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Chapter 47 - Chapter 46: Schooled End

On the outskirts of Gotham, Robin met up with Kid Flash, who waved in greeting as he matched the speeds of the Boy Wonder's motorcycle.

"So, you changed too?" Robin asked rhetorically, gesturing to the three of them, now in uniform.

"Are you kidding? I feel naked in civies," Kid Flash said, shivering in mock-horror. "You still tracking the parts?"

"They were heading through Gotham, but they veered," Robin said, looking at his GPS. "It looks like they're heading for… wait, dude, they're at my school!"

"Relax, dude, I'm sure it'll be alright. Besides, Lunaris is there."

"Well, when you put it that way," Robin conceded, "but the problem is if Superboy will cooperate with him."

Back at the school fight, Superboy was still battling Amazo in the hallway.

Superboy tried to hit Amazo with a barrage of punches, but the android managed to block his strikes, kneed him in the gut, and threw him into a trophy case. Amazo walked up, grabbed Superboy, spun him around, and threw him into the lockers. Superboy forced himself back on his feet, using the broken lockers as a crutch. A picture of Superman caught his attention, adorned with pink hearts. Angrily, Superboy punched the picture and the locker door before charging at the android again. Amazo blocked his punch easily and held him up high with one hand before punching him through a lab.

"That… all...you got?" Superboy panted.

"Access: Captain Atom."

With its free hand, Amazo blasted Superboy with a beam of energy, sending him flying to the gymnasium floor. Superboy then heard slow clapping and saw Ivo on the bleachers, watching with a pair of MONQIs at his side. "I don't usually attend these sort of things in person, but, heh heh, this was too good to miss."

"Access: Superman."

Superboy tried to attack again, but his punch was blocked, and he was hit by a flurry of attacks from Amazo. Just as Amazo was about to strike the downed boy again, a blur of yellow and red zipped past.

"Yoink!" Kid Flash taunted as he moved past the android with Superboy, stopping near Robin, who then threw an explosive disk at the android.

"Access: Martian Manhunter."

Using Martian Manhunter's intangibility, the disks went right through Amazo. After it turned solid,

"Access: Red Tornado."

Amazo created a crimson tornado around itself, propelling forward and knocking the three heroes backward.

"Access: Captain Atom."

The android fired another beam of energy at Kid Flash, who barely managed to avoid getting hit.

"Access: Black Canary."

As the speedster tried to circle around, the android released Black Canary's sonic scream, knocking him back.

"Access: Superman."

Amazo blocked another punch from Superboy and struck him to the bleachers. It turned to see Robin throwing more explosive disks.

"Access: Martian Manhunter."

Amazo went intangible to avoid the disks, then stretched its arms to attack Robin, but he managed to dodge.

"Access: Superman."

Kid Flash hoped to attack while Amazo wasn't looking, but the android saw him coming and grabbed him in a bone-crushing grip. Just as Amazo was about to crush him, a green arrow flew at the robot's head.

"Access: Martian Manhunter."

Using Martian density-shifting, Amazo went intangible, letting the arrow pass through harmlessly, but in doing so, it released Kid Flash. The speedster scrambled away to gain distance.

"Access: Black Canary."

Amazo turned to see Superboy attacking from behind but quickly used Canary's fighting skills to flip him across the gym. Robin threw an explosive disk, which Amazo dodged. Robin took out his eskrima sticks for close-range combat, but the android blocked his attacks. When Robin switched his sticks to taser mode, Amazo dodged instead of blocking, then delivered a strong roundhouse kick, sending Robin flying. Kid Flash approached again.

"Access: Superman."

Amazo tried to use its heat-vision on Robin, but Kid Flash managed to move him out of the way just in time.

"Where the hell is Toneri when you need him?" Robin shouted in frustration.

Toneri suddenly manifested above Professor Ivo, who was shocked to see him appear like a ghost.

"Hey, dude, not cool. Are you gonna help us or not?" Wally shouted.

"I thought my help wasn't needed," Toneri replied. "Besides, I was hoping the android could pound some sense into Superboy's head."

As he said that, Superboy got up from his hole in the bleachers. He was about to charge at the android in anger again when he saw Toneri looking at him blankly. Something Amazo said suddenly clicked in his mind.

"Access: Black Canary," Superboy whispered.

Toneri thought, 'Oh, what's he thinking now?' after seeing Superboy not jumping into the fight blindly.

"Oh, yawn," Ivo said, drawing Superboy's attention. "Normally, my android would study and copy your abilities in battle, but other than your ninja friend's powers, there's no point for the rest of you; you're all such poor copies of the originals."

Suddenly, Superboy smirked. "So everyone keeps saying." Superboy snarled. "IT MAKES ME ANGRY!"

Robin and Kid Flash got back up in time to see Superboy leap forward, over Amazo, and towards Ivo. The Professor barely scrambled out of the way in time as the clone landed.

"YOU WANNA SEE ME CHANNEL THAT ANGER!?"

"Great, he's gone ballistic again!" Kid Flash said.

"Maybe not," Robin said with a smirk.

Toneri shunshined close to the group. "It would seem he's finally using his brain to think."

"Amazo," Ivo said frantically, trying to get away from Superboy. "Protect your master, Priority Alpha."

"Access: Captain Atom." The android fired another beam of energy at Superboy.

Ivo, who was being picked up off the ground by his MONQIs, was suddenly kicked by Robin. "Anyone up for a game of keep-away?" Robin taunted.

"Oh! Me! Me!" Kid Flash said childishly as he dashed forward toward Ivo.

"Access: Superman." Amazo stomped, creating a tremor that sent Kid Flash flying. Toneri suddenly appeared, caught him midair, and set him down before shooting four chakra rods at Amazo. Robin then threw his explosive disks.

"Access: Martian Manhunter." The android went intangible, letting the disks and rods pass through him.

Superboy rushed in and punched the intangible android, shouting, "Access: Superman." Amazo's head exploded due to Superboy's fist being inside it as it turned tangible again.

"Don't take any chances!" Aqualad said as he and Miss Martian finally arrived.

"Superboy, are you alright?" Miss Martian asked in concern, helping him to his feet and holding his arm with both her own.

"I'm fine," Superboy said with a smile, then grinned at Robin and Toneri. "Feeling the aster."

"Hey, where's Ivo?" Kid Flash asked. The team looked around, then up to see Toneri holding Professor Ivo one-handed like garbage.

Toneri looked at the professor. "So, do you still think your amazing Amazo is better than them?"

"You stupid little brats!" Ivo spat angrily and pushed a button on the pen in his pocket. "Amazo, Priority Omega, merge point supreme."