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Hello, everyone, I'm back. This would have been up earlier but my trip I found out I had a major assignment to do and had to re-submit a few previous assignments. Anyway, updates should be going back to their regular schedule now that it's all done.
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John sighed as he looked out the window of the small cabin. He thought back to earlier that night, after handing the fallen soldier off to Hawkgirl his ring had gone out. Fortunately, he had been in US Marine Corp and was able to survive the war-torn city thanks to his Marine training, he had been able to remain relatively undetected and was a little hurt that none of the league had come back for him but he understood why they couldn't.
They had a mission to do after all and even though John knew he would only get in the way without his power ring.
John had escaped the city by hiding under a German transport truck and rolled off the road once it had carried it out of the city. He field to the nearby woods hoping to bunker down and wait for Aeon to pull him back to the future.
It was in the woods that he had stumbled across a small squad of allied soldiers who immediately drafted him into their squad. Apparently, they were on a mission to find some hidden hanger that was part of some larger plan but the higher-ups didn't know what that plan was. John agreed to help them as he knew he had a better chance of surviving with the soldiers than on his own, he also figured that if the secret hanger was so important then maybe the rest of the Justice League would be looking for it too. Even if they didn't find the hanger all he had to do was survive two days and then he would be pulled back to his current time.
John had been walking with the soldiers for a few hours and they had gotten into a fight with some Germans, while they had won the fight John had hesitated and Wildman, one of the soldiers got shot in the leg. He was unable to walk and they had found an empty hunting cabin in the woods nearby and decided to use it to treat the injury.
Sarge and Ice cream walked out of the single and only Bedroom where they had placed Wildman. These were not the soldier's real names of course but they went by them all the same. Sarge was an older, rugged yet experienced solder, his name was his rank and he was the leader of Easy Company. He looked about in his late thirties and wore a green soldiers uniform with a sergeant's stripes on his shoulders and helmet to symbolize his rank.
Ice cream was a young man who looked to be younger than twenty; he was a skinny boy with blond hair and freckles on his face. Ice cream was the medic of the group and while he was not an official medic per-say he had some medical training and knew how to treat most bullet wounds...providing they were non-fatal of course.
"How is he?" Dozer asked.
Dozer was short for Bulldozer and he was a big tough looking man, his uniform had the sleeves ripped off it at the shoulders and he wore what little of his shirt remained open exposing his chest and dog tags. Like Sarge and Ice cream he too wore a helmet.
"The bullet was a through and through. No major damage but he won't be walking for a while," Ice cream sighed "He was lucky it didn't hit the bone,"
"Great so we're stuck here then," Dozer huffed.
"We'll rest for a few hours before moving on, I don't want to leave a man behind...but our mission is just too important," Sarge said.
"We wouldn't have to if someone had done their job," Dozer said and sent John a glare.
John merely looked away; he had not meant for anyone to get hurt due to his hesitance to shoot someone. He knew things were different in wartime but he was still hesitant to take a life.
Sarge turned and looked at Ice cream.
"Will Wildman be able to walk in a few hours?" he asked.
"Maybe...He might but it will be very painful and could cause more damage to the wound," Ice cream said "He's better off keeping off his leg,"
Sarge nodded, it looked like they had no choice but to leave him behind.
"Everyone get some rest, we leave in an hour," Sarge ordered and walked back into the bedroom to tell Wildman the plan.
Ice cream settled down and relaxed on the couch. Dozer glared at John before he went into the kitchen to see if there was any food or supplies they could use. John, however, looked back and stared out the window keeping watch.
'I wonder if the others think I'm dead,' he thought to himself 'did they even bother to come back to look for me?'
John kept watch; so far nothing had come close to the cabin which was a good sign. He wished his ring was working then he would be able to not only scan the area but also fly to where the airfield was supposed to be.
John and the other soldiers waited
"Well, times up…let's get going," Sarge said as he stood up and picked up his weapon.
