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Titans of Justice Unlimited Chapter 84 - The Baby Shower Part 2
Written by: Scotty2Hotty
Edited by: Power Guy
Somewhere in the Middle East…
Black Adam struggled to stand. He had never felt so defiled in his entire life. His vision was out of focus and if one saw him, they would certainly think he might have had one too many.
“My uniform….” he muttered as he struggled to walk.
“Kill…Nefertiti….” he gasped as his muscular frame fell to the floor.
***
At the royal palace of Black Adam and Isis, the queen was showing Nightvision, Starman, and Wonder Girl around.
“Isis, it’s beautiful!” Wonder Girl smiled, admiring the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen.
“It goes on for miles.” Nightvision added.
“My flowers are my greatest passion, besides my love for my husband and country. I often come to the gardens to relax…..sometimes I enjoy the quietness.” Isis spoke.
“Speaking of passion….” Starman added as a beautiful maiden came running to the trio. Even though Supergirl had won his heart, he still appreciated beautiful women.
“ My Queen! Please pardon me, but you must come at once!” the young woman cried.
“Kia, what is it? Calm down!” Isis said, alarmed.
“It’s the king. Nefertiti is on television burning Cairo. She says…..she says…..”
“WHAT!! What is she saying?” Isis demanded.
The other Titans had never heard Isis raise her voice.
“She says the king is dead!”
Without saying a word, Isis summoned the zeypher winds and took to the air.
“She took off as fast as Power Guy!” Starman exclaimed.
“Starman and Wonder Girl, try to catch up. I’ll fly the javelin and meet you wherever she’s going.” Nightvision added.
Isis sped through the sky. Her powers were overwhelming her as she asked all of the elements to guide her to her husband. Trees turned green to red and gold to bare branches over and over as Isis flew by. Flowers grew uncontrollably and thunderstorms clapped even though the sun was out.
“Pull yourself together Isis.” she thought to herself. “You’re overwhelming nature.”
Thanks to the cosmic rod, Starman and Wonder Girl were able to catch up to the angry queen.
“Yo, Isis how about making some more suitable weather! We’re taking a beating back here!” Starman asked as Wonder Girl deflected basketball sized hail with her bracelets.
“I am sorry, my friends. My anger consumes me.” Isis shouted as Starman noticed the weather calming. “There! Adam is down there!”
The trio landed in the middle of the desert. A garish tent seemed to spring from nowhere. Within moments, Nightvision arrived in the javelin. Isis and her friends entered the tent.
“Beloved!” Isis whispered as she saw her nude husband on the ground.
“Starman, Wonder Girl go on to Cairo and see what you can do to stop Nefertiti. Be careful, she’s very dangerous.” Nightvision said.
“Oh great. Not exactly the woman I prefer to make out with.” Starman said recalling Nefertiti’s life stealing kiss.
“Come on, Romeo.” Wonder Girl said as they departed.
Isis was trying to rouse Black Adam.
“Adam, Adam? It’s me, Isis. What did Nefertiti do to you?” she pleaded.
Black Adam stirred for a moment, struggling to open his eyes.
“YOU!” Black Adam shouted. “You dare assume my wife’s form--defiler! Woman or not, I will rend you limb from limb!”
“Adam, what--?” Isis could not finish her sentence as Black Adam punched her, sending her crashing through the tent and into the sand outside.
“Adam!” Nightvision said running over to the crazed man, unsure what to do.
“Away from me! Anyone who allies themselves with this…..she dog dies with her!” Adam said, his nostrils flared.
Nightvision noticed a powdery substance on Adam’s face.
“That powder…” Before Nightvision could complete his thought, Adam picked him and sent him crashing into Nefertiti’s dressing table.
“AGHHHH!!! Broke a few ribs….I’m no match for him…” Nightvision gasped as he struggled to stand. He reached for his utility belt hoping something could neutralize his teammate.
Just then, Isis burst in.
“ADAM! Stop!! Nefertiti did something to you….please!” she pleaded.
Black Adam turned to face her. He started towards her and hesitated. His vision blurred and he wobbled. He looked up. “Isis….is…is it you…really you, my queen?”
“It is.” Isis said through her tears. Nightvision joined them
“Brave Nightvision. I am sorry. Nefertiti did something to me….I couldn’t tell what was real and what was not.” Black Adam said offering his hand to Nightvision.
“It’s ok, friend. Nothing a little time won’t heal.”
“Adam, what did she do to you?“ Isis said, offering her husband his uniform.
