Titans of Justice Unlimited Chapter 2 – “The Second Coming Part 2”
Written by: Power Guy
Art by: Redorion4
Theme-song video by: Stew
Edited by: Marcus Mebes


The Hall of Justice…

The large group of heroes began to talk amongst themselves, not knowing how soon the meeting would continue with Power Guy and the others having to rush off.

The Arachnid nudged Starman with his elbow. “How long are we gonna have to sit here?”

“What’s the rush? You got a hot date tonight?” asked Starman.

“I’m hungry and word has it that the new Flash and Velocity already cleaned off the appetizer table,” replied the Arachnid.

“They’re super-speedsters. They both have hyper-metabolisms,” informed Starman.

“Yeah but I’m a super nut-case and I need comfort food right about now,” retorted the Arachnid.

Just then, Wonder Man took the (still damaged) podium. “Power Guy asked me to continue in his place. We’d like to make you all aware of a few things. First up, we have ten field leaders in place for the new team: Atmosphere, Black Vulcan, Dark Arrow, Green Lantern, Nightvision, Nucleus, Queen Bee, Power Guy, and myself.






















Power Guy is our senior leader. The ten of us were chosen by the original membership of the team due to our past leadership experience or the situational leadership we’ve displayed in the team’s short history. Next up, the Huntress here,” Wonder Man said, putting his arm around the Dark Knight’s daughter who had made her way up to the podium, “will be in charge of training our younger members as part of the new Super Friends program. We’ve chosen the following people to be a part of this exciting opportunity: Power Lad, Stellar, Air Wave, Wonder Girl, Whirlpool, Velocity, Hawkgirl, White Wraith, and the Arachnid.”

“What???” exclaimed the Arachnid in disbelief. “Junior team, schmoonior team!!! I’ve earned my place among the big boys. No way am I taking a downgrade,” he said, storming his way up to Wonder Man.

“I’m sorry Arachnid, the leadership thought you could benefit from some extra training,” defended Wonder Man.

“Uh-uh. No way! Won’t do it,” argued the bug-themed hero. “Who saved Green Lantern from Sinestro six months ago?

Wonder Man just stood there silent, hoping his silence would bring about an end to the scene the Arachnid was making.

“Exactly!” shouted the Arachnid. “And that’s final,” he said barging off.

“Ok then, we’ll be taking the Arachnid off the list,” smiled a slightly irritated Wonder Man.

Sargona put her hand on Wonder Man’s shoulder and whispered. “Don’t let Stink Bug get to you Scott. He’s always complaining about something. Besides,” she giggled, “he’s still going by the name Arachnid, when he’s got BUG-themed powers.”

The Huntress then took the stand. “I’m thrilled to be working with our young heroes, helping to shape and mold them into our successors. Each of them shows tremendous promise and I have no doubt that this new training program will help them master their skills and abilities to help them advance to the next level.”

Wonder Man returned to the stand. “Next up, I want to make all of you aware that when we remodeled the Hall of Justice, we put in enough rooms for all of you, should you need to stay here temporarily or on a more permanent basis. Lastly, in an effort to get everyone more acquainted with one another, Wonder Warrior and I are hosting a big bash at our new condo on Saturday night. Over twenty-one only please!”

A few minutes later, Green Lantern approached Argos, who was looking a bit irritated. “Argos, you look upset. Is something bothering you?”

“I make myself known to you heroes and I got passed on for the first battle. Ridiculous!” grumbled the New God.

“Don’t feel so disappointed. There are a lot of us here that were passed on,” Green Lantern said, trying to boost Argos’ spirits. “We can’t send this whole army into every situation or we could risk creating more problems by getting in each other’s way. We learned that on a mission down in Louisiana. Don’t take this so hard. I’m sure you’ll get your chance to shine.”

“Hmph… I’d better. A warrior’s talents are best used in the heat of battle, not standing around chit-chatting with his fellow soldiers.”

As Green Lantern walked away, Sonic Boom approached him and whispered, “Something tells me Argos is going to be a difficult one.”

Several feet away at the water-cooler, the Huntress was filling her glass. She was dying of thirst.

