LSH: THE EVIL DR REGULUS

By Bruce Wayne

Based on the plot in Adventure Comics 348 "Target: 21 Legionnaires"
by Jim Shooter

Disclaimer: The characters that appear in this story belong to DC Comics.
I am writing this for pleasure, and sharing it with friends. I am, in no
way, getting paid for it.



CHAPTER 6 - DR REGULUS


Somewhere high over the Legionnaires, a villianous man was
watching the entire plight of the teenage super-heroes on his video
monitor. He pushed a button on his console in order to get a closer
view of Phantom Girl.

"Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, look at that," a deep voice said to himself in
admiration. He sipped champagne from a glass.

The man adjusted the monitor camera shot to start at Tinya's
feet and moved the camera slowly, ever so slowly, upwards to catch
every curve and turn on Phantom Girl's body. He then stopped on her
face.

"Ah, so young and sweet," he said to no one.

He then widened the angle of the video monitor camera. He
loooked at the hole in the ground where the Legion clubhouse once
was. The man, who was dressed in a tight yellow costume with gold
trim, boots and gloves, laughed as he looked at the hole.

"They are probably wondering what happened and who took their
precious headquarters," he laughed again.

"If they only knew that this is just the first phase of my master
plan." Once again he giggled. "With my old nemisis, Sun Boy, out of the
way, it will be most difficult for those teenage meddlers to figure out
who I am."

He pushed some more buttons on his console to adjust the course
of his ship. Still talking to himself, he said out loud, "I wonder if
they know that it was I, Doctor Zaxton Regulus, who caused Sun Boy to
have amnesia? No, how could they know?" He laughed.

"Mad, some call me! Mad! I'll show them mad when I take over
the universe virtually single-handedly." That thought really made him
laugh hard.

He tightened the video monitor camera once again onto the lovely
face of Phantom Girl. "Ah, my dear, how would you like to become the
consort of the Master of the Universe?" Once more there was a hysterical
laugh.


***


Back in Metropolis, Science Police air-cars, air-scooters and
officers were scouring the city for Sun Boy. Someone who was dressed
in bright red and yellow shouldn't had been hard to spot. But Dirk Morgna,
who didn't even know, at the moment, that was even his name, managed
to elude the SP's.

He didn't know why, but something inside told him that it was
important to avoid the police. Dirk wasn't sure but he felt some sort
of connection with the police. He wasn't sure if it was good or bad
and even wondered that he might be a criminal that they were looking
for.

Sun Boy had flown to almost the far outskirts of the huge city.
It was an industrial section and right now Dirk had wound up outside an
old nuclear power plant.

Though most power needs in the 30th century were being converted
to the new power-jewels, nuclear power was still being used.

An SP air-car was coming near and Sun Boy ducked under a tree.
The police vehicle went by without seeing what they were searching for.

Dirk didn't know where he was until he saw a sign that read:
"Metropolis Nuclear Power Plant No. 9." He looked through the old,
rusting chain-link fence and saw the large building.

He wished that he could fly over the fence and it worked! He
didn't know how, but everytime he willed himself to fly -- he was able
to do it. Perhaps it meant that he had some sort of super power, he
conjectured.

If he could just find some shelter, then he might be able
to figure out some answers to all these questions he had. If he
could only remember ...

The power plant looked mostly abandoned. He hadn't spotted
any one around. Dirk went to what appeared to be a side entrance.
It was an old fashioned door with a knob. A fingerprint scanner lock
opened the door. Of course, that wasn't going to work for Sun Boy.

Dirk glanced over his shoulder and saw another air-car coming
his way in the distance. This time there was no place to take cover.
He needed to get into the building right away.

He turned the old door knob and it was locked. Sun Boy looked
at the air-car again and it continued to get closer. He tried the lock
again, it still wouldn't budge. Dirk began to panic. He needed to get
into this place, now!

He was becoming angry out of frustration. He tried the door knob
again, twisting and jangling it. Sun Boy glanced over his shoulder again
while still turning the handle. Suddenly, the door knob began to melt and
then it broke off!

Dirk put his shoulder to the door and rushed inside, closing the
door just as the Science Police air-car went by. Sun Boy had fallen onto
his butt on the floor with his back against the door. His breath came in
gasps from the fright of almost being caught.

Still breathing hard, he looked around at his new surroundings.
The building was huge. Dirk slowly got to his feet and braced the door
so that it wouldn't easily open again.

For about thirty minutes, Sun Boy had explored the old power plant.
He found it strange that there was no one around but he was also thankful
for that as well.

Finally, he entered a dark, medium-sized room. This looked like a
good place to rest for a while. Because it was pretty dark, Dirk had failed
to spot the sign outside of the room that said: "Reactor Room 4."

Sun Boy went over to a far wall and just sat down to rest. He was
very tired from his ordeal and his head still hurt. Maybe, he thought, he
should seek some assistance for this headache? He replied to himself that
he would just take a moment to figure this all out and what he should do.

"Why can't I remember my name?" he wondered out loud. "Why ..."

Dirk felt alone. Alone and very, very tired. "If only this damn
headache would go away and I could think straight ..."

He closed his eyes. It would only be for a moment, he told
himself. It was for more than a moment because he immediately fell
deep asleep in the darkened room.

What Sun Boy didn't realize was this particular nuclear power
plant was practically run on automatic. That's why he hadn't spotted
anyone who should had been working there.

About forty-five minutes after Dirk had fallen fast asleep from
the fatigue, a yellow light flashed on a console. The door by which he
had entered locked with an audible click. A noticeable hum could be heard
as electrical equipment powered up.

Outside of the room, over the door, a sign flashed on-and-off in
red. The sign warned: "Do Not Enter. Deadly Radiation."

In a deep slumber inside that room, Dirk Morgna didn't have a
clue.



TO BE CONTINUED ....


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