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Titans of Justice: Super Friends #1 - “Vertigo”
Written By: Whirlpool
Edited By: Power Guy
The Hall of Justice…
“Why do I have to attend these stupid meetings, Pee Gee? I hate hanging around with this bunch of super-geeks…”
“Because these ‘super-geeks’ are training to be superheroes just like you, Ahli. Oh, and because I told you to go. No Super Friends, no heroics.”
Power Lad moaned as he landed outside the Hall of Justice. Power Guy grinned to himself as his annoyed protégé barged his way into the Hall, quietly muttering under his breath.
“There is one upside to this though, I guess…” Power Lad thought aloud to himself, striding past the other teenaged heroes who had gathered for their first meeting in over a month. “Wonder Babe has to come, too!”
“I heard that, you pervert!” Wonder Girl shouted from the breakfast bar. Totem giggled as Wonder Girl stood up, ready to face Power Lad.
“I don’t like that tone of voice,” Power Lad grinned, leaning against the bar casually. “Most girls kiss my feet when I compliment them.”
“Kiss this, Power Lad!” Wonder Girl aimed her fist at the cocky teenager, but Totem stepped in and held the girl back.
“Calm down, Donna!” Totem warned through gritted teeth, “you don’t want to do anything you’ll regret!”
Wonder Girl lowered her fist and glared at Power Lad. “Your right…I wouldn’t want to get my hands dirty on filth such as him.”
From the seating area, Whirlpool, Air Wave and White Wraith looked on at the super strong pair of sidekicks. Whirlpool laughed as Wonder Girl tried to punch the boy, and Air Wave asked for popcorn, jokingly. White Wraith, however, was not as amused.
“Such foolishness and immaturity…I do not know why I kept my promise to stay on this embarrassing team.”
“You just need to lighten up a bit, Wraith,” Whirlpool smiled, turning around to face his companion. His hood cast a long shadow down his face so that nobody could see him. Whirlpool knew that the White Wraith was friendly and could try harder to fit in…but apparently the protégé of the Spectre didn’t like socializing.
“I would lighten up if I found these people enlightening, friend,” White Wraith replied sarcastically.
Just as Whirlpool was about to respond, he found himself staring as Hawgirl walked past him.
“Uh…hi, Hawkgirl,” Whirlpool greeted, standing up to his full height. Air Wave looked up as Hawkgirl did not respond. She glared at the Atlantean boy, before walking off silently.
“She’s not a girl of many words, is she?” Air Wave laughed, as Whirlpool turned a violent shade of red.
Meanwhile, two people were entering the Hall together. Stellar grinned, excited about the latest meeting, whilst Bulletboy bought up the rear, looking around nervously.
“Are you sure I should come again, Stellar? Remember last time when Nightvision got mad at you?”
“Ah, don’t worry about it, Bulletboy,” Stellar replied, surveying the monitors. “Huntress gave you permission to join. I’m sure Nightvision was just having a bad day…”
“If you say so, dude…”
Stellar and Bulletboy joined the boys on the couch, when Kai-Ro burst angrily into the room from the dormitories provided in the Hall.
“Alright, which one of you brats stole my signed photograph of the Huntress?!”
The room fell silent. Everybody’s heads turned towards Power Lad automatically.
“What?” Power Lad shrugged, “don’t accuse me! I don’t need a photograph of the Huntress! I can see the real thing whenever I like!” Power Lad pointed to his eyes, suggesting his X-Ray vision.
“I hope that’s not me your talking about, Power Lad.”
Everybody turned around as The Huntress entered the Hall, followed by Kid Comet and Starman.
“Huntress!” Kai-Ro marched towards the Dark Knight’s daughter. “One of these immature fools has stolen my property!”
“Oh yeah? Prove it!” Power Lad interjected. “Who’s to say it was one of us? It could have been anyone?”
“The Hall has been empty since 5am this morning when Nucleus went home from monitor duty,” Starman replied. “I doubt he would have stolen anything. Now c’mon, one of you own up.”
“Now let’s not jump to conclusions,” Kid Comet interrupted. Power Lad, Kai-Ro and the adults began arguing amongst themselves about the stolen photograph, until Totem stood up.
