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Titans of Justice Unlimited Chapter 56 – “You CAN Go Home Again Part 7”
Written & edited by: Power Guy
An undisclosed location, Earth X…
Phantom Lady was slapped awake. As her blurred vision began to clear, she noticed a blond haired woman standing in front of her.
“Wake up schwein!” ordered the woman.
Finally the woman’s face was clear. It was Fausta and she displayed a sickening grin on her face. Phantom Lady felt her wrists were chained to the wall. As she surveyed the room, she became more alarmed. She noticed Firebrand was right beside her but that was not what threw her for a loop. She also saw her old teammates from the Freedom Fighters Uncle Sam, the second Ray, Miss America, and the Human Bomb plus what appeared to be new versions of Plastic Man, and Captain Triumph. “Did Sam host a Freedom Fighters reunion or something?” she wondered silently.
Fausta slapped Phantom Lady in the face again, “Look at me when I am speaking to you fraulein or I shall pluck your eyes from their sockets! I imagine you are all a bit upset with me for burying alive your teammates, Quicksilver and the Living Doll but do not worry, you shall all be joining them soon enough.”
“Out of prison so soon after Black Orchid put you away?” Phantom Lady said as she shook her nose-length bangs out of her eyes.
“Prison for me?!?! Ha! You are delirious! You cannot even clearly remember your teammate’s name,” Fausta cackled insanely for a few seconds. “And your friend the Black Condor is quite dead. Surely you remember Baron Blitzkrieg snapping his frail neck?”
“My God!” exclaimed the spectral heroine. “You’re sick Fausta! Just sick!”
“I assure you I am quite well but you will not be for long. Today at noon sharp, you and your teammates will be publicly executed on television for all of the world to see!” Fausta explained with sickening delight. “You and your Titans of Freedom will be made an example for any other foolish heroes that dare defy the Fuhrer’s legacy. I would start making peace with your god – ALL of you,” she said looking around the room.
“Don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched, Nazi!” countered Uncle Sam with a scowl on his face.
“Still have some fight left in you, old man?” teased Fausta as she walked over to the sentinel of America. “The good Baron and I have been waiting for this day for over fifty years, Sam. The trip here from Earth 2 was quite worth it. Here, the Axis won World War II and although the Fuhrer has passed, I and Baron Blitzkrieg, as the rightful heirs to the empire, shall see to it that your foolish crusade is forever obliterated!!!” With that, Fausta promptly exited the room to make the final arrangements for the Titans of Freedom’s execution.
Phantom Lady turned to Firebrand who had remained quite since she woke up, “Uhh….Danette. Is it just me or are we having the worst possible nightmare?”
“I don’t know Sandra. This seems horribly real,” the fire-powered heroine countered. “I woke up a few minutes before you did and Sam here explained to me that you and I are part of his Titans of Freedom, a legacy group to the Freedom Fighters.”
“But how did the Nazis win the war? And what is this Earth 2 that Fausta was referring to?” questioned Phantom Lady.
“Why that’s your home, darlin’,” replied Uncle Sam. “Don’t you remember coming over here during the middle of World War II with the first Ray, Black Condor, Doll Man, Human Bomb, and myself?”
“Over here?” repeated a completely confused Phantom Lady.
“Earth X, Sandra,” revealed the star spangled mature hero.
“Earth X? Sam – you recruited the others and I to keep Washington D.C. safe during World War II, not some alternate earth,” insisted the spectral heroine. “And how did Firebrand get here? The last thing I remember is the both of us fighting the Injustice Society and then everything went black……….”
“Injustice Society? Those vermin are from Earth 2 but you haven’t been back there in years,” explained Uncle Sam.
“No, no…..Dannette and I were fighting them with the other Titans of Justice and not on some alternate earth,” countered Phantom Lady.
“I think the battle with Fausta and the other Nazis must have left you a bit confused. There’s only the Titans of Freedom, not a Titans of Justice and as for Danette, she was captured by the Dragon King back in World War II on Earth 2. That new speedster from Earth 2 named Lightspeed found her trapped in suspended animation. Apparently she had been that way for over 50 years. I had met up with her when I journeyed to Earth 2 to share the news of the Black Condor’s demise with some of his old friends from the All-Star Squadron. I met up with Firebrand and she explained to me that she felt a bit out of place with her family and friends having grown old while she had remained young so I asked her if she would like to come back with me to Earth X and take her brother Rod’s place in the legacy of the Freedom Fighters. She’s been here ever since.”