The King of Khandaq was silent for a moment. He dropped to his knees before his wife.
“Adam?” she asked.
“Nefertiti…she..” Adam started to weep. “She tricked me…I didn’t know it wasn’t you…”
Black Adam didn’t need to finish his words for Isis to realize what had happened. She hugged her husband.
“It is well, my love. Nightvision, stay with my king. He is still not well and you are in no shape to fight”
“Isis, what are you going to do?” Nightvision asked.
“I am going to kill Nefertiti as is my royal right.”
***
Starman and Wonder Girl could see Cairo burning from the air.
“How are we going to stop her? Wonder Man told me about what she did to your old teammate, Palome.” Wonder Girl said, fear in her voice.
“We’ll do the best we can. If those Olympian gods of yours hear you, I’d suggest a quick prayer.” Starman said grimly. Wonder Girl had never seen Starman quite so serious.
Nefertiti’s mouth was open wide and spewing flames all over the place. She noticed the two Titans.
“Ah, Isis has sent two of her lap dogs to fight me!” she laughed.
“Aw, stuff it!” Starman shouted, aiming the cosmic rod at the cackling woman.
“Why look at your loooong staff! What manner of trinket is it?” Nefertiti screamed as she took the end of the cosmic rod and tossed it away.
Before Starman or Wonder Girl could react, Nefertiti punched Starman so hard that his jaw dislocated. He dropped from the sky and Wonder Girl was quick to catch him.
“Well, at least that will stop the lame jokes for awhile.” she smiled. Starman said something garbled as she sat him on the ground. She then took to the air and flew fists first at Nefertiti.
“Oh, I’m so scared! One of the Olympians’s champions! They dare send a child against me!?”
“I’m no child! And have you ever taken a shower?” Wonder Girl said. She could smell burning flesh all around Nefertiti.
“Foolish girl! I am death itself! I am powered by the master of the underworld! A world you are soon to visit!”
Wonder Girl noticed the gauntlet of Atlas.
“How did you get that?” she gasped.
“Just like a little girl! You talk to much!” Nefertiti said, slapping Wonder Girl unconscious. She crashed into the ground and Starman ran to her side.
Nefertiti howled with delight. She heard a voice say, “Is that the best you can do? Picking a schoolyard fight with a mere child?”
“Isis! It’s about time you came to the party! Look! Cairo is burning! Can you feel the pain! Can you feel the panic washing over you like the souls of the damned swimming in a lake of fire!!!?”
Isis was silent, fists clenched. She slammed into Nefertiti, taking her by surprise.
Starman watched as the two women hurtled through the air and into the side of a pyramid. They fell to the ground, clawing and fighting.
“You sullied my husband! You are low! Lower than the lowest worm!” Isis screamed as she punched Nefertiti, busting her nose. Nefertiti simply laughed as blood spattered everywhere.
Laugh witch! Laugh as I send you straight to Anubis himself!” Isis cried, raising her fist in the air.
“Ha! Would you be so quick to condemn Black Adam’s child? Hahaha!” Nefertiti smiled.
“What do you speak of, witch?”
“Oh come on! Isis, you claim to be so environmental, so green! You thrive on life and you can’t sense the one growing in me? What an idiot you are! Hahahah!!”
Isis was dumbfounded as she realized Nefertiti’s words were true.
“You..you’re pregnant…” Isis gasped.
“I am! And believe me, I enjoyed the process! Why, it took several times, but yes I am going to have the king’s baby! What a lucky woman you are Isis. When Adam does that thing with his--”
“SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!!!” Isis shouted. Isis felt as if she would explode. She threw her head back and let out the most tortured cry ever heard in Egypt. The ground shook as flowers, trees, and plants sprung forth. The sun was blocked by clouds and nature went wild. Rain fell so hard that Starman swore it was tiny daggers.
Out of the storm, Anubis appeared. His eyes glowed red and he smiled. “Come Nefertiti, we have much to do! Much to prepare for!”
“Yes, master! Why, we need to pick a name!” Nefertiti said, stepping into a portal created by the god of the undead. “If it’s a girl I think I’ll call her Isis.”
Isis was still screaming as she flew towards the two of them.
“Not today Isis. We’ll see you soon enough when the child of Black Adam slays you first, then him.” Anubis said, as he closed the portal just as Isis was about to make it through. Her last image was of Nefertiti rubbing her belly and sticking her tongue out.
Within moments, Isis had gotten herself under control. The rains she inadvertently summoned had quenched the fires that consumed Cairo.
