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Son of the Demon Part I
(1200 Years ago. Camelot, Great Britain. March 6th, 19:06)
Outside of a large castle, a group of gray armor clad knights were struggling to go inside. A woman, cloaked in a dark violet dress and hood, rode on a horse while a young man, around 18, waited on his horse.
"So mother, when shall I come into play?" asked the young man, who was clad in similar armor to the rest of the knights, but it was as black as midnight with a spiked helmet with a eerie glowing sword.
"Soon my son…soon…" said the woman calmly as she raised a hand and sent out a giant blast of energy down at the castle.
Inside of the castle, a group of men were sitting in a circular table. A man with short black hair and gray armor slammed his fist on the table as he says, "I say we attack her armies directly. We out match them in strength alone."
"No Sir Tristan, we cannot underestimate Morgan." Said a man in the middle of the table. He was an older man with a short brown goatee and dark gray eyes, with a similar sword to the black clad knight. "Especially with Mordred by her side."
"So what shall we do?" asked one of the other knights, curious as a hooded figure walked up.
"May I have some assistance? I do believe I have a plan…but I'll need one of the knights, Arthur." Said the man, as he removed his hood, revealing a gray haired man with dark gray eyes and a short beard.
"I shall go, wise Merlin." Said a voice as a young man walked up. Merlin chuckled as he nods.
"Alright sir knight, follow." Said Merlin calmly as he led him downstairs. They walked into his sanctum as he lead him to a strange piece of paper. "Read this text…the aid shall come when you read it."
The man nods as he took the parchment and began to read from it. "Yarva Demonicus Etrigan. Mutare, mutare accidens. Liberum principem in aeternum damnabitur. Liberandam viribus ex limo fusa. Sanguis in corde fervere ignis. Abiit, abiit forma hominis, Daemonis Surge Etrigan
Suddenly the man went wide eyed as he noticed his skin was on smoking as he screamed out in shock as strange fire began to form around him before a roar is heard.
(Present day Gotham City, New Jersey. February 12th, 18:06)
A man gasped as he woke up from a dream, panting a bit as he felt himself and sighed deeply. The man had short red hair with a gray streak, emerald green eyes, tanned skin with a slight scar on his left cheek and wearing a dark brown suit.
"Only…a dream…" panted the man, as he rubbed his head before looking outside to a rainy Gotham City, as he sighed. He watched with interest as he saw Batman, Robin, Spoiler and Wonder Woman going up against a group of men dressed in Spartan armor. "Hmm?"
"Go to them, men! The Warriors of Hades shall fall to the might of Mount Olympus!" said a man in the back as he stood over the rest of them, dressed in golden colored armor with a medusa face on the front of his chest plate, a pair of sandals, curly black hair with a goatee, dark gray eyes and a strange looking staff full of electrical energy.
"What's Maxie's deal this time? Is he annoyed that Tut is trying to take over his turf again?" asked Spoiler, dodging a sword from one of the men and kicking him in the face.
"I think it's either that or the frat party got ended early." Robin joked as he threw some smoke bombs down at the men in armor before fighting them off with his bo staff.
"Do not under estimate him, you two." Batman warned calmly as he threw a few batarangs at the men before they exploded on contact, knocking them down as Wonder Woman glared at Maxie, who glared back.
"Who is this harlot?" growled Maxie, his staff glowing with electrical energy.
"I am Wonder Woman of Themyscira, the home of the amazons…and the daughter of the TRUE Zeus." Said Diana, glaring darkly as she flew forward and sent a punch his way, but suddenly a helmet formed over his face to block the punch.
"…Since when was she a daughter of Zeus?" asked Robin, now confused.
"She told me and Superman that during our first team up. She told us that she was formed from the union between her mother, the Queen of the Amazons Hippolyta, and Zeus, to be the true protector of Themescra." Batman said calmly, dodging one of the men before kicking him away.
