Chapter 3: Saving a Foe
Sorry I haven't updated on anything for a while. Midterms stink and so does writer's block.
"What about Diana?" Canary asked. Hippolyta was inside the hall now with the other heroes around her and she was dressed in her traditional formal dress.
"I was transmitted a message from Morpheus, the dream god," Hippolyta began. "The Furies have kidnapped Diana."
"The Furies?" Blue Beetle questioned. "As in the half snake, half women things from Greek Mythology?"
"The same," Hippolyta stated. "But I can assure you that they are VERY real."
"Do you know where they have her?" Batman asked.
"Some place cold and dark," Hippolyta began. "It seemed like a jail cell and it was high up I think. Possibly on a mountain."
"And you want US to find her?" Firestorm questioned.
"Yes. I can't stay in Man's World long enough to search for her. Themyscira is crumbling enough as it is," Hippolyta informed them. "Also Morpheus told me he wanted to give that message to Batman. But he couldn't get it. So he gave it to me to tell him."
"Why not one of us though?" Green Arrow asked. "Why not give one of us the dream?"
"Probably because we'd ignore it," Green Lantern said. "We're not exactly on the best terms with Diana. Besides we wouldn't think that the dream meant anything."
"Listen, I know you all aren't on the best terms with Diana," Hippolyta said. "And I'm not either. But PLEASE she's still my daughter and I love her. Could you, please, bring her back?"
"Hippolyta...we need to talk this over," Batgirl told her. "Could you give us a minute?"
"Of course," Hippolyta responded. They went into meeting room.
"We're not doing this," Batgirl hastily said once the door closed.
"Why not?" Supergirl asked. "We can't just let her die."
"She let people die," Canary responded bitterly. "She MADE people die."
"I know but we can't let her die," Green Lantern started.
"If we do, we're no better than the Regime," Flash finished. "We save friend and foe. Not just friends."
"If you ask me she deserves to die," Batgirl told them bitterly.
"She may but we have to at least TRY to save her," Blue Beetle responded. "She's still a person."
"You wouldn't say that if you saw what she did," Canary began. "She murdered people in cold blood. OUR PEOPLE. She murdered my friend, my sister in front of us. Helena may have been brutal, even by our standards, but she was still my sister. And she NEVER committed murder. She didn't deserve to die." Canary had tears in her rage filled eyes. Green Arrow placed his hand on her shoulders.
"Dinah, I know you're upset," Green Arrow said gently. "But you have to let go of your anger."
"I'll admit, I'm mad Wonder Woman too, but if we don't save her we'll have an anger Amazon mother to answer to," Firestorm said. "And I REALLY don't want to deal with that."
"What about you, Bats?" Harley asked. "You've been pretty quiet." Batman sighed.
"Diana does deserve to die," Batman began. "BUT we aren't the judge of that. That's for the court and the law to decide, not us. We're going to save her but only so she can continue to pay for her crimes."
"Then it's settled," Green Lantern said. "We're rescuing Diana." They all went out to meet Hippolyta.
"Where exactly was Diana in the dream?" Batman asked.
"I've told you all I know," Hippolyta responded. "I don't the exact location. Batman, may I speak with you privately?" Batman nodded. He turned to the others.
"Run a scan on the Himalayans and check the records," Batman told them. "See if there are any structures on one of the mountains." They nodded. Batman walked with Hippolyta to the meeting room. "What is it that you need to tell me?" Hippolyta sighed.
"Thank you for taking this up," Hippolyta said. "I know this is must not be easy for you and the others. It's going to rescue an enemy for them but for you it's an old love that hates you."
"How did you…" Batman began.
"I had known that Bruce Wayne had been dating Diana almost from the beginning," Hippolyta told him. "At first I was angry with Diana for choosing such a man. But then she told me you were Batman and then it became so much for clearer. I then knew why Diana had chosen you."
"I'm sorry, Hippolyta," Batman said.
"For what?" Hippolyta asked.
"I couldn't save her from herself," Batman told her. "I should have been there and I wasn't. I failed her just as I failed Clark."
"Batman, if there's any fault here it's mine," Hippolyta admitted. "I should have prepared her better for this kind of thing. And I didn't. But in truth the only one in fault for her fall was Superman and herself." They paused.
"We'll find her, Hippolyta," Batman told her. "I promise."
"Thank you," Hippolyta repeated. He nodded and then they exited the room. They saw the other leaguers looking through the records and doing geography scans of the Himalayan Mountains.
"Find anything?" Batman asked them.
"Yes, we did," Supergirl said. She pulled up a map of the Himalayans. "We've located two bases on two separate mountains."
"And according to the records were abandoned by the League of Assassins," Canary informed him.
"So we'll split into two teams," Batgirl said. "I'll take on one while Batman takes the other."
"Lantern, Arrow, Flash and Canary, you're with me," Batman told them. "The rest of you are with Batgirl."
After they split they both flew up to the bases in two separate planes. Batman was in a javelin with his team as he headed toward one of the bases.
"Just like old times, huh," Green Lantern said about half way. "All of us heading toward a battle where Superman and Wonder Woman were already. Then we'd swoop in and save their butts and then Arthur would come out of the sea and help." He sighed. "Those were the days."
"Indeed," Batman replied. "Although the way I remember it you needed more saving than them." The rest, except Green Arrow, chuckled at that.
"In my own defense, that was my first time dealing with those villains and you know it," Lantern reminded him.
"Yeah, though it was pretty funny seeing you get pie's remains all over your face," Flash admitted.
"Wait a minute, let me see if I've got this straight," Arrow began. "You got pied in the face by Joker and you shield yourself from it. And then it blew up and you lose your concentration and so you got pie all over yourself?"
"Yeah," Lantern said. "That's what happened." Green Arrow laughed at that. "It wasn't funny! Do you have any idea how hard it is to get blueberries off of your uniform!?"
"I can only imagine," Arrow responded while still laughing. He stopped about a minute later.
"We're here," Batman told them. He lowered his plane and they landed onto the snow covered mountain. They left the plane and snuck inside the place. They made their way into a large, dark room.
"No guards," Canary informed them.
"That's odd," Arrow responded.
"Well, they are the Furies. I doubt they need guards," Canary answered.
"Good point," her husband admitted.
The lights went on simultaneous and they saw three winged, terrifying women. They were the Furies.
"Welcome," one of they said. "We've been waiting for you." Another one of the furies held up to them what she was holding. She was holding a bruised woman and she was being held up by her own golden lasso. Batman recognized the woman in an instant.
"Diana."
