Titans of Justice Unlimited #29 – “The Führer Fighters”
Written, Edited, & Maxi-Micros by: Power Guy


Axis Headquarters – Berlin, German, Earth X…

The ages-old Nazi super-criminal known as Fausta stood within a room in the depths of the Axis stronghold glancing at a portal of light before her as a voice from within it spoke to her.

“And everything is in place?”

“Yes,” replied Fausta, humbily. Rarely did she speak with such humility but the being she was speaking to demanded her utmost respect and Fausta, knew better than to not comply. “I have made sure of it myself.”





“Very good, Ms. Grables. The people of this earth will never suspect what’s coming and soon, Axis shall rule triumphant over them!”

***

Freedom Fortress, Washington D.C….

“What seems to be the trouble, Samuel?” asked the Black Condor as he and the Human Bomb entered the room to see the rest of their team assembled.





“The only trouble that’s brewing today is for the Axis, son,” replied the living embodiment of the spirit of America. “One of our military contacts has uncovered the final Axis stronghold within the U.S. Once we finish tearing it up, we’ll have cleansed this country of all of the Axis hotspots within it. The only enemies left will be the few that choose to hide the shadows. All major pockets of resistance will be gone and then we can start working on the rest of this world.”





“It’s hard to believe this day is finally here,” commented Phantom Lady. “It’s taken so long to get to this point and there were some days, I thought we’d never see it.”





“Finally! The U.S. will be free!” remarked the Human Bomb, a bit excited.





“Let’s not pat ourselves on the backs until the job is done,” reminded Miss America.





“Joan is right,” concurred Uncle Sam. “Let’s keep the faith but not get too far ahead of ourselves. My contact said that the Silver Ghost might be holed up in this fortress and wouldn’t that be the icing on the cake if we could nab him today too?”

“How soon do we leave?” asked the Ray, eager to get things over with.





“Immediately! My contact tells me that many of the soldiers within the stronghold are asleep with just a night crew in place for security,” advised the star-spangled icon.

“Alrighty then……Freedom Fighters – move out!” cheered Offspring as he stretched forward, leading the way for his teammates.





About ten minutes after the Freedom Fighters had departed, a person unfamiliar with their headquarters makes his or her way through it, searching….

“They’re gone! Every single one of them! This isn’t good,” the stranger grumbled as they became upset. “After everything I did to get here today……..well, they won’t get away so easily!”

***

The Final U.S.-based Axis Stronghold…

The headquarters was located just miles away from a small rural town in Northern Wisconsin, just off of Lake Superior. The access to the lake made it easy to transport cargo and troops covertly but today, another group was using the means of the lake to gain easy access to the cidatel.

“I can’t believe you were able to whip up a Nazi U-boat!” the Ray said, astonished as he and the rest of the Freedom Fighters hid within the barge.

“Well, something this big took a sizable amount of effort but it was the best solution,” stressed Miss America.

“We’re entering the fortress now,” announced the Black Condor as he looked through a porthole with his bird-like vision scurrying for anything suspicious.

After the boat had docked, a small group of Axis soldiers approached as they were not expecting any deliveries tonight. One of the soldiers knocked on the main door of the boat and shouted, “Come on out and verify your cargo!”

The door instantly burst open as Uncle Sam yelled, “The cargo is freedom and you’re standing in the way!” talking corny as ever. “Magno – relieve them of their weapons! Ray – shine the light of democracy on them!” After the two heroes did as instructed, the Living Doll and Hermes made short work of them.





As the team of heroes made their way deeper into the fortress, Miss America pointed out, “They’ll be onto us in full-force any minute! Be ready!” As Uncle Sam’s second in command, she always did her best to keep the team vigilant.

Within seconds, Axis soldiers started sprouting up like weeds in a spring garden. Armed with rifles, machine guns, and deadly swords, these soldiers were out for blood and were several dozen members strong!

Hermes, the son of wartime hero Quicksilver aka Max Mercury, zipped past his teammates, taking out nearly a dozen Axis soldiers on the frontline of their battalion. Phantom Lady appeared through one of her warp-holes behind the group of soldiers with the Black Condor, the Human Bomb, and the Ray in tow. Phantom Lady then used her black-light bracelet to blind the soldiers while the Black Condor swooped down from the sky and snatched up several of their weapons. A sword-wielding soldier tried to attack him only to have the Black Condor rake his razor-sharp claws across the soldier’s arm, drawing a large amount of blood and forcing him to drop his sword. The Ray used his energy powers to disintegrate several of the Axis force’s weapons while the Human Bomb touched the ground and set off a low-level explosion, scattering many of the Axis soldiers about.

