Chapter 4

Bruce Wayne was helpless. No matter how much he tried to convince the Amazons, they would not listen. He even explained Diana personally, but she said that she wouldn't be fighting the war.

Queen Hippolyta was ready in her armour and sword.

"Diana, you coming?" asked the queen.

"No, ma, why can't we just stay calm?" she said.

"We? Why shall we stay calm? It is them who are sending a tsunami!"

"Why can't be just negotiate?"

"Screw this" said the queen and left for the battle.

All the Amazons were soon gathered near the coast. They were really vengeful under the hot sun, for the death of Orama. They waited until the Atlanteans.

Bruce Wayne was willing to stop the war. He sensed the incoming tsunami. He immediately went to his Batwing and got inside. He pressed a button and then his Batwing transformed into the huge Bat-Tank. Barry Allen was speechless.

The water waves were quick in coming nearer to the island. Bruce, in a hurry, quickly moved his Bat-Tank near the coast. The water was coming nearer and nearer, then Bruce pressed a huge blue button near the wheel, which caused the vehicle to create a large shield in front of it.

"This is awesome!" said Barry, who was staring at the features of the Bat-Tank.

The water then gave physical contact with the large, bulky, black shield, but could not pass through it. It tried its best, but couldn't pass through the shield. Two minutes later, when no one could hear the sound of water, Bruce Wayne removed the shield.

Quite sooner, there arose a huge bubble from water. Inside it were Arthur Curry, the Aquaman; Mera, who was still angry about the previous night; and two of Arthur's guards. Arthur stared at the Amazons.

"Get out of the way, Bruce Wayne!" shouted Arthur. "This is our place, and we have every right to fight!"

"Why don't you just listen to me, Arthur?" shouted Bruce. "Why the hell do you want to call for this war?"

"Those bloody people have killed my brother!"

"Liar!" said Hippolyta, going closer to Batman. "They killed Orama, and now they wish to kill us, too"

"They are born to lie, Wayne" interfered Arthur. "Now, get lost!"

Arthur took his trident in his hand and directed it towards Bruce. A jet of water splashed over him all of a sudden and he was captured in a bubble made of water. He tried to get out of the water ball, but couldn't.

"Leave me free, Arthur!" said Bruce.

"Not until you get lost from here" replied Arthur harshly. "And you, speedster! I think I have to give you special meeting with the piranhas"

"Well, I wasn't expecting that thing, but I'm fine here" said Barry, timidly.

"You better"

"Soldiers!" cried Hippolyta.

All of the soldiers got ready for battle, save for Diana. She was inside the palace, leaning to one corner of her room and staring at the floor.

Here, Arthur gave a signal and then a hundred Atlanteans were out of the ocean, ready for battle. Bruce Wayne was still trapped inside the bubble, and tried all ways to get free, but to vain.

"Barry!" he said, but he was not standing there. He looked back at Arthur. "Damn!"

"Attack!" said Arthur.

Immediately, Mera and two of her men took their tridents and directed them towards the Amazons. Water began rising towards them. Some of the Amazons feared the consequences, when Hippolyta got into the Bat-Tank. She began searching for the right button. On pressing and pressing various buttons, she finally pressed the blue button, with which the huge shield arrived again.

"Bloody" said Arthur, lowering his weapon.

When finally the water rising came to an end, Hippolyta pressed the blue button again, which caused the shield to vanish.

"Come and fight hand to hand, freaksters!" shouted the queen.

Arthur made the bubble around him vanish, and touched the water slowly. He then pressed his trident hardly over the water, which made it to become hard. The Atlanteans could now stand over the water.

"We must not lose a single one of our men" said Mera.

"Attack!" said Arthur, when all of his men started charging forward.

The Amazons took their swords in hand, some over horses, some with bows and arrows, some with spears. But the Atlanteans had only one weapon – their trident. Some of the Atlanteans had no left hand, instead they replaced it with a huge knife.

Roars and roars were common in the coast. The Amazons waited for the marine life to come, till then carrying her shield in hand. When finally one of them arrived, she took her sword and stabbed her in the waist.

Mera took her trident and threw it on one of the Amazons. She took back her trident and then, directing at one's nose, she shot water inside, causing them to flow to the lungs, making trouble while breathing. Arthur was the most frustrated one, who was killing people in bulk. One trident shot meant bleeding for two people.

