Chapter 7: Training in Cadmus
It had been two weeks since my impromptu meeting with Lex Luther. As promised Ma'alefa'ak had returned and began to train him in the ways of a Martian. At first it was fun he had learned to not only read surface thoughts but also mild telekinesis. He had also learned to enter the minds of others and create his own mind palace. Ma'alefa'ak said he was very talented despite having the mental experience of a Martian child.
A back handed compliment is still a compliment right. Anyway we had also grown closer. I think? As master and apprentice you know. Yeah he was even almost nice now. Plus he had even let me call him instead Malefic of Ma'alefa'ak. His real name was quite the mouth full pause.
Anyway life was good plus I had gotten I guess you could say older. I had been sleeping in pods as they didn't have beds here. But they did let me grow more. I was no longer trapped in the body of a 14 year old boy. Instead now I was trapped in the body of a 16 or 17 year old boy. An improvement to be sure and not entirely unexpected as it in young justice it's said that it only took a few weeks to make Superboy. Plus the fact that I wasn't killed in my sleep also helped greatly.
I had also gotten into the habit of sparring with the other clones. The two super boys were simple Super boy 02 and 03. Fighting them was kinda fun but honestly it had just kept getting easier. Fighting Galetea was definitely harder. She was stronger than them had a better handle on her heat vision and unlike me was great at flying. I had a lot of trouble doing it I would almost always slam myself into roofs or walls.
She had also grown from looking like a teenager to a young woman of about 19 or 20. With that change her strength only grew. She also was the first real "friend" I had made here. Sure she was kind of rude but it was also kind of endearing. Plus she also was like a friendly rival to me. The Vageta to my Goku if you will. There was also Dubbilex who was weirdly nice. In fact all the genomorphs were relatively polite. Those were the main people I interacted with besides Doctor Desmond, Doctor Spence, and guardian. I hadn't heard anything from Lex about that mission yet so until then it was training day in day out. So right now I was in a training room. Fighting five G-trolls it was fairly easy even Superboy 02 could beat four at once with relative ease. Considering that the fact that I was currently throwing them around was reasonable.
[present 3rd POV]
Hybrid or he as was more often called Olympus-03 was in the training room. He had been facing waves of G-trolls in succession for the last hour. Each wave had one more G-troll than the last. But after this round he would face 10 instead of five. At this point he had become a little tired but could easily keep going. Five trolls stood before him in a triangle formation. After the sounding of a beeep the trolls began to charge.
Dogging a punch from the first one he grabbed its arm. Before it could throw him off he threw the thing into the troll to its left. Then he suddenly leaped into the air when another troll smashed the ground where he was. Spinning around mid air he cork screwed on top of another and grabbing it by the horns. Doing another flip he took the troll with him and smashed it into another one. Next he flew full speed towards another. Since he wasn't good at stopping yet he used his body as a canon ball. Smashing into the giant grey beast who intern fell into a wall he jumped back and flew towards the first troll. He flew like Goku into king piccolo but failed to pierce through it. It once again crashed into the g-troll then jumped up to punch it in the face. He successfully hit the thing but instead of just a jump he accidentally flew into the ceiling.
"Ouch!" Olympus said rubbing the back of his head and lowering slightly from the roof. Meanwhile downward all the g-trolls were either unconscious or too tired to get up. Olympus floated downwards slowly landing on his feet.
"That was a new record for you." Dubbilex spoke from behind a glass window peering into the room. Next to him stood Doctor Spence who seemed to be writing something down.
"It seems you still need to get a better handle on your flying." Doctor Spence had a clipboard and pen in hand. She began to jot down notes while continuing to speak. Olympus ignored her though and began to exit the room. Stepping out into the hallway Match was waiting for him. The clone was leaning on the wall arms crossed his black and green eyes stared at Olympus.
Over the past two weeks Olympus had been refining his control over Match. Once clone was nothing but a rage filled beast. Now he was loyal, devoted, and willing to follow almost all commands. Plus the clone had even developed his own personality. He was a lot like young justice Conner but a little different. Quiet, stern ,and confident in his own strength he was still a little aggressive but nothing Olympus couldn't handle.
Match kicked off the wall and started walking behind him. Olympus kept walking away through red cave walls. He began to think about the future. Mainly he started making plans for the near future. Firstly he hated the Olympus for himself so he wanted a better one. He didn't want to go back to being Hybrid either. Plus he was a mix of other races some of which required their own names. But that was irrelevant compared to the true choice before him.
That being the mission Lex Luthor would give him. He thought it would have come sooner but nothing so far. Plus with his powers it would have to be something that needs that requires his level of force. Then there is also considering what he might have to do morally. He wasn't a bad person or at least that's what he thought since he made it into heaven. Still Lex is a villain and never gets a redemption arc in most worlds. So whatever he sends Olympus to do could be fake at best and pure evil at worst.
"You should be pleased with your progress." A voice came from around a corner. Stepping out Dubbilex and Dr Spence faced Olympus and Match.
"Yet I sense great conflict within you." Dubbilex said he lifted a hand to his chin. Dr Spence remained silent normally she would talk a lot and quite rudely. Olympus however found her rather annoying so he threatened he not to talk so much. He could have just altered her mind but then he ran the risk of both having it wear off ,and the people here finding out and reacting poorly.
"Cut to the chase why did you cut my training short today." Olympus said matter of factly. His face was plain except for his eyes and folded eyebrows.
"Lex Luthor has contacted us with the mission you asked for. Follow me." Dubbilex spoke still calm as ever. We made our way up to a higher floor. Stepping out the elevator the group is met by Dr Desmond and guardian once again. This time although Desmond still had that agitated look on his face. Yet he remained silent as on the large monitor above them is Lex Luthor hands pressed together.
"Ah project Olympus just on time. I have a mission for you. Allow me to introduce your handler for this mission." Suddenly the screen changed and instead of Luthor a man in a pristine white suit. He also had a pink tie but none of those things were his most prominent feature. Rather it was that his head and neck are entirely mechanical, made out of some grey colored metal alloy. His face plate is colored black, with yellow lines surrounding his mouth and eyes, as well as one line crossed horizontally over his forehead, similar to a Luchador's mask. His mouth and eyes are magenta, with a pink "T" shaped line on each eye which converge into a "U" shape inside his mouth.
This man Olympus recognizes and is shocked to see here. This man is the cyborg supervillain and crime lord Machine head. Olympus interpreted this and reached a very concerning conclusion that in this world invisible characters exist. Which presents several more problems mainly being other Viltrumites.
Also here is this cool art drop some cool art you found as well if you want.
In fact I think it might be something cool to do each chapter.
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