Chapter Twenty-Six: Three's a Crowd Part Two.
Fox swelled with pride. He watched as Vulture took another shot at Supergirl. The Girl of Steel slipped out of his grasp and caused the Vulture to dive bomb into Shark. The rising waters in the subway station only gave Shark the advantage.
Supergirl realized the fact, and decided to use it to her advantage. Granted, it would leave her battling the biggest, and the meanest of them all, but it's worth a shot. Her eyes glowed with the personification of power. A red beam shot out of her eyes, connecting with the concrete section where Fox stood on.
Fox screamed at the top of his lungs as the water rose. He jumped to avoid the rushing wave of water. The criminal tried to get a higher ground.
From the other end, Wondergirl came up, and lassoed Fox. She yanked him down to the ground and brutalized him with a rapid fire series of kidney punches. Each punch sounded like a truck smacking into concrete.
Fox twisted his head and grinned.
"Could you hit a bit harder, love? I don't think I felt it."
Fox wiggled his way from the grip of the lasso. He grabbed the Amazon Princess and hoisted her above his head. Donna elbowed his way out, as Fox threw her onto the ground. The magic amplified his strength.
Supergirl brought the boom down on the back of Fox's head. Fox staggered back for a moment.
"You better key your eye on the ball, Supergirl."
Shark rose from the water, and grabbed both heroines. Their combined efforts broke the monster's grip but left him breathless.
Supergirl and Wondergirl staggered a couple of steps back. The force of their attacks took both heroines aback.
"They shouldn't be this strong!" Wondergirl yelled.
The Vulture aimed several razor sharp feathers at them. The two heroines dodged the feathers which plowed into the ground. They implanted onto concrete beneath them.
"They shouldn't, but they are," Supergirl said.
She slipped through the exit, and made her way down in another section of the tunnel. Wondergirl followed her.
"Running away during a fight?" Fox asked. The criminal laughed, resembling a hyena more than a fox. "You're pathetic, you've met your match in the Terrible Trio."
"It's called strategy," Supergirl said. The Girl of Steel punctuated the statement by rolling her eyes.
The doors burst open and Vulture entered the room first. Vulture's eyes illuminated with the personification of pure power. He aimed his razor sharp feathers and fired them at Supergirl.
Supergirl twisted out of the way, and the feathers stuck in the wall. The Girl of Steel flew, with a fist extended and ready to attack.
"I'm going to ground you for good," Vulture said.
Magical wires fired out of the air and wrapped around the Vulture's wings. The Vulture lost control of his flight pattern. His next movement put him against the wall with a sickening crack.
Zatanna stood at the edge of the tunnel dressed in all of her glory, fishnets and all. Her hand waved. Kara and Donna looked up at the older woman in awe as she stepped into the picture.
"You got a lucky shot," Vulture said.
Vulture flew at Zatanna one more time. She lifted up her hand. A magical box worked around Vulture, trapping him. He tried to break his way through.
"FOX, I NEED HELP!"
Fox entered the tunnel and growled. Always up to him to bail out his friends. He grew a bit sick of it to be honest. His fist curled up, drawing more power from the amulet.
Despite looking like the most useless object in the world, it really paid off. He channeled the power, locking onto the Vulture.
The magical backlash caused Zatanna to fly back. Supergirl caught the sorceress before she landed on her ass.
Vulture broke out of the cage.
"Give me all the power!" Vulture yelled.
He attacked Fox for a brief second, trying to rip the amulet off of him.
"Hey, get your hands off of….."
Supergirl bolted at the two criminals when they entered a tussle with each other. The Girl of Steel plowed into both of them at the speed of light with a loud crack echoing.
Fox and Vulture landed on the ground. The three heroines swarmed on them, and with Shark nowhere to be found, the odds looked to be skewed.
"Get us out of here," Fox said.
Zatanna's eyes widened as she noticed the magical totem in the possession of these three goons. The totem transported its master and his friends out of the subway before she could take any decisive action with it. The woman's shoulders slumped.
"So, I'm guessing we found your father's missing magical artifact."
The tunnel they were in looked to be about ready to flood. Zatanna opened a portal.
"You know we could fly out of here just as fast."
With the token protest out of the way, Kara and Donna followed Zatanna out, right before the tunnel flooded.
"Okay, we're keeping an eye out," Chloe said. The woman put her fingernail in her mouth and chewed on it. She retracted it after doing so, really nasty habit to get involved in to be honest. "The Terrible Trio weren't exactly masters of stealth before the amulet mutated them."
"Yeah, a group of animals, it shouldn't be too hard to find, shouldn't it?" Barbara asked. "With their powers, I don't think laying low would be high on their list of priorities."
