"Dammit"Donna yelled as a spear narrowly missed her head as she ran through the Forrest of Themysira. Donna was attempting to escape her amazon sisters after they had tried to forcefully lock her into the chambers of the royal had no idea that she would wake up to such a insane world that she now resided in. She had heard the news from the teen titans early in the afternoon via communicator and the news could not come at a more dire time "Were being attacked"Nightwings voice echoed through her mind as she remembered hearing the falling of metal and screaming as his communicator suddenly turned off. Supermen had launched a full scale invasion of the world and what shocked Donna most was that her beloved sister Diana was helping with the invasion.
"What in Hades is wrong with her" Donna thought as she heard the approaching voices of her sisters slicing and stomping through the forest and Donna knew that they were on to her. Donna used the last bit of her super strength to push down a tree behind her attempting to block her trail. Donna found cavern deep in the forest and used what little time she had to think of a escape plan. She knew that her sisters had blocked off almost every exit off the island and regularly patrolled the air in search of her. The only escapeDonna could think of was use the last bit of power in her communicator device to send a distress message to anyone in that was in the area no matter how ridicules it sounded. Donna was suddenly pulled from her thoughts as a voice echoed into her ears from no other then Artemis.
"Come Donna,Princess Diana has great concern over your well being, matter of fact she is on her way to the island to help in our search of you"Artemis yelled as she gave a silent nod to her sisters that they were close to the location of their knew that if she was found her freedom would come to a knew that her sister would twist her into something horrible and she would be forced to do things unimaginable to the people of Earth. After all Diana was responsible for murdering thousands of troops when the Us government attempted to attack Supermans stronghold and the visage from her holoscreen after the battle made tears fall from Donna eyes .All over the battlefield lay soldiers dismembered and broken,War machines of all kinds were torn apart like tin cans and she heard the cries and agony of soldiers from the battlefield as what little life they had faded what caught Donnas eyes the most was the image of Diana slowly ripping the head of a Injured soldier from his body. The image made tears fall from her eyes and brought Donna to her knees and cry out in agony.
It was then at this moment that Donna knew that the sister she had loved and looked up to with all of her heart was not the same person. What instead stood in her place was a monster and a murder,she no longer stood for justice and peace. Diana now stood for murder and control and she and Superman had to be stopped some way. But the thought of ending the life of her sister that she knew for so long distressed. Her how could she deliver the final blow to Diana?The face that smiled at Donna when she was young or the face that showed great worry when she was was again pulled from her thoughts as a voice echoed though the cavern she was in. Donna looked to her left to see one of her Amazon sisters running full speed at her.
"I have found her sisters" the Amazon yelled as she chased Donna out of the cave into the was now on the verge of passing out from fighting with her sisters throughout the night ,her energy was depleted and flying away was not a option due to the lack of energy to even get past the great ocean that surrounded the island.
Donna felt the Amazon tackle her to the ground as she tried to run for safety. Donna knew that even though she was very weak she would not go down without used was little energy she had left and broke free of the Amazons grasp just enough to deliver a done shattering kick to the woman jaw breaking it in the process. However it was all in vane as four other Amazon came out of the brush to try and subdue their pry. After a intense struggle with Donna and a few broken bones of the Amazons Artemis appeared out of the brush and gave Donna a bone crush blow to the head knocking her unconscious. When Donna finally came to she heard Artemis yell out order to the other Amazons.
"Stand her up" Artemis yelled as Amazons brought Donna to her feet,while attaching shackles around her wrist.
"So Donna, I must ask you a question before when take you in" Artemis said as the light from the moon showed Donnas beat up form.
"To Hades with you Artemis"Donna yelled as she felt a hard slap from Artemis across her face.
"Is that how you show me respect little one?Have i not been a wonderful aunt to you after all these years, i saw you grow from the time you were just crawling on the sand of this island"Artemis yelled at the now drained Donna.
"You do not see with your eyes, have you seen what Diana has done to the people of earth look at my holoscreen and tell me ,is right what Daina has being doing"Donna said as she hinted at the device on her arm.
"little one,what Diana has done was allow us to finally get our revenge on mans world for what they have done to us over the thousands of years, have you not seen the greatness of your sister?she has brought the fear of death into the eyes of man and they dear not go against us for they will die if they do" Artemis spoke with venom at Donna
"That is not what Diana stood for in the beginning, she stood for peace,humility ,kindness and compassion,and have you been so blinded by hate and venom for mans world that you cannot even see difference between her and Circe*slap* Donna felt the hard blow to her face as she almost stumped to the ground if it were not for the other Amazons holding her up
"I dare you speak that witches name in front of your Sisters,Take her away i grow tired of these games and her mouth"Artemis yelled as the Amazons that held Donna dragged her through the forest.