Phantom Lady then turned to Firebrand, “I think the Wizard did something to reality with that contraption of his last night,” concluded the spectral heroine.
“Yes, it appears he’s brought back Earth X like it was before it got merged with New Earth,” added Firebrand. “Sandra – I know this all sounds weird but you’ll remember in time. It took me a few minutes too.”
“New Earth?” mumbled the still groggy Ray. “What are you two talking about?
“We’ll have to tell you later Ray. Right now we have to figure out how we’re going to get out of here before Fausta and Baron Blitzkrieg come back for us,” insisted Phantom Lady.
Suddenly, the door to the cell the Titans of Freedom were being held in swung open, Two people quickly entered.
“By the fathers of our country!!!” exclaimed Uncle Sam in pure shock as he gazed upon his visitors.
About 90 minutes later, the Titans of Freedom found themselves in a large sports arena, still in the chains they were wearing in the prison that Baron Blitzkrieg and Fausta had kept them in. The two heirs to Hitler’s empire were joined by Der Zyklon, a new Red Panzer, Kung, and Sumo The Samurai.
The Axis forces made their way on to a large stage and Baron Blitzkrieg placed himself in front of a podium with a microphone attached. A camera man began filming the Baron and the others. “Whelps of Amerika! Today you shall witness your final hope extinguished! Today marks the end of an era of nuisance for we shall be executing your so called heroes. As you can see, they have been captured and neutralized by the Fuhrer’s uber-men. In a few moments, I am going to take the one know as the Human Bomb, rip off his protective suit, and throw him at his helpless teammates! Once we are done here, Axis United shall lead our troops across the world and begin our new holocaust until every black, gypsy, homosexual, Jew, and every other bit of inferior filth is wiped off the face of this planet!!!” proclaimed Baron Blitzkrieg as he lifted the Human Bomb into the air. A few seconds later, he ripped off most of his prisoner’s protective suit, leaving only his left arm still covered so he could hang on to the Human Bomb.
Fausta and the other Axis United members backed away from the captive Freedom Fighters in preparation of the explosion once the Human Bomb hit the ground.
Fausta crossed her arms, a sick look of victory irradiated from her face. “So Freedom Fighters? Any last words before your eternal damnation in Hell?”
“You bet we do,” confirmed Uncle Sam as he and the other Freedom Fighters pulled themselves free from their chains which had obviously been unlocked. “Eat dirt, Nazis!!!”
“Vas ist das?!?!?!” exclaimed Fausta in horror. Looking up, she yelled, “Drop the Human Bomb, Baron!!”
The Baron wasted no time in honoring Fausta’s request and released the Human Bomb, allowing him to plummet downward toward his friends.
“Miss America?” called out Captain Triumph.
“That’s my queue,” smiled the star-spangled heroine as she waived her hands and made a new protective suit appear around the Human Bomb out of thin air.
Captain Triumph flew up and caught the falling man, lowering him to the ground with ease.
“How did you all get free?” demanded Baron Blitzkrieg as he descended to the ground to do battle.
Just then a blue and silver blur came racing towards the Baron and the other Axis United members. Suddenly it came to a stop revealing Quicksilver with the Living Doll propped on his shoulder. Quicksilver began to speak, “You should have made sure we were dead, Baron. It didn’t take us long to figure out where you took Sam and the others. While you were making preparations for their execution, the Living Doll and I snuck into their cell and unlocked their chains. Time for a rematch and this time I can see that you’re the ones who have been taken by surprise.”
With that, Uncle Sam led the pack of heroes forward, “Ok Axis, here we come!”
“I will make short work of these Amerikan fools!” decreed Der Zyklon as he began racing towards the Freedom Fighters.
“Not on our watch,” counterd Quicksilver as he sped after the super-fast villain. Offspring was riding piggy-back until the duo of heroes were close enough to Der Zyklon. Offspring jumped forward and landed on Der Zyklon’s back. Immediately, he began to stretch his elastic limbs all over the Nazi’s body, securing him tightly. Before the fiend knew what was happening, Quicksilver bombarded him with a series of punches as superspeed, sending Der Zyklon off to dreamland.
