Saturday, 9 February 2019

Wonder Woman - War's End (Preview)

Here is my last world War 2 era Wonder Woman fic for now. This one is pretty much done, just fine tuning the finish. Let me know what you think.




June 6th 1944

Like most of the world Diana had no idea how it had happened. The war in Europe was being contained by the English. They had withstood the brunt of Nazi attacks and come through stronger with the help of it’s Empire and then the Americans. In a sudden twist though the battle of the Atlantic which seemed to be all but won as troops and supplies traveled from the America’s to England turned on it’s head. Transport after transport succumbed to Nazi u-boats. A new model had been developed that could stay underwater longer and fire more torpedoes. The bulk of the supplies and men destined for England to reopen the war on the continent now lay in the depths of the Atlantic.

Stood now as she was on a rock face on the southern tip of England she looked out and saw the largest armada every assembled. It was supposed to be the Allies going to Europe but now she saw the Nazi’s approaching. She had been in London relaying intelligence from the Americans to the English when reports of the armada leaving the coast of France started pouring in. The English were prepared and had their Armies amassed in the south for the invasion. It would be a long and brutal day but if they could blunt their invasion on the beaches and drive them back into the sea then the war could be turned once more. With that knowledge in her mind she had quickly changed into her Wonder Woman costume and adorned her attire. If she could make the difference between success and failure then she would try,

Wonder Woman” came the call behind her. She recognized the voice to be that of Colonel Foy. Diana turned to face the man. He was in charge of this particular sectors defense. She found him to be a capable strategist and welcoming fellow.

Yes Colonel?”

Once more I want to thank you for your support”

It is no bother. I relish the chance to stop the Nazi’s here”

Estimates suggest there may be more then three million troops in that flotilla. If so even with encamped positions and local knowledge our chances will be slim. Your presence may tip the tide in our favor”

We Amazons are always outnumbered in battle Colonel. This will be just like home” Diana put as much confidence and strength into her voice as she could. She knew that everyone around was listening in. Also clearly aware that was the exchange the Colonel wanted to shore up his peoples will and determination.

Smiling at the Colonel who simply nodded his head gently in understanding Diana turned once more to look at the incoming ships. They were being harried by the remains of the RAF. The ones that could get through the Luftwaffe’s screen. British battleships also harried the lines of the flotilla but they were being held by the combination of u-boats and Germany’s own navy. Damage was being inflicted but not nearly enough to persuade the Germans to retreat. They would be approaching the beaches below soon enough where the English army waited. Hastily dug in trenches and pillboxes had be erected. Mines deployed and large artillery over looking from the very cliffs she was on. They began to boom louder and louder into the sea. Catching the rare landing craft. Diana smoothed her armor. The distinct breast plate and skirt. The colors red and blue would make her stand out against the entire backdrop of horror that was about to be unleashed. She pulled her sheild and sword from her back and raised them in the air. An unspoken challenge to the Germans. A call to arms for her allies.

Across the way on-board a German Cruiser. A tall man dressed in Admiral’s whites. Looked out over the coming field of battle with his binoculars. He saw the tall beautiful Amazon raise her sword into the sky in challenge and bellow some sort of war cry.

Ah the Amazon is here. Alert Colonel Hitz” The admiral said from the side of his mouth. The appearance of the Amazon warrior was going to make things a little more difficult then anticipated but it also afforded an opportunity. Some lowly Ensign was sent to find the colonel and within moments the Colonel appeared with two of his aides. The colonel was a man in his mid forties. Short black and graying hair framed a typical German hard jaw. He was a man of great physical strength. Though he looked more like a runner then a weight lifter the Admiral knew the man to be powerful. His black uniform did nothing to betray his physical prowess. Steely blue eyes did nothing to conceal his obvious intelligence and a glint of harshness.

Admiral” The Colonel simply stated. In response the Admiral handed the Colonel the binoculars and directed him to the peak where the Amazon could clearly be seen.

Your prey is here Colonel”

The two aids of the Colonel squinted their eyes in a vain attempt to view as well. They were so similar in attire and appearance that the Admiral had often mistaken the two for each other. Where the Colonel was lithe and fit. These two were larger, easily a head taller then the Admiral and the Colonel. Their build was similarly larger. Large shoulders framing large powerful bodies.

