In the pale
light of the full moon, the league's Javelin Jet fired low over the ocean. Even
though the jet was one of the most modern in the world, it did not rely
entirely on camouflage technology as it went against Hydra. Although Hydra was
not an AIM, they still had an impressive arsenal of advanced weapons and
sensors. The pilots who chose Superman were the best that the Watchtower had to
offer. Even at several times the speed of sound they flew only 4 meters above
the water and remained not only highly concentrated but also so relaxed that
they cracked jokes about it.
Behind in
the personnel area of the jet someone made jokes too but unfortunately they
were so bad that nobody could laugh about it. While Deadpool had annoyed
Hawkeye and Mockingbird long enough he was now trying to annoy Superman.
While the
first two were preparing their weapons and equipment the red dressed mercenary
stood in front of Superman.
"Say
Superman! If I bite you now, will my teeth fall out? Or do I explode" he
asked and had to stand on his toes to be able to look Clark in the face. Clark,
on the other hand, just sighed.
"Deadpool.
How about you concentrate on the mission? And not tempt me to find out what
happens when I slap you," he asked but knew he couldn't end up with him.
"I
would never wash his cheek again," Deadpool continued blatantly, pulling a
small lead container out of one of his many pockets. "And don't worry! I
am well prepared. I have kryptonite with me here," he said and opened the
box.
Superman
returned frightened and shouted another horrified no when he saw the box open and
a green glow appeared from the inside. Mockingbird and Hawkeye also jumped up
to stop him. However, Clark looked confused as he could see a green pebble
connected to a small green LED.
"WHAT
IS NOT RIGHT WITH YOU?" Clark yelled at him furiously. It was final enough
now. He'd give that weirdo a beating he'd never forget. However, it remained
with this thought. Because just in this moment the 4 heroes were thrown against
the back wall as the jet flew an abrupt curve. All but Clark were depressed by
the rising G-forces and only their years of training or superior self-healing
powers prevented them from fainting.
"YERAHHHHH
The Chimicangas are about to come up again! Should I take off the mask?"
laughed Deadpool while he was pressed motionless against the wall. Although the
situation was extremely exhausting all three others roared at the same time.
"NO!"
Just as Clark wanted to concentrate on freeing
himself from gravity when the jet flew a hard, brutal left turn. Again the four
were thrown against the right wall and Clark grabbed Hawkeye and Mockingbird
before hitting the wall. It was loud to hear Deadpool's neck break on impact
and he collapsed.
Superman
flew through the narrow cabin and pushed the two against the seats where they
immediately buckled on. While Hawkeye immediately fastened his seat belt
without a word, Mockingbird nodded thankfully to him before she fastened her
belt. A quick look at Deadpool was enough to see that he was all right or about
to put his head in the right position.
Hardly that
they were strapped in and safely Hawkeye grabbed his headset.
"Pilots.
Situation report.
Hawkeye had
to admit that the calm and matter-of-fact way the pilots in the cockpit
responded calmed him down.
"Enemy
bombardment from the island. We have been discovered! Performing a series of
evasive manoeuvres. 8 Saberhawk class missiles are behind us. This will take a
few seconds. I suggest you fasten your seat belt."
During this
short speech the occupants felt the plane turning around its own axis several
times and accelerating the engines to full thrust.
„1200….
1500...1900." Mockingbird counted during that time. Everyone in the room
knew that she meant the height. It was a completely natural reaction for the
experienced SHIELD agent to calculate such things exactly.
"I go
out. I'll take care of the rocket pilots." Said Clark and went to the
back. A short jerk went through the ship as he was catapulted out of the ship.
Almost immediately people were torn back into their seats. As the pressure
increased and the two agents held on to the belts, Deadpool flew through the
chamber in a Superman-like pose and before he crashed against the door, he
screamed in a good mood.
"UP
AND UP AND AWAY... OUCHIIIIIEEEEE" With the last word he crashed into the
Door.
To him, it
all seemed like a lot of fun.
When
Superman left the ship, he could see the brake engines of the Javelin jet
activated and the bow of the ship bent up. This caused the whole ship to turn
almost 90° on the spot, only to turn the engines fully on. Even without his
super hearing, Clark could hear how the struts in the ship crunched and
deformed. The Javelin was built for extreme conditions but it consisted of
earthly components. And the two pilots just moved the jet far beyond its
limits. He had no time to lose. The missiles could hit any second. Even though
he could destroy three more missiles, he realized that he would be too slow. As
good as the pilots might be, as capable as the Javelin was and no matter how
fast Superman could destroy the missiles.... Nothing could save the jet now.
"Thank
you for flying with JLA Airlines" the three passengers heard before the
passenger capsule was blown off. Out of the window Hawkeye could see how only
seconds later 3 rockets hit the jet and tore it to shreds.