A few yards away, the Living Doll and the Human Bomb were under attack by the Red Panzer. The one-handed villain was firing round after round from the energy cannon that took the place of his right hand. “All I need is one hit Human Bomb and I will blow you both sky high!”
The Human Bomb was struggling to avoid the Panzer’s blasts. His bulky containments suit was not the best for quick maneuvering. The Nazi’s aim was getting better and better by the minute as the Human Bomb barely avoided a few near-misses. “I’ve got to put him out of commission and fast!” thought the explosive-powered hero as he dove forward and touched the ground about twenty feet in front of the Red Panzer causing a moderate explosion that sent the Red Panzer flying through the air. Sadly, he landed on his left arm, breaking it.
“My arm!!! It is broken!” screamed the pain-wracked villain. “I’m going to destroy you for this!” he threatened.
Just then the Living Doll jumped on the Red Panzer and grabbed his right arm and pointed his energy cannon towards his head, “Go ahead loser – fire your gun now!”
Meanwhile, Fausta had pursued Phantom Lady into the lobby area of the arena. “There is no escape fraulein! Surrender and I shall grant you a quick death!” offered the crazed Nazi villainess.
“Thanks for the offer but no thanks Fausta,” declined the heroine also known as Sandra Knight. “If I were you Fausta, I’d be more worried about setting things right with reality than following in the footsteps of your beloved Hitler!” chided Phantom Lady as she turned herself invisible with her Black Light Ray.
“Spare me your nonsense and come out of hiding,” ordered Fausta. “There is nothing wrong with reality except for your perception.”
“You don’t remember do you?” asked Phantom Lady as she circled Fausta in her invisible state. “Everything is wrong. We shouldn’t be on Earth X. The Human Bomb, Quicksilver, the Baron and the others – none of them should still be alive except for you, Sam, the Ray, Firebrand, and myself.”
“Enough of your fairy-tales wench! Come out and face me!” Fausta said as something began to bloom in her mind.
“You have to remember! If you don’t, you’ll never be able to kill the one person you hate the most,” explained Phantom Lady.
“I am going to kill you fraulein – here and now!” declared Fuasta. For some reason, what Phantom Lady was saying did not seem like a lie but she was doing her best not to let that distract her.
Then in a shocking twist, Phantom Lady turned herself visible and took off her Black Light Bracelet. She then threw it down on the ground and said, “I’ll tell you what Fausta. I’m going to say one name and if that doesn’t jog your memory, you can kill me with no resistance from myself.”
“You really are a food to think one name would be enough to spare your life,” Fausta said, grinning ear to ear as she approached Phantom Lady, ready for the kill. “But I shall humor you. Go ahead and say it.”
Phantom Lady looked as Fausta sternly and stated, “Hippolyta.”
Outside above the fifty yard-line, Baron Blitzkrieg had just knocked the new Captain Triumph out of the sky. “Ha! The Amerikan uber-man was no match for a soldier of the reich!!! “ The Baron then looked downward at the approaching Uncle Sam. “Your underling was no match for me old fool. This day is now won by the Axis as you stand little chance against me!”
“That’s where your wrong sonny!” countered Uncle Sam. “You forced the American people to watch today’s events, well now that the Freedom Fighters and I are free, America’s faith and determination to rid the world of you Nazis is bigger and stronger than ever and so am I!” declared Uncle Sam as he grew to an immense thirty feet tall.
“Mein Gott!!!” exclaimed Baron Blitzkrieg, eyes wide open.
Uncle Sam slammed his gigantic right fist into the Baron, forcing him to the ground. The sentinel of America then lift his left leg and smiled, “And here’s where I put my foot down on you, scumbag!” he said right before his left shoe came down on the leader of Axis United, imbedding him deeper into the ground.
About ten minutes later, Miss America had created a cage to hold the Nazis. Kung and Sumo were the only ones left free for the moment.
“Show’s over Sumo! Drop your sword and surrender!” insisted the Ray as he flew towards the muscular samurai.
“I do not care how many of my teammates have fallen. I shall fight to the end as a true warrior always should!” defended Sumo, blade in hand.
“Your loss, big guy!” teased the Ray as he picked up the pace and flew into Sumo at the speed of the light, knocking him into the cage that Miss America had just created.
