151 Going Commando #151

As he watched Brimstone send Crush flying away yet again, Gray gritted his teeth, leaping over Sentry Titan's shoulder. He had the Titan charge Brimstone while firing every single weapon it had.

Bullets and small caliber missiles of all sorts flew out of the Sentry Titan's body as it closed the distance, finally locking Brimstone's ankle with a crushing embrace.

Gray took a deep breath, bracing himself for the pain before he jumped at Brimstone's face like a speeding bullet, his fist radiating a brilliant golden hue as he buried it in the flaming giant's face, making him reel back.

Gray stilled as he felt no pain while falling to the ground as Brimstone staggered. He looked down at his fist in shock as he noticed it intact and covered in a thin, transparent green film.

Quickly turning back, Gray couldn't help but sigh in relief at the sight of Hal Jordan levitating in the air, ready to continue fighting, having charged his ring.

"Sorry to keep you waiting..." Hal Jordan said as he eased Gray's fall with his ring and extended the protective barrier to the Sentry Titan that was falling apart because of the heat.

"I've got your back. Go wild," The Green Lantern said, smiling as he willed an entire squadron of attack jet constructs into existence that immediately began bombarding Brimstone with explosive projectiles.

Still, Gray did not, in fact, go wild. He made his way towards the now barely functioning Sentry Titan and began manually repairing the machine while Hal Jordan kept Brimstone busy.

Crush was quick to rejoin the fight, and with the green ring's power protecting her from the flames, she was free to use her full power, tossing Brimstone around with every punch she connected.

Looking at this scene, Hal Jordan dismissed the jet squadron. He willed a giant baseball bat, roughly the same size as Brimstone, into existence and smashed it into the latter's head.

Dazed, Brimstone swayed and almost keeled over. However, Crush came rushing from the ground and tipped him the other way before he could fall.

Before the flaming giant could even process the situation, Gray rejoined the fight, along with his Sentry Titan, as the former delivered another devastating strike that finally sent Brimstone to the ground. Titan, however, kept its distance and continued firing from range.

"I tire of your meddling, pretenders....!" Brimstone bellowed as he remained on the ground. "I shall suffer it no more...!" he exclaimed, and the air became scorching with his words.

He slowly stood up, the heat radiating from his colossal figure enough to make the trio hesitate as he spread his arms apart, causing the flames covering his body to grow more pronounced and intense.

"Witness me, father...!" Brimstone wrathfully exclaimed, unleashing a giant omnidirectional wave of flames so intense it made his former attacks look docile in comparison.

Everyone's expression turned ugly, and Hal Jordan was the first to react as he pulled Crush and Gray to his side, creating a giant protective dome that covered Brimstone and stopped his attack.

However, The Sentry Titan did not survive as Hal Jordan did not have the time or energy to pull it away as he had to invest all his power into renewing the protective dome.

Still, no matter how much The Green Lantern renewed and fixed the barrier, it kept shattering, and Jordan quickly ran out of energy shortly after stopping the flame wave.

"And we're back to square one... shit..." Gray cursed as he caught Jordan before he could fall headfirst into the ground. "The police have almost evacuated all the civilians nearby... but we need to buy more time," he added, gritting his teeth as he turned to Crush.

"Whatever that attack was, I don't think the bastard can do it often," Gray went on as he gestured towards Brimstone, who was on his knees, seemingly exhausted.

"Whatever you say, chief. It's not like I have anything better to do," Crush replied as she cracked her neck, clearly unfazed by the flaming giant's display of might.

...

Blackgate

Floyd Lawton had a blank expression as he lay on a bench in the prison's yard, calmly lifting his weights, unmindful of the commotion going all over the correctional facility.

News of Brimstone's rampage had gotten to Blackgate, and many inmates saw it as a golden opportunity to stage breakout attempts, causing riots all over the place.

The prisoner population was split in two, those who wanted to escape and those who were huddled in their cells, trembling in fear, with the exception of Deadshot.

He was not interested in escaping and wasn't particularly attached to his life now that he knew his daughter's future was in good hands. While the guards and inmates were panicking, Deadshot thought nothing of it. It was just another day for him, no different than any other.

However, despite his careless appearance, Deadshot was still alert enough to notice the inmate sneaking up on him. He calmly lowered the weights, pretending to be oblivious as he sat straight.

Lawton's body suddenly jerked as the inmate lunged at him. He threw himself to the side before correcting his posture and counter-attacking the assailant.

It didn't take Deadshot long to subdue his attacker, and he sighed as he looked at the latter's face. "I see Waller is still working you to the bone, Multiplex," he remarked, raising an eyebrow at the clone.

"Tell me about it. The pole in her ass gets bigger every day. She didn't want to waste a chance to take you out, what with all the commotion," the clone replied, chuckling as he remained motionless on the floor.

"Whatever, get out of here. I've got company," Deadshot said, getting off the clone's body with a sigh of annoyance, and Multiplex obliged with a chuckle, dissipating the double.

"How nice of you to wait for me," Deadshot said as he turned to a pillar not far away. "I never took you for the polite type, Batman," he added with a chuckle as he watched the caped crusader step out from behind the pillar.

"The experimental rifle you used to take out Brimstone..." Batman said as he slowly approached Deadshot, getting straight to the point. "Hand over the schematics," he instructed in a tone that brokered no argument.

"Why should I?" Deadshot with a scoff, crossing his arms as he argued for the sake of arguing, clearly not a big fan of the caped crusader's commanding tone.

"Grayson Whitlock," Batman briefly replied, causing Deadshot to frown. However, he remained silent and merely shrugged as if asking, what about him?

"You owe him," the caped crusader added, causing Lawton to sigh and relax his crossed arms.

"Why am I not surprised?" Deadshot muttered, shaking his head. "Get me a pen and paper or something," he went on, reaching forward as if to demand them from the caped crusader.

...

"FUCK!" I cursed, lying on the ground as I looked down on my scorched body, feeling intense pain as my healing fact went to work, slowly healing my skin, bones and organs.

I tried to get up by my body didn't listen to me, and I could do naught but helplessly watch as Brimstone smashed Crush into the ground and started raining punches on the crater.

Despite my and Crush's best efforts, we couldn't give him any long-lasting injury as he'd tank our average attacks like they were nothing and immediately heal whenever we managed to get through his defenses.

All Brimstone's attacks managed to injure us, and our healing factors were barely keeping up with the flaming onslaught, not to mention a great deal of pain we had to suffer.

The pain wasn't as great as tearing down my muscles with my energy, but it wasn't that far off. Still, I persevered, gritting my teeth through the agony without losing consciousness by sheer willpower, but even I had my limits, and I was steadily nearing them.

I retrieved Ebony from my Inventory, grunting as I tried to raise my arm and aim. However, my muscles were too damaged to even twitch, and I couldn't move them, try as I might.

Suddenly, my arm shined in white light, and it was like my healing factor was on crack as it fixed it, and I immediately took the shot without questioning it.

I didn't miss, and the energy projectile hit Brimstone with enough power to force him away from Crush as the white light moved the rest of my body, fixing it as it helped my healing factor.

I realized the white light was an energy that didn't belong to me and scanned the area to find the person who helped, only to frown at the sight of a woman in a revealing green-golden costume floating in the air.

"You... you're one of Waller's people..." I remarked, unmindful of my nudity as I'd already ran out of clothes by now. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

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