The next time Faith goes to the SGC. She finds out about Daniel's adventure on the last mission. It's while listening to his story about going to an Alternate Reality. That Faith begins to realize that this is what was in her Dream. THIS is what her Dream meant.
Faith conferred with General Hammond about a mission she knew she had to undertake. Hammond was reluctant to let the mission happen. He didn't like the fact that Faith, Tara, and Wonder Woman would be the only ones to undertake the task at all. Faith told him about her Dream and that it will happen unless he let them go. He authorized their mission and promised that no one would use the Quantum Mirror until they return.
After following the instructions, Faith set the Mirror up for them to go through. Upon exiting the Mirror immediately, Faith and the others set up an illusion spell, that would keep the Mirror hidden until they returned. Then they went to pick up some things they would need, before going to look for the person they needed to find.
It took about a week to find her. She's lurking high above them in a tower. She was dressed all in black leather, with a black leather overcoat, sitting in the rain. She seems to be hunting. When suddenly she jumps down to the ground.
Upon landing, she is surprised by a strange woman standing close by where she has landed. She didn't expect anybody to notice her jump. The woman had a difference to her. It wasn't her soft blonde hair, or her kind blue eyes, or her gentle smile. No, there was something different about her. And it wasn't just her being here.
"Hello, my name is Tara, and I'm here to help you stop an impending catastrophe." She says calmly.
"Yeah, right," The Woman said, sarcastically walking away.
"I know the truth about your family's death," Tara called out to The Woman in black.
Stopping, she looked over her shoulder. "What's that suppose to mean?" She demanded.
"Why don't we all met to talk about that and other things you need to know." Tara suggested, "When I say we, I mean my friends and me, meeting with you and your Leader. When I say Leader I mean the real one, NOT the wannabe one that thinks he's the Leader." Tara finishes as she is walking away.
That shocks The Woman again so much that she doesn't notice the lurking figure behind her. The Woman goes home briefly to get her stuff. When she leaves home, she drives a car to the middle of town and then catches a taxi. From there, The Woman goes to a safe house and calls her Leader. Upon telling her about her meeting with Tara, The Woman's ordered to gather more information and than maybe set up a meeting between them.
A couple of days have passed with no more contact from Tara. The Woman begins to think it was all a hoax. That Tara was just making things up when she runs into another woman. This one dressed in tight jeans, a red tank top, and a denim jacket. She has dark hair and a smirk on her face. But there was something dangerous about her.
"Oh, how cute. Pretty blue eyes." The strange woman said condescendingly. "Scary."
This shocks The Woman again. She's about to say something or at least kick this woman ass when she's stunned yet, AGAIN!
"I like your fangs, too." She said, walking away. "Oh, by the way. You might want to invest in Kevlar. You'll need it."
"I had another encounter with a different woman today," Selene tells Amelia when she calls her from the safe house again. For some reason, she hasn't gone back to the Mansion since meeting Tara. She couldn't explain why she just felt like she couldn't go back there anymore.
"Did you get any more information?" Amelia asked.
"No. But they know something." Selene said, confused.
"What do you mean?"Amelia inquired.
"Well, I asked what she wanted before changing my eye color. She made a crack about my eye color, and then went on to say something about my fangs as well." Answers Selene.
"Not surprising. Most people react to seeing fangs." That was as far as Amelia got before Selene interrupted.
"I wasn't showing my fangs. All I did was show her my eyes, changing them to blue. With my mouth shut. After mentioning the fangs, she told me something else."
"That's odd. How could she know that then? What did she tell you?" Amelia wondered.
"She told me to invest in Kevlar that I'll need it," Selene said.
"Kevlar? As in a bulletproof vest?"Asks Amelia.
"Yes." Responds Selene.
"If she knows about you, why would you need it?" Questions Amelia.
"I don't know. Unless they truly know something we don't. Which I'm starting to think they do." Selene sighs.
"It certainly seems like it. Keep trying to find out what you can." Amelia orders.
"I haven't been back to the Mansion since this started. For some reason, I don't think I should go back there. I'm staying at a safe house, but they're all connected. Is it possible to rent a house for the duration?" Asks Selene.
"Go ahead. I'll authorize the funds. I haven't told anyone for the same reason. There just seems to be something bigger going on here." Amelia said.
"I agree. I'll let you know when I find out more." With that, Selene hung up. She sat back, thinking about what to do next.
Leaving the safe house, Selene goes to an internet cafe. Where she looks up rental apartments, there she found one that can have the windows covered with shutters, and they're willing to meet with people at night. Selene goes to visit the apartment, finding it has everything she needs, and with the owners leaving quickly for a two-month business trip that makes it perfect for her. Selene calls Amelia so that the money required to pay rent for the next two months is immediately transferred so that she can move in right away.
Selene is once again perched on the tower railing when another woman visits her. She was wearing a red and blue swimsuit with gold trim. An armband on her left arm, a sword on her back along with a shield. Bracelets on each forearm that ended almost at her elbows. Thigh-high boots, she had a headband around her forehead, and there was some kind of rope on her hip.
"Let me guess. You're the last of the Christmas Spirits to visit me to get me to change my wicked ways." Selene says, sarcastically her eyes turning blue as she prepares to fight.
"I am not here to change you." The woman in the swimsuit says, before continuing, "You can change your eyes back now. I will not fight you."
Selene is once again shocked. She has lost track of how many times this makes. But now more than ever, it's abundantly clear that these women knew things they couldn't possibly know.
"Are you going to set up that meeting?" The swimsuit woman asks.
"I think you're crazy. There's no way I'm going to do it." And with that, Selene jumps down from the tower.
Selene hears the woman in the swimsuit say as she sighs, "She was hoping you would do things the hard way."
Selene didn't have too long to wait to find out what that meant. For at the bottom, once again, she was surprised to find someone waiting for her.
"Nice of you to drop in." It was the second woman. Today she was wearing leather pants, a black tank top, and a black leather jacket.
"What do you want?" Selene asked, sarcastically.
"You know what we want, Kitten. You just don't want to do it." The in leather replies.
"Well, I'm still not going to, and there's nothing you can to do to make me," Selene says.
"That's where you're wrong, Kitten. We can, and we will." Said the woman in leather.
"I don't think so," Selene said, once more turning her eyes blue for the coming fight.
"You might want to rethink that, Kitten." The one in leather says.
"Why? I'm sure I can handle you by myself." Selene said, arrogantly.
"She is not by herself." The swimsuit woman said, landing next Selene.
"None of us have ever been by ourselves," Tara added, as she came up from behind Selene.
"If you still insist on fighting, let's take this somewhere else. Somewhere where there aren't so many people around. Cool?" The one in leather suggested, giving an address for a warehouse that was out of the way. One that no one would overhear what was happening inside of it.
Selene calls Amelia about the meeting and is surprised to find out Amelia is also coming since Amelia isn't supposed to be in town.
Arriving at the warehouse, Selene waits for Amelia before going in. Once inside, they're surprised to find chairs set up facing a TV. Now, they genuinely don't know what's going to happen. But they continue cautiously, as there doesn't seem to be anybody there.
Suddenly there's movement after Selene and Amelia have come inside. Amelia's guards are shoved back out of the door, and it's blocked to keep them from entering.
What they don't know is that there were a couple of spells on the door and warehouse. One was to ensure the guards couldn't come in. The other is a soundproofing spell to make sure no one eavesdropped on the conversation.
