[identity profile] -nightwing-.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] jla_watchtower
The Titans' arrival is silent and swift, determined and precise. Before the shadow of the jet falls over the state line, Nightwing is relaying the plan to the rest of the team.

"Starfire, flank the building and come around from the rear. Hit it hard, make sure they can't get out. Robin, hit the power on that place. Don't wait, Wonder Girl and Nightstar - get inside and do what you do best. Kid Flash, Jesse, you're looking for anything in there while they're being kept busy that can give us an edge on this damned virus. Omen, keep tabs on any magic users in there. Flamebird, Speedy, follow me in after the heavy hitters do their thing. We're on cleanup."

He pauses to check the instrumentation. "And whoever finds Light... make sure you hurt him."

Date: 2006-11-13 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/
Superman manages a smile. "Jesse, what's going on here? Why on earth are the Titans attacking a S.T.A.R. Labs facility?"

Date: 2006-11-13 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessequick.livejournal.com
Superman is one of her heroes, one of the people whom she wants to impress and whose approval she craves.

Usually.

Today, however, she snarls, "I don't care what your reasons are; what you're doing is WRONG!" and comes tearing at him with superspeed and a flare of superstrength behind her. Both fists are out ahead of her as she flies directly toward him, aiming for his face. A sonic boom cracks the wall behind her.

Date: 2006-11-13 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/
In shock, Superman moves a fraction of a second too late, and the flying punch spins him around multiple rotations, taking him a second to right himself.

What in the name of Rao...

Date: 2006-11-13 05:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessequick.livejournal.com
She doesn't give him the mercy of time to right himself. In her world, in her fighting, seconds are eternities, and the Man of Steel has to be put down now, fast. After the impact of her fists to his face, a kick follows, aimed at his side, and then an elbow at the throat and a knee toward his abdomen. She can't relent.

He has to be put down now.

Date: 2006-11-13 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/
The blows have pain behind them, to be sure, but she's not cracking ribs yet. Yet.

Slowly, a level of bile crosses the mind and throat of the Man of Steel. People are dying. His SON could DIE, and the Titans...especially this three-timing wannabe...is wasting...his...time.

Lives are at stake.

Once the knee connects, Superman rolls over onto top of Jesse, then snaps a headbutt right towards her face, while shoving downwards at top speed. Jesse's way fast, but she's not Wally.

Date: 2006-11-13 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessequick.livejournal.com
No, she's not Wally, but neither does Wally have her strength. A hand flares up between his head and her face, and while the effort helps deflect some of the damage from his heatbutt, much of her hand cracks...and his forehead still impacts the bridge of her nose enough to inspire blood from her nostrils and stars in her eyes. Grunting, she tries to roll away while two of her fingers jab at his solar plexus, seeking a chance to rob him of air to give her a second's respite from the fight.

Date: 2006-11-13 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/
The shot is true, but given his level of invunerability, not 100 percent effective. Still, it gives him coughing fits...

When he does take breath, however, it comes out icy cold, directed in an arc around Jesse.

Date: 2006-11-13 08:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessequick.livejournal.com
She didn't expect it to be fifty percent effective, but she'll take what she can get. The cone of cold is nasty, and the instant it hits she begins a superspeed spin to try to deflect it back. If that works, she fully intends to do something she never in a million years expected to do: throw the contents of a can of cola - left in the breakroom in which they're now fighthing - in Superman's eyes.

At the speed of sound.

Date: 2006-11-13 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/
The speedspin doesn't deflect it back, but it doesn't hit Jesse either.

The upshot is that the breath's still going when the cola hits. Shards of frozen sugar water hit Superman's face, and while most of his face is invulnerable, the shard that strikes directly in his eye causes Superman to flinch, and when he comes up, he's bleeding from his right eye.

However, that's not all that's about to come from his eyes. They begin to glow deep red.

Date: 2006-11-13 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessequick.livejournal.com
Jesse spins to a stop and stares at Superman's eyes and their glow. Bad news, that, no matter how much strength she has. She propels herself toward the metal of a nearby counter, seeking its reflecting shelter while a hand desperately throws a chair at the Man of Steel.

She's running out of options.

Date: 2006-11-13 11:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/
Exactly what he thought she'd do. The chair flies, and Superman backfists it out of the way as the heat vision unleashes...exactly one blast.

He then flies to the other side of the counter and meets her, dead on, and decides to use his recent training. He feints the kick then spins around with a hard backfist aimed for the jaw.

Date: 2006-11-13 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessequick.livejournal.com
Like Luthor, Jesse wasn't expecting the expert attack on a non-powered scale. She is a highly skilled martial artist in her own right thanks to training at Nightwing's hand, but this...no, this was unexpected. She has enough time to avoid the single blast from his heat vision, something probably intended as a decoy, but the fist was nothing she could have believed of the Man of Steel. Why use a standard karate punch when he has all of his powers at his beck and call?

Two things happen: the Kryptonian's hand drives into her face, and the Fastest Woman Alive crumples to the floor.

Fight is done.

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