Chapter Two

Princess From The Sky

"Kid, are you awake?"

Kid Flash opened one eye in the darkness. He found Aqualad sitting on the edge of his own bed beside him. Kid sat up and turned toward his friend. "Yeah." The two sat in a hospital room with the lights already turned off. It had been hours since they had passed out. "What do we do now? The portal has already started to open."

The young speedster wrapped his fists in his blanket. "In a week our world is going to be invaded and destroy unless we do something."

"Yes." Aqualad nodded firmly. "And what we must do will not sit well with the Team or the League. If they try to find another way out of it, they will only make things worse. Both you and I know with Game Master's plan already starting it cannot be stopped by our usual methods."

"Are you ok with that?"

"I don't like it." Aqualad fell silent with his eyes casted down. "However, I will not allow this world to disappear. Not when I helped caused this tragedy to happen."

Kid Flash nodded. He shouldn't even be alive neither of them should after what they had been through. Kid had lost his life when he helped stopped the Reaches' plans against the earth. Aqualad had died by sacrificing himself to stop Game Master's first plan to destroy the world.

Yet, here they now were. Both of them were alive and with their friends again only to be stopped by them when they needed to stop another of Game Master's wicked schemes. "What do we do about the others?"

"I hate to say it, but we may have to keep them far away in order to do this."

"We're still going to need help if we are going to have any chance at surviving."

Aqualad stayed silent for a moment. It seemed as if the young hero had been unwilling to say the truth of the matter for as long as possible. "As much as we both hate to admit it. The only ones who are willing to do what must be done are our enemies. We need the Light."

"So you really think Game Master will return?" Wally questioned. Wally drove the blue truck down the empty stretched of road. Snow rushed down from the sky across the landscape in a race to turn the land to winter.

Kaldur sat in the passenger's seat. "How many of our enemies have sat idle in jail. We have seen how far he was willing to go to destroy the Earth. He brought you, me and Tula all back to life to carry out his scheme."

"So you want to take care of him once and for all?" Wally questioned.

"I prefer not to kill again, on the other hand I do not want him to harm the earth either," Kaldur answered. "Perhaps we can use his technology against him."

"Like make a prison that is impossible to escape?"

"You can do it, correct?"

"Maybe…I need some time to sort out my mind first." Wally's eyes stayed focused on the road. He still wasn't use to driving a truck, but he and Kaldur needed a bigger ride for all of their stuff that his old car just couldn't provide. "We still need to find a place to stay then a place to set up a lab to recreate Game Master's Sheath Tech."

"Which means we might need help in order to pull that off, especially without the aid of the Justice League."

"Yeah, and that isn't just going to fall out of the sky."

A bright green light flashed across the sky. Both of the former heroes gazed up at the dazzling light that engulfed the night. Wally slammed on the breaks. He shot his gaze over at Kaldur. "What was that?"

Bursts of lights spread throughout the sky above them.

"Let's find out." Kaldur kicked open his door and leaped out of the truck. He looked up above to see that several figures flew through the air and none of them were ones he recognized.

Wally did the same.

Five of the figures swarmed the last one. One slammed a large hammer into the individual they chased. The figure spiraled downward to the cold earth. They smashed into the snow bank beside the road.

Kaldur rushed over to the figure who had fallen, jumping over the railing. He slid down the hillside to see what had fallen into it. Covered in the snow had not been what the Atlantean had expected. His mouth fell agape and his eyes widen, being taken aback.

In the blanket of snow laid the body of a young woman. Her hair long and like fire that cascaded downward with her skin a slight orange. She dressed in skimpy purple clothing that showed off many of her curves and lovely skin.

Kaldur reached out to grab her shoulder. "Are you alright?"

"Kaldur, above you!"

He looked up to see five armed lizard creatures, swooping down toward him. Kaldur quickly grabbed the mysterious woman and rolled her out of the way of the incoming attack.

The five lizards landed on the ground with their axes at the ready.

Kaldur got up on one knee, facing the group. He prepared himself for the coming conflict. He reached back behind him to reach under his jacket. His hand latched onto his pair of waterbearers.