The television turns on, so Selene and Amelia sit cautiously and let things unfold for now. On the screen, they see a show about a girl fighting vampires and almost laugh at the inaccuracies. Another girl's shown fighting a vampire when she says, "Hi, I'm Faith." The video's stopped, and the woman in leather steps forward, handing her jacket to Tara. She had her head bowed, and when she lifted it. Selene and Amelia almost gasped as they look back and forth between the TV and the woman as she spoke.
"My name is Faith. I'm a Vampire Slayer."
"That's enough," Selene said, getting up and removing her coat as well. "Who are you, really?" She demanded, tired of the games these women were playing.
"My na... me is Fa... i... th. I told you that already, Kitten." Faith said as if they didn't speak English.
Giving her a look, Selene said, "I speak English very well and several other languages. Thank you very much."
"Good for you, Kitten. So do I. Kitten, wanna cookie?" Faith retorts.
"I don't even know what that means. I know that you need your ass kicked." Selene's eyes were now in a constant state of blue.
"If you feel froggy, jump." Faith said, getting into a fighting stance.
Tara and the swimsuit woman just give a resigned sigh. They knew this fight had to happen that the Slayer in Faith wouldn't accept anything less than knowing who was the best.
Amelia sensing something was about to happen said, "This is to be an unarmed contest." Giving Selene a look that told her she had no choice but to comply.
"Faith, you that means you as well." The swimsuit woman said as she watched Selene remove her weapons.
And then the fight was on. It started slowly, with both testing each other out. Looking for weaknesses and not finding any. Then they began to start fighting. The fight began to intensify. Each woman was making moves and counter moves. It became clear to the others after a couple of hours, no one was getting the upper hand, so they decided to stop it.
"That is enough." Said the swimsuit woman.
At the same time, Amelia was saying, "Selene stand down."
And just like the fight was over much to their disappointment.
Tara switched videos as Selene sat down. This time when it played, it showed a compilation of a woman in a red, white, and blue swimsuit, calf-length high heeled boots, silver/gold bracelets, and a gold tiara, with a rope on her hip doing various things. From flying an invisible jet to blocking bullets with her bracelets. From bending crowbars to stopping cars in their tracks. From having a sister to having enhanced hearing. From using telepathy on animals to using the Lasso of Truth to compel someone to tell the truth.
After it finished, the swimsuit woman stepped forward and said, "I am Diana, Princess of Themyscira. I am known to Man's World as Diana Prince. Or as Wonder Woman."
Now it was Amelia who was objecting. "I don't believe you people. You come in here pretending to be these television characters-"
Tara interrupted what Amelia was saying by asking, "You tell us if we're telling the truth or not."
"How can we do that?" Amelia wearily questions.
"Is David your son?" Tara quietly asks.
The minute Tara asked that question a couple of things happen. Everything goes silent, and Amelia went pale. Because NO ONE knew that, after this revelation, Amelia and Selene sat and listened to what Faith, Tara, and Diana had to say.
Tara, Diana, and Faith were showing them another video. A shocking video. It started with a woman sitting perched high on a tower. She is dressed all in black Lycra with a black corset and a long black leather overcoat. A voice-over told of a War between two races of Immortals. One is her species, the Vampires. The other is her enemy, the Lycans. It spoke of how the War was supposed to have been over 6 centuries ago. But how instead it had become more dangerous, for the Lycans could now change at will. Next, there was a gunfight in a subway before it went into an underground tunnel. While down there, the woman heard a ruckus she believed to be a Lycan den. Upon arriving home, the woman headed for a weapons expert to show him the new bullets the Lycans were using — UV bullets. The Vampire Regent wouldn't believe her about the Lycan den, and barely agreed to have it checked out, but only by a particular team while insisting she stay away and get ready for a party. The woman didn't. She instead finds out that the Lycans were stalking a human and goes to find out why.
"Wait a minute. Are you saying this is our future?" Selene could no longer remain patient. With the video showing the human's information, she figured it was a good time to ask.
Pausing the video on the human's address, Tara replies, "I think we should wait until both the video and explanation are over with before we get into the question and answer segment."
"Why can't we ask questions now?" Amelia wanted to know as she put away her cell phone.
"You'll have better questions after you've seen and heard everything." Faith said with a serious tone of voice that had been lacking.
The video began playing again, showing the woman going to the human's apartment. You see that the 'police' are also looking for him. Back at the apartment, the human comes home to find someone had broken into his apartment. He had just entered when the woman grabs by the throat, saying he's being hunted and wanting to know why. When suddenly, the Lycans are all around. The human runs to the elevator as the woman fights off the Lycans. He thinks he's in the clear when the doors open up to show the supposedly dead Leader of the Lycans. The woman gets there, but she's too far away, and all she can do is shot him. When he falls, he makes sure to fall into the elevator so that he can bite the human. The woman drags the human out. Once she does, you see the Lycan Leader spit the human's blood into a vial. After that, his body ejected the bullets before he chases after them again. During the escape, the woman gets injured, causing them to crash and stay out all night. The Lycan Leader returns home to have the blood tested. It was positive.
The rest of the video is mostly Vampire politics. The Vampire Regent slips up and admits that he knows the Lycan Leader is alive when he supposedly killed him 600 years ago. That makes the woman curious and angry. She goes looking for proof and a way to get the Regent out of power. This way includes waking a Leader herself instead of waiting for the ruling Leader to arrive and awaken the next in line. She got in trouble for it but was still able to look for proof.
This leads to an attack on her and the human. She fends off the attacking Lycans while telling the human to jump to safety. When he does, he gets captured by the Lycans on the ground. The woman looks around and sees that one of the attackers is still alive.
They are getting suspicious about the ruling Leader not arriving yet. The bodyguards that were supposed to pick up the ruling Leader and Governing body of the Vampires, start to worry. So, two of them go looking for their Leaders as the other bodyguards come back alone.
The newly awakened Leader asks to see the woman, but the Regent goes to see him instead. He tries to play it off as the woman being in the wrong. That she thinks he's part of some conspiracy. When suddenly, the woman throws the Lycan scientist into the room. He tells how the Lycan Leader was looking for a genetic match that he could inject into himself, along with a Vampire Leader's blood. That to do so, it would create a Hybrid of the two that was stronger than both. Telling the scientist that the Lycan Leader was dead, he replied according to who. At what point the Vampires turn to find the Regent gone. They then are told that the Governing body had been killed, along with the ruling Leader. That leads the just awakened Leader to kill the Lycan scientist.
Next, you see what started the War. Before seeing the Regent meeting with the Lycan Leader to talk about his plan to rule the Vampires alone and have an ironclad Peace Treaty with the Lycans. As they're discussing the Vampires attack, enforce led by the woman and the Leader. While the others deal with the Lycans, she looks for the human.
Once she finds him, they try to escape away from the Leader. Only to run into the Regent who shots the human. The woman refuses to leave him and wishes the Regent dead. So, he tells her the truth about her family's death. It wasn't as she had always believed. It was her mentor that killed her family, and the Regent covered it up. When she still refuses to go with him, the Regent is about to shot her. The wounded Lycan Leader stops him. The Lycan Leader tells her to bit the human. She remembers Half-Vampire/Half-Lycan stronger than both, and she bits him. The Regent shoots the Lycan Leader, but before he can kill her, the Vampire Leader comes, and he leaves.
