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Wanted to go ahead and post what I have of the next issue since I will be gone all week, enjoy!
On a remote island south of Greece a cult of snake worshippers perform their monthly ritual to the snake goddess Echidna. As the cult leader, Queen Medusa raises her hands and hisses in song as the fire pit blazes to life.
In the center of the fire appears the form of Echidna, a woman’s head with a serpentine body covered in scales “Gorgon’s hear me” the goddess hisses in Greek “in order for you to thrive, all western civilization needs to be destroyed.”
“We hear and obey, great mother to us all” Medusa sung as she bowed down before the fire.
The other nearby members bowed down as well. The entire cult was dressed in snake skin and wearing robes of varying colors which denoted their rank among the Gorgons. Black Adder was dressed all in black and her snake sister, the Lady Hydra, was dressed in sky blue. A young warrior named Vyper was dressed all in green while the Queen herself was dressed all in purple.
When the ritual was completed Queen Medusa ordered her loyal followers to prepare for an assault on America “ready the hydrofoil for a long trip Vyper.”
“Yesss my Queen” he hissed bowing low as she walked past.
Shortly the four members of the “inner circle” and around twenty loyal warriors were onboard the hydrofoil speeding across the ocean towards the eastern seaboard of the United States. Lady Hydra summoned her mastery of water by focusing her power through magical bracelets she wore on each wrist. Controlling the oceanic currents to push the Hydrofoil along she reduced what would’ve been a four or five day voyage down to a mere twenty-six hours.
When they did arrive, in the small port of Saint Katherine’s Bay, Lady Hydra collapsed with exhaustion and had to remain aboard the hydrofoil under the care of a cult member proficient in the healing arts.
Queen Medusa immediately ordered Vyper and Black Adder to take their troops and begin sacking the city. She was so sure of their victory she didn’t even develop a plan for taking down the whole country. Medusa was sure her troops would be able to storm the country city by city.
At Sentinel Tower in Wayward City the alarm sounds in the war room…
Mainframe quickly brings up satellite feeds on the many screens and determines location of the alert, his hometown of Saint Katherine’s Bay!
Activating the communications relay he sends out a message to all members of the team “we have major activity in Saint Katherine’s Bay! A large group of hostiles seem to be wrecking havoc!”
Immediately Voltage teleported into the headquarters to stand just over Mainframe’s left shoulder “get me a location on the others fast.”
Typing frantically on the keyboard Mainframe began utilizing other screens to bring up the GPS tracking system. Three red dots in various places across the country popped up almost instantly.
“Bombshell is in L.A. aiding in disaster relief from the latest earthquake. Crimson Shield is actually on the Canadian border apprehending escapees from the Superhuman Detention Facility off the coast of Rhode Island. Midnight is already in Saint Katherine’s Bay as we speak. Hold on we have an incoming transmission.”
The transmission came in quick and frantic “the city is being overrun by some sort of snake people. I don’t know how much longer I can hold them off on my own. Need reinforcements ASAP.”
“On my way” Voltage answered as he teleported to the scene.
When Voltage arrived he saw the snakes unleashing magic against buildings and people alike destroying as much as they possibly could. Midnight lashed out with his wrist blades slicing through the snake’s protective scales dropping them one after another. Then he took a fiery blast from one dressed all in black.
Voltage unleashed a thunderbolt at her knocking the Black Adder off her feet. Midnight tried to shout something over the commotion but Voltage couldn’t quite make it out in time to avoid a gust of strong wind that hit him hard in the chest sending him flying backwards. Vyper swung his sword, Vorpal, once more and it created another gust of wind which picked up the electrical hero and threw him through a nearby brick wall.
Midnight was up and moving fast, using his grappling cable he was able to pull himself across the street faster than he would have been able to sprint. His fight foot came slamming into the back of Vyper’s head cracking bone as it did so. The young snake warrior went limp and the sword fell from his fingers clattering on the pavement.
John Dark bent down and picked it up. He recognized the markings as that of the Cadmarian people. It was one of the swords Harbinger sought. Without another thought he slung the sword on his back and went in search of Voltage.
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