Wally speeded forward, knocking each of the monsters aside. He spun around and slid across the snow in front of Kaldur to face the enemies who were already getting up.

"Wally, flank left," Kaldur ordered. He pulled his bearers out along with the water from his backpack to create a water mace and sword. He rushed to the right where two of the lizards got ready to attack.

Wally zipped for the other three. He snatched away the weapons from the enemy soldiers. He threw them aside. He ran back in to punch each one into one another before any of them had a chance to realize what was going on.

He swept low with his foot to trip them all.

Kaldur let out a battle cry. He slammed his hammer into the side of the first soldier when the second blasted a laser from his axe's tip. Kaldur turned his sword into a shield to block the attack.

He sunk his other handle into the snow. He turned the snow around him into water. He swung the handle forward as the water transformed into eels that flew at the enemy smashing into the monster before he could get another shot off.

The lizard soldier skipped across the ground like a thrown pebble.

The claw of one of the soldiers slammed into Wally's chest that sent him flying back. The soldier flew over to the fallen woman. He grabbed her up and headed toward the sky. It let out a rippling roar that opened up a wormhole. All of the soldiers began to be pulled up.

Kaldur and Wally began to feel the pull.

Wally ran across the ground as fast as he could to escape the pull.

Kaldur used one of his hands to create a hook to keep him held to the earth. He gazed up into the hole that the monsters were escaping into. He saw the girl opened her bright green eyes. They were full of fear.

He could not allow them to take her. With his other bearer he pulled as much water as he could and swung it upward. The water rushed into the air like tentacles that swatted away the monsters. They finally grabbed a hold of the woman. Kaldur yanked with all of his might and magic to pull her away from the portal. His arms felt as if they would rip off at this rate.

The five lizards were swallowed up before the portal closed up.

Kaldur finished pulling her down. Her body landed into his arms that sent them both into a roll down hill. They landed on the ice of the lake below. The woman lay on top of Kaldur; her hair cascaded over her and Kaldur like a blanket.

The young lady lifted herself up on all fours. She looked down at her savior. Kaldur gazed up at the beautiful woman. "Are you safe?"

The woman cupped his cheek. She lowered her lips down upon his to both his shock and amazement. She pulled back to look at him once more. "My people learn languages through lip contact. Thank you…"

"Kaldur'ahm," he answered. "And that is quite the useful ability." The two sat up with the girl getting off of him, kneeling beside him. "And you are?"

The beautiful young lady placed her hand on her chest. "Koriand'r. I come from the planet Tamaran." She stood up and looked into the empty sky. "My sister betrayed my people for the throne."

Kaldur stood up with Koriand'r. The Tamaranian princess slightly towered over Kaldur in terms of height yet her sadness at the lost of her world.

Wally speeded back to where the other two were standing. As soon as his feet touched the ice he began to slip. "Whoa!"

Kaldur grabbed the other boy's arm to stop him. "Easy, my friend."

Wally gained his footing. "So are we good here?"

"Yes. Wally, this is Koriand'r. Koriand'r this is Wally West. He is a friend of mine and helped me rescue you." Kaldur gestured his hand between the two.

Wally leaned toward Kaldur's ear, covering his mouth with his hand. "Dude, she's hot. Is she friendly?"

Kaldur shifted his eyes over to his friend with a smile. "Very."

Wally turned his attention back to the alien woman. "So why were those guys chasing you?"

Kori turned her attention to the two boys. "They wanted to take me back as a slave. I refuse to be that any longer."

"So what are you going to do now?" Wally asked.

Kori closed her eyes, lowering her head. She grabbed a hold of her arm that had dropped to her side. "I don't know."

Kaldur and Wally could only look at each other and nod in silent agreement. Kaldur took a step forward. He held out his hand to the alien. "If you wish you can come with us. We don't have much to offer-"

"But at least you won't be alone until you figure something else out," Wally finished.

Her eyes opened with a smile. "Yes. I should only need lodging for what you would say a week, maybe two. Thank you, Kaldur'ahm, Wally." She took each of their hands.

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Note: I've decided to have Koriand'r follow more of her TV and animated movies counterparts rather than the new 52 version, because she seems like a more full developed character in those versions.