"Three vein rich boys with an overinflated ego, hardly?" Chloe asked. "So, can we verify the mutation upped their intelligence any, or are they still as dumb as ever?"
"I don't know," Kara said.
Zatanna crouched down. The woman plunged deep into thought. The trail of magic she followed went dead.
Every single bit of destruction caused by her father's artifacts reflected on her. Some of them lingered out there, waiting to be picked up, waiting to be touched. Waiting to be used for any number of criminal purposes.
'Magic, can be used for greater good, or supreme evil.'
Zatara's words rang out in Zatanna's mind. She threw her head back and sighed.
"Any luck in tracking it?" Kara asked.
"I had it one before, and they slipped away," Zatanna said. "I didn't think the amulet could teleport them away. Fox must have gained a closer connection to the amulet then I thought. Which isn't….which isn't comforting information, I know."
"I know," Kara said. "But, we've got to find them…and this time, we're going to put a stop to them."
Zatanna noticed a problem they had to discuss straight away.
"The more they use the totem, the more powerful and dangerous they get," Zatanna said. "And the more destructive….they're animals now, survival of the fittest is first and foremost on their minds."
"Oh, of course," Kara said. "And they're going to attack, attack, and attack. And they've got a hair up their ass because of me….for lack of a better term, I guess."
Zatanna's lips curled into a smile.
"Yes, I guess they do," Zatanna said. "But, things are getting really dangerous out there, you know."
"Metropolis post-Superwoman is not what it used to be," Kara said. "Intergang's getting bolder, but they're far from the only problem."
"Yes, I heard about the Joker," Zatanna said. The woman sighed, the Joker never could be an afterthought. "As much as we should worry about him, we should also focus on what we're doing right now."
"Right," Kara said.
"So far, no sign of them, if you're wondering," Chloe said. "I hate to say it, but maybe they have their IQs upped enough where they know it's a good idea to lie low."
"Given the Terrible Trio's past, it isn't much of a stretch," Barbara said. "I mean, they can't get any dumber, can they?"
"Bad thing to assume," Kara said.
Kara walked over from her point and looked out in Metropolis. She recalled the battle. The longer she fought them, the stronger they got. Shark only was useful in the water.
Suddenly, a bolt of inspiration struck her the moment she thought of Shark's powers.
"Barbara, I think we're looking at this for all of the wrong angles," Kara said. "What would be the best location someone would want to go if they wanted to flood the city?"
"Just a second, I'll check," Barbara said.
Zatanna's body shook for a moment. She staggered back into Kara's grip. Kara just caught her, barely.
"What's wrong?" Kara asked.
"I felt it, I felt the totem calling out," Zatanna said. "I'm not certain, but I think the totem is going through the final stage of the transformation."
Donna and Kara stood up straight and took notice at these words. They both had a bad feeling about this.
"And what is the final stage of the transformation?" Donna asked.
"I'm…the amulet has never been used to the extent where it's triggered the final stage," Zatanna said. The sorceress's tone grew extremely grim. "But I'm almost certain…actually I believe it involves a sacrifice. All of Metropolis could be going down."
"You know, they couldn't be this transparent, could they?" Chloe asked.
"What?" Kara asked.
"They've went back to the scene of the first crime," Chloe said.
Kara could have hit herself hard and fast. Of course, they went back to the scene of the first crime. The rest of the collection they failed to steal had been stored at the first location.
"I guess we should have thought about it," Barbara said. "You better be careful, if they're undergoing the final stage of the transformation."
"If we can get the totem away, I can reverse it," Zatanna said.
"You can?" Kara asked.
"Yes, I can," Zatanna said. As always with situations like this, there was a catch. "But it's a matter of getting the totem away."
The three heroines made plans onto how to best tackle their enemies. Time grew short and failed to be on their side.
Fox crouched down in the shadows. Vulture followed him inside the museum, a question burning his tongue.
"After all we can do with these powers, you choose to come back here?" Vulture asked.
"It's a matter of respect, something you could learn a bit more about," Fox said. "This gentlemen thinks he's the elite of society, well we're going to show him what the Terrible Trio can do."
Two guards patrolled the museum. Fox grinned and he made a movement.
Like a beast, he crushed from the shadows and pounced. The guard slammed down onto the floor with a sickening hard impact. Every single bone in his body cracked from Fox diving on top of him.
Fox rolled over the guard and struck a pose. The second guard rushed him, baton extended. Fox caught the baton in his jaw.
Vulture vomited on the guard. The guard screamed when the acid burned the flesh from his body. The burning flesh continued, until the guard blacked out from the pain. His heart sped up from the increased pain before crawling to a stop.
