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Titans of Justice Unlimited Chapter 51 – “You CAN Go Home Again Pt. 2”
Written & edited by: Power Guy
The United Nations Building, New York City...
Helena Wayne slowly began to awaken. As she finally opened her eyes, she’d realized that the day’s previous events were far from just a bad dream. She found that she was strapped to some sort of device. She struggled for a bit but soon was forced to stop due to the multiple burns she had suffered from Bill Jensen’s attack. Turning her head, she noticed her teammates from the Titans of Justice were all strapped to the device along with her with Power Guy being on one side of her and Sonic Boom on the other side. Power Guy was still not conscious and Sonic Boom had some kind of electronic mechanism over her mouth so that she couldn’t talk, much less scream.
“Dear Lord, we’re in bad shape,” the Huntress whispered to herself. “I can barely move, let alone even attempt to reach my signal device. Power Guy! Power Guy!” she began shouting when the Wizard and the rest of the Injustice Society made their presence known.
The mature magician got in the Huntress’ face and barked, “Stop wasting your time. He can’t hear you. Those bands around his wrists are radiating his body with red sun radiation. Even if he does wake up, he’ll be as helpless as a kitten.”
“What sick plan has your twisted mind devised this time Wizard?” demanded the Huntress.
“Such insults from someone who should be so thankful,” the Wizard grinned ear to ear.
“And just why would I be thankful to you?” asked the Dark Knight’s daughter.
“Well for one, I saved the lives of your parents,” revealed the Wizard. “You see tonight, had I not intervened, your mother would have received a mysterious phone-call from one of her old gang members. This man would have blackmailed her into committing one final crime. During a shoot-out with the police, a stray bullet would have struck your mother and ended her life. Now you’re probably thinking that there’s no way your father would let this happen but you see, Mr. Jensen here would have kept your father quite preoccupied tonight. He was ready to climb to the top of Gotham Towers and demand that your father meet him there so that he could kill him in cold blood. This scenario sounds familiar to you, doesn’t it? Now you’re probably wondering where I come in? Well, I have killed that man who planned on blackmailing your mother and I convinced Mr. Jensen that you and your army of Titans would have stopped him before he could make good on his plans to end your father’s life.”
“And why would you do this for me Wizard,” the Dark Knight’s daughter demanded once again.
“Because I needed you here tonight and in sound mind. Both of which would not be possible had either or both of your parent died tonight,” replied the leader of the Injustice Society. “And my gifts don’t stop there, my dear.”
“Really? What else do I supposedly have to thank you for?” the Huntress asked with caution.
“I am about to give you back everything you’ve lost,” answered the Wizard.
“Everything I’ve lost?” repeated the Huntress.
“Haven’t you felt a bit out of place all of your life? Have you ever had a sense of deja vu when you met someone even though you could swear you’d never seen them before? Maybe someone like Power Girl or Mr. Jensen here, perhaps? You see my dear, you’re an anomaly. You’re not supposed to be on this earth. You and I are originally from a world called Earth 2. During the first major Crisis, our world was ripped apart and merged with four other earths. You are one of a few anomalies, like Power Girl, that should have been erased from existence in the crisis yet for some reason you weren’t. Though your origin has slightly changed on this new earth, you still bear the essence of the Huntress I have known for decades. Through the use of my spirit crystal, I have learned the true origin of the universe and mean to only set things right. You see, yours and your friends’ essences are needed to help power my machine. All of you have a teeny, tiny bit of Earth 2 inside of you which is the key element to my success. ”
As much as she hated the Wizard, her heart told her that for once he was speaking the truth. Memories of a past life began to trickle into her mind, still she couldn’t let that distract her from trying to escape. “Who are you kidding you crooked old fool? I don’t believe a word of what you’re saying.” spat the Huntress as she began to struggle with her bonds again.
“Yes, you do. Your eyes betray your tongue, woman,” countered the Wizard.
“What’s your real motivation behind all of this and how are you going to pull it off?” the Huntress asked while trying to change the subject.
“My true motivations?” repeated the accused crooked old fool, “Why I am simply sick and tired of having to contend with a virtual army of super-beings on this earth. Yes, I could defeat the Justice Society but then there is the Justice League, the Outsiders, the Doom Patrol, the Teen Titans, and now your damnable Titans of Justice! It’s like you superheroes are constantly crawling out of the woodwork. Now if we were back on Earth 2, I would only have the Justice Society and Infinity Inc. to deal with. Much better odds I must say. And Mr. Jensen here likes this scenario as much as I do,” the Wizard said as he put his arm around Bill Jensen. “Because on Earth 2, he will succeed with his plans and make you an orphan.”
