Scarlet Stars
12/31/1947, Hope Town, Elbow Cay
The members of The Squadron had been looking towards the area around the sea now, they had been told that there was a strange energy surge that had been happening, Joseph reading a book, The Old Straight Track by Alfred Watkins, it made the man curious as he followed the tracks now, “Krimonn, can you see if there’s anything related to this and Earth’s energy.” he said.
Hearing that, the Prism had went and started to say towards them now before creating a screen for all of them to fitness, “The Terra–Veins of this planet are mapped as follows.” The device said as they had all looked, “Can you zoom in here?” Harrison had asked, making the screen zoom in, “There is a Terra–Vein nexus off the coast here.” It continued towards them, making The group curious.
“And what does that mean?” Zarda had asked with some curiosity now before they had seen that there was some strange flash of light now that had started to appear RIGHT where the map said that the group would be, seeing that, Sk’ym’x, Harrison and Joseph had both started to fly now and as they had done so, both of The Whizzers had started to run forward now with Zarda being held.
Seeing the ripple now that started to open up and reveal that there was some… something that was coming it, appearing to be made of a red metal now that looked almost like Centurion, “Where am I? What year is it? What Universe?!” he snarled towards the group now a staff in his hand that was beginning to glow now, making the Squadron surprised as Robert threw Zarda to the man.
She had her sword raised at the ready now before she saw that there was a field around him now, taking a breath, The man had went to grab at her now and seeing that, the others had went to fire on him, but he ignored the group right now and was instead focused on Zarda, “A Zarda of Utopia Island, that narrows it down from 90% of The Multiverse.” He said now which confused them.
“Now which of the remaining 10% are you a part of?” he had asked, his hand pricking her skin some now and making the woman bleed, “And The result is… Earth–20484 in 12/31/1947, not horrible.” he said now before going and looking, “This must be an early Squadron,” he said as the group looked towards him with confusion right now, “This must have linked between here and Earth–139119.”
They had no idea what was going on while the man went and looked round, “This should be an easy place to conquer.” he said now with a grin now while they had went to fire now, but the shields had started to shake now, the man looked towards them now as he went and aimed his staff towards the group now, “I’ll need to get rid of you first.” he muttered now which made them all fire towards him.
But they moved away from him now, Robert and Walter going to attack while Skymax had tried by firing out a jet of fire, making sure that the temperature and intensity was going hard now while the man went and sighed, “I think that I will be off now, enjoy dealing with what’s coming out of there.” he said with a grin now as they started to turn with a panic as they saw someone coming in.
It was a man that had worn black and white now, a purple cloak and staff had surprised them as the silver helmet that he wore was featureless except for the glowing white eyes that made the group confused, “Where is The Scarlet Centurion?!” The being had asked as a symbol that looked like the gap between ripples started to glow now, making them worried at what was going on right now.
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12/31/1947, Dystopia Island, Subtteranea
The two of them appeared now and as they had done so, Zarda went to punch one of them now, but the man had been calm now, going and throwing her out of the field now, but as she had done so, Zarda went and thrown her sword, hitting his armor but there was little to no damage which made the woman angry right now, falling on the ground and then flipping up now with her shield at the ready now.
“I have to say… this is… an interesting development.” he said towards the woman as The Dystopians had started to come out now, looking towards them with some curiosity now, at least until The leader of their little group, Xenios, who looked to be furious at the sight of her, “It seems that you’re here…” he said with anger as electricity had started to come.
“So then, this is Dystopia Isle.” he said with a smile now before he went and pulled out a new device, “You fools can go and play with each other, I have to go get a weapon of mass destruction.” he told the group, making The Dystopians and Utopian confused now while Xenios glared towards Zarda, “Truce until he’s dead?” he asked of her and Zarda was happy to help as both went to fight him now.
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12/31/1947, Hope Town, Elbow Cay
“I demand to know where The Scarlet Centurion is!” The being said, hearing that, Harrison and Joseph had both readied to attack now, at least until the helmet started to glow now, making the two flyers fall down now into the water, The Speedsters had ran forward before seeing that the liquid had become a solid now, creating platforms which made the groupnow sink.
