Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 11:41:07 GMT -5
Titans of Justice Unlimited #30 – “The Führer Fighters Part 2”
Written, Edited, & Maxi-Micros by: Power Guy
The Final U.S.-based Axis Stronghold, Earth X…
Fausta and her associates made their way into an uber-secret chamber within the stronghold that only the highest of Axis officials were allowed into. They dragged the unconscious bodies of the Titans of Freedom behind them with Uncle Sam, who was still awake, in chains, and struggling with every ounce of his strength to break free.
When Uncle Sam saw who was awaiting them inside the chamber, his eyes grew wide as he exclaimed, “Dark Angel!”
“You remember me? I’m touched, you old fool!” teased the nether-witch.
“But you were banished by The Stranger!” recalled the spirit of America.
“So, I was, but now with that meddler dead, I am free to roam wherever I please and right now, I find this earth of yours to be quite to my liking.”
“Of course you would with that twisted Nazi mindset of yours!” spat an angry Uncle Sam.
“Flattery will get you nowhere, old man,” Dark Angel said as she approached the star-spangled icon. “And don’t get your hopes up of your precious Titans of Justice coming to your rescue. While your Titans of Freedom were battling my agents, I was enacting a spell that will keep anyone from journeying to this world. This Earth X will become known as Earth aXis and then we will move on to conquer the Multiverse!”
“You’re crazier now than you ever have been, witch!” cried out Uncle Sam, his chains ratting up a storm from him trying to get loose.
“I see that your spirit is still strong,” noted Dark Angel as she turned to her agents and said, “Silver Ghost, would you be a dear and give the Titans of Freedom the motivation to believe in our just-cause?”
“Nothing would make me happier at the moment,” smiled the shimmering super-villain as he touched every member of the Titans of Freedom save for Uncle Sam, turning them into silver and thus subjecting them to his will.
“NO! NO!!! NO!!!!!!!!” howled Uncle Sam in defiance.
Dark Angle walked over to the Titans of Freedom and asked, “Who do you now serve, Titans?”
The Silver Ghost then spoke up, “Titans, Dark Angel is your queen and the Führer is your king . You would give your lives for them!”
“We serve Dark Angel and the Führer,” the Titans of Freedom said in unison.
“Very good, my slaves!” complimented the nether-witch. “Silver Ghost, Fausta, all of you, you have done quite well! Now it is time to show Sam here, the fruits of our labors!”
“Yes, indeed, mistress,” agreed Fausta as she walked over to a large monitor screen in the room and pressed a few buttons on the control panel, bringing up live new footage of America being attacked on all fronts from Axis forces and losing badly. “As you can see, Samuel, the tide on this world is turning in the Axis’ favor.”
Uncle Sam then looked directly at Tsunami and asked her, “Miya, how can you just stand there and let them do this? You were a member of the All-Star Squadron! We fought these no good rats with everything we had during World War II and now you’re helping them???”
Tsunami just bowed her head in shame and remained silent, think of her captive husband known to most as Neptune Perkins who was held within a cell within the stronghold.
“Tsunami has seen the light just as your Titans of Freedom have,” gloated Fausta. “Your modern-day Freedom Fighters have been turned into our Führer Fighters.”
“They’ll break free of the Silver Ghost’s control!” declared Uncle Sam.
“You think so, huh?” questioned the German Wonder Woman. “I plan on showing you just how loyal they are to our cause but I’m feeling quite generous today so I’m going to release you. Baron?”
With that, Baron Blitzkreig removed the shackles from Uncle Sam’s wrists. The star-spangled icon readied to start fighting when Dark Angle cast a spell that began transporting him elsewhere as Fausta continued speaking, “The Titans of Freedom are going to hunt you down like an animal but due to our long history together, I’m giving you a head start to run and hide! Goodbye Samuel!”
Suddenly, Uncle Sam found himself in the middle of Washington D.C. Panic had set in due to the attacking Axis forces and people were running rampant through the streets trying to find somewhere safe to hide.