“You sick son of b_tch!!” the Huntress cursed as adrenaline shot through her body and she continued to struggle to break free.
“This one has quite a temper in her,” noted Dr. Poison. “I wonder how she would respond to electro-torture?’
“Let me out of here Wizard and I’ll take your whole d**n entire Injustice Society down by myself,” threatened the Huntress.
“That’s not going to happen any time soon,” responded the Wizard. “I have much to accomplish this day without you getting in my way.”
***
Meanwhile, all over the globe the various members of the Titans of Justice were responding to the multiple calls for help. The crimson skies had brought along a spree of worldwide weather disasters with them. No country, no matter how big or small remained unaffected.
In Atlantis, Whirlpool, Tula, and their semi-estranged brother Ceridian worked relentlessly to stabilize the sunken city from and underwater earthquake. In the midst of all of the commotion, Air Wave arrived on the scene to offer his support to the new apple of his eye, Tula. The young hereos were soon joined by Global Guardian, the Little Mermain II.
On the outskirts of Midway City, Hawkgirl, Bulletboy, Power Lad, The Stranger, Black Vulcan, and Sargona banded together to save the city’s inhabitants from a deadly electrical storm.
All across Europe, disasters were springing up. Various members of the new Global Guardians such as Ice Warrior, the Wild Huntsman, Rocket Red #9, and the Crimson Fox had their work cut out for them. The Wild Huntsman’s day was filled with surprises in his homeland of Germany with all of the disasters he had to tend to but nothing shocked him more than when Fausta put aside her Nazi agenda and worked to help him preserve his sacred homeland. New hero Geo-Force was also struggling to help keep his small nation of Markovia from collapsing into complete chaos.
In Japan, Lady Light assumed she would be alone in battling the immense tsunami which was battering her birthplace. Much to her surprise, Junjie Quick came to aid his close friend in her time of need. The young speedster had come out of retirement to keep his promise to help protect Asia. Knowing that the two of them wouldn’t be enough, he brought along the female Flash. Shortly afterwards, Rising Sun II, one of the Global Guardians’ newest members also joined in the fray in Japan along with Samurai, former member of the Super Friends. Junjie explained that Velocity sent his regrets that he could not join them as he was busy tending to matters in South America along with Flame Fury, Rima, and El Dorado.
Gotham City was in a state of hysteria. Lucky for the large city and it’s citizens, Nightvision and Blackbird put aside their differences to help keep order in the midst of weather gone wild. Firebrand and Phantom Lady showed up a bit later to offer what support they could.
In the inner city of Los Angeles, Wonder Warrior, Queen Bee, Kid Comet, and the Arachnid joined forces for a mini Titans West reunion in order to help the city through the massive flooding from the seemingly never-ending rain storms.
With Wonder Man and Wonder Warrior absent from Gateway City, Jemstone and Wonder Girl were doing all they could to help the endangered residents of the city. Wonder Girl was a bit nervous that the two of them wouldn’t be enough until the arrival of her new friend Totem and Black Orchid. Just having Totem at her side gave the Amazon visitor from the Universe of Evil a sense of relief and tranquility.
In the Middle East, Black Adam, Ibis, Spy Smasher, Teen Marvel, and Sherry Girl of Two Thousand Gimmicks worked valiantly together to help keep a lid on their region of the world. Black Adam knew his duty was to his people yet he could not help but worry for his beloved bride Isis.
In the heart of the southwestern United States, the Vigilante assumed he would be in for the mission of his career with having to tend to the entire region without the rest of the Rangers. The lone Ranger was more than delighted when help arrived in the form of Apache Chief, Lt. Atom, and Powerstorm.
In the heart of Metropolis Argos, Sturmer, Dark Arrow, Trickshot, Green Lantern, and Kai-ro, worked to rescue several people who were trapped inside of a skyscraper that was just struck by lightning. As the Titans struggled to keep order, they noticed the original Black Vulcan streaking through the sky battling the out of control electrical storm above. With several of his Super Friends comrades back in action, Jefferson Pierce decided to wear his Black Vulcan suit rather than his Black Lightning suit for this occasion.
