Titans of Justice Unlimited Vol. 2 #12 – “Dawn of the Devil”
Written & edited by: Power Guy
Maxi-micros by: Power Guy


The Titans of Justice Satellite – Vanishing Point…

Within the vast structure, Champion stands within the sickbay, looking down at her young protégé, Wonder Girl, lying sleeping in bed, still recovering from her trauma of being turned into the new Silver Swan at the hands of the god of war, Ares.

Power Guy and the Huntress walked in with the Kryptonian powerhouse asking, “Mindy? Can I get you something to eat? You haven’t left the room since you brought Drusilla in.”





“No, I can get something myself,” replied the current champion of Themyscira. “When I think about what happened to Wonder Girl, I feel like it’s my fault. A few months ago, I stopped Ares from igniting a new conflict between North and South Korea and I’m sure what happened to Drusilla is his way of getting revenge on me.”





“They don’t get any more twisted than Ares, do they?” proposed Power Guy who then continued with, “Have you figured out a way to rid her of the Silver Swan personality?”

“No but as long as she doesn’t use her lasso to change back into Drusilla, she’ll be alright. Hence, I’ve hidden away her lasso just to be on the safe side until I figure out a more permanent solution.”

“Maybe I can help?” came a voice.

The trio of heroes looked on to see Sargona standing in the doorway.

“Thank you for coming!” replied Champion, gratefully. “Perhaps one of your spells can un-do Ares’ magic.”

“I don’t know for sure but I’ll give it my best shot,” promised the daughter of Sargon The Sorcerer and Zatanna.





For the next forty-five minutes, Sargona tried just about every incantation she knew, some of which she had never tried before. After all of the sparks stopped and the smoke cleared, she admitted, “It’s no use. His magic is much more powerful than mine.” She then looked at the Huntress and said, “Go ahead…..call Dr. Fate…..just like you did last time.”

“Sargona,” began the defender of Gotham City, “Don’t be upset about that. I called in Dr. Fate for the Earth S mission because I knew how powerful Oggar is. He’s right underneath the Wizard Shazam in terms of mystical strength. For as good as you are, you’re not a goddess or a Lord of Order.”





Sargona rolled her eyes and replied with, “Oh, ok. I get it…..the order was for steak, my ground beef just wouldn’t cut it.”

“Sarge….stop,” pleaded Power Guy. “You know that the Huntress was just doing her best to try to help resolve the situation.”

Just then, Green Lantern Daniel Jordan, and Sonic Boom walked into the room.

“Oh, and here’s two more of my loyal supporters,” Sargona mumbled underneath her breath at the arrival of the two previously mentioned heroes.

“We’re done giving Apotheosis his welcome tour. He just headed back to Earth One,” smiled the emerald gladiator who then turned and looked at the daughter of Wonder Woman, “Di Di and I were the two first Titans that Drusilla encountered,” explained Daniel Jordan. “We’ve been close with her ever since so we came to see how she’s doing.”





“She’s resting now but we still haven’t figured out how to rid her of Ares’ spell,” explained Champion.

Just then, some loud screams were heard coming from the monitor room followed by the following statement, “The rest of you Titans – come out and show yourselves!”

“We’re being invaded, but by who? No-one can get into our satellite except official Titans!” pointed out a shocked Sonic Boom as she and the others raced towards where the mysterious voice came from.





As the six Titans entered the monitor room, they found their teammates, Metamorpheous and Nuclearstorm, both encased in separate blocks of ice behind a man dressed in almost all white, wearing a cape, and horns adorning his head.






“Who are you and how did you get in here?” demanded the Huntress as she drew her crossbow and aimed it at the stranger.

“You idiots don’t even recognize me, do you?” teased the man. “You can call me Snow Devil, now.”





“Wait….” Interrupted Sargona. “There is something familiar about you…….you were the camera man at the bank in Star City!”

“And the one at Gattuso Jewelers in Gotham,” added the Huntress.

“And the fanatic who seemed interested in me in Gateway City when Metamorpheous and I battled Big Bamba and Volcana!” shouted Champion.

“Little did each of you fools know that when I shook your hand, patted you on the back, or had you sign for an autograph, I was collecting your precious D.N.A. for my father to use. After collecting about a dozen or so of your teammates’ D.N.A., my father and I settled on using the four that we believed would compliment each other quite nicely. See if you can figure them out!” he yelled out as he released what seemed like a mini-blizzard at the awaiting Titans.

Green Lantern immediately reacted by surrounding his teammates with an emerald bubble, holding off the effects of the icy attack.

After a few seconds the man decided to change tactics and announced, “You may be safe but your frozen friends aren’t. He then created a small tornado that swooped up the frozen Metamorpheous and Nuclearstorm, “These two are so frozen that when my tornado drops them and they hit the ground, they will shatter into hundreds of pieces!”

“Lantern – open your shield for Champion and I!” ordered Power Guy as he and the Amazonian warrior flew out to catch their frozen friends and haul them to a safe part of the satellite.

The remaining heroes within the shield decided to disperse and attack their intruder. The Huntress began shooting off arrows while reminding the villain, “You still haven’t told us how you got in here!”

