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Titans of Justice Unlimited Chapter 81 - “Future Fixation Part 4”
Written & edited by: Power Guy
The Hall of Justice…
“Hola amigos!!” greeted Infierna Verde as she made her way into the main meeting-room of the Hall. Many of the Titans had gathered to meet their new teammate although several of them were not really in a socializing mood due to recent events.
“Whoa!!!” What a fox!!!” blurted out Power Lad from several yards away.
“Uhh….dude, you can pick your jaw up off the floor now,” smirked Whirlpool to his best friend.
“Seriously, Power Lad. That woman is wearing less than most prostitutes I’ve seen,” advised the White Wraith, voicing his disapproval over Infierna Verde’s costume.
“She can lose the costume for all I care….” Power Lad said as he continued to stare the new-comer down.
“Geez…..we can’t take you anywhere,” the prince of Atlantis said while shaking his head back and forth.
Meanwhile, Wonder Man and Jemstone were the first two Titans to make their way up to the green-clad Global Guardian.
“Welcome Infierna!” smiled Jemstone. “It’s great to have you with us!”
“Yes, welcome,” Wonder Man said as shook Infierna’s hand softly.
“A handshake? Most men usually kiss my hand,” teased the Brazilian superheroine.
“Sorry, this hunk is taken,” Jemstone replied as she put her arm around Wonder Man, “but we do have several eligible bachelors here on the team if you’re looking for a date.”
“Hmm….first I need to get to know them all a little better,” replied Infierna Verde in her thick Latino accent. “Though I may look a little on the promiscuous side, I only dress this way because my powers make me very warm at times.”
“Don’t apologize,” Sargona stated as she walked up to her new teammate, “A figure like that deserves to be shown off.”
“Si, amiga but sometimes I have to fight off the muchachos with a stick!” advised Infierna Verde, half-jokingly.
“Speaking of which, let me introduce you to Argos over here!” Sargona said as she led the green-clad woman up to the New God.
“Your beauty is quite admirable, miss but what else can you bring to this team?” asked the son of Orion.
“Well, I can fly, emit flames from my hands, plus I am trained in various forms of hand to hand combat,” explained Infierna Verde.
“Oh, never mind him,” Sargona said as she led Infierna Verde away, “Sometimes I swear he’s a-sexual as all he thinks about is the next battle…”
Just then, Power Guy, Nightvision, Suprema, and Nightmare entered the room. The four of them had been busy trying to figure out where the newly reformed Titans West would end up next. The ever-observant Nightvision was the first to notice that Infierna Verde had arrived so he excused himself and made his way up to her with Power Guy in tow.
“Infierna Verde?” questioned Nightvision to the Brazilian bombshell.
“Si, senior,” acknowledged the daughter of Fire. “And you are the elusive Nightvision, si?
“Yes, it’s good to have you working with us,” Nightvision said as he shook her hand.
“I couldn’t agree more, Infierna,” added Power Guy. “When the Global Guardians and the Titans teamed up a while back, many of my team admired your fighting prowess. I’m more than confident that you’ll make an excellent addition to the team.”
“And from what Batman has told me about your mother, I’m sure we’ll have no troubles with you,” continued Nightvision. “In fact, I believe your mother worked for the Brazilian division of the Wayne Foundation back in her younger days?”
“Si! Back when she was still expelling flames from her nose!” giggled Infierna Verde. “During that time, she and your father shared a few adventures when the original Global Guardians teamed up with the first version of the Super Amigos.”
“Well, I believe you’ve met just about everyone who’s here right now,” Sargona said as she looked around the room. “Let’s take you to your room so you can get settled.”
A few minutes later as Infierna Verde was starting to put her things away, she turned to Sargona and said, “You have such a large group here. I see lots of diversity on this team already.”
“Oh, there’s plenty of that!” confirmed the wielder of the Ruby of Life. “We have Wonder Man who’s a jock slash super-model. While sometimes he comes off a bit full of himself, he has a good heart deep down. Then there’s Jemstone aka my best friend who is also a Pop superstar that has given to more charities than Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Oprah Winfrey combined. Argos and Sturmur hail from New Genesis, both focused on slaying the next dragon, as Argos puts it.”