“I was the first here this morning. I can assure you nobody has been in Kai-Ro’s bedroom but himself.”
Kid Comet quickly scanned the girl’s mind for any lies. She was telling the honest truth.
“Totem doesn’t lie. Kai-Ro, perhaps you just misplaced it.”
Kai-Ro looked down at the floor angrily. He wasn’t the type of guy to misplace his things, especially as valuable as his signed photograph of his crush.
“Now, can we get back on subject?” Huntress asked the group. “I bought Kid Comet and Starman here today to help with practicing defensive tactics. Now, if you’ll make your way to the -”
Suddenly, the Hall’s monitor began to beep loudly.
“And we have trouble…” Starman sighed, running over to the monitor. Chatter spread throughout the Super Friends, as they wondered what the problem was.
“We’ve got a problem in downtown Star City. Prince Vertigo is at it again and Dark Arrow, Sonic Boom, and Trickshot are all out of the country pursuing Lady Shiva‘s daughter!” Starman explained. Kid Comet and Huntress both sighed. Prince Vertigo was hardly the toughest villain.
“We’re going to have to cancel, Huntress. Me and Kid Comet will take care of the idiot,” Starman said, preparing to leave.
“Wait a minute!”
The adults turned around to see Wonder Girl marching forward.
“If this Prince is such a pushover, why don’t we use him as our first training exercise?”
The Super Friends all agreed, some smiling in excitement. Kid Comet looked at Starman, who looked at Huntress. “We might as well…”
“Alright,” Huntress agreed. “Guys, get ready. Let’s go and finish Prince Vertigo!”
***
Star City…
The Super Friends and their mentors arrived in Star City in no time at all thanks to the teleportation tubes located in the Hall. They were standing on top of the Star City Gazette watching Prince Vertigo hold a bank hostage. He was using his powers to make the policemen around him become nauseous and even fall unconscious.
“So, he can make people projectile vomit…?” Hawkgirl asked, swinging her mace around her index finger.
“Hey, watch it!” Kai-Ro moaned, “you’re gonna hit somebody with that d**n mace!”
Hawkgirl scowled as she stopped swinging her mace around.
“Aren’t you acting a little safely, Kai-Ro?” Air Wave asked, keeping his eye on the crime scene. “Last time I checked, you were risking other people’s lives to save your own…”
Whirlpool sighed. Air Wave was obviously referring to the time when the three of them and his younger sister, Tula, had to escape from a cave in Atlantis - and Kai-Ro had endangered everyone’s lives to save himself from an avalanche.
“Drop it, Air Wave,” Kid Comet warned. The teen fell silent as Hawkgirl prepared a grapple.
“Alright, here’s the plan. We’re going to split into three teams -”
“Why?” Starman complained. “He’s not exactly the most difficult villain! Just let the kids rush him and -”
“Look what he’s done to the police officers,” Huntress pointed to a squad who were lying in a pool of vomit. “He did that with little to no effort! He’s obviously gotten stronger…”
Starman held up his hands in defeat.
“Ok, so three teams. Wonder Girl, Kai-Ro and Bulletboy, your with me in close combat. I want Whirlpool, Air Wave and Stellar with Starman on long distance. Power Lad, Hawkgirl, Totem and White Wraith, go with Kid Comet. Your our backup incase we fail.”
“Is that what we are now?” Power Lad whined as the group disbanded. “Back-up? I’m telling ya, I’m the strongest person on this pathetic team!”
“Shut up, Power Lad…” White Wraith warned. Totem pulled at her hair to stop herself from screaming.
“Huntress, you definitely have your hands full…” Kid Comet remarked.
“I know…I just hope we can get over this petty arguing before a real threat shows up…” she replied. “Good luck.”
Kid Comet nodded as she swung away, listening to Power Lad, White Wraith and Totem insult each other.
***
“Who dares stand in the way of Prince Vertigo! Noone!” Prince Vertigo laughed as his goons threw bags of cash into a white truck.
