Clark tried to warn his team but with all the lightning electrocuting him he couldn't get his mouth to form words, only guttural sounds of pain. He was then slammed into the ground, making a small impact crater and kicking up a huge cloud of dust. Clark managed to get up back to his feet when a speeding blur raced by and hit him from the right and he felt a searing pain on his right arm before another searing pain hit him on his left thigh. He looked saw small shallow cuts on his right arm and leg and they were bleeding meaning something moving at incredible speed managed to cut him and he had an inkling as to what it was. He was cut a few more times and the speeding blur was too fast for him to keep up with so he decided on another approach and released a huge gust of his super breath at the ground which sent a powerful gust of wind all around him along with kicking up a lot of dirt, rocks, and debris. The Stormfronts were blown back but Superman didn't stop as he spun around turning his super breath into a miniature tornado before he pursed his lips and his super breath turned into freeze breath. When he stopped all the dirt he kicked up around him had frozen solid into ice extending out about 25 yards providing a secondary layer of protection from anything getting too close. That's when he saw an obscured figure of yellow about 30 yards away that was vibrating at super speed and sparking with red lightning with matching glowing red eyes.
"Reverse-Flash." Clark said and the man ceased vibrating revealing a yellow and black suit with a red lightning bolt on his chest. In his right hand was a glowing green knife made of Kryptonite.
"Hello, Superman. Looks like you've picked up a new trick…only it's not going to do you any good." Reverse-Flash mocked before he threw a bolt of red lightning only for Superman to duck. He then super sped away so Superman was going to race after him only to get blasted in the back by a Kryptonite energy beam and crash through the ice he just created. His body tumbled and he slumped to the ground, feeling an incredibly painful stinging on his back as his suit was scorched from the impact while his face and body were cut up and bruised from being knocked through the ice he made. He picked his head up and saw one of the Maschinensoldaten had been freed from a combination of Clark knocking into him, Stormfront's lightning melting the ice and Reverse-Flash's lightning bolt finishing the job. His kryptonite energy cannon was powered up and the Maschinensoldaten used it to break the other one free. The two Maschinensoldaten powered up their kryptonite energy cannons and took aim so Clark quickly shot up and ran away in a burst of super speed only to get zapped from behind by the two Stormfronts. They lifted him up into the air, electrocuting him before the two Maschinensoldaten blasted him.
"GAH!"
Clark's scream was horrendous as felt like he was dying before the Stormfronts threw him through the air. His body was thrown west, crashing into a fenced entrance gate to the prisoner part of the camp. Clark felt a few ribs crack, his forehead had a big cut that was bleeding, and he spit out some blood from his mouth. The sun was shining down on him so he was slowly healing but then it was halted as Reverse-Flash appeared and stomped on his chest. Clark could barely utter a groan of pain as the speedster knelt closer and held the Kryptonite knife to his face.
"This was a fun game, Mr. Kent but I'm afraid that your part of this timeline is now over. Don't worry…I'll make sure that all your little achievements will soon be forgotten." Reverse-Flash promised as Clark's gaze saw part of the force rescuing the prisoners had been pinned down by the Hydra reinforcements that arrived via trucks a few moments ago. The Hydra armored vehicles took a little longer since they were slower but had finally arrived at camp. Clark managed to turn his head and saw Arthur and the others who noticed his need for help and they tried to get to him but they were pinned down by enemy fire. Up in the watchtower, Polina and Daniel saw Clark in trouble so they fired everything in their rifles only for the Reverse-Flash to turn and catch them all in one hand with ease. The two snipers looked on in horror as Reverse-Flash dropped the bullets before he turned his gaze to Superman. "Your time is up."