“I’ve never seen shoulders like that before, you said he is single, si?” questioned Infierna Verde.
“Yes, he is!” verified Sargona. “Though I think he’ll have a tough shell to crack if you try to make a play for him.”
“No worries, amiga, I have ways of melting the ice,” smiled Infierna Verde as she snapped her fingers and created a small flame. “But go on about your teammates….”
“Well, there’s Starman who’s M.I.A. right now due to the incident with our missing teammates including your buddy Ice Warrior,” explained Sargona, “He and one of the missing, known as the Arachnid, were best friends for the longest time until the Arachnid sucker-punched him the other day when Wonder Warrior and Queen Bee were trying to escape. From what I understand, Starman feels totally betrayed and needed to blow off some steam which is why he took off. Anyways, Power Guy, the tall, hunky Kryptonian is our senior leader. He’s such a nice guy and he’s always looking out for the rest of us. Then there’s Mr. Doom and Gloom aka Nightvision. He’s our official buzz-killer. I was actually kind of shocked he said more than two words to you….”
“Well, maybe it’s because Batman and my mother worked together for so long?” presumed Infierna Verde. “Maybe I can soften him up a bit?”
“Good luck with that if you think you’re up to it,” smirked Sargona, “If you’re familiar ith the Bat-family, you probably also know of the Huntress. She’s currently on Earth 2 right now on a Justice Society mission but she should be back soon enough. She’s a lot more sociable than the blood sucking vampire we just talked about.”
“You have told me about so many of your teammates but what about the one you were staring at the whole time?” questioned the daughter of Fire.
“Huh?” said Sargona, trying to play dumb.
“The Green Lantern. When you were looking at him it was like there was no-one else in the room yet you failed to introduce me to him,” smiled Infierna Verde.
“Busted, aren’t I?” admitted Sargona as she sighed. “Dan….Green Lantern and I have a past but he left me for another woman.”
“Oh, I am so, so sorry amiga!” apologized the female Global Guardian. “If I had know, I wouldn’t have…”
“It’s ok, they’re not together any more. She dumped him a few weeks ago,” advised Sargona, looking very serious.
“Ahhh…..then this is your opportunity to strike while the iron is en fuego!” suggested Infierna Verde.
“I don’t know…..someone else told me the same thing but I’m scared to get hurt again,” admitted Sargona as she felt a lump in her throat.
“I can understand, seniora but you know what they say, it’s better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all,” Infierna Verde said warmly. “This might be fate’s way of giving you a shot at what you should have gotten the first time around.”
“Hmm……Black Vulcan told me the same thing,” Sargon said, giving her new teammate’s words some thought. “Well, I’ll let you get settled. If you need anything, I’ll be in the main meeting room.”
“Gracias, amiga!” replied Infierna Verde as she popped open her suitcase. “Just do me one favor and at least test the waters with your Romeo…”
“I’ll think about it,” smiled Sargona as she exited the room.
Back in the main meeting room, Power Guy, Suprema, Nightvision and Nightmare were still putting together a strategy to apprehend the Titans West.
“So you’re positive that they’re looking for a time machine?” asked Power Guy.
“Yes, now that they’ve been exposed, they’re sure to try and escape back to the future,” advised Nightmare. “Especially now that they know that we’re here and looking for them.”
“I think you’re right,” agreed Nightvision. “And I think I know where they might strike, The two easiest places in the country to access chronal technology is at two new S.T.A.R. Labs. There are two locations in particular that specialize in time-travel. One is in Orlando, Florida and the other is in Phoenix, Arizona. Both have come very close to developing a working time-machine however, neither place can seem to find an energy source capable of powering their machine.”
“Then what good would Wonder Warrior’s group getting a hold of one of these time machines do?” asked Power Guy, a bit confused.
“With Christophe and his friends being from the future, they most likely know where S.T.A.R. Labs will find the energy source that they need to get their device to work,” presumed Nightvision.
“Then we’d better hurry and get to Orlando and Phoenix,” directed Power Guy.
“We’ll take Phoenix,” offered Nightmare as he and his four teammates began to exit the room without haste.
