Phillip Phoebus watched the live feed from the security cameras, as
the US military rolled through the jungle up to his fortress
compound. His crew had already begun moving valuable equipment and
information to another lair. They carried crates and hard-drives into
a large pipe, where they disappeared in a flash of light. Once they
moved all the important equipment, they set mini-charges that
destroyed the inner-workings of the "transport-tube",
making it look like a regular large pipeline, then they took guns and
set out into the jungle.
As Phillip studied
the live footage, he recognized Zack and Janet among the US soldiers.
He knew them better than they knew him. Phillip was a shadowy and
mysterious looking figure. He always wore his custom trench coat,
matching fedora dark sunglasses, and sported a full-trimmed beard. He
rushed down the steps to the basement, where he found his own
superhuman, in a resting position. Solaris laid out straight on the
concrete slab, in hibernation mode. Phillip spoke in a dull tone.
Solaris' eyes popped open. He whispered into the super-soldiers ear.
Solaris' pupils constricted.
Outside the
compound, the second-rate mercenaries were getting slaughtered by the
US Army, on the false pretense that their families would be cared
for by Phillip's "vast fortune". As the battalion moved
forward, they heard a deafening boom
as Solaris busted through the brick walls of the fortress, and flew
into the sky. All Zack, Janet, and the soldiers could see was a
burning man, flying through the sky.
"I've got him," Zack said, as he zoomed away into the air.
The military focused their efforts on breaking down the wall of the
concrete base with their explosives. Janet began to glow as she built
up a reserve of energy, then channeled it forward in a destructive
beam. The beam destroyed the wall, leaving a big opening.
Zack covered himself in a totally opaque energy force-field, as he
flew towards his opponent. The opaque field protected him from the
strong radiation that he could detect with his quantum vision, coming
from the flying-burning man. Zack sped up until he ran into the
opponent, knocking Solaris off balance. He then grabbed the burning
man and chucked him into the upper atmosphere. Zack zoomed upwards
again, intending to play "don't let the burning-man hit the
floor". Solaris turned around and punched Zack square in the
jaw. Zack "stumbled backwards" a bit. The punch had created
an explosion of heat. Solaris rushed towards Zack, they grabbed each
other and rolled around in the air.
Inside the fortress, Janet walked down the empty corridors, followed
by a squadron. Suddenly, a beam of energy hurled towards her,
knocking her backwards as a concussive blast. Phillip has appeared in
the hallway, aiming a futuristic pistol. The soldiers instantly lit
up the shadowy figure with all of their artillery. But the shower of
bullets were simply deflected by a force-field dome around him.
Janet recognized the energy signature of the energy-shield. It
matched that of her own force fields. Janet leaped to her feet.
Phillip fired at her, but she dodged it and started to rush her
mysterious opponent. Phillip continued to fire, and she continued to
dodge. She projected a force field and used it to send him flying.
Her super vision (aka quantum vision) acted not only as X-Ray vision,
but also a limited precognition. She saw Phillip reach into his
trench coat for two throwing stars. She started to dodge them, but
one lodged into her back as she turned around.
Janet fought through. She flew forward, and punched Phillip in the
jaw. Phillip only laughed at the minor inconvenience. He head-butted
the super-heroine, which surprised her. Then he swept her out at her
feet. She fell to the ground, and he pinned her down. He whispered
something in her ears and her eyes glazed over.
The soldiers rushed into the room, just in time to see Phillip
disappear in a flash of light. They found Janet lying on the floor,
in a trance. After shaking her to no avail, they said her name and
she snapped out of it, with no memory of the last 5 minutes.
Back in the air, Zack zoomed towards his flying opponent, and
released a succession of rapid-fire punches Although he was still
covered in his energy-shield, Zack could feel the heat and the
radiation. Solaris eventually lost consciousness from all the hits to
the head. At that point, he stopped burning, to reveal a regular guy
in a black jumpsuit. Solaris began to fall, until Zack reached out to
catch him. Zack landed them both gently on the ground, where the
medics came and took him away.
Janet came out of the base, accompanied by the soldiers. She held her
head and possessed a look of bewildered confusion. Zack rushed up to
her and asked "What happened?"
"She doesn't remember," the captain responded. "She
went off to fight the leader. When we got in, he disappeared, and she
was in a trance. When she woke up, she didn't even remember entering
the base."
"What do you mean, he disappeared?"
"There was a flash of light, and he was gone."
Just as Zack and Janet were puzzling over this, they were able to
witness a demonstration. Off in the distance, Solaris was laid out in
a stretcher. His whole body began to glow brightly. Zack and Janet
could see his sub-atomic particles unzipping, as he disappeared in a
flash of light, possibly to reappear elsewhere. It was like Star
Trek.
"Captain, We are going to need to consult someone about this."
Zack and Janet looked at each other, and started to rise into the
atmosphere. Before the oxygen started thinning, they surrounded
themselves in a force-field. The energy-bubble containing the two
superheroes zoomed out into the exosphere. They approached a specific
satellite orbiting Earth's atmosphere: the base of the Super Corp.
This satellite was a perfect cube, one side was simply a membrane
energy-field to keep the oxygen in. The bubble passed through the
membrane and Zack and Janet landed in the loading bay.
They exited the loading bay into the empty corridors of the base,
and took an elevator to the second floor, which was the laboratory.
Inside "Doc" as he was only known, hid away from the rest
of the world to unravel the mysteries of science. Doc had once been a
protege of Arthur Redmond, and was one of the greatest pioneers in
the science of neo-particles. He left Project NOVUS at Redmond
Enterprises to become the resident scientist of the Super Corp.
Doc was working in one of the corners of his lab. As Zack approached
him, he called out "Hey Doc."
"Yes Marty," Doc responded sarcastically.
"What?" Both Zack and Janet were confused, having never
seen Back to the Future.
"Never mind, what is it?"
"Haven't you been working on a global teleportation system?"
Doc looked at Zack and Janet. His eyes suddenly got wide. Zack had
never seen fear on Doc's face before.
... To Be Continued
... To Be Continued
