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

Comments

[keystonesfinest]

"Happy Harbor. I think Vibe's trying to get the World Cup or something and the team's cable plan isn't up to snuff. Everybody needs to call the cable guy, right? Ray Henson. Good to meet you." He gives him a friendly nod back, before trying to decipher the different colored buttons on his hand-held.

[keystonesfinest]

"Central Brewery. Coldest beer in the industry." Another workman nods, chiming in. "I guess we caught 'em on a day off."

The second man's face appears to ripple slightly, before he gives a sharp poke at it. "Damn allergies."

[jla_blackgate]

The third workman flinches as his colleague's face ripples. "Cuba. Just goes to show we ain't all bad, eh? Heh heh heh." His forced jocularity comes to an abrupt halt when he notices his workmate's face ripple again.

"Sorry, ese. I ain't takin' no risks with this one." Moon-jumping over to Conrad, Brutale draws a dagger from his spacesuit and cuts the oxygen lines running from the back of the workman's. With a kick, he launches the guy into outer space.

"Mis disculpas, asshole." Guillermo sends the signal back down to the Legion of Doom Headquarters that entry time is drawing near.

Meanwhile, in the Watchtower...

[_kip_]

Kip Blackwell, the satellite's resident IT guru and Oracle's on-site aide, is manning the command center alone, for all intents and purposes, thanks to the crisis in Chicago. With his Braille system set up to one side and most of the other systems voice-activated and capable of spewing all sorts of information via audio, he is able to monitor the activities planet-side without much effort. It's a job he's done in the past and no doubt will have to do again.

The fact that his beloved jazz is not playing would be a strong indication of the seriousness of the issues the Justice League faces. But that doesn't prevent him from whistling a bit of Duke Ellington while he waits. At his side in another chair sits a large orange tabby, as if helping monitor the crisis.

Re: Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom HQ...

[jla_miscreants]

"Ladies and gentlemen, the witching hour is at hand. It is time to breach the Watchtower." Back at the Legion of Doom HQ in the bayou of Louisiana, the Clock King puts his fob watch in his pocket, and sends Brutale, Captain Cold and Rainbow Raider the signal to activate their half of the teleportation relay.

The signal gets through, as the Clock King, Queen Bee, Clayface, Fadeaway Man, the Eel, Fiddler, Sonar and others find themselves beamed to the breach that the three moon-based villains have created silently. The Clock King clicks one of his stop-watches, and time halts briefly, as with a struggle he inflates the portable airlock around them so that they don't need to worry about lack of oxygen as they enter through the small hole.

The JLA Watchtower Laboratories

[jla_miscreants]

The warped monstrosity known as the Eel leads the group through the breach and into one of the many laboratories on the Watchtower. "We... have to move... fast. Clock King's time... manipulation and Fadeaway's... sensor blanking tech... will only hide us for so... long. As will Clay... face's disguises. Split... up. Take... Damage... Kill what you can!"

With that, the Eel heads off towards one of the other laboratories. Maybe he will be able to find a chemical that can stabilise his powers.

Re: The JLA Watchtower Laboratories

[jla_blackgate]

Stallion is close behind the Eel, looking for something in particular in all of the cabinets of chemicals. "Miraclo, miraclo, where the hell are ya?"

He smashes one of the cabinets with his fists, and sifts through some of the bottles. "Nope, nope, nope. Gingold? Pfah! Nope..." He sniffs the air, and is about to turn to the Eel as he recognises that something is amiss.

Instead, he just collapses to the ground as the knockout gas reaches his lungs.

Cavalry Time

[azure_avenger]

The auxiliary teleporter system activates as Blue Beetle responds to the information circulating on the comm-channels - namely, that the big attack on Chicago was a distraction to lead heroes away from the real assault.

The stealth systems on his robot surrogate cloak him in invisibility and he stalks the halls of the Watchtower, looking to take down as many villains as he can.

Re: Cavalry Time

[jla_miscreants]

The Eel is still not bothered by the gas unleashed by Kip, due largely to his bizarre physiology. As he slinks and skulks his way through the Watchtower, hopefully towards a point where his teleportation relay will activate again now that he has all of the chemicals he was after, he starts to feel increasingly agitated.

There's something in the corridor with him, but he can't tell where. "Is that... you... Fadeaway-zzaaAArrggghh!!!" The Eel takes a massive electrical jolt through his body.

Re: Cavalry Time

[azure_avenger]

The security floors - if they're active, that's a good sign. Ted's robotic surrogate leaps over the Eel and carries on down the corridor, making his way towards the monitor womb. The gravity's fluctuated as well - but the robot's frame can take 10 times Earth's normal gravity, at least.

[jla_villains]

Girder is affected by the gravity, but not by the electricity running through the floor. Lurching along and making a lot of noise, he comes out of another corridor totally oblivious to the stealth-enabled Blue Beetle, and begins to hammer on the doors to the monitor area.

"Hey! Hey, Clayface! What the hell are you doin' in there?! The place is goin' crazy out here!" He smashes a fist into the sealed doors.