Yes indeed. A bonus for sure. Where would you like me deployed then Admiral?”

The field is yours Colonel. Do not interfere or commandeer any units and you may move unencumbered through the theater. Your mission to the Fuhrer has almost as large a significance as my own”

The colonel nodded at the Admiral and motioned for the two aides to leave. He left shortly after them. The Admiral watched once more as the first of the landing craft approached the beaches.


The fighting was fierce as the first craft were almost entirely wiped out by the hastily formed minefield. The second and third waves reached the beaches but the hail of artillery and machine gun fire had them bogged down behind their own landing craft. Diana itched to get involved but there was a time and place. The next waves were coming in and they would overwhelm the first lines. From there she would lead a concerted effort from the regiments in her area.

Front lines broke after four hours of constant siege. Men retreated across a battered landscape. Sometimes over their own friends bodies. Germans poured onto the beaches and inland. The last of the English defenders from the front line rushed past her and her troops.

For Freedom!!” She cried with her sword aloft in the air above her head. German troops appeared from behind a rocky outcropping. Diana and her troops were only twenty meters away dug into a rock formation that stretched the horizon. There were natural breaks and ways for people to maneuver them but at each stood legions of English troops. German infantry spread out and moved uneasily through the stretch. Hidden from view Diana cautioned her troops on patience and then when the troops were in an optimum range she allowed her English friends to open up. Machine guns, riffles, artillery. Tanks stationed some ways back opened up. Confined as they were the Germans couldn’t get support from the ships at sea and it was such a small area the Luftwaffe couldn’t bomb without inflicting harm to their own troops. Diana without a rifle or any sort of ranged weapon directed traffic. Such an onslaught of arms towards the Germans and still they advanced towards them. Behind them came more and more troops. Diana knew instinctively that this was not a winnable battle. She charged her troops on more and more hoping for divine intervention. Germans were almost within range of her sword as she spied something that caught her eye. Among the onrushing Germans pouring up from the beach was a squad of about ten. Dressed in a slightly darker shade then the average trooper. One wore the unmistakable uniform of an officer. Colonel, if she was correct. They all carried the standard issue rifle but they also had backpacks that looked like they weighed a lot. On their sides they seemed to have something like her lasso. Her attention was so focused on them that she didn’t notice a German barring down on her. A corporal she had reassuring only an hour or so ago shot and took out the man. Nodding in thanks she took her shield and sword and waded in.

Jumping into the air amid a hail of bullets and artillery shells would never be a good idea for anyone but she was Wonder Woman. Her leap was high and long as she brought herself into the centre of the Germans so that the troops could still fire on the advancing lines. Troops trained to use rifles were not ever going to be a match for the close up techniques of a sword and shield. Every thrust and parry produced a killing blow. Her shield and bracelets deflecting any shots that were managed to be put in her direction. A ring of bodies formed around her and in equal measure a ring of German troops. All trying to get their bullets towards her but each time she deflected them into another trooper. One thrust from her sword through the midsection of a German trooper and she turned once more to the ring of soldiers and found now that they had been replaced by the ten different soldiers. The officer stepped forward.

The America Heroine Wonder Woman” He exclaimed

All around men fell to the ground. The booming of the artillery and tanks. The cascade of fire erupting from each rifle from both sides. To hear him so clearly through it all told Diana that this was worth her attention.

Not American, Amazon” She corrected.

Ah yes that is right. Forgive my error” He mockingly sneered.

Diana was aware that around them the ten soldiers had uncoiled what was at their sides. Whips, they were whips she realized. The handles seemed to be connected by a long wire to the backpacks. The officer had a pack but he didn’t have anything like a whip. With a gentleness of picking up a baby he placed his pack on the ground and stepped closer to her.

We weren’t expecting you in England today. Our intelligence had your last location in Washington. This was supposed to be more about observation then anything”

Glad I could surprise you”

Yes a most pleasant one”

Then pick up a rifle or whatever you want and lets fight” She dared him.

Oh I have no hope of besting you in single combat” He laughed as he said. Almost as if it was a foregone conclusion that he would not fight her. As he did so, his troops readied to attack.

