The God Experiment

Chapter No.41. New Agenda.

Chapter No.41. New Agenda.

President Hollis wasn't surprised to see the superheroes in the Oval Office. In fact, he seemed pleased that they had come to him.

"Nice to see you again," he said, smiling. "I see you have a dog now."

"Yeah, he's good for sniffing out victims of natural disasters."

"What brings you here?" the president asked.

"We've been informed that we're no longer forbidden to use force against enemies. The reason they told us this is because they claim that a large demon army is going to attempt to take over Earth. They also suggested that we should get ready to defend against them. So, we'd like it if you would permit us to practice combat at one of the Towpath-gunnery sites."

"I assume that this is like the force that you helped defeat in Afghanistan?"

"Yes, but evidently that was only a practice for the real attack."

The president picked up his phone and made a call. After several minutes of conversation, he looked up at Robert. "Yes. You may use the Utah facility. They've suspended any tests scheduled for today."

"Thanks. We appreciate that."

The president nodded.

The superheroes teleported to the weapons test site. They flew to a concrete bunker building at the south end of the range and were greeted by a Coronel Charis and Lieutenant Barow.

"Greetings, gentlemen," Robert said. "We won't need to use your site very long. We just want to explore some combat ideas."

Charis squinted. "Are you going to use swords?"

"These are not just swords. We can cut through solid steel with these. But that's not what we want to test."

He tilted his head. "What do you mean?"

Robert looked out at the range. "What sort of targets are we permitted to hit?"

"There are concrete and steel blocks out there that we use for aerial attacks."

"Okay, we'll see what we could do." Robert looked back at Janet and James. "We'll try flying at supersonic speeds before blasting the targets."

"We're ready," James said.

The superheroes literally blasted into the air and flew though the target range at speeds exceeding a rifle bullet, which is more than Mach 3. They shot energy beams from their eyes to blast the targets to bits. Sparky shot fire out of his mouth to literally melt metal.

Charis turned to Barow. "Holy shit!"

The superheroes returned and landed near them. "Thanks. I think we're ready."

"Ready for what?" Charis asked.

"For the coming Armageddon."

The two officers exchanged glances before Charis turned to Robert. "What sort of enemy does that entail?"

"They're demons and they are way more powerful than ordinary humans. I just hope that we can defeat them. We're the only super humans on this planet."

Charis and Barow watched the superheroes fly away.

"Tell me this is some sort of a stunt," Barow said.

Charis shook his head and sighed. "Unfortunately, I don't think it is."

The superheroes returned home and settled down to their normal routine for a Saturday.

Old Bob, their next-door neighbor looked over the fence. "Hey, what ever happened to that fancy grill.".