Outside the Gotham Biotech building, a lone soldier paces the doors outside, back straight and eyes alert as he kept a careful watch out for any intruders.
Hearing a movement to his right, he turned in that direction, only for long slender legs to wrap around his neck, cutting off his air briefly, before they jerked to the left, his neck snapping with an audible crack.
The assailant dropped down to the ground.
She had short, whitish-blonde hair, with yellowish reptilian eyes. Around these eyes, she wore black eyeliner, which slightly obscured her features and threw her unusual eyes into sharp contrast. Tattoos lined her upper body and arms, covered only by the close-fitting, snake-skin clothing.
Copperhead.
"He's down…" She hissed, as five more figures slowly made their way up to the doors.
Shade.
Solomon Grundy.
Star Sapphire.
Tsukuri.
And a mysterious Alpha woman, dressed in Amazon clothing with long blonde hair, who smiled at Copperhead. "Well done…" she then turned to Grundy, "… Solomon, be a dear and open the door."
Pushing Copperhead to one side, Solomon beamed at the gorgeous woman, "Okay."
At first, he tried the traditional palm-print lock, actually looking shocked when his print was rejected… the next step of course, was to smash through the lock, grab the wires and forcefully opened the door.
When they stepped inside, three soldiers were there to meet them.
"Stop right there!"
Turning to Tsukuri, the blonde woman gestured to the soldiers. "If you would do the honours my dear."
Tsukuri leapt up into the air, drawing her sword mid-air and using it to deflect the bullets that were heading straight for her, kicking two of the men and slicing the gun of the third man in half, before kicking him in the face.
With the three guards unconscious, she sheathed her sword.
"We're behind schedule…" reported the blonde woman, "… Shade. Cover us."
With a wave of his staff, the entire corridor went pitch black, leaving them in darkness under they got to a large steel vault.
"We've got three minutes before the police respond to the silent alarms."
"Plenty of time…" Star Sapphire reported, aiming her diamond that was on her forehead at the door as a purple laser shot at the door, slicing a perfect triangle in the door, which Grundy then punched in, allowing them access into the vault.
In the centre of the vault, was a flower in a glass jar.
"At last…" the blonde woman hissed, "… here it is."
Behind her, Grundy leaned over to Copperhead, "What are we stealing?"
"Who caressssss, sssso long assss we get paid." She hissed back at him, her forked tongue flickering out briefly, before she leaned away from the large man… zombie… thing.
"Let's go!"
They all followed the blonde lady out, missing the dark figure who was watching from up above.
A bola weapon took out Shade, sending him crashing to the ground.
Batman then flew through the air, kicking Copperhead in the chest, and sending her gasping to the ground beside her companion.
At the cries of pain and alarm, the blonde woman spun around and gasped at the sight of Batman stalking towards her. "What is- "
"- I'll take care of him!" Star Sapphire growled, taking aim and firing blast after blast at Batman, who dived for cover, before leaping on top of a security mirror that was high up on the wall. When Star Sapphire fired at him again, he used the mirror to deflect it back at her, knocking her out instantly.
An electric batarang took care of Grundy easily… he always tended to grab things out of mid-air.
Before he could fully react however, Tsukuri was suddenly there, kicking him across the face and sending him flying into the nearby wall. As she drew her katana, Batman was forced to dodge strike after strike (although his cape did suffer slightly from the assault). When she managed to knock him to the ground again, he used his legs to propel her into the wall, knocking the final one out.
Now, it was only the blonde woman left.
When she tried to make a run for it, he used a grappling batarang to tie her arms together, "Not so fast!" he growled, pulling her towards him, "Who are you?"
"I answer to no man…" she growled, snapping the cords with one flex of her muscles, "… not even you!"
Taking advantage of his surprise, she grabbed Batman by the collar and threw him against the wall. Stunned, Batman couldn't fight as he was thrown into another wall, this impact being the one that knocked him out.
He still managed to grab her necklace though.
…..
"Angel, really I don't need anything like this!"
The words may have been protesting, but the tone was anything but as Steve couldn't help but smile, allowing himself to be pulled around the jewellery store as his Alpha focused in on the bonding rings.
