Dragon Ball WW
(by D.S. Wynne)Disclaimer: Neither the Dragonball Z nor "Wonder Woman" belongs to me. Huh.
Note: This tale is part fusion, part alt, but the timeline will become clear REEEEAL soon. Enjoy!
Some place on an island called "Paradise"…
Hippolyta, the legendary Queen of the Amazons, sighed. How she yearned for a child of her own, and to raise. But being the monarch of a race of women warriors made such an idea impossible. If only, "Polly" thought to herself, as she walked on the northern beach near her palace, the gods answered my prayers.
Her prayers did get answered, but not in the way Polly expected.
What Polly thought was a shooting star turned out to be some sort of "pod". She remembered such things from a long time ago, when she walked the Earth as a "superhero". Being the only one around, Polly immediately swam for the pod. Her legendary strength, speed and stamina enabled her to not only reach the pod, but also to bring it back to shore. By then, the palace guards and other "sisters" came down to the beach to assist the queen. Cautiously, Polly pried the pod open, ready to deal with any unexpected outcome. However, what she saw was truly unexpected.
Inside the pod was a baby. Upon closer inspection, Polly could tell that the baby was a girl. Was this child the answer to my prayers? The queen asked herself. And why does this child have a tail…?
Years later…
"The answer is still 'no', Diana!" declared Hippolyta. Ever since the decree of the gods, all of the Amazons were preparing themselves for "The Great Contest". This contest would determine who would represent Themiscyria to defeat a great crisis that would soon befall Humankind. Everyone was to participate, except Diana, the daughter of the queen. "I want you to be by my side during this crisis. And that is that!"
"But Mother," Diana replied, "I am not a child! I can do this!"
"Then, as the Queen of the Amazon, I forbid it. Now, go to your room!"
"Fine!"
Diana stomped to her room to sulk. She knew that she was fated for big things. The Oracles had said so. Why couldn't her mother see this?
After the removing of her tail, Diana grew up to be one of the best warriors within the Amazon Nation. Furthermore, thanks to impressing her people's gods, The Olympians, the Amazon princess received special gifts. Diana learned how to soar faster and higher than any bird, was more beautiful than anyone not Aphrodite, developed the eye of the hunter, achieved the sisterhood of fire, learned wisdom beyond her senses and harnessed the strength of the Earth itself. None of her fellow Amazons came close in achieving what she did, and she was more than ready to show what she had learned. Luckily, Diana had the foresight to know how to circumvent her mother's wishes, thanks to another gift form the gods: The Mask of Proteus. With it, she could disguise herself, enter the contest, and become what her mother became a long time ago: Wonder Woman!
Princess Diana's career as the superhero "Wonder Woman" was a long and prosperous one. Fighting side-by-side with her allies, The Justice League of America, Diana wage a war against war by promoting peace…and protecting that peace by way of her formidable skills. At the same time, Diana's powers continued to grow by leaps and bounds. Now, only Superman's formidable powers rivaled hers. But that didn't matter. What did matter to Diana, was that she used her powers for the good of all Humankind. No more, no less. Unfortunately, Diana's resolved was about to tested…
It was a long, boring day doing "monitor duty", but Diana was glad that her colleague, the Green Lantern, was about to take over of her.
"Thanks for coming, Kyle" Diana said. "I wasn't sure how long I could stand dealing with this boredom."
"No problem," replied Green Lantern. "If there is anytime to get away from my neighbor's "performance art" exhibitions, now is the best time."
"I see. Well, have fun."
Now, there were two ways for Diana to leave the JLA headquarters, which was on the Moon. One, she could fly back, or, two, she could use the JLA transporters. After much thought of having to deal with the vacuum of space, Diana decided to deal with the transporters. Once in, the Princess settled for the ride. With a blink, Diana disappeared.
BING! BING!
"Green Lantern speaking. What's up, Oracle?"
The Oracle was the information network of the entire superhero community. The system allows teams such as the JLA to coordinate all efforts more efficiently. The secondary function of the system is for the basic systems monitoring, which includes the transporters.
"GL, has anyone used the transporters recently? I have just received a reading of a surge of energy in the stream, but I can't isolate the source."
"Well, I just relieved Diana from monitor duty, and she did use the transporters."
"Did you?"
"No, I flew up on my own. Has Diana rematerialized yet? Maybe she can elaborate on this matter."
"That's just it. Only the JLA transporters showed sign of use."
Pause.
"We better get everyone together, Oracle. I think Diana is in trouble!"
