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Titans West Chapter 14 – “Revenge Is An Empty Cup part 2”
Written by: Green Lantern
Featured Artist: Christophe and Power Guy
Edited by: Power Guy
Dedicated to: Scotty2Hotty
Note: Part one of this story is in Titans East #49. Both parts of this story take place before Titans West #11.
The Los Angeles Center for Music and the Arts: North Wing Auditorium
Scott Trevor changed quickly into his next outfit for the fashion show. He knew that his performance was acceptable, but he was very distracted. He wasn’t enjoying the show at all. Isis’ words kept ringing in his ears. He wished the show would end so he could just go home.
[glow=yellow,,2,300]Beep! Beep! Beep![/glow]
“Wonder Man here,” answered the young model in a whisper.
“Wonder Man! This is GL. I hear that you’re in the area. We need you NOW,” said Green Lantern in an excited voice.
Scott Trevor made an excuse to a nearby model and was soon outside of the building in his battle suit. He noticed both Jemstone and Green Lantern fighing a beautiful woman in a teal dress. It seemed as if the alien were attacking Green Lantern in particular. With a speed that would rival the Man of Steel himself, Wonder Man leaped into the sky alongside his friends.
“What is going on here?” asked the son of Wonder Woman as he played ‘bullets and bracelets with the beams coming from the extra-terrestrial attacker.
“She says her name is Sultana,” explained Jemstone as she aimed a series of energy blasts toward the villainess. “She seems to have a ‘mad-on’ for GL.”
“Look lady, I’d like to help you, but I’ve never met you before in my life!” shouted the crimson and green clad hero.
“LIAR!” shouted Sinestro’s enraged daughter. A whitish glow emanated from the woman as she accused further, “I nearly died at your hands little more than a year ago and now you have the face to say you’ve never met me before? You cannot hide behind your new mask, bald man!”
A series of icicles hurled toward the three Titans.
“I think you have him mixed up with the former Green Lantern,” offered Jemstone as she deflected the blasts and returned her own rose-colored beams of light toward Sultana.
“Cowards!” shouted the angry woman, “Your lies will not extend the Green Lantern’s life any longer. Unless you want to die with him and Sonic Boom you’d best leave at once!”
“It’s not a lie!” shouted Wonder Man as he mentally summoned his invisible jet. “Green Lantern and Sonic Boom both just died a few weeks ago. They are gone.”
“I am the new Green Lantern,” said Scott Stone in introduction, “but I will be more than happy to personally kick your --“
WHAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
A blinding light burst hit Green Lantern directly in the stomach and sent him spiraling toward the ground. Wonder Man rushed to catch the former Starman and assist him to recovery.
WHAP!!!!!!!!!
Sultana’s body spun helplessly out of control in a skyward direction as a result of being hit from behind by the invisible jet.
Jemstone knew that the only hope of avoiding blood shed was to either quickly subdue their attacker or to convince her that the Green Lantern she sought was really dead. “I don’t know why I thought battling a female would be any easier than fighting a male,” she thought to herself.
Sultana soon recovered from her hit and sped at an alarming rate back toward the battle. Her eyes widened with rage as she was met by both Green Lantern Daniel Jordan and Sonic Boom flying toward her. The evil Korugarian beauty directed a charge at her two victims and both holographic images shattered in the sky.
“They are already dead,” said Jemstone as she approached her enemy cautiously. Jessica used her holographic powers to recreate the scene of the burials.
Sultana looked at the images and screeched, “I don’t believe you!”
Wonder Man and Green Lantern soon floated directly in front of the alien. In a courageous bid to end the battle, Scott Stone removed his green cowl to reveal a full-head of brown hair. “You have the wrong guy,” he said plainly.
Sultana levitated for a few moments in bewilderment. Then she roared with an alien cry such as none of the three heroes had ever heard before.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Green Lantern created ear plugs to protect his sensitive ears.