A few yards away, Firebrand was flying through the air, chasing Kung who had turned himself into a tiger. The World War II heroine was emitting fireball after fireball, forcing Kung towards the cage. “Into the cage like the animal you are, Kung!”
“d**n you Firebrand! I shall make you pay for this!” threatened the Japanese shape-shifter as he made his way into the cage to avoid Firebrand’s thermal attack.
Once Kung was inside, Firebrand turned to her teammates and said, “We’ve got them all except for……….” She had become speechless as she noticed Phantom Lady walking out with Fausta right beside her and the strangest thing about it all was that it appeared that Fausta was coming along willingly.
“Uhhh…..Phantom Lady, why is Fausta still conscious?” Offspring asked, one eyebrow cocked.
“Because she’s going to help us,” revealed the spectral heroine.
“You’ve got to be kiddin’ me lil’ darling!” spat Uncle Sam, in shock.
“Not at all Sam,” confirmed Phantom Lady. “She remembers everything about New Earth just like Firebrand and I do. She has promised to help us get to the bottom of this mess and set things right.”
“I don’t believe it!” the Ray said, quite suspicious. “My father told me about all the horrors this woman inflicted upon people in World War II. Wonder Woman should have offed her when she had the chance.”
“Watch your tongue boy or I shall rip it from your mouth!” threated the Nazi super-solder.
“Enough!” chided Phantom Lady, stretching her arms out to keep the Ray and Fausta from each other’s throats. “Fausta has made a promise and swore on her Fuhrer’s grave to help us get things back to normal.”
“Well then, I guess we’ll keep her around….for now,” Uncle Sam stated firmly. He then requested, “Ray, Captain Triumph – take the rest of these Nazis to the nearest prison. We’ll meet you back at headquarters. Miss America – make me a blindfold to tie over Fausta’s eyes. Even though she’s with us for now, I’m not about to disclose the location of our secret hideout to her.”
“Do I make you nervous, old man?” Fausta smirked as Uncle Sam tied the blindfold over her eyes.
“Not at all. I just want an insurance policy,” countered the sentinel of liberty.
TO BE CONTINUED
Written & edited by: Power Guy
An undisclosed location, Earth X…
Phantom Lady was slapped awake. As her blurred vision began to clear, she noticed a blond haired woman standing in front of her.
“Wake up schwein!” ordered the woman.
Finally the woman’s face was clear. It was Fausta and she displayed a sickening grin on her face. Phantom Lady felt her wrists were chained to the wall. As she surveyed the room, she became more alarmed. She noticed Firebrand was right beside her but that was not what threw her for a loop. She also saw her old teammates from the Freedom Fighters Uncle Sam, the second Ray, Miss America, and the Human Bomb plus what appeared to be new versions of Plastic Man, and Captain Triumph. “Did Sam host a Freedom Fighters reunion or something?” she wondered silently.
Fausta slapped Phantom Lady in the face again, “Look at me when I am speaking to you fraulein or I shall pluck your eyes from their sockets! I imagine you are all a bit upset with me for burying alive your teammates, Quicksilver and the Living Doll but do not worry, you shall all be joining them soon enough.”
“Out of prison so soon after Black Orchid put you away?” Phantom Lady said as she shook her nose-length bangs out of her eyes.
“Prison for me?!?! Ha! You are delirious! You cannot even clearly remember your teammate’s name,” Fausta cackled insanely for a few seconds. “And your friend the Black Condor is quite dead. Surely you remember Baron Blitzkrieg snapping his frail neck?”
“My God!” exclaimed the spectral heroine. “You’re sick Fausta! Just sick!”
“I assure you I am quite well but you will not be for long. Today at noon sharp, you and your teammates will be publicly executed on television for all of the world to see!” Fausta explained with sickening delight. “You and your Titans of Freedom will be made an example for any other foolish heroes that dare defy the Fuhrer’s legacy. I would start making peace with your god – ALL of you,” she said looking around the room.
“Don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched, Nazi!” countered Uncle Sam with a scowl on his face.