"…Makes sense, since she IS as strong as Superman without being a Kryptonian…so there HAD to be a reason." Spoiler said with a shrug as she punched a man away.
"Nice try, child. But you cannot fool the all powerful Zeus." Said Maxie as he smacked her away as he walked over and fired blasts of electrical energy down at them, which sent them flying backwards.
"What's up with that armor?" asked Spoiler, shocked. "I thought Wonder woman couldn't punch through a tank with her bare hands."
"I am not like my older brother, Hercules…I rather NOT cause a man to die from one of my punches." Said Wonder Woman calmly. "But I think I can take off that armor if I get close enough."
"I'll distract him. Robin, Spoiler, apprehend his henchmen." Said Batman as he got his batarangs out as the two nods.
"You two better behave." Spoiler teased, making the two go wide eyed before glaring at her before going at the armored man.
"Wow, subtle," joked Robin as he threw a few batarangs at the men, as it sent a small shockwave into them and knocking them out as he kicked another as he threw a punch his way.
"Eh, they'll have to do it one day." Spoiler said with a shrug as she did a flip to one of the men, knocking him down head first.
Batman ran to Maxie Zeus, who had his staff ready as it sparked with electricity. He slammed it down, creating giant bolts of lightning down at him, causing Batman to yell out in pain.
"Gotta…aim…right…" said Batman with the shocks still going through him as he tried to focus on the staff as he threw a batarangs at it, which hit the bottom of it instead of the middle.
"…What was THAT meant to do?" asked Maxie, glaring darkly as Wonder Woman suddenly flew up and picked him from the ground, causing him to yell out. "Hey! Put me down, you wench!"
"Wench this." Said Wonder Woman with a small growl, her eyes shining slightly as she gripped the helmet and ripped it off, revealing his face as she threw him down, taking his staff from his hand as he landed.
"What is this trickery, Warrior of Darkness." Maxie Zeus asked, glaring at Batman as he panted, walking up as his suit sparked slightly from the electricity.
"Simple…you fell into the wrath of a woman." Said Batman calmly as Wonder woman punched him in the face, knocking him out as she took his staff and broke it in half with her bare hands.
"So, since we're done with them…what now?" asked Wonder Woman calmly.
"Don't know. We better make sure Gordan has them before they wake up." Said Spoiler as Batman nods as he glared at Maxie and put on a pair of handcuffs on him.
Jordan, Harvey and Renyee walked over at this, as Harvey looked around at this. "Nice job, ya guys…ya trashed 53rd Street." Bullock said flatly, as Wonder woman crossed her arms at this.
"Watch it, detective. This is royalty here." Spoiler pointed out, as Harvey chuckled.
"Oh, excuse me, your highness. Ya want me to call up the nearest hotel to make yourself comfortable." Joked Bullock, which gained him to be grabbed by the neck by Wonder woman and lifting him up.
"WHAT was that supposed to imply?" Diana asked in a warning tone, glaring daggers into him.
"N-n-nothing!" said bullock quickly, now scared.
"Wonder woman, please! He didn't mean it! My partner here isn't exactly a sharp tool, comprede?" asked Renee, looking at them with worry at this. Wonder Woman just glared at Bullock before shoving him down with a grunt.
"Sheesh…Crazy broad-YOW!" He yelled out in pain after getting his arm whipped by Wonder Woman's lasso.
"Keep digging yourself deeper, Bullock…just keep digging yourself deeper." Robin said, rolling his eyes under his mask. "Listen, we gotta fly."
"Alright." Said Gordan as he and the other officers went to handcuff the criminals as he asks "So why did Maxie come out of…he's not there, is he?" Gordan asked, not even looking behind him.
Renee turned and saw that, indeed, the four heroes were gone. "How does he do that?"
"Don't know, but it seems he's teaching his teammates how to do it…" said Bullock as he saw a banner on the museum and asks "So THAT'S why he was here? A bunch of junk from Egypt?"
