The Wrecker began exerting his telekinetic energy at the broken wing of the plane as soon as he was free of the glass. Blood flowed down a cheek that had been gashed when he flew out the still-shattering plate-glass, but Wrecker didn't notice at all. His only thought was on saving Megan.
Meanwhile, onboard the dropping passenger jet, the pilot noticed the plane starting to level out. He looked at his co-pilot questioningly. Everything indicated they had taken serious wing damaged, and while the pilot was trying his best to land the jet, he had begun to think it was a futile effort.
The co-pilot, a chunky, balding black man, looked at the salt-and-pepper haired pilot and shrugged. "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.". With that, the team did their best to start landing procedures.
Out in the passenger area, the flight attendants were doing their best to manage the chaos. One, a slender middle-aged woman with dark hair, stopped Emily Fine as she walked toward the restroom. "Miss, you need to take your seat!".
Emily shrugged and pushed past her. The attendant had other things to worry about as the stresses of the crash caused the cabin to creak.
Seconds later, White Diamond entered the adjacent first class section and began checking the windows for any sign of the Anti-Man, whom she had seen just minutes before in the snowy skies outside. She couldn't see the villain, a being of dark energy and unknown origin who for some reason took the form of the hero Dragonfly, but what she did see made her breath a little easier. The wrecker hovered above the tarmac, using all his power to help glide the plane in safely. A smile crossed Emily's face for just an instant as she saw her old friend and fellow founding member of the Infinite Seven.
With a jolt, the plane touched down. it's was too fast, and the angle was bad, causing the front landing strut to break off pretty much immediately, but it DID land. The moment it did, White Diamond was running for the hatch. An attendant tried to stop her, but Diamond just pushed past. Time was of the essence. Blasting out the hatch, she leaned out and looked for Wrecker.
"Wrecker!" Emily screamed as loud as she could when she saw him. Looking up, he caught sight of White Diamond's bright costume out glowing the runway lights.
"Can I get a lift?" She shouted. An instant later, Emily felt her body being lifted telekinetically to the ground.
"Emily! Great to see you! What's the situation on the plane?" The Wrecker asked his old teammate.
"Mostly bumps and bruises. should be fine..."
"Did you see Megan?" Tim interrupted.
"No, but Tim, The Anti-Man is here. He's the one who damaged the plane!"
As if on que, a blast of dark energy flew through The Wrecker's chest, and he fell to his knees, stunned.
White Diamond hit the tarmac and, finding her target, a dark blur in the blinding snow, fired all of the energy her costume had captured from the the light surrounding the runway. The blast hit the creature, but had little effect.
Pulling out her cell phone, Emily dialed Aaron's number, all the while keeping one eye on the increasingly snowy skies.
"Hello?" Aaron answered.
"Aaron, it's Em. I'm at O'hare with Wrecker. We've got problems!"
Back in Stevenson, in the Citadel, headquarters of Triumph, Aaron stood holding a pool que. His eyes narrowed at the sound of trouble. "What's going on?"
"Anti-Man tried to bring my plane down. I think he was targeting me. Aaron, he's still here. Tim's out of it."
"Keep blasting away. Rick and I will be there in a minute.". Aaron turned to look at RIck Pennington, with whom he'd been playing pool. "Rick, can you get a lock on White Diamond? She,s at O'hare."
Rick Pennington, possessed of mighty mystical powers from the artifact known as The Robe of Merlin, closed his eyes for but a moment in concentration. Suddenly, a portal opened connecting the common room of The Triumph Citadel with a snowy runway at Chicago's O'hare airport.
"Once more unto the breach," Rick, also know as The Adept, said, gesturing into the portal.
The other side of the portal was a zone of chaos. Emergency vehicles were rushing out to the site of the crash landing, unaware that a superhuman battle was taking place. They quickly became aware, however, when White Diamond's light blast was too late to stop the Anti-Man from flying straight through an an ambulance, rendering the driver unconscious. The ambulance swerved toward an oncoming plane.
Just in time, The Wrecker awoke from the daze inflicted upon him by The Anti-Man. Jumping into action, Wrecker used his telekinesis to activate the vehicle's accelerator. The ambulance sped past the plane's path, at which point Tim activated the brakes by remote.
Aaron tracked the Anti-Man's flight as he slung his wings on and pulled a humming bomb out of his bag. No time for a costume now; Aaron zipped into the air and gave chase. Meanwhile, The Wrecker, White Diamond and The Adept gathered near the plane defensively. "Wish Cazmonster was here. He could tap into the airport's security system and help us watch this thing," Rick lamented.
"There!" White Diamond shouted, blasting into the area from which she'd heard the humming bomb go off. As she did, Aaron came hurtling from the sky toward the runway, way too fast. The Wrecker was barely able to cushion his fall, and the was a loud 'snap' as he hit the tarmac.
White Diamond screamed, but Aaron pulled himself up and wandered over. He gave her a quick hug as the four heroes guarded the rescue workers entering the plane. Police sirens were just starting to be heard.
"Aaron, are you okay?" She asked.
"Just a couple ribs, thanks to Tim."
"What about the Anti-Man?" Rick asked, not seeing any sign of 'him'.
Not sure. I don't think he liked that combo play of light and sound, though" Aaron concluded.
The heroes stayed at the scene throughout the unloading of passengers. Tim greeted Megan with a big hug as she walked safely from the plane. After that, Rick opened a portal back to the Citadel.
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