Once the Leader separates the woman from the now Hybrid, she knows when she says it wasn't the Lycans that he killed her family. The rest of the video is a battle between the Vampire Leader, the Hybrid, and the woman. And anybody who tries to hurt the man she loves. Even though the Leader told her his reasons, she still feels betrayed and kills him.
There was complete silence after the video was over. Amelia and especially Selene were shocked beyond words at what they had just witnessed. Finally, when Amelia can string together a sentence, "How can this be?"
Selene asks a similar question, "How is this possible?"
"We come from an Alternate Reality. As you may have guessed, things are a little different there. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, is a television show here, but Faith's life there. The same with Wonder Woman. Here it's a TV series, and there it's Diana's life." Tara explains, "You might have noticed some inconsistencies between your life and the video."
"Yes," Selene said.
"That's to be expected. Just because the inconsistencies exist doesn't mean this video is wrong about what's going to happen." Tara continued.
"So, you're telling us this will happen two years from at the Awakening?" Amelia asked.
"Truthfully, it might happen sooner." Faith, says before going on to explain. "One thing about being a Slayer is that it comes with Prophetic Dreams. I started getting them before I became the Slayer."
"What does that have to do with this?" Selene asked. She was getting impatient.
"It is why we are here." Says Diana. "You need to listen."
"Listen to someone's dreams?" Selene, scoffed "I don't think so."
"It's about more than Faith's Dreams," Tara stated.
"Yeah, right," Selene replied sarcastically.
"Think for a minute," Diana demanded. "Kate Beckinsale looks almost identical to you, Selene. You could be twins."
"They're right, Selene," Amelia said. "I think we need to hear more."
Reluctantly, Selene agreed to hear more about why the women were here. Although, she would never admit she was more than a little startled by the video. It has shaken her up pretty badly, and she wanted to know more.
"Alright, so in my Dream creatures, I now know to be Lycans come from this Reality into ours." Faith began, "It told that they are unstoppable except by someone from this Reality, and me as it turns out. I was able to kill them, but in doing so, Themyscira got discovered. The Dream gave more information about how they came into existence, and who it was that could stop them from here."
"Selene," Amelia said, it was more of a statement than a question.
"Yes." Faith says anyway.
"How could this happen?" Amelia asks.
"The movie bio states Selene's 600 years old," Faith holds up a hand to stop the protest. "But my Dream tells me that's wrong. It says you were born in 1383 and that at 7 years old, your Father built something. My Dream tells me, Amelia, correct me if I'm wrong," Faith said, looking to Amelia. "That you, Selene, were born in 1196, and that in 1200 your Father was commissioned to build William's prison by Viktor. In 1202 when you were 6, the prison was finished in time to capture William. Right, Amelia?"
"I don't know about her age, but the years for the commission and the capture are correct. It took two years to build that prison completely." Amelia replied.
"When you were 14, your nieces were born. At 20, when they were barely 6, your whole family was killed in a single night." Faith was interrupted by Selene.
"By WHO and WHY?!"
"This is the part that's gonna hurt the most. It was the winter of Lucian's escape in 1216. Viktor feared Lucian knew of William, the progenitor of all Werewolves. Whether he knew or not, Lucian had one of the keys to William's prison. To keep the location, a secret Viktor personally killed everyone who visited, seen, or had any involvement in the construction of the prison." Looking at Selene, she asked Amelia, "Is this accurate so far?"
"Yes. Lucian did escape in 1216 with a pendant. How did you know?"
Ignoring her, Faith continued, "One night Viktor came to your farm. He fed on and killed your family one-by-one. Until Viktor came to you, he spared you, Selene, because he believed that you were too young to remember where the prison was, and for your resemblance to his daughter Sonja. 'He couldn't bear the thought of draining you dry, you who reminded so much of his precious Sonja, the daughter he condemned to death.' Just like the film said, and just like the movie, Kraven saw it and helped cover it up."
When Faith said that Selene bolted from the chair and rushed toward the door, only to be stopped by the Lasso of Hestia, "Where do you think you are going?" Diana asked.
"I'm going to kill both of them," Responded Selene, looking puzzled as if she didn't want to say that.
"The Lasso of Hestia compels you to tell the truth," Diana answered her unasked questioned.
"I know you want vengeance, but there's more. A lot more. You need to sit down and listen to all Faith has to say." Tara gently touches Selene's arm as she speaks softly to her.
After Selene reluctantly agrees to sit and listen, Faith continues, "My Dream tells me the movie will take place, and what will happen afterward." She holds up a hand to keep them from talking. "After Selene kills Viktor, witnessed by Kraven. He goes back to the Mansion to kill Markus, and you and the Hybrid go to a safe house. Kraven finds that Markus already is awake when he gets there, so he tries to talk his way out of trouble after Markus has killed everyone with him. Markus drinks his blood before taking his head. Next is a couple of attacks on you two."
Selene interrupts again, "Why? Why attack me?"
"He does it, not because you killed Viktor, but because of who you are. You are the only one still living who has seen William prison and knows its exact location. Markus knows that even if you don't remember, the knowledge of its location is in your blood. All he needs is to drink even a small amount of your blood to know where it is. You go to see Tanis, and he tells you all of this before sending you to Pier 17 to meet Lorenz Macaro. You figure out that it has been Tanis who has been supplying the UV bullets to the Lycans. I'll tell you about Lorenz Macaro later. All you need to know right now is that while you were with him, Markus struck and got your blood. You are later able to fight and kill him and William with the Hybrid's help." Faith said.
"Is that all?" Amelia questioned.
"Not even close." Faith replied, before looking at an uncomfortable Selene, "Are you sure you want me to continue?" She asked, concerned that it might all be too much for Selene to bear. Or anyone for that matter.
Taking a deep breath, Selene says what she feels she must, "Yes. I need to know."
"Alright, years from now, I don't know how many. Humans will find out about you, by that I mean Lycans and Vampires. Upon discovering two separate species of non-humans, they decide to stop fighting each other and start fighting a new enemy," Faith says, looking at Selene and Amelia.
"Us." It was more of a statement than a question from Amelia.
"Yes. Humans call it The Purge. Selene, you and the Hybrid decide to leave but are captured instead. You were unaware that you were pregnant at the time. Your capturers let the child be born so they could experiment on it. Twelve years pass before your child escapes, and in the process lets you out of your stasis. After escaping yourself, you find your child. Your child gets injured, so, with help from David, you go to a Coven were you find out that the child is yours and a born Hybrid. Just as your about to leave with the child, the Lycans attack. You're surprised to see one of them is twice the size of a normal Lycan, heals instantly, and has an immunity to silver. You get knocked unconscious, David is badly injured, and Thomas gives the Lycans your child to get them to leave. Thomas defends his actions saying that his son is dead because of the child. You tell him that it was Lycans who attacked, not humans, and whatever they're up to, they needed the child for badly enough to risk showing themselves, to get for the first time in over a decade. That it was something important enough to die for, and David knew that. You leave going to get help in attacking the company that is a front for the Lycans. After a final battle in the Lycan den with the Mutant Lycan in which you kill him. You rescue the child and free the Hybrid." Faith replied.
"Now, is that all?" Selene asks, feeling a little overwhelmed.
"Are you sure you do not want to stop?" Diana asks, concerned about what Selene was going through.
"I'm sure. If there is more, I'd like to hear it." Selene says, then almost whispers, "I need to hear."