“Everything is going nuts on this planet,” observed Argos as he and Green Lantern
Argos began to think of Power Guy, “Fear not Kryptonian. I shall not let your city fall in your absence,” he promised. He then turned to Green Lantern, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
“My father has,” Green Lantern said as he formed a giant slide with his ring allowing several of the trapped civilians to slide down to safety. These red skies, the earthquakes, electrical storms, etc. all were part of a catastrophic event that took place about 30 years ago. It was known as the earth’s first major crisis.”
“And what was the cause of this crisis?” Argos asked as he lifted a burning semi truck and threw it in the river.”
“The universe was being ripped apart.” answered the green guardian.
Just then Nucleus came through on Green Lantern’s communicator. “Lantern! We’ve got big trouble! These red skies and other abnormalities are being exacerbated by some type of energy spasms coming from New York City. In fact, if my calculations are correct, they’re coming from the United Nations building where Di Di and the others went to a few hours ago.
“Not good,” replied Green Lantern.
“Not at all,” agreed the tiny titan. “Wonder Warrior and Nightvision have issued an executive order asking all members of the Titans of Justice to converge on the United Nations building in New York. You and Argos are to depart immediately.”
“But we can’t just leave all of these people…..” worried Green Lantern.
“Wonder Warrior believes that if we don’t stop whatever is emitting that energy in New York, things will get worse. Much, much worse,” explained Nucleus.
“Ok, we’ll be there in a few minutes,” Green Lantern said as he signed off.
***
Back in New York….
“Now I’m sure you’re wondering just how I’m going to pull this off, aren’t you?” the Wizard asked the Huntress.
“Let me guess, it’s this gizmo that my friends and I are strapped to, isn’t it?” assumed the daughter of the Batman and Catwoman.
“Do you like it?” mused the Wizard. “I stole the design from the Ultra Humanite but it’s only part of the necessary ingredients. You and your friends are essential too because each one of your has a small part of Earth 2 inside of you. But still that wouldn’t be enough to recreate the original multiverse without the final component.” With a wave of his hand, a giant egg appeared in his hand. “See this? It’s called the Cosmic Egg. A being by the name of Krona tried to use it to reshape the universe to his liking a while ago. He was defeated by the Justice League and some marvelous heroes from an alternate universe. The Justice League had kept it well hidden since then but thanks to Johnny Sorrow’s uncanny ability to traverse through space and dimensions, we now possess this unique device. But even this would not be enough to bring back Earth 2 alone. I had to wait for an opening so to speak. You know those red skies that you noticed on your way here? Those are being caused by a being known to many of you as Darkseid. You see in the year 2008 he has unleashed a force known as the Anti-Life Equation and it is currently ripping through all time and space. We are just feeling it’s effects now but I plan to make good use of the temporal disturbance. Hence the device you are strapped to is feeding off of the temporal disturbance and magnifying it at the same time. Not only does it serve my plans but it also keeps the rest of yourTitans of Justice busy while I complete my work.”
Suddenly in an ironic twist, the building started to shake slightly. The Wizard and the other members of the Injustice Society began looking around for the cause when the Ghost of Gentleman Jim came floating into the room.
“Wizard! We’ve got trouble!” alerted the Ghost. “The rest of the Titans of Justice are outside trying to break through the force-field you erected!”
“Let them try. The spell I used to create this force-field is so old that only three people on earth know how to un-do it and one of them is unconscious right now,” smiled the Wizard as he looked at Dr. Fate’s inert body, “And the other two have no idea as to what I’m up to so by the time they figure it out, it will be too late. We only need a few more seconds.”
***
Outside of the force-field….
Argos, Green Lantern, Wonder Warrior and the other bombarded the field with their various forms of attack.
“By Highfather’s beard, it won’t crack!” growled Argos as he continued to punch away.
The Stranger was becoming quite irritated that none of his spells had worked in diminishing the field. “The Wizard has concocted quite a spell. Nothing I have tried has worked.”
“Nothing and no-one shall keep me from my wife!” Black Adam said as he brutally beat on the Wizard’s protective sphere.
“I can’t even phase through it,” Phantom Lady said, shaking her head.
“We’ve got to rescue Spaceman!” insisted the Arachnid as he fired several Beetle-stings at the protective sphere, not even scratching it.