Meanwhile, somewhere across time and space…
The last thing that Diana could remember, was beaming out of the JLA…and then feel a weird sensation throughout her being. Now, having regained consciousness, Diana realized that she was in some sort of snow-covered valley. Barely disturbed by the cold, Diana began surveying the land. Eventually, she could hear a battle that was taking place in the distance. Curious, she got a good look at the source of the disturbance: two grown men were fighting a child. The amazing thing about it was that the child was holding her own. Now, under normal circumstances, the Amazon Princess would observe the situation further before taking action. Unfortunately, Diana was still recovering from whatever happened to her while transporting. Thus, she made a leap in judgement that would result in a terrible misunderstanding.
"That's it son," Goku exclaimed. "You can do it!"
"Don't worry, Dad," Gohan replied. "I won't let you down!"
"We'll see," smirked Piccolo.
Then, all hell broke loose. At the last minute, the three fighters picked up a strong aura heading their way…
SMASH! POW!
What surprised everyone, was that the blows actually connected. What's even more surprising, was that a beautiful woman, in rather interesting attire, delivered the blows. Of course, the first one to recover was a rather angry Namek named after a blowing instrument.
"Before I smash you to pulp for your attack," began Piccolo, "Who are you?!"
"My name is Diana, but you can call me Wonder Woman."
"'Wonder Woman', eh?" smirked Piccolo. "Will see how 'wonderful' you'll be after I get through with you. Raggh!"
The two combatants came to blows.
Meanwhile, Gohan was helping his father up. Even though Goku was stronger than ever before, "sucker punch" was still a sucker punch.
"Dad, are you all right?" asked Gohan.
"Yeah, son," responded Goku "Wow. That's some blow. I wonder who's that woman?"
"She doesn't appear to be evil, Dad."
"Yeah, I don't feel anything negative about her either, Son. Hey, I have an idea. Let's watch the fight. She may have some good moves that we can use."
"Oh, Okay."
Meanwhile, the fight between Piccolo and Diana continued to escalate. Even though Diana was holding her own, she couldn't press her advantage. The green creature's speed was amazing, making it difficult for her to subdue it. He certainly reminds me of J'onn Jonzz, the Martian Manhunter, thought the Amazon Princess.
This female is quite good, thought Piccolo. He, too, was hard pressed in overcoming defenses, but it was b/c of her formidable strength that was causing him difficulty. Now, Piccolo decided to change tactics. Backing off, Piccolo threw a energy projectile at the strange-looking woman.
Seeing that the creature was throwing off an energy projectile at her, Diana deftly blocked it. That's when she received a good right knee into the belly. In spite of her being weakened by the blow, the Amazon refused to show any signs of being hurt. Recovering quickly, Diana performed a reverse double-handed axe punch into Piccolo's chin, thus breaking his jaw. Given themselves only a moment of rest, the two combatants were about to resume fighting, when Gohan stopped them. Gohan, who was observing the fight with his father, decided to go for his gut feelings on this matter. Thus, he leaped into the fray with his father Goku in tow.
"Stop it! Stop it!" cried Gohan.
"Gohan, stay out of this!" yelled Piccolo.
"Please, Piccolo, hear me out for a minute!"
Even though Piccolo was itching to continue the fight, he decided to hear what the lad had to say.
"Lady, why are you attacking my dad and my friend?" asked Gohan.
"Your…your Dad!?" exclaimed Diana. "I thought that these two men were harming you."
"Oh no. We were training for an up-coming battle with these Androids in the future."
"Pardon me?" inquired Diana.
"Yeah, a man named Dr. Gero, who is one of my father's old foes, will create these Androids…Androids who will destroy the world! We were preparing ourselves for their arrival."
"Oh, I see."
Turning to Piccolo, "Please accept my most humble of apologies, creature."
"My name is 'Piccolo', and you will do well to watch your self in the future."
"Hey guys," Goku interjected, "No harm has been done. In fact, we may have all learned something here today."
"Humph!" grumped the Namek.
"Well, if that's that, then I best be off, I have to go."
"Lady, what is your name?"
"You can call me Diana." With that, the princess flew off.
"Most peculiar female," said Piccolo.
"Yeah, I wonder if will see her again," mused Goku.
Diana would soon realize that she wasn't even on her own planet, and that she would have to be there for quite a while. Or, until she was found by her allies in the JLA.
Furthermore, if these "androids" were as dangerous the boy had said, then this world was going to need as much help as it can get. Diana, then and there, vowed to help these fighters save their world.
Tbc.
Next time on "Dragonball WW": Diana gets a job at Capsule Corp and meets a certain Prince of the Sayjins. Meanwhile, Kami, the Guradian of the Earth, discovers a connection between the Amazon Princess and the Z Warriors. Finally, Goku's eating habit forces Chi-Chi to rent out a room to supplement the family income, thus gaining a tenant (guess who?). All this, and more, in "Calm Before the Storm". Be there!