"Years later, after you send the child away so not even you can find it, the Lycans will come after you, hunting you to get to your child. An ally helps you but gets hurt because of a tracking bullet. When you go to a safe house, Vampires, find you to tell you that Thomas has asked the Council for Clemency for you. Semira wants you to train the Death Dealers because the Vampires are almost extinct. When you get to the Coven and start to train the Death Dealers, you find out it's a trick. Varga poisons you with Nightshade, and he slaughters the Death Dealers so Semira can blame you for it. They also need you incapacitated so, Semira could drain your blood to gain your power. Thomas and your ally try to rescue you but are interrupted by Semira and Varga. Killing Thomas as he holds them off long enough for you and your ally to escape. Telling your ally to go North far North." Said Faith.
"You don't mean..." Amelia started to say.
"Yes, Var Dohr. The Nordic Coven. Semira sends one Vampire to follow you, a Vampire she knows is lovers with Marius. Marius is the Leader of the Lycans and the one that comes to our Reality. Semira wanted Alexia to have the Lycans attack Var Dohr. During the attack, you are literally and figuratively stabbed in the back while you're fighting Marius by Alexia. When Marius doesn't believe that you don't know where your child is, he has Alexia verify it. Once she does, Marius kills you. Seeing the water and remembering it's the path to the Sacred World, you slide beneath the broken ice of the lake. When Alexia goes to tell Semira the news of the Nordic Coven's attack and your death, she finds Semira is not in her chambers, but something else is. Blood. Your blood. Alexia takes it to Marius before coming back as if just returning from her mission. He splits his forces. Half to attack the Eastern Coven and the half, which he takes to follow a tip on your child's whereabouts. The Vampires repelled the Lycans attack, especially with your return bringing back-up from the Nordic Coven. Marius' tip proved true, and he gets your child's blood, combined with the Hybrid's and yours. It makes him almost impossible to kill. He gets distracted before he could launch another attack on either Coven. This distraction leads him to our Reality, where he did whatever he wanted, including killing humans: he and the small group of Lycans he had with him. No one could stop him except for the Vampire Slayer. Someone overheard Marius saying the only one who had a chance at stopping them was Selene from their Reality. He did not know about the Slayer or me. Until the day two idiots felt it necessary to not only tell the Lycans about me but show them as well. They were on a talk show and suddenly so, was I. I told them they were idiots to reveal to the enemy who to look out for, I didn't know what the consequences of there actions were. My fights with Marius and the other Lycans were caught on camera, causing humans to turn on me. Finding out that I wasn't completely human and looking for my origins, finding them at Themyscira. Their solution, missiles, and Themyscira's complete annihilation." Faith said, softly, almost in a whisper, choking back emotions still lingering from the Dream.
"Before you ask yes, that is all," Diana said, wanting to spare Faith the pain of reliving it anymore.
"How much of this is a Dream, and how much of it is fiction?" Amelia inquired.
"If you mean how much of it is true, it all is true. If you mean which part is from Faith's Dream and which isn't, we showed you the only fiction we know of with that movie." Tara replied, to give Faith more time to recuperate from having to relive the nightmare of watching Hippolyta and Antiope die.
"What happens now?" Selene finally speaks, breaking the silence that had descended on everyone, "You didn't come here just to warn us of three traitors. Five if you count Viktor and Markus."
"You're right." Faith said, "I didn't come here to warn you at all."
"What?" Selene asks.
At the same time, Amelia questions, "What did you come here for then?"
"Selene." Faith said.
That was as far as Faith got before being engulfed in a bright light, and then Faith disappeared.
"Tara was that you or.." Diana didn't get to finish framing her question as Tara was already answering it.
"It wasn't me or magic."
Unsure what was happening, the only thing any of them could do was wait. It didn't take long before Faith reappeared in holographic form.
"Don't worry. I'm alright. Why don't you all try to relax and get some sleep? I might be here a little longer." Looking to the side, Faith changed that, "Make it a lot longer. It's been a long night for everyone. Selene, you need some time to think about all you've learned. I'll see you soon." And with that, Faith's image once again disappeared.
"Yes. Selene, you need some time to process everything we have told you. It is almost dawn how about both of you sleeping in these two windowless rooms here. You will have privacy and be away from sunlight." Diana said.
Amelia glances outside and agrees. Selene is on autopilot and just follows along, not paying attention.
Once in her room, Amelia calls for the Council to join her and to only have Kahn's team escort them, also to not let anyone know they were coming.
Selene was having a difficult time processing everything when Diana come in.
"How are you doing with everything you learned?" Diana inquired.
Still not quite herself, Selene answered openly and honestly, "It's a lot to take in. A lot to accept. Everything I thought I knew was a lie, and my whole life for the past 800 years has been meaningless."
"I know how you feel," Diana says, sadly remembering the situation with her mother.
"How could you?" Selene questions disbelievingly.
"I am 2,546 years old. My Mother told me all my life she wished for me so much she sculpted me from clay herself and begged Zeus to give me life. She was telling me the story of our people as well. Long ago, when time was new, and all history was still a dream. The Gods ruled the Earth, Zeus King among them. Zeus created beings over which the Gods would rule, beings born in His image. Fair and good, strong and passionate; He called His creation man. And Mankind was good. But, Zeus' son grew envious of Mankind and sought to corrupt his Father's creation. This was Ares, the God of War. Ares poisoned Men's hearts with jealousy and suspicion. He turned them against one another, and War ravaged the Earth. So, the Gods created us — the Amazons to influence Men's hearts with love and restore Peace to the Earth. And for a brief time, there was Peace. But, it did not last. My Mother, the Amazon Queen, led a revolt that freed us all from enslavement. When Zeus led the Gods to our defense, Ares killed them one-by-one, until only Zeus himself remained. Zeus used the last of his power to stop Ares. Striking such a blow, the God of War was forced to retreat. But, Zeus knew one day Ares might return to finish his mission an endless War, where Mankind would finally destroy themselves and us with them. So, Zeus left us a weapon, one powerful enough to kill a God. With his dying breath, Zeus created our Island to hide it from the outside world. Somewhere Ares could not find us."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Asks Selene.
"84 years in 1918, a man crashed in the waters off Themyscira. Other men were chasing him, bringing their War to our shores. After I found out about what was going on, I left Themyscira because I knew it was the work of Ares, and I had to stop him. During our battle, Ares revealed a different truth. You see, I had been told that a specific sword was the God Killer, and when I tried to use it, Ares destroy it. I looked puzzled, questioning 'the God Killer?' Ares told me that was not the God Killer; I was. He said only a God could kill another God. That Zeus left the child He had with the Queen of the Amazon as a weapon to use against Him. I called Him a liar and used the Lasso of Hestia on Him, demanding the truth. He said He was telling the truth. I had to somehow deal with all of this in the middle of a battle. Later while on Themyscira, seeing my Mother at a distance knowing the truth was hard. I was so angry for the time it took for us to come together face-to-face finally. It was the day Faith was born, and it changed everything I thought and felt towards my Mother. I was looking down into Faith's sleeping face. I knew I would do anything and everything to keep her from knowing she would have to fight to the death to save the world. I understood my Mother on a whole different level at that moment. I also knew that it was a good thing we didn't speak before then because hurtful things would have been said that would be unable to be unsaid. So, I understand how hard it is to have everything you thought your life to be turn out to be a lie. I lived it for over 2,400 years only to suddenly find out the truth. It takes time and a place where you can heal."