"Wait we can't just leave Wildman here alone," John tried "The Germans will find him,"
"You should have thought of that before you failed to do your job," Dozer shot back.
"What's done is done," Sarge said "We're leaving,"
John, Dozer, and Icecream got ready to leave, Sarge went back into the main bedroom and gave Wildman a pistol and a grenade. Wildman knew what to do with them.
They left the cabin and John could not help but feel terrible about leaving Wildman behind, he knew the Germans would find him eventually.
"Hey," Dozer called to John, snapping him out of his thoughts "Try not to let anyone else get shot,"
John merely sighed but ignored the insult from the other soldier.
Easy company continued their journey deeper into Germans territory and after another few hours of walking, they finally came upon the spot where the hidden airfield was supposed to be. However, there was a slight problem.
"Where's the airfield?" Dozer asked.
The airfield was not there, Easy company stood on a hill overlooking the countryside. They could see for miles and there was no sign of any airfield in any direction.
"This ain't right," Sarge said.
"Yeah according to the map, this hill shouldn't even be here," Icecream agreed as he looked at the map"Maybe HQ got some bad intel,"
"Wouldn't be the first time," Sarge sighed.
John was not convinced, he looked around but all he could see was the vast landscape. He walked towards the edge of the hill and looked over the top.
"Odd that there are no rocks around," John commented.
"What are you a geologist now?" Dozer scoffed.
"No, but generally when you have a hill like this there are rocks, loose stones and pebbles," John pointed out "But there's no sign of them on this hill,"
"Maybe someone magiced them away with a magic ring that actually works," Dozer mocked.
John glared at Dozer, he had had enough of the other soldiers bullying.
"You know..." he started but stopped and his eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"What you want to say something then say it," Dozer demanded.
John wanted to but he could not find the words to say anything and just stared at the soldier in shock.
"Hmph ain't got the courage I see," Dozer smirked "thought so,"
John pointed behind Dozer and the other soldier turned and his jaw dropped.
A swirling vortex of white energy had appeared behind the group of soldiers, Easy Company were at a loss for words on what was happing before them as the swirling vortex grew larger.
"What...what the hell is that thing?" Dozer asked.
"I...I don't know...Some kind of portal," John answered.
"Wait, is something coming through?" Iceman asked as several shadowy figures formed.
"More like someone," John hissed. He knew how portals worked and had seen a few during his time as a green lantern. Whatever or whoever was coming through would surely be up to no good.
However what surprised John was the first being to appear from the portal was a young blond haired man.
"Hey what do you know...it worked," he cried happily.
"Uhh...what worked?" Sarge asked.
The boy however ignored the solider and turned back to the portal.
"It worked, come on through guys," the boy called back.
A moment later several more figures emerged, first a young girl holding a large book, then another girl wearing a pink dress, next came a tall man in a long black coat and finally a woman wearing a green dress. Once the last woman was through the portal closed and disappeared like it had never been there too begin with.
John sighed and walked over to Alucard, to greet the vampire and the teens he was with.
"Hello Lantern," Alucard greeted once John had approached.
"Alucard, glad to see a friendly face," John responded, he then looked at the four teens "I see you brought company,"
"Yes it has been a rather busy few hours," Alucard agreed "Are you hurt in any way?"
"I'm fine, are the others alright?" John asked.
"Yes, they are unharmed...although Flash was very worried about you;" Alucard claimed "we all were,"
"Sorry about that," John said.
"Do not be… I am just relieved that you have come to no harm," Alucard said "As I am sure the others will be too,"
"Are the others with you?"
Alucard shook his head.
"No, Superman, Flash and Hawkgirl were asked to assist in an aerial raid," Alucard claimed "we were told its success could change the outcome of the war,"
"You think that whatever they're doing is what we were sent back to change?" John asked.