“They are MINE!” cried the embittered woman in tears. “They were to die at MY hands today. Who did this? WHO!?!”
“It was an unfortunate accident,” said Jemstone calmly.
“YOU LIE!!!!!!!!!!” accused Sultana.
“I wish I were lying,” said Jemstone as tears filled the corners of her eyes, “but they are truly gone.”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It cannot be!!!!!!! What am I going to do!?!!!”
“I know of a nice looney bin where you can take a chill pill, lady,” said Green Lantern as his ring created an emerald cage. “The sad truth is the Sting Ray beat you to them.”
Jemstone gave Green Lantern a very hard look. She had hoped to calm Sultana down long enough to subdue her.
“Who is he!?!” screamed the alien in an insane voice, “Where is he!?! I will make him pay dearly for what he has stolen from me!!!!!”
White bursts of energy light sent both Green Lantern and Jemstone flying uncontrollably from the scene. Wonder Man looked into the eyes of the alien beauty with pity. “First off, the Sting Ray is a woman and what did you think was going to happen today? Even if you did kill them, what would that accomplish? Revenge is an empty cup. They are dead, but you don’t feel any better. You are obviously consumed with vengeance, but what are you going to do now? Killing the Sting Ray won’t bring them back, and it won’t solve anything. Make peace with your loss, and go on with your life,” said the Amazonian Warrior-Prince as his two companions approached Sultana from behind.
Sinestro’s daughter whirled about with a great speed and put up a foce-field barrier. She looked directly into the eyes of the three heroes one-by-one. “If you are lying…
...if I EVER find out that you are protecting Green Lantern and Sonic Boom…the three of you will die with them.” Then the terrifying villainess vanished as if she had never been there.
Chills went up and down Scott Stone’s spine. “Well, I guess that’s that,” he said in an effort to cover his fear.
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Thirtty-five Minutes Later
Rising super-model Scott Trevor, world-wide famous vocal artist Jerrica Benton, and their slick looking unknown companion posed for a quick shot for the presses as they left the Los Angeles Center for Music and the Arts.
“Thanks for letting me tag along,” said Mr. Stone, “It was cool to be able to catch the last five minutes of your show. Scott.”
“It was an honor to have you,” said Mr. Trevor humbly.
“I was just so glad that no one in the building was hurt. It was so awesome that the publicity generated interest in my encore performance to aid in teaching women self-defense,” said an excited Jerrica Benton.
“I’m just glad that Satana - -“ began Green Lantern.
“SUL-tana,” corrected both Wonder Man and Jemstone.
“Whatever,” said Scott Stone, “anyway, I am just glad she’s gone and hope she never comes back again.”
“Yeah,” agreed Wonder Man, “Do you suppose that she might try to hunt down the Sting Ray?”
“Count on it,” affirmed Jemstone, “but lets postpone such dreadful thoughts for later. Right now I could use some down time. You guys up for a cup of coffee?”
Both men nodded their heads with a smile.
“Great!” said the rose-haired super-star as she whipped out her cell-phone and quickly pressed a couple of buttons. “Hey, Kristen? Jemstone…
…Doing great! Hey look I was wondering if you might be up for a double-date?”
Scott Stone’s heart froze as he cupped his hand beside his lips and mouthed to Wonder Man, “Is that Supergirl she’s talking to?” Scott Trevor shrugged his shoulder in reply.
“…that is unless Supergirl is on an important case,” said Jerrica with a wink to Green Lantern.
“…Well, Scott Trevor has just invited me for a casual cup of coffee at the Starbucks down the street from the Los Angeles Center for Music and the Arts,” continued the young heroine on her cell. Wonder Man cocked his head towards his female teammate with a raised eye brow.
“Yes, Wonder Man. He has invited me out on a spontaneous date,” said Jerrica with a wink to Scott Trevor. Jemstone’s grin widened as she continued, “and Scott Stone would like to invite you to come as his date. He would ask you himself, but he was pretty busy with last minute clean-up duty from our battle with Sultana. He can tell you all about it at Starbucks."
