Israel
Volume 1
A Wonder Woman Series
Wonder Woman:
Mossad HQ
Tel Aviv, State of Israel
2019
There were many stoic expressions from the various standing operatives and IDF personnel as I entered. Many were unsure as to what stance that I would take here with them. It was no secret that I was pro Israel (I had a long history with them), but as things were intensifying in the ME that long held WW view could have changed or been modified. There had been a lot of that of late from WW's end. My reputation had suffered greatly for being more controversial and less "loving" in that sense. Much of who I was and had always been was still the same; the difference was that I was taking a "tough love" approach to the world and its affairs. For too long I'd seen so many prey upon the good will and generosity of others; but no more. Need should only be given to those that truly needed it; it was sink or swim time.
"Wonder Woman; welcome," said the deputy prime minister, a middle aged shrewd man named Bolan. "We regret the prime minister will not be able to attend; he is dealing with the ongoing crisis." The crisis of course was Iran; and that was mostly why I was here - to put an end to that cancer once and for all. If I had my way the Iranian people would be free from tyranny for good. Their regime from 1979 onwards was just Shia totalitarianism; nothing more. They were also trying to fabricate and rush in their desired eschatology event with the prophesied Imam Mahdi's arrival. My job was to prevent that - and to prevent them from taking the world with them in murderous nuclear fire.
I stood before the empty seat at the large meeting table that had been reserved for me and gave him a small nod. "Of course. I more than understand." I then took my seat; they sat with me as though I was some VIP or head of state. Obviously I didn't need/seek such gestures but I appreciated the respect that was showed. As WW I had helped them during the Shoah and helped them to regain their homeland again. I'd always admired the Jewish people. They had been targeted for extermination for millennia and had mostly stayed alive because of their own efforts; they were unsurpassed masters of adaptation. They didn't whine or complain like so many others did; they just pushed on and innovated their way out of suffering. And while certainly a gentile god my father Zeus had been with them all along, as he had been with my Themysciran sisters. Whether or not they were my father's chosen people only he could say; but I did know for a fact that they played a special role in history; a mostly positive one. I wanted to help keep their fire alive.
What most did not know was that it had been my evil half brother Ares that had truly inspired Muhammad to create Islam. Ares had posed as the archangel Gabriel and convinced him to create the totalitarian death cult masquerading as a religion; a religion often allied with communism to form the new Axis Powers and presently greatest threat to the world and its survival. I'd wished many times to travel back in time to prevent that occurrence from happening but Ares would have tried again. Ares was Lucifer; he always had been. It had been the shared duty of Olympus to oppose him until my father had willed my creation. And being that I didn't come from any Abrahamic tradition I could be the outsider looking in.
"I'm sure you're aware of the situation," said Bolan. "I am," I replied. "I've made potus aware of it too. He's taking more of a defensive position on it for now for various reasons but as I'm not bound to any one particular nation state I can intervene at a level no one else can." Bolan gave a small nod. "We are working on a number of scenarios already - and we will take the fight to them if need be." "I understand. I'd recommend letting me accompany your men in the field. I can help to protect your forces from harm. And in the event Iran employs some manner of WMD I can hopefully take them down before they can do any lasting harm." None objected to having me along; I didn't think that they would.
As a silence continued I leaned forward and folded my hands together atop the table. I still sensed that something in the air needed clearing. I still had a good idea as to what that was; and I would make damned sure it was no less clear or firm than before. "I want to reassure you all that as Wonder Woman my standing behind the Israeli state is no less resolute than it has ever been. If anything, recent events are compelling me to commit to the safety of the Israeli state like never before. Our key to winning this? Courage; as it always has been. We must hold to love peace and all other civilized attributes that have made all societies great throughout the ages, but it will be timeless bravery that will prove our greatest asset in the days ahead. And I pledge to you that Wonder Woman will forever stand beside the State of Israel against its many enemies; no matter the cost."
That did the job; and that had indeed been the issue in the first place. They had needed the firmest of reassurances that WW would not abandon them in the policy sense. She sure as hell wouldn't.
Now it was time for war; another war to save the world from psychopathic evildoers that would kill freedom if they could. And a woman - something they had always hated - would stand between them as one of their greatest enemies. To me there could be no greater honor and privilege. Hell, I welcomed it.