Starman and Wonder Girl made their way over to Isis, who had buried her face in her hands.
Wonder Girl started, “Isis…we heard. It’s terrible. I--”
“Thank you Wonder Girl. Please, I need a moment.”
Both Starman and Wonder Girl walked away as Isis cried uncontrollably.
***
Later aboard the Javelin, Wonder Girl piloted the jet full of ancient relics back to the United States.
“So then I told Totem that the yellow skirt and white boots were like totally hot and she should buy them.” Wonder Girl said as Starman rolled his eyes. Nightvision had set Starman’s jaw and he was unable to speak, thus becoming the victim of Wonder Girl’s teen chatter.
Nightvision’s ribs ached through their wrappings. One of Isis’s chief nurses had wrapped them and even applied some type of healing herbs. Between the dull ache and Wonder Girl’s endless stories about clothes he knew this would be a long flight home.
***
Back at the royal palace, Isis and Black Adam sipped wine on their balcony. Neither of them had said much after Isis revealed that Nefertiti was pregnant.
“Isis, I am sorry. My heart is broken.” Black Adam finally said, his head hanging.
“Beloved, there is nothing to forgive. You still have my heart and I love you more than anything in this world.” she said, taking his hand.
“But this baby…I mean, it’s mine….You and I had spoke of starting a family and now…”
“And we still can if you want. And we will make sure your unborn child is reared as it should be.”
“What do you mean?”
“We’ll find Nefertiti. You know once the child is born, she’ll strike. We’ll take that child of yours, husband. And you and I will kill Nefertiti together.”
Black Adam held his wife in his arms. Her words….her tone chilled him as an unusual cold wind blew on the royal couple.
THE END(FOR NOW)
****
Epilogue:
The home of Booster Gold…
Booster Gold stood in front of the full length mirror in his Hollywood Hills mansion. When he first bought the home, it was the envy of the neighborhood. He spent many nights entertaining ladies and hosting some of the wildest parties full of celebrities. These days, the mansion was eclipsed by newer, bigger homes--and his looked a bit out of place in the neighborhood.
As he looked in the mirror, the former Justice Leaguer became upset with the man before him. The once tanned, blonde, impossibly white toothed man was gone and Booster didn’t recognize the man looking back at him. He was dressed only in a pair of underwear--more suited for a male model on the French Riveria--and Booster grimaced at the pot belly hanging over the top of the undergarment’s band. His shoulders still looked good--but was that hair growing on them? He knew he had hair growing on his back, but it was light so maybe no one would notice. His once rock hard chest had turned into what was known as man-boobs and the golden hair that once covered it was turning an off white.
“I’ll do that fat flush….maybe even a colonic tomorrow. That will get me back on track.” he thought to himself. He leaned in close to the mirror.
“Another wrinkle.” he huffed, tracing the line on his forehead that wasn’t there last week with his finger.
Sadly, the man known as Booster Gold wasn’t the bankable brand he once was. There was a new batch of beautiful people that had taken his place. He plopped into a chair and picked up an U.S. Weekly.
“Scott Trevor leads the pack of the new male supermodels. What are his sexy secrets?” he read the headline aloud. “Better enjoy it while it lasts, kid.”
Just then the phone rang. He was hoping Skeets had gotten him that Dancing With the Stars deal. It would get his name back out there as well as force him to get back in shape. Yes, this was the golden ticket.
“Skeets, give me the good news!” he smiled into the phone.
“I wish I could, but it’s a no go.” came the voice of his lifelong friend.
‘What!? Why? They take everybody!”
“Most of the producers had never heard of you and the few that have say you‘re time is long past. I’m really sorry.”
“What about that other show…that loser show…you know, the Biggest Loser.”
Skeets was silent for a second. “Booster, they turned you down too. They feel you lack the sincerity to endear you with the audience. I am truly sorry.”
Still hopeful, Booster went on. “What about Murray Spaulding? He put Jem back on the map. Did you talk to him about representing me?”
“I did.”
“AND?”
“Mr. Spaulding is busy with Jem and the Holograms. Plus he represents Lady Gaga, Scott Trevor, and a ton of models who work for the Hall Agency. He’s big time now Booster and you--”
“And I’m not. Thanks for nothing!” he shouted, throwing the phone across the room and into the full length mirror.
He stopped for a moment and glimpsed at himself in the shattered glass.
“I have got to get it together. I don’t care how, but I can’t--I won’t go on like this.”
He stood, back to the wall and slid down to the floor. For the first time since Ted Kord was killed--Booster Gold cried.
