A/N Don't own these character's so don't sue me.
Hereafter Remix part deux
Chapter 4: Allies.
Clark and Dick where crouching on top of a hill. Dick had a pair of binoculars looking at the far off city. He could see the fortress in the middle of the city towering over the rest of the buildings. He placed the binoculars on the ground.
"That is one huge ass complex, it most be several kilometers in size!" he whizzed out. Clark nodded his head.
"You got a plan?" He looked over at Dick. Dick shook his head.
"It's just too massive to plan an assault on it. Maybe we could do some recon of the area first?" Clark looked at the large multi building fortress that had 10-meter height concrete walls around it. He saw thousands of robots patrolling all over it.
"My x-ray vision isn't up to looking this far away." Clark spoke out. Dick knew he wasn't up to full strength yet. Plus with the damage Bruce had done to his one eye had weakened his total vision now.
"I will go into the city tonight and see if I can hook up with one of resistance fighters in the city." Clark nodded in agreement. Dick had been hiding and fighting Bruce for over two years now and knew how to avoid him.
"We will setup camp and wait for your return." Clark and Dick crawled away from the hill to return to their companions. Dick hopped onto his motorcycle and nodded at his men before he left the group.
"We are setting up camp here." Clark spoke out as everyone split up and started to set up their tents and got ready for dinner. Clark noticed Kara watching Dick slowly getting smaller in the distance.
"He will be fine Kara, Dick is a very resourceful person." Kara turned and looked at her cousin and smiled.
"He is, I just don't want to see him get hurt." Clark nodded his head, and then smiled.
"I don't think Barbara would like the way you are watching over him." He teased her. Kara blushed and turned her head.
"I was joking Kara… Oh you do like him that way?" Clark said as he rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.
"Maybe I do, but I'm tainted by what Bruce has done to me Clark. He took away my innocence and my child." Kara turned and looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Clark grabbed her in a hug to comfort her.
"At least you are letting it out, I wasn't Kara... Dick pulled me out of it... I would be honored if he felt that way about you. But now isn't the time to look for romance, we are in the middle of a war." He told her, Kara nodded her head against his chest. He was right now wasn't the time for romantic feelings or thoughts.
Dick moved along the alleyways. Looking for signs of resistance, normally they left graffiti here and there. After searching for almost three hours he found them. When he continued to move down a dark alley a group of men came from the shadows.
"You lost friend?" One of them threatened him. Dick stopped in his tracks. And sized up what he was up against.
"Yes I am, I am looking for any rebels or resistance fighters in this city." He stated plainly. The man that had asked him the question laughed.
"What makes you think we would know anything about that?" The other men laughed quietly.
"No I guess that you wouldn't, you are too stupid to run a resistance." Dick sarcastically said. The laughter stopped and all was quiet in the alley.
"You're a mouthy one aren't ya? Maybe I should shut it up from you?!" the man said threateningly. Dick simply smiled.
"Bigger and better men than you have tried, but I'm still talking!" Dick challenged him. The man pointed a gun at Dick. He just rolled his eyes and threw a batarang at him knocking the gun flying from his hand.
"That little pee-shooter wouldn't have done anything to my armour. But this would blast a hold the size of a basketball into your chest!" Dick said as he un-shouldered his laser cannon. The powering sequence hummed as the group of men stood in silence.
"The name is Nightwing and I'm the leader of the Outsiders, I'm looking for the leader of this city's resistance to help take out that fortress." Dick told them. The man holding his hand in pain actually laughed out loud.
"You're nuts you know! That fortress is impregnable, we have been trying for months now!" Dick lowered his gun.
"You have, have you? Do you know it's weak points?" The man smiled at Dick.
"We know them but they are not that weak." Dick re-shouldered his weapon.
"Show me!" He commanded as he walked towards them.
"Why should we?" Dick stopped.
"You like living like rats? If so get out of my way so I can find someone that can show me what I need!" Dick was closer now and saw that the man was disfigured but the smile on his lips told him he had the right man.
"Let's go kid, my name is Jack Harper." The man held out his hand. Dick grabbed it and shook it. The men followed behind Jack and Dick.
"So you are Nightwing, we have heard about you. Glad to meet you in person. But I always thought you would be taller." Jack smiled down at Dick.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the fight in the dog!" Jack laughed out.
"True my friend. Sorry about earlier." Dick nodded his head.
"No problem, Bruce has spies running around so you can't be too trusting." Dick said then he noticed Jack raise his hand. Dick rolled to his side as a metal club missed his head. The fight with 12 men last a total of 2 minutes. Dick stood above Jack glaring down at him.
"I'm no spy and I am no amateur, did I pass your little test?" Dick offered a hand up. Jack wiped away the blood from his mouth and smiled up at him.
