Braedey Martin: Unlimited

Ch 25: Closure - Endings And Beginnings

Coolsville

The Justice League, the Ultimen and even Professor TimeLine looked down in horror at the sight of Braedey Martin's body. It looked less like an injured human and more like a piece of meat that had shredded clothes put on it. Unicron had been more than thorough in his attack.

Batman rushed forward, taking out a medkit from his utility belt, doing his best to keep Braedey alive. Superman, on the other hand, flew forward, Wonder Woman and Shayera right behind him.

The Man of Steel collided with Unicron fists-first, sending him flying back into the sphere he had arrived in; before the heroes could follow up on Superman's attack, Unicron pressed a button, which caused the sphere to close up, shimmer, and then disappear. Superman angrily punched a hole in a building, upset with himself for letting Unicron get away.

"Superman, we don't have time to chase after Unicron! Get back here!"

Batman was right, Superman realized, vengeance could come later; Braedey was more important.

~*~*~

For Supergirl, everything had become a blur; the man she loved was near death, and there wasn't a single thing she could do to help. She felt herself getting led somewhere, but didn't resist. All she could do was stare at Braedey.

Then everything became a blur again, and the next thing she knew, she was back at Cybertron HQ, sitting at a table; she saw the Justice League talking in hushed tones to the Autobots and Decepticons, while the Ultimen were talking amongst themselves. She looked around, but didn't see the one person she sought.

"Where's Braedey?"

Absently, she noted that the other Leaguers looked as upset, probably as much as she felt. After all, Braedey was seen as something of a younger brother to the senior members; it was only natural for them to be upset when anyone was hurt, but it was worse when it was family.

Wonder Woman walked up to Supergirl and sat next to her. "Kara..."

Supergirl's mind was awhirl with possibilities about Braedey's condition, but none of them were good. The look on Diana's face confirmed it.

"How... how bad is it?" Kara didn't want to ask, but she had to know how Braedey was, even if it was bad.

Diana closed her eyes for a moment. "He's in critical condition; the doctors are doing everything they can, but... it's bad, Kara."

That did it. Kara couldn't take it anymore and broke down in tears; Diana wrapped the younger woman in a hug, determined to let her release all of her grief. Superman and Batman watched the Amazon comfort the Kryptonian; Superman looked haunted, and he suspected that Batman felt the same, even though he didn't show it.

"What happens now?" Flash asked quietly; the League, minus Diana and Kara, the 'Bots and 'Cons, and the Ultimen looked at each other.

"The planet is still in danger," Superman replied, "and we have to defend it."

"How?" Piledriver demanded, "The 'Bots and 'Cons are all tied up movin' civilians to safer places; we don't have time to do that and fight off an invasion."

"Speaking of time," said Shayera, "where's TimeLine? I haven't seen him since we got here."

"Apologies, my dear," TimeLine said from behind them, causing them to jump, "I was busy gathering some help."

"Only a time-traveler would find himself late," a new voice grumbled from behind him, "I don't know why I even associate with you."

From behind Paradox strode two people. One looked like a human girl, with long, blonde hair, blue eyes, and a white jumpsuit with a blue line down the front; she also carried a large, gray case. The other being was a Cybertronian, similar in structure to Optimus Prime, but appeared much older; his armour was in a dark silver and gold, had several braids of metal around his mouth, similar to that of a beard, and attached to his back was what could be described as a silver blade sword that glowed in a blue aura, and had a golden hilt.