3: Meeting the empress
When Rene came to, there was a tall woman with bright red curly hair and green eyes standing in front of her.
"I'd thought you would show up sooner or later." said the woman, "Let me guess, you're here to warn me about the danger I am in and that I must surrender my power and money."
Rene looked at the woman calling herself the empress, that face might as well been her own.
In fact...
Could it be?
The empress wave a magic staff in front of Rene and laughed.
"I see you are still hanging around with the wicked witch." said the empress
Rene also noticed that there was a small book sticking out of the pocket of the Empress's rope.
The almanac?
Just send some guards burst into the room with Diana in Chains
"Empress, I thought you were able to kill her once Ares gavr you that staff?"
Said one of the guards.
The empress waved her staff in the air and pointed at the guard.
"Are you doubting my power? this is a Diana came from an alternate timeline."
The guard back down in fear.
Finally Rene spoke, "Why would you accept a gift like that from Ares? why would you sell out?"
"Isn't it obvious? Ares promised me all the power in the world and a lot more riches. all I had to do was kill his greatest enemy." laughed the empress.
Rene had a furious look in her eyes.
"That's right! I killed clay!" The empress laughed once more.
Rene stood up since the guards have not placed her and chains for some reason. maybe they thought that she wasn't a threat.
"What did you just call Diana?" said Rene in a angry voice.
"Clay!"
Clay was an offensive nickname that was given to dying during her child years because she was originally molded from clay and sand and then brought to life by the gods.
Diana was brought to tears when she heard that word, Rene was Furious and ready for a fight.
"Don't you ever call her that!"
The empress pointed her magic staff at Rene.
"What are you going to do about? You couldn't even defeat Clay in a sword fight! You should have won that fight!
As your mother used to say back when you are American, there are no excuses for failure!"
Rene had grown up in the u.s. in her previous life and had a very mean mother who demanded her to be perfect all the time and that was what she would say whatever Rene could not do something perfectly such as getting straight A's in school.
Eventually Rene was killed in a car crash when a drunk driver hit her head on and she was reincarnated as an Amazon.
Hearing those words 'there is no excuse for failure' brought back painful memories I'm a horrible mother.
Now Rene had heard enough!
She rolled out of the way as the empress fired a laser beam from her staff.
Before the empress would shoot her staff want some more, Rene managed to tackle her to the ground.
As Rene and the empress both struggled, the staff at fire at laser beam hitting the guard that was watch Diana.
Diana saw this as her chance to get loose.
Summoning what strength is you still had after being shot with the tranquilizer, Diana managed break the chain.
After knocking out all of the guards, Diana grabbed Rene, lifted her off of the empress and leaped out of the nearest window.
Diana flew through the air with Rene hanging over her shoulder as the empress fired beams at them but missing each time.