“Don’t worry, we’ll save him,” Phantom Lady said, trying to comfort the bug-themed hero.
The Arachnid gave her a strange look and continued to blast away, “You know, I’m still not very comfortable working with you.”
“Are you still upset about the gay thing?” asked the spectral heroine.
“No, I’m more upset that you insulted my taste in dating partners,” revealed the Arachnid. “Even if I was gay, I wouldn’t go for Spaceman. Have you ever gotten a whiff of that guy after he comes home after a battle? BLECH!!”
Bulletboy launched himself into the field but soon found himself flying backward after bouncing off of it.
“Hang on PeeGee! I’m coming!” Power Lad cried out as he blasted the field with his heat-vision but to no avail.
“Alright everyone – STOP!” called out Nucleus. “I have an idea that should get us through this force-field and if it doesn’t work, I’m afraid nothing will.”
All of the other Titans looked at the pint-sized hero curiously, awaiting his direction.
“We all need to focus our attacks on the same spot,” began Jason Hardwick, “I’m one hundred percent positive that our combined power should be able to crack this thing. Now I’m going to stand on this thing and I want you all to aim for me.”
“But you’ll surely die!” assumed Sargona.
“Not if I shrink out of the way in time,” countered Nucleus. “Now, we don’t have time to waist,” he said as he flew over and landed on the field. “Everyone ready? Aim………..FIRE!!!” he ordered as he shrunk out of the way just in time.
Instantly, the force-field was battered with an onslaught of various attacks. Air Wave and Jemstone joined together to bombard the field with their combined sound attacks. Argos unleashed the full brunt of the Astro-force while Green Lantern poured all of his will-power into a single blast. Lady Light harnessed the power of a small star and focused it on the force-field. Bulletboy released a stream of his bullet-like projectiles as Black Vulcan made everyone squint as emitted a powerful surge of lightning. Though he was worried about his sister, that didn’t stop Dark Arrow from missing his mark with the three explosive arrows he fired. Trickshot followed suit with a round of her own arrows. Firebrand stood strong as she poured on a stream of red-hot flames. Kid Comet strained his telekinesis to the limit in picking up several large objects in the area and slammed them into the force-field. Lt. Atom was right by his side as he unleashed a powerful blast of atomic energy. Nightvision swung past a few of his fellow heroes as he threw a couple of exploding Batarangs into the field. On the ground below, Phantom Lady shot a searing beam from her Black-light Bracelet, intent on saving her teammates. Power Lad and Powerstorm were side by side as they let loose with their own energy attacks, both of them deeply worried about Power Guy. Sargona soon joined the younger duo as she channeled all of her mystical energies through her ruby into a single blast. The Stranger floated above her as he concocted a devastating spell that he hoped would breach the seemingly impenetrable field. The Vigilante was bent on saving his fellow Titans. He told himself that the team had lost enough members lately with the loss of the Rangers and the Silencer. He told himself there was no way he was hanging up his hat today until everyone was safe. Though he was pretty sure his bullets wouldn’t brake through the field, that was not about to stop him from trying. Whirlpool drew the water out of a nearby fountain and commanded it to turn into a series of ice-daggers, unleashing them upon the force-field without hesitation. The combined powers of the Titans of Justice were beyond amazing. This powerful collective was enough to level a continent if need be and finally after about thirty seconds, the force-field began to crack like an egg and finally shattered.
“They’ve broken though the force-field!” Bonfire noticed, a bit worried. “What are going to do?”
“Nothing,” the Wizard replied non-chalantly. “I only need a few more seconds.
Suddenly, the Titans of Justice stormed the meeting room that the Injustice Society and the captive Titans of Justice were held up in.
“You’re completely surrounded! There’s no getting out of here. It’s OVER Wizard!” shouted Wonder Warrior, his sword pointed towards the Wizard and co.
The Wizard turned to Wonder Warrior with sick look of victory on his face. “You’re wrong, my boy. It’s just beginning!” With that, he pressed a button on the machine next to him. Instantly, waves of chronal energy were released and they consumed the earth. Within the blink of an eye, the universe was turned inside out. On the planet Oa, the Guardians of the Universe felt a great destructive force coming but it was too late. Not even they were in a position to stop it. World upon world was obliterated as if they had never existed until finally, there was nothing left of the universe in which New Earth had sat for eons upon eons.