“It was quite simple once my father infused me with your teammates’ D.N.A.” revealed Snow Devil as his wind powers sent the Huntress’ arrows flying all over the room. “That is how you people activate your teleport tubes…”

“Thanks for the answer now shut up!” ordered Sonic Boom as the heel of her right boot smashed into Snow Devil’s jaw.

“ACKKKKK!!!!” he screamed.

Sonic Boom then stood still while she prepared her next move, the release of her Canary Cry, “SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Snow Devil continued screaming himself as pain ransacked his eardrums until he summoned up just enough concentration to fire off a blast of ice that quickly filled Sonic Boom’s mouth and throat. Her eyes grew wide as she began to panic from not being able to breath.

“S.B.!” cried out Sargona as she raced over to help her former rival for Green Lantern’s affections. “As much as I like the fact of you not being able to say a single word, I’m not heartless enough to let you suffocate.” After a few moments, a heat spell solved the problem at hand but while the two ladies felt a sigh of relief, they failed to notice another one of Snow Devil’s tornados coming towards them which picked them both up and slammed them into the wall behind them, taking them both out, instantly.

As Snow Devil turned to find another Titan to take out, an arrow from the Huntress’ crossbow went pierced the side of his left wrist, getting stuck halfway through with the arrow-head sticking out of the other side. He began screaming in agony as blood poured from his wrist and then declared, “You’ll pay for this you worthless, $*%#*!”

“You’re the only one who’s going to pay, in the hands of the law!” countered Green Lantern as jade shackles appeared on the villain’s wrists and ankles.

“You think you’ve won?” questioned Snow Devil. “I haven’t even gotten started yet! The heroes of today will fall before the power of T.O. Morrow!” he said as his eyes lit up and he triggered his newly revealed ability to shake the entire satellite!

“Great Guardians!” exclaimed Green Lantern as he and the Huntress began to lose their balance.

“You there! Stop this!” came the voice of Power Guy as he and Champion returned to the scene and flew towards Snow Devil who quickly threw up an ice-tornado to keep them at bay.

“Great Aphrodite! These winds are more powerful than any I’ve ever felt before!” shouted Champion as she struggled to advance any further to her target, her hair blowing in her face.

“None are mightier than the power my father bestowed upon me,” declared Snow Devil. “I shall carry out T.O. Morrow’s revenge upon the children of the Justice League and the Justice Society!”

Power Guy used every ounce of his strength to push through the intense storm as Green Lantern did his best to secure all of the invaluable equipment in the room. Finally, Power Guy made it through and his powerful right hook connected with Snow Devil’s forehead, knocking him across the room.

“You dare touch me?” growled the weather-controlling villain who fought back with another tornado that grabbed a hold of the orphan from Krypton and send him flying backwards, through a large window behind him.

“Oh no!” shouted the Huntress in horror. “Champion! You’ve got to grab Power Guy quick before he gets thrown into the time-stream by one of the chronal waves out there!”

“Consider it done, Huntress!” replied the Amazonian warrior as she headed after the leader of the Titans of Justice.

“Hahaha!!! He’s doomed to walk with the dinosaurs or perhaps find himself in the middle of World War I!” cackled Snow Devil.

“You know, I’ve had just about enough of you!” barked an unusually angry Green Lantern as a giant green hand back-handed Snow Devil, knocking him backwards leaving him dazed enough not to notice the Huntress pointing her crossbow at him right before she said, “Storm’s over, Tomorrow Jr.!” and shot him with a tranquilizer arrow, sending him off to dreamland.

***

Outside the satellite in Vanishing Point…

Power Guy was being thrown around like a rag doll by the winds of time, just missing a several chronal portals into various eras of time. Champion stood right underneath the hole that Power Guy created when he broke through the window and eyed up her teammate, “Artemis, guide my aim!” she prayed as she threw her golden lasso in Power Guy’s direction. The unbreakable lariat just reached him in time and ensnared him right before he flew into a time portal. After Champion finished reeling him in she said, “Are you ok, Vince?”

“Thanks to you, I am. Let’s go see how our friends are making out.”

Minutes later, after the Huntress briefed the two powerhouses on Snow Devil’s defeat, Power Guy and Champion helped revive Sargona and Sonic Boom while Green Lantern tended to both Metamorpheous and Nuclearstorm.

“What happened?” asked the raven-haired sorceress.

“You mean besides the fact that we got ten minutes of you and Sonic Boom being in the same room without arguing?” teased Power Guy.

“Very funny,” grumbled Sonic Boom.

“We took out Snow Devil while you two were asleep,” recounted the Huntress. “I’ve deduced that he’s replicated the powers of Quake, Isis, Ice Warrior, and Black Vulcan by copying their D.N.A. By synthesizing their D.N.A. into his body is how he was able to access our teleport tube and board the satellite. Needless to say, we’re not safe here any more.”

“Oh great…..another move…..” huffed Sargona. “I just got done unpacking from the last one….”


THE END!

***Snow Devil created by Green Lantern