“No Sonic Boom and Dark Arrow today, huh? Maybe you’ve realised that I’m not to be messed with! All this money…all mine…without any hassle whatsoever!”
“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, Vertigo!” Huntress shouted as she led her team into battle.
“Oh finally, somebody to play with,” he grinned, as Huntress ran forward. Just as she reached him, Prince Vertigo put his hand around her head and used his powers. Huntress screamed as she drooped to the floor.
“So sick…so…dizzy! So - BLEURGH!”
Wonder Girl looked away as Huntress vomited on the ground and passed out.
“That’s just nasty!” Bulletboy grimaced, as Kai-Ro ran forward.
“Don’t worry Huntress! I’m coming to save you!”
Kai-Ro turned invisible, hoping that Prince Vertigo couldn’t track him. However, the Prince used his powers to cover the short distance all the way around him. Kai-Ro suddenly appeared once more, frothing at the mouth.
“What’s up with him?” Wonder Girl asked as he fell to his knees.
“He’s Venusian,” Starman replied, as his team flew into help. “It must have different effects! Come on everybody, give him your best!”
Prince Vertigo scowled as his chest was hit with a powerful jet of water, his ears hit with a high-pitched sound reminiscent of the Black Canary’s sonic scream, and an energy bolt at his legs. The Prince seemed to be defeated, when he lifted his arm and send a shocking wave of nausea through everybody. Wonder Girl held onto Bulletboy to keep her steady, and Whirlpool tripped over his own feet and banged his head on the road. Luckily for Stellar, he managed to create a force-field around him and Air Wave before they could be affected.
“Looks like I’ll have to intervene!” Starman shouted, ready to use his Cosmic Rod to hopefully finish off the villain. However, before he could even act, he was hit with a blast of Prince Vertigo’s wave, knocking him out too.
“Oh wow, it’s our turn!” Totem grinned. “Falcon!” she shouted, throwing herself off the Star City Gazette into a beautiful glide. Kid Comet, White Wraith, Hawkgirl and Power Lad followed straight after.
White Wraith stopped halfway down and blasted Prince Vertigo with a bolt of magic. The Prince was too fast for him though, and fired his own wave at the boy.
“How is he matching my strength?” White Wraith thought as Hawkgirl swooped below him.
“Your power is remarkable, kid,” Prince Vertigo complimented as the magic began to overpower his wave of nausea. “Looks like you win this one!”
Prince Vertigo leapt out of the way so that the bolt of magic rebounded off the road and bounced back at him. Hawkgirl screamed as the magic hit her square in the chest, sending her flying backwards. White Wraith gasped as she flew into him with such force that they were both sent flying back through the Star City Gazette’s windows, landing in an office. A red haired man jumped from his seat in surprise.
“Wilson, what was that noise?” a man shouted from outside his office. Ron Wilson looked on in shock as Hawkgirl sat up and took off her mask.
“Oh, it’s on now…” Hawkgirl growled, trying to stand up. However, her knees buckled and she fell back down onto White Wraith, who screamed in agony.
“Oh crap…” Kid Comet cursed as his group flew closer to the villain. “Ok guys, wait behind me!”
Kid Comet used his telekenesis to pick up Prince Vertigo’s truck full of money. He levitated it in front of them like a shield, and flew towards Prince Vertigo.
“Does that count as brutal force?” Totem wandered aloud. Power Lad laughed as Kid Comet hurled the truck at the villain. Prince Vertigo laughed as he flew out of the way.
“Did I mention I knew how to fly?”
“It won’t help you once I’m done with ya!” Power Lad shouted, flying at him at full speed.
“Foolish boy!” Vertigo grinned, moving out of the way at the last second. Power Lad said “uh-oh” just as he crashed into the road, leaving a Power Lad-shaped dent. Distracted, Kid Comet screamed when Prince Vertigo caught him off guard with his vertigo powers.
“NO!” Totem shouted, flying away from the villain.
“You can’t run forever, girl,” Prince Vertigo frowned, giving chase. Suddenly, he was punched by a force powerful enough to send him flying into a building!
“What the…?” Prince Vertigo tried to regain feeling as Wonder Girl floated in front of him. “You!”