“Still have some fight left in you, old man?” teased Fausta as she walked over to the sentinel of America. “The good Baron and I have been waiting for this day for over fifty years, Sam. The trip here from Earth 2 was quite worth it. Here, the Axis won World War II and although the Fuhrer has passed, I and Baron Blitzkrieg, as the rightful heirs to the empire, shall see to it that your foolish crusade is forever obliterated!!!” With that, Fausta promptly exited the room to make the final arrangements for the Titans of Freedom’s execution.
Phantom Lady turned to Firebrand who had remained quite since she woke up, “Uhh….Danette. Is it just me or are we having the worst possible nightmare?”
“I don’t know Sandra. This seems horribly real,” the fire-powered heroine countered. “I woke up a few minutes before you did and Sam here explained to me that you and I are part of his Titans of Freedom, a legacy group to the Freedom Fighters.”
“But how did the Nazis win the war? And what is this Earth 2 that Fausta was referring to?” questioned Phantom Lady.
“Why that’s your home, darlin’,” replied Uncle Sam. “Don’t you remember coming over here during the middle of World War II with the first Ray, Black Condor, Doll Man, Human Bomb, and myself?”
“Over here?” repeated a completely confused Phantom Lady.
“Earth X, Sandra,” revealed the star spangled mature hero.
“Earth X? Sam – you recruited the others and I to keep Washington D.C. safe during World War II, not some alternate earth,” insisted the spectral heroine. “And how did Firebrand get here? The last thing I remember is the both of us fighting the Injustice Society and then everything went black……….”
“Injustice Society? Those vermin are from Earth 2 but you haven’t been back there in years,” explained Uncle Sam.
“No, no…..Dannette and I were fighting them with the other Titans of Justice and not on some alternate earth,” countered Phantom Lady.
“I think the battle with Fausta and the other Nazis must have left you a bit confused. There’s only the Titans of Freedom, not a Titans of Justice and as for Danette, she was captured by the Dragon King back in World War II on Earth 2. That new speedster from Earth 2 named Lightspeed found her trapped in suspended animation. Apparently she had been that way for over 50 years. I had met up with her when I journeyed to Earth 2 to share the news of the Black Condor’s demise with some of his old friends from the All-Star Squadron. I met up with Firebrand and she explained to me that she felt a bit out of place with her family and friends having grown old while she had remained young so I asked her if she would like to come back with me to Earth X and take her brother Rod’s place in the legacy of the Freedom Fighters. She’s been here ever since.”
Phantom Lady then turned to Firebrand, “I think the Wizard did something to reality with that contraption of his last night,” concluded the spectral heroine.
“Yes, it appears he’s brought back Earth X like it was before it got merged with New Earth,” added Firebrand. “Sandra – I know this all sounds weird but you’ll remember in time. It took me a few minutes too.”
“New Earth?” mumbled the still groggy Ray. “What are you two talking about?
“We’ll have to tell you later Ray. Right now we have to figure out how we’re going to get out of here before Fausta and Baron Blitzkrieg come back for us,” insisted Phantom Lady.
Suddenly, the door to the cell the Titans of Freedom were being held in swung open, Two people quickly entered.
“By the fathers of our country!!!” exclaimed Uncle Sam in pure shock as he gazed upon his visitors.
About 90 minutes later, the Titans of Freedom found themselves in a large sports arena, still in the chains they were wearing in the prison that Baron Blitzkrieg and Fausta had kept them in. The two heirs to Hitler’s empire were joined by Der Zyklon, a new Red Panzer, Kung, and Sumo The Samurai.
The Axis forces made their way on to a large stage and Baron Blitzkrieg placed himself in front of a podium with a microphone attached. A camera man began filming the Baron and the others. “Whelps of Amerika! Today you shall witness your final hope extinguished! Today marks the end of an era of nuisance for we shall be executing your so called heroes. As you can see, they have been captured and neutralized by the Fuhrer’s uber-men. In a few moments, I am going to take the one know as the Human Bomb, rip off his protective suit, and throw him at his helpless teammates! Once we are done here, Axis United shall lead our troops across the world and begin our new holocaust until every black, gypsy, homosexual, Jew, and every other bit of inferior filth is wiped off the face of this planet!!!” proclaimed Baron Blitzkrieg as he lifted the Human Bomb into the air. A few seconds later, he ripped off most of his prisoner’s protective suit, leaving only his left arm still covered so he could hang on to the Human Bomb.