“So Fausta wants me to run and hide, huh?” Uncle Sam, said, talking aloud to himself. “No way! I don’t care what the Silver Ghost has done to the Titans of Freedom. I’ll reason with them and help them shake off his control.”
Just then, the other nine members of the Titans of Freedom appeared a few yards away from the star-spangled icon, ready for the kill! They spotted their former leader and began converging on him.
Believing he could get through to his teammates, Uncle Sam called out, “Miss America, Ray, Phantom Lady….all of you, you gotta shake off the Silver Ghost’s control. This world is on the brink of disaster and we’re the only ones who can set things right!”
“Oh, we’re going to set things right alright,” began the Human Bomb, “By eradicating you off the face of the earth!” he said as he touched the ground in front of Uncle Sam, setting off an explosion that blew him a half a mile away. It took him a few minutes to pick himself up but as soon as Uncle Sam was standing again, more trouble was headed his way. The Black Condor descended in front of him and using his large wings, created a strong wind that blew the American icon into a stalled school bus that was behind him. Hermes then came speeding into Uncle Sam with the force of a sports utility vehicle, imbedding the star-spangled hero’s body into the stalled bus.
“Enough of this!” shouted Uncle Sam as he ripped his body free from the bus and grew to thirty feet tall. “Looks like I’m going to have to knock some sense into the lot of you!” he said as his giant hand knocked Miss America and The Ray out of the sky. He then stomped his right foot on the ground, causing a shockwave that threw the Human Bomb, the Black Condor, Hermes, and the others off balance. “I don’t want to hurt any of you but you’re not in your right minds. You’ve got to snap out of it so we can save this world!”
“We are saving the world….” argued Magno as he gestured his hands and sent several automobiles flying at Uncle Sam. In his giant size, the cars and trucks were more of a distraction than anything else but it gave the Titans of Freedom a chance to recover and launch their next round of attacks on their seemingly former leader.
The Ray was first to attack with a powerful laser to the star-spangled icon’s face, knocking him over and causing him to revert to normal size. The Titans of Freedom then began to surround Uncle Sam until a wall of fire came between them and the white-haired hero. A voice then shouted, “Get away from him!”
The Titans of Freedom and Uncle Sam looked up to see Firebrand floating in the air above them.
“I finally found you guys and it looks like the Silver Ghost is up to his old tricks,” concluded the red-head, noticing her allies’ condition. “Joan, Sandra, Roy….snap out of it! Earth X is going to pieces!”
Uncle Sam then asked, “Firebrand, where did you come from? Dark Angle is behind all of this and she enacted a spell that is keeping everyone from another earth off of Earth X.”
“I got here early this morning via our Titans’ teleport tube,” explained the flaming fury. “I must have arrived before she cast the spell. Sandra and Joan invited me over to catch up on old times but it looks like fate had another reason for me being here.”
“That it did,” agreed Phantom Lady as she fired her black-light bracelet in Firebrand’s face, blinding her as she continued on with, “You were obviously brought here to join Dark Angel’s cause in subjugating this planet to the Axis’ will!”
While Firebrand was blinded, the Black Condor flew behind her and used his wings to create a wind that was strong enough to douse her flames, causing her to fall from the sky. Once grounded, Miss America created a fireproof powder and smothered most of Firebrand’s body with it so she couldn’t activate her powers. “Now that I’ve taken care of you, it’s time for Uncle Sam,” pointed out the matter-transmuting heroine.
Offspring stretched his body around Uncle Sam’s wrists and ankles, immobilizing him as Miss America approached her former leader. “You are a threat to the mistress’ plans and therefore you must be eliminated.” She said as she held her right hand in front of Uncle Sam’s face and it started to glow.”
“JOAN – DON’T!” screamed Firebrand, who was being held tightly by the Living Doll and Magno.
Without further delay, Miss America used her powers to disintegrate Uncle Sam’s body into dust and the Spirit of America was no more……..
TO BE CONTINUED!