TO BE CONTINUED?
Written & edited by: Power Guy
The United Nations Building, New York City...
Helena Wayne slowly began to awaken. As she finally opened her eyes, she’d realized that the day’s previous events were far from just a bad dream. She found that she was strapped to some sort of device. She struggled for a bit but soon was forced to stop due to the multiple burns she had suffered from Bill Jensen’s attack. Turning her head, she noticed her teammates from the Titans of Justice were all strapped to the device along with her with Power Guy being on one side of her and Sonic Boom on the other side. Power Guy was still not conscious and Sonic Boom had some kind of electronic mechanism over her mouth so that she couldn’t talk, much less scream.
“Dear Lord, we’re in bad shape,” the Huntress whispered to herself. “I can barely move, let alone even attempt to reach my signal device. Power Guy! Power Guy!” she began shouting when the Wizard and the rest of the Injustice Society made their presence known.
The mature magician got in the Huntress’ face and barked, “Stop wasting your time. He can’t hear you. Those bands around his wrists are radiating his body with red sun radiation. Even if he does wake up, he’ll be as helpless as a kitten.”
“What sick plan has your twisted mind devised this time Wizard?” demanded the Huntress.
“Such insults from someone who should be so thankful,” the Wizard grinned ear to ear.
“And just why would I be thankful to you?” asked the Dark Knight’s daughter.
“Well for one, I saved the lives of your parents,” revealed the Wizard. “You see tonight, had I not intervened, your mother would have received a mysterious phone-call from one of her old gang members. This man would have blackmailed her into committing one final crime. During a shoot-out with the police, a stray bullet would have struck your mother and ended her life. Now you’re probably thinking that there’s no way your father would let this happen but you see, Mr. Jensen here would have kept your father quite preoccupied tonight. He was ready to climb to the top of Gotham Towers and demand that your father meet him there so that he could kill him in cold blood. This scenario sounds familiar to you, doesn’t it? Now you’re probably wondering where I come in? Well, I have killed that man who planned on blackmailing your mother and I convinced Mr. Jensen that you and your army of Titans would have stopped him before he could make good on his plans to end your father’s life.”
“And why would you do this for me Wizard,” the Dark Knight’s daughter demanded once again.
“Because I needed you here tonight and in sound mind. Both of which would not be possible had either or both of your parent died tonight,” replied the leader of the Injustice Society. “And my gifts don’t stop there, my dear.”
“Really? What else do I supposedly have to thank you for?” the Huntress asked with caution.
“I am about to give you back everything you’ve lost,” answered the Wizard.
“Everything I’ve lost?” repeated the Huntress.
“Haven’t you felt a bit out of place all of your life? Have you ever had a sense of deja vu when you met someone even though you could swear you’d never seen them before? Maybe someone like Power Girl or Mr. Jensen here, perhaps? You see my dear, you’re an anomaly. You’re not supposed to be on this earth. You and I are originally from a world called Earth 2. During the first major Crisis, our world was ripped apart and merged with four other earths. You are one of a few anomalies, like Power Girl, that should have been erased from existence in the crisis yet for some reason you weren’t. Though your origin has slightly changed on this new earth, you still bear the essence of the Huntress I have known for decades. Through the use of my spirit crystal, I have learned the true origin of the universe and mean to only set things right. You see, yours and your friends’ essences are needed to help power my machine. All of you have a teeny, tiny bit of Earth 2 inside of you which is the key element to my success. ”
As much as she hated the Wizard, her heart told her that for once he was speaking the truth. Memories of a past life began to trickle into her mind, still she couldn’t let that distract her from trying to escape. “Who are you kidding you crooked old fool? I don’t believe a word of what you’re saying.” spat the Huntress as she began to struggle with her bonds again.
“Yes, you do. Your eyes betray your tongue, woman,” countered the Wizard.
“What’s your real motivation behind all of this and how are you going to pull it off?” the Huntress asked while trying to change the subject.
“My true motivations?” repeated the accused crooked old fool, “Why I am simply sick and tired of having to contend with a virtual army of super-beings on this earth. Yes, I could defeat the Justice Society but then there is the Justice League, the Outsiders, the Doom Patrol, the Teen Titans, and now your damnable Titans of Justice! It’s like you superheroes are constantly crawling out of the woodwork. Now if we were back on Earth 2, I would only have the Justice Society and Infinity Inc. to deal with. Much better odds I must say. And Mr. Jensen here likes this scenario as much as I do,” the Wizard said as he put his arm around Bill Jensen. “Because on Earth 2, he will succeed with his plans and make you an orphan.”