"Yes you did, sorry about that but we have had a few people try to sneak in here pretending to be resistance." Jack took Dick's hand.
"Are you going to show me this weak spot or are you going to set me up for another trap?" Dick asked him point blank. Jack held up his hands and nodded his head at the other guys that slowly got back up.
"I will show you. You guys stay here while I show him the sewer opening." Jack started to walk away but stopped and looked back at Dick.
"You coming or not?" Dick stood there looking at the man. Finally he nodded his head and went after him.
Diana awoke and pulled herself from the ground. She folded her sleeping blanket and went outside. She went to the river and removed her clothes and walked into the cold river. She washed the dirty and grime from her skin. Dunking her head into the river she rose from the water and walked back to the bank to put her clothes back on.
When she came back to the encampment she found her sisters making breakfast. Diana went to her armour and started to clean and repair the damage. One of her sisters walked up to her.
"Come and eat your Highness." Diana stopped rubbing the metal and looked up. Diana felt like crap, the dream had her questioning everything about it. She nodded her head and went with her to have a warm breakfast of bread, oats and some fruit. During breakfast she continued to analyze the dream and made a decision.
She went to her armour and sword, she finished cleaning and repairing the damage to them. Diana walked up to one of her sisters.
"I have to leave for a while, I don't know when I get back. If my mother contacts you tell her I'm on a mission that could bring reinforcements for us." Her sister looked at her in worry.
"We need you here Princess!" The female stated.
"No you don't, all the robots have been dealt with." Diana said as she turned back to her tent. It took Diana less then five minutes to take down the tent and suit up. Once everything was packed she lifted up into the air heading towards the Mediterranean Sea.
As she flew she felt herself being draw to a location west of Cairo. The winds started to pick up, but she continued with her journey. She forced herself to stop; in front of her was a wall of sand. The winds circled around making it look like a moving wall of sand. Diana felt the pull to enter it. She readied herself and pushed through the moving wall of sand and wind.
After less then hundred meters the wind stopped and so did the sand. She found that she was looking at a city, a very old one at that. When she flew closer she noticed people moving around the large city. The pull towards the center of it was strong.
Diana landed in the middle of a market square from the look of it. Diana noticed right away that all of the people were women. They looked at her in awe and fear. A guard from what Diana could tell walked up to her.
"What are you doing here?!" She demanded.
"I've come in search of allies again Bruce!" Diana stood her ground. The guard looked shocked and motioned for Diana to follow her.
As they moved along the streets Diana noted that not one single man was to be found. The guard walked up to a large looking temple. The two walked up the long set of stairs. At the top Diana noticed several other guards standing in front of two large wooden doors.
The guard leading Diana spoke quietly to the other two. They nodded their heads and opened the door for Diana and the other guard. The air was cooler in the room, several woman stood around talking but stopped when Diana walked into the room. There was one female sitting on a high backed chair. Diana knew this was the person to talk to.
The guard walked forward but stopped several meters away from the sitting female. She bowed her head and spoke.
"This intruder says she is here to ask for our support against the one called Bruce." The woman sitting on the chair looked at Diana. For some reason the look reminded her of her mother when she was dealing with lower ranking members of the Amazon nation.
"What is your name and where do you come from?" The woman asked. Diana bowed her head and spoke.
"My name is Diana Princess of Themyscira." The woman sitting on the throne looked shocked at this news.
"So you are an Amazon?" she growled out.
"I am!" Diana raised her head.
"I am Queen Falizia, Queen of the Bana-Mighdall. We are the mortal offspring of the Amazons." Diana's eyes enlarged. How can this be possible?
"I've never heard of any Amazons having Children?" Diana told the Queen.
"Because they left the Amazon tribe before the Amazons went to the island." This news was unsettling to Diana. But she still needed support for this fight. From the looks of this city there was easily one hundred thousand females here.
"I was never told that. But I'm here to ask if you will join our fight against Bruce." Diana spoke out in her regal voice. The Queen smiled and tapped her finger on the armrest.
"Why would we help you? We have kept Bruce at bay so far." Diana thought about it for a moment.
"So far yes, but Bruce will not tolerate you for long." The Queen listened to Diana then cocked her head.
"True. We have been sending out gathering parties for food supplies and they have make contact with those robots, they have handled them fine."
"I know you think your soldiers are powerful but Bruce has powerful allies at his command. Once his robots find you he will come in force."
"What is it you would want us to do?" the Queen questioned her.
"Spread out and fight." The Queen's eyes grow large.
"And leave our city unprotected?" she growled out.
"If you create a large enough buffer around your city you would be protected better. This gives you time to plan if Bruce comes in force!" The Queen listened and nodded her head.