“Wait!” called out Power Guy. “From what we know, Wonder Warrior’s group has recruited some allies. You’ll be out-numbered if the five of you go alone.”
Pausing for a second, Nightmare thought through the scenario and responded, “That’s very true. We’ll take Nucleus, Whirlpool, and the Elongated Lad with us then.”
“Whoooo hooo!” cried out the Elongated Lad as he wrapped his elastic body around Nucleus, “We’re going to sunny Phoenix buddy!!!”
“Great…” muttered Nucleus.
“Oh yeah, Latavia might be there…” Elongated Lad said, feeling dumb all of a sudden.
“Come on you two, we don’t have any time to waste!” Whirlpool said, waiving his two teammates to follow him out the door.
Within seconds, the three Titans of Justice boarded a power-bubble created by the Apostle and headed for Arizona.
“With many of the others out looking for Wonder Warrior’s group, we don’t have a lot of members here at the Hall,” Nightvision pointed out to Power Guy. “Looks like it’s going to be you, me, Sargona, Infierna Verde, Wonder Man, Jemstone, the White Wraith, Argos, and Green Lantern with the Flash and Black Orchid meeting us in Orlando. I believe your sidekick left a few minutes ago.”
“Yes, Power Lad left to go to his sister’s band concert,” Power Guy said as the small strike-force of Titans assembled.
“I’ve got the Bat-wing in the hanger so you’ll only need to provide transport for Sargona,” Nightvision said, addressing Green Lantern.
“But I’ve got my magic-carpet here…” Sargona said as she turned to rush off to her room to get her carpet.
“That’s too slow. Wonder Warrior and his group could be there and gone by the time your carpet would get you to Orlando. You’d just slow the rest of us down,” chastised Nightvision.
“Nightvision, there’s no need to be so blunt,” Green Lantern said, defending the raven-haired beauty.
“I don’t have time for pleasantries right now…” defended the modern-age Dark Knight as he raced to the hanger.
“Hmmph….when do you?” huffed Sargona.
“Don’t let him get to you. He’s just focused on the task at hand like always,” Green Lantern said, trying to lift Sargona’s spirits.
“Well, he doesn’t have to be so rude about it,” Sargona commented as she and Green Lantern took to the roof to board a freshly made green jet.
***
A dark alley in Gotham City, Earth 2...
“We‘re getting nowhere!” the Huntress shouted to Robin as she punched one of the zombies surrounding her. The modern-age Dynamic Duo had been called to the scene of a bank robbery earlier this evening. Dr. Death had come up with a serum to turn a handful of dead people into un-living zombies, unable feel any sort of pain. The zombies limbered along at Dr. Death’s command thanks to a special device he was holding that reacted with the strange chemicals he had pumped into their brains.
As the Dynamic Duo pressed on, they became more and more frustrated as the punches and kicks they had been using were only temporarily slowing down their opponents. Add this to the fact that they were outnumbered four to one, and the odds of winning this battle seemed less and less as the seconds ticked by.
“Why keep fighting? Your blows mean NOTHING to them!” gloated Dr. Death, frothing at the mouth with sick delight.
“You should know the Batman Family by now, Death. We keep on fighting ‘til the end!” declared the Huntress as she kicked a zombie in the chin.
“Then to the end it shall be!” obliged Dr. Death as his zombies continued to beat on the Dynamic Duo.
“How are you pulling these zombies’ strings, Death?” demanded the daughter of the Dark Knight.
“Come now, my dear. You know that I should have been dead a long time ago,” began the hideously deformed villain. “If I found a way to cheat death, did you think it would take me very long to figure out a way to control it???”
“This is getting out of hand,” admitted Robin as he turned to the Huntress. Then, right before his very eyes, one of the zombies picked up a a metal pipe and slammed it into the Huntress’ head, knocking her out. “That’s it! I’ve got to call in the JSU!” he muttered as he pulled his communicator from his belt.”
Dr. Death became a bit panicked as he was familiar with the device Robin was holding in his hand, “Oh no you don’t!!!” he shrieked as one of his zombies grabbed Robin’s communicator and smashed it into the ground. Another zombie followed with a devastating blow to Robin’s head with a thick tree branch, sending the former Boy Wonder to join the Huntress in dreamland.