“You sick son of b_tch!!” the Huntress cursed as adrenaline shot through her body and she continued to struggle to break free.
“This one has quite a temper in her,” noted Dr. Poison. “I wonder how she would respond to electro-torture?’
“Let me out of here Wizard and I’ll take your whole d**n entire Injustice Society down by myself,” threatened the Huntress.
“That’s not going to happen any time soon,” responded the Wizard. “I have much to accomplish this day without you getting in my way.”
***
Meanwhile, all over the globe the various members of the Titans of Justice were responding to the multiple calls for help. The crimson skies had brought along a spree of worldwide weather disasters with them. No country, no matter how big or small remained unaffected.
In Atlantis, Whirlpool, Tula, and their semi-estranged brother Ceridian worked relentlessly to stabilize the sunken city from and underwater earthquake. In the midst of all of the commotion, Air Wave arrived on the scene to offer his support to the new apple of his eye, Tula. The young hereos were soon joined by Global Guardian, the Little Mermain II.
On the outskirts of Midway City, Hawkgirl, Bulletboy, Power Lad, The Stranger, Black Vulcan, and Sargona banded together to save the city’s inhabitants from a deadly electrical storm.
All across Europe, disasters were springing up. Various members of the new Global Guardians such as Ice Warrior, the Wild Huntsman, Rocket Red #9, and the Crimson Fox had their work cut out for them. The Wild Huntsman’s day was filled with surprises in his homeland of Germany with all of the disasters he had to tend to but nothing shocked him more than when Fausta put aside her Nazi agenda and worked to help him preserve his sacred homeland. New hero Geo-Force was also struggling to help keep his small nation of Markovia from collapsing into complete chaos.
In Japan, Lady Light assumed she would be alone in battling the immense tsunami which was battering her birthplace. Much to her surprise, Junjie Quick came to aid his close friend in her time of need. The young speedster had come out of retirement to keep his promise to help protect Asia. Knowing that the two of them wouldn’t be enough, he brought along the female Flash. Shortly afterwards, Rising Sun II, one of the Global Guardians’ newest members also joined in the fray in Japan along with Samurai, former member of the Super Friends. Junjie explained that Velocity sent his regrets that he could not join them as he was busy tending to matters in South America along with Flame Fury, Rima, and El Dorado.
Gotham City was in a state of hysteria. Lucky for the large city and it’s citizens, Nightvision and Blackbird put aside their differences to help keep order in the midst of weather gone wild. Firebrand and Phantom Lady showed up a bit later to offer what support they could.
In the inner city of Los Angeles, Wonder Warrior, Queen Bee, Kid Comet, and the Arachnid joined forces for a mini Titans West reunion in order to help the city through the massive flooding from the seemingly never-ending rain storms.
With Wonder Man and Wonder Warrior absent from Gateway City, Jemstone and Wonder Girl were doing all they could to help the endangered residents of the city. Wonder Girl was a bit nervous that the two of them wouldn’t be enough until the arrival of her new friend Totem and Black Orchid. Just having Totem at her side gave the Amazon visitor from the Universe of Evil a sense of relief and tranquility.
In the Middle East, Black Adam, Ibis, Spy Smasher, Teen Marvel, and Sherry Girl of Two Thousand Gimmicks worked valiantly together to help keep a lid on their region of the world. Black Adam knew his duty was to his people yet he could not help but worry for his beloved bride Isis.
In the heart of the southwestern United States, the Vigilante assumed he would be in for the mission of his career with having to tend to the entire region without the rest of the Rangers. The lone Ranger was more than delighted when help arrived in the form of Apache Chief, Lt. Atom, and Powerstorm.
In the heart of Metropolis Argos, Sturmer, Dark Arrow, Trickshot, Green Lantern, and Kai-ro, worked to rescue several people who were trapped inside of a skyscraper that was just struck by lightning. As the Titans struggled to keep order, they noticed the original Black Vulcan streaking through the sky battling the out of control electrical storm above. With several of his Super Friends comrades back in action, Jefferson Pierce decided to wear his Black Vulcan suit rather than his Black Lightning suit for this occasion.
