Fallen Soul
Bold Italics - Circe singing
London Bridge
"This is so cowardly of you, witch!" Wonder Woman yelled as she battled Circe's minions. "These pathetic beasts of yours are nothing!"
Circe didn't reply just smirked. She watched as Wonder Woman took them all on.
London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady
London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady
"Circe!"
Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay, wood and clay,
Build it up with wood and clay,
My fair lady
Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, wash away,
Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair lady
London Bridge. A very old nursery rhyme created in 1744. Some believe that it refers to Viking attacks back in the 11th century. As no documented records of such an attack on the bridge exist, however, we'll instead focus on a different interpretation: immurement. Immurement is the practice of entombing someone within a structure, where they slowly die from lack of food and water. Though, not to be confused with being buried alive, where someone mercifully just suffocates. The tradition is centuries old, based on the belief that such sacrifices would ensure the stability of the structures in which people were imprisoned.
Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, wash away,
Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair lady
Suddenly, skies turned of dark grey, thunder roared, and lightening struck. A heavy storm was brewing.
Build it up with bricks and mortar,
Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar,
Build it up with bricks and mortar,
My fair lady
Diana had finally had enough of this petty game Circe was trying to play. She dashed toward her.
Bricks and mortar will not stay,
Will not stay, will not stay,
Bricks and mortar will not stay,
My fair lady
Build it up with iron and steel,
Iron and steel, iron and steel,
Build it up with iron and steel,
My fair lady
Winds picked up as the rain poured down.
"Give back the artifact you stole!" Wonder Woman demanded.
Circe was still singing, aggravating Wonder Woman. She didn't understand why this witch was so calm. Why she was singing this song. As Wonder Woman got closer Circe smirked again.
Wonder Woman gasped.
Build it up with silver and gold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold,
Build it up with silver and gold,
My fair lady
Silver and gold will be stolen away,
Stolen away, stolen away,
Silver and gold will be stolen away,
My fair lady
It was a trap.
Circe revealed her magical weapon she had been hiding.
London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down...falling down
Shot 1...2...3
Wonder Woman was struck in her shoulder, side and in the middle of her chest.
London Bridge is falling down...
Circe watched as Wonder Woman turns pale immediately, falling back down to the bridge.
My...fair...lady
Daily Planet
Clark Kent jumped from his desk. "Diana..." he said under his breath.
He hurried gathering all his things to leave.
"CK, where are you going?" Jimmy asked.
"An emergency."
"What happened?"
"That's what I'm going to find out."
Clark raced out of the planet to the back alley and once his super suit generated, he flew off into the skies to London.
"Superman to Cyborg. Come in, Vic. Vic?"
"Yeah, here, Supes. Glad you contacted me, I-"
"Can you track Diana?"
"She's at the London Bridge. But that's all I can get. Her communicator is down."
Something was definitely wrong.
"Alright, I'm on my way."
Superman flew faster. "I'm on my way, Diana."
Back on the bridge...
Wonder Woman could barely breath and she couldn't move as if her whole body was paralyzed.
"Am I...dying? Am I...dead?"
The rain fell harder.
"Diana!"
"Ka-Kal...Kal..."
Her voice. Gone. She couldn't speak.
Kal's eyes went wide as he saw Diana's seemingly lifeless body and Circe's minions surrounding her. Her heart rate was still slowing down.
"Get away from her!"
He went into a rage punching them, blasting them with his heat vision.
"Diana! Hold on!"
After defeating the last minion, he dropped to his knees and picked her up, cradling her.
"Di, wake up."
He caressed her cheek. She wouldn't open her eyes and her heart beat was now very faint.
"I have to get you back to the tower."
"Oh...this is rich."
Kal looked up with his eyes glowing of raging red.
"Circe? What did you do?!"
She smirked. "You aren't a part of this deal, Kryptonian."
"What deal?!"
"Be a good boy, leave the Amazon and we will be on our way."
"You aren't taking her anywhere!"
Kal wrapped his cape around Diana protectively and holding Diana tightly, he flew off.
"Bring her to me," Circe commanded as more of her minions appeared but this time with the ability to fly.
"Cyborg?" Superman called. "Superman to Cyborg."
There was only static in his ear. "Dammit."
The storm was getting worse.
"Batman? Come in, Batman!" Still nothing. Kal looked down Diana. "Diana, please, hold on, I'm going to get you help."
All of a sudden, there was thick mist. Even with his super vision or X-ray, he couldn't see.
"There's no where for you to go, Kryptonian. There's no helping the Amazon. She should've stayed away. She should've let Daddy dearest fight his own battles."
Diana started convulsing in his arms.
"No! No! No! What are you doing to her?!"
"Her soul...her soul is ours now."
Superman took off again. He had no idea where he was going he just kept flying trying to get away from Circe.
"Dammit! Someone answer me!"
"Clark...Clark, can you hear me?"
"Bruce!"
"Clark, where...are...you?"
"I don't know. I can't see anything. I can barely hear you. Diana needs help!"
His communicator went down again.
Mount Olympus
Athena looked down into the scrying pool.
"We can not interfere," Hermes said.
"A little guidance won't cause any harm."
"Where is Zeus?"
"Hiding as the coward he is," Hera scuffed.
Superman still hadn't stopped flying until the mist started to thin out and he could see a temple he instantly recognized.
"You're home, Diana."
Themyscira
Kal landed in front of the temple Amazonian guards.
Startled, they held their spears tighter.
"Please...help her..." Kal staggered to them.
Realizing he was holding Diana, they gasped.
"Princess! Masika, inform the Queen!"
"Yes, Asa!"
"Follow me quickly."
Kal followed Asa to a room where Kal could lay Diana down.
"What happened?"
"I...I'm still not sure. She was fighting Circe and-"
"That witch! What has she done to my daughter?!"
"Queen Hippolyta." Asa bowed.
"Your Highness." Kal bowed.
An Amazon elder, a healer, Helena came forward as well.
"Kal-El, what happened to Diana?"
"She was fighting Circe. I don't know what all happened before but when I got there, Diana was already unconscious." Kal sighed. "Circe was talking in riddles. She said that Diana was fighting Zeus's battle and that Diana should've stayed away. She then said something about Diana's soul."
"Her soul?!"
"It was hers now for a deal."
"A deal with who?"
"Terminus, the Soul King," Hermes said behind them.
"Hermes?!"
"What does he want with Diana?" Kal asked.
"Every 5,000 years he requires a divine soul. He wanted Zeus but Diana was caught in the middle instead. Circe used a weapon called the soulembez to seperate Diana's soul from her body."
Suddenly Diana started convulsing again and she was becoming even paler. Helena quickly gave her an herbal juice to calm her.
"She is dying...slowly."
"I have to get her back! How?!"
"You will have to enter the Realm of Souls," Hermes answered. "But be warned...Once you enter the realm you can not turn back and your soul is put at risk."
Kal looked at Diana and caressed her cheek. "It's a risk I'm willing to take."
"Kal-El." Hippolyta put her hand on his shoulder.
"Your highness...Hippolyta, I promise. I will bring her back."