The trail back to the palace was a grueling one,Donna was not allowed to stop and breathe and every part of her body ached from her attempt to eyes gazed at her sisters as she was dragged through the forest,the Amazonian Armor had changed in the past few months no longer had they worn the traditional armor that they often to battle what took there place was now the battle suits given to them by Superman and with the new super pill made out of kyrptionan DNA it made the amazons even more deadlier then they already were. Even though Donna was in this horrible predicament she really did enjoy the stars of the night sky as she was dragged closer to the Amazon settlement.
Donna saw the look one every one of the Amazons faces, some looked amused while others were shocked to find out that their beloved princess tried was dragged to the marble steps of the royal palace as she saw the familiar face of a woman dressed in black and red gown while her snow white hair blew in the cool air the night.
"You disappoint me daughter, You could have been so much more if you would have joined your sister in the conquest of mans world,Not only that but your sister has now taken the man of steel as her husband further laying the foundation of our sisters conquest of Mans world" Hippolyta said proudly
Donna marveled at how her mother had changed so dramatically in just a few months, the older Hippolyta would never stand for such dictatorship no matter if it was in mans world .Donna knew that Diana had a effect on people but she never knew that Diana could have such a drastic effect on their mother.
"Well mother maybe if Diana were in not such a hurry to share her bed with the man of steel she could see the horrible atrocities she has done to man"Donna said as a hard slap came from her mother
"I dare you call your sister a whore,clearly your venture into the forest has driven you mad take her to the chambers, once Diana arrives your fate will be decided" Hippolyta said as she walked away towards her large royal palace.
"Yes,your royal highness" Artemis said as she motioned for her guards to take Donna away.
The chambers of Themysira were not the best,old skeletons of the men who had found there way to the island were still in shackles and insects and rodents of all kind were scattered around the chamber Donna was placed in."Well this is cozy"Donna said as she tried to find the best way to sleep with the chains around her wrist she knew what would happen once her sister came to the island but she could not face the facts,Donna still held on to the fact that she was going to escape somehow no matter how far fetched it sounded. Donnas thoughts drifted to the man of steel himself, Superman,she wondered what would have happened to make him go so insane,Donna had meet Superman doing her first mission she was awestruck at how he was so friendly and positive ,so much so that no would have thought that he fought crime with his bare hands and saved the world so many times before."why sister"Donna said as her thoughts went back to her beloved sister.
"That thing on my holoscreen could not have been you"Donna cried as she replayed the video in her head,so much death was on the battlefield and the one who had caused all of it was indeed her sister which was still a shock to Donna.
"meal time" a Amazon guard said as she placed a bowl of what look like to be boar soup in Donnas cell,Donna then got up to speak with the guard who she then recognized as her old sparring partner Calperina.
"Wow Calperina i never thought you would be the type to follow this dictatorship"Donna spoke as she sipped her soup.
"Unlike you i love our beloved princess with all of my heart and would never question her views and nothing can stop me from carrying out her orders "Calperina said with venom as she leaned on the chambers wall
Donna then dropped her bowl from laughing at Calperina"You know ,you were never the blood thirsty Amazon like all of our other sisters, you loved to read books about peace and knowledge, matter of fact you could not even hold a spear right because you lacked combat skills"Donna laughed as she saw Calperina cringed at the comment then suddenly she smiled.
"Oh Im not worried Donna, After a little convening by your sister, I'm sure you would be more inclined to be apart of our new regime"Calperina chuckled as she walked out of the building,
"We will see about that "Donna said to herself as she drifted off to sleep.
A loud thundering shook Donnas Chambers as she fell off the mat.
"What in the name of Hades was that" Donna head a guard yell from outside her cell,shortly after she heard Guards running to the north from outside her cell. Donna then stood on her mat to look outside of her Chamber window. Large meteors could be seen falling from the sky at high speeds destroying all the buildings to the north and causing wide spread panic on the Amazons that happened to be in the path of the falling meteors.
"What is going on"Donna said as she saw a car sized meteor coming straight for her cell?Donna braced for the impact as the crash thunder through her the danger appeared to be over Donna got up from her hiding spot to see a large hole in her cell.
"I'm Free"Donna yelled as she jumped from her cell to see more meteors fallimg from the sky over Themysira "She escaping" DOnna heard a guard say as she ran through the damage buildings that were lay all over the area.
"You got to be freaking kidding me"Donna yelled as she increased her pace hoping to escape the guards.
Suddenly Donna felt a hard kick in her ribs as she was thrown into a building."The only person on Themysira that could have delivered that kind of kick could be no other then Artemis"Donna huffed as she heard Artemis approaching.
