5.11

Location: Alien Troop Transport, docking at Mothership.

Time: 9 hours and twenty three minutes since Invasion day.

Three.

Two.

One.

Go!

Superman was first out, blitzing the patrolling aliens and dropping them with simple taps. Caught completely unaware, the five 'man' squad were down before they realised the enemy was on board. We moved aggressively toward the nearest docking port as the ship gently came to rest.

The port we were aiming for was being connected as we arrived, a tech inspecting it with a tool crouched down. Batboot met blue head and slammed the alien into the bulkhead. Ouch. That was probably a cracked skull. Not fatal, but only barely. Bats doesn't seem to be pulling his punches.

He grabbed up the tool and examined it closely. "An integrity scanning device?" He slid it into his belt and turned to the nearest panel recessed in the wall, manipulating it to what was likely 'open'.

A light flashed and the sealed door opened.

Into vacuum.

I sealed myself and Batman into a barrier before we were killed by the drop in pressure, Supes looking concerned but unable to help.

Alarms sounded and the ship lurched as the air spraying from the open airlock connected to the ship's crew section vented out with enough force to shift the mass of the massive vessel. Seeing our chance we rushed out, into the airless open space.

It was a massive hangar.

Big enough to hold not one, but three troopships, two kilometre monstrosities that they were. Designed for them, even.

We were soon moving, accelerating toward the hull of the huge ship we were within.

The aliens were aware of us, as turrets were aimed at us from both the troopship and the surface of the mothership. There were several security sections to prevent intrusions or boarding actions. It was a proper warship, and proved this as the empty space around us became filled with bursts of particle beams and plasma bombs.

Zipping through the chaos at best speed, was a difficult thing. Or it would have been if not for my trusty shield maiden.

Gunnr with a wide grin on her wolf wheeled and spun with her shield placed perfectly, deflecting beams back where they came from and in some cases into nearby enemy positions, scything down squads.

Superman added his heat vision to the retaliation, ripping through the turrets and dodging in three dimensions.

I began to tear off sections of hull from the ship beside us like a wall to act as defence against the beams as I played around with the plasma bombs. Interesting things I noted, having a closer look. The inner core of the bomb may well be caged nuclear fusion, they actually were shooting miniature stars at us. Yellow stars.

I forced them to burst, bathing us in solar radiation. I prayed my barriers were enough… then I realised they were significantly more than the barriers that caged the plasma originally and those certainly didn't leak more than a hint of their energy. Mollified at my silly reaction I returned to my task, bathing Superman in Yellow solar radiation, constantly.

He was startled at first, before he felt the changes.

With a sudden movement he flew faster than I had ever seen, reappearing inside the ranks of the commandos pouring out into the hangar to repel us. He tore through them in moments, hundreds dropping to his gentle 'taps'.

He turned his heat vision on the remaining weapon emplacements and in the following moments there was utter silence. More alarming since we had apparently entered into a zone with atmosphere. Sound could carry here, but there was none.

Martian Manhunter phased out from the hull of the vessel beside us, looking grim.

"We need to leave. They are preparing to sacrifice this section to destroy us. They have sealed us inside siege energy shields and intend to implode this dock and us with it as their last resort." J'onn explained.

So… I guess we scared them? Heh.

"Let's not be here when it happens, then." I suggested.

"We could use the teleporters to escape." Batman suggested.

"No, they would only result in you being killed. They have jammers for their teleportation devices as a security precaution and the range is too short to reach Earth." J'onn replied.

"So we brute force the issue. I doubt they've encountered anyone like Superman before, or they would have left long ago at the sight of him." I looked at Kal El. "Ready to rip apart shields intended for resisting warship bombardment? You should be feeling quite energised right now."

"I… I'll try. That's all I can do. But aside from that how did you know..." He asked.

"You're solar powered, remember? Yellow sunlight is your friend." I grinned.

Batman twigged at what I'd just said. Well, at least I didn't say something regarding the issue of red light. Don't want to give him too much material in his files, too soon.

We followed the corridors to a junction which was filled with opaque green light. The wall was immensely powerful, I could feel the juice it was drinking to output that kind of power. They had to have some ridiculously powerful power plant on board. Bleed generators or antimatter generators, I would guess.

I hurled a lost alien weapon against it, which burned against the field before melting then evaporating as we watched. Okay. Don't touch is recommended.

Superman took a serious face and stepped forward, before pushing his fingers into the energy barrier. He winced.

"It stings a little." He explained, trying to force through. "It can't hurt me, but I can't get through." He gritted out.

"Keep trying, the longer you push, the higher your strength rises. It might be effectively limitless." I suggested, hoping. Some versions of him could shatter planets and contain a black hole in the palm of their hand... and right now, he was highly charged with the solar radiation he just absorbed.

He made a nod and put his all into his efforts and several seconds later he looked up surprised. "Almost got it… I'm penetrating it now." And with that, his hands tore through the field that would probably be designed to stop a nuke. He stepped into the gap pulling it wide apart and opening up a passage through. "Everyone, quickly now."

Gunnr moved forward, helping by placing her shield in the way of the edges at the ground level and helping Batman and then myself step through. Martian Manhunter went slightly more fluid, passing through in a narrow serpentine form before Superman stepped through and followed us deeper inside. Gunnr not even inconvenienced, reappeared on our side at the same time.

"Well done." I said.

"All it took was a little effort. I guess I'm too used to being able to do everything without sacrificing some blood, sweat and tears." Kal El responded.

"You might need to pump iron every now and again and push your limits, some of the bad guys out there are just as strong or stronger than regular you. I wonder if a buff you wouldn't simply kick their teeth in." I suggest, chuckling. "Can't hurt to have a strength advantage on top of the experience with powers you already have when dealing with your own kind too. Some martial art training couldn't hurt either. Wonder Woman would be a good choice as a teacher or training partner with her experience and strength."

He nodded slightly, a faint smile showing he was amused by the idea of being considered wimpy right now.

"We are about to walk into an ambush." Martian Manhunter said. The corridor opened into an atrium of some sort. "They are behind the walls too."

I raised an eyebrow but looked closer and faintly sensed them. Huh. Some kind of anti-magnetic field perhaps? Sounds like a headache, even if it just decreases my senses. Some kind of anti-sensor technology or a full on counter to my abilities?

Only one way to find out.

"Let's spring the trap then." I suggested with a smile. Gunnr's response was a mirror of mine. She gripped Gungnir tightly and strode forward to follow me.