About an hour later, the Huntress began to stir awake. Her head was killing her as she had a mild concussion. Within a few seconds, she noticed she was hanging upside down with her utility-belt removed. Robin, who was hanging right next to her was also starting to awaken. She then became a bit alarmed at the fact that both she and Robin had tubes connected to each of their right arms via some thick, painful needles.
The Huntress almost flinched as Dr. Death got right in her face from out of nowhere. His rancid breath stunk like that which he had named himself after.
“I’ll bet you’re wondering why you’re still alive, aren’t you?” teased Dr. Death.
“Go ahead, tell me,” spat the Huntress, trying to buy time.
“Well, I didn’t get a chance to tell you what is going to happen to you before my zombies, beat you unconscious,” started the first super-villain that Batman had ever faced. “You see, those tubes connected to your arms? Well, once I hit the switch on my device here, they will administer a deadly poison that will kill you within a minute and a half. Guess what happens after that?”
“You’re going to turn us into your zombie-slaves,” guessed Robin.
“That’s right Boy Wonder!” confirmed the dreadful doctor. “I may not have been able to kill the Batman thanks to Bill Jensen but I WILL kill what’s left of his family!! Now, are you both ready to die?”
Suddenly out a nowhere, came a thunderous voice, “Are you ready to go back to prison?”
“What??? Who’s there?
?” demanded Dr. Death, looking all around.
Within the blink of an eye, a Batarang came flying out of the shadows and cut the ropes that were restraining both the Huntress and Robin.
“NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!” howled Dr. Death as he pulled out his control device for his zombies. “No matter, my zombies will pummel you both to death and you too whoever you are!! Show yourself!!!” he screamed while looking upward.
From up above in the rafters, a red and yellow garbed woman came swinging down on a rope. After a split second, Dr. Death recognized the uniform the woman was wearing, “Batwoman! But….but you’re dead!!” he cried out as the woman kicked him in the chin, knocking him backwards.
Meanwhile, Robin and the Huntress were busy taking on Dr. Death’s zombie horde. “Boy does she have good timing or what?” Robin asked the Huntress as he slammed two of the zombies’ heads together.
“No complaints here but if we don’t think of something fast, the same scenario is going to repeat itself and these zombies are going to get the better of us,” pointed out the Dark Knight’s daughter.
As Dr. Death sat on his derriere looking at the woman who had spoiled his plans, “Wait a minute, Batwoman wasn’t a blonde. Who are you???””
“Oh, I won’t try to pass myself off as the original but I’m more than happy to pick up where she left off!” the new Batwoman said as she advanced towards Dr. Death.
“Fine then! You can join her in the grave after my zombie’s render you limb from limb!” threatened Dr. Death as he manipulated the controls on his device.
“Batwoman, that device he’s using is sending out a frequency that’s controlling these zombies,” revealed the Huntress.
“Oh really? I’ll bet my Sonic Sonar can do something about that!” smiled Batwoman as she took a deep breath, “SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Instantly, all of the zombies went limp as Batwoman’s sonar was blocking Dr. Death’s sinister device.
“No! No! No!!!” the devious doctor screamed as he dropped his device and picked himself up and lunged for Batwoman’s throat, “I’ll kill you the old-fashioned way if I have to!” he growled, foaming at the mouth.
“Not on your best day,” said a defiant Batwoman as she cocked back her right arm and delivered a T.K.O. punch to Dr. Death’s forehead.
“Nice work, Di Di!” congratulated the Huntress, “But how did you find us?”
“Well, as you know, I’ve been spending some time in the Bat-cave the past few days as I was putting my new costume together and while I was going through your computer files, I noticed a program that said it was for tracking the locator chips that you and Dick have imbedded in your teeth. After you two took off to take on Death, I tried contacting you both on your JSU communicators and all I got was static so I figured something was up and using the tracking device to find you.”
“Well you’re timing was perfect,” smiled Robin as he fastened his utility-belt.
“I try,” smiled the woman formerly known as Sonic Boom. “So what do you guys think? Can the Dynamic Duo make room for a third and become the Triumphant Trio?”