Blackbird walked up behind her and offered, “Congratulations, Huntress. Those kids couldn’t have a better teacher.”

“Thanks,” responded the Huntress, flatly as she started to walk away.

“Running off so quick? You could give your fellow teammate the wrong impression by acting like that.”

“You didn’t get the wrong impression, trust me,” the Huntress said as she continued walking.

Nightvision then walked up to Blackbird, “Hey honey, getting comfortable here?”

“Yes. Everyone’s been very nice to me… except for the Huntress,” replied Blackbird. “I get the feeling she doesn’t care for me.”

“Remember who her father is,” advised Nightvision. “It just takes her a while to warm up to new people.”

“If you say so,” Blackbird said, still in doubt.

***

Salem, MA…

Vulcan stood with a malicious grin on his face, having proved victorious over Lord Fate. “So ends the legacy of my most hated enemy!” shouted the fiery villain. “That’s what Nabu gets for sending this pretender after me! When I demand the real Doctor Fate, I shall accept no substitutes!!!”





“You’re going to pay for killing Lord Fate, Vulcan!” promised Wonder Warrior as he flew full-force into his opponent, knocking him over.

Vulcan quickly counter-attacked with a punch to Wonder Warrior’s jaw, sending him flying off the villain. “Fool! I shall pay no-one!” he shouted while getting up.

The rest of the Titans started to approach Vulcan but were stopped dead in their tracks by a wall of fire that the murderer of Lord Fate quickly erected.

“Keep away or you will all be burned like moths in a flame!” threatened Vulcan.

“I’m not done with you Vulcan!” threatened Wonder Warrior, drawing his sword. He quickly swung the blade made of Amazonian steel at Vulcan which the villain intercepted with his immense axe.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The two opponents were locked in battle, each trying to get past the other’s weapon.

Upon realizing that this was getting him nowhere, Wonder Warrior thought of a new idea. He surrounded Vulcan with a sphere made from the Lansinar.

Vulcan’s axe slammed against the invisible field and knocked him on his backside. “Argh… what is this?!” he demanded, angrily.

“It’s called Lansinar and I’m betting you only have about two minutes left of air,” presumed Wonder Warrior. “I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that fire eats up oxygen very quickly. Now come along quietly before you pass out.”

Vulcan didn’t let up. He kept swinging his axe furiously at his invisible prison. Over and over again, his axe slammed into the invisible wall, finally producing a crack, then ultimately shattering the bubble.

As the sphere broke, it sent a wicked feedback into Wonder Warrior. “ARRRGH!!!” he screamed as he collapsed.

“Wonder Warrior!” yelled Kid Comet, rushing to his former leader’s side to make sure he was still alive. “Thank God! He’s got a pulse.”

“You may not be able to say the same about Vulcan in a few minutes,” threatened the Scorpion, lunging at Vulcan. “You like to play rough, big boy? Here’s a brass-knuckle in the face!” she said, punching the fiery villain.

The two gladiators began exchanging blows, each becoming madder as the seconds passed.

Power Storm flew up behind Vulcan and shot an atomic-blast at him. “Suck on this, Vulcan!”

The powerful blast knocked Vulcan off of the roof of the building, causing him to crash into the ground below. Besides being a bit shaken, Vulcan was unharmed and promptly picked himself up. He then punched a corner of the building the Titans were standing on, causing it to collapse.

“Everyone – move!” commanded Power Guy.

“I’ve got Wonder Warrior,” noted Kid Comet.

“Need a lift, Scorpion?” asked Power Storm as he picked up the female powerhouse.

While flying from the building, Hawkgirl noticed, “There are people still inside!”

“Oh no!” yelled Kid Comet as he directed his telekinesis towards the building. He had never tried something of this magnitude before but there was no other choice. Stretching a telekinetic field around the structure, he tried to brace it while the other heroes zoomed into the building trying to get all of the people out.

Hawkgirl used her mace to smash through a window and pulled a scared couple to safety while Power Guy searched the building at super-speed, recovering the rest of those trapped inside. Lucky for the heroes, there were only a total of five people trapped inside who were all rescued before Kid Comet could not hold the building together any longer and was forced to let it collapse upon itself.