“Speak now, or else.” The being said now which made the group glare as Joseph spoke, “Your Scarlet Centurion had stolen Zarda and now he’s nowhere!” The man said which made the being pause, “What?! How is Zarda here?” The being said, “It appears that there is another Zarda who lives in this universe.” a new voice said towards the being, making them turn as a new being had walked out.
It appeared to be a man that had appeared to be white, the top of his head connecting to a dark blue cloak that had wrapped around him, forming a sort of atmosphere from the sky, the water and thunder hidden underneath the cloth as he looked them over, “They are The Golden Agency of This Universe, Norn.” he explained, making group realize who he was and what was going on.
“We’re The Squadron Supreme, what The Hell is going on?” Harrison asked and hearing that, He looked, “This is Norn, a Master Magician on our Earth, and I am The Apparition, a servant to the God of Justice.” He said towards them, “The Scarlet Centurion is a dangerous threat that is searching for a item of great power, it is missing on our world, devoured by The Star Brand of our world.”
That made the group confused, wondering what a Starbrand was as they went and started to straighten out, “Well, where is it?” Robert asked of them, “The Star Brand has been buried within the remains of The Garden.” Apparition said towards them, making The Squadron look as the ripple had begun to fizzle, “We must hurry… there is little time before the rift is sealed forever.”
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12/31/1947, Dystopia Island, Subtteranea
They had been fighting towards the group now, going to fight them now, the horrors that made up Dystopia had attacked in mass, but The Scarlet Centurion had been unperturbed at it all, activating his powers to slow them all down now, so much so that they had been frozen now, seeing it, Zarda and Xenios had leapt backwards now, away from the attack with some wrath right now.
“Your shock, my awe!” Zarda shouted and hearing that, The Leader of The Dystopian had glared, “I don’t have elctrokinesis right now!” he shouted as he instead charged up a crimson blast, it starting to create rings of energy now, “I have this!” he snarled, throwing the rings towards the sword now which was making the woman catch them with her sword before doing a large swing that had been swung their way.
“A Kinetic wave reinforced by Utopian Steel, clever.” SC said, “But I am in no mood, there is a fruit I must pluck from a garden.” he said, confusing them now as he typed in the coordinates now, the moment he did so, the man vanished and the moment he did so, the field had vanished and with that, the Dystopians who had charged and crashed into each other in pain now.
Seeing this, Xenios had looked towards the woman, “Do you have any idea what is going on?” he asked of the woman, “No, I do not.” she said towards the group as there was a ripple now, making them all look and see how there was a portal that had appeared, showing two beings and her Squadron there, “Guys? What’s–?” “The Scarlet Centurion, where is he?” The Helmeted being asked.
Before they could say anything, Xenios had coughed, “I apologize, but there’s no mor enemy, so get the Hell out of here.” he snarled, the Dystopians all starting to gather around them now as they went and looked, “Hurry, we must make haste.” Norn told them as he and Apparition worked to create a portal and once he had done so, they were all sucked in to go who knew where.
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12/31/1947, The Ruined Garden, Subtteranea
The members of The Squadron and the two visitors had been looking around towards everything, it had appeared to have been burned, there were reptilian remains that had been fossilized and they had looked around with some curiosity right now as the group walked in, looking around in confusion, “What kind of place is this?” Walter had asked, looking around at it all.
“This is The Garden, one of the oldest places in most Earth’s history, and it is here that one of the most powerful weapons on Earth exists.” Apparition explain to them as he cloak started to expand out now, making the air around them begin to change now, spreading out and as it had done so, the group had been looking towards the center where they saw a small crater.
“What is that?” Harrison had asked as they went and started to approach, “It is the Grave of The Star Brand, and we must make sure that The Scarlet Centurion does not acquire it.” Norn warned towards the group as they saw that the man in question was before the group now, making the ground start to lift up now and as he had done so, they rushed forward.