"Where's that?" Selene wonders softly.
"Themyscira," Diana said as she started to leave the room. "Why not come back with us to our Reality? There you will not have to fight unless you want to."
Selene was left alone with her thoughts for a moment; she thinks about going after Viktor and Kraven. But, in the end, she decided against figuring whatever kept Amelia's bodyguards out would keep her in.
As all of this was going on, Faith found herself on a spaceship. Looking around, she saw a little grey alien. Who looked like it was trying to put her to sleep. Faith moved quickly out of the way and out of the chamber. "Who are you?"
"I am Loki of the Asgard," Loki said, blinking large obsidian eyes at her.
"Yeah, I think I had an encounter with one of you before. I want to talk to Thor and my friends." Faith said.
"I do not think that is wise." Says Loki.
"I do not care." Faith mimicked him.
They spent the next couple of minutes in a staring contest that Faith surprisingly won. Loki concedes to contacting Thor and allowing her to contact her friends.
After telling them to get some rest, Faith takes another look around. She notices that this spaceship looks a lot like the one from her dream. As Faith is looking at the differences, Thor arrives and beams aboard Loki's ship.
"Loki, what are you up to now?" Thor said.
"I am trying-" Loki was interrupted by Faith.
"Look, I don't care what he was trying to do. Can we get away from here and him. I need to talk to you."
"If you insist, I will teleport you over to my ship. I need to confer with Loki for a moment." Thor then moved his hand to what seemed like a control panel on his chair, and once again engulfing Faith in a bright light before she disappeared again.
Faith appeared in a different spaceship. One that looked exactly like her dream; she was beginning to think it was no dream at all. When Thor appeared, she asked him about it. "It wasn't a dream I had about meeting you and being on this spaceship. It was real, wasn't it?"
"Yes. I had come looking for Loki. I thought he was coming straight here. He did not. I noticed something different in the scans I took of the planet. In narrowing it down, I found it was that there was a different Quantum Signature here. I then noticed something in your DNA and tried to teleport just you up. But, you were wrapped around the other woman so tightly I teleported you both together. If I had noticed her closeness to you, I would have separated the DNA and only teleported you. It turned out to be a good thing because-" Faith interrupted Thor.
"Since you know I'm from Another Reality, then you must know there's a good chance that your people exist in my Reality."
"I believe so, yes," Thor replies.
"Then I don't want to know anything about you or your people. Not the good or the bad. If I know, there is someone out that I could help, but was unable to I just couldn't stand it." Said Faith.
"I think I understand," Thor said. He did understand what it was like to know how to help someone and be unable to. "What is it you wanted to talk about?"
"I got this idea when Loki beam me onto his ship. Could you use your beaming technology to transport my friends and me to various places?" Asks Faith.
"Yes, I could. Although, why would I?" Inquires Thor.
"You just implied I already help, so; you can help me. Also, if you scan the planet again, you'll find a Quantum Mirror. After we leave, you can teleport it to your ship-to study. Or not study. Either way, if it's with you, there's less chance of someone coming through it to my Reality." Replied Faith.
Thor scanned, looking for the Mirror. He was unable to find it. That caused Faith to have to tell him where it was. Having the coordinates of the Mirror, he was able to see it visually.
"What other kinds of technology do you have?" Faith questions looking around again.
"We cannot give you technology," Thor stated, almost disappointed. Humans always wanted technology.
"I'm not asking you to. I'm asking you if you can reproduce things if you have a sample of it." Faith inquires.
"Yes," Thor responds.
"Good. If we get you a specific type of bullet and grenade, could you reproduce them?" Questions Faith.
"Yes, but-" Once again, Faith interrupted Thor.
"Alright, we'll get them. And when we are doing the things we need to get done, you can mass-produce them, so we won't even see the technology in use." Said Faith.
Thor and Faith agreed. Thor would stay in orbit and teleport them where they needed to go, as well as making the bullets and grenades for them. In return for what Faith and Tara had already done for the Asgard as well as the Quantum Mirror.
The next night Faith has Thor teleport herself and Tara to Tanis' while Diana and Selene stayed behind to protect Amelia, in case it leaked out she was in town.
When they arrived just inside the entryway, they could hear music playing. Faith had Tara stay back a little way, giving her room to maneuver. It doesn't take long for Faith to knock all three Vampires unconscious. Tara comes in to perform a spell on them, especially Tanis. While Tara does that, Faith takes a couple of the grenades and a few UV bullets putting them on the table, calling for Thor to beam them up. Faith and Thor had decided that he would take a sample put its schematics in his computer, and then send the samples back down to Faith. Just as Tara was finishing up, the UV bullets and grenades reappeared on the table. Faith then got a vial of Tanis' blood before they returned to the warehouse.
After they reappeared, Faith said, "OK. Now that that's done, I need you, Amelia, to check Tanis' blood."
"Whatever for?" Amelia inquired, confused.
"You'll see." Was the only reply Faith gave Amelia.
Tasting the blood, Amelia is surprised, "There is no knowledge of your having been there or of a Lorenz Macaro."
"Good. Because we're going to switch it up, Tara is going to stay with you and remove any knowledge of Lorenz Macaro from your mind. As well as all knowledge of us being from an Alternate Reality, Mom, you're coming with Selene and I to met Lorenz Macaro." Faith says.
"Why?" Selene asked, worried about someone messing with an Elder's mind.
"You'll see." Faith said, putting up a hand to stop the protest, "Really, it's just better you find out there."
Faith kisses Tara goodbye before saying, "Really, it is for the best you don't know about Lorenz Macaro."
With that, Faith had them teleported away, and Tara began her spell to remove all memories of their Reality and Lorenz Macaro from Amelia's mind.
They appeared in front of an older man out of nowhere, startling him. Faith quickly stopped him from sounding an alarm by hurriedly putting her hand over his mouth.
"We need your help." Faith said, removing her hand and gesturing to Selene, "She needs your help, Alexander."
"You're Alexander Corvinus," Selene said, shocked yet again. Selene understands now this is why they needed to keep all knowledge of Lorenz Macaro secret.
"There was a time I was known by that name," Alexander said.
"How have you stayed hidden all these years?" Selene asks.
"Centuries I've stood by and watched the havoc my sons have wrought-upon each other, and upon humanity. Not the legacy I prayed for the morning, I watched them into this world. And a tiresome duty. Keeping the War contained, cleaning up the mess, hiding my family's unfortunate history." Alexander replies with a heavy sigh.
"Could you not have stopped it?" Asked Diana.
"Yes," Selene said emphatically.
"Could you have killed your own sons?" Alexander asked, Diana, but Selene responded before Diana could.
"You know what Markus will do if he finds William's prison. You need to help us stop him." Selene emphatically stated.
"You are asking me to help you kill my son. You a Death Dealer, how many innocents have you killed in the 8-century quest to avenge your family? Spare me your self-righteous declarations. You are no different from Markus and even less noble than William; at least he cannot control his savagery." Alexander angerly replies.
"Anything I've done can be laid at your feet. Hundreds of thousands have died because of your inability to accept your sons are monsters. That they create monsters, you could have stopped all of this." Selene snaps back.