Reverse-Flash raised the Kryptonite blade and brought it down to Clark's head when he was hit by a white beam of energy that knocked him back. The kryptonite blade fell down to Clark's neck when a small flying speck of light grabbed it. Said speck then enlarged revealing a man in a blue and red mechanical suit who tossed the knife up into the air and blasted it into dust. Clark then saw the burning man fly through the air and rain fireballs down into the camp, taking out the SS and Hydra reinforcements that had his team pinned down and they were destructive. So much so that Reverse-Flash took off running when they came down at him. Firestorm provided aerial cover for the remaining misfits and strangers to arrive. Citizen Steel acted as cover for Zari, Captain Hunter, White Canary, and another blonde woman wearing a black tactical combat suit. Steel's metal body provided the perfect mobile cover for the members of the team against stray bullets. Captain Hunter peaked out from behind Steel and fired a few shots from his energy revolver, blasting some Hydra soldiers before they could shoot Steel. The blonde woman in the black tactical suit was using a similar energy pistol like Captain Hunter but had another energy rifle strapped to her back. The two used their energy weapons and fired on the Hydra and SS soldiers with Zari using her totem to blast them with wind while Sara closed the distance to a few and used her martial arts to take them out. Keeping watch over them was Firestorm who flew through the air, throwing fireballs down at the soldiers bunched up together and even blew up a few trucks.
"What the hell is going on?" Webb asked Kingsley as the burning man hovered in the air above them and threw a fireball down which took out a Hydra truck.
"I don't know but they're on our side. Keep moving!" Arthur ordered and the team followed him.
One of the smaller Hydra tanks drove over a fence and aimed its cannon at Clark so the Atom turned around and fired the blue energy bolts from his gauntlets down its cannon, blowing it up from the inside. "Whew, that was close…" Atom said before he helped Clark back to his feet. "Are you all right?"
"I'm good." Clark groaned as the yellow sun had finished healing up his injuries. "I sure am glad to see you guys again because I could use the help. Reverse-Flash has some friends."
"Don't worry. We brought some too." Sara Lance assured him as she walked over accompanied by Rip, the blonde woman, Steel, and Zari when the ground next to them exploded. Clark covered the Legends and saw the explosion was the energy cannons on the Hydra tanks as the rest of them arrived at the camp along with the super tank while trucks brought in more reinforcements some of which were Hydra brutes. The brutes were much larger men outfitted with large energy packs on their backs to power dual energy cannons on their arms or housed fuel for flamethrowers. On top of the packs, their suits were of thicker material making them sturdier against bullets.
He saw the Maschinensoldatens walk over, backed by the reinforcements while others headed into the camp. They powered up their Kryptonite energy beams when Steel got in front of the group. They fired and the green energy beams hit Steel, pushing him back slightly from the force but he was able to tank their energy beams, showing off just how powerful and sturdy his steel body was. Kryptonite was powerful but more effective against a Kryptonian. Captain Hunter and the Blonde Woman fired their energy guns and the energy bolts staggered the metal armor of the Maschinensoldaten with a few Hydra soldiers hit with Zari adding in a powerful gust of wind and Atom firing energy blasts from his gauntlets. The Maschinensoldaten were hit hard and knocked back as more Hydra reinforcements marched into the camp.
The Hydra Super Tank was the goliath in the camp, standing taller than the buildings so it got everyone's attention. It aimed its cannon down at Superman and the others when Firestorm flew by, carrying two people by the arms and dropped one of them down in front of the group.
Said person was dark-skinned, tall, and well-built with short, buzzed hair and a beard with a unique scar on over his right eye that formed the letter M. His attire was just as strange as the other Legends and definitely didn't belong in 1944. He had blue shin-high combat boots that led to blue combat pants with a yellow stripe running up his left leg that also had a smaller black line inside. Around his waist was a belt with an emblem of a red circle surrounding a black X. Above his waist was a blue combat shirt that was cut off at the biceps styled like his pants that had the same matching yellow stripe and black line which went up his left side onto his shoulder. On his shoulder blades and his biceps were yellow accents and to finish his ensemble he had a large orange handkerchief wrapped around his neck and a futuristic energy gun holstered on his left shoulder.
The Hydra Super Tank fired its main cannon but the mystery man absorbed the energy of the massive blue energy bolt into himself. His eyes glowed white and the veins in his body glowed a bright purple before the energy traveled down to his fists. "RAHH!"