TO BE CONTINUED
Written & edited by: Power Guy
The Hall of Justice…
“Hola amigos!!” greeted Infierna Verde as she made her way into the main meeting-room of the Hall. Many of the Titans had gathered to meet their new teammate although several of them were not really in a socializing mood due to recent events.
“Whoa!!!” What a fox!!!” blurted out Power Lad from several yards away.
“Uhh….dude, you can pick your jaw up off the floor now,” smirked Whirlpool to his best friend.
“Seriously, Power Lad. That woman is wearing less than most prostitutes I’ve seen,” advised the White Wraith, voicing his disapproval over Infierna Verde’s costume.
“She can lose the costume for all I care….” Power Lad said as he continued to stare the new-comer down.
“Geez…..we can’t take you anywhere,” the prince of Atlantis said while shaking his head back and forth.
Meanwhile, Wonder Man and Jemstone were the first two Titans to make their way up to the green-clad Global Guardian.
“Welcome Infierna!” smiled Jemstone. “It’s great to have you with us!”
“Yes, welcome,” Wonder Man said as shook Infierna’s hand softly.
“A handshake? Most men usually kiss my hand,” teased the Brazilian superheroine.
“Sorry, this hunk is taken,” Jemstone replied as she put her arm around Wonder Man, “but we do have several eligible bachelors here on the team if you’re looking for a date.”
“Hmm….first I need to get to know them all a little better,” replied Infierna Verde in her thick Latino accent. “Though I may look a little on the promiscuous side, I only dress this way because my powers make me very warm at times.”
“Don’t apologize,” Sargona stated as she walked up to her new teammate, “A figure like that deserves to be shown off.”
“Si, amiga but sometimes I have to fight off the muchachos with a stick!” advised Infierna Verde, half-jokingly.
“Speaking of which, let me introduce you to Argos over here!” Sargona said as she led the green-clad woman up to the New God.
“Your beauty is quite admirable, miss but what else can you bring to this team?” asked the son of Orion.
“Well, I can fly, emit flames from my hands, plus I am trained in various forms of hand to hand combat,” explained Infierna Verde.
“Oh, never mind him,” Sargona said as she led Infierna Verde away, “Sometimes I swear he’s a-sexual as all he thinks about is the next battle…”
Just then, Power Guy, Nightvision, Suprema, and Nightmare entered the room. The four of them had been busy trying to figure out where the newly reformed Titans West would end up next. The ever-observant Nightvision was the first to notice that Infierna Verde had arrived so he excused himself and made his way up to her with Power Guy in tow.
“Infierna Verde?” questioned Nightvision to the Brazilian bombshell.
“Si, senior,” acknowledged the daughter of Fire. “And you are the elusive Nightvision, si?
“Yes, it’s good to have you working with us,” Nightvision said as he shook her hand.
“I couldn’t agree more, Infierna,” added Power Guy. “When the Global Guardians and the Titans teamed up a while back, many of my team admired your fighting prowess. I’m more than confident that you’ll make an excellent addition to the team.”
“And from what Batman has told me about your mother, I’m sure we’ll have no troubles with you,” continued Nightvision. “In fact, I believe your mother worked for the Brazilian division of the Wayne Foundation back in her younger days?”
“Si! Back when she was still expelling flames from her nose!” giggled Infierna Verde. “During that time, she and your father shared a few adventures when the original Global Guardians teamed up with the first version of the Super Amigos.”
“Well, I believe you’ve met just about everyone who’s here right now,” Sargona said as she looked around the room. “Let’s take you to your room so you can get settled.”
A few minutes later as Infierna Verde was starting to put her things away, she turned to Sargona and said, “You have such a large group here. I see lots of diversity on this team already.”
“Oh, there’s plenty of that!” confirmed the wielder of the Ruby of Life. “We have Wonder Man who’s a jock slash super-model. While sometimes he comes off a bit full of himself, he has a good heart deep down. Then there’s Jemstone aka my best friend who is also a Pop superstar that has given to more charities than Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Oprah Winfrey combined. Argos and Sturmur hail from New Genesis, both focused on slaying the next dragon, as Argos puts it.”