Fausta and the other Axis United members backed away from the captive Freedom Fighters in preparation of the explosion once the Human Bomb hit the ground.
Fausta crossed her arms, a sick look of victory irradiated from her face. “So Freedom Fighters? Any last words before your eternal damnation in Hell?”
“You bet we do,” confirmed Uncle Sam as he and the other Freedom Fighters pulled themselves free from their chains which had obviously been unlocked. “Eat dirt, Nazis!!!”
“Vas ist das?!?!?!” exclaimed Fausta in horror. Looking up, she yelled, “Drop the Human Bomb, Baron!!”
The Baron wasted no time in honoring Fausta’s request and released the Human Bomb, allowing him to plummet downward toward his friends.
“Miss America?” called out Captain Triumph.
“That’s my queue,” smiled the star-spangled heroine as she waived her hands and made a new protective suit appear around the Human Bomb out of thin air.
Captain Triumph flew up and caught the falling man, lowering him to the ground with ease.
“How did you all get free?” demanded Baron Blitzkrieg as he descended to the ground to do battle.
Just then a blue and silver blur came racing towards the Baron and the other Axis United members. Suddenly it came to a stop revealing Quicksilver with the Living Doll propped on his shoulder. Quicksilver began to speak, “You should have made sure we were dead, Baron. It didn’t take us long to figure out where you took Sam and the others. While you were making preparations for their execution, the Living Doll and I snuck into their cell and unlocked their chains. Time for a rematch and this time I can see that you’re the ones who have been taken by surprise.”
With that, Uncle Sam led the pack of heroes forward, “Ok Axis, here we come!”
“I will make short work of these Amerikan fools!” decreed Der Zyklon as he began racing towards the Freedom Fighters.
“Not on our watch,” counterd Quicksilver as he sped after the super-fast villain. Offspring was riding piggy-back until the duo of heroes were close enough to Der Zyklon. Offspring jumped forward and landed on Der Zyklon’s back. Immediately, he began to stretch his elastic limbs all over the Nazi’s body, securing him tightly. Before the fiend knew what was happening, Quicksilver bombarded him with a series of punches as superspeed, sending Der Zyklon off to dreamland.
A few yards away, the Living Doll and the Human Bomb were under attack by the Red Panzer. The one-handed villain was firing round after round from the energy cannon that took the place of his right hand. “All I need is one hit Human Bomb and I will blow you both sky high!”
The Human Bomb was struggling to avoid the Panzer’s blasts. His bulky containments suit was not the best for quick maneuvering. The Nazi’s aim was getting better and better by the minute as the Human Bomb barely avoided a few near-misses. “I’ve got to put him out of commission and fast!” thought the explosive-powered hero as he dove forward and touched the ground about twenty feet in front of the Red Panzer causing a moderate explosion that sent the Red Panzer flying through the air. Sadly, he landed on his left arm, breaking it.
“My arm!!! It is broken!” screamed the pain-wracked villain. “I’m going to destroy you for this!” he threatened.
Just then the Living Doll jumped on the Red Panzer and grabbed his right arm and pointed his energy cannon towards his head, “Go ahead loser – fire your gun now!”
Meanwhile, Fausta had pursued Phantom Lady into the lobby area of the arena. “There is no escape fraulein! Surrender and I shall grant you a quick death!” offered the crazed Nazi villainess.
“Thanks for the offer but no thanks Fausta,” declined the heroine also known as Sandra Knight. “If I were you Fausta, I’d be more worried about setting things right with reality than following in the footsteps of your beloved Hitler!” chided Phantom Lady as she turned herself invisible with her Black Light Ray.
“Spare me your nonsense and come out of hiding,” ordered Fausta. “There is nothing wrong with reality except for your perception.”
“You don’t remember do you?” asked Phantom Lady as she circled Fausta in her invisible state. “Everything is wrong. We shouldn’t be on Earth X. The Human Bomb, Quicksilver, the Baron and the others – none of them should still be alive except for you, Sam, the Ray, Firebrand, and myself.”
“Enough of your fairy-tales wench! Come out and face me!” Fausta said as something began to bloom in her mind.
“You have to remember! If you don’t, you’ll never be able to kill the one person you hate the most,” explained Phantom Lady.
