EWSG Aquaman Vol. 1, #6: Curiosity Killed The Cat.

WARNING! THIS ISSUE IS VERY LONG(And Awesome..:P)

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Abandoned Warehouse, San Francisco - 2:15.

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I Had 10 more hours to save the city

Luckily, i had the help of The Red Racer. But she goes by the name Flash

As i waited for The Flash to arrive at the location we were supposed to meet

i thought about what these people wanted

Who was behind all of this? Was it my brother? Was it someone else?

All i knew is that i had to stop whoever was behind all of this.

“Did She give you a specific time when she would be here?” i ask

“Nope, to be honest, she didn't even reply to my message..” John replies through the comlink

“You Kidding?” I comment

“I Know, Should’ve just given me the job..” Wally comments

“Shut up..” John says

 

 

“John, got any luck on where the bombs are planted?” I asked through my comlink

“No luck at all, me and Wally are working on it now.”

“I’m informing the F.B.I of the news right now.” John Replies.

“I’ll inform the local police.” Wally commented

As John and Wally work on finding the Bomb

A streak of red lightning runs straight in front of me.

It was the Flash.

“I’m guessing you got our message?” I Ask

“Yeah uh, Yeah. Sorry i was late, i was busy with..stuff” She says

“It’s fine. I’m Aquaman. Pleasure to meet you” I Respond

“Yeah, i’ve heard of you. I’m Flash, but i’m sure you already knew that.” She says

“No kidding. Anyways, There’s several bombs planted throughout the City.”

I say.

“How much time do we have?” She asks

“10 Hours. But we don’t know where they’re loc-” Before i could finish speaking, Wally cuts me off through the comlink.

“I found the location of one of them.” He says

“Make that Tw- Three, I found the location of two more” John says with excitement

“Great! Now where are they?.” I Ask

“Um, Who are you talking to?” The Flash asks.

“Oh, Sorry. My team through my comlink.” I Respond

I Hand her a comlink.

“Thanks.” She Says

“Your Welcome.” i Reply

She connects it to her helmet

“I’m sending you the locations on your gauntlets, i built in a wristwatch in it.” John Says

“Alright” i respond

My Gauntlet opens up, only to reveal a small screen showing me the locations

It was like the wristwatch that John always had accept a bit bigger

“Is that like a Apple Watch or something?” The Flash asks.

“Only WAY better.. Like WAY.” John Responds

“Bias much?” Wally Whispers to himself.

“Oh Also, it shows you how much time we have left.” John Adds

“Let’s get moving.” I Say

“Yep, I’m Kinda known for that” Flash Replies

“Wait Wait, Just than i can get this done in a Flash, Can i get the locations?” She Adds.

“Yeah umm, Not sure how but..” i say

“I Can memorize things faster than you can blink..” She says

I Tell her the locations

“Alright. i’m not sure how you’ll keep up. Time is Ticking, Gotta Run!” She says

As she runs off, i get back into the truck. The truck was on autopilot.

I Got to the first location, another abandoned warehouse.

“What is it with people and abandoned warehouses?” I Say as i enter

“You’ll get used to it” The Flash replies

“Ok, i got eyes on the first bomb.” She says

She walks towards the bomb.

“Don’t let the size fool you”

Wally informed Flash.

As i walked into the location i was at, i heard footsteps.

“I’m at the second location, i think there’s someone here.” I Whisper

As i slowly move to the other box of crates, The man catches me.

“Stop right there, Aquaman.” He says in a deepish voice.

“Who are you?” I Ask

“My name is Admiral Storm. The Man Behind everything” He Says

“We’re gonna stop you, You know that, right?” I say

He then chuckles.

“Ah yes, Because the “Heroes” Always win. Well i’m not your practical villain. I Work with many. For instance, Your Brother, Black Manta. All of them, Work with me. I’m the kind of villain that wins.” He Says

“What’s going on there?” The Flash asks through the comlink.

“I’ve got it under control.” I Whisper into the Comlink.

“Oh who’s that You’re talking to? Is it one of you ‘Super Friends’” He says sarcastically

He then chuckles.

“You Think they’ll help you?” He Says

“Have you ever heard the metaphor ‘Curiosity killed the Cat’? Well in this case, You’re the cat”

He Says.

I Stand there silent, trying to think of a plan

 

As i gesture to grabbing my trident, The Flash Speeds Through.

“What a pleasant surprise. The Red Racer herself” He says

She runs straight at him.

She grabs him by the neck

“I don’t think i have to say this twice. Unarm the bombs, or you’re gonna have a really long and painful night!”

He Then starts to laugh

“Don’t you know? THERE IS NO STOPPING THEM! THERE BLOWING UP NO MATTER WHAT. YOU CAN’T STOP THEM!” He yells

He then proceeds to laugh.