"Perhaps, I do not know. We had yet to hear from J'onn and Wonder Woman," Alucard stated "Hopefully they will find more information…though one thing is certain. Until we return to our own time we will not know if we did the right thing or not,"
"Yeah that's true," John agreed "But…what if we're just making things worse?"
"Could you think of a possible future worse then what we have already experienced?" Alucard asked.
John thought about it and he could think of quite a few world-ending scenarios and each was more horrifying than the last. The sun exploding, the Martian invasion succeeding, a nuclear war like in the other dimension, the zombie apocalypse and Luther getting into politics all came to mind.
While those situations were bad he never once pictured how the world would be if a Nazi's won, he had seen it and he preferred any other scenario to the future they had seen.
"Well….one or two I suppose…but they aren't as bad as what we saw before coming here," John claimed.
"In that case there we have nothing to worry about," Alucard stated "the only way we can fail is if our presence in the past makes no impact at all,"
"I guess that makes sense," John agreed. He then looked over to the four teens.
"So, who are these kids?" John asked.
"These two are Charlotte and Jonathan," Alucard said and gestured to the hunting duo "The two older girls are Stella and Loretta...they are Eric's daughters,"
"Speaking of…where'd Eric go?" Jonathan asked looking around for the missing ghost.
The rest of the group looked around but could not see the ghost.
"Who's Eric?" John asked.
"That would be me," Eric said and suddenly came into existence.
The rest of Easy company's jaws dropped upon seeing a ghost standing in the middle of Alucards group. John looked at the ghost and then at Alucard with a raised eyebrow. It was less of a surprise to him as he knew a vampire but he did not think ghosts were real.
'Aliens, Amazons, Gods, Vampires, a Centuries Old Witch, Time Traveling Guardians with a few screws loose and now Ghosts…what's next to the boogie man,' John thought to himself.
"Sorry about that turns out the portal magic mess with spirits," Eric said with a laugh "Who knew,"
"I am sorry Father," Loretta said apologetically.
"Don't be, you didn't know that would happen," Eric responded. He then noticed how Esay Company were staring at them "Hey what's wrong with them,"
"They probably have never seen a ghost before," Charlotte assumed "or people walk out of a magical vortex,"
"Y...Y...You're a ghost," Dozer finally stuttered.
"Yes I am," Eric agreed.
"So you know a ghost now?" John asked Alucard.
Alucard merely shrugged.
"Right...of course, you do," John sighed "So how did you find me?"
"Magic," Alucard responded.
"But doesn't that drain your powers?"
"It does…however, I did not use my magic to find you. It was Charlotte and Loretta here," Alucard claimed and looked over at the two girls "they are both very talented spell casters,"
"Right… come on I'll introduce you to the rest of the team,"
"Team?" Alucard asked.
"Yeah, I got drafted into helping these soldiers to take down a hidden airfield. It will be easier with you now since my ring is out," John explained.
John walked back over to the Easy Company and introduced them; Alucard did the same to his group. Charlotte, Stella and Loretta gained a few whistles from Easy Company and Eric gave them a harsh glare.
"Their eyes are further upwards and that is the only place you will look at my girls if you know what's good for you," Eric threatened.
"Father we can handle ourselves," Stella huffed "If they touch us I will simply break their hands and all their fingers one after the other,"
"And I will freeze their genitals off with my magic," Loretta stated.
Upon hearing this Jonathan leaned over to Charlotte.
"Are you sure you got all the vampire out of them?" Jonathan whispered to Charlotte.
"Umm…I think so. It's trial and error at this point," Charlotte shrugged.
"So where is this airfield?" Johnathan asked.
"We don't know, it's supposed to be here," Ice cream said.
"Yeah well, maybe all your magic powers could conjure one," Dozer huffed.
"That would take way to much energy," Loretta huffed.
"Not to mention be a waste of our time," Charlotte added.
"Also I do not have the power to spare," Alucard finished.