The Amazons were not weak. They too were attacking their enemies with avenge. Some of them were perfect in shooting arrows, some of which even hit the opponent's chest. A few of them rode on their horses and attacked with their spears.

The battle was endless.

Inside the castle, Barry Allen was searching for Diana Prince, when finally, he came to a stop.

"Diana, here you are" he exclaimed.

"Barry!" she cried, moving nearer to him. "What's going on?"

"They're brutally killing each other, with no mercy"

"I cannot bear this"

"You should do something, I mean, you can at least stop the war"

Diana stared at Barry.

Outside, Arthur Curry was merciless. He kept attacking the women tribes with his trident, and on the other hand, he used water for protection.

One of the women went to queen Hippolyta. "Queen, they're using water!"

"So will we" she replied.

She shouted 'now!' and then all the Amazons were on top of the fort, ready with their catapults, about twice the size of one. They were holding huge rocks, which were released onto the Atlanteans. Ten rocks were released each time, and the Atlanteans were collapsing one by one.

"Enough!" said Arthur, then he took the trident of one of his deceased members, and threw it on one of the rock-releasers. It hit them on the chest.

Finally, Arthur spotted Queen Hippolyta, roaring amidst the fight. He stabbed the person next to him, and headed for the queen. He started striding and then hit her with his trident. She fell to the ground, writhing in pain.

Arthur stamped her hand and had his trident in his hand. He charged it onto her, and before he could stab her, a narrow orange beam flashed through him, who fell back and hit a tree. Arthur slowly got up and saw Diana Prince standing behind the queen, helping her get up.

Barry Allen saw the scene. "That is what I call a super-sonic beam!"

"Diana, don't you come in between!" said Arthur.

"I AM an Amazon, you waterpie!" she replied.

Arthur was furious. He raced at her, and moved his trident on Diana, who dodged it and then got onto his back and kicked him to the ground. Arthur got up and then discharged water from his trident, but Diana had her shield in hand, which disallowed the element to reach her.

Arthur started attacking her with bare hands, having thrown his trident aside. Diana, who was a skilled tribe, kept dodging it and avoiding contact. She finally took her shield and smashed it on Arthur, who fell to the ground.

She took her sword in hand, and walked to Arthur.

"Keep calm, or you'd be dead already" she said to a frustrated Arthur.

She took out the Lasso of Hestia from her waist and tied it around his neck.

"The Lasso of Hestia compels you to tell the truth" she said. "Why do you want to kill us?"

Arthur groaned. "Because you killed my brother"

"We? Why would we want to kill your brother?" asked a confused Diana.

"I remember you asking Bruce for an egg for your people. Last week, I saw the same egg in Atlantis, taking my brother away, which eventually killed him"

Diana kept Arthur loose.

"Are you out of your mind?" she said. "Bruce said me that the egg was stolen and I did not receiver it yet!"

"What?" said Arthur calmly.

He looked aside where Bruce Wayne was still trapped inside the water bubble. Diana let him get his trident, who in turn let Bruce free. A frustrated Bruce started walking towards Arthur.

"You think you're smart?" said Bruce. "Every egg in the world is made by me?"

Diana gave Arthur time to stand on his legs.

"Why do you want to kill us, then?" he said.

"Because you killed my best friend Orama!" Diana cried.

"Me? This is the first time I'm coming to your island!" Arthur said.

"You sent a shark to the coast which ate my friend!"

"Shark? We don't have any sharks in our city"

Both Diana and Arthur stood confused.

"Now I've got it" spoke Bruce. "You both were being persuaded by someone to attack each other, just like Clark and I were"

Diana stared at Arthur. Just then, Barry Allen arrived in his superhuman speed.

"Hey guys, I've found something in that corner over there, and this it is" he said, showing a flying drone camera with red wings.

Bruce Wayne stared at the drone. He looked at all of its sides, when he spotted at a tiny corner 'Dr. Hugo Strange' written.

"Hugo Strange?" said Bruce.

"So, he persuaded us to fight each other?" said Arthur.

"Exactly"

"All we have to do now is to get this son of a bitch killed and then resolve the problem" said Bruce.

"Then what about the people who died?" asked Diana, looking at the several dead bodies over there.

Bruce stared at Barry. Barry smiled.

"Guys, you're too late to see my new time machine!" said the Flash.