She drops him on the ground

“N-No..NO!” I Say with fear and anger

I Then grab my trident and walk towards the man.

I Yell into his face.

“You’re gonna do whatever it takes to disarm them..”

I pull out my small dagger and stab him in the shoulder

“...Or You’re a deadman!”

He screams for a split second

Then pulls something out of his pocket. It was a red button.

He clicks it and the bomb starts to tick faster

He then starts to laugh

“NO! What have you done! N-NO!” I Yell with anger

I then stab the man straight in the stomach, killing him

“You’re gonna die..You’ll never win.” he said before he lost his last breath

He then drops to the floor.

“There’s not enough time. It’s gonna blow in minutes..” John says with fear and sadness in his voice

The time was ticking. It was a matter of minutes until they blew up.

“There gonna blow. We can’t do anything..” John says with fear in his voice

“No, I’ve got an idea.” Flash says

She grabs the bomb and starts to run. She was running at incredible speeds.

She Kept running to the ocean. Until she was far enough. She threw it in the air.

“We’ve still go two more. 60 seconds on each of them!” Wally says

“There’s not enough time!” I Yell

“You kidding? There’s a reason they call me the Fastest human alive.” She says

She then runs to the second bomb. In a matter of seconds it was blown up in the air

 

The Final bomb was the one i was at.

Flash was dealing with the other one. But the one i was at was the one that could practically blow the whole city up.

It was up to me to do something

“There’s 30 seconds for the 3rd and final bomb!” Wally says.

“Arthur it’s up to you, Flash is still dealing with the other one” John Says

I then remember the stuff my mother taught me about my powers

I remember the hardest one i could never figure out. Then i try it

I Use all of my energy in my body and my father’s trident

My eye’s turn fully blue as i make a force field of water around the bomb.

But it wasn’t ordinary water, The techniques that my mother taught me in were magic, atlantean magic. The Bomb goes of and the force field worked, well partially worked..

The impact was very dangerous and blew up the warehouse i was in.

I Was knocked out unconscious.

“It worked!” John says happily

The Flash runs to the location to find me unconscious on the ground

“No..”

She grabs me and takes me back to John’s house

“Help him! Quickly!” She says.

John pulls out a advanced First-Aid kit

And stitched me up.

There were several very dangerous wounds

 

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15 minutes later.

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I woke up on John’s guest bed that i was currently occupying

John and Wally told me i would be fine, i just need rest.

 

“I Have to get going, it was a pleasure meeting you guys.” Flash Says

“Same for me.” Wally comments

“Thank you. Both of you, i couldn’t thank you more” i say

“Anytime.” Wally and The Flash say in unison

John says his goodbyes

Then walks into my room

“Hey dude, Need anything?” He asks

“No. Thank you John. Thank you for everything.” I Reply

“No problemo dude.” He says

His face then changes from a smile to a concerned face

“What’s wrong dude?” He asks

“N-Nothing, It’s just, i killed the man, Y’know Admiral Storm, For no reason. And i’m starting to think if i’ll be consumed by the evil just like my brother. What if i turn worse than my brother? What if the Evil consumes me?” I Say

“Hey man, if there’s anything i learned from being your friend, is that no matter what, You’ll always do good. And you don’t let anything stop you. Look don’t get me wrong, anythings possible in this world, i mean there’s a freaking flying dude and a shrinking guy, Fire guy too.

Look my point is, no matter what, You’ll always be Aquaman. Don’t look at this as a bad thing, look at that as a sign telling you that there’s room for improvement” He responds

“Get some rest, You need it” John says before he walks out the room

“Hey John.” i tell him before he exits the room

“Yeah?” he says

“Thank you man.”

He smiles.

“No problem dude.” He Says as he walks out.

As the lights turn off, i fall asleep.

As i feel asleep, i thought of my mother. About all she taught me, She was there when i needed her.

A tear ran down my face as I fell asleep.

I saw my mother and father standing with me.

Hugging me. Always being there for me.

Always.

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9:00, San Francisco - John's House

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John's perspective

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As I woke up and made myself breakfast the doorbell rings.

I look through the eyehole and see it's the girl that served us at CC Jitters.

I open the door.

“Hi, is uh Arthur there?”

I look at her with a confused face.

“Yeah uh, Yeah he’ll be right out.”

I Walk into Arthur’s room and wake him up

“*Groans* Wh-What happened?” He says tired

“Tuna is here to see you, don’t know why.” I Reply

“What who’s Tuna? You mean Tula?” He Asks

“Yeah whatever. Get up” I Say

“Alright Alright i’m coming..” He Says Tired

Looks like it’s Arthur’s Lucky day.

 

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