“Everything is going nuts on this planet,” observed Argos as he and Green Lantern
Argos began to think of Power Guy, “Fear not Kryptonian. I shall not let your city fall in your absence,” he promised. He then turned to Green Lantern, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
“My father has,” Green Lantern said as he formed a giant slide with his ring allowing several of the trapped civilians to slide down to safety. These red skies, the earthquakes, electrical storms, etc. all were part of a catastrophic event that took place about 30 years ago. It was known as the earth’s first major crisis.”
“And what was the cause of this crisis?” Argos asked as he lifted a burning semi truck and threw it in the river.”
“The universe was being ripped apart.” answered the green guardian.
Just then Nucleus came through on Green Lantern’s communicator. “Lantern! We’ve got big trouble! These red skies and other abnormalities are being exacerbated by some type of energy spasms coming from New York City. In fact, if my calculations are correct, they’re coming from the United Nations building where Di Di and the others went to a few hours ago.
“Not good,” replied Green Lantern.
“Not at all,” agreed the tiny titan. “Wonder Warrior and Nightvision have issued an executive order asking all members of the Titans of Justice to converge on the United Nations building in New York. You and Argos are to depart immediately.”
“But we can’t just leave all of these people…..” worried Green Lantern.
“Wonder Warrior believes that if we don’t stop whatever is emitting that energy in New York, things will get worse. Much, much worse,” explained Nucleus.
“Ok, we’ll be there in a few minutes,” Green Lantern said as he signed off.
***
Back in New York….
“Now I’m sure you’re wondering just how I’m going to pull this off, aren’t you?” the Wizard asked the Huntress.
“Let me guess, it’s this gizmo that my friends and I are strapped to, isn’t it?” assumed the daughter of the Batman and Catwoman.
“Do you like it?” mused the Wizard. “I stole the design from the Ultra Humanite but it’s only part of the necessary ingredients. You and your friends are essential too because each one of your has a small part of Earth 2 inside of you. But still that wouldn’t be enough to recreate the original multiverse without the final component.” With a wave of his hand, a giant egg appeared in his hand. “See this? It’s called the Cosmic Egg. A being by the name of Krona tried to use it to reshape the universe to his liking a while ago. He was defeated by the Justice League and some marvelous heroes from an alternate universe. The Justice League had kept it well hidden since then but thanks to Johnny Sorrow’s uncanny ability to traverse through space and dimensions, we now possess this unique device. But even this would not be enough to bring back Earth 2 alone. I had to wait for an opening so to speak. You know those red skies that you noticed on your way here? Those are being caused by a being known to many of you as Darkseid. You see in the year 2008 he has unleashed a force known as the Anti-Life Equation and it is currently ripping through all time and space. We are just feeling it’s effects now but I plan to make good use of the temporal disturbance. Hence the device you are strapped to is feeding off of the temporal disturbance and magnifying it at the same time. Not only does it serve my plans but it also keeps the rest of yourTitans of Justice busy while I complete my work.”
Suddenly in an ironic twist, the building started to shake slightly. The Wizard and the other members of the Injustice Society began looking around for the cause when the Ghost of Gentleman Jim came floating into the room.
“Wizard! We’ve got trouble!” alerted the Ghost. “The rest of the Titans of Justice are outside trying to break through the force-field you erected!”
“Let them try. The spell I used to create this force-field is so old that only three people on earth know how to un-do it and one of them is unconscious right now,” smiled the Wizard as he looked at Dr. Fate’s inert body, “And the other two have no idea as to what I’m up to so by the time they figure it out, it will be too late. We only need a few more seconds.”
***
Outside of the force-field….
Argos, Green Lantern, Wonder Warrior and the other bombarded the field with their various forms of attack.
“By Highfather’s beard, it won’t crack!” growled Argos as he continued to punch away.
The Stranger was becoming quite irritated that none of his spells had worked in diminishing the field. “The Wizard has concocted quite a spell. Nothing I have tried has worked.”
“Nothing and no-one shall keep me from my wife!” Black Adam said as he brutally beat on the Wizard’s protective sphere.
“I can’t even phase through it,” Phantom Lady said, shaking her head.
“We’ve got to rescue Spaceman!” insisted the Arachnid as he fired several Beetle-stings at the protective sphere, not even scratching it.
