Of Markovia
Chapter 2: Repercussions
Author: Brruundin
Warning, I do not own any DC Characters I may use.
Morning arrives early, and Tara is awoken by the sound of an explosion. She is startled but realizes no is around so she gets up slowly to look around. As she begins to stand up, the ground beings to shake again like it did the night before. She is confused by this and a little scared.
Why do I feel like everything is shaking all the time! I just want everything to go back to normal! She exclaims and the ground shakes even more with her outburst.
It's like it feeds off my emotion…
Suddenly another explosion happens just a few yards away. She then is certain that someone is trying to do something bad to her, but why? She then starts heading away from the explosions hoping to stay alive. Not long after she started walking she could hear voices and people running. She gets behind a pile of rubble and hides.
The next thing she saw was a couple of shadows passing, muttering something she couldn't understand. When she was sure that the coast was clear, she got up and headed back towards the road. She then saw some of object laying there in plain sight; it was some sort of scrap metal with a logo printed on it.
Lex Corp… Hmm… Tara said to herself while picking it up and examining the piece of metal. She then sets it back down and begins to head back the path she heard the voices go.
A few hours pass as she heads on her journey for answers. Why would someone do something like this? What did they want? What is Lex Corp? Are they the ones responsible for this and if so why? So many questions burned in her skull with anger and hatred but she knew she must not let her emotions get to her because she wasn't sure of what else she could make happen. So she tried to stay cool as she walked along the path some more. The further she walked the less it looked like complete destruction. She could even make out trees in the distance. So she continued where she could get some answers. However that would have to be delayed as an unexpected twist occurs.
As she keeps walking she notices something approaches her. She stops dead in her tracks.
"Who are you?" She says as the thing comes closer to her. As she gets a closer look she notices it isn't human. She prepares to defend herself against the giant mechanical creature. When it gets to a point it stops and holds still for a few moments. In that short amount of time Tara decides to address it again. "What are you?" As soon as she speaks a rumble on the ground occurs, she can feel the energy coursing through her veins. She would be ready to take it down if necessary.
The machine begins to move slowly and tries to speak with her.
"I have identified you as Tara princess of Markovia. I am now required to destroy you. Please be prepared to suffer a quick and painless death." The thing says to her in a cold, monotone drone.
"What death!" Tara exclaims and launches herself towards it. As she does so the ground lifts from below her and buries the machine. As it struggles to break through the dirt, Tara spots a huge rock and tries to hurl it towards it. However, she isn't fast enough and is hit with a punch from the machine's fist. She then gets up quickly and charges all her energy towards it, causing all the rubble and ash around to swirl up like a dust storm. While this distracts it, Tara manages to hide behind the boulder and as she tries to focus in on it, it begins to move and crash right into the machine. It then starts making weird noises and self-combusts. Tara exclaims in joy but also feels confused. She had special powers and now people were trying to take her down. She knew she couldn't stay here so she decided to come up with a plan to leave. As she finally got past the dust and rubble that remained from all the chaos she could see lights from a nearby town. That's where she would go and find some answers. As she gets closer she notices some strange men walking around in uniforms. She spotted the familiar logo. She knew they might try and recognize her so she decided to hide in the nearest store. As she entered an elderly man spoke up.
"Can I help you little lady?" The man spoke in a comforting tone.
"Yes who are those strange men walking around out there and why are the here?"
"Oh the Lex Corp fellows?" They came over from the United States, Metropolis I think. Doing some research about in this part of the world. But shortly after they arrived around her the capital started going into chaos with earthquakes and explosions and now no one can get in or out. Sounds kind of fishy to me, but what do I know, I just work this general store. Well, now that that's out of the way is there anything else I can help you with?" The man asks as he finishes answering her question.
"Well… there is one thing, would you happen to know where I could find a way to get over to the United States. I'm from the capital and barley managed to get out in time. I don't think my family made it out okay because I lose contact with them shortly after all the explosions started happening. So with no family I've decided to start a new life in a new place, to try and ease the pain…" Tara pauses for a minute and then continues. "But anyway, I want to know how to get out of here, and since the capital is shut down there aren't any flights going out and I'd really like to leave…" Tara finishes, and waits for the man to respond.
"Oh… Well.. I'm sorry for your loss. The new town with an airport would be Flash City, from there you could fly to London or Parris and that would get you into the US. It's about an hour east from here, and I could take you there in my car if you like. Losing your family isn't easy and anything I could do to help, I'd be glad to" The man then turns around and looks at a picture of a beautiful woman on his wall. Tara couldn't help but notice a tear shed from his sad blue eyes.
"Is that your wife?" Tara asks, wanting to know who the woman was.
"Yes… she passed away a couple years ago. I visit her from time to time, she was all I had left, we never were about to have children. But enough about that… are you still wanting to go?" The man asks, trying to change the subject that was burdening him.
"Yes I would that'd be wonderful, I'd appreciate it greatly." Tara says, smiling at the man.
"Alright give me a few minutes to shut down the store and we can get going." The man says while putting away a few things.
Then the two of them headed outside of the store and over to his car. Tara feels as though he can trust him even though they barely knew each other. On the way the two of them bonded, Tara told the man who she was and what she was trying to do in the United States. This didn't shock him one bit, and he told her he'd do the same thing in her situation. Then he told her more about his past, his life, and growing up in the capital, he had met her father one, and how he'd always remember it. Then they arrived at the airport and the two of them said their goodbyes. The man wished Tara lucked, and she did the same with him. They hugged and she headed into the terminal. She was so very thankful for people like him. But she knew this was just the beginning.
A/N Chapter 2 is done! Looks like Tara has a goal in mind, but what exactly is it? We'll find out soon enough, and as always Read and Review!