"You deserve everything like this…." Diana reassured him, her grip tight and loving, "… I have been nothing but cruel to you for several weeks now."
"And you made that up to me! Remember the dinner? And… afterwards?"
At his slight pause, Diana turned to him and smirked, remembering that night very well. "I remember… but I also remember the look on your face whenever Clark or Lex talk about their bonding ceremony. I think it's high-time we went through one of those of our own."
Steve couldn't help but flush at this, a small, pleased smile appearing on his face as Diana turned her attention back to the rings.
"I was thinking of something in sapphire…" Diana mused, "… I think it will match with your eyes perfectly."
Steve felt like his heart was going to burst free of his chest… no mater how non-stereotypical he acted, he'd always dreamed of having a moment like this, picking out the perfect ring for the perfect bonding ceremony, with the Alpha of his dreams.
As they continued to examine the rings, another Alpha/Omega couple were examining the head-tiaras, pieces of jewellery that were placed on the omegas head, with a jewel that hung down in between their eyes. With some added make-up, it made the omega look 'exotic' and 'mysterious'.
Diana couldn't understand the fascination.
"Why would anyone want to hide their natural beauty like that?" Diana wondered in curiosity… but a bit too loudly.
The pair turned away, with the female omega flushing slightly, clearly pleased at another Alpha noticing her natural beauty.
The other Alpha was less pleased, "Easy for you to say…" the man snarled, glancing over at Steve and scanning him from head to toe, "… if I were you, I wouldn't let that one out of my sight. He'd be chained to my bed and- "
Just before Diana could pull back her fist in order to hit the smug man in the face, Steve grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.
"Please don't get arrested over me…." Steve whispered frantically, pulling her away as the other Alpha smirked and watched them go, "… It's not worth it."
"That's your opinion. Frankly, I can think of nothing better." But she did back down, allowing herself to be pulled over to another section of the store… the more expensive section.
"We can just wait here until- "Steve stopped as he watched Diana examining the bonding rings, "- Angel. These are a little expensive, I don't- "
"- I have the money to spoil you Apollo." Diana chuckled fondly, "But I think something a little- "
"- Oh, these are just perfect!"
The pair turned, watching as the Saleswoman made her way over, a clearly fake smile on her face.
"Our Intensity line will look simply fabulous against your Omega's skin! You'll have to beat the other Alpha's away from him with a stick."
Steve tried not to chuckle as Diana raised a perfectly manicured eyebrow, scanning the other woman from head to toe, before smirking. "Trust me… I don't need a stick."
Without another word, she took Steve's hand and together, they headed towards the exit.
Diana only had so much patience for mankind.
As they headed out into the car-park, they could hear a car beeping it's horn frantically. When they got closer, they heard exactly what was going on.
"Come on!" the woman in the car begged desperately to the man blocking her exit with his truck, "I'm late for a Doctor's appointment!"
"Keep yer shirt on lady..." the man sneered from the driver's seat, "... I'm on a break." He then turned to his attention back to his paper.
"Oh god…" Steve muttered, taking a step to the side as Diana disappeared down an alleyway, spinning into her Wonder Woman persona, before she headed off towards the truck, lifting it into the air and giving the woman the chance to leave.
"Thank you!" the woman beamed, speeding away as Diana went to put the truck down, tapping on the man's window.
"Next time…" she growled, "… mind your manners."
Meanwhile, as she was dealing with the rude beta, Steve was heading into the alleyway, picking up her clothes and dusting them off, making them more presentable….and then someone grabbed him from behind.
"What the- " the yelp of surprise echoed throughout the alleyway, before it was cut off by a hand over the mouth.
But it was enough for Diana to hear.
She was there in seconds, rushing into the alleyway, sword nearly fully drawn… and then she stopped. "Batman..." she sighed in relief, "… what are you doing here?"
Batman?
Steve wriggled free, spinning around and glaring at the other Alpha, "Would you stop doing that?!" He hissed, "You're going to give me a heart attack one of these days!"
But Diana had spotted the look on the man's face, and frowned in concern, "What's wrong?"
"… We need to talk."