JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: JUSTICE, THROUGH THE AGES
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the recognisable (or not so recognisable!) characters. They belong to DC Comics. The JSA were created by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer.
Note: All of the main characters are, however loosely, based on DC comics (primarily JSA) characters. They should generally be recognisable but it is not particularly relevant if you don't know who certain characters are. Hell, you could have NEVER read a comic and read this story perfectly fine. For anyone interested, I will update this list if need be (if I add in more characters, which I almost certainly will do!), but this is hereby the official list of characters with their DCU counterparts:
Captain Alan of Scott's Vale- Green Lantern/ Alan Scott
Richard of Tyler- Hourman III, Rick Tyler
Edward- Wildcat/ Ted Grant
Prince Khufu- Hawkman/ Carter Hall
The Mighty Adam- Black Adam/ Teth Adam/ Theo Adam
James of Garrick- The Flash/ Jay Garrick
Albert- The Atom/ Al Pratt
Young Albert- Atom Smasher/ Al Rothstein
Sir Theodore- Starman/ Jack Knight
Morgan, the Seer- Mordru the Wizard
Lord Jonathan, the Sorrowful One- Johnny Sorrow
Solomon- Solomon Grundy
General Sir Samuel Dodds- Sandman/ Sand/ Sandy Hawkins
CHAPTER ONE: The Siege of Khandos
The fortress city of Khandos, deep in the Holy Land, was visible for miles. It was the last Islamic defence before the Crusader army reached Jerusalem itself. Tents were lined up two miles from the great city.
Captain Alan of Scott's Vale sat with his men around a camp fire on the chilly plain at night, playing dice. He was in charge of a good squad of men; men that he could trust in the heat of battle. Men like young Richard of Tyler, the appallingly polite and devout James of Garrick, the fearless, short figure of the former urchin Albert, and his huge nephew, the tough-as-nails Young Albert, and, finally, the somewhat mischievous Edward, son of Grant, a cheating gambler and petty thief, but no doubt a great man to have by your side in any battle.
"Edward, I saw ya that time," Spat Old Albert.
"What?" Groaned Edward, the very picture of innocence.
"Men," Alan spoke harshly, as he saw a figure on a horse approaching, "Sir?"
The horseman was instantly recognisable. The fine long, grey hair and the neatly cut goatee beard were trademarks of Sir Theodore, an infamous nobleman, and behind him came the young general in charge of the whole siege of Khandos; General Sir Samuel Dodds.
"General Sir Samuel Dodds," Heralded Theodore proudly.
"General," Alan rose from his seat.
"Scott's Vale, isn't it?" Oh wonderful, thought Alan, He's trying to be polite. That means I'm about to be my sent to near certain death for nothing, "Shall I take that as a 'yes', sir, or do you wish to address your commander?"
"Yes, lord," Alan said as calmly as possible. He loathed the general.
"Well, captain, I have a daring mission for you to perform," Dodds whispered, "A scout has picked up a lapse in guards on the Eastern Wall of the city. It may be gone even by and we couldn't possibly get all of the men down there in time, but… well… your men are looking ready. Would you be able to perform such a mission, perchance?"
"Of course, my lord," Replied Alan, "What shall we do in the city?"
"Well, some of you must open the gates," Frowned Dodds, "But that will only take two men, and stealth is the key, sir. Indeed it is, sir. The others of your men… must infiltrate…" Dodds' pronunciation was sickeningly pomp and precise, "the palace of Koo-Foo… and kill that damned Saracen prince… I shall leave Theodore here to guide you. He is my spymaster, you know, and he knows the city like the back of his own hand."
"Yes, milord," Alan nodded respectfully, "As you wish, milord."
"Splendid. I shall leave it to you, eh, Theo?"
"But… sir," Stammered the spymaster, "I don't… I can't… I don't… I…"
"Yes, Theo?"
"N-nothing… lord."
"Wonderful."
Alan watched the general ride away and glanced at his men, then at the panicky spymaster. It was going to be one Hell of a night…
NEXT: The attack on Khandos!