“I guess you forgot about me, huh?” Wonder Girl flew forward and grabbed Prince Vertigo by the neck. She threw him down to the ground, where Whirlpool hit him with a blast of pressurized water. Still groggy, he wasn’t expecting the tackle from Bulletboy. Just as he was about to regain his footing, Totem borrowed the powers of an elephant and sat on him, taking him out for good.
Civilians cheered as the Super Friends (or, what was left of them) reassembled in the middle of the road. Kid Comet, Starman, Huntress and Kai-Ro were all unconscious on the floor. Hawkgirl and White Wraith were still in Ron Wilson’s office, unable to get up from the bolt of magic.
News reporters took several shots of the Super Friends and some even tried to interview them. One of them stepped forward and held a microphone to Whirlpool’s mouth.
“So then kid, tell us! Who are you?”
Whirlpool looked at his team-mates, not knowing what to say. Yes, they were part of the Titans of Justice, but they had come together as their own team in the end. However, Power Lad barged the Atlantean out of the way and spoke into the camera.
“WE ARE THE SUPER FRIENDS!”
The news teams became even more frantic, questioning the protégé of Power Guy about the team. Wonder Girl jumped as a man tapped her on the back.
“Huh? Who are you?” She asked. The whole team turned around. The man had curly, blonde hair that ended just below his ear. He was wearing a black suit that seemed to shine in the sun. He looked very smart, and judging by his entourage, he was very rich.
“Good morning, “Super Friends.” My name is William Hopford. I’m the owner of the Golden Sands seaside resort.”
“Golden Sands? I’ve…never heard of such a place,” Whirlpool pointed out. “And I’ve been to just about every seaside resort on this side of the country during my commute to Atlantis and back…”
“The Golden Sands resort is in England…Whirlpool?”
“So, what do you want with us?” Stellar asked. He was suspicious of the man standing in front of them.
“You seem like just the people to advertise the new hotel I have opened up on the resort - The Hotel Grand.”
“Very original,” Bulletboy coughed, earning a chuckle from Air Wave.
“You will stay in our penthouse suites for no charge. Have access to all of our five star facilities…”
“Wow, I‘m so excited…” Power Lad sarcastically rudely interrupted.
“As well as free VIP passes to our 5-acre theme park situated on site.”
“WE’RE IN!” Power Lad shouted, shaking hands with the businessman.
“Wait a minute…” Totem was still suspicious of the guy. “How are we supposed to get there? And what do you want in return?”
“You will travel with me on my very own private jet tomorrow when I return for the grand opening. All you’ll have to do is cut the ribbon, say a few words to our visitors, and the rest of the weekend is yours.”
“Uhh…can we discuss this for a moment?” Whirlpool asked. William Hopford nodded as the group turned their back on him and formed a huddle.
“What do you guys think?” Whirlpool asked.
“Let’s do it! A free vacation!” Power Lad laughed.
“We don’t even know who he is…” Stellar added.
“But that penthouse suite!” Air Wave grinned.
“How do we even know this Golden Sands resort even exists?” Totem asked.
“It would be good publicity!” Wonder Girl added.
“I don’t know…” Whirlpool said.
“For once in your fishy life, take a risk Aqualad!” Power Lad sighed, staring at the boy. “What’s the worst that can happen? We get kidnapped? Please, we can beat up whatever that guy gives us!”
Whirlpool thought about it for a moment.
“Fine…but on one condition. Nobody outside of this circle finds out! Not the Titans of Justice, not nobody! If anybody asks, we decided to take the weekend off after this “exhausting” battle…”
“Exhausting? More like disgusting!” Wonder Girl frowned. “All this vomit is making me want to crawl up and die!”
“Hey! Who made you leader anyway?” Air Wave pointed out, staring at Whirlpool.
“Uhh…I’m the oldest. So there,” Whirlpool laughed. Everybody rolled their eyes as they got out of the huddle.
“Have you kids come to a decision then?” William Hopford asked.