“I am going to kill you fraulein – here and now!” declared Fuasta. For some reason, what Phantom Lady was saying did not seem like a lie but she was doing her best not to let that distract her.
Then in a shocking twist, Phantom Lady turned herself visible and took off her Black Light Bracelet. She then threw it down on the ground and said, “I’ll tell you what Fausta. I’m going to say one name and if that doesn’t jog your memory, you can kill me with no resistance from myself.”
“You really are a food to think one name would be enough to spare your life,” Fausta said, grinning ear to ear as she approached Phantom Lady, ready for the kill. “But I shall humor you. Go ahead and say it.”
Phantom Lady looked as Fausta sternly and stated, “Hippolyta.”
Outside above the fifty yard-line, Baron Blitzkrieg had just knocked the new Captain Triumph out of the sky. “Ha! The Amerikan uber-man was no match for a soldier of the reich!!! “ The Baron then looked downward at the approaching Uncle Sam. “Your underling was no match for me old fool. This day is now won by the Axis as you stand little chance against me!”
“That’s where your wrong sonny!” countered Uncle Sam. “You forced the American people to watch today’s events, well now that the Freedom Fighters and I are free, America’s faith and determination to rid the world of you Nazis is bigger and stronger than ever and so am I!” declared Uncle Sam as he grew to an immense thirty feet tall.
“Mein Gott!!!” exclaimed Baron Blitzkrieg, eyes wide open.
Uncle Sam slammed his gigantic right fist into the Baron, forcing him to the ground. The sentinel of America then lift his left leg and smiled, “And here’s where I put my foot down on you, scumbag!” he said right before his left shoe came down on the leader of Axis United, imbedding him deeper into the ground.
About ten minutes later, Miss America had created a cage to hold the Nazis. Kung and Sumo were the only ones left free for the moment.
“Show’s over Sumo! Drop your sword and surrender!” insisted the Ray as he flew towards the muscular samurai.
“I do not care how many of my teammates have fallen. I shall fight to the end as a true warrior always should!” defended Sumo, blade in hand.
“Your loss, big guy!” teased the Ray as he picked up the pace and flew into Sumo at the speed of the light, knocking him into the cage that Miss America had just created.
A few yards away, Firebrand was flying through the air, chasing Kung who had turned himself into a tiger. The World War II heroine was emitting fireball after fireball, forcing Kung towards the cage. “Into the cage like the animal you are, Kung!”
“d**n you Firebrand! I shall make you pay for this!” threatened the Japanese shape-shifter as he made his way into the cage to avoid Firebrand’s thermal attack.
Once Kung was inside, Firebrand turned to her teammates and said, “We’ve got them all except for……….” She had become speechless as she noticed Phantom Lady walking out with Fausta right beside her and the strangest thing about it all was that it appeared that Fausta was coming along willingly.
“Uhhh…..Phantom Lady, why is Fausta still conscious?” Offspring asked, one eyebrow cocked.
“Because she’s going to help us,” revealed the spectral heroine.
“You’ve got to be kiddin’ me lil’ darling!” spat Uncle Sam, in shock.
“Not at all Sam,” confirmed Phantom Lady. “She remembers everything about New Earth just like Firebrand and I do. She has promised to help us get to the bottom of this mess and set things right.”
“I don’t believe it!” the Ray said, quite suspicious. “My father told me about all the horrors this woman inflicted upon people in World War II. Wonder Woman should have offed her when she had the chance.”
“Watch your tongue boy or I shall rip it from your mouth!” threated the Nazi super-solder.
“Enough!” chided Phantom Lady, stretching her arms out to keep the Ray and Fausta from each other’s throats. “Fausta has made a promise and swore on her Fuhrer’s grave to help us get things back to normal.”
“Well then, I guess we’ll keep her around….for now,” Uncle Sam stated firmly. He then requested, “Ray, Captain Triumph – take the rest of these Nazis to the nearest prison. We’ll meet you back at headquarters. Miss America – make me a blindfold to tie over Fausta’s eyes. Even though she’s with us for now, I’m not about to disclose the location of our secret hideout to her.”
“Do I make you nervous, old man?” Fausta smirked as Uncle Sam tied the blindfold over her eyes.
“Not at all. I just want an insurance policy,” countered the sentinel of liberty.
TO BE CONTINUED