Scott Stone’s heart began racing wildly and his complexion instantly turned white. He felt as if he were dying a thousand deaths as Jemstone continued to listen to the other party on the cell phone.
“Perfect! Then it’s a date! Meet you there in fifteen?” asked Jerrica with the smile of success, “…okay then, see you there!”
Scott Stone stood still in his tracks. “What’s the matter, buddy? Cat got your tongue?” asked Scott Trevor.
The newest Green Lantern couldn’t even speak. Jemstone started giggling as she put her cell phone away. Scott Stone noticed the big smile on Wonder Man’s face. Not wanting to look ‘uncool’ in front of his celebrity friends, the former Starman thought to his new power ring, “Come on, you stupid ring! Help me talk!”
[glow=green,2,300] “HOLY CRAP!!!!” [/glow]came a loud voice from the power ring.
World famous stars Scott Trevor and Jerrica Benton stopped in shock.
[glow=green,2,300]“HOLY CRAP!!!!”[/glow]
Scott Stone had never been so embarrassed in all his life. “Uhhmmm, I apologize for the ring, guys…It has a mind of its own. Those words do not in any way reflect my thoughts…Really,” explained the young hero.
[glow=green,2,300]“Uhhmmm, I apologize for the ring, guys…It has a mind of its own. Those words do not in any way reflect my thoughts…Really.”[/glow]
Jemstone and Wonder Man burst out into laughter.
“So Scott, tell us how you really feel about having a date with Supergirl,” said Wonder Man teasingly.
[glow=green,2,300]“HOLY CRAP!!!!”[/glow]
“…let’s just get to Starbucks,” muttered Green Lantern, “…stupid ring…”
[glow=green,2,300]“HOLY CRAP!!!!”[/glow]
Jemstone and Wonder Man laughed all the way to Starbucks.
THE END
Written by: Green Lantern
Featured Artist: Christophe and Power Guy
Edited by: Power Guy
Dedicated to: Scotty2Hotty
Note: Part one of this story is in Titans East #49. Both parts of this story take place before Titans West #11.
The Los Angeles Center for Music and the Arts: North Wing Auditorium
Scott Trevor changed quickly into his next outfit for the fashion show. He knew that his performance was acceptable, but he was very distracted. He wasn’t enjoying the show at all. Isis’ words kept ringing in his ears. He wished the show would end so he could just go home.
[glow=yellow,,2,300]Beep! Beep! Beep![/glow]
“Wonder Man here,” answered the young model in a whisper.
“Wonder Man! This is GL. I hear that you’re in the area. We need you NOW,” said Green Lantern in an excited voice.
Scott Trevor made an excuse to a nearby model and was soon outside of the building in his battle suit. He noticed both Jemstone and Green Lantern fighing a beautiful woman in a teal dress. It seemed as if the alien were attacking Green Lantern in particular. With a speed that would rival the Man of Steel himself, Wonder Man leaped into the sky alongside his friends.
“What is going on here?” asked the son of Wonder Woman as he played ‘bullets and bracelets with the beams coming from the extra-terrestrial attacker.
“She says her name is Sultana,” explained Jemstone as she aimed a series of energy blasts toward the villainess. “She seems to have a ‘mad-on’ for GL.”
“Look lady, I’d like to help you, but I’ve never met you before in my life!” shouted the crimson and green clad hero.
“LIAR!” shouted Sinestro’s enraged daughter. A whitish glow emanated from the woman as she accused further, “I nearly died at your hands little more than a year ago and now you have the face to say you’ve never met me before? You cannot hide behind your new mask, bald man!”
A series of icicles hurled toward the three Titans.
“I think you have him mixed up with the former Green Lantern,” offered Jemstone as she deflected the blasts and returned her own rose-colored beams of light toward Sultana.