“We’re in,” Whirlpool grinned, as he shook the businessman’s hand.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Titans of Justice: Super Friends #1 - “Vertigo”
Written By: Whirlpool
Edited By: Power Guy
The Hall of Justice…
“Why do I have to attend these stupid meetings, Pee Gee? I hate hanging around with this bunch of super-geeks…”
“Because these ‘super-geeks’ are training to be superheroes just like you, Ahli. Oh, and because I told you to go. No Super Friends, no heroics.”
Power Lad moaned as he landed outside the Hall of Justice. Power Guy grinned to himself as his annoyed protégé barged his way into the Hall, quietly muttering under his breath.
“There is one upside to this though, I guess…” Power Lad thought aloud to himself, striding past the other teenaged heroes who had gathered for their first meeting in over a month. “Wonder Babe has to come, too!”
“I heard that, you pervert!” Wonder Girl shouted from the breakfast bar. Totem giggled as Wonder Girl stood up, ready to face Power Lad.
“I don’t like that tone of voice,” Power Lad grinned, leaning against the bar casually. “Most girls kiss my feet when I compliment them.”
“Kiss this, Power Lad!” Wonder Girl aimed her fist at the cocky teenager, but Totem stepped in and held the girl back.
“Calm down, Donna!” Totem warned through gritted teeth, “you don’t want to do anything you’ll regret!”
Wonder Girl lowered her fist and glared at Power Lad. “Your right…I wouldn’t want to get my hands dirty on filth such as him.”
From the seating area, Whirlpool, Air Wave and White Wraith looked on at the super strong pair of sidekicks. Whirlpool laughed as Wonder Girl tried to punch the boy, and Air Wave asked for popcorn, jokingly. White Wraith, however, was not as amused.
“Such foolishness and immaturity…I do not know why I kept my promise to stay on this embarrassing team.”
“You just need to lighten up a bit, Wraith,” Whirlpool smiled, turning around to face his companion. His hood cast a long shadow down his face so that nobody could see him. Whirlpool knew that the White Wraith was friendly and could try harder to fit in…but apparently the protégé of the Spectre didn’t like socializing.
“I would lighten up if I found these people enlightening, friend,” White Wraith replied sarcastically.
Just as Whirlpool was about to respond, he found himself staring as Hawgirl walked past him.
“Uh…hi, Hawkgirl,” Whirlpool greeted, standing up to his full height. Air Wave looked up as Hawkgirl did not respond. She glared at the Atlantean boy, before walking off silently.
“She’s not a girl of many words, is she?” Air Wave laughed, as Whirlpool turned a violent shade of red.
Meanwhile, two people were entering the Hall together. Stellar grinned, excited about the latest meeting, whilst Bulletboy bought up the rear, looking around nervously.
“Are you sure I should come again, Stellar? Remember last time when Nightvision got mad at you?”
“Ah, don’t worry about it, Bulletboy,” Stellar replied, surveying the monitors. “Huntress gave you permission to join. I’m sure Nightvision was just having a bad day…”
“If you say so, dude…”
Stellar and Bulletboy joined the boys on the couch, when Kai-Ro burst angrily into the room from the dormitories provided in the Hall.
“Alright, which one of you brats stole my signed photograph of the Huntress?!”
The room fell silent. Everybody’s heads turned towards Power Lad automatically.
“What?” Power Lad shrugged, “don’t accuse me! I don’t need a photograph of the Huntress! I can see the real thing whenever I like!” Power Lad pointed to his eyes, suggesting his X-Ray vision.
“I hope that’s not me your talking about, Power Lad.”
Everybody turned around as The Huntress entered the Hall, followed by Kid Comet and Starman.
“Huntress!” Kai-Ro marched towards the Dark Knight’s daughter. “One of these immature fools has stolen my property!”
“Oh yeah? Prove it!” Power Lad interjected. “Who’s to say it was one of us? It could have been anyone?”
“The Hall has been empty since 5am this morning when Nucleus went home from monitor duty,” Starman replied. “I doubt he would have stolen anything. Now c’mon, one of you own up.”
“Now let’s not jump to conclusions,” Kid Comet interrupted. Power Lad, Kai-Ro and the adults began arguing amongst themselves about the stolen photograph, until Totem stood up.
