The Coming of the Liberty Legion Part Eighteen...... Fire in the Sky

The Yankee Stadium was literately beginning to heat up. Fires had started to spring up all around the Stadium. These had been caused by the flaming debris of the destroyed  the Red Skull's Air Ship that had exploded over the Stadium after a hypnotised Toro had returned to his Nazi Master.

The Red Skull had not accounted for the fact that all of his Hypnotised Slaves had been given a post hypnotic  command to return to the base of the Nulla Ray signal if they had been come compromised.

Bucky had believed that after capturing Toro he would lead them to The Red Skull, but what Bucky did not know that the Red Skull's base of operations had now moved to a mobile one..... One filled with highly inflammable gas. The return of  Toro in full flame had caused the Air Ship to explode.

The blast had not just knocked Toro out, but had snuffed out his flame.  As his lifeless body fell towards the ground his fate did not look good.

However, as Jim Hammond aka The Human Torch had been trying his best to stop the flaming debris of the Air Ship he had spotted a falling body, the body of his adopted son Toro.

As the Torch raced up to aide his fallen partner back on the ground many of the other heroes were trying to avoid the death and destruction of both the Yankee Stadium and the people within.


During the mayhem Jack Frost had calmly walked to the centre of the ball park.   He had an idea what he could do to stop any further flaming debris falling on to the stadium.

Raising his hands he started to using his freezing powers to create a shield over the Stadium.

Jack knew that this was a risky feat to undertake, as he had never had to use his powers in such an extreme way.

The Ice Umbrella started to form

The Shield began to form...... and grow

As the Ice Umbrella grew  the Flaming Fire Balls kept on coming

The heat from the fire balls made Jack Frost actions even harder.

Concentration was important.

The task was extremely difficult, and one slip of concentration could mean the Ice Shield falling onto the stadium as well.

The Weight of the Ice Umbrella was terrific  as was the heat from the fire balls.

But finally The Ice Umbrella covered the whole of  Yankee Stadium shielding it from the Fire and Wreckage that continued to fall.

The Ice Shield was working.

The Heroes up in the sky saw that Jack Frost was attempting, and did what they could to direct as much of the debris onto the Ice Shield


As this was happening The Human Torch reached the falling Toro.... matching his velocity he made contact with is junior partner.

Great Catch

Looking down at the  boy, The Torch could only hope that Toro was OK.

The Warm embrace of his father awoke the stunned  boy hero

The Flames of The Torch re ignited Toro

Because their powers were basically the same, Toro's flame was set ablaze once more.

Both Flaming Fire Balls flew down to the Stadium putting out all the remaining fires as they descended.

THE TORCH AND TORO DESTROYS THE LAST PART OF THE RED SKULLS AIRSHIP.

Back inside Yankee Stadium both teams united in celebration of a job well done.

TWO TEAMS, One Great Fighting Unit.

Next Time I round off this story

Until then ENJOY

The Coming of the Liberty Legion Part Seventeen..... Two Groups United

With the destruction of the Nazi Airship, Prince Namor, The Human Torch and Captain America found they were released from the Mind control caused by the Nulla Rays that had made them subject to the control of the Red Skull.

UNDER CONTROL

BACK IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN MINDS

The explosion caused all in Yankee Stadium to look up...... and this alerted everyone to an immediate danger from above.

Not knowing what or why something had burst into flames, the crowd knew and the Heroes knew that the wreckage from the explosion was soon to start raining down upon them.

In a flash All the Heroes that could fly flew up into the air. The Human Torch easily absorbed some of the flame from the descending wreckage, but soon he was to be distracted by what he saw.

"FLAME ON !"

The  Red Raven used his Artificial Wings to knock debris away.

METAL WINGS MEET METAL FRAGMENTS

Miss America did the same, but took care as although she had increased strength and the ability to fly, she was not fire proof.

MADDIE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOURSELF

 Prince Namor was also not flame proof but his harden skin allowed his some protection from the heat and flaming hot metal fragments, but the heat also sapped his strength as a result.

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

On the Ground Bucky , the Patriot and Captain America tried to control the crowds from panicking. The trio tried to pursued the crowds not to come onto the pitch, as they would have little protection from the flaming debris as it started to make contact with the ground.

DON'T PANIC , STAY OFF OF THE PITCH !

 Whilst The Blue Diamond used his might to smash through a wall providing a safe exit for some of the audience. ...

The BLUE DIAMOND KNEW HOW MAKE A GREAT EXIT..... 

However, hot flaming debris had started to reach the top of the stadium.....

Both the Whizzer on the ground and the Thin Man on the roof did their best to stop any fires that had started before they could spread.

THE THIN MAN HAVING A HOT TIME UP ON THE ROOF

THE WHIZZER RUNNING ABOUT PUTTING OUT FIRES

While this was happening know one realised that Jack Frost had positioned himself in the middle of the Ball Park and had started to prepare himself for what would turn out to be an immense feat of bravery that could kill him.

JACK FROST PREPARES TO RISK ALL.

Mean while, as the Human Torch was doing what he could to destroy as much of the inferno that has descending onto Yankee Stadium she spotted something, and raced off in the direction of what he saw was a body falling from the sky. Getting nearer he realised it was his "son" Toro !. 

TORO NEEDS HELP

Breaking off from his fire fighting, The Human Torch raced off in the direction of Toro !.

Next Time what was the fate of Toro, would the combined forces of the Invaders and the Liberty legion be enough to avoid complete destruction of  Yankee Stadium and those inside.....?  and what was Jack Frost Planning. ?