After the situation had been dealt with, the heroes located Vulcan a few miles north, walking through the city, leaving a fiery trail behind him.

“Your path of destruction stops here, Vulcan,” Power Guy said, standing in front of the cause of the city’s destruction, as his eyes started to glow red. He fired a red-hot blast of heat-vision at his opponent, scoring a direct hit.

Vulcan seemed unaffected by the blast so the young Kryptonian kept it up, hoping to finally burn through the villain’s armor.

“How can he withstand my heat-vision?” Power Guy asked himself.

“Fool! I am fire and heat personified!” revealed the killer of Lord Fate. “There is no flame on earth that can burn me!” Vulcan then began to swing his axe in the air eventually forming a whirlwind vortex of flames.

“Good Lord! He’s created a fire-tornado!” shouted Kid Comet in disbelief. “How are we going to stop that?!”

“You guys, work on the tornado. I’ll keep Vulcan busy,” vowed Hawkgirl, flying towards the villain and bashing his head with her mace. “HAAA!” This was the first time she had encountered an earth-villain and she wasn’t about to hold back… especially after what Vulcan had done to Lord Fate and the city. She kept swinging her mace at the villain relentlessly, hitting him several times in the face.

“We can’t leave her here alone,” Power Storm said, feeling torn.

“We don’t have a choice, Scotty. If we don’t, that tornado will destroy the entire city,” Power Guy said flying towards the flaming twister. Power Storm and others were quick to follow.

The blows from her mace had left Vulcan disoriented and furious. He raised his right hand and back-handed the young heroine, causing her to fly into a newspaper stand about a block away.

Vulcan then proceeded forward towards Hawkgirl to finish her off.

Meanwhile down the road, Power Guy and the others were doing their best to clear people, cars, and other items out of the path of the whirlwind.

“It’s burning up everything it touches!” pointed out the recently revived Wonder Warrior, while forming an invisible wall in front of the tornado. “d**n it! It’s almost like it’s climbing over the wall. I can’t hold it back much longer!”

“Chris! Try doing what you did to Vulcan on the tornado!” suggested Power Guy.

“You mean bottle it up?” asked Wonder Warrior.

“Yeah. It’s detached from Vulcan so there’s nothing to fuel the fire,” replied Power Guy.

Wonder Warrior took his teammate’s advice and stretched a sphere of Lansinar around the immense twister.

“Can you lift it?” asked Kid Comet.

“Yeah, but what good will that do?” Wonder Warrior asked curiously.

“I think I know what Kid Comet is thinking,” Power Guy said, flying towards the sphere.

“Guys, don’t waste the effort,” Power Storm said, following his second cousin. “I can’t believe I didn’t think of this sooner. Wonder Warrior, make two small openings in your sphere so I can fit my hands through.”

Wonder Warrior, while confused, did just as the nuclear man asked.

Power Storm then placed his hands inside the sphere and transmuted the oxygen inside the sphere into water, dousing the flaming twister and abruptly putting it out. Once finished, Power Storm commented, “I couldn’t turn all of the air in the city into water but this small confined area was a piece of cake!”

“Simple, but effective,” commented the Scorpion.

***

While her teammates were busy handling the tornado, Hawkgirl lay dazed from the blow she had received from Vulcan.

As Vulcan stepped closer towards her, he began, “I grow tired of these irritants. The only way to get rid of you is to burn you to smoking ash!” He then raised his flaming axe into the air, ready to kill.

Seemingly out of nowhere, the Helmet of Nabu appeared and floated in front of Vulcan. Arcane energy spewed from within and started to swirl about.

“Ehh… what is this new annoyance?” growled Vulcan.

As the mystical energy started to take the form of a body under the helmet, a voice spoke to him. “This annoyance will be your downfall Vulcan. I have been sleeping for far too long. Others have come and gone, fighting my battle for me, yet the doctor must come back to work and administer the medicine that only I can.”

Vulcan’s eyes grew wide in shock as the being standing before him was his oldest and most hated enemy, Kent Nelson, the original Dr. Fate!





TO BE CONTINUED