Joey Mason (the_element_son) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-02-02 01:02:00

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The Fifth Element is Death!
Stagg Manor

It had been a while since Joey had been home, so to speak. Not since he'd hooked up with his Outsiders buds. And he had to admit, Grandpa Simon had definitely been wrong about super-heroes. It had been a blast fighting the bad guys and saving the day.

He wondered if that meant that Grandpa had been wrong about his dad too. Then again, why hadn't he called or tried to visit?

And now it was too late to figure any of it out.

He dropped his bag as he closed the door.

"Hello? Anybody home?"

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	the_element_son 2011-02-04 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh, this is definitely getting bad. Grandpa down, maybe dead, and now... Years of only semi-repressed anger come rising to the surface and he took a swing at his old man. "Shut up!" (RAGE) (WILL) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

black_lantern
2011-02-05 06:53 pm UTC (link)

"But there is no denying you, m'boy," Rex said as he dodged the massive mace Joey swung at him.

"No denying the curse I so gladly passed on to you. And what have you done? Nothing I really know. You joined a 'team', but I'm sure your just the luggage boy there."

Rex laughed again, this time, derisively at his son. he vanishes again, leaving behind a wisp of Helium to give Joey a hint as to where he is.

"Are you trying to measure up to your old man? Trying to be what you didn't have? Well, all I see is a joke."

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	the_element_son 2011-02-05 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Joey growled, searching for any sign of his father. The helium smell was hard to track, even for him. He brought up a hand and fired off a flare of magnesium and phosphorus. The words cut deeply. Were they right? Was he just trying to measure up...? "I said shut up!" (RAGE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	black_lantern 2011-02-05 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	Well, that did something. "Ow! Damn you, you little bastard!" That voice came from where Joey shot the flare, but the sense of where Rex is, it seems to disappear... Right above Joey, something coalesces and drops towards him. It his his father, made entirely of Osmium. "Do you wanna know a secret before I kill you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_element_son 2011-02-05 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Dammit, this was going badly. But Joey had barely fought against anyone with super-powers before, let alone one who could do what he could. He formed his hands into powerful titanium-steel hammers. "I'm not interested in anything you have to say!" (RAGE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

black_lantern
2011-02-06 04:16 am UTC (link)

"Oh, but you will be interested in this," Metamorpho said, the titanium hammer smashing against the dense osmium. It really doesn't do anything.

"I was the one who made you this way. Not because your my kid and you got the genes for it. I was the one who introduced you to the Orb of Ra, the same thing that made me me. I made you a little clone. I made it so you could never be normal again!"

Metamorphos arm reforms, becoming a copy while the bottom part of him becomes water.

"Tell me, smarty pants, what happens when you mix these two things? Do ya know? I doubt it."

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	the_element_son 2011-02-06 04:38 am UTC (link)
	Joey let out a growl, throwing another ineffective blow. Years of pent up rage let themselves out with this growl. Dammit. He really should have studied chemistry better. He didn't even know what the hell his dad had turned into. But some primal instinct warned him that this wasn't going to be good. "...Oh... shit.</>" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

black_lantern
2011-02-06 05:11 am UTC (link)

"Thought so."

The blast created would have been a lot like a flash-bang grenade more than anything else: there is smoke and some burning, but its mostly a lot of light. Metamorpho can make just about anything, but he is still limited in the amount

Within the smoke, something glowed as if burning at a high temperature. It was so bright the normal lights were dim.

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the_element_son
2011-02-06 05:55 pm UTC (link)

Joey threw himself out of the way of the blast, the flash still making spots dance in front of his eyes.

Magnesium. Now there was something he recognized. He used it often enough himself.

Crap. Now what actually worked on that? Joey was beginning to realize just how woefully under-prepared his elemental knowledge was, especially when he was facing a master of it.

He brought up a hand and unleashed a spray of hydrochloric acid, squinting against the glare.

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black_lantern
2011-02-06 10:52 pm UTC (link)

The spray seems to pass through the smoke and into the magnesium, but it doesn't do much of anything.

There is movement, but from besides Joey. the majority of his father is there, having used the smoke and the burning magnesium of his left hand to flank his son.

"This is the part where you say 'clever boy'," Metamorpho said as he lashed out, his right arm a wicked looking flail that swings at his sons head.

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	the_element_son 2011-02-06 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	The blow knocked a chunk out of Joey's head, knocking him back. As he staggered to his feet, some kind of oozing green-ish liquid flowed freely from the wound. He was barely able to keep on his feet. "I'll... I'll stop you..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	black_lantern 2011-02-07 12:00 am UTC (link)
	"Now, join your daddy dearest in the afterlife." Rexs' hand reforms, this time with a glowing black ring. The temperature of the room lowers as he aims the hand at Joeys rage-filled heart. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

the_element_son
2011-02-07 12:15 am UTC (link)

It hurt. One hell of a lot. Bits of Joey's chest were falling away from the attack.

But the hand then proceeded to go straight through and out his back, hurting like hell, but not actually having grasped anything.

It hurt, but Joey forced himself to shift into harmless nitrogen, floating away from his father.

"Guess... I'm not so easy to kill... Pops," his voice rang out.

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	black_lantern 2011-02-07 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"So you're just gonna leave like that? You little coward!" But the limp form of Simon Stagg gets his attention. And he smiles. From what he can tell, the old man is alive, but barely. "Guss I'll just have to use your grandfather in your place, you little failure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_adult 2011-02-07 12:45 am UTC (link)
	For just a moment, Simon Stagg's eyes flit open. Just long enough to hear what Mason has said. His eyes narrow at Metamorpho, and for perhaps just a moment, his coal black heart--aching though it is--softens. "Run, boy... (RAGE) (WILL) (LOVE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_element_son 2011-02-07 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Torn for a moment... Joey got the hell out of there. He'd grab his mom, and they'd run. As far as they could. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	black_lantern 2011-02-07 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"So you finally decided to do the right thing, Stagg? Congratulations, now have one good thing on your conscience." Rex walks up slowly to the man, a smile that promised pain on his face. "Tell me, have you ever had an acid burn on the inside of your lungs..." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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