"You asked me a question that I did not get to answer, and I would like, too." Diana said, stopping the bickering between the two, "I am going to tell you about my family. My people were enslaved because of my Father's son. My Mother led a revolt to free our people. When my Father led his sibling in our people's defense, his son killed them one-by-one. Until only my Father remained. He struck such a blow against his son that his son had to retreat from the field of battle. My Father knew that one day his son might return to finish what he started, so he left for my people a weapon with which to kill his son. Me. My Mother knew from the moment I was conceived that I would have to fight to the death to save the world. When the time came for me to leave to fight my brother, she could have stopped me, but she did not. She knew I had to fulfill my destiny." Diana said to Alexander before looking at Faith, "I had to do the same with my daughter. I knew Faith had the Potential to have to fight to the death to save the world. I also knew that I had a way to block it. Instead of doing that, I let my daughter become what she was destined to be. Even if it meant I might have to sacrifice her life." Turning back to Alexander, Diana continued, "So, yes, I could kill my child. Just by letting her live up to her destiny. That is the difference between our families. Mine is willing to sacrifice its children if it means saving lives and you-"
"Are a selfish Bastard." Faith said, interrupting what her Mother was saying.
"Faith language." Diana reprimanded.
"What? It's true. Our family is willing to sacrifice, has nearly sacrificed members to ensure the safety of our people, and protect innocent lives. While he" She said, gesturing towards Alexander, "Won't even get off his lazy ass to stop his monsters for sons or help his Great-whatever Granddaughter."
There was silence following that statement. No one moved. No one seems to even breath.
"W... Wh... what did you just say?" Alexander asks, shocked beyond belief. Selene's not much better; she's so stunned.
"You heard me. You had William the first Lycan, and Markus the first Vampire. All the Lycans and Vampires know this, but what you alone know for sure is that you had a third son. Antony. A mortal." Faith replies.
"How do you know that?" Alexander asked.
"I have Prophetic Dreams. In one I had, it revealed that I had to come here to avert a major catastrophe headed our way to do that I needed information on all the parties involved. Antony had children who had children who had children. On down to Selene's Father. He is a direct descendant of yours. As his daughter, Selene, IS your descendant as well." Faith said.
"It still doesn't answer as to why I should help you kill my sons," Alexander said, still reeling from what he had just learned.
"Simple. In my Dream, Markus becomes a Vampire-Hybrid, and the first thing, the only thing he does is go looking for William's prison. He finds you in the process and kills you to get to the key that opens William's prison. He doesn't care about you. Only William. They both need to be killed. Markus because he will never stop looking for the prison. William because he can't be set free, and leaving him entombed in darkness is just cruel. We need to end his suffering." Faith says emphatically.
Alexander agrees to allow Selene to fed from him reluctantly. Faith pointed out he had already lost his sons the day they got bitten; all they were doing now was just putting them out of there misery.
Faith asked for two of his grenades. "You wanted to know how we got in here." She says, in response to why she needed them.
After getting the grenades, Faith contacts Thor and has him beam them up to duplicate them. While Selene feds, the grenades are copied and sent back. When she's done, they are teleported back to the warehouse.
The next night Selene and Diana went to Var Dohr while Tara protects Amelia, and Faith looked for Lucian.
Once they appear in front of the frozen waterfall, Selene couldn't help but comment, "Your friend couldn't put us on the mountaintop?"
"He set us down where Faith told him to. Put your arm around me." Diana says.
"What?" Selene asks.
"Put your arm around me," Diana said, taking Selene's arm and wrapping it around her shoulders.
Once Diana had Selene's arm around her, she wrapped hers around Selene and took off. Making Selene gasp in surprise at being flown through the air.
After landing, Selene disbelievingly at looks Diana, "You can fly?"
"Yes," Diana said, before walking into Var Dohr.
Lena, Vidar's daughter, meet them.
"We've come seeking Sanctuary. Not to fight." Selene said.
Lena backs away, saying, "Then you've come to the right place. My name is Lena follow me."
Diana and Selene are taken to Vidar, who asks, "You must be Selene. Does the great Death Dealer truly come in Peace?"
"I do," Selene responds.
"And what about this one?" Vidar asks.
"This is Diana, daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons," Selene replies, surprising Diana.
Diana recovers quickly and explains, "We are here for Selene. She needs to journey to the Sacred World."
"Why?" Vidar wants to know.
"I know." Lena answers, "I see you will need to go farther than even a Warrior of your renown has ever ventured before."
Selene is taking to where they perform the Sacred World Ritual. Diana follows to oversee it and make sure nothing happens to Selene. Selene takes the poison, and Lena puts her in a cocoon, saying, "Praise the day when it ends. Praise the eyes when it holds. Praise the sword when it kills. Praise the life that has left."
"Will this work?" Diana asks.
"Yes. When my Father first brought me down here, I was as you are now. But I have since been to the Sacred World many times." Turning to Diana, Lena continues, "I see much about you."
"Such as?" Diana asks suspiciously.
"I see you've killed your brother, given birth to a unique child and loved a-" Lena is interrupted by Diana.
"Stop," Diana said, turning to leave. Lena moves in front of her.
"I see you've lost the one you love and how much pain this gives you. Deep inside, where you always hide it." Taking Diana's hands, Lena continued.
"What else do you see?" Diana inquires.
"I see your daughter is a special child. Many battles will be fought over her." Lena stated.
"Faith is a capable Warrior," Diana said.
"I wasn't talking about Faith," Lena cryptically replied.
While Diana and Selene are at the Nordic Coven, Faith is looking for Lucian.
She finds him near one of the entrances to the Lycan den. "Hey, Fido." She says to get his attention. Faith is dressed in her Mockingjay outfit and genuinely not worried about all the Werewolves around her.
"Excuse me, do I know you?" Lucian asks, baffled as to how she could have known about his wolf nature.
"No. But, I know of who and what you are, Wolfy." Faith smirks.
"Is there a point to this?" Lucian asked he didn't want to kill someone he didn't have too.
"Yeah. It's not going to work." Faith says as she moves closer.
"What's not going to work?" He inquires, wondering if she knew of his plan to create a Hybrid.
"Any of it." Faith replies, moving even closer. "The Hybrid, the making Kraven Supreme Ruler. None of it will work."
"How do you know about any of this?" Lucian questions.
"I have my ways." Faith answers.
"I don't believe my plan will fail," Lucian said as he started to turn away only to stop at her next sentence.
"Kinda hard to kill someone who's expecting it." Responds Faith.
Turning back, he asked, "What?"
"Amelia. She knows all about Kraven's treachery. She's already making plans to kill him for it." Says Faith.
"It can't be. It just cannot be." Lucian mumbled. He couldn't believe it. "How could Amelia know anything about it?"
"Me. I told Amelia what you two were up to." Faith said, before reaching out quickly and grabbing the pendant. She just as quickly drew a red arrow saying, "I wouldn't if I were you. Not unless you what to meet your beloved Sonja again."
"Arrows can't hurt me. I won't let you take Sonja's pendant." Lucian angrily stated.
"This is no ordinary arrow. See the red tip?" Once Lucian's eyes lowered, Faith continued, "Where that tip hits, there's a big bang."
"You're bluffing," Lucian said, looking a little nervous.
"I'm not. I've used them in battle before." Faith said.
"At this distance, you'll be killed too," Lucian said.
"Maybe. Either way, you'll be in pieces, so it doesn't matter what happens to me." Faith said, backing away.
"I will find you and-" Lucian started to say only to have Faith interrupt him.
"Shut up. You're not going to do anything. Since this pendant means so much to you, I'll try to return it once I'm finished. If I can, that is. I might not be able to. Deal?"