"Mmm, he looks good enough to eat," Vulture said.
"He did, until you vomited onto him," Fox said. "Nasty habit, mate, you should have not done it."
"Yeah, get your jewels, and we can get out of here," Vulture said. "We had to leave Shark behind….."
"Well, he's the muscle, and I'm the brains," Fox said.
"Guess it makes me the odd man out," Vulture said.
"Someone has to stand there and look pretty," Fox said.
"You think I look pretty?" Vulture asked.
Fox looked over the grotesque abomination standing before him. He shuddered for a moment before he responded in as dead pan of a voice as possible.
"Yes, stunning."
Vulture's mouth curled into a devious grin for a moment. The two of them continued to do their shopping.
"You know, we really should stop meeting like this."
Fox looked skyward. Supergirl descended down from the ceiling. The Girl of Steel glared at two thirds of the Terrible Trio.
"You think you're very clever, don't you, Supergirl?" Fox asked. "Do you not know who the true masters in this city are?"
"Yes, I know you're going to rip yourselves apart over power," Kara said. "Well you peal back the layers of power, you're nothing, but a trio of rich punks who lucked into a shiny trinket. I bet you can't defeat me without the trinket."
"Oh, you see, you're wrong," Fox said.
"Oh, if I'm wrong, then throw away the totem!"
Fox chuckled and stared down his adversary.
"You might have pulled a nice and cheeky little trick on a lesser criminal, but it won't work. You think your plan is going to stop the Terrible Trio?"
"Well, you can't fault me for trying," Kara said. "And your Terrible Trio is short one person."
Fox's lips curled into a malicious grin. Kara didn't like the grin. In fact, she would have go as far to say Fox's grin caused shudders to go down her spine.
"So, you can do math, very good, very good."
The ground underneath them started to rumble underneath them. A fist burst from the ground.
Donna joined to help even the odds. She jumped halfway up off of the ground as she realized the ground became a little less solid.
"You know, when you learn about your totem, you can see what it does for you," Fox said.
The ground beneath them turned into water. Donna and Kara both looked at each other, and one thought echoed through both of their minds.
'Get the amulet, nothing else matters.'
Donna rushed towards an exhibit and pulled a spear off of the wall. She aimed the spear at Fox, who dodged the attacks.
"Ha, you missed!" Fox yelled.
"No, I didn't."
The spear struck a fire extinguisher, which caused Fox to stagger around in the dark. His line of sight had been compromised and the criminal thrashed about.
Shark jumped out of the water. He made a movement to Supergirl and Wondergirl, but they ducked.
Kara darted in and grabbed the bag containing the jewels. Fox's eyes widened as Supergirl flew the jewels out of his grip.
"Here, catch!"
Fox growled in anger as the bag of jewels flew into the air. The bag ripped open in mid-air, causing the jewels to land into the water.
Wondergirl climbed onto the head of Shark. She rammed her fists into the eyes of the beast which caused him to scream in agony.
The dark haired Amazon Princess waited for Vulture to dive bomb her. She slipped out of the way at the moment of the truth.
Vulture and Shark had a meeting of the minds. Wondergirl scrambled onto one of the cases, and the water continued to rise.
"You'll pay for ruining my big score!" Fox yelled.
"And here I thought you needed to count to keep score," Supergirl said. She used her ice breath to freeze the water, which trapped Shark and Vulture.
One member of the Terrible Trio stood. His body began to quiver as he drew in more power. He started to grow even larger.
"Now, I have you!"
A nine foot tall Fox walked across the ice. His weight caused the ice to crack and the creature dropped through the thin life.
"So much power, too bad it couldn't up your brain to something beyond fluff," Donna said.
Kara grabbed the totem from the hand of the downed Fox. He started to shrink back into a normal beast.
Zatanna turned up, dragging the Terrible Trio from the ice. She clasped the totem in her hand and smiled as it started to rumble in her hand.
The creatures reverted back into their spoiled rich kids form. They shuddered because of the pain.
"The MCU, we better leave," Donna said.
Zatanna opened up a portal, making sure the Terrible Trio stayed gift wrapped. Despite being powerless and without clothes, she didn't want to take any chances. With another motion, she escorted Kara and Donna through the portal, to the gift house.
Cat read over her first big time story. It talked about how the Terrible Trio fell to the hands of Supergirl and how Supergirl wasn't the menace half of the city thought she was, but a true hero.
"Wow, you're hitting the ground, swinging, aren't you?"
Lois stood over Cat's shoulder, smiling.
"You're going to make all kinds of new friends with a story talking about how awesome Supergirl is," Lois said. "Although, I'd dial back the fangirl a little bit in the final draft. You don't want to see like you get wet in the panties over Supergirl, do you?"
