Starco 3: Jump For Joy

Chapter 14: The Staff of Coagulation

I DO NOT OWN SVTFoE, GRAVITY FALLS, TEEN TITANS, WillowFallsDiaries (Stella) or MariposaFalls11 (Avery)

(Zach's POV)

I stare at a brass rod that had been wired into a spire on the roof. The spire had flowing lines of energy being pulled towards it. The energy was then converted into fire, which was handed to the local Tamarainians. The rod was wired into the entire eco system, without it, the whole planet would destroy itself. I tense up. I don't know how, but I could sense another presence heading this way. I thought about alerting the others, but realised they would never be here on time, so I take out this guy on my own. I keep my back to the door, so as not to alert anyone trying to sneak in to the fact I was onto them, but never stopped listening for any sign of someone trying to get in. The large wooden doors were slowly pushed open as I spun around, fire bursting from my palms. I looked at the figure in the doorway. It was Marco. I put down my guard. "Hey Marco. How's things?"

"Well, Star thinks I'm cheating on her with Avery."

We both laugh. Marcos problems make mine seen petty.

"Well, Avery won't talk to me because of what that stupid triangle bill saw in my head."

"What did he see?"

"He saw how I was afraid that Avery would get hurt or killed in battle and that I would prefer it if she stayed in the tower where it's safe."

"But she shouldn't be mad at you for that. You are her husband, and what are husbands for if not to worry about there wives?"

"Thanks man. You made me feel better."

Marco pointed at the rod behind me. "So what are we protecting exactly?"

I pull up my fact file on the staff. "The staff of coagulation. Originally made by Professor Mid-Nite as a fast healer of flesh wounds and broken bones by turning the liquid blood into gas, aligning it, then turning it into solids like bones and skin. It's most powerful ability is the ability to turn gas into a solid of liquid. It was first taken here by the Justice Society of America when Maxwell lord tried to use it to turn the water behind the metropolis damn into a giant cinder block to drop on Metropolis."

"And we need to stop someone from taking it."

"Exactly."

Suddenly, a guard ran through the doors. "Zach, we have apprehended robot who is primarily built to get past our defensive. We believe it may have been a scout for more to come later."

"Lead the way."

The guard lead us to a side room where a robot was sitting on a table in the middle if the room.

I look at the guard in a state of confusion. "Why is he just sitting there?"

He pointed at the roof. "Blasters pointed at him. If he so much as blinks, he's dead."

I walk over to the robot. He just stares at me. I look at where I believe his eyes to be. "Are you programmed to feel pain."

The voice that replied was tinny. Like when someone speaks through a phone on low signal. "I'm programmed for war, not to feel pain."

"Good." I kick his chest plate open. A timer in the middle is counting down.

2:00:00

1:59:59

1:59:58

I pull out my pocket communicator. "Guys, get to the west wing. You might want to see this."