Written by: Scotty2Hotty
Edited by: Power Guy
Somewhere in the Middle East…
Black Adam struggled to stand. He had never felt so defiled in his entire life. His vision was out of focus and if one saw him, they would certainly think he might have had one too many.
“My uniform….” he muttered as he struggled to walk.
“Kill…Nefertiti….” he gasped as his muscular frame fell to the floor.
***
At the royal palace of Black Adam and Isis, the queen was showing Nightvision, Starman, and Wonder Girl around.
“Isis, it’s beautiful!” Wonder Girl smiled, admiring the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen.
“It goes on for miles.” Nightvision added.
“My flowers are my greatest passion, besides my love for my husband and country. I often come to the gardens to relax…..sometimes I enjoy the quietness.” Isis spoke.
“Speaking of passion….” Starman added as a beautiful maiden came running to the trio. Even though Supergirl had won his heart, he still appreciated beautiful women.
“ My Queen! Please pardon me, but you must come at once!” the young woman cried.
“Kia, what is it? Calm down!” Isis said, alarmed.
“It’s the king. Nefertiti is on television burning Cairo. She says…..she says…..”
“WHAT!! What is she saying?” Isis demanded.
The other Titans had never heard Isis raise her voice.
“She says the king is dead!”
Without saying a word, Isis summoned the zeypher winds and took to the air.
“She took off as fast as Power Guy!” Starman exclaimed.
“Starman and Wonder Girl, try to catch up. I’ll fly the javelin and meet you wherever she’s going.” Nightvision added.
Isis sped through the sky. Her powers were overwhelming her as she asked all of the elements to guide her to her husband. Trees turned green to red and gold to bare branches over and over as Isis flew by. Flowers grew uncontrollably and thunderstorms clapped even though the sun was out.
“Pull yourself together Isis.” she thought to herself. “You’re overwhelming nature.”
Thanks to the cosmic rod, Starman and Wonder Girl were able to catch up to the angry queen.
“Yo, Isis how about making some more suitable weather! We’re taking a beating back here!” Starman asked as Wonder Girl deflected basketball sized hail with her bracelets.
“I am sorry, my friends. My anger consumes me.” Isis shouted as Starman noticed the weather calming. “There! Adam is down there!”
The trio landed in the middle of the desert. A garish tent seemed to spring from nowhere. Within moments, Nightvision arrived in the javelin. Isis and her friends entered the tent.
“Beloved!” Isis whispered as she saw her nude husband on the ground.
“Starman, Wonder Girl go on to Cairo and see what you can do to stop Nefertiti. Be careful, she’s very dangerous.” Nightvision said.
“Oh great. Not exactly the woman I prefer to make out with.” Starman said recalling Nefertiti’s life stealing kiss.
“Come on, Romeo.” Wonder Girl said as they departed.
Isis was trying to rouse Black Adam.
“Adam, Adam? It’s me, Isis. What did Nefertiti do to you?” she pleaded.
Black Adam stirred for a moment, struggling to open his eyes.
“YOU!” Black Adam shouted. “You dare assume my wife’s form--defiler! Woman or not, I will rend you limb from limb!”
“Adam, what--?” Isis could not finish her sentence as Black Adam punched her, sending her crashing through the tent and into the sand outside.
“Adam!” Nightvision said running over to the crazed man, unsure what to do.
“Away from me! Anyone who allies themselves with this…..she dog dies with her!” Adam said, his nostrils flared.
Nightvision noticed a powdery substance on Adam’s face.
“That powder…” Before Nightvision could complete his thought, Adam picked him and sent him crashing into Nefertiti’s dressing table.
“AGHHHH!!! Broke a few ribs….I’m no match for him…” Nightvision gasped as he struggled to stand. He reached for his utility belt hoping something could neutralize his teammate.
Just then, Isis burst in.
“ADAM! Stop!! Nefertiti did something to you….please!” she pleaded.
Black Adam turned to face her. He started towards her and hesitated. His vision blurred and he wobbled. He looked up. “Isis….is…is it you…really you, my queen?”
“It is.” Isis said through her tears. Nightvision joined them
“Brave Nightvision. I am sorry. Nefertiti did something to me….I couldn’t tell what was real and what was not.” Black Adam said offering his hand to Nightvision.
“It’s ok, friend. Nothing a little time won’t heal.”
“Adam, what did she do to you?“ Isis said, offering her husband his uniform.
The King of Khandaq was silent for a moment. He dropped to his knees before his wife.
