 Naiad and the Red Tornado discover that "no elemental can attack another elemental directly", so they use earth to bury Firestorm underwater and head for Japan intending to terminate the island nation's entire population.A drowning Firestorm is apparently contacted in a vision by "'Maya" the "Earth Mother" who tells him that she created the "Four Elementals" to both guard her body and inspire mankind.She tells him that the job of an Elemental is to force mankind to evolve and leave their homeworld, she supports the actions of Naiad and the Red Tornado.