Fly me to the moon

[jla_villains]

Conrad Laughlin was a man on a mission.  More than anyone besides his specialists knew of.  The Justice League's Watchtower satellite required minute-by-minute updates and maintenance.  This is not something normally handled by its members, so tech support is always moving through.

The background check is well and truly exhausting.  One day's

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Re: The JLA Watchtower Cells

[jla_blackgate]

"Of course, my Queen." Brutale and the Queen Bee having already made an arrangement between them, the Guillermo slips her a smile from behind his mask, and is able to hack the control panel to the cells.

That technology he bought from Dr. Morrow was worth every penny. Stepping into the cell area, taking his Queen by the hand, he leads her past their subjects.

Dr. Arthur Light - transported from the Brownstone to the Watchtower whilst waiting for free space in Alcatraz.

Gorilla Grodd - captured during a Suicide Squad mission in San Francisco.

Solomon Grundy - caught by a Green Lantern during one of his regular raids on Gotham City.

Savitar - caught by the Flash and held temporarily while Iron Heights has another anti-speedster containment cell built.

Dr. Phosphorus - caught by Starfire after trying to escape Earth's atmosphere, whilst raving that God's messenger had judged him and found him unworthy.

Brutale finishes looking at the plaques on the fronts of the cells, and looks to Queen Bee. "There are more putas through there," he gestures with his thumb as an even further heightened security section, "but that'll take mucho time to get through." He pauses. "Who do you want released, my Queen? Some? All? Your wish is my command."

[jla_villains]

"Not Grodd," says Queen Bee, eying the cells between brilliant smiles at Brutale. How she does love fawning subjects. "I loathe the presumptuous bastard. Light...interesting... Oh, Phosphorus is here. He could be terribly fun, don't you think?"

[jla_miscreants]

"Let me out, your highness, and I'll sacrifice one hundred people in your name!" Savitar hangs upside down in his cell, wired to various surfaces and machines, preventing him from obtaining any motion.

"In fact, I'll sacrifice a full thousand! You can have their bodies, and I will have their life force so that my speed will continue to increase!" The masked lunatic grins as much as he's able.

[jla_villains]

"Do not listen to that mad fool. Listen to Grodd. Release me and I shall turn my destructive power on our mutual enemies!!" Grodd tries his damnedest to force his mental powers on Queen Bee and Brutale, but the Martian Manhunter's psychic shield technology prevents any such attempt from succeeding.

"The world will fear Grodd again! THEY WILL ALL FEAR GRODD!!! AAA-AAA-AAAA!!!" The massive gorilla beats his chest and salivates.

[jla_villains]

Queen Bee casts a disparaging gaze at Grodd. "Proof positive of why I do not at all care to see him released into the wilds again." To Savitar she adds, "I distrust speedsters."

[monstersociety]

Dr. Light just sits in the corner of his cell, staring at the strip lights above him. As Brutale and Queen Bee make their way past, his eyes twitch towards the door.

"You can release me." Light says this quietly, fiddling with his cloak. "Or you can keep me in here." Stroking his beard, his eyes glaze over. "After the Martian Manhunter showed me my past, it all seems frightfully inconsequential. I'm stuck in a loop, you see."

He gets up, and smashes his forehead against the glass. "And I can't. Get. Out!"

[jla_blackgate]

"He found me wanting, and so I tried to meet him in heaven, but no matter how high I flew I couldn't reach him!!" Phosphorus is, for want of a better word, shackled in his cell. He's constantly kept cool through rods pressed into his body that lower the temperature of his skin exponentially, so he looks almost human.

Staring mournfully out of his cell, he then lifts his gaze to the heavens. "The Deacon told me I could be saved, but I could not feel his love!" He clenches his teeth and growls. "BURN! THE DOCTOR WANTS TO BURRRNNNN!!!" Phosphorus lights up as he starts to cackle, and is immediately put out by the coolant rods pressing into him.

[jla_blackgate]

The way Dr. Phosphorus ignites is enough to make Brutale jump back and shield his eyes.

"I don't know, my Queen... They all seem pretty loco. If we're gonna release any of them, I suggest we maintain a distance." Brutale walks over to the control panel, and waits for his command.

[jla_villains]

They do seem a little...unstable. Queen Bee even takes a step back, a hand on Brutale's arm. "I wonder whether you are right... I distrust them all."

[jla_blackgate]

Sniffing the air, Brutale turns to Queen Bee. "Some culo's released a gas into the Watchtower! Damn it to hell!!" He quickly types the keys on the control pad, and then pulls his lizard mask over his face as he yanks Queen Bee out from the cells, and towards somewhere with hopefully more oxygen.

"The artificial airlock Clock King inflated! There will be oxygen there! And then we can plan our next move." He proceeds to run down the winding corridors towards the airlock, desperately holding his breath.

[keystonesfinest]

As his cell powers down, Grodd doesn't bother waiting for the door to open. Instead, he just punches the thick metal, and the door flies off of its hinge and into the cell hallway.

Lumbering out, he snarls at Dr. Light as he leaves the opposite cell. "Do as you like, Light. I can breathe this gas with ease. I'm heading for the teleporters."

[monstersociety]

"Hm. Aren't you interested in taking our recent incarceration out on any League members up here?" He raises his cape to his face to try and slow his intake of the knockout gas, and subsequently looks like a bad actor trying to play Dracula.

[keystonesfinest]

"No." Grodd stands up straight and beats his chest, instinctively. "Revenge is a dish best served cold, and here, they are at an advantage." He taps his head with a thick finger. "I know when to choose my battles."

Grodd exhales at Dr. Light, and lopes off down the hallway, trying to find the JLA teleporters.

[jla_villains]

Queen Bee stumbles along behind Brutale, holding her breath, fuming. Will she make it to the airlock without passing out?

Doubtful.

[jla_blackgate]

As the gravity changes, Brutale only has a split-second to think as he pushes Queen Bee towards the airlock and then flies into the air before crashing against the ground, having several hundred volts go through him. If the amps were higher, he'd be unconscious. As it is, he's groaning very loudly.

"Get out, my Queen. While you can! I will... catch up." Brutale tries to jam a dagger into a nearby circuit breaker, but just gets another shock.

[jla_villains]

Ah, good and loyal servant. She will make his loyalty worthwhile for him.

If he should survive.

Queen Bee lands in the airlock with an oof...but safe.