Diana
stood in the rubble that was Metropolis’s entertainment district.
An anguished cry from over her left shoulder echoed the thoughts in
her own mind as she looked out over the field of rubble that had now
become a battleground. Thirty feet in front of her were the bodies of
her friends. Batman wasn’t even a body, he was just ash in a mound.
The Flash lay broken not to far away. Green Lantern was literally in
three pieces. Ripped to shreds by the power and might of the foe they
fought. Darkseid grinned looking down at his feet. Superman lay, his
neck snapped and his back broken. The last thing Diana could hear in
her ears was his cries of pain before Darkseid had ended him. The
anguished cry came from over her shoulder again which caused her to
look over. There surrounded in mound of rubble herself was Kara.
Supergirl, the tears running down her cheeks echoed the cry from her
mouth. Her eyes burned red, not from the crying but from the power
emanating from her. Diana as an Amazon and Wonder Woman had a hand in
her training when Kara fell to earth. Clark had often told her he
believed in the end she would be far stronger then he. Something to
do about Kryptonian biology differences between men and women. Diana
had never dismissed this but had always found the comment to be more
pride like in his cousin then truth. Now though looking at the young
woman the power cascading from her was unlike anything Diana had ever
sensed in her or her cousin. The tears on her cheeks burned away and
she was floating in the air just a few feet off the ground. The rage
and the fury coming off of Kara was almost visible. Before Diana
could say anything to her she was flying as fast as she had ever seen
the Flash run towards Darkseid. Kara closed the distance and started
raining blows down on an unsuspecting Darkseid.
“You
killed my cousin!!!” Kara screamed with each blow the rock like
appearance of Darkseid seemed to cave just a little. Diana had never
seen Darkseid look confused or scared before but she was sure she got
a hint of it for a brief moment. Only for a moment though as the
onslaught continued from Kara. She had him off his feet a few times
with punches and kicks. Heat vision so intense it was canceling out
his Omega Sanction beams from his eyes. Kara swung hard with a dual
handed fist right into the underside of his chin sending him flying
back fifty meters into the ranks of his own troops. The dreaded
parademons looked at their Master and back out towards Supergirl who
hovered where she had hit the villain and beckoned for him to come
meet her.
“There
is hope for you Kyrptonian” Darkseid laughed as he walked calmly
through his troops towards her. Kara beamed in rage and in strength
as he approached.
“I
have come here to this wretched planet once more for breeding stock
and for a personal slave. I gave that offer to the Amazon
Princess…..” Darkseid looked out towards Diana who looked him in
the eye and readied herself for battle once more.
“I
now extend that to you as well” Darkseid gestured out towards Kara
and widened it to encompass Diana.
“Breeding??”
Kara asked in all seriousness.
“Of
course” Darkseid responded as he stepped to the side and with some
sort of unspoken command the parademons behind him stepped aside. For
the entire battle the League and it’s Allies couldn’t breach the
line and each time a women leaguer dropped they were harried and
carried back through the line. Now the line separated, the sight
behind them was one Kara, Diana and the world would never forget.
Powergirl,
Donna also known as Troia or the first Wonder Girl, Marvel Girl, Mera
Queen of Atlantis, Batgirl, Starfire, Stargirl and a host of many
others. They were all in a line in front of a massive boom tube. All
of them were kneeling, with Apokolips steel collars. Wrists and
ankles cuffed and chained. All of them with two parademons on each
side keeping them in line. Most distressingly to everyone who could
see was the look on their faces. It was defeat and on some of them
acceptance. They knelt in with their backs towards the boomtube.
“In
order to breed my parademons I need only the best stock. Your Earth
has plenty” Darkseid smiled as he roamed closer to the standing
woman.
“Let
them go now Darkseid!!” Kara screamed.
“Have
no fear, you and the Amazon will not share their fate. You will spend
your time with me” Darkseid calmly claimed.