“I was the first here this morning. I can assure you nobody has been in Kai-Ro’s bedroom but himself.”
Kid Comet quickly scanned the girl’s mind for any lies. She was telling the honest truth.
“Totem doesn’t lie. Kai-Ro, perhaps you just misplaced it.”
Kai-Ro looked down at the floor angrily. He wasn’t the type of guy to misplace his things, especially as valuable as his signed photograph of his crush.
“Now, can we get back on subject?” Huntress asked the group. “I bought Kid Comet and Starman here today to help with practicing defensive tactics. Now, if you’ll make your way to the -”
Suddenly, the Hall’s monitor began to beep loudly.
“And we have trouble…” Starman sighed, running over to the monitor. Chatter spread throughout the Super Friends, as they wondered what the problem was.
“We’ve got a problem in downtown Star City. Prince Vertigo is at it again and Dark Arrow, Sonic Boom, and Trickshot are all out of the country pursuing Lady Shiva‘s daughter!” Starman explained. Kid Comet and Huntress both sighed. Prince Vertigo was hardly the toughest villain.
“We’re going to have to cancel, Huntress. Me and Kid Comet will take care of the idiot,” Starman said, preparing to leave.
“Wait a minute!”
The adults turned around to see Wonder Girl marching forward.
“If this Prince is such a pushover, why don’t we use him as our first training exercise?”
The Super Friends all agreed, some smiling in excitement. Kid Comet looked at Starman, who looked at Huntress. “We might as well…”
“Alright,” Huntress agreed. “Guys, get ready. Let’s go and finish Prince Vertigo!”
***
Star City…
The Super Friends and their mentors arrived in Star City in no time at all thanks to the teleportation tubes located in the Hall. They were standing on top of the Star City Gazette watching Prince Vertigo hold a bank hostage. He was using his powers to make the policemen around him become nauseous and even fall unconscious.
“So, he can make people projectile vomit…?” Hawkgirl asked, swinging her mace around her index finger.
“Hey, watch it!” Kai-Ro moaned, “you’re gonna hit somebody with that d**n mace!”
Hawkgirl scowled as she stopped swinging her mace around.
“Aren’t you acting a little safely, Kai-Ro?” Air Wave asked, keeping his eye on the crime scene. “Last time I checked, you were risking other people’s lives to save your own…”
Whirlpool sighed. Air Wave was obviously referring to the time when the three of them and his younger sister, Tula, had to escape from a cave in Atlantis - and Kai-Ro had endangered everyone’s lives to save himself from an avalanche.
“Drop it, Air Wave,” Kid Comet warned. The teen fell silent as Hawkgirl prepared a grapple.
“Alright, here’s the plan. We’re going to split into three teams -”
“Why?” Starman complained. “He’s not exactly the most difficult villain! Just let the kids rush him and -”
“Look what he’s done to the police officers,” Huntress pointed to a squad who were lying in a pool of vomit. “He did that with little to no effort! He’s obviously gotten stronger…”
Starman held up his hands in defeat.
“Ok, so three teams. Wonder Girl, Kai-Ro and Bulletboy, your with me in close combat. I want Whirlpool, Air Wave and Stellar with Starman on long distance. Power Lad, Hawkgirl, Totem and White Wraith, go with Kid Comet. Your our backup incase we fail.”
“Is that what we are now?” Power Lad whined as the group disbanded. “Back-up? I’m telling ya, I’m the strongest person on this pathetic team!”
“Shut up, Power Lad…” White Wraith warned. Totem pulled at her hair to stop herself from screaming.
“Huntress, you definitely have your hands full…” Kid Comet remarked.
“I know…I just hope we can get over this petty arguing before a real threat shows up…” she replied. “Good luck.”
Kid Comet nodded as she swung away, listening to Power Lad, White Wraith and Totem insult each other.
***
“Who dares stand in the way of Prince Vertigo! Noone!” Prince Vertigo laughed as his goons threw bags of cash into a white truck.