“Adam?” she asked.
“Nefertiti…she..” Adam started to weep. “She tricked me…I didn’t know it wasn’t you…”
Black Adam didn’t need to finish his words for Isis to realize what had happened. She hugged her husband.
“It is well, my love. Nightvision, stay with my king. He is still not well and you are in no shape to fight”
“Isis, what are you going to do?” Nightvision asked.
“I am going to kill Nefertiti as is my royal right.”
***
Starman and Wonder Girl could see Cairo burning from the air.
“How are we going to stop her? Wonder Man told me about what she did to your old teammate, Palome.” Wonder Girl said, fear in her voice.
“We’ll do the best we can. If those Olympian gods of yours hear you, I’d suggest a quick prayer.” Starman said grimly. Wonder Girl had never seen Starman quite so serious.
Nefertiti’s mouth was open wide and spewing flames all over the place. She noticed the two Titans.
“Ah, Isis has sent two of her lap dogs to fight me!” she laughed.
“Aw, stuff it!” Starman shouted, aiming the cosmic rod at the cackling woman.
“Why look at your loooong staff! What manner of trinket is it?” Nefertiti screamed as she took the end of the cosmic rod and tossed it away.
Before Starman or Wonder Girl could react, Nefertiti punched Starman so hard that his jaw dislocated. He dropped from the sky and Wonder Girl was quick to catch him.
“Well, at least that will stop the lame jokes for awhile.” she smiled. Starman said something garbled as she sat him on the ground. She then took to the air and flew fists first at Nefertiti.
“Oh, I’m so scared! One of the Olympians’s champions! They dare send a child against me!?”
“I’m no child! And have you ever taken a shower?” Wonder Girl said. She could smell burning flesh all around Nefertiti.
“Foolish girl! I am death itself! I am powered by the master of the underworld! A world you are soon to visit!”
Wonder Girl noticed the gauntlet of Atlas.
“How did you get that?” she gasped.
“Just like a little girl! You talk to much!” Nefertiti said, slapping Wonder Girl unconscious. She crashed into the ground and Starman ran to her side.
Nefertiti howled with delight. She heard a voice say, “Is that the best you can do? Picking a schoolyard fight with a mere child?”
“Isis! It’s about time you came to the party! Look! Cairo is burning! Can you feel the pain! Can you feel the panic washing over you like the souls of the damned swimming in a lake of fire!!!?”
Isis was silent, fists clenched. She slammed into Nefertiti, taking her by surprise.
Starman watched as the two women hurtled through the air and into the side of a pyramid. They fell to the ground, clawing and fighting.
“You sullied my husband! You are low! Lower than the lowest worm!” Isis screamed as she punched Nefertiti, busting her nose. Nefertiti simply laughed as blood spattered everywhere.
Laugh witch! Laugh as I send you straight to Anubis himself!” Isis cried, raising her fist in the air.
“Ha! Would you be so quick to condemn Black Adam’s child? Hahaha!” Nefertiti smiled.
“What do you speak of, witch?”
“Oh come on! Isis, you claim to be so environmental, so green! You thrive on life and you can’t sense the one growing in me? What an idiot you are! Hahahah!!”
Isis was dumbfounded as she realized Nefertiti’s words were true.
“You..you’re pregnant…” Isis gasped.
“I am! And believe me, I enjoyed the process! Why, it took several times, but yes I am going to have the king’s baby! What a lucky woman you are Isis. When Adam does that thing with his--”
“SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!!!” Isis shouted. Isis felt as if she would explode. She threw her head back and let out the most tortured cry ever heard in Egypt. The ground shook as flowers, trees, and plants sprung forth. The sun was blocked by clouds and nature went wild. Rain fell so hard that Starman swore it was tiny daggers.
Out of the storm, Anubis appeared. His eyes glowed red and he smiled. “Come Nefertiti, we have much to do! Much to prepare for!”
“Yes, master! Why, we need to pick a name!” Nefertiti said, stepping into a portal created by the god of the undead. “If it’s a girl I think I’ll call her Isis.”
Isis was still screaming as she flew towards the two of them.
“Not today Isis. We’ll see you soon enough when the child of Black Adam slays you first, then him.” Anubis said, as he closed the portal just as Isis was about to make it through. Her last image was of Nefertiti rubbing her belly and sticking her tongue out.
Within moments, Isis had gotten herself under control. The rains she inadvertently summoned had quenched the fires that consumed Cairo.
Starman and Wonder Girl made their way over to Isis, who had buried her face in her hands.
