The Justice Society Of America
Chapter 4
Doctor Fate voiceover: ‘On that day I failed humanity, I failed my mission but also I failed my friend. It has taken many years for my life force to recover and return to this world but now I am finally ready to fix my mistakes, for the armies of this day have changed and no longer can they withstand what awaits them, and so once again I shall create my own army…. I only hope I’m not too late’.
We see a slim figure leaping across rooftops and showing off various acrobatic skills, we then see a close up revealing it to be Mister Mid-Nite and landing on a certain roof of a ware house he smashes through one of the glass windows and enters….
Doctor Fate voiceover: ‘A thief’.
We then switch scenes and go to a boxing match at Caesars Palace and though there are two fighters in the ring the camera focuses only on one, that one being a heated up Ted Grant standing over a smashed up opponent.
Doctor Fate voiceover: ‘A warrior’.
Now were at a business district and a smart businessman walks out of his limo, its CEO Alan Scott and the camera zooms in on the green lantern ring worn on his finger.
Doctor Fate voiceover: ‘A shining guardian’.
Now were at a crime scene in an old building and even though there are police running everywhere there’s a figure in a long waistcoat running the opposite way wearing a gas mask, he then leaps into a dark alley and cowering in fear is the criminal begging for mercy.
Doctor Fate voiceover: ‘A monster’.
Were then taken to a museum and from there we see an unlikely familiar face, King Khufu but reincarnated as a young explorer named Carter Hall, Carter has no memory of his past life and was there only to experience the museums grand opening.
He always had a passion to learn about history, Egypt especially but had no idea what it was that fuelled that passion.
Doctor Fate voiceover: ‘And finally…. A Leader’.
‘And for this army to come together they will need a champion, and a champion of my choosing to host my power, a pure soul’.
We now see another man off in the distance of the museum staring at Carter Hall, its Kent Nelson and with him in view finishes of all the main members in Fates army.
At this point Kent Nelson starts walking towards Carter who is looking up at an ancient stone tablet from Egypt.
Kent: ‘Its quite something isn’t it’.
Carter looked at Kent with a smile.
Carter: ‘It really is, it looked even better back in the tomb where I found it in Cuba…. But it looks just as good here. (there’s a pause) Whoever carved this stone was trying to tell a story, we can see it right in front of us but we have no idea what it means, it’s completely fascinating'.
Kent: ‘So you can’t read the stone I’m guessing’.
Carter: ‘No-one can, they’ve called in specialists and everything from what I can tell and nothing much, all they can be certain of is the death of a king but how, when or why we cant translate’.
Kent glares at the tablet then back to Carter Hall.
Kent ‘I can translate it’.
Carter turns to Kent Nelson.
Carter: ‘Sorry, do you work here?’
Kent Nelson looks back at him and laughs.
Kent: ‘No, just an admirer of sorts’ (there’s a pause and Kent’s face straightens).
‘And I can help you answer your question Carter Hall’.
Carter looks at Kent a bit confused as to how this stranger knew his name.
Carter: ‘Do I know you’.
Kent: ‘Me! No but you once knew an accomplice of mine, a long time ago'….
and he sent me here asking if you would meet him’.
Carter: ‘Listen whoever you are, I don’t know what you want but you have me confused with someone else, now if you’ll excuse me I have another flight to catch’.
Carter goes to brush past the deluded man but just as he does Kent grabs him by the arm and stops him in his tracks.
Kent: ‘He needs you Carter…. And we all need him’.
Carter shrugs off the tight grip on his arm and storms past him once again, but as he is then about to leave the room Kent Nelson tries one more time to convince him to hear him out.
Kent: ‘How long do you dream about her now Carter, once a night, twice’.
As Carter processed what Kent had said he stopped in his tracks and turned back around to face him.
Carter: ‘How do you know about her’?
He spoke in complete disbelief, for as long as he could remember he had a recurring dream of a dark red haired woman surrounded by sand, he has never known what it had meant but he has dreamed about her for years and has many times wondered if she was real.
Kent Nelson grinned. ‘I know more about you Mr Hall than you could believe, haven’t you lived day by day feeling something missing…. Something lost, I can help just meet my friend and we will help fill that missing piece in your life that has been lost to you for far too long, your questions will be answered and I promise no harm will come to you'.
Carter looked upon Kent in conflict, the man sounded crazy and yet what he was saying was too intriguing for him now that he could just leave.
Carter: ‘Where is this friend’?
Kent: (whilst smiling holds up the rucksack in his hands)‘Believe me when he’s here you’ll know’.
(Scene Ends)
Chapter 5
The next scene takes us too one of the basement chambers under the museum and Kent Nelson is leading Carter down a hall and into a darkened room.
Carter: ‘Where are you taking me Kent and where is this friend of yours, if this is now some joke’.
Kent: ‘It is no joke and if you just wait a moment his appearance will soon be made clear’.
In that instance Kent puts down his rucksack and with his back turned towards Carter pulls out a shining gold object. Carter tried looking over Kent’s shoulder for a better look but in that instance he lifts the object in the air and lowers it down over his head.
As soon as the helmet is on a great golden light explodes from where Kent Nelson once stood and as Carter glared at the light a figure could be seen taking his place, but something told Carter he wasn’t Kent Nelson.
Doctor Fate: ‘It has been too long my King’.
Carter’s eyes just widened in disbelief and shock.
Carter: ‘Who are you’. He shouts.
Doctor Fate: ‘Let me show you my friend’.
And with that the golden light fills the entire room and in a second both Fate and Carter disappeared.
(Now at this point it would be fair to say that both Hawkman and Doctor Fate have covered most of the story up until now so now we are taken to scenes that go into more detail about the other soon to be future society members and let the audience/reader to understand their importance to the story).