"that 'junk' are the last archeological finds of a now deceased scientist, Bullock." Renee scolded as Bullock put a hand up in defense.
"Calm down, Montoya. I didn't know that. If I did, I would've just kept my trap shut." Said Bullock, his hand up at this.
"Who knows what nut job would want to get to those treasures, though." Sighed Gordan. "But I got one lunatic in mind…"
(Meanwhile, at an unknown area in Gotham City)
A warehouse was being sealed off, men in Animal-styled masks stood at the front with guns as a group of men and women, dressed in ancient Egyptian Warrior garbs, some of them even wearing the headdresses that represented the Egyptian gods as they waited in front of a sarcophagus-shaped door too another room.
Inside of the room was a man shrouded in darkness, watching a news report of a dark haired man with dark brown glasses and wearing a brown suit. "Hello Gotham, Jack Ryder here. I am here with the news of a new Egyptology exhibit here at Gotham City's Museum of antiquities."
One of the objects in question was a strange sarcophagus as Jack says "One item, said to be one of renowned archeologist, CC Batson's, greatest finds, is said to be the fabled sarcophagus of Shezmu. Said to be an 'Demon of Bloodshed', all that is known of Shezmu is that he had been said to be alive during biblical times. Gotham City scientists are planning to see what had given him this dark nickname."
The TV was turned off at this as the man chuckled. "Foolish peasants…do they not know the savior of Egypt has arrived to this retched city?" He then stood up at this as he walked through the door, raising an item up into the air: a khopesh, an old styled hook sword from Egypt.
The man was a tanned and powerfully built man; clad in robes akin to an ancient pharaoh, a cartouche charm around his neck with hieroglyphics engraved into it, and a golden mask, similar to the funeral mask of the infamous Tutankhamun himself. The man looked around, as he raised the sword in the air, as the others cheered.
"My subjects, your pharaoh has a new purpose for you." Said the man, as he saw a tanned man with a hawk-styled mask with a spear in hand come up and bowed before him, as he nods.
"And what is that, Lord Tutankhamun?" asked the hawk-masked man, as a cat-masked woman and a jackal-masked man walked up.
"My three best fighters, I need you too recover the Sarcophagus of Shezmu, the most powerful sorcerer to ever exist, who used the blood of the fallen Egyptians to become a powerful beast for Egypt. With his power, Gotham will see what our people have suffered in the hands of the Ten plagues of Egypt."
"But my lord, the Hebrew's prophet controlled the Plagues, not any Egypt sorcerer." Said the man in the Jackal mask, as Tutankhamun, or 'Tut' as most call him, aimed his sword at his neck.
"Hold your tongue, Nubian. Shezmu absorbed the blood of those that had fallen frnd om the Plagues, so the spells to create them were put into his mind." He then shows an old tablet, that revealed a strange figure with the Ten plaques around him.
"BUT before he could use the plaques to avenge his fallen, Egypt had gotten into the hands of those…FILTHY Romans! Letting them and the Greeks rule over them, forgetting what had made Egypt great, AND embracing those lewd GREEK gods over the greater Egyptian Gods!" Tut ranted, making the men look at each other with nervousness, knowing this wasn't a good sign.
"Uh…my lord?" asked the woman with the cat-styled mask. Tut heard her and cleared his throat, getting his posture back.
"Anyway…Bast, Anubis, Horus. Go to the Museum and take what should belong to Egypt." Tut commanded, as the three nods and left. He chuckled as he says, "Let us see the Batman and his little gang defeat Shezmu…"
(Gotham City, New Jersey. The Batcave, 20:56)
Batman was typing away at his computer, looking up different information as the same news report that was going on. He rubbed his chin as he looked them over.
"You alright, Master Bruce?" asked a voice as an older man walked up. The man had a baldhead with gray hair around the lower half of his head, a thin mustache, a black and white tuxedo with a tray with some tea on it.