Wonder Girl started, “Isis…we heard. It’s terrible. I--”
“Thank you Wonder Girl. Please, I need a moment.”
Both Starman and Wonder Girl walked away as Isis cried uncontrollably.
***
Later aboard the Javelin, Wonder Girl piloted the jet full of ancient relics back to the United States.
“So then I told Totem that the yellow skirt and white boots were like totally hot and she should buy them.” Wonder Girl said as Starman rolled his eyes. Nightvision had set Starman’s jaw and he was unable to speak, thus becoming the victim of Wonder Girl’s teen chatter.
Nightvision’s ribs ached through their wrappings. One of Isis’s chief nurses had wrapped them and even applied some type of healing herbs. Between the dull ache and Wonder Girl’s endless stories about clothes he knew this would be a long flight home.
***
Back at the royal palace, Isis and Black Adam sipped wine on their balcony. Neither of them had said much after Isis revealed that Nefertiti was pregnant.
“Isis, I am sorry. My heart is broken.” Black Adam finally said, his head hanging.
“Beloved, there is nothing to forgive. You still have my heart and I love you more than anything in this world.” she said, taking his hand.
“But this baby…I mean, it’s mine….You and I had spoke of starting a family and now…”
“And we still can if you want. And we will make sure your unborn child is reared as it should be.”
“What do you mean?”
“We’ll find Nefertiti. You know once the child is born, she’ll strike. We’ll take that child of yours, husband. And you and I will kill Nefertiti together.”
Black Adam held his wife in his arms. Her words….her tone chilled him as an unusual cold wind blew on the royal couple.
THE END(FOR NOW)
****
Epilogue:
The home of Booster Gold…
Booster Gold stood in front of the full length mirror in his Hollywood Hills mansion. When he first bought the home, it was the envy of the neighborhood. He spent many nights entertaining ladies and hosting some of the wildest parties full of celebrities. These days, the mansion was eclipsed by newer, bigger homes--and his looked a bit out of place in the neighborhood.
As he looked in the mirror, the former Justice Leaguer became upset with the man before him. The once tanned, blonde, impossibly white toothed man was gone and Booster didn’t recognize the man looking back at him. He was dressed only in a pair of underwear--more suited for a male model on the French Riveria--and Booster grimaced at the pot belly hanging over the top of the undergarment’s band. His shoulders still looked good--but was that hair growing on them? He knew he had hair growing on his back, but it was light so maybe no one would notice. His once rock hard chest had turned into what was known as man-boobs and the golden hair that once covered it was turning an off white.
“I’ll do that fat flush….maybe even a colonic tomorrow. That will get me back on track.” he thought to himself. He leaned in close to the mirror.
“Another wrinkle.” he huffed, tracing the line on his forehead that wasn’t there last week with his finger.
Sadly, the man known as Booster Gold wasn’t the bankable brand he once was. There was a new batch of beautiful people that had taken his place. He plopped into a chair and picked up an U.S. Weekly.
“Scott Trevor leads the pack of the new male supermodels. What are his sexy secrets?” he read the headline aloud. “Better enjoy it while it lasts, kid.”
Just then the phone rang. He was hoping Skeets had gotten him that Dancing With the Stars deal. It would get his name back out there as well as force him to get back in shape. Yes, this was the golden ticket.
“Skeets, give me the good news!” he smiled into the phone.
“I wish I could, but it’s a no go.” came the voice of his lifelong friend.
‘What!? Why? They take everybody!”
“Most of the producers had never heard of you and the few that have say you‘re time is long past. I’m really sorry.”
“What about that other show…that loser show…you know, the Biggest Loser.”
Skeets was silent for a second. “Booster, they turned you down too. They feel you lack the sincerity to endear you with the audience. I am truly sorry.”
Still hopeful, Booster went on. “What about Murray Spaulding? He put Jem back on the map. Did you talk to him about representing me?”
“I did.”
“AND?”
“Mr. Spaulding is busy with Jem and the Holograms. Plus he represents Lady Gaga, Scott Trevor, and a ton of models who work for the Hall Agency. He’s big time now Booster and you--”
“And I’m not. Thanks for nothing!” he shouted, throwing the phone across the room and into the full length mirror.
He stopped for a moment and glimpsed at himself in the shattered glass.
“I have got to get it together. I don’t care how, but I can’t--I won’t go on like this.”
He stood, back to the wall and slid down to the floor. For the first time since Ted Kord was killed--Booster Gold cried.