So what? Your going to have your lackey's do it for you?” She teased.

Something like that” The Colonel smiled at some unknown joke and stepped back from her as his troops closed the circle around her. They all brandished their whips and then attacked.

One came at her from her right with a slash from his whip. It whizzed past her temple. As it passed through the air around her head she heard a faint crackling noise. There wasn’t a moment to ponder this as another from in front of her slashed out with his whip towards her midsection. She sidestepped that blow to the left but she couldn’t avoid the one coming directly from her left. Stepping directly into it. It racked across her midsection and recoiled around her back. The crackling noise turning into a direct blow of electricity as it hit her. Pain blossomed throughout her body but especially where she had been hit. She sidestepped another blow keenly aware now of the punishment they could deliver. There were ten whips though and soon they were landing on her two and three at a time. Her body was racked with pain as she stumbled to a knee while one whip racked her back and another landed on her exposed knee. A third whip coiled around her wrist. Screaming in agony that she was sure the Germans loved to hear Diana knew she had to level the odds a little. The whip curled around her wrist attempted to return to it’s welder but Diana bracing for the extra pain set herself and grabbed a hold of it. In one fluid and awe inspiring feat of strength she grabbed and wrenched. The trooper using the whip found himself hurtled backwards towards the ocean. Diana heard a satisfying splash as that one was now out of the equation. Raising to her full stature again she evaded one then two and then three before the fourth and fifth whips caught her on the shoulder and hip. Grinding against the pain she turned to the closest solider and with in human speed she closed the distance and grabbed a hold of him and threw him back towards the ocean. Not bothering to dither she closed the gap to the next one but before she could do anything a whip coiled agonizingly around her right thigh. Diana turned to see where it had come from and was rewarded by the solider she had just closed the gap between whipping her along her back.

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” The pain was excruciating.

Another whip coiled around her left thigh. Two more coiled about her ankles. Diana couldn’t help it she dropped to the ground in pain. The longer the whips stayed coiled around her the more pain they delivered. A whip coiled around her left wrist and then another around her right wrist. One wrapped around her left bicep and then another around her right. Diana was seeing stars when one wrapped around her throat.

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” She screamed into the air as electricity arched through her body.

Diana could see form the corner of her eye the Colonel approaching her again. Another jolt of electricty screamed through her body causing her to convulse in pain and nearly drop to the ground.

Forgive me for not introducing myself. My name is Colonel Hitz. My men and I have been training for this for quite sometime at the express direction of the Fuhrer himself. To think in one day we would establish a beachhead in England and capture the Allies most formidable weapon”

Through gritted teeth and pure determination Diana raised her head to look at the smug Colonel.

England will never surrender. Neither will the United States. I most certainly wont” The fire in Diana’s eyes caused even the smug and confident Colonel to step back from her. Lightening pain flared through her again as all nine whips attached to her came to life. Howling in pain she fell to the ground on her stomach.

Such defiance and strength. A herd of elephants couldn’t withstand what you have and still you breath and conscious as well. Wonderous” Though the last word was spoke in awe the rest of it was coated in confidence and arrogance.

Diana looked up at the smiling Colonel and offered her own.

Not only do I fight for freedom. I fight for justice. I am a proud Amazon warrior and more then that. I am a Goddess” Diana breathed in deeply Electricity coursed through her but she didn’t seem at all bothered by it anymore. Getting back to her hands and knees and then to a standing position the Colonel backed away in terror. The whips from the soldiers continued to course through her. Paying barely any attention to it Diana looked Hitz in the eye. The look in her eye scared the colonel even more. Before he could react or do anything with an amazing display of strength she turned and whipped her body from side to side throwing the soldiers off their whips and some distance away. Four of them as they landed on their packs they ruptured and exploded. Two more landed so hard they were out of the fight. Down six of his soldiers, Hitz ordered his remaining whip welding soldiers to close around her but she as having none of it. Displaying once more speed far beyond what they could even see she disarmed and threw the four remaining soldiers back into the sea. It all happened in seconds. His entire regiment was disarmed and out of the fight. Wonder Woman turned towards him and smiled.

Any other toys you want me to play with?” Her smile was feral as she moved towards him.

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