"You are right. But how can we help you and create this buffer?" Diana smiled up at her.
"By fighting Bruce's forces here. It will distract him, and weaken him." The Queen mirrored Diana's smile now.
Bruce was stalking his way to his room when Talia came up to him.
"Why did you kill that man beloved?" She asked the question with no malice in her voice. Bruce just sneered.
"I don't need to explain why to anyone, the man was an incompetent buffoon!"
"You're right beloved, sorry for questioning your actions." Talia bowed her head. Bruce grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace.
"I'm sorry for losing my cool. I will try not to allow it to happen again." Talia's eyes shined with love looking up at him.
"No need to apologies beloved." She said as she kissed him. The pounding headache receded, his passion increased. He pulled Talia into an empty room and proceeded to make love to her.
Diana left the Bana-Mighdall's city as she left east she felt herself being pulled towards Cairo. She allowed the feeling to guide her. Before she neared the city the pulled forced her to turn. She felt it for a while before she spotted a villa in the distance.
Diana landed on the ground several hundred meters away from a beautiful home and walked towards it. She noticed a man sitting on a chair over looking a garden. The man's eyes where closed but opened when he heard her footsteps on the brick walkway. He got up and turned to look at the intruder.
Diana looked at him but was puzzled, the man looked to be a teenager. But the strange thing was he looked very familiar. The young man watched her and his eyes grew large.
"Diana?" He whispered out. His voice forced her to stop several meters away from him.
"Tim?!" was all she said. The young man nodded his head.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him. Tim looked nervous as he looked around.
"This is one of my homes, I come here to relax and get away from the war." Diana saw the darkness under his eyes.
"Are you hiding from Bruce?" She asked wanting to comfort him.
"No. I'm one of his generals." Diana's eyes flashed with rage.
"YOU ARE WHAT?!" She screamed out. Tim looked scared and worried. He held up his hands.
"Don't kill me." He cried out. Diana felt like snapping his neck, but the childish way he was cowering forced her to soften her looks.
"Why are you following that mad man?" She demanded. Tim looked confused at her question.
"Because he is my Father, I want to make him feel proud of me. But now this war has been slowly forcing me to face the fact that Bruce isn't himself anymore. I don't know what to do now?" He confessed. Diana looked at the confused and broken teenager.
"It's okay Tim. Come with me and we can get you away from this." Diana tried to comfort him with her words. Tim had started to cry.
"I can't I've been helping the rebels here in Africa fight Bruce. I'm giving them information that helps save lives. But I can't be doing it for much longer, Bruce is sending in more people to stop the rebels. I'm trapped. If I leave people will die. But if I stay Bruce will find out and I will die."
Diana walked up to him and hugged the shacking man. He was in a tough spot. For the first time in along while Tim felt good speaking his mind and feeling comfort from another. He let two years of sorrow pour out of him as he cried his heart out in Diana's embrace. Several minutes later he pulled away from the hug and wiped his face with his sleeve.
"Diana I'm sorry for letting you see me like this. I'm also sorry to hear he took your child away. Maybe… Maybe I can help you get your child back?" Tim looked at her hopefully. Diana was taken back with his offer. Could she allow him to risk his life to bring back her child?
"No I cannot let you do that!" Diana told him.
"I can get access to them, I haven't seen Bruce in months now. I can say I just want a few days around him. I know I can get to your child!" He stood proud at his decision. Diana truly wanted to believe Tim could do this, then she remember the anti-love potions she still had. If he could free a few of the women he might have a chance at it.
"Tim I have a potion that can break the love spell that Bruce uses on the women close to him." Tim's eyes lit up in excitement.
Bruce heard the buzz; someone was trying to contact him. He lifted his hand to his earpiece.
"Who is it?" he growled out.
"Bruce it's Tim, listen I'm burnt out and I need some time away. Also I haven't seen you in months. May I come where you are and have a few days away from it all?" Bruce knew this was true, he saw the look of Tim during the conference call. The boy was loyal when the others turned their backs on him. He thought of Dick for a moment before he replied to Tim.
"Sure Tim, come and visit. But make it quick because I'm leaving for America in a few days." Tim sighed in relief.
"Thank you Bruce, I really need this time off!" Bruce smiled at Tim's excited voice. The boy truly needed some time off. Well he wasn't a boy any more; he was a young teenager that could use some fun and relaxation.
"I am looking forward to it Tim, have a pleasant flight." Bruce clicked the earpiece again to disconnect from the call.
Tim turned to Diana and smiled "I'm leaving right now, I will need that potion." Diana looked at the young man and saw something different in him now. Hope! She handed him the vile and told him how to use it.
Tim had a private plane fly him to the Ukraine within an hour of talking to Bruce.