Cat frowned and shook her head.
"So, another crisis averted, thanks to Supergirl," Lois said. "You'd be surprised how often she saves the day in this city, and no one hears about it."
"Like Superwoman before her?" Cat asked.
One only took a brief look at Lois's expression to see something bothered her.
"Yes, but we're going to have to move on from the past and look to the future," Lois said.
"Do you think Superwoman might come back?"
Lois shook her head and a long sigh passed through her lips.
'Cat's a good kid, but not good enough to take a hint, is she?'
"Never say never," Lois said.
Words of wisdom to live by, especially if you lived and breathed the news business as often and for as long as Lois did, you needed to never say never.
"I really want to thank Supergirl, she saved me from getting crushed," Cat said.
Lois smiled at the girl's tone bubbling over for a moment.
"You have it bad for Supergirl, don't you?" Lois asked.
"Oh, she's a real hero," Cat said. The woman sighed, but thankfully didn't swoon. At least she didn't do so too much. "I mean, she's not perfect, but who is? I mean, I'm not perfect, there are times where I put my mouth in my mouth."
Lois bit back several retorts she could have fired out towards the moment.
"You don't say?"
"Hey, we all ramble, don't you?" Cat asked. "But, seriously, I'd like to thank her, and if she wants me to get down on my knees and….."
"Cat, I have to go check up on a story….if you want to touch up the Supergirl story a little bit, we can go over it after my lunch break."
"Okay, Lois," Cat said. "Don't get in trouble or anything."
"As if," Lois said.
Lois made her way to the office, smiling. If Kara wanted a quick booty call at the Planet, she didn't have to look far for it.
Zatanna, Donna, and Kara returned the apartment. The two younger girls stripped down to their bra and panties. Donna wore a nice black bra and a black pair of lacy panties. Kara wore a lacy red bra and a red thong which covered what needed to be cover.
The sorceress looked over the two girls. The ritual to do so involved Zatanna running her hands over their bodies to check for vitals. Neither girl complained of Zatanna's magical hands roaming every inch of their young and supple flesh.
"There's no residual side effects on the Trio," Zatanna said. "They may have lost a few brain cells when the magic reset them into their default forms."
Kara shook her head.
"They were pretty vapid before then," Kara said. "I don't even want to think what they'll be like when they wake up…they are waking up?"
"I don't know," Zatanna said. "I slipped into lock up, disguised as medic. I scanned them quickly….could you tilt back a little bit?"
Kara tilted back a little back. This action allowed Zatanna to explore her nubile frame even more. Her hands roamed every inch of Kara's flesh and caused her to shiver.
"Relax," Zatanna said.
"What did you find out?" Donna asked.
"I found all of the traces of residual magic energy left them. So they're out of the woods, aren't they?"
"Well, good for them," Kara said. "They're going to be doing some serious time."
"My father still has a few more pieces of his collect, but this one is off the street. And don't worry, we only get a little bit more."
"Take your time," Kara said.
Zatanna descended to her knees. The top of her head pressed between Kara's legs for a second. She ran her hands down Kara's legs.
"You're the perfect specimen of health," Zatanna said. She paused and amended her statement. "Both of you are, actually."
"Good to know," Kara said. She flipped her head back and allowed her hair to fly out of her face. "I'm hungry though."
"Well, magic does create certain urges, which need to be fed," Zatanna said. "And food is needed to…."
Kara rose up off of the couch and threw herself at Zatanna. Donna watched in amusement when Kara molested Zatanna's body with her hands. The blonde heroine shoved her tongue down Zatanna's throat and massaged her tonsils with said tongue.
The Amazon Princess placed her hand to her breast. Her nipples really hardened underneath her touch. She ran her hands down her toned stomach. Donna touched her core.
Kara broke the kiss, to leave Zatanna panting against the wall.
"Not hungry for food, hungry for you, Zee," Kara said. She smiled as Zatanna's legs wrapped around her hips. "I can run my hands over those legs all day, and all night long. I can't get enough of you."
"Must be the fishnets," Zatanna said.
"I don't know who is responsible for my fishnet fetish, but between you and Dinah, I have one," Kara said. She licked her lips, running her hands back, and cupping Zatanna on the ass. "You know, I think your little scan had some side effects, but I'm sure you knew, you naughty little witch."
Zatanna's nipples hardened at Kara's words along with her tongue. The Girl of Steel stepped in for another kiss.
"You teased me, so it's only fair I take you."
Zatanna's top tore from her breasts.
"Lose the bra, you won't need it."
To Be Continued on October 13th, 2015.