“No Sonic Boom and Dark Arrow today, huh? Maybe you’ve realised that I’m not to be messed with! All this money…all mine…without any hassle whatsoever!”
“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, Vertigo!” Huntress shouted as she led her team into battle.
“Oh finally, somebody to play with,” he grinned, as Huntress ran forward. Just as she reached him, Prince Vertigo put his hand around her head and used his powers. Huntress screamed as she drooped to the floor.
“So sick…so…dizzy! So - BLEURGH!”
Wonder Girl looked away as Huntress vomited on the ground and passed out.
“That’s just nasty!” Bulletboy grimaced, as Kai-Ro ran forward.
“Don’t worry Huntress! I’m coming to save you!”
Kai-Ro turned invisible, hoping that Prince Vertigo couldn’t track him. However, the Prince used his powers to cover the short distance all the way around him. Kai-Ro suddenly appeared once more, frothing at the mouth.
“What’s up with him?” Wonder Girl asked as he fell to his knees.
“He’s Venusian,” Starman replied, as his team flew into help. “It must have different effects! Come on everybody, give him your best!”
Prince Vertigo scowled as his chest was hit with a powerful jet of water, his ears hit with a high-pitched sound reminiscent of the Black Canary’s sonic scream, and an energy bolt at his legs. The Prince seemed to be defeated, when he lifted his arm and send a shocking wave of nausea through everybody. Wonder Girl held onto Bulletboy to keep her steady, and Whirlpool tripped over his own feet and banged his head on the road. Luckily for Stellar, he managed to create a force-field around him and Air Wave before they could be affected.
“Looks like I’ll have to intervene!” Starman shouted, ready to use his Cosmic Rod to hopefully finish off the villain. However, before he could even act, he was hit with a blast of Prince Vertigo’s wave, knocking him out too.
“Oh wow, it’s our turn!” Totem grinned. “Falcon!” she shouted, throwing herself off the Star City Gazette into a beautiful glide. Kid Comet, White Wraith, Hawkgirl and Power Lad followed straight after.
White Wraith stopped halfway down and blasted Prince Vertigo with a bolt of magic. The Prince was too fast for him though, and fired his own wave at the boy.
“How is he matching my strength?” White Wraith thought as Hawkgirl swooped below him.
“Your power is remarkable, kid,” Prince Vertigo complimented as the magic began to overpower his wave of nausea. “Looks like you win this one!”
Prince Vertigo leapt out of the way so that the bolt of magic rebounded off the road and bounced back at him. Hawkgirl screamed as the magic hit her square in the chest, sending her flying backwards. White Wraith gasped as she flew into him with such force that they were both sent flying back through the Star City Gazette’s windows, landing in an office. A red haired man jumped from his seat in surprise.
“Wilson, what was that noise?” a man shouted from outside his office. Ron Wilson looked on in shock as Hawkgirl sat up and took off her mask.
“Oh, it’s on now…” Hawkgirl growled, trying to stand up. However, her knees buckled and she fell back down onto White Wraith, who screamed in agony.
“Oh crap…” Kid Comet cursed as his group flew closer to the villain. “Ok guys, wait behind me!”
Kid Comet used his telekenesis to pick up Prince Vertigo’s truck full of money. He levitated it in front of them like a shield, and flew towards Prince Vertigo.
“Does that count as brutal force?” Totem wandered aloud. Power Lad laughed as Kid Comet hurled the truck at the villain. Prince Vertigo laughed as he flew out of the way.
“Did I mention I knew how to fly?”
“It won’t help you once I’m done with ya!” Power Lad shouted, flying at him at full speed.
“Foolish boy!” Vertigo grinned, moving out of the way at the last second. Power Lad said “uh-oh” just as he crashed into the road, leaving a Power Lad-shaped dent. Distracted, Kid Comet screamed when Prince Vertigo caught him off guard with his vertigo powers.
“NO!” Totem shouted, flying away from the villain.
“You can’t run forever, girl,” Prince Vertigo frowned, giving chase. Suddenly, he was punched by a force powerful enough to send him flying into a building!
“What the…?” Prince Vertigo tried to regain feeling as Wonder Girl floated in front of him. “You!”
