(I want to take a moment to dedicate this story to the person who inspirited it. My Mom who has been a protector, supporter, and the strongest woman I know. I only hope that she finds the peace she so richly deserves. I also want to thank DaisyJane for beta reading the last few chapters. We are going to do a complete clean and edit of the story later on. Thanks to everyone who has read the story and a special thanks to those who have left reviews.)

The Black Sheep

Chapter 21 "Duality"

(Wally and Shay's home in Central City)

Shay felt her husband's arms around her. She had finally stopped screaming and went to sobbing almost uncontrollably. Naturally Wally had freaked out only for her to convince him that it wasn't her who was hurt. When the realization dawned on him he did all he could do for the moment which was to comfort her. Shay had lived through watching John being beaten to no end, feeling Doomboy rip away not only part of her identity but part of her body and finally watched and felt Doomboy and then Luthor take turns raping her. All of this had been through Shayera's eyes and it was almost too much to take. Her twin sister was now a prisoner and was being subjected to something worse than simply being held prisoner or even being killed. She could sense the feeling of despair for John radiating off of Shayera. Even with all her twin had been through she was still more concerned for her husband than for her own safety.

"Wally we have to contact the League and we need to have them go out to Green Lantern. He's hurt bad and if he doesn't get help soon he will be dying. Afterward we need to find Shayera and make sure that Luthor and that monster of his gets exactly what they deserve." Shay said as she looked into the eyes of the man she loved.

The two of them both headed toward the area that Shay had seen the fight between her twin, John, and Doomboy. Once there they saw John or at least what appeared to be John. His face was swollen and bruised. They could see the bones sticking jaggedly out in places. The fact that he was still breathing was amazing. Wally quickly ran over to him and with every bit of speed and grace he could muster set to perform first aid. Once he had tended to the wounds he knew he could treat he called for John to be transported directly to the medical bay on the Watchtower.

"You saved him sweetheart." Wally said as he looked at Shay.

"No, you saved him I only saw him. We need to find Shayera, but she is slipping in and out of consciousness." Shay said as she looked toward the direction she could sense her twin when she was awake.

(Thor and Hera's palace in Central City)

Hera walked into the room where her daughter was working on another project. It had become obvious that her daughter was goddess of invention, but every waking moment the girl was working on a project, spending time with the Teen Titans, or going out to clubs. The young goddess finally pulled herself away from the robotic sentry she had finished and wiped the grease from her brow. Her dirty blonde hair was pulled into a pony tail which was now sticking to her neck from sweat.

"Αγάπη μια what are you doing in here?" Hera asked her daughter. She had been a mother before, but unlike her other children she felt more of a connection with her and Thor's daughter. She had accepted the name she was given in honor of the godmother that had saved both of them from the sword that Loki had placed over them.

Brunnhilde turned to her mother and smiled. She pressed a button on the switch which let the sentry begin to operate. The moment it began to move seamlessly she cut the power and let the sentry shut down.

"I was building a new robotic soldier for the Titans. I wanted to surprise both team leaders Raven and Cyborg." She said as she walked toward her mother.

Hera watched as her daughter suddenly stopped. Her face showed anguish and sorrow. Brunnhilde fell to her knees and tried to balance herself to keep from falling forward.

"Αγάπη μια what's wrong?" Hera asked as she ran to her daughter.

"I can see it through the machines… Mom… He's killing her! A man is killing Mrs. Stewart!" Brunnhilde said in a panic as she watched Luthor through the camera lens that was picking up his actions with Shayera Stewart.

(A long closed off cave located in Iceland.)

Loki looked at the runes above the cave. His father was forcing his hand now, and he would see the end of days come to Odin and Thor. The ancient one, killer of gods and mortals alike lay dormant within the cave. He walked forward and withdrew a goblet of fresh elk's blood from his pack. He poured the blood within the cave and heard a terrible growl emit from the darkness of it.

"Low Vánagandr I Loki frees you from the bonds of this Earthly prison! Arise and bring about Ragnarök to this world! Odin and Thor who had trapped you through trickery and magic await the vengeance you shall pour out on them!" Loki shouted.

The ground began to shake as eons of dirt and filth flew from the mouth of the cave. The great wolf Vánagandr finally came out and looked at Loki. Snarling the wolf changed his form into that of a man dressed in a dirty wolf's fur. In his right hand he held a blade made from the fangs of his brothers and in his left hand he held Freya's lock of hair that Thor had used to trick him into the cave.

"Speak trickster so that I may judge if I shall kill you now or later." Vánagandr said looking at Loki.