"You really thought you could escape my wrath little one"Artemis said as she delivered a powerful punch to Donnas rib cage.
"You are so foolish to simply think you can get away from this island, i bet you thought you were just going to try to swim off Themysira "Artemis laughed as she gave Donna a powerful uppercut to Donnas chin sending her flying back a few feet.
"Donna you were never like your sister, you never progressed the same as her and most importantly you lacked the will to take the mantel of wonder woman" Artemis said as she kicked the wheezing Donna on the ground.
"Is this how i am really going to die,beaten to death by my aunt"Donna thought as she saw several guards approach their position ,some of the guards just laughed in amusement while some had the look of disappointment when they looked at Donna.
All of a Sudden a ear splitting sound could be heard as a meteor crashed into a building ten feet away from Donna.
Artemis dropped Donna to the ground and yelled to the guards"In the name of our queen some one put out that fire and get this trash out of my sight,make sure to put her in the deepest darkest cell that we have "
As the guards moved to pick up Donna another sound could be heard from the meteor as the sides of it burst open ,maiming or killing the guards who were trying to put the fire out.
"What in Hades is this thing "Artemis yelled as she gave a silent nod towards her archers to be on the ready. As her war party moved into the thick smoke to investigate, a large human like figure suddenly appeared from the meteor .The figure had black and red battle armor adorning its body as a red aura moved around its large guards could only stare in awe at the large figure who had a since of great power Artemis saw the nervousness in her troops by the way their faces contorted and the way the spears in their hands slacked.
"Clam yourself sisters'Artemis announced as she walked towards the figure who had a ghostly visor adorning its head.
As Artemis saw a clear view of the figure she had a feeling of death in the air as she spoke"You are trespassing on Themysiran land, i will only say this once if you do not leave you will surely die by my sisters"
Donna then saw a glimpse of the figure and did not know what to make of its armor,Donna had seen many armors of aliens across many planets during her missions with the teen titans but never had she seen such a terrifying one like that . On it's arms there appeared to be writing of some sort that had glowed red while the floating red aura seemed to be suffocating the figure.
Artemis gave a hand signal to her archers as they let go the powerful arrows from their bows,however the arrows seemed to burst into flames with simple contact with the large figure .Suddenly it turned its head to look in the direction of the archers then in that instant they burst into flaming dust,putting the fear of death into every single Amazon who witnessed this power.
"Impossible, that armor could withstand a nuclear explosion but with a single look of that demon my sisters were turned to dust"Artemis thought as she saw several of her sisters ready their swords in a last ditch attempt to drive the creature could not believe what she just witnessed, her sisters turned to dust right in front of her like they were just mere insects.
As the guards charged towards the figure ,two tomahawk like axes that glowed with a flame like orange aura appeared from its hands as it jumped in the fry of the Battle. Every guard that came into contact with the blades of the axe burst into last bit of life gone as they screamed in agony .The figure cut through that guards as if they were nothing more then animals to the slaughter until the only two people that remained were Donna and Artemis. Artemis being the proud warrior that she was would never die without honor as she pulled out two of her blades and charged at the figure.
"No Artemis"Donna yelled as she saw the figures axes disappear and then it suddenly grabbed Artemis by her neck and lifted her up"
"Do It you Dammed Demon kill me so i can join the rest of my sisters in paradise"Artemis coughed as she felt the life being stripped away from her. The figure just stared at her for what seemed like a life time then by the stroke of luck the figure just let her go.
"Why would it just let her go ,it killed all of my sisters like they were nothing and better yet why am i still alive"Donna thought as she saw Artemis broken form on the ground holding her throat.
"IF your going to toy with me as if I'm some plaything then just end me now creature, I do not wish to be mocked"Artemis yelled as the figure just stood there starring at her and then moved its vision towards Donna."Oh no,does it now want to kill me"Donna thought as she slowing started to move herself away from the a large explosion could be heard as the island started to shake and around Donna she saw the buildings that adored the island sinking into the ocean as another large earthquake sounded around Themysira. The earth around Donna started fall as she felt herself falling i towards the ocean.
"This is it "Donna said as she closed her eyes hoping for a quick death. But the death never came as she felt something grab her by the her looked up to see the Figure grabbing a hold of her with its right arm while in the other arm of the figure she made out the form of Artemis who at the moment seemed unconscious.
"What is going on" Donna thought as her eyes closed ,she finally let slumber take over from the exhaustion of the days events and awoke to the sounds of seagulls over head and the sound of a beach.
"Am I dead" Donna thought as she sat up to see the sleeping form of Artemis to her left,"were are we"Donna thought as she felt like someone was staring at turned around to see the figure setting down in Indian style just a few feat back from her and Aretmis. To say that Donna was scared for her life was a understatement.