"Well that's just perfect," Dozer said and he jabbed his rifle into the ground. However, because there was bayonet on the end of the gun a tear was herd and Dozer suddenly fell through the hill.
The rest of the group walked over and stared at the newly torn patch of grass.
"Well…I guess this explains why the hill is not on the map," John said.
"Move away," Alucard said.
The rest of the group took a few steps back and Alucard bent down and grabbed the now torn patch of grass. He ripped it back even further creating a larger opening. Alucard jumped down.
"It's alright, it's not that far down," his voice called back.
The rest of the group hopped into the hole one at a time with Alucard and Dozer catching them. Once everyone was in they looked around. They were in a long underground corridor; it was dimly lit by small lights on the wall.
"Think this is part of the airfield?" Ice cream asked.
"I hear marching," Alucard stated.
"From where?" Johnathan asked.
"Hard to tell…it is echoing too much," Alucard answered.
"I'll go scout ahead," Eric said and he ran through the wall.
"How...How did he do that?" Sarge asked.
"Ghosts are ethereal," Alucard explained "Walls mean nothing to them…should they choose they can become invisible to the mortal eye,"
"Man ghosts are cool, I wish I was one," Johnathan said.
"You need to die to become one," Alucard pointed out "and you only become a ghost if you have an overly strong attachment to the world of the living,"
"What is his attachment?" John asked.
Alucard looked over his shoulder at Stella and Loretta.
"He wishes to see his daughters safe," Alucard answered "until that happens he will remain trapped in our world,"
"Did he tell you that?" Charlotte asked.
"No…but it was not hard to figure out," Alucard claimed "given how he did not move on after I…we saved them,"
John and Charlotte nodded in understanding. He didn't have kids himself but he was sure if he did he would want to see them safe and sound...especially in wartime.
"Do you plan to help him move on?" John asked.
"I do not believe we will be here long enough...however, if we can get Stella and Loretta out of danger from the war, there will be no reason for Eric to remain," Alucard said.
The two groups waited and a few minutes later Eric reappeared.
"Okay so there is no one up ahead...but I found that airfield you were looking for," Eric said.
"You did?" Dozer asked.
"Yeah, and it looked like they were loading some odd looking planes with troops and other machines I did not recognize," Eric claimed.
"Show us," Sarge ordered.
Eric led the group down the hall and through the bunker. Easy Company was very suspicious that they had not encountered any resistance or German patrols.
"This is too easy," Sarge said warily "where is everyone?"
"In here," Eric said and walked through a door.
Sarge pushed the door open a crack and peered through, he saw what appeared to be a large hanger with several big black sleek looking planes. There were German troops that were marching up the ramps into them.
Sarge spied several nearby tanks; he closed the door and looked at the others.
"There are a few tanks and vehicles near the door, we should hide there," Sarge said.
The rest of the group nodded and they quickly and quietly went through the door and hid behind the tanks; observing the airfield.
"What is that?" Johnathan gasped at the sight of the plane.
"Wait...that's a jet...what the hell is that doing here?" John hissed.
"You know what those things are?" Sarge asked.
"Yeah and if the Germans have it it's bad news,"
"It's being loaded with soldiers," Eric claimed, "what are they doing...trying to start another war?"
"Or quickly end this one," Alucard whispered.
"How could they end this one with only a few planes?" Charlotte asked.
"Those planes are fast, fast enough to...oh no," John said.
"What is it?" Alucard asked.
"This is how they won the war, this is how the future gets messed up," John explained "they use these planes to fly out of the warzone and behind allied forces...they attack from both sides leaving the only option to surrender,"
"If that is the case then we must stop those planes from taking off," Alucard insisted.
"Right," John agreed "Let's wait for our chance and then strike,"
The group waited and after several more minutes the last of the soldiers boarded the planes. Seeing as this was their chance. John, Alucard, Easy Company and the Jonathans hunting party were about to strike. However, a car drove in and stopped near one of the planes.