"Vánagandr great wolf and killer of gods I free you for vengeance upon Odin and Thor. They have banished me from Asgard land of my birth. I can no enter into the realm of Asgard until Odin is dead. I promise my allegence to you until those that trapped you are dead." Loki said knelling Vánagandr.

"I shall test your words Loki. Once I have defeated Thor and Odin I want you to bring me Freya as tribute. At that point you shall bring me Thor's youngest child so that I may feast on their blood and soul." Vánagandr said as he looked over the Norse god of deceit.

"It shall be done my lord." Loki said as he knelt before the killer of the gods.

"Go to the underworld controlled by the Greek God Hades. Once there release my army. The ship made from the bones and nails of the damned will sail once again and the world shall face the wrath of the great wolf Vánagandr once more." Vánagandr said with a smile.

(Tartarus – deep hidden valley where several thousand demonic warriors are fighting amongst themselves.)

Loki appeared within Tartarus and watched the demons battling with each other. Much like in Asgard and Valhalla the demons would slay one another and at the end of it they would pull themselves together only to fight once more. He smiled at the moronic demons as they tried in vain to stay their ranks only to be killed and it go to the one who killed them. Finally after several small battles Loki walked forward and looked at the demons.

"Army of Vánagandr your time has come! Ragnarök has started and Vánagandr has risen from the cave that once held him. Rise up and follow me to the beginning of the end of days for those miserable bastards on Earth!" Loki said as he threw his hands in the air.

The demons began cheering at the sound and at once the ship created from the bones and nails of the damned was boarded. The ship sailed for a few moments before it disappeared out of Tartarus and appeared off of the coast of Themyscira.

(The shores of Themyscira)

Philippus looked at the ship which headed their way. If not for her demanding to remain on a rotation of guard duty she would not have been the first to see the ship carrying the legion of demons headed toward the island. Without any hesitation she sounded the alarm summoning every able bodied Amazon to the coast for war.

She turned to see hundreds of her sisters coming toward the coast and smiled. She smiled with pride as their preparations to stop another invasion like the one Hercules had lead paid off. She turned back toward the ship and was greeted with a black arrow which sank deep into her bosom. She screamed in pain as the dark metal forged from the pits of hell itself began burning her soul before killing her.

"Sisters wait not to attack!" She shouted before she passed out from the pain.

(Hippolyta's palace)

Hippolyta heard the alarm and looked at her granddaughter. Athena nodded and turned to look Kal in the eyes.

"Kal don't try to be a hero until you've completely gotten over the kryptonite poisoning." Athena said as she took off.

Her father watched and without being noticed he too headed toward the battle.

(Behind the army of Amazons)

Diana followed her sisters and mother to the battle. She looked to see the Demons overpowering the Amazon forces and watched as the demons not only defeated by disgraced the other warriors. In the distance she could see Thomas running through the demons throwing them out of the way as if they were nothing to him. She turned to see Athena fighting alongside of her grandmother and sisters. Her attention then turned to a tree where a demon finished penning Bruce to it. He had two dark metal swords driven through his shoulders and an arrow that had pierced his stomach. She felt her entire world fall apart as she looked at how frail he was.

"BRUCE!!!!" Diana cried as she ran toward her husband. She reached him and felt his forehead which was burning up with fever. She turned to see her daughter fighting six demons at once and holding her own.

"Athena get your father out of here now!" She shouted to her daughter. She then turned to see Thomas running through the demons throwing them out of the way.

Thomas could feel the power from Darkseid flowing through his veins. The demons which seemed to be more than a match for the Amazons seemed little more than paper weights to him. He turned to see a larger and more human looking one not far from him. This strange looking creature was wearing dirty wolf fur and carrying a sword made from what seemed like bone.

"You are not an immortal like these here. I had believed these to be valkyries, but they do not have the stench of Odin on them. No these belong to the Olympian gods. You however have the stench of a god on you. Prepare to become food for the god killer Vánagandr." Vánagandr said as he rushed toward Thomas.

Thomas didn't know what deflected Vánagandr but he watched the creature that called itself the god killer knocked back by an unseen force. He turned to see Lilth standing there breathing hard. She fell to her knees nearly drained.

"Lilth my love are you alright?" Damien asked as he fought with the demons.

"I am fine my love. I just had ensure that your brother who is perhaps our best chance of winning this battle didn't go and get himself killed before he could make a difference." Lilth said as she started to stand.

"Destroy them all! Once the Amazons fall then the world shall follow!" Loki shouted with delight as the army of demons began to fight further into the island.