Atlantis

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The Justice Society disappears in a glow of mystic energy, and the voice in Tempest's head is gone ... leaving just a giant apparition of a withered, veiled woman in white, towering above the City of Atlantis, waves crashing in all directions as she screams and cackles.

Sound carries underwater ... that wicked witch laugh must be audible from shore to shore.

Beneath her, the people of Atlantis huddle and cower. The troops, marshalled by some valiant officer, begin to open fire with weapons not used in combat for years -- beams that sizzle the water around her.

They have no effect -- she simply turns their power in on their source. The soldiers scuttle away from the blast -- wounded, but alive. So far.

"Fate ... The precious Justice Society ... None of them will save you from my will she says. When the war comes, Atlantis ... the city at the heart of Earth's magic ... will be the first to fall.

She stares down at the citizens, huddling behind soldiers with drawn, useless swords and tridents.

"You will be the first recruits of my army. An army which will rule the world!

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"I find it hard to believe you'd be able to recruit an army of jellyfish," he replies, blasting at her.

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The blast explodes against The Witch Queen's own in a cascade of water and eldritch energy, punctuated by the incessant, malevolent cackling.

You will see, young Tempest. Soon, when you and Orin's corpses hang from the dome of Poseidonis. They will crack like egs in a clenched fist.

The water around them now is turbulent, and the show is definitely making an impression on the huddling Atlanteans, many of whom whisper of dark gods returning to take vengeance from being cast into the deeper depths.

But the Witch Queen now seems more interested in spreading terror than she does actually attacking ...

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"You seek to spread darkness and lies," Tempest snarls. "There is one way to combat that... through the light of truth!"

His hand blazes with light and energy, and he pushes it out, spreading it to provide a sense of light and comfort to his people.

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The blaze ignites against The Witch Queen's own shields into a brilliant display that fills the ocean's depths above the city.

And The Witch Queen seems to stagger ... a bit.

"Bah, she says dismissively. It is not the time for our confrontation. Soon ... very soon ... You and all of Atlantis will pay beneath my heel.

The oceans churn as she cackles one more time, and rush into turbulent streams as she disappears.

There's a moment of silence from the city as the Atlanteans look up ... Then, applause climbs one corner, then another ... until the water is filled with the sound of the city cheerign Garth's name.