Fate's Tower

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Zauriel leads the way to find Dr. Fate. Knowing Asmodel is free and after the power of the Spectre, time is running out fast! He only hopes he gets there soon enough, or it will be devastating for everyone...

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Outside Dr. Fate's tower, Traumiel has already arrived and orders his minions to attack. He shouts to the tower, "FATE! You will help us to find the Spectre!" Little did they know, he was not there, but it was not vacant, there were others there to oppose them all...

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[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

Zauriel remembers that Gemma is Fate's apprentice, it had been a long time since they decided to part ways and not pursue a relationship any longer. It was mutual, but she still had a soft spot in his heart. He knows that if Amsodel is looking for Spectre he might go to Fate or send some of his minions to get him! "If anything has happened to her," he thinks, "I will be one unhappy archangel!"

[swiftjustice.livejournal.com]

Jay runs - pacing himself so as to allow Zauriel to keep up. Plus, it's not that long a trip from New York to Salem, in any case.

He arrives near the tower, stopping short with surprise. Fate's home is normally shielded from sight, but the illusion that masks it has fallen away under the onslaught of a demonic horde vainly trying to penetrate its walls.

"Holy hell."

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"Isn't that an oxymoron Jay?" says Zauriel as he increases speed in his flight to get to the scene. He takes aim at a minion and says, "Better plug your ears Jay." He unleashes his sonic scream at the first minion he sees and vaporizes it! "KKKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!" The minions see a comrade fall by Zauriel's sonic cry and turn to face their foes coming from behind.

[swiftjustice.livejournal.com]

He'll definitely stay out of the way of that sonic blast - not too hard when you can outrun sound, as long as you're mindful.

"Anything I should know about taking these things down?"

A few super-speed punches do seem to disorient the demonic minions, but Jay's holding back for Zauriel's input.

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Essentially, hit hard, hit fast - shouldn't be a problem for you - and stay out of the way of their demonic energies! You ready to cause some chaos?" He smiles and charges in with his sword and knocks a couple of minions of their feet. Traumiel turns his attention to Jay, "Ah, a little speedster thinks he can best the armies of hell?!" He fires an energy beam of darkness at Jay, "Can you outrun THIS?!"

[swiftjustice.livejournal.com]

"I don't have to outrun it, exactly.."

Jay's suddenly not where Traumiel was aiming.

"So long as I can move faster than your arm."

Looks like he's scooped up a handful of stones, too - one of which gets hurled at hurricane-force speeds at the leader of the demon army.

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Zauriel sees Traumiel being bombarded with stones at hurricane-force speeds. He thinks, "May the Lord be with you Jay..." He attacks the minions and slices his way through the group with his sword. His first attack with the sonic scream was effective, but they turn their focus on him - he is afterall an archangel now. A horde jump him and he fights them in close quarters.

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Traumiel is annoyed and uses a shield to block the stones, "Pitiful thing!" He fires a barrage of dark energy bursts in many directions in random patterns hoping at least one will hit this fast annoying creature...

[swiftjustice.livejournal.com]

That seems to be exactly what Jay's hoping for - he takes off with a burst of speed, drawing Traumiel's fire towards some of his own minions - all the while passing amongst them like an intangible ghost.

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

As Zauriel fights his way through, he sees minions being taken out one by one by the dark energy Traumiel had meant for Jay! "Good thinking Jay!" says Zauriel. Soon it is only Traumiel and one minion left. They stand there and Zauriel and Jay stand in front of them. Zauriel looks at Traumiel, he sees Gemma and Lyta come out of the fortress and they join him. "Traumiel," says Zauriel, "foul one fallen from heaven - go tell your boss Asmodel he will be back where he belongs soon!" Traumiel knows he is not a match for an archangel, so he leaves in a huff and a dark cloud of smoke... WHOOOSSH! When the smoke clears, Zauriel, Jay, Gemma, and Lyta are left alone, no signs of any minions anywhere. "Good work Jay," says Zauriel.

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"Thanks, I appreciate the complement."

His gaze turns towards Lyta Hall, formerly Fury, and Gemma - the towers two sole defenders, it seems.

"Lyta, where's Hector? I wouldn't think that bunch would stand for two minutes against him."

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Lyta smiles a little at Jay's presence, but shakes her head worriedly in response to his query.

"He left a short time ago - some growing mystical imbalance he felt he had to attend to. I haven't been able to reach him, even when the demons attacked - whatever it is that he's gone to take care of is causing tremendous magical interference."

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

Zauriel knew what that meant, "Asmodel, it has to be. He's going after the Spectre to try and merge with him. He needs to be stopped. That nust be what your husband was trying to do - to stop Asmodel!"

[swiftjustice.livejournal.com]

Jay nods, grimly.

"Then we need to find out where we can cut Asmodel off at the pass, so to speak. And we may need the Spear of Destiny, in case we fail. Lyta, can you and Gemma start trying to locate it? Zauriel - can you find Dr. Fate? If not, I may know who can.."

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

Zauriel thinks, "If he went to stop Asmodel, I know exactly where he went... he went to limbo to try and stop the meeting of these two. Gemma - it's good to see you again. It's been a long time, and Lyta, good to see you too. As for this Amodel mess, I need to get to limbo fast, you're welcome to join me Jay. I'll be going at lightning speed, but this is going from one realm of existence to another - are you up for it?"