"Thank
you guys," he said while Mockingbird was still looking sadly to the
ground, but then caught.
"We
have about 19 seconds until we hit the ground. If Superman doesn't catch us we
are dead. We won't survive him." She said for sure and Deadpool just
wanted to say something when she hit him. "Shut up!"
Clark
watched for a few seconds as the pilots he had chosen sacrificed themselves to
complete the mission. They had made the highest sacrifice and he would honor it
later. Out of the fireball, he saw the passenger cabin blasted off the ship.
However, the jet had just been on a steep descent and so the 3 had only a few
seconds before the capsule was destroyed. Faster than the sound he blasted
behind the capsule and overtook it in flight. Positioning himself directly
under the capsule, he grabbed it with both hands and crashed against it with
his shoulder. Even for him the jerky strain was extreme but nothing he couldn't
handle. As fast as possible, without endangering the lives of the occupants, he
braked the capsule and slowly dropped it on the beach of the island. With a
push he tore the access door out of the capsule and saw to his relief that
nobody was hurt... nobody important.
When they
had freed themselves from the capsule they first collected their equipment and
Mockingbird looked grim. "That was a trap" she finally said and
everyone on the team looked at her confused.
"What
does that mean, Bobby?" Hawkeye asked and pulled up a eyebrow.
"This
means that someone told Hydra that we were coming. The Javelins have a
camouflage technology that is state of the art at Wayne Tech. On top of that we
were only 4 meters above the water surface with supersonic speed. In order to
carry out a targeted rocket fire under such conditions you have to know exactly
where and how fast a ship is moving. That's not even on good luck." She
said and ignored Deadpool who was building a sandcastle.
"She's
got a point there, Mr. Superman." Nodded Hawkeye.
"Superman
will be enough Hawkeye. But thank you. Is that supposed to mean that you want
to accuse a member of the league that he betrayed us?" Superman asked
something more serious.
"I'm
just saying, sir, someone's been giving out information. Nothing more. But at
the moment there's nothing we can do about it. We still have a mission. We have
to reckon now that our presence is uncovered. I'll go ahead and inform
you," she said before she disappeared into the nearby palm woods.
"She
might be right." Superman admitted and Hawkeye nodded to him.
"Of
course she's right," Deadpool suddenly said. "after all, this is a
fanfic story about betrayal, sex and power!"
"Huh?
asked Superman confused and Hawkeye waved off.
"He is
crazy. Don't pay attention to what he is babbling about. We should get out of
here. If Bobbie is right, Hydra troops will visit us soon." Hawkeye said
and grabbed his bow. Superman followed him slowly and relied that he would hear
approaching enemies in case of need early enough.
"I
hope there are at least some nice BOOBIES at the end of the way" he
finally complained. After about half an hour they had caught Mockingbird
sitting on a tree and seemed quite relaxed.
"You
will like the show. This is definitely one of your people Superman." She
said as she pointed from the tree into a small valley.
When the
three others came to the cliff they could see some tents with the Hydra
symbolism. Most of them were burning or already torn to pieces. Over the valley
a 30 year old woman was floating in a white bodysuit with a short red cape. Her
shoulder-length blonde hair blew in the wind just as 2 anti-tank missiles
exploded at her chest. The force of the explosion threw the woman against a
stone wall where she was rammed into the rock.
"Hey.
Look at the titties!" Shouted Deadpool and drew his swords.
"BOOOBBBBBIIEEEEEESSSSSSS! I WILL SAVE YOU!!!!!!!" he shouted deadly
serious as he jumped down the slope to land in the middle of a squad of Hydra
agents whirling around and starting his dirty work.
"Then
let's help the lady. After all, are they cavaliers or what" said Hawkeye
just as he was making his first arrow at a troop of Hydra. Shortly before the
arrow hit them the capsule burst open at the tip and tied the 3 enemies in a
slimy and extremely fast hardening rubber. Meanwhile, Clark shot into the air
and used his heat vision to destroy 2 missiles that almost hit the Kryptonian.
She just shook her head dazed and looked where the unexpected help had come
from. As soon as she saw Superman floating in the air, she literally exploded
away from the wall and embraced Clark before he even had a chance to defend
himself.
"KAL
EL! YOU'RE ALIVE! HOW CAN THIS BE... and... why are you 30 years younger?"
asked the woman with tears in her eyes as she looked at him from top to bottom.
"Uh...
Hello?" Clark stammered as he was so completely surprised. Somehow this
woman reminded him of someone.
"It's me! Karen! Karen EL! Power Girl? Don´t you remem.... Oh... We're not
on my earth at all, are we? This is an alternative world" she asked and
looked down where Deadpool was just jumping back and forth killing people.
Immediately her soft face got a little rougher. "Too bad. Even here
there's this blabbermouth!"