just_joking (just_joking) wrote in newalliance, @ 2012-07-04 11:35:00 |
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Entry tags: | general zod, hal jordan, joker, kid flash ii, lois lane-kent, miss martian, superman, tigra |
Who: The Joker, Superman, Lois Lane. OT-Metropolis Characters. OT-Reactions Worldwide.
Where: The City of Townsville! Metropolis
When: Wednesday, July 4th
What: The Joker takes his act on the road. He's going to be a big hit in Metropolis!
Rating: PG-13 - R (It is Joker, after all)
Metropolis wasn't Gotham. Not by a long shot. This bustling city was just across the bay and was the antithesis of everything that Gotham stood for. Here people walked around with out a second thought that a madman lurked in their midst. They had hope. They had a public hero. They were disgusting. And soon they would get a taste of what Gotham-Living was like.
Any office building not housing a retail chain had been shut down in anticipation of the holiday. People flocked to all sorts of recreational locales. The movie theaters were packed and the malls were crowded for any sale going on today. The local parks and swimming pools were full of kids enjoying their holiday. None of them saw the potential for such destruction. All that was needed was one little spark.
Or maybe a couple hundred of them.
Packages had been delivered all over the city and left on door steps. They were arranged in a variety of colors from the patriotic trifecta, to orange and black, to happy birthday wrapping paper, to a green and purple combination. Everyone was busy and enjoying their good time. No one expected what came next.
The first explosion hit an apartment building in New Troy. One minute an elderly man was opening a gift from what he believed was his daughter and the next a detonation rocked the whole complex. The apartment had been blow clear out of building and stood open like a rotting wound. Fire took hold of the structure and the crackling flames began to fill the upper floors with smoke that would claim the lives of those trying to escape.
The Fire Department didn't take long to arrive on scene and they were well underway to controlling the flames with the next detonation went off across the street. Flaming debris and mortar came down on the gathered crowd like deadly rain. Almost immediately following that another explosion was heard several blocks over....