Until Then ENJOY !

The Coming of The Liberty Legion Part Sixteen..... Look to the Skies

Meanwhile, as Bucky and Agent Stuart had been dealing with the awaking Toro, a furious battle was taking place outside.

Watched over by thousands inside Yankee Stadium, and by Red Skull from his hidden base of operations.

The Three Invaders showed  the Seven Legionaries even with the advantage of numbers, this made little difference to the battle.  The Invaders time together made them a complete fighting unit, and even in their hypnotised dulled state were more than a match for the more inexperienced heroes.

 The Patriot and the Thin man engaged Captain America, Red Raven and Jack Frost fought off the fiery fire balls of the Torch, whilst Prince Namor took on The Whizzer and The Blue Diamond.  Miss America as planned stayed out of the initial attack as she stood ready to boast up which ever duo team she could when needed.

Seeing a chance to make a difference Miss America distracted The Human Torch long enough for Jack Frost to encase him in ice.

 With all the excitement focused on the playing field no one noticed  Bucky as he raced  back outside in to the Stadium, or had seen Toro's  flaming trail shooting up into the clouds. These clouds had  suddenly appeared over the Yankee Stadium as the battle commenced between The Invaders and The Liberty Legion. Little did Bucky or anyone else  know that hidden above the clouds was where the Evil Red Skull had his stationed his Airship.

High above the clouds the Red Skull watched on his monitor with much laughter  as his three  mind enslaved Invaders did battle with the Liberty Legion.  The Red Skull could see that his "slaves"  appeared to be holding  their own. If one group destroyed the other, the Skull knew the result would mean less America Heroes to interfere in his plans to destroy and conquer the USA and the World.

The Red Skull enjoying the Show

Then a member of the  Nazi Airship crew alerted The Red Skull to something approaching them at great speed. It was Toro...... Part of the Hypnotic conditioning was in case of capture or failure, the "Mind Slave" should return to base as soon as possible for further instruction. The Nullatron device had instilled in Toro and the others,  a Homing Instinct..... and this had enabled  Toro to locate the source of the signal.. Although the Red Skull took credit for this device it was truly the invention of the now deceived Nazi scientist Brain Drain.

What is that ?

"STOP ! STAY BACK YOU FOOL !!!!!! "

This was fine when the hidden HQ of the Skull had been in a  hidden bunker under the Radio Station in New York City..... but now as the base of operations had moved to the more mobile Airship, this caused a dangerous predicament.

Question.... What Happens when you mix Hydrogen and Fire ?

As Toro bust through the side of the Airship his flame ignited  the very element  that kept the craft afloat in the skies.   The Highly inflammable  Gas .......................Hydrogen  !!!!!

 The Answer .........KABOOM !

The Explosion up above made the Crowd and the two Battling forces look up. With the Airship destroyed it released the Invaders from their Hypnotic control...... but now free from that danger... both the Invaders and the  Liberty Legion found themselves in a more dangerous situation.


The Wreckage of the Damaged Airship was now starting to rain down on Yankee Stadium. Endangering all the people within.

Next time we will find out if the combined forces of the Liberty Legion and the Invaders would be able to save the Innocent bystanders or not. And what happened to Toro ?

Until then    Enjoy !

The coming of the Liberty Legion Part Fifteen.... What's The Plan BUCKY !

When Agent Stuart returned from escorting the Bats-Boy who had helped impersonate Bucky back to his seating in the stadium, Agent Stuart  found Bucky fully dressed back as himself. Both looked at each other then looked at the strange crate laying that had been laying in the store room all the time.

Whats in the BOX ?

Both knew what was inside, and now it was time to open the box. Agent Stuart took a Crowbar and opened it to reveal that the "Real" Toro was contained inside.

The Secret Revealed 

Toro had been kept  under sedation since the time he had been captured a few days before. This was Bucky's idea as he knew that if not the chances would be Toro would try to escape and return to his new master The Red Skull. Bucky realised that what ever method The Red Skull was using to mind control his fellow invaders needed to be destroyed if he had any hope of freeing his friends.

Releasing the captive

Turning the crate up right, both Bucky and Agent Stuart began removing all of the special fireproof  restraints and turning off all of the fire retardant devices that had been used to ensure that if Toro awoke, he would not be able to "FLAME ON"

Awaking The Prisoner

After fully removing Toro from his temporary prison, Bucky back carefully took from his belt some smelling salts and held them under his friends nose.

Toro was not very Happy !

Both Agent Stuart and Bucky stood back as Toro began to wake up. At first Toro  the now awoken Fire Ball was confused, then the confusion turned to anger..... and then Toro knew what he needed to do..... Escape !

Getting a little Hot under the collar 

As Toro started to now heat up, again both Bucky and the FBI Agent stood back.  Bucky stood  in front of the Agent, as he hoped that Toro would not attack him, his friend in revenge. Toro now started to smoulder and glow until.......

Burning through his bonds 

...... FLAME ON !   Toro Bust into flame burning through the last remaining fire retarded restraints .

Now that Toro was wide awake and free, Bucky hoped that his Fiery Fireball of a friend would act as he had predicted and not try to kill them !

Free at last, but what next Revenge ?

Bucky had made a correct guess, Toro had been condition to only comply with the commands of The Red Skull, and as Toro had no instructions, he knew he needed to return to his Master with out delay.

UP UP and AWAY !

Toro flew up through the ceiling and headed towards the location of The Red Skull.


Next Time a very eventful reunion for Toro and The Red Skull.

Until then ENJOY !