The group held off their attack, as they were curious as to who was in the car. The back door of the car opened and out stepped Vandal Savage. He looked at the planes with a smile before talking to one of the men who was on guard. Both Alucard and John were caught completely by surprise at the warlords presence.
"Is that...Is that the same guy from those posters in the future?" John asked.
"Impossible...It can't be," Alucard claimed "Humans age,"
"Well, he sure looks like the same person. Maybe he is not human,"
Alucard narrowed his eyes; this did not sit right with him. Flamandus had said that Vandal Savages grandfather had single handily won World War 2, yet the man in front of them did not just have a striking resemblance to the man they had seen in the posters and pictures in the future. He was identical in every way.
Alucard could also sense that he was not a creature of the night nor was he cursed or had any kind of dark presence to explain why he looked to the same as he did in years to come.
"No, he has to be human...I would sense it otherwise," Alucard claimed.
"What are you two going on about?" Sarge asked.
Both Alucard and John glanced at each other but said nothing. As they were hesitant to answer.
"Uh...Guys...that dude just went into that plane," Jonathan pointed out.
Alucard and John looked up and saw that Savage had indeed gone, and the ramps began to close. Once they were closed the engines started on the planes.
"We're out of time," John hissed. He broke his cover and ran out towards some motor bikes, he jumped on one and started it up.
"Lantern wait," Alucard called out.
But it was too late; the remaining men saw him and started shooting at John.
"Cover him," Sarge ordered and Easy company opened some fire of their own.
"Stay hidden," Eric ordered, his daughters, Johnathan and Charlotte eagerly agreed.
Alucard watched as the planes started down the runway and the hanger doors opened. He saw John use the motorbike to catch up to the plane that was in front.
"We need to stop those planes...now," Alucard said urgently.
Ice cream climbed into the tank he was hiding behind and used it to shoot one of the wheels off the closest plane. However, the first four planes had already taken off and Alucard saw John get in the lead one through the raising landing gear.
Charlotte and Loretta watched and Loretta looked at Charlotte.
"Can you get me out in front of one of those planes?" Loretta asked.
"Yes but..."
"Then do it,"
Charlotte nodded and opened her book and .
"Teleport," Charlotte cried out.
Loretta instantly disappeared and reappeared at the end of the runway. She stared down the three oncoming planes that showed no signs of stopping for the girl.
"Loretta no," Stella cried out, upon seeing her sister
"Get out of the way," Eric yelled in worry.
Loretta, however, stood there brought their hands close together and began to chant.
"I call upon the Arctic wilds, the ice that flies upon the cold winds of fate. I command you to freeze those to whom I hate..."
"Everyone get over here," Alucard ordered urgently and he pointed to the side of the tank that Ice cream was in "Charlotte we need a ring of fire now...as hot as you can make it,"
Charlotte, Jonathan, and Stella were quick to obey and Alucard forcefully pulled Sarge and Dozer behind the tank. A large hot flaming ring appeared around them.
"ICESTORM!" Loretta cried out.
She stretched out her hands and a massive blizzard erupted from her hands blasting into the remaining planes. Even though they were still first coming ice began to appear on the wings.
The rest of the group had to hide behind the tanks again as to not be affected by the heavy icy winds. Even though they could still feel the cold in the air. Once the wind died down they let a sigh of relief and noticed that they could see their own breath and began to shiver.
They came out of hiding and saw that the remaining three planes were encased in one large piece of Ice and had stopped cold. The whole hanger had iced over, the walls and floors now covered in a thick sheet of ice. The vehicles and boxes in the room were completely frozen over and the remaining men were now dead from flash freezing.
The only part that had not been frozen over was the small area where Charlotte's fire spell had surrounded.
Dozer walked over to one of the frozen Germans, doing his best not to slip on the Iced over the floor. Once in front, he noticed that not only was the solder frozen but also the last bullet that was fired from the gun was frozen in mid-flight.