“Cowards!” shouted the angry woman, “Your lies will not extend the Green Lantern’s life any longer. Unless you want to die with him and Sonic Boom you’d best leave at once!”
“It’s not a lie!” shouted Wonder Man as he mentally summoned his invisible jet. “Green Lantern and Sonic Boom both just died a few weeks ago. They are gone.”
“I am the new Green Lantern,” said Scott Stone in introduction, “but I will be more than happy to personally kick your --“
WHAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
A blinding light burst hit Green Lantern directly in the stomach and sent him spiraling toward the ground. Wonder Man rushed to catch the former Starman and assist him to recovery.
WHAP!!!!!!!!!
Sultana’s body spun helplessly out of control in a skyward direction as a result of being hit from behind by the invisible jet.
Jemstone knew that the only hope of avoiding blood shed was to either quickly subdue their attacker or to convince her that the Green Lantern she sought was really dead. “I don’t know why I thought battling a female would be any easier than fighting a male,” she thought to herself.
Sultana soon recovered from her hit and sped at an alarming rate back toward the battle. Her eyes widened with rage as she was met by both Green Lantern Daniel Jordan and Sonic Boom flying toward her. The evil Korugarian beauty directed a charge at her two victims and both holographic images shattered in the sky.
“They are already dead,” said Jemstone as she approached her enemy cautiously. Jessica used her holographic powers to recreate the scene of the burials.
Sultana looked at the images and screeched, “I don’t believe you!”
Wonder Man and Green Lantern soon floated directly in front of the alien. In a courageous bid to end the battle, Scott Stone removed his green cowl to reveal a full-head of brown hair. “You have the wrong guy,” he said plainly.
Sultana levitated for a few moments in bewilderment. Then she roared with an alien cry such as none of the three heroes had ever heard before.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Green Lantern created ear plugs to protect his sensitive ears.
“They are MINE!” cried the embittered woman in tears. “They were to die at MY hands today. Who did this? WHO!?!”
“It was an unfortunate accident,” said Jemstone calmly.
“YOU LIE!!!!!!!!!!” accused Sultana.
“I wish I were lying,” said Jemstone as tears filled the corners of her eyes, “but they are truly gone.”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It cannot be!!!!!!! What am I going to do!?!!!”
“I know of a nice looney bin where you can take a chill pill, lady,” said Green Lantern as his ring created an emerald cage. “The sad truth is the Sting Ray beat you to them.”
Jemstone gave Green Lantern a very hard look. She had hoped to calm Sultana down long enough to subdue her.
“Who is he!?!” screamed the alien in an insane voice, “Where is he!?! I will make him pay dearly for what he has stolen from me!!!!!”
White bursts of energy light sent both Green Lantern and Jemstone flying uncontrollably from the scene. Wonder Man looked into the eyes of the alien beauty with pity. “First off, the Sting Ray is a woman and what did you think was going to happen today? Even if you did kill them, what would that accomplish? Revenge is an empty cup. They are dead, but you don’t feel any better. You are obviously consumed with vengeance, but what are you going to do now? Killing the Sting Ray won’t bring them back, and it won’t solve anything. Make peace with your loss, and go on with your life,” said the Amazonian Warrior-Prince as his two companions approached Sultana from behind.
Sinestro’s daughter whirled about with a great speed and put up a foce-field barrier. She looked directly into the eyes of the three heroes one-by-one. “If you are lying…
...if I EVER find out that you are protecting Green Lantern and Sonic Boom…the three of you will die with them.” Then the terrifying villainess vanished as if she had never been there.
Chills went up and down Scott Stone’s spine. “Well, I guess that’s that,” he said in an effort to cover his fear.
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Thirtty-five Minutes Later
Rising super-model Scott Trevor, world-wide famous vocal artist Jerrica Benton, and their slick looking unknown companion posed for a quick shot for the presses as they left the Los Angeles Center for Music and the Arts.