In the front of the Axis brigade, Uncle Sam and the rest of his team were fighting forward. “How are you doing, Miss America?” he asked as he clobbered two soldiers at once.

“I’m fine. My powers, however, are still recovering from creating that huge U-boat,” she answered as she punched a Japanese adversary between the eyes, leaving him seeing stars.

A roaring tank approached and locked it’s sights on Uncle Sam and prepared the fire it’s cannon. As the man aiming the cannon felt adrenaline rush through his body at the thought of taking out the leader of the Freedom Fighters, he found his hopes quickly dashed as the Living Doll(in miniature size) burst through his control panel, holding several cut wires in her hands with a smirk on her face. As the soldier raised his hand to squash her, she shot up to normal size and delivered a quick T.K.O.

Magno remained stone-faced as he utilized his metal-manipulation powers to warp several of the soldiers’ guns into mock-handcuffs. Magno was a cold, distant man ever since his apparent death during World War II. After the bombing at Pearl Harbor, Magno’s unconscious, damaged body floated through the Pacific Ocean where his powers kicked in subconsciously drawing metal from various wreckage to replace his damaged skin and bones. No longer feeling completely human, he’s distanced himself from others for the most part but he still upholds fighting for freedom at all costs.





The son of Plastic Man, known as Offspring treated every battle like a sports game. While far from serious as Uncle Sam, the stretchable hero tended to live every day like it was his last and made sure that if this was his last battle, he would go out having fun with it. Using his shape-shifting abilities, he morphed into a giant kangaroo and began hopping on various soldiers, knocking them over which gave several of his other teammates the opportunity to finish them off.

As the battle seemingly neared it’s end, several more tanks came rolling out. Uncle Sam felt his team was too close to victory to lose now so he grew up to thirty feet tall. In his giant form, he made short work of the tanks by crushing them beneath his boot heal, a fraction of a second after the soldiers inside had jumped ship.

“Looks like the Axis can officially kiss their presence in America goodbye as of today!” shouted Phantom Lady, smiling from ear to ear as the battle concluded.

“Not quite….” came a familiar voice.

The woman also known as Sandra Knight and her teammates turned to see the Silver Ghost, walking out of a secret entry way to the room, arms crossed.

“So my contact was right. You were holed up here,” spat Uncle Sam, returning to normal size. “Well, your lackeys are defeated. I hope you’ll come quietly. There’s no way you can take on all ten of us!”

“I can’t” agreed the Silver Ghost as he then continued, “But THEY can!” as he turned sideways, extended his right hand and gestured some people to come out of the same entry way he came through.





“Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!” cried out the Spirit of America as Fausta, Baron Blitzkreig, Tsunami, Usil The Archer, Zyklon, Wyvern, and over a dozen more Axis super-agents filled the room.









Taken by surprise and significantly outnumbered, the Freedom Fighters fought hard yet fell in battle within minutes at the hands of their vicious opponents. Uncle Sam was the last one conscious, fighting to the bitter end. Captain Nazi soon had him restrained in a headlock as Fausta, the Silver Ghost, and Baron Blitzkreig approached.

“Well, well, Samuel, it looks like at the end of the day, your years of hard work have been for nothing,” the Baron said, smiling under his metal mask. “You’ve been here for over six decades only to have it all come crashing down in this moment.”





“Crashing down? Hardly!” retorted a defiant Uncle Sam. “America is almost free and once she’s free, she’ll help the rest of the world to eradicate the Axis forces from every corner of the globe as well!”

“You are wrong on both counts, old man!” pointed out Fausta as she grabbed the white-haired hero by the throat. “Why do you think the last few months have been so easy for your team to take out our American strongholds?” she began and then paused for a second. “We withdrew the majority of our forces from America only to have them regroup and undergo further training. Right now, there are thousands of German, Italian, and Japanese warplanes and battleships on the outskirts of America waiting for our signal to attack. Your military’s radar has been scrambled. As of this moment, their communications satellites are being hacked. The rest of Earth X belongs to Axis and as of today, America will too!”

Uncle Sam struggled to get free only to have Sumo The Samurai join Captain Nazi in restraining the star-spangled icon. “The scales of justice won’t tip in your favor for long!” declared Uncle Sam.

“Oh, yes they will!” countered Fausta, “And your Freedom Fighters will be helping us as well, thanks to the Silver Ghost, here.” Uncle Sam then realized exactly what the sinister Axis super-agents had planned and it made him furious. Fausta then continued on, “But don’t worry, you will be around to witness their fall from grace. At least for a little while…….”


TO BE CONTINUED!