“I’ve never seen shoulders like that before, you said he is single, si?” questioned Infierna Verde.
“Yes, he is!” verified Sargona. “Though I think he’ll have a tough shell to crack if you try to make a play for him.”
“No worries, amiga, I have ways of melting the ice,” smiled Infierna Verde as she snapped her fingers and created a small flame. “But go on about your teammates….”
“Well, there’s Starman who’s M.I.A. right now due to the incident with our missing teammates including your buddy Ice Warrior,” explained Sargona, “He and one of the missing, known as the Arachnid, were best friends for the longest time until the Arachnid sucker-punched him the other day when Wonder Warrior and Queen Bee were trying to escape. From what I understand, Starman feels totally betrayed and needed to blow off some steam which is why he took off. Anyways, Power Guy, the tall, hunky Kryptonian is our senior leader. He’s such a nice guy and he’s always looking out for the rest of us. Then there’s Mr. Doom and Gloom aka Nightvision. He’s our official buzz-killer. I was actually kind of shocked he said more than two words to you….”
“Well, maybe it’s because Batman and my mother worked together for so long?” presumed Infierna Verde. “Maybe I can soften him up a bit?”
“Good luck with that if you think you’re up to it,” smirked Sargona, “If you’re familiar ith the Bat-family, you probably also know of the Huntress. She’s currently on Earth 2 right now on a Justice Society mission but she should be back soon enough. She’s a lot more sociable than the blood sucking vampire we just talked about.”
“You have told me about so many of your teammates but what about the one you were staring at the whole time?” questioned the daughter of Fire.
“Huh?” said Sargona, trying to play dumb.
“The Green Lantern. When you were looking at him it was like there was no-one else in the room yet you failed to introduce me to him,” smiled Infierna Verde.
“Busted, aren’t I?” admitted Sargona as she sighed. “Dan….Green Lantern and I have a past but he left me for another woman.”
“Oh, I am so, so sorry amiga!” apologized the female Global Guardian. “If I had know, I wouldn’t have…”
“It’s ok, they’re not together any more. She dumped him a few weeks ago,” advised Sargona, looking very serious.
“Ahhh…..then this is your opportunity to strike while the iron is en fuego!” suggested Infierna Verde.
“I don’t know…..someone else told me the same thing but I’m scared to get hurt again,” admitted Sargona as she felt a lump in her throat.
“I can understand, seniora but you know what they say, it’s better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all,” Infierna Verde said warmly. “This might be fate’s way of giving you a shot at what you should have gotten the first time around.”
“Hmm……Black Vulcan told me the same thing,” Sargon said, giving her new teammate’s words some thought. “Well, I’ll let you get settled. If you need anything, I’ll be in the main meeting room.”
“Gracias, amiga!” replied Infierna Verde as she popped open her suitcase. “Just do me one favor and at least test the waters with your Romeo…”
“I’ll think about it,” smiled Sargona as she exited the room.
Back in the main meeting room, Power Guy, Suprema, Nightvision and Nightmare were still putting together a strategy to apprehend the Titans West.
“So you’re positive that they’re looking for a time machine?” asked Power Guy.
“Yes, now that they’ve been exposed, they’re sure to try and escape back to the future,” advised Nightmare. “Especially now that they know that we’re here and looking for them.”
“I think you’re right,” agreed Nightvision. “And I think I know where they might strike, The two easiest places in the country to access chronal technology is at two new S.T.A.R. Labs. There are two locations in particular that specialize in time-travel. One is in Orlando, Florida and the other is in Phoenix, Arizona. Both have come very close to developing a working time-machine however, neither place can seem to find an energy source capable of powering their machine.”
“Then what good would Wonder Warrior’s group getting a hold of one of these time machines do?” asked Power Guy, a bit confused.
“With Christophe and his friends being from the future, they most likely know where S.T.A.R. Labs will find the energy source that they need to get their device to work,” presumed Nightvision.
“Then we’d better hurry and get to Orlando and Phoenix,” directed Power Guy.
“We’ll take Phoenix,” offered Nightmare as he and his four teammates began to exit the room without haste.