The man threw his fists forward and unleashed two powerful concussive blasts of biokinetic energy that ripped holes straight through the super tank, causing it to explode. The once mighty super tank was now just a smoldering wreck as the man turned around to face Clark and the Legends. "Oh, I'm really liking how you Legends do time travel."
"Yes, I'm afraid it's usually as chaotic as this but glad you're enjoying yourself, Mr. Bishop." Rip Hunter replied before he and the others ducked from the energy blasts as the other Hydra tanks closed in on them. The man now known as Bishop stood in front of the team and absorbed the energy from their cannons but before he could release the energy Clark stepped forward unleashed his heat vision. His twins beams of red thermal energy cut through the group of tanks with ease before he blitzed forward at super speed and took out the Hydra soldiers and returned to the same spot when finished.
"Wow. Even in the 40s you were powerful." Bishop remarked when he saw an energy bolt heading at Superman so he got in front and absorbed the energy. There were two Hydra tanks remaining and they advanced from the west past the prisoner barracks towards the heroes when Firestorm flew overhead and dropped off the last person he was holding. Said person flipped through the air on their way down and as they did their hair unfurled to reveal a long ponytail with the figure of said person revealing them to be a woman. She continued flipping through as she drew a Japanese katana from her back which began to glow with a purple aura of energy allowing her to slice through the cannon of one of the Hydra tanks when she landed and rolled forward. She moved into a butterfly twist from her forward roll and swung her sword at the last tank which sent the purple aura forward a blade. Said purple aura blade pierced through the tank's armor and hit the engine, causing it to sputter to a stop. The hatches on the top opened up and the crew shot at their assailant only for her to dive to the side. Her free hand glowed purple like the aura she had on her sword and she then threw the energy at the Hydra crew. Said energy turned into small bolts and struck the crew, quickly taking them out. She got back to her feet and spun her katana with a little flourish before sheathing it on her back.
"Not a problem. I make this look easy." Psylocke spoke and Clark picked up a distinct London accent.
This was another surprise for Clark who didn't see the two new arrivals the last time these team of time travelers helped him a few months ago but he wasn't complaining about their arrival. The woman with sword was Japanese but with the London accent then she was likely mixed. She had long hair that was dyed a hue of purple and tied into a ponytail that reached down her back to her waist. Her garb was a black combat/body suit that clung to her figure quite nicely showing how well toned and shapely her body was. A lean and graceful figure that seemed like one you'd expect on a top gymnast yet kept all the curves of feminine beauty. It also had purple accents on the thighs and waist with two lines that traveled up to her collar with a pair of matching black long sleeve gloves with similar purple accents. To finish off her outfit she had a purple sash wrapped around her waist.
Clark had to admit she was a lovely young woman and despite her strange hair color of choice it actually seemed to highlight her well. If he hadn't already just seen what she could do he would've thought she carried herself like a soldier or perhaps a ninja would be a better term given the sword she carried.
Psylocke walked over to the team with Firestorm landing down next to them, completely the team of future people who would be helping Clark.
"That's one heck of an entrance." Clark remarked, taking note of her and Bishop and how different they were just like Captain Hunter and the others. "More people from the future?"
"Well, yes though the answer is quite complicated. Ms. Braddock and Mr. Bishop are recent additions to our little merry band of misfits pertaining to another separate time-related manner that I'm unable to go into detail—"
"Yes." Sara cut off Rip's likely long monologue and got right to the point. "Two of our team had to handle some other matters but Psylocke and Bishop were with us handling something else so when we found out Thawne was going to set a trap for you here they were more than willing to help."
"Got that right." Bishop added when Psylocke's head tilted to the side like she sensed something. "Psylocke?"
"We've got company."
Blue and purple lightning rained down on the group from the Stormfront's who were hovering in the air. They were battered and bruises but still putting up a fight. Bishop got in front and absorbed most of it but since it was so erratic and not focused or clustered together than some bolts of lightning strayed from his body. The team scattered for cover with Steel covering Zari from being shocked while Psylocke created a purple aura shield to protect her and Captain Hunter and Sara Lance. Superman toughed through the pain and unleashed a burst of his heat vision while Bishop fired an energy blast. Both hit the two Stormfronts who fell to the ground only for the Reverse-Flash to race by and whisk them away momentarily. Clark managed to keep track of the red glow of Reverse-Flash's lightning heading around camp and back towards them.