“I guess you forgot about me, huh?” Wonder Girl flew forward and grabbed Prince Vertigo by the neck. She threw him down to the ground, where Whirlpool hit him with a blast of pressurized water. Still groggy, he wasn’t expecting the tackle from Bulletboy. Just as he was about to regain his footing, Totem borrowed the powers of an elephant and sat on him, taking him out for good.
Civilians cheered as the Super Friends (or, what was left of them) reassembled in the middle of the road. Kid Comet, Starman, Huntress and Kai-Ro were all unconscious on the floor. Hawkgirl and White Wraith were still in Ron Wilson’s office, unable to get up from the bolt of magic.
News reporters took several shots of the Super Friends and some even tried to interview them. One of them stepped forward and held a microphone to Whirlpool’s mouth.
“So then kid, tell us! Who are you?”
Whirlpool looked at his team-mates, not knowing what to say. Yes, they were part of the Titans of Justice, but they had come together as their own team in the end. However, Power Lad barged the Atlantean out of the way and spoke into the camera.
“WE ARE THE SUPER FRIENDS!”
The news teams became even more frantic, questioning the protégé of Power Guy about the team. Wonder Girl jumped as a man tapped her on the back.
“Huh? Who are you?” She asked. The whole team turned around. The man had curly, blonde hair that ended just below his ear. He was wearing a black suit that seemed to shine in the sun. He looked very smart, and judging by his entourage, he was very rich.
“Good morning, “Super Friends.” My name is William Hopford. I’m the owner of the Golden Sands seaside resort.”
“Golden Sands? I’ve…never heard of such a place,” Whirlpool pointed out. “And I’ve been to just about every seaside resort on this side of the country during my commute to Atlantis and back…”
“The Golden Sands resort is in England…Whirlpool?”
“So, what do you want with us?” Stellar asked. He was suspicious of the man standing in front of them.
“You seem like just the people to advertise the new hotel I have opened up on the resort - The Hotel Grand.”
“Very original,” Bulletboy coughed, earning a chuckle from Air Wave.
“You will stay in our penthouse suites for no charge. Have access to all of our five star facilities…”
“Wow, I‘m so excited…” Power Lad sarcastically rudely interrupted.
“As well as free VIP passes to our 5-acre theme park situated on site.”
“WE’RE IN!” Power Lad shouted, shaking hands with the businessman.
“Wait a minute…” Totem was still suspicious of the guy. “How are we supposed to get there? And what do you want in return?”
“You will travel with me on my very own private jet tomorrow when I return for the grand opening. All you’ll have to do is cut the ribbon, say a few words to our visitors, and the rest of the weekend is yours.”
“Uhh…can we discuss this for a moment?” Whirlpool asked. William Hopford nodded as the group turned their back on him and formed a huddle.
“What do you guys think?” Whirlpool asked.
“Let’s do it! A free vacation!” Power Lad laughed.
“We don’t even know who he is…” Stellar added.
“But that penthouse suite!” Air Wave grinned.
“How do we even know this Golden Sands resort even exists?” Totem asked.
“It would be good publicity!” Wonder Girl added.
“I don’t know…” Whirlpool said.
“For once in your fishy life, take a risk Aqualad!” Power Lad sighed, staring at the boy. “What’s the worst that can happen? We get kidnapped? Please, we can beat up whatever that guy gives us!”
Whirlpool thought about it for a moment.
“Fine…but on one condition. Nobody outside of this circle finds out! Not the Titans of Justice, not nobody! If anybody asks, we decided to take the weekend off after this “exhausting” battle…”
“Exhausting? More like disgusting!” Wonder Girl frowned. “All this vomit is making me want to crawl up and die!”
“Hey! Who made you leader anyway?” Air Wave pointed out, staring at Whirlpool.
“Uhh…I’m the oldest. So there,” Whirlpool laughed. Everybody rolled their eyes as they got out of the huddle.
“Have you kids come to a decision then?” William Hopford asked.
“We’re in,” Whirlpool grinned, as he shook the businessman’s hand.
TO BE CONTINUED…