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[h2][color=black] Outside Ivy Town, Connecticut [/color] [/h2]
[color=black] Eighty miles out from New York City
January 1st, 2016 [/color] [/center]

Solomon Grundy always loved train rides. He didn't know why, but the constant hum of the tracks beneath the cars and the methodical movement of the locomotive felt so very familiar. So when Professor Ivo told Grundy that he and Star Sapphire would be robbing a train, he quickly accepted. Sapphire was apprehensive about the idea of working with a giant lumbering zombie, but once the two were acquainted, she seemed willing to give it a go. The two villains now sat side by side on a train from the Metro-North railroad, chugging swiftly down the North Haven line. The two of them were in disguise, of course. A pair of super villains waltzing onto a train holding precious cargo wouldn't fly with the cops. Ivo informed the two that ARGUS was using the passenger train to secretly transport the head of his android, AMAZO. Apparently Ivo had hired numerous teams of villains to rob various other ARGUS facilities of AMAZO parts as well. The operations were meant to take place simultaneously, something that Star Sapphire explained meant at the same time. This confused Grundy. But he went along with the plan anyway. He wasn't exactly known for his brains and he accepted that fact.

Another thing that confused Grundy was the disguise he'd been given by Professor Ivo. It was some sort of special wrist watch; but it didn't tell time or nothin'. It just kinda sat there and looked pretty. Ivo had said that it did something along the lines of creating an optical illusion around Solomon Grundy's body. It was meant to make him appear semi-normal. Grundy wondered how that worked. What did "semi-normal" mean? He was a 7'5, 517 pound hulking monster of swamp junk. What would that look like to normal people? Solomon turned his massive head to the side, looking at Star Sapphire. She didn't need a fancy watch. All she wore were some normal people clothes that obscured her face. She still dressed in mostly pink, though. Must be a habit of hers. Sapphire lowered her sunglasses to glare at Grundy, silently telling him off for staring. So the bleached giant turned away and examined the rest of the train car they were in. There were plenty of other passengers. A pair of children were playing with action figures nearby. A very round man was sleeping, his head rested on his neighbor's shoulder. That was all normal. But the two men standing at the back of the train, garbed in black combat fatigues and wielding high-powered assault weapons, did not look normal. They must be the ARGUS agents that Ivo warned Grundy and Star Sapphire about.

One of the guards turned towards Grundy and silently returned his stare. The zombie spun back around, sliding down his seat. Maybe he wouldn't notice Grundy if Grundy slouched. Star Sapphire did something that sounded like a combination of a groan and a sigh. Maybe Grundy shouldn't slouch so much. Slouching was bad for Grundy's posture; that's what the Calculator had told him. He trusted the Calculator; the Calculator was a very smart man. He knew what he was talking about. He told Grundy so. That is why Solomon believed him. He could never imagine that the Calculator would have lied to him. Liars were not very nice. But Calculator was nice to Grundy. So he couldn't be a liar.

Star Sapphire pulled a cellphone from her pocket and looked at the time. She nudged Grundy's arm, and then motioned with her head toward the two ARGUS guards at the back of the train. Grundy nodded. He understand what the pink lady wanted. They had gone over the plan before they got on the train. Solomon Grundy forced himself out of the tiny train car seat and stood up to his full height. He moved to the back of the train car, approaching the humorless ARGUS soldiers. "Uhhhh." Grundy started. Wait. What was the plan? He was supposed to say something. Uh oh. Star Sapphire told him to remember this part. It was something simple. What was it? "What?" The guard asked sharply. This caused Grundy to panic. He didn't know what to say. Well, it was time for plan B. Grundy socked the guard in the jaw, sending him crumbling to the floor, unconscious. The second guard went for his rifle but Solomon was faster, grabbing a hold of the ARGUS agent's face and tossing him to the other side of the train.

People panicked and screamed. Grundy tried to hush a nearby child who had begun to cry. Star Sapphire floated out of her seat, her clothes changing in a flash of pink light into her more familiar lantern uniform. "You idiot!" She yelled as he approached the back of the train. "You were supposed to ask them where the bathroom was. Not punch him in the face!" Grundy shrugged. "Grundy sorry. I forgot the plan." Star Sapphire groaned. She fired a bright coral-colored energy bolt into the door, blowing it off its hinges. "Just grab the head. We'll talk about this later. Ugh. [sub] Can't believe I got stuck with you.[/sub]"

Solomon Grundy ducked underneath the door frame and made his way into the back of the train. This part of the locomotive was supposedly restricted to civilian passengers; there was a hefty fine and possible imprisonment involved if someone was caught snooping around back here when they weren't supposed to be. A trio of ARGUS agents were standing around the room, examining various metal crates and wooden boxes. They turned to face the attacking super villains when the door came flying off its hinges, crashing into a shelf and knocking down its contents. Bullets were fired. A deafening roar echoed throughout the tiny train car as the guards pulled their firearms. Solomon Grundy charged forward, stomping on the spilled cargo and slamming into the ARGUS men. He thrashed the soldiers, their bullets bouncing off his hardened skin without the slightest tickle.

"Grundy crush you!"

The zombie slapped the last of the guard into the wall, his head whipping backwards into the metal siding. He fell to the floor, unconscious. Star Sapphire hovered lazily behind Grundy as they moved into the next car. There, the villain team encountered seven more ARGUS troopers. They didn't last long, with Star Sapphire easily blocking their weapons fire with her auto-shields and knocking them about using her ring's constructs. Grundy helped too, his physical dominance proving too much for the agents to handle. None of their weapons were even putting a scratch on the Justice League-level threats. Grundy and Sapphire reached the final car, the caboose, within twenty minutes. There they encountered the worst of the resistance. The ARGUS guards had set up a tripod mounted laser cannon and were armed with various types of grenade launchers and .50 caliber machine guns. Grundy charged head first into the room, tanking the constant heat of the laser all the way in. He smashed one of his giant fists into the weapon, turning it to splinters with a single strike. Star Sapphire blasted away a group of ARGUS men armed with machine guns during her entrance. These guys lasted about...a minute and a half longer than everyone else.

There was only a single crate in the room. Star Sapphire flew over to it, pushing it off the shelf into Grundy's waiting arms. "Let's get this thing back to Ivo before anyone else shows up." She said. Grundy nodded, smiling. "No heroes will catch Grundy. He is-"

Just then, the entire train shook.

Someone was on the roof.