“Wait!” called out Power Guy. “From what we know, Wonder Warrior’s group has recruited some allies. You’ll be out-numbered if the five of you go alone.”
Pausing for a second, Nightmare thought through the scenario and responded, “That’s very true. We’ll take Nucleus, Whirlpool, and the Elongated Lad with us then.”
“Whoooo hooo!” cried out the Elongated Lad as he wrapped his elastic body around Nucleus, “We’re going to sunny Phoenix buddy!!!”
“Great…” muttered Nucleus.
“Oh yeah, Latavia might be there…” Elongated Lad said, feeling dumb all of a sudden.
“Come on you two, we don’t have any time to waste!” Whirlpool said, waiving his two teammates to follow him out the door.
Within seconds, the three Titans of Justice boarded a power-bubble created by the Apostle and headed for Arizona.
“With many of the others out looking for Wonder Warrior’s group, we don’t have a lot of members here at the Hall,” Nightvision pointed out to Power Guy. “Looks like it’s going to be you, me, Sargona, Infierna Verde, Wonder Man, Jemstone, the White Wraith, Argos, and Green Lantern with the Flash and Black Orchid meeting us in Orlando. I believe your sidekick left a few minutes ago.”
“Yes, Power Lad left to go to his sister’s band concert,” Power Guy said as the small strike-force of Titans assembled.
“I’ve got the Bat-wing in the hanger so you’ll only need to provide transport for Sargona,” Nightvision said, addressing Green Lantern.
“But I’ve got my magic-carpet here…” Sargona said as she turned to rush off to her room to get her carpet.
“That’s too slow. Wonder Warrior and his group could be there and gone by the time your carpet would get you to Orlando. You’d just slow the rest of us down,” chastised Nightvision.
“Nightvision, there’s no need to be so blunt,” Green Lantern said, defending the raven-haired beauty.
“I don’t have time for pleasantries right now…” defended the modern-age Dark Knight as he raced to the hanger.
“Hmmph….when do you?” huffed Sargona.
“Don’t let him get to you. He’s just focused on the task at hand like always,” Green Lantern said, trying to lift Sargona’s spirits.
“Well, he doesn’t have to be so rude about it,” Sargona commented as she and Green Lantern took to the roof to board a freshly made green jet.
***
A dark alley in Gotham City, Earth 2...
“We‘re getting nowhere!” the Huntress shouted to Robin as she punched one of the zombies surrounding her. The modern-age Dynamic Duo had been called to the scene of a bank robbery earlier this evening. Dr. Death had come up with a serum to turn a handful of dead people into un-living zombies, unable feel any sort of pain. The zombies limbered along at Dr. Death’s command thanks to a special device he was holding that reacted with the strange chemicals he had pumped into their brains.
As the Dynamic Duo pressed on, they became more and more frustrated as the punches and kicks they had been using were only temporarily slowing down their opponents. Add this to the fact that they were outnumbered four to one, and the odds of winning this battle seemed less and less as the seconds ticked by.
“Why keep fighting? Your blows mean NOTHING to them!” gloated Dr. Death, frothing at the mouth with sick delight.
“You should know the Batman Family by now, Death. We keep on fighting ‘til the end!” declared the Huntress as she kicked a zombie in the chin.
“Then to the end it shall be!” obliged Dr. Death as his zombies continued to beat on the Dynamic Duo.
“How are you pulling these zombies’ strings, Death?” demanded the daughter of the Dark Knight.
“Come now, my dear. You know that I should have been dead a long time ago,” began the hideously deformed villain. “If I found a way to cheat death, did you think it would take me very long to figure out a way to control it???”
“This is getting out of hand,” admitted Robin as he turned to the Huntress. Then, right before his very eyes, one of the zombies picked up a a metal pipe and slammed it into the Huntress’ head, knocking her out. “That’s it! I’ve got to call in the JSU!” he muttered as he pulled his communicator from his belt.”
Dr. Death became a bit panicked as he was familiar with the device Robin was holding in his hand, “Oh no you don’t!!!” he shrieked as one of his zombies grabbed Robin’s communicator and smashed it into the ground. Another zombie followed with a devastating blow to Robin’s head with a thick tree branch, sending the former Boy Wonder to join the Huntress in dreamland.