He took a big inhale of air and let loose a massive gust of super breath so powerful it actually blew the roof off the partially destroyed factory, causing it to crumble. The Reverse-Flash slid to a stop and spun his arms to make wind funnels, matching the super breath to a standstill.
"Ava, hit him again!" Sara shouted.
The blonde woman in the black tactical suit who was now revealed to be named Ava, unstrapped the energy rifle on her back and took aim before pulling the trigger. The same white energy beam Clark saw hit Reverse-Flash before, struck him again. His entire body seized up and his lightning flickered around his body erratically like something was wrong. Clark kept up his super breath and the Reverse-Flash was blown back until he slammed into the side of a building. He didn't let up and shot a burst from his heat vision while Bishop fired his energy blasts, Psylocke threw a psi-bolt, Firestorm threw a fireball and the Atom fired an energy blast from his gauntlets. All the attacks combined and struck Reverse-Flash, blasting him into a building which proceeded to collapse in on him.
"I sure hope that hurt." Clark remarked.
"I have a feeling it did. Mr. Thawne's speed has been momentarily disrupted." Captain Hunter told him.
"Sharpe, I'll take that rifle." Bishop told her so she tossed him the anti-speedster rifle and he tossed her the energy rifle he had holstered on his back in exchange. He looked it over and while it wasn't what he was accustomed to, for this instance he could work with it. "Yeah, this will work."
"RAH!/RAH!"
Two identical cries of adrenaline-infused rage cried out through the camp followed by surges of blue and purple lightning that shot into the air nearby. As they flew up, Clark saw that they looked better than before, not bruised or beaten up like they did a minute ago but noticed something else as well. He saw small empty vials drop from their hands on their fly up and while his look was momentary he did see miniscule droplets of a blue liquid in them. Could be that whatever was in the vials gave them the adrenaline boost and healed them. Whatever it was, it definitely got them amped up.
"Looks like the Nazi twins got a shot of adrenaline." Psylocke remarked.
Clark had been paying attention to the team from the future since they arrived and had concluded that while they were highly skilled, good in a fight and glad to have them here to help against these odds here against the soldiers in the camp…against the two Stormfronts and Reverse-Flash, they'd have a hard time. From what he could tell only Steel and Firestorm had powers and while Zari and the Atom had abilities that made them more than just regular humans, against the Stormfronts or the Reverse-Flash they would have some trouble. Bishop and Psylocke on the other hand, those two could help and luckily he wasn't the only one thinking that.
"Ok, Bishop, Psylocke, you two are the only ones with serious powers to stand up against the Stormfronts. You're with Superman. The rest of us will handle Hydra and help clear out the camp." Sara said and everyone nodded. Firestorm and Atom took off into the air to provide cover before Sara looked at the Bishop, Psylocke, and Superman. "Be careful."
"Likewise." Bishop replied. Sara, Captain Hunter, Ava, Zari, and Steel headed into the camp while Bishop and Psylocke joined Clark at his side.
"I know you're from the future and can't say much but can I at least get your names? I'd like to know who I'm fighting beside." Clark said to them.
"Lucas Bishop but just call me Bishop." Bishop holstered the anti-speedster rifle on his back.
"Betsy Braddock. Call me Psylocke." Psylocke said as they saw the two Stormfronts fly through the air towards them.
"If either of you two still want to walk away, now's your chance." Clark told them.
"Not on your life." Bishop stated.
"Same here. We've dealt with our fair share of bigots and monsters so this will be a cakewalk." Psylocke remarked, unsheathing her sword which began to glow with her purple psychic aura.
"Good to know." Clark said.
"I am really going to enjoy this. Always wondered what it would've felt like to kick the asses of the original racist bigots in history." Bishop's hands began to glow with energy as he, Superman and Psylocke charged at the two Stormfronts for a fight that was sure to be a spectacle.
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