“Ah then, you’ve already come here, interesting.” he said towards the Squadron while Apparition had started to attack, releasing a bolt of electrical energy that made the man sigh as he went and froze it, “You shall stop nothing now.” The magician said towards to the group, raising his hand and as he did so, the lightning hit him, making The Centurion take a step back in pain.
He glared towards the man now as The Squadron had rushed forward, as they rushed forward now, the man tried to freeze them, but there was no issue for Norn to stop it once again and seeing that, he raised his staff and fired, but Joseph had created a shield that Harison had reinforced with his energy, both of them using their abilities to wrap the energy around the ma, but he glared towards them.
“The Star Brand cannot and will not be contained by a being such as yourself.” Apparition said, somehow appearing by the crater where they had seen… remains? With some sort of strange glowing scar on the torso of it, “To your creators you return.” he said as there was a bright flash, destroying the corpse but there was something else that had commenced, a explosion which made the group all get thrown backwards.
They had all been discombobulated now, looking around towards everything with some confusion as The Scarlet Centurion started to get angry, “NO!” He snapped in anger towards the group, “You destroyed it!” he snarled, twisting the handle of his staff and make it expand, “Do you have any idea the level of damage that causes?!” he snarled towards them as the cavern started to collapse now.
Seeing this, furious, he decided to aim and fire towards the ceiling, “May you enjoy your tomb!” he snarled towards them now, vanishing as he did so, seeing this, the members of the Squadron Supreme all attempted to move them or to blast a hole up and away, “EVERYONE! Surround Apparition and I!” Norn had shouted to the group, hearing that, they looked towards him before doing so as the Earth swallowed them.
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12/31/1947, Hope Town, Elbow Cay
The Scarlet Centurion had been annoyed with the loss of The Star Brand, it would have fueled his war machines for a few millennia, but thanks to this Ley Line opening, he had acquired a new source of ammunition, soldiers, resources, it was a whole new world for him to conquer and to implant his own timeline into, it made the man look at the fraying entryway and had an idea.
He went ahead and taken a probe from his pocket dimension, expanding the sphere like object before he threw the new ring into the gateway, the moment that he had done so, create a funnel between this universe and the one he hailed from, The Time Traveler went and leapt through it, going and thinking that he was goingto have to make sure The Golden Agency and this group didn’t join forces.
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12/31/1947, The Ruined Garden, Subtteranea
They had been saved thankfully due to the fact that Norn had been able to change the direction of the collapsing ceiling so that it would instead rise, all of them had been gasping in relief now as Zarda had looked towards him and The Apparition, “Thank you… that power you were gifted… it’s incredible…” she said towards him as the group began to move the stones away.
“I am not omnipotent, I can only invert what is.” He said as Apparition started to glow around his eyes now, “Our quarry has left, most likely returning to our home where The Rest of The Golden Agency awaits.” He said towards them, making the Squadron get worried, “So what? What even was he?” Robert asked of them, making The Apparition speak, “He is a conqueror of The 30th Century,” he said.
“The only reason that he would come here is to fulfill his self given purpose.” Norn said as the two of them worked together to create a new portal to his location, “And what’s that?” Skymax asked of him, all worried, “To conquer all so that his empire reigns eternal.” Norn had warned towards them now, opening up the gateway to allow them to continue their pursuit of the man.
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12/31/1947, Hope Town, Elbow Cay
The group had returned to the rift now, looking around and seeing that the portal that brought the three here hadn’t closed as much as they thought, “There are traces of The Scarlet Centurion here… we must rejoin our comrades to stop his latest campaign.” The Magician explained as they both started to move towards the portal, looking back towards them, The Apparition smiled.
“We shall see each other again, next time, as comrades.” he said towards them as both had vanished into the portal now, it appearing to close and yet as they had looked, both Harrison and Joseph could have sworn that there was a sort of seam where the portal had once been, “I… I don’t even know how we’re going to report any of that.” Harrison said and none of them could argue.