“Don’t worry, we’ll save him,” Phantom Lady said, trying to comfort the bug-themed hero.
The Arachnid gave her a strange look and continued to blast away, “You know, I’m still not very comfortable working with you.”
“Are you still upset about the gay thing?” asked the spectral heroine.
“No, I’m more upset that you insulted my taste in dating partners,” revealed the Arachnid. “Even if I was gay, I wouldn’t go for Spaceman. Have you ever gotten a whiff of that guy after he comes home after a battle? BLECH!!”
Bulletboy launched himself into the field but soon found himself flying backward after bouncing off of it.
“Hang on PeeGee! I’m coming!” Power Lad cried out as he blasted the field with his heat-vision but to no avail.
“Alright everyone – STOP!” called out Nucleus. “I have an idea that should get us through this force-field and if it doesn’t work, I’m afraid nothing will.”
All of the other Titans looked at the pint-sized hero curiously, awaiting his direction.
“We all need to focus our attacks on the same spot,” began Jason Hardwick, “I’m one hundred percent positive that our combined power should be able to crack this thing. Now I’m going to stand on this thing and I want you all to aim for me.”
“But you’ll surely die!” assumed Sargona.
“Not if I shrink out of the way in time,” countered Nucleus. “Now, we don’t have time to waist,” he said as he flew over and landed on the field. “Everyone ready? Aim………..FIRE!!!” he ordered as he shrunk out of the way just in time.
Instantly, the force-field was battered with an onslaught of various attacks. Air Wave and Jemstone joined together to bombard the field with their combined sound attacks. Argos unleashed the full brunt of the Astro-force while Green Lantern poured all of his will-power into a single blast. Lady Light harnessed the power of a small star and focused it on the force-field. Bulletboy released a stream of his bullet-like projectiles as Black Vulcan made everyone squint as emitted a powerful surge of lightning. Though he was worried about his sister, that didn’t stop Dark Arrow from missing his mark with the three explosive arrows he fired. Trickshot followed suit with a round of her own arrows. Firebrand stood strong as she poured on a stream of red-hot flames. Kid Comet strained his telekinesis to the limit in picking up several large objects in the area and slammed them into the force-field. Lt. Atom was right by his side as he unleashed a powerful blast of atomic energy. Nightvision swung past a few of his fellow heroes as he threw a couple of exploding Batarangs into the field. On the ground below, Phantom Lady shot a searing beam from her Black-light Bracelet, intent on saving her teammates. Power Lad and Powerstorm were side by side as they let loose with their own energy attacks, both of them deeply worried about Power Guy. Sargona soon joined the younger duo as she channeled all of her mystical energies through her ruby into a single blast. The Stranger floated above her as he concocted a devastating spell that he hoped would breach the seemingly impenetrable field. The Vigilante was bent on saving his fellow Titans. He told himself that the team had lost enough members lately with the loss of the Rangers and the Silencer. He told himself there was no way he was hanging up his hat today until everyone was safe. Though he was pretty sure his bullets wouldn’t brake through the field, that was not about to stop him from trying. Whirlpool drew the water out of a nearby fountain and commanded it to turn into a series of ice-daggers, unleashing them upon the force-field without hesitation. The combined powers of the Titans of Justice were beyond amazing. This powerful collective was enough to level a continent if need be and finally after about thirty seconds, the force-field began to crack like an egg and finally shattered.
“They’ve broken though the force-field!” Bonfire noticed, a bit worried. “What are going to do?”
“Nothing,” the Wizard replied non-chalantly. “I only need a few more seconds.
Suddenly, the Titans of Justice stormed the meeting room that the Injustice Society and the captive Titans of Justice were held up in.
“You’re completely surrounded! There’s no getting out of here. It’s OVER Wizard!” shouted Wonder Warrior, his sword pointed towards the Wizard and co.
The Wizard turned to Wonder Warrior with sick look of victory on his face. “You’re wrong, my boy. It’s just beginning!” With that, he pressed a button on the machine next to him. Instantly, waves of chronal energy were released and they consumed the earth. Within the blink of an eye, the universe was turned inside out. On the planet Oa, the Guardians of the Universe felt a great destructive force coming but it was too late. Not even they were in a position to stop it. World upon world was obliterated as if they had never existed until finally, there was nothing left of the universe in which New Earth had sat for eons upon eons.
TO BE CONTINUED?