"Fine Alfred. I'm looking up this 'Shezmu' that the news is talking about. Maxie went to the museum for a reason, so I believe this could be it." Bruce said calmly.
"But Maxie is more about ancient Greece than Egypt, isn't he? Since the new exhibit is all about Egyptology." Alfred said, making the Dark Knight's eyes widen. "What?"
"That's it…" said Bruce as he typed away, showing the file on King Tut. "Maxie and Victor Goodman, also known as King Tut, are leaders of rival cults: Maxie and his 'New Olympus' cult and King Tut's 'Order of Ra'. I think Maxie wanted the mummy for himself so that Tut couldn't get him."
"So what would you recommend?" asked Alfred, curious.
"Seeing that this is a big time problem, call the rest of the League. While I would prefer to do this myself, this seems too be a Justice league issue." Batman said calmly as he got up. "I'll meet them at the museum."
"Of course, sir." Alfred nods as he cleaned up the computer's keyboard.
He watched Bruce go as he sighed, looking at a few framed photos he had near by; one of Bruce as an 8 year old with a middle aged man and a black haired woman, and next to that was his early days of Batman with the first Robin and Oracle as Batgirl, than next to that was of batman with a different-looking Robin with shorter black hair and a confident smirk on his face with Oracle sitting next too them and finally a picture of Batman with Tim, Stephanie and Barbara with Alfred and Harold.
Alfred sighs as he says, "Ah, those were the days weren't they?" He looked towards the direction Batman had left in and sighed.
(City, New Jersey. Gotham City Museum of Antiquities, 23:25)
Bast, Horus and Anubis went into the Museum as Anubis raised his staff and suddenly a sonic screech is heard, causing all of the cameras to spark and fizzle out.
Four Guards ran out as they pointed their guns. "Hold it!" said one of them with a glare as Horus got his spear out and smirked as he spun it around before making an arc towards the four guards, causing them all to fall backwards from gunshots to the chest.
"Nice move, Horus." Bast as she ran ahead and went too the sarcophagus, looking around as she got her daggers out and began to cut the glass as a batarangs hit her dagger. "What the?"
"So, Tut sent his lackeys, eh?" asked Robin as he, Batman and Spoiler came in at this, with them was the rest of the League, glaring at them.
"Oh joy, the rodent and his friends are here." Grumbled Anubis as he got out his staff, ready to go as he growled at them.
"Why are you interested in this mummy?" asked Superman with a glare, looking down at them.
"What's it too you, alien?" growled Bast as a deep growl is heard. Everyone looked up at this, confused as the growling became louder.
"…The hell was that?" asked Wildcat, confused. Then a reddish glow is seen as he says "Ah crud…" as the groups turned too see a figure cloaked in flames.
"Hello…mortals…" hissed the creature as the flames died, revealing a monsterous being. IT appeared to be a short, muscular humanoid being with yellow-orange skin, bat wing-like ears, dark red glowing eyes, sharp teeth and claws, a red tunic and shorts, a pair of black boots and cuffs, and also a flowing blue cape with a dark violet amulet keeping it on his tunic.
"What is that?" asked Bast with a hiss. Zatanna was wide eyed as she looked at the creature.
"Incredible…I just thought he was a myth…" said Zatanna in shock.
"What? Who is it, Zatanna? "Asked Black Canary, looking at the creature as it glared at the three criminals.
"That's an ancient demon. He's Etrigan the Demon, the half-brother of the famous wizard Merlin himself." Said Zatanna.
"And I am here too stop those foolish mortals. Whatever the cost may be." Etrigan said with a snarl, his eyes glowing dark red as he glared daggers at the three criminals as he created a ball of dark red flames. "Even if it means burning them…too stop the creature inside of the sarcophagus."
The group all looked shocked as the three criminals glared daggers at him, as the sarcophagus glowed behind them, as a small hiss is heard as the Justice League looked between the group and Etrigan, unsure who too go after first.
End of Part 1
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