[swiftjustice.livejournal.com]

"It's no place I haven't been before. You lead the way this time, though - it's probably more familiar territory to you."

Jay takes a moment to get out his JSA comm device - checking in with the Brownstone to warn them to gather the troops.

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"Sounds good, I'm contacting the JLA too so we can muster up enough support. We'll see what we can get." He activates the JLA comm and waits for response from any JLA'ers receiving his signal...

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Justice League? This is Zauriel. Jay Garick and I are headed off to limbo to try and stop Asmodel from merging with the hostless Spectre. We need you all ready to fight if we fail and he brings his troops to this realm. Can we count on you to be ready? We will leave after we get confirmation from you..."

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

"Zauriel? This is Red Tornado at the Watchtower. Could you repeat your message? I'm not sure if my aural filters are working correctly, because it sounded like you aid that a demon is merging with the Spectre." Reddy presses his communicator again, hoping the archangel is still in a position to speak.

Asmodel? The Spectre? The entire League may be needed for something this size. Tornado's hand hovers over the red alert signal button, on the control panel before him.

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Red Tornado, it's good to hear your voice. Yes, it's true, Asmodel - former king angel and now a fallen angel / demon is attempting to merge with the hostless Spectre. If that happens we will need as many as we can get to help stop the armies that he will for sure bring to earth to fight not only me, but every living thing."

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"Observation: You may require the assistance of not only the League, but also the Society and that of Titans. I will pass your message to all teams, and assist you personally, Zauriel." Red Tornado activates the red alert so that all costumed heroes connected to the Justice League are summoned to the Watchtower.

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Thank you Red Tornado. Jay and I are going to find Dr Fate and see if we can stop Asmodel before it's too late. Hopefully someone can tell us where Fate is. Time is running out! Start gathering here at Fate's fortress, and may the Presence be with us all!"

[vic-stone.livejournal.com]

Vic is tweaking some circuitry in his arm when an image flashed up before his cybernetic eye, broadcasting Red Tornado's message that Zauriel and the Flash need the assistance of all available heroes. Quickly finishing his soldering, her closes the panel on his forearm and flexes, before switching on his comms to speak with every other Titan, both East and West.

"This is Cyborg. If you didn't get the message, Zauriel and the Flash are trying to locate Dr. Fate in order to stop a cataclysm involving the Spectre and an outworlder named Asmodel. Anyone with any knowledge of Fate's location should contact Zauriel on this frequency-" He taps in a few digits, "-and everyone else is to converge on Fate's tower, which is now visible to normal sight. Let's move, people." Cyborg charges the plasma in the robotic part of his body, and moves out.

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Thank you Cyborg. I will keep this frequency open to receive any information on the whereabouts of Dr. Fate. We need him before we set off to limbo to face Asmodel and stop the Spectre from bonding with him..."

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

Owlman had received a device from Blue Beetle, some sort of communicator. Then he heard the messages come across. "Zauriel? Dr. Fate? Cyborg? Jay Garick? Red Tornado? JLA frequency....? Cool!" He listens and decides that he'll go to the site to lend a hand, "Zauriel?" he says into the communicator, "this is Owlman, I'm heading your way to help. Wish I knew where Dr. Fate was..."

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Understood, Owlman." Zauriel looks at Jay and then says to Lyta and Gemma, "We need to leave now - I can feel time running out as we speak! We will be in touch! Ready Jay?" He touches Jay's shoulder and closes his eyes. They vanish before Gemma and Lyta's eyes. The ladies await the arrival of the other heroes to gather at Fate's place for the final battle...

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

First to arrive on the scene from the radio transmissions was Owlman. He arrived in some kind of Owlwing and roared up to the scene. It landed and the canopy opened and out he came, "Greetings ladies... I'm Owlman..." They waited for the others to come...

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

Blue Beetle's voice comes over the communicator channel.

"I'm on my way with the Bug, so we can transport people to wherever there's trouble.."

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Beetle! Good to hear your voice! Glad to have you in on this!" says Owlman, "I'm eagerly awaiting the others to arrive - like Cyborg and Red Tornado for instance - and any and all others. From the sounds of it, we're going to need anyone we can find!"

[vic-stone.livejournal.com]

"I'm here." Cyborg appears in a flash of amber light, teleported with a one-use emergency JLA teleportation device. "I figured I may as well use it instead of saving it for a rainy day... It ain't like Fate's tower is anywhere near the bus route."

Dusting some of the embers off of his metal parts, Vic fixes his human eye on Owlman, shakes his head and then moves on. Questioning who the hell this guy is will have to come later. "I sent a message to the Titans, so we should be gettin' some company."

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"Statement: I am also here." Red Tornado spins out of the sky next to Cyborg, and gives a nod of respect to Victor. "Observation: This is not the Owlman of the Crime Syndicate. His DNA readings are different." Red Tornado may well be an air elemental at heart, but he's got a lot of hidden devices about his robotic shell.

"I am Red Tornado. Are we ready to commence the mission?"

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"Close," says Owlman, "and it is a pleasure to meet you both..." he holds out his hand in friendship...

[zauriel1971.livejournal.com]

"I suggest we head to L.A. as soon as possible, I just picked up a call on a different frequency, someone calling the Titans... or anyone listening. It would seem the attack has begun." He looks at the others and says, "we should go and meet up with everyone else at the party..." he says with a smirk, "Who needs a ride?" The top is still open to his Owlwing, so he gets in and waits for the others...