M A R T I A N M A N H U N T E R
M A R T I A N M A N H U N T E R
Jones had been walking along the river near the harbor, enjoying the breather of a shift end, when a fiery orange suddenly filled the sky. Distantly, he heard the screams and running as many sought to sensibly run from the monstrosities, sometimes feeling them brush against him as they passed. He though remained frozen, staring as one, then two, then more giant men of fire stood out of the water, only standing slightly smaller than the Statue of Liberty. He sought to move, to twitch, to scream. His limbs though were leaden and his throat refused to obey. And the giants moved into the city, causing others' screams to grow louder.
Visions filled his mind: the burning house, the execution furnace, the figure of
Malefic The Doctor as he prepared the-
"Lu-Lu, Come Back!" The shout from across the bank finally turned his eyes. To his horror, a young boy, completely oblivious, was running after a beagle puppy
towards the giants. A giant's footstep shadowed from above as the boy tried to pull her out from under a bench. "Come on girl. It's alright."
In a flash, he flung himself over the river, not even noticing his skin shifting to green to better accommodate the sudden telekinesis. Then he barreled himself into the boy and the dog, and rolled the three of them right out of range as the fire giant completed his step.
The boy looked up at him in shock. "What-?"
"It's not safe here." Then he took them and sped them to where the first responders had started to gather people to take to safety.
"Stay with them and stay out of trouble, you hear.""I will." The boy hugged Lu-Lu closer to his chest even as she squirmed. "But Mister Martian, my folks-"
"I'm sure they'll join you soon. Just stay with the firemen." Then he shot back through the air to where the giants were, completely missing what the boy had called him as he attempted to keep moving, keep thinking,
and not freeze up again. People's lives were at stake! The
fire giants had to be contained/directed out of the city somehow, but how? Could he somehow call them back into the water? The water...He couldn't touch the fire, but maybe the water would do something? IF not at least distract?
There was at least one giant terrorizing a stopped train. If he didn't do something quick, those passengers would be sitting ducks. Swallowing tight, he flew past the giant's head towards the harbor, telekinetically felt for the water, then pushed it like a wave at the giant. Then he called out telepathically to all the giants (a call that could easily be picked up by any nearby telepath)
"Desist in this attack, vile foes of fire!
Nearby on a news helicopter...
"I still say you're crazy." The cameraman looked warily at the still flaming giants below them.
"Don't care if I'm crazy! This will be sure to catch some supers!" The lady reporter grinned as she manned the helicopter controls. "And it will be the most valuable news feed in existence. So keep that camera rolling!"
"It's rolling! It's rolling! Hey, who's that green guy?"
"Don't know! Wooo! Must be a newbie. Geez, that's a score. Let's go down closer!"
"Please, Millie, let's not go down closer!"
Kansas CityKansas, USAAsh'r came hurried to the meeting, within the most isolated table they could find at this bar. "Guys, you're going to want to see this..."
"Not now, Ash'r." Le'i sighed. "We're still trying to figure out how to actually get to New York."
"But this involves New York!" Then he shoved the phone into the center of the table, showing the live newsfeed of the Fire Troll attack. And going up against those trolls...
"No."
"It couldn't be." Both Whites turned even more pale.
Dr. Benjamin eyes widened. "What in the moons is the Martian Manhunter doing here?!"
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