"I don't have a choice now, do I?" Lucian asked, looking over Faith's shoulder and seeing Raze coming up behind her.
"No, you don't. And tell your Buddy behind me if he gets any closer you will die." Faith says without turning around.
Lucian is once again shocked by this girl. He calls off Raze. He needs time to consider what he can do about her. Maybe talk to Kraven.
As if she knows what he is thinking, Faith, says, "If you want to continue to live, don't trust Kraven." With that, she turns and walks away. Leaving a confused Lucian and Raze behind her.
Faith returned to the warehouse with the pendant.
"Well, here's the first half of the key." Faith said, holding it up.
"The Council will be here in a couple of days," Amelia says, looking at her phone.
"Now, we just need for them to agree and for Mom and Selene to come back." Faith replied, as Thor once again teleported her away.
"Greetings." Thor said, before pointing in front of Faith, "I have finished. I have researched and found this is the best way to transport ammunition."
Faith looked down and saw four large boxes full of ammunition boxes. Two had 'For 45mm' across the top of there boxes. The other two just the words 'blade' and 'disc' across the top of there boxes.
"Are the bullets in magazines?" Inquires Faith.
"Yes. As you suggested, I put the bullets in magazines for automatic machine pistols." Responded Thor.
"How many are in each box?"Asked Faith.
"There are 200 cartridges in each box." Thor said, before pointing to the other boxes and saying, "There are 40 blade grenades in each box and 30 disc grenades in each box."
"Can you give me the grenades schematics on paper so I can reproduce them in my Reality?" Faith requests as she closes the boxes after checking to make sure they were exactly what she wanted and needed and that everything was up to specification.
"I already did. You will find each grenade's schematic on paper at the bottom of their box." Stated Thor.
"Thank you so much." Faith said, standing to look Thor in the eye, "I truly mean it. Thank you for everything you're doing for us." Faith says gratefully.
"I am doing this because of all you have done for the Asgard," Thor responded in kind.
"You mean that paper that I found on my nightstand and was told from my Dream to bring with me meant something." Faith half asks half states referring to what happened when Faith and Thor met.
"Yes. It meant a lot. You told me that you did not want to know. So, I will not tell you anymore." Thor said, before pausing as if considering something. "If I gave you something, would take it with you to your Reality?"
"What?" Inquires Faith.
"Something to give to the other Thor if you ever see him," Thor said, as to not give away to much detail about what the stone contains.
"Alright, you've done so much for us, it's the least I can do." Faith said, moving closer to Thor to get whatever he wanted to give her.
"Give this to the other Thor and no one else." He held out an oddly shaped object.
"What is it?" Faith asks.
"Thor will know what it is and what to do with it." Replies Thor.
"Alright." With that, Faith went back to stand between the boxes. Once she was there, Thor beamed her and the boxes down to the warehouse.
Once again, Faith reappeared in the warehouse. This time she had four large boxes with her.
"What are those?" Asked Amelia, looking at the boxes.
"These are boxes of UV bullets and two different types of grenades." Faith replied, going to kiss Tara.
"Amelia, can you set up a meeting between Faith and Kahn?" Tara asked.
"Why?" Amelia inquires.
"Well, the Lycans are on the verge of getting UV ammunitions. Faith can meet with Kahn and tell him to start making silver nitrate ammunition for the Vampires." Tara says.
Faith finished Tara's thought by saying, "Making it a level playing field. Set up the meeting. Just with Kahn, though."
"Alright, I'll set it up," Amelia said as she went to make the call.
Kahn looked around suspiciously. He didn't know why Amelia had requested he met her here alone, but he didn't like it.
"Amelia's not coming." A voice said from the shadows.
"Who are you? How do you know Amelia?" Kahn asks.
"I'm Faith." Faith said, walking into the light. "How I know Amelia doesn't matter. What does matter is that you're in danger. The Lycans have commissioned someone to make Ultraviolet ammunition. And he already has a head start. I'm here to tell you that you need to start making silver nitrate bullets. So your War can have a more level playing field, and you're not playing catch up."
"How do you know all this? Why should I believe you?" Questions Kahn.
"Because Amelia trusts me, you should too." Faith replied, moving back into the shade. "The Council is coming here. Amelia wants your team and only your team to meet them. You're to tell no one. You'll be getting a call about it soon." Faith turns to leave only to stop to turn back, saying, "If you still don't trust me, I've been authorized to tell you. Amelia's here. She is safe, and she wants to keep her location a secret. She just thought that my telling you something so secret would show I trusted you."
"Yeah, but Amelia told you to tell me. So I'm not sure that shows all that much trust from you." Kahn said.
"She may have told me to tell you, but I still could have chosen not to say anything." With that, Faith turned and walked away.
Returning Faith found that her Mother and Selene had also returned, "Nice hair, Frosty."
Selene flashed her fangs at Faith, making her laugh while saying, "Kitten, has claws."
"I think I prefer that to Frosty," Selene said, looking around at the boxes. "So, what are we going to do now?"
"I think I'm going to talk with someone about something. As for you, you need to take some time to think about what you're going to do next." Faith stopped the protest by saying. "I'll kill Viktor, Kraven, and Markus. I'll need your help in killing William. Until we go after William, think about your future and what you want to do." With that, Faith disappeared.
"She's right, you know. You should take a moment just to process everything." Tara said, kindly putting a gentle hand on Selene's arm.
As Faith reappeared, she said, "Now, all we have to do is wait for the Council."
Over the next two days, Amelia was busy dealing with Vampire business, Tara and Faith were busy being a couple; when Faith wasn't training that is.
As Diana and Selene spent time together getting to know each other, and how similar their story was. Both spent centuries believing a lie only to suddenly have to deal with the painful truth of being betrayed by someone they loved. Diana by her Mother's lie and hiding the truth from her; Selene by Viktor's murder of her entire family, and then lying about it so he could have her as a weapon.
Although she didn't mention it to anyone, Selene decided during her talks with Diana that she wanted to go with them when they return to their Reality.
It's finally time to meet up with the Council and Kahn's team. Faith decides to take Selene's guns, with her saying they should get vengeance for there owner and the Lasso of Hestia since Wonder Woman is staying as well.
Faith, Amelia, and Amelia's guards met Kahn's team at the train station, where the Council is just arriving. Amelia stops all conversations until they've reached the Mansion. Once there, they will need to have a meeting immediately.
Their arrival at the Mansion causes quite a stir since no one knew the Council was coming, and no one knew who Faith was or what she was doing there.
Once in the Council chamber and everyone but Kahn had left, Faith stopped him. "Just a moment. Kahn, could you hold this?" She asked as she handed him her laptop.
Kahn looked to Amelia; Amelia nodded, and Kahn held the computer as Faith hacked the security system for the Coven. Seeing that the meeting would be seen and heard, Faith began shutting down the internal cameras telling Amelia what she was doing. "Someone has been spying on everyone in here. Almost every room here is wired for audio and video, including this one." She said, gesturing to the room at large. "Right now, I'm going to shut down those cameras and mics."
"Who would-"
Kahn started to say, stopping when Amelia shook her head. Amelia knew they needed to wait, at least until Faith finished her hacking. Amelia was glad her Mother reminded Faith to take her computer. Otherwise, Kraven would have found out what this meeting was about.
Once Faith had finished, and Kahn left, Amelia began the meeting. She was letting them know about Kraven's treachery, Viktor's betrayal, and Markus' ultimate goal of releasing his brother.
