River of Evil
Legend of the Slayer, p28 of 100
by Philister

Fanfic written for TTH100
Theme: Slayers
Prompt: #071 - River
Crossover with DC's Justice Society

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Colorado, 1985 AD

Somewhere beneath Colorado flows a river of evil. The natives called it the Stream of Ruthlessness. The legend goes that if someone drowns in these waters he will rise again as a creature of pure evil.

A year earlier the villain known as the Ultra-Humanite proved the legend to be true. He drowned Superman in these evil waters and turned him to evil. Superman then did the same to his colleagues in the Justice Society. It was only by the narrowest margins that a catastrophe was averted and these heroes returned to their true states.

The man known as Lex Luthor has his own plans for the river. He has learned of the creature known as the Slayer, a magical warrior. He also knows that Superman, the man he hates most in the world, is quite vulnerable to magic. So he has hatched a plan.

He lures the Slayer to Colorado and into the caves where the Stream of Ruthlessness runs. He shoots her in the back with a tranquilizer dart, then pushes her beneath the waters and drowns her. Triumphant, he waits for her to wake up.

Unfortunately for him he did not count on the fact that the Slayer would become more evil than even he. The first thing she does upon awakening is to snap his neck. Then she leaves the caves, determined to leave her mark upon this world.

She would only be stopped at great cost, but that is another story.

THE END