Chapter 6
We go back to a business district at the early evening and once again we see Alan Scott in his suit walking out of his companies high class building and through one of the streets towards his sports car however as he walks through the ally a group of rough looking men turn a corner and seen to be following him.
As soon as the ally is clear the thugs run up to Alan and hit him from behind causing the CEO to hit the ground hard, then one jumps on top of him and hits him several times hard in the face and whilst his in a daze goes through his pockets whilst the rest of his men reveal guns out of their jackets and point’s them at Alan, as he began coming back to his sense the leader jumped of his back stood Alan on his feet and threw another punch hitting him hard in the stomach knocking the wind right out of him.
Thug Leader: ‘Where’s the rest of your cash rich boy, wearing a tidy suit like that you must have more than just a few hundred on ya, and if you like the use of both your legs it’ll be a smart move to tell me everything you can…. Real quick’.
Alan looks up at his attackers.
Alan: ‘Alright, my car just past the ally.
He looks towards his sports car off in the distance past the ally.
Thug Leader: ‘You think were stupid, a car like that we’ll have cops on us in minutes (he loads his gun) better come up with something else’.
Alan: ‘Just let me explain I’m not saying take the car, inside theirs a green safe get it and bring it to me ill unlock it and you’ll all live like kings from what’s inside just bring me the safe’.
The muggers looked at one another in untrust until the leader points for one of his men to run through the alley and break into the sports car.
As the thug searches inside he couldn’t see anything that looked like a safe but in the back seat he saw a large object green in colour, as this could only of been the thing that Alan Scott was talking about he grabs it and runs back through the ally to join his group throws the safe towards Alan however as soon as it was in Alan’s reach a wide grin spread across his face.
Thug Leader: ‘So then Mr Scott open the safe’.
Alan: ‘Sure’…. And in that second Alan extends his arm bearing the small green ring on his finger causing the green object to glow.
As the muggers looked on in confusion Alan began shouting ‘ And I shall shed my light over dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light, the light of THE GREEN LANTERN’!!!
Now the tables have turned and the whole group of attackers turned from being aggressive and cocky to scared and in a panic. Weary of the power standing before them, gone was the man in the fancy suit and in his place there stood a green caped being igniting a green energy from an unnoticed at first green ring.
With the gang in a panic Alan just looks at them and winks, ‘I’m not gonna lie to you guys…. This is gonna hurt’.
However before the green lantern can strike back a different power source appears out of nowhere and Alan’s green light from his ring is quickly replaced by a golden light and the symbol of Nabu appears causing a startled Alan Scott to disappear in the light and leave the muggers alone, frightened and running away.
Chapter 7
We then switch to Ted Grant recovering from his boxing fight in the locker room when in walks his trainer, they have a brief exchange of words with his trainer telling him that he is winning fights to quickly and that he needs to go for the knockouts in the 6th or 7th round instead of just the 1st to make the fight more credable.
Ted: 'Im better than this, I know I am, champion isn’t enough anymore I need more'.
Trainer: 'Your a fighter Teddy, if your not boxing what the hell else are you going to do, work in a office, join the army.... no Ted your a champion this is what your meant to do'.
Ted: 'I hope not'.
As the trainer goes to leave to talk to the media another burst of light fills the room much similar to the one that took Alan Scott and in moments Ted Grant too disappears.
Chapter 8
We then move to a old fashioned mansion where a group of mafia looking men seem to be having a meeting about their affairs until they are interrupted by a knock on the door and charging through a man in a long waistcoat and a gas mask paces towards them.
As the mafia bosses look at him they jump out of their seats, pull out their weapons and demand to know who he is and what he wants before popping him, but instead of feeling threatened the masked man just gave out a slow, menacing laugh.
Sandman: ‘The Sandman, hark I hear him.
He’s coming up the stair.
And everybody near him.
Is nodding I declare.
He’s peeping in the door now.
And first of all he spies.
As he has done before now.
The little children’s eyes.
Then quickly does he throw it.
His golden sleepy sand.
And all before they know it.
Are off for sleepy land’.
As the mob bosses looked at one another confused but concerned they give each other a certain nod and all in one go are about to shoot the intruder, but in that last second the figure spoke again.
Sandman: ‘But it is not sleepy land that you gentleman shall be sent…. Nooo but you shall be in what one would call eternal rest, that I do promise’.
And before the mob can fire, Sandman lifts his jacket exposing a huge and intricate gun and blasts away the unsuspecting bosses through the walls in with some kind of magnetic pulse, then quickly thows around the room green gas grenades and in seconds the room was filled with fog.
More gunshots are heard in the thick mist until everything goes quiet and when the smoke descends only the Sandman is left standing with all the mob bosses lifeless on the floor, at this point his gas mask has been removed and we get the first shot of the Sandman’s identity…. Wesley Dodds.
However once again a golden lights bursts in front of him with the symbol of Nabu in the centre and like all the others the lights causes Wesley Dodds to disappear leaving the room empty.
Both Wesley Dodds and Ted Grant then wake up in a strange mystical room, full of ancient carvings and strange looking artefacts decorating the surroundings, the two men look at each other both of them are as bewildered as the other, as they look around they see another man slumped on the floor.
They turn him over and his face is revealed showing its Alan Scott.
Alan: ‘Who are you’. He whimpers.
Ted: ‘Me, who the hell are you’.
As both Ted and Alan exchange words Wesleys walks around trying to get a better look at where exactly they are but as he looks out of a small window, he stands still in amazement and shouts at both Ted and Alan to stop arguing and to come over to him, as all three look out of the small window they soon realise just how much trouble they could be in.
The scene ends with Alan Scott muttering ‘where are we’?