"For these reasons and I'm sure others we must sign the death warrants for Viktor, Markus, and Kraven," Amelia said, finishing her argument.
"How do you even know any of this is true?" Asked Cassius.
"Let's ask him." Faith said, speaking up for the first time. "Kraven's right outside this door. So, let's ask him."
"He will lie." Said another Elder, Faith didn't get the name of.
Amelia was the one to respond, "No, he won't." She said knowing Faith had the Lasso of Truth with her.
Amelia summoned Kraven for questioning. When it became apparent he was trying to lie; Faith removed the Lasso of Hestia from underneath Selene's overcoat — seeing the glowing rope worried, Kraven.
Faith spoke over what he was about to say. "You have one last chance to tell the truth, or I will make you tell it."
"I am telling you the truth. You just-" At Amelia's gesture, Faith had Lassoed Kraven stopping what he was saying.
"Are you telling us the truth?" Faith questioned, as she tightens the Lasso.
"No," Kraven replied, shocking the Council members.
Over the next 45 minutes, Kraven told the Council everything he was involved with and who else is working against the Council. He explains everything he knows about Viktor's crimes as well, including the murder of Selene's family.
Faith removes the Lasso as Amelia says, "Do you agree with his sentence?"
"We do." The Council says almost simultaneously.
Looking at Kraven, Amelia says, "Kraven, you have been sentenced to death for your crimes against our Covens, against Vampires, and me." Turning to Faith, she nodded, before looking back as she said, "Sentence to be carried out immediately."
Kraven turns just as Faith pulled the trigger, begging for his life to be spared. He fell to the ground and reacted almost as if he had been caught in sunlight.
Seeing this, Amelia asks Faith, "The new bullet?" For some reason, she knew Faith didn't mean to use them on her people, but she couldn't remember why Faith needed them.
"Yes." Was only the response they got.
Explaining to Kahn, they were alright, and then they summoned Soren. And so, went the interrogations and executions of all those who were traitors to their kind. That included Semira, Markus, and after Faith had removed the second key Viktor.
When all had been executed, and she had the key, Faith alone went back to the warehouse.
"Well, here it is." Said Faith, holding up the key (that was in a little bag.)
"Now, all we need to do is kill William, and then we can leave," Selene said, telling them at that moment she was going with them.
Sensing Selene didn't want to make a big deal out of leaving all Faith said was, "Do you need to go home to pack your stuff or for anything else you'd like? Maybe tell Amelia you're leaving?"
"No. The night I met Tara, I packed everything I wanted or needed. While you were gone, I went to the apartment I was renting and retrieved it. I already told Amelia," Replied Selene, almost eager to leave.
"Alright, let's finish this." Faith said, going over to put on her archery gear.
Once everyone was ready, Faith signaled Thor to beam them to William's prison.
Reappearing in a tunnel, Selene led the way. When they got to the kids drawing on the wall, Faith handed Selene the part of the key she had. Selene added it to the part Faith had already taken from Lucian, and went over to lock to open the blocked passageway. Remembering to retrieve the key, Selene was about to start down the tunnel when Faith stopped her.
"Before we go any farther, we need to decide what we're going to do." Faith said.
"What do you mean?" Selene inquired, looked at Tara and Diana, who seemed content to let Faith do all the talking.
"I mean, how are we going to do this? Mom will be ready with the Lasso in case he breaks past Tara's Barrier." Faith said, pulling her bow and a red arrow around. "Who's going to take the shot? You or me? I'm good either way."
Selene started to say an arrow wouldn't kill him, but she hesitated. Somehow she knew it would. "I will." She said, giving Faith the key.
As the prison opened, Faith has no choice other than to stand beside it for both Selene and Tara to have complete access. Faith is close enough to remove the key as she stepped out of the way. Diana had seen Faith's predicament as well and throw her, her shield just as the prison finished opening, and William came out.
Selene waited for a second longer for Faith to put the shield up. Once Faith had the shield up, Selene fired and was stunned yet again when the arrow exploded as it hit William killing him. As her shock wore off, she remembered Faith was next to the explosion. "Faith?!" Selene asked, looking over at a smirking Faith. "Well, I guess that answers if you're alright."
"Yes, she is." Said Wonder Woman, "My shield is indestructible." Taking the shield from Faith, she looked around, looking especially at Selene before saying, "I think we have done all we have come here to do."
"Yeah, I just need to do one last thing." Faith said, before calling Thor to teleport the others back to the warehouse and her to a spot near the Lycan den.
"We've got everything packed up ready to go when Faith returns," Tara said, scanning the place to make sure they weren't leaving anything behind.
"Do you know where she went?" Selene questions, having seen how close the two were.
"I think I might have an idea, but I'm not sure. We need to be ready for when Faith comes back." Tara deflects.
"We are. Everything is set up just like Faith said to set. All we need now is for Faith to return, and then we can leave." Diana replied.
"Then it's a good thing I'm right here, isn't it?" Faith asks, coming over to the others.
"Where did you go?" Selene wanted to know. Now that everything was done, she was anxious to leave.
"I took Lucian's pendant back to him." Faith said as she was scanning the warehouse to make sure everything was packed up. Glancing up, she saw the looks her statement received, "I may have also, accidentally let it slip that since Amelia knows of his plan to create a Hybrid, and that since Kraven, and all his minion were dead that he may want to forget his schemes." She said with a smirk.
"Accidentally on purpose," Said a smiling Tara.
Shrugging an equally smiling Faith just said, "Maybe."
"Definitely." Said Wonder Woman. Since their return to their Reality was imminent, Wonder Woman was the persona being shown by Diana because she was the one who came through the Quantum Mirror with Faith and Tara. She would have to be the one to return with them as well.
Shrugging again, Faith changed the subject. "Are we ready to leave?"
Simultaneously they answer, "Yes."
"Alright, then let's just figure out who carries what and then we're outta here." Said Faith.
Wonder Woman gave her a look at the language she used, but then just went to help her pick up the boxes.
Once they were ready, Faith signaled Thor, who teleported them one last time to the Quantum Mirror. Once there, Tara removed the illusion spell, and Faith activated the Mirror. When Tara's spell was removed, Thor told Faith he would be able to teleport the Mirror now more quickly. Knowing what that meant Faith activated the Mirror. They were surprised to find General Hammond on the other side. Sending Tara through first, then Selene and Wonder Woman carrying two of the large boxes, and finally, Faith came through. Since Faith had a large box under each arm, she touched the Mirror's surface with her elbow. Selene and Wonder Woman prepared to catch her as Faith fell through the Mirror back into her Reality. Looking back, Faith saw the Mirror had gone black and knew that Thor had taken it.
"Hello, General. We come bearing gifts." Faith said as Selene and Wonder Woman helped her put down the boxes. "And this is Dealer."
A/N: I had to write and rewrite this chapter as I watched the movies. Eventually, using some scenes from Wonder Woman (2017), Underworld: Evolution, and Underworld: Blood Wars. I used them to improve the quality of this chapter. I won't be doing that often. I also had to change it as I included the Asgard.
A/N2: Selene's age is based on the beginning of Underworld: Evolution, when they captured William in 1202. To my way of thinking, if they caught him, it meant Selene's Father had finished the prison. If they could hold him until 1383, why would they need a second, prison, at all? The first one works. If not, how was he held for so long?