A hero and a Weapon

A Hero & A Weapon
Friction
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Why didn't you protect her!? She's laying there because you couldn't protect her!"
"Do you think I want her laying there!? Right now I want to go and kill Two-Brains and Mr. Big for this! So don't go saying that I wasn't protecting her!"
"Gentlemen, please," Professor Tubing interjected stopping the X weapon and Tim Botsford's argument. "Two-Brains and Mr. Big had a perfect plan and there was no way to counter what did. The important thing now is to make sure she gets better. With what the X weapon's computer has told me, I've developed a serum of Lexiconian artificial DNA and adrenaline in order to help her recover. Also, I've got the entire English dictionary playing on those headphones. I haven't been able to figure out why her powers are tied to her speech center of her brain." Tubing explained.
"The professor is right, dear. Those villains have wanted WordGirl out of the way for years and this lexinite plan they came up with worked to perfection." Sally tried to calm her husband.
"I still say he failed to protect her." Tim Botsford said. The X weapon was about to retort, but his wrist device gave off a beeping sound.
"Go," he commanded the computer.
"Lexiconian royal ship has dropped out of ftl flight mode and is entering Mars's space." the computer reported.
"Is it Calisto's ship?"
"Sensors are 98.9% certain that the ship in question is Calisto's personal vessel."
"Calisto?" Sally asked and the X weapon rubbed his temples in frustration.
"Becky's Lexiconian aunt. Calisto runs Lexicon with an iron fist, but sees Becky's continue existence as a threat. Becky's Lexiconian mother is Calisto's sister, so this is a royal family thing. How long until the ship reaches orbit?"
"fifteen minutes." the computer answered.
"I'm going to get her attention so she doesn't find out that her niece is injured. Take care of her, professor." the X weapon requested and Tubing nodded as he disappeared in the light of a transporter.

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"Empress, we are receiving a transmission from the X weapon."
"On speaker, let's hear what he has to say." Calisto said with amusement.
"Calisto," the X weapon greeted in a sing song voice. "We tried it your way and you ran...care to have another go at it?"
"Cut the shit, X weapon. You could barely win the last time we fought. Now, where's my niece." she asked.
"As I said before, you have to get past me to get to her."
"You're hiding something."
"Really? Well, you'll just going to have to come down here and find out if I'm hiding something or not." the X weapon taunted.
"You do realize that neither of us should be on that fucking planet. It's caused unusual powers to develop."
"Oh, so you know about that huh? I doubt you could developed anymore powers than your niece. You're too evil for that." he taunted again and the furious Calisto slammed her fist on the arm of her chair.
"Bastard! I'm going to kill you!" Calisto ranted.
"Now that's the Calisto I know and hate."

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The two stare each other down. Hatred burned in Calisto's eyes as the X weapon stared back calmly.
"You're move," the X weapon offered.
"Don't mind if I do," Calisto growled out and attacked The X weapon. He deafly avoids the blow and returns with a strike of his own aimed for her knees. The Empress saw that coming and attempted to kick the X weapon's head off. The two backed off from each other and went back to starring each other down.
"You know, there's a reason why we avoid strange worlds. We don't know what picking up their knowledge will do to us. Your race has excelled in Science and Math while mine has picked up every single language spoken in the galaxy plus we can navigate space better than you can."
"I know all to well about the fact that your race has the best navigators in the galaxy."
"You see, this planet can't offer a Decimal's mind anything. Humans aren't that advance. However, they speak a lot of languages."
'Uh oh,' the X weapon thought.
"I've picked up all of their distinct tongues the last time I was here. Something very interesting." she continued and extended her hand as if she were reaching to grab him by the neck. The X weapon had been standing too far for her hand to actually grab him, but to his shock and horror he felt a squeezing sensation. "Telekinesis is a useful trick, don't you think?" she taunted as his face turned blue.

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"Hmmm, the English dictionary is only keeping her stable. I'll add the language banks for the languages I've got. Member giving her the knowledge of most of the planet's spoken languages might help her recovery." Tubing thought out loud and Huggy agreed with this.

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"Awe, what's wrong? Has the X weapon finally been defeated?" she mocked.
'Damn it! Why didn't the Warrior Caste do more research! Oh wait, they are the warrior /Caste, they can't research anything. I'm sorry, Becky. I love you.' he thought. He wasn't dead yet, but he wasn't going to be able to keep going for much longer.

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"Good, the speech center of her brain is being hyper stimulated." The professor said with a smile. "The lexinite poisoning is receding."
"How long will she have to be here?" Tim Botsford asked.
"I'm not..." Tubing began and Huggy made a sound seeing that WordGirl was sitting up. She had removed the headphones but from the scanners, her speech center was still being stimulated. The next thing they all heard was a sonic boom as WordGirl flew out the door.
"Good thing I super hero proofed that door." the professor mused.
"Where is she going?" Becky's dad asked trying not to freak out.
"I'm not sure. It appeared that any trace of lexinite had vanished, but she shouldn't be that strong yet." the professor responded and Huggy grinned to himself. He knew what happened. His charged only knew a hand full of languages outside of English. Most likely, the professor had language banks for most spoken languages on this planet. That much knowledge helped speed up her recovery.

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'It's almost a shame I have to kill you on such a back water world. I wanted to bring you to trail and have you hung in the center of our capital city, but I guess..." she never got to finish for something impacted her sending her crashing hard against the side of a building.
"Bec...ky" the X weapon let out as WordGirl knelt at his side.
"It's ok, I'll deal with her."
"She's picked up mental powers...be...careful. I guess she should have killed me because you're going to kill me for telling..."
"We'll discuss that later. Rest now." she said in a soft but commanding tone. The X weapon's eyes close and his body relaxed. WordGirl turned back to see Calisto trying to shake off the cobwebs. "I have you to thank for this." she growled.
"So, you come out of hiding. No matter, take this!" and Calisto tried to use her new powers on WordGirl, but the telekinetic powers did nothing. "What? Why didn't it work!?" she fumed.
"I guess your new powers don't work on me." WordGirl taunted.
"Don't be so cocky, little Zaniah. I'll be back to kill you later." she threaten and vanished.
"I'll be waiting, aunt Calisto." WordGirl said to the empty space. She picks up the X weapon and flies back to Tubing's lab.