He then took another look around the room.
"Damn...I am never getting on that girl's bad side," he said.
"Indeed, this would have been you and the rest of us. You only survived due to Charlotte fire spell wearing the effects of Loretta Ice spell, Eric agreed as he approached the solider.
Alucard climbed up onto the top of the tank and opened the hatch; he reached inside and pulled out Ice cream who was shivering violently. With Ice cream in his hands Alucard jumped down and when he landed he took off his long coat and put it on the solider. Ice cream gently wrapped it around him and held it close; desperate to get warm.
"What about you, don't you need that?" Sarge asked.
"Cold does not bother me," Alucard responded "Charlotte this man needs warmth,"
"Right," Charlotte conjured a small flame and held it out near Ice cream. The solider instantly tried to be close to the flame as possible.
"That was one powerful spell," Johnathan said in awe. He then looked up at Alucard "If Charlotte haddn't cast that fire spell, would we have survived?"
"No, Loretta and I would have survived," Alucard answered "Powerful Magic can affect ghosts...so I do not know if Eric would have survived either,"
Loertta walked back over to the group and Alucard looked up at her.
"That was...very impressive spell you used," Alucard complimented.
"Thank you, I have an affinity for Ice magic," Loretta smiled in response.
"Clearly," Alucard agreed and he looked out down the runway towards the open end of the hanger.
'Four planes and Savage escaped….I hope Lantern will be alright,' Alucard thought 'and we have not just caused the allies to lose the war,'
He then looked back towards the other humans who were now all surrounding Charlottes conjured flame for warmth.
"We should leave quickly," He advised "if you stay here too long you will succumb to the effects of frostbite and hypothermia,"
Loretta nodded and both she and Alucard walked back towards the rest of the group. Alucard bent down and checked on Ice cream, he was not warming up.
"We should leave," Alucard stated "if this man does not get warm he will die,"
"It's not like he can walk," Dozer pointed out.
"Yeah, and where would we go?" Eric asked "he needs a place to warm up thoroughly,"
"And we're not likely to find anywhere like that with the Germans around," Stella finished.
"What about that Cabin? That could work," Sarge suggested.
"What Cabin?" Johnathan asked.
"We found an abandoned Cabin and used it to rest," Sarge explained "One of my men were shot in the leg and couldn't continue. He should still be there,"
"That could work, how far is it?" Charlotte asked.
"At least four hours walk," Dozer claimed.
"Which way?" Alucard asked.
"Southeast," Sarge answered.
Alucard nodded and turned to Charlotte.
"Can you cast magic without the aid of your book?" he asked.
"I...No...I can't," Charlotte answered "the book focuses my spells and without it I can't manifest the spell,"
"I see...in that case, Loretta," Alucard started and turned to look at the Eric's younger daughter "Wrap your arms and led
"WHAT!" Charlotte yelled.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Eric shouted angrily.
"Excuse me?" Loretta asked in shock.
"I will carry both of them to the cabin...Loretta can keep this man warm while we travel,"
"Oh...that's what you meant," Eric said a little embarrassed.
"What did you think I meant?" Alucard asked.
"Um...nothing...never mind," Eric said.
"Umm...question," Johnathan said and raised his hand "Why do you need Loretta to keep this guy warm?"
"I don't...I don't give off body heat," Alucard said "My kind are not known for being warm,"
"Ah...yeah okay," Johnathan said in understanding.
It took some fussing but soon Ice cream was positioned on Alucard's back, he had to be tied to the vampires waist with some rope from the air base as Ice cream was in no position to hold onto Alucard by himself. Alucard held Loretta in a tight embrace, the younger twins arms were wrapped around Alucards neck and her hands on Ice creams back. Not only was Loretta supporting Ice cream but it also meant she could use magic to warm the soldiers upper back and chest area at the same time.
Once they were both ready Alucard sped off into the night.