"Does this Demon intend to have its way with us"Donna thought as she moved back a little. Suddenly a small pod like object appeared in front of Donna causing her to jump in fright.
"Clam down mam my master and I mean you no harm" the pod like object said as it hovered near took Donna a few seconds for everything register as she responded to the pod like object comment.
"What do you mean no harm that creature or demon slaughtered my sisters like they were nothing and destroyed my homeland"At this moment Donna realized that her mother must have died in the earthquake, even though her mother was crazy and insane for following Diana,but Donna still loved her and she was still her mother.
The machine waited a moment to respond then said"If you would like mam i can tell you and your friend the circumstances that lead to my master and I coming into contact with your homeland"
Donna sighed as she thought long and hard on her answer,sure she has escaped her prison but what now?she was on a small island with the mass murdering figure and the blood thirsty Artemis,what more can go wrong by hearing what this strange object had to say.
"I would like that "Donna said as she moved over to Artemis to wake her up.
Artemis was in the middle of a horrible dream, a monster had came to Themysira and killed all of her sisters and she was the only one left,the smell of death around her was so great that she she walked though the torn remains of her home she heard a voice in her head.
"Artemis Wake up" Donna said as she shook the sleeping form of Artemis. She was pulled from her dream as the view of Donna came into her vision,instantly she remembered all that had happened and got up with a since of urgency as she readied her sword.
"I would suggest you not not stress your body to the breaking point female ,you already have two broken ribs and a small concussion" the machine spoke as it hovered near Artemis.
"And what in Hades are you"Artemis said as she stepped back at the site of this strange hovering pod
"You may call me A-I if you so wish,however what is most important at this moment is that i tell you why and how my master and I came to your homeland which lead to the,well eventual termination of your sisters" A-I said
Donna and Artemis cringed at the A-Iasc it referred to their sisters death as "Termination."
The A-I suddenly activated a holographic screen as it begin telling its story.
"Just about nine hundred thousand years ago a civilization on what you now call earth named Yaroshas imprisoned my master in the orbiting great land mass humans call the deep inside my master was in cryo sleep while the Yaroshas engineers build a complex prison in the moon. While my master and I were in the structure i did some hacking and found out that the Yaroshas had abandoned the earth leaving my master and I to rot in the forsaken prison. As fate would have it my master awoke one hundred years ago and released what little energy he had left and slowly burned away his prison. Finally at the right moment my master gave enough power for him to burst out of his bondage. Sadly it was a coincidence that we landed on your homeland"
As the A-I spoke the figure removed his visor from his face to feel the braze against his face for the first time in over nine hundred thousand years,"I'm,free" he thought as he looked over at the females who were listening to his artificial intelligence speak.
"I'm sorry that your sisters were killed by my master but you must understand that after being locked up for so long his only thought at the moment was to kill anything that he came into contact with"The A-I said as it looked at the face of Donna and Artemis who had a look of confusion and shock on their faces.
Donna then spoke for the first time since hearing the machines story"If that is true then why did he not kill Artemis or I"
"The red headed female showed no fear while the black haired female was far to much injured for combat, I am a murder for what i did to your sisters but I am no animal" The figure said.
Suddenly Donna and Artemis turned around towards the voice and what they saw shocked them to their very core, The man looked like a young human adult just nearly past the age of also had the facial features of someone of African origin . He had hair the texture of black sheep's wool while the sides of his head were cleaning shaved . But what most stood out to the Amazons was a bright orange glow coming from his eyes ,in fact to the Amazons he resembled one of their gods.
"He looks handsome" both Donna and Artemis thought as he stood up and walked over to the water to get a clear view of his face
"What is your name"? Donna said as she approached the figure despite every alarm in her mind telling her not to.
The man then looked to Donna with a questioning look then spoke.
"The Yaroshas called me Tarnoc which means predator of the flame in their language" Tarnoc said as he looked at his face in the water for the first time in years.
Artemis then approached Tarnoc and Donna "You must hold great power if you were able to kill my sisters with little effort but i must ask you was there any other reason why you saved us besides my bravery and Donnas injury?" Artemis questioned
Tarnoc then shrugged his shoulders as his A_I hovered above him "It have not yet procreated with a female "Tarnoc said nonchalantly as he looked out to the sun dawning on the oceans surface
Donnas and Artemis jaw dropped at Tarnocs Response. Suddenly Artemis pulled back and slapped Tarnoc accros the face and then stalked off into the island forest while yelling out profanity's and mumbling something along the lines of "Men are all the same"While Donna had the same shocked expression on her face.
Tarnoc just looked surprised as well but then shrugged his shoulders and sat Indian style from were he was standing"These females are strange creatures"Tarnoc thought as The night finally came upon them.