About an hour later, the Huntress began to stir awake. Her head was killing her as she had a mild concussion. Within a few seconds, she noticed she was hanging upside down with her utility-belt removed. Robin, who was hanging right next to her was also starting to awaken. She then became a bit alarmed at the fact that both she and Robin had tubes connected to each of their right arms via some thick, painful needles.
The Huntress almost flinched as Dr. Death got right in her face from out of nowhere. His rancid breath stunk like that which he had named himself after.
“I’ll bet you’re wondering why you’re still alive, aren’t you?” teased Dr. Death.
“Go ahead, tell me,” spat the Huntress, trying to buy time.
“Well, I didn’t get a chance to tell you what is going to happen to you before my zombies, beat you unconscious,” started the first super-villain that Batman had ever faced. “You see, those tubes connected to your arms? Well, once I hit the switch on my device here, they will administer a deadly poison that will kill you within a minute and a half. Guess what happens after that?”
“You’re going to turn us into your zombie-slaves,” guessed Robin.
“That’s right Boy Wonder!” confirmed the dreadful doctor. “I may not have been able to kill the Batman thanks to Bill Jensen but I WILL kill what’s left of his family!! Now, are you both ready to die?”
Suddenly out a nowhere, came a thunderous voice, “Are you ready to go back to prison?”
“What??? Who’s there?
?” demanded Dr. Death, looking all around.Within the blink of an eye, a Batarang came flying out of the shadows and cut the ropes that were restraining both the Huntress and Robin.
“NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!” howled Dr. Death as he pulled out his control device for his zombies. “No matter, my zombies will pummel you both to death and you too whoever you are!! Show yourself!!!” he screamed while looking upward.
From up above in the rafters, a red and yellow garbed woman came swinging down on a rope. After a split second, Dr. Death recognized the uniform the woman was wearing, “Batwoman! But….but you’re dead!!” he cried out as the woman kicked him in the chin, knocking him backwards.
Meanwhile, Robin and the Huntress were busy taking on Dr. Death’s zombie horde. “Boy does she have good timing or what?” Robin asked the Huntress as he slammed two of the zombies’ heads together.
“No complaints here but if we don’t think of something fast, the same scenario is going to repeat itself and these zombies are going to get the better of us,” pointed out the Dark Knight’s daughter.
As Dr. Death sat on his derriere looking at the woman who had spoiled his plans, “Wait a minute, Batwoman wasn’t a blonde. Who are you???””
“Oh, I won’t try to pass myself off as the original but I’m more than happy to pick up where she left off!” the new Batwoman said as she advanced towards Dr. Death.
“Fine then! You can join her in the grave after my zombie’s render you limb from limb!” threatened Dr. Death as he manipulated the controls on his device.
“Batwoman, that device he’s using is sending out a frequency that’s controlling these zombies,” revealed the Huntress.
“Oh really? I’ll bet my Sonic Sonar can do something about that!” smiled Batwoman as she took a deep breath, “SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Instantly, all of the zombies went limp as Batwoman’s sonar was blocking Dr. Death’s sinister device.
“No! No! No!!!” the devious doctor screamed as he dropped his device and picked himself up and lunged for Batwoman’s throat, “I’ll kill you the old-fashioned way if I have to!” he growled, foaming at the mouth.
“Not on your best day,” said a defiant Batwoman as she cocked back her right arm and delivered a T.K.O. punch to Dr. Death’s forehead.
“Nice work, Di Di!” congratulated the Huntress, “But how did you find us?”
“Well, as you know, I’ve been spending some time in the Bat-cave the past few days as I was putting my new costume together and while I was going through your computer files, I noticed a program that said it was for tracking the locator chips that you and Dick have imbedded in your teeth. After you two took off to take on Death, I tried contacting you both on your JSU communicators and all I got was static so I figured something was up and using the tracking device to find you.”
“Well you’re timing was perfect,” smiled Robin as he fastened his utility-belt.
“I try,” smiled the woman formerly known as Sonic Boom. “So what do you guys think? Can the Dynamic Duo make room for a third and become the Triumphant Trio?”
TO BE CONTINUED