going according to plan.

Sandy was far from done, but It was time for some good news. “Yes Creeper.” Feeling around his belt he took out a small pouch containing several bombs and the gadget he got from the convey. “Bombs, and a map. I’ve already marked the best places to put the bombs in. I already linked it to the computer so I’ll be able to track you once you get moving.” Sandy took a short pause to look at the Creeper. “I trust you can handle setting this up? I’ll be monitoring you and everyone else from here. ” He didn’t plan on them separating, but it was within his calculations that this was going to happen.

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Once the both of them were finished fighting they soon went work on disposing the room. Cindy let Cisco start first since she had to deal with the Puppeteer. The villain was thoroughly knocked out but it was better to be safe than sorry. She phased the Puppeteer next to the Javelin, but body was in the floor and his was not. Once she was finished with securing the two villains she started setting up her side of the room for the charges.

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Sand was already ahead of the two when they commed in for further instructions. “According to the information I have there there’s no actual dampening machine. From what I understand it seems like Luthor created a series of tiny interference devices laid out all over the island, tiny satellites in fact. They’re the ones blocking the boom tubes and our own teleportation tech. However it seems that all machines are all being regulated by one generator located in the sub levels of the island. I can get you guys there, but I won’t see y when you’re there. There are no cameras for some reason so proceed with caution you two because there’s some high level of electrical energy down there. I’ll the guide you two down there.”
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Gypsy was already invisible by the time Sand was finished talking to them. ”Well that’s great.” Gypsy did not like the way Sand delivered the last line of that message. Chances are they were about to face a big threat. “Well, shall we go Vibe?” Cindy smiled without realizing that she was invisible.