Kara
didn’t wait for him to take another step. She launched herself at
the villain once more and delivered punch after punch. The rage in
her opening herself to all of her abilities. Her heat vision
scratched him and burned him. He roared in pain. And launched his own
assault. Omega Sanction beams erupted from his eyes and met her heat
vision in a blur of light and contest. Diana shielded her eyes and
watched in awe as the young woman fought Darkseid punch for punch.
Blow after blow landed on each of their persons. They did not stagger
or break. Blood pouring from each other they struck time after time
in a duel that seemed to be completely even. Diana decided to act and
went for the lines of parademons hoping to crash through and rescue
her friends. Sword and shield in hand she was about to rush into
their lines when she heard Kara scream in pain. She turned to see
that Darkseid had landed a critical blow to her stomach and had her
doubled over on his large hand. His eyes burned in anticipation of
the Omega Sanction blow that from that range would either kill her or
most definitely put her out of the fight. Diana braced and moved with
all the speed she could and charged the giant man with her shield.
Blocking the beams from hitting Kara. He released her from his blow.
Kara bent down on one knee grasping for breath. Diana pressed her
advantage on Darkseid. Landed a blow with her shield on the underside
of his chin creating some separation between the two that she could
wield her sword. She swung and cut a gash into his forearm. He didn’t
even react as a blow from his other hand landed on her own forearm
that bore the shield. The strength of the blow stopped all her
momentum and forced her on the defensive as she parried his blows and
struck her own. With a back side fist he shattered her shield and
sent her tumbling back towards Kara who still gasped for breath on
one knee. Diana looked at the young woman who managed to look back
and nod her head in an understanding that she would be fine. Diana’s
awe in her grew more with that simple exchange and within herself she
felt her own barriers begin to fade away.
Diana
after all was part god. She had never fully embraced herself as a
goddess or heir to that power. Preferring her Amazonian upbringing
she fought like one. In this moment though she realized the world
needed more then Wonder Woman or an Amazonian Princess. It needed her
to be a Goddess. She felt the whispers of the old gods in her ears.
The encouragement of her father Zeus, the enlightenment of Athena and
even the craving for battle from Ares. On the rubble in between Kara
and a now approaching Darkseid Diana felt herself rising to her feet.
The remains of her broken shield were flung from her forearm. She
clashed her gauntlets together to create a force shield around her
and Kara that flung Darkseid back a few feet but he still kept coming
just a little slower.
“Release
our friends Darkseid and leave” Diana commanded as she clasped her
gauntlets together once more and felt more and more power surging
through her. Darkseid’s movements became slower and slower but
still he came on.
“Quite
an impressive feet of strength the two of you have put on. You will
be worthy slaves” He mocked her as he continued towards them.
Diana
raised to her full height and closed her eyes to concentrate with all
the power running through her she felt she could crack the world in
half if she choose too.
“I
will ask only one more time. Leave now and leave our friends” Diana
warned with her eyes closed she felt thunder cracks of electricity
coursing through and around her.
“Your
friends are being taken to their new homes already slaves” Darkseid
once more mocked and gestured out towards the lines of para-demons.
The
heroines who had only moments before knelt in their chains were now
on their feet. Chains running between their collars, wrsit cuffs and
ankle cuffs. Linking them all together the para-demons welded some
sort of electric whip that was marching them into the boom tube. Even
at Diana and Kara’s greatest speed they would never reach them in
time and to go in the heart of Apokolips right now would be suicide
she thought. Kara too had noticed. Now standing her eyes blazed red.
“Monster!!!”
She roared at Darkseid.
“You
may come with me if you wish” Darkseid addressed the two of them as
he stopped his walk. The gaze on Kara’s face and the intensity of
the frontier created by Diana was increasing by the moment.
“Go
to hell” Kara screamed.
“Bring
them back Darkseid” Diana warned as she opened her eyes revealing
that they too sparkled with power.
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