As The members of The Squadron started to leave now, they were unaware that there was something invisible, even to Solar Flare and Doctor Spectrum that was watching them and scanning everything right now, preparing for the next attack on this Earth, it would not be today, it might not even be this year, but in one way or another, Nathaniel Richards will Conquer.
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12/31/1947, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
The group had returned and looked towards everything that was there, The Scarlet Centurion, The Star Brand, the two individuals that were there, the fact that there was a Earth–139119, at least 139119 Earths with theirs being Earth–20484, it was all shocking to say the least, “And these beings… The Norn and The Apparition,” The General said towards the group.
“Both of them looked to be possessed, maybe that’s how the powers of their Earth work?” Robert asked, recalling how he had gotten his powers due to a blood transfusion, “Maybe, but we can’t be sure–” “Well they’re gone, so there’s nothing we can really do about it anyways, the portal was closed.” He said towards them and hearing that, they couldn’t argue with that.
The Squadron had been reading over the reports now, seeing that there was images of The Scarlet Centurion, he apparently had fought against The members of The Howling Commandos as one of The Nazi’s enhanced combatants, seeing it, a thought came to mind, “If he had been there, time traveling back then, maybe he knows where the others are.” Jim said with them now.
“Maybe he does… but there’s no way we can find him or know if everything he says is true… but watching out for The members of Nazi’s enhanced individuals, that could be useful for them all right now, “Before that, can we at least have a few drinks for The New Year?” Zarda asked, having that celebration back on Utopia Island, before they saw that there were some drinks ready for them.
They had grabbed at a few of them now, they started to do as much, they started to look over everything that was there with Toro, Golden Girl and The Human Top had joined with the others, all of them excited for The New year and what would be coming next for them all enjoying themselves together now with some of them wondering what was happening in the other Earth right now.
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12/31/1947, GA Townhouse, Washington DC, Earth–139119
“So then, there was this ‘Squadron Supreme’, and they assisted you with stopping Nathaniel from taking The Star Brand?” Rider had asked of the duo on their team, Zarda working with her shield before she looked towards them, “And you say that there was a Me on that… other Earth?” she asked with Norn nodding, “Yes, it appears that you exist there as well, a warped reflection of yourself.” He said.
Howard Shelton, the liaison for The Golden Agency, walked in and gave a whistle, “Two Zarda’s? That’s a lot of women.” he said towards them which made Mimi Schwartz scoff, “Please! You can barely handle ONE Zarda.” she said to him, making the group start to laugh towards that now as Norn had removed his helmet and Henri Peverell had looked towards the group.
The Scarlet Centurion is a serious threat, he had been fighting against them with some danger and it was making the members of the Golden Agency recall how the man had faced off against them back during WWII, Mimi went to get them all some glasses, The Sixteen members of The Agency and Howard started to enjoy their drinks now with each other.
They had been drawn together due to the FDR Super–Draft, but together they had been forged in fire and now, they all stayed together now and they were happy to help the members to the best of their abilities, looking around towards the small party that had been set up by their own fortunes as well as some of assistance from the government before they started to celebrate.
The members of The Golden Agency had been friends with each other, they had grown to be a family with each other, “So then, you said that they had a… Dystopia Island?” Zarda asked, thinking that there was a myth about it, her brother Zoilo would want to hear about this, “Oui.” Henri said to them, “And they seemed to be quite… unique.” he explained to her.
That made The Utopian surprised by that now, looking to him and then the common room that had been filled with drinks and food that was all around them, as they all started to enjoy themselves right now, as they had enjoyed themselves and the little victory that they had, the Scarlet Centurion had looked them over right now, smiling towards the incompetence of the Golden Agency.
Due to the actions of his Temporal Selves, he had been trapped on Earth–139119, but now he had a way out, a tunnel to 20484, and with it, he will tear them apart to forge the foundation of Earth–6311, building and constructing it one step at a time, sitting in his little space outside of natural time, The Conqueror got ready to move the next piece on his board now.