“Thanks for letting me tag along,” said Mr. Stone, “It was cool to be able to catch the last five minutes of your show. Scott.”
“It was an honor to have you,” said Mr. Trevor humbly.
“I was just so glad that no one in the building was hurt. It was so awesome that the publicity generated interest in my encore performance to aid in teaching women self-defense,” said an excited Jerrica Benton.
“I’m just glad that Satana - -“ began Green Lantern.
“SUL-tana,” corrected both Wonder Man and Jemstone.
“Whatever,” said Scott Stone, “anyway, I am just glad she’s gone and hope she never comes back again.”
“Yeah,” agreed Wonder Man, “Do you suppose that she might try to hunt down the Sting Ray?”
“Count on it,” affirmed Jemstone, “but lets postpone such dreadful thoughts for later. Right now I could use some down time. You guys up for a cup of coffee?”
Both men nodded their heads with a smile.
“Great!” said the rose-haired super-star as she whipped out her cell-phone and quickly pressed a couple of buttons. “Hey, Kristen? Jemstone…
…Doing great! Hey look I was wondering if you might be up for a double-date?”
Scott Stone’s heart froze as he cupped his hand beside his lips and mouthed to Wonder Man, “Is that Supergirl she’s talking to?” Scott Trevor shrugged his shoulder in reply.
“…that is unless Supergirl is on an important case,” said Jerrica with a wink to Green Lantern.
“…Well, Scott Trevor has just invited me for a casual cup of coffee at the Starbucks down the street from the Los Angeles Center for Music and the Arts,” continued the young heroine on her cell. Wonder Man cocked his head towards his female teammate with a raised eye brow.
“Yes, Wonder Man. He has invited me out on a spontaneous date,” said Jerrica with a wink to Scott Trevor. Jemstone’s grin widened as she continued, “and Scott Stone would like to invite you to come as his date. He would ask you himself, but he was pretty busy with last minute clean-up duty from our battle with Sultana. He can tell you all about it at Starbucks."
Scott Stone’s heart began racing wildly and his complexion instantly turned white. He felt as if he were dying a thousand deaths as Jemstone continued to listen to the other party on the cell phone.
“Perfect! Then it’s a date! Meet you there in fifteen?” asked Jerrica with the smile of success, “…okay then, see you there!”
Scott Stone stood still in his tracks. “What’s the matter, buddy? Cat got your tongue?” asked Scott Trevor.
The newest Green Lantern couldn’t even speak. Jemstone started giggling as she put her cell phone away. Scott Stone noticed the big smile on Wonder Man’s face. Not wanting to look ‘uncool’ in front of his celebrity friends, the former Starman thought to his new power ring, “Come on, you stupid ring! Help me talk!”
[glow=green,2,300] “HOLY CRAP!!!!” [/glow]came a loud voice from the power ring.
World famous stars Scott Trevor and Jerrica Benton stopped in shock.
[glow=green,2,300]“HOLY CRAP!!!!”[/glow]
Scott Stone had never been so embarrassed in all his life. “Uhhmmm, I apologize for the ring, guys…It has a mind of its own. Those words do not in any way reflect my thoughts…Really,” explained the young hero.
[glow=green,2,300]“Uhhmmm, I apologize for the ring, guys…It has a mind of its own. Those words do not in any way reflect my thoughts…Really.”[/glow]
Jemstone and Wonder Man burst out into laughter.
“So Scott, tell us how you really feel about having a date with Supergirl,” said Wonder Man teasingly.
[glow=green,2,300]“HOLY CRAP!!!!”[/glow]
“…let’s just get to Starbucks,” muttered Green Lantern, “…stupid ring…”
[glow=green,2,300]“HOLY CRAP!!!!”[/glow]
Jemstone and Wonder Man laughed all the way to Starbucks.
THE END