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Heart of Atlantis Chapter 14
The Justice League is getting their asses handed to them in a thrashing. Orm had the upper hand with the Trident's power at his every command and disposal. What they needed was a miracle to get out of this one.
Orm was surrounded by a guard of his soldiers. Suddenly a geyser of water appeared revealing a furious Mera at its center.
"Stop this madness, Orm," said Mera.
"King Orm, traitor," said Orm, scornfully.
"This is genocide. Billions will die. For what? So that Atlantis can feel safe again," spat Mera.
The tone of voice resembling that if he was speaking to a troublesome child, Orm said "Victory is the only way to ensure our safety."
Mera disagreed. Grunting she sent a heavy stream of water directly at Orm with the soldiers that surrounded him scattering. Orm easily cut it apart with the Trident sending a powerful wave of energy that slammed her bodily into the pavement.
Pointing at the incapacitated Mera, Orm ordered "Seize her! Make her watch my triumph.
Mera groaned as she was roughly made to stand on her feet by the Atlanteans.
"Hey, fish-head!"
Shazam landed on the street. Orm turned to meet him. Shazam shot a bolt of lightning out of his palm one that Orm easily absorbed. It had no effect on him.
"It seems we both call down the lightning. Let us see whose magic is stronger," goaded Orm.
Using the Trident Orm summed a massive bolt of lightning making it land directly on Shazam. Shazam screamed when it hit and then as the dust cleared his secret identity became revealed. Shazam is actually a young boy barely a teenager in age. The kid collapsed onto the ground spent.
Lifting the boy up by the nape of his neck, Orm laughed "These are your guardians? Children? This will be easier than I ever dreamed.
Orm was then attacked with sound waves from Cyborg's cannon as he swept in to rescue Shazam/Billy.
Orm quickly recovered and swiped the Trident at this interloper. Cyborg was knocked down at the impact and then was stabbed with the Trident piercing his central processor. He became nearly pushed him to be offline, but then Wonder Woman intervened. She lassoed the Trident pulling it free of Orm's grip.
Unfortunately, Wonder Woman was unable to actually do anything with it. The moment she touched it with her hand the Trident resisted her sending a huge shock through her body.
"I admire your determination, but the Trident is mine to command, wench," said Orm, calling the Trident back to him.
Wonder Woman's boots skidded on the street as she was dragged towards Orm because she refused to release. As soon as the Trident was returned he amped up the voltage level. But Wonder Woman refused to give up.
Wonder Woman punched Orm directly in the face. She ended up forcibly body-slammed into the side of an armored truck.
That's where Flash entered the fray. Flash attacked Orm at every angle. To stop him Orm held out his arm when he sensed the speedster coming in from behind and the Trident impacting his torso sent Flash flying.
Then it was Green Lantern and Superman's turn. Green Lantern created a jet with his ring, but Orm easily demolished it. Green Lantern got a bolt of lightning in the chest for his troubles and the force of it sent him crashing into a building. Superman used his laser vision, but Orm absorbed it and sent it straight back. Superman became harder to take down. But the man of steel may be impervious to a lot of things magic isn't one of them. Superman screamed in agonizing pain as Orm stabbed him in the chest sending an enormous power surge through him.
Batman had been keeping to the shadows until now, but no longer.
Batman went for Green Lantern and seeing that the man was only battered and bruised pushed for data.
"Lantern, I need information," said Batman, gruffly. "We're not going to win by hitting him as hard as we can."
Irritated, Green Lantern said "Bro, do not turn this into a learning moment."
"Anything," pressed Batman.
"Um…," mused Green Lantern, thoughtfully, "he killed his own mother and abused his and Arthur's little sister. Does that help?"
Oh it does a hell of a lot more than that.
Batman quickly located Cyborg where Orm had left him dying in the street.
"Cyborg," said Batman, softly.
It didn't look good Cyborg's chest had a huge hole in the center with sparks igniting from within as he lay there unconscious. Cyborg was losing power fast with his body beeping erratically.
"Error. Error. Insufficient energy…"
The cyborg's body powered down completely.
Batman knelt beside Cyborg getting an idea. He took a taser out of his belt using it to send a shock through Cyborg's system similar to what doctors and EMTs would do on people in attempts to revive them.
"Come on, Victor," muttered Batman.
It took a couple of times, but it worked.
Cyborg's mechanical body rebooted the mainframe pulling him back from the brink of death.
Cyborg opened his eyes. Groaning he staggered to his feet.
"I'm here," confirmed Cyborg.
"Lantern said Orm confessed to killing his mother and hurting his sister," said Batman.
Still catching his breath, Cyborg said "Yeah, to us. He lied to his people."
"But you saw it and you know what that means," said Batman.
Cyborg smirked knowing exactly what Batman meant. Every occurrence that happened before his eyes was recorded and the stuff that went on while he and those of the team when they were down in Atlantis is no exception.
"All we need to do now is get the entire Atlantean invasion force to see it. The only problem is their army is now widespread all over the city. It'll take too long to get them all in one place," said Batman.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," said Cyborg, his human eye lighting up in inspiration. "I may have a solution."
"What do you have," said Batman, open to suggestions.
Authors Note:
Any guesses on what they're plan is? ;)
Orm is about to go down. Ha!