Chapter 41:
Oliver and Diana joined up with Brianna at Star Labs. In the past month or so, Emmy, Ruve, and Karen had been working tirelessly over the means to transport them to different Earths. They arrived at the lab, where Emmy just smiled and presented them with three devices which resembled watches.
"Here's what you have to do," Emmy told them. "These devices are powered by speed force energy. While any speedster could do, Brianna would be the strongest. And if she powers them fully, and once powered fully, they will remain strong for twenty jumps, at the minimum. A stronger model will be developed in time, I'm sure."
"Right, so are you saying I'm more in sync with the watches?" Brianna asked.
"Yes," Emmy said.
"What do I do?" Brianna asked.
"Put them on and start running," Emmy said. "Once fully powered, the watches will all sync together. You'll know when they're fully powered and when they're fully synced."
"Ready for this?" Brianna asked.
"Yes," Oliver replied.
"Absolutely," Diana said.
The Amazon could not help but think she had entered some brave new world of adventure. She was positively giddy with excitement. She joined Oliver and Brianna in putting on the watches. When Brianna started to run, she could feel a tingle, as did Oliver.
The sparks picked up with each cycle. Brianna cycled around and went after and faster. Until the watches were fully charged and synced together as one. A glowing shield appeared around them, and if Oliver had to make his guess, anyone who tried to take them off would have a bit of a nasty shock.
"Let's get ready," Oliver told them.
"Right, we're ready, born ready," Brianna said.
"Earth 38 here we come."
The watches pressed in and a vortex opened in space in time. The trio entered the vortex and appeared with a huge flash of light which emitted around them.
The second Oliver, Brianna, and Diana dropped down to the ground, they came across some armored guards.
"Halt!"
Oliver knew these guards meant business. And also their armor, it looked Greek in origin. This raised an eyebrow on Diana. Diana dodged the spear with expert ability and came back up to snap the guard down.
While Diana took down two of the guards, Oliver took down three. One of them aimed a blade at Oliver. Oliver spun around and took him out with viciousness. Brianna disabled the armor of the guards who tried to attack her. They all had been surprised.
"Where are we?" Diana asked.
Oliver did not answer right away. One of the larger guards had some kind of gauntlet which emitted a huge amount of energy. Oliver avoided the blasts of energy and came back with multiple punches on the man. He found the power source and short circuited it to send the big man crashing down to the ground with a sadistic impact.
"We're supposed to be in National City," Oliver said.
One arrow knocked another goon from his perch. Another one disabled a third goon before he could fire.
"We must have jumped in the middle of something."
Flash, she cycled around the goons and created a vortex which shot them all up into the air. The goons staggered back to the ground and fell down.
"Something like that, maybe?"
Brianna was the first to notice it, although Oliver did notice it a moment later as he took down another one of those gauntleted goons. Diana's eyes flickered completely towards the sky.
"Hera!"
Above their heads was a large flying fortress. It hovered right over the top of National City, to allow anyone who stood upon it to look down as the gods of before did on Olympus. A loud crackle echoed and another small group of guards rushed into battle.
Business as usual for the trinity of Oliver, Brianna, and Diana.
"We are the children of Zeus, and we will destroy you for our father!"
Oliver walloped one of the guards in the face. The children of Zeus, well this got completely out of hand very quick. Oliver grabbed the arm of his enemy and whipped it down completely onto the ground with a solid impact. The goon groaned as he rolled over onto the ground.
"Children of Zeus?"
Diana avoided the attack and lassoed one of them around the arm. The Amazon Princess snapped the goon's arm down onto the ground and twisted it with a huge crack. She had been trying to wrap her mind around this one. Yes, Zeus had quite a few bastard children, some of them with issues far greater than Diana dared to even piece together. However, something about this just seemed rotten.
From the sky, a guard on a jet pack sent a shockwave of energy at a flying blonde woman. She wore a blue and red costume, blue with a yellow shield and a red "S". A tattered red cape fluttered in the wind and her red skirt flapped in the wind.
And she was falling fast. Diana quickly jumped into the sky and in an impressive move, caught the woman in her arms, and kicked her out of the air.
Oliver wiped out several of the guards before breaking a sweat. A pulse of energy caught the rest of the guards, at least the ones that Oliver did not drop. They disappeared and reappeared at the Fortress.
"We have to get her to safety," Diana said.
The goons might have left them, but this flying fortress hovered in the sky of National City like a progressively bad omen. Oliver, Brianna, and Diana took the mysterious young woman into the nearest shelter they could find. Which grew less of a mystery, when they caught a glimpse of her face properly.
A younger version of Katya and Karen. Brianna's watch hissed and a detailed biography appeared of the woman, straight from Gideon.
"Her name is Kara Zor-El, she is the protector known as Supergirl," Brianna said. "Which you already known. Very much less troubled than Red Daughter, and very much less….developed then Power Girl."
Diana just smiled. Kara started to stir and groan. The first thing she saw was Diana's face.
"Diana?" Kara groaned. "Your armor, it looks different."
"That's because I'm not the Diana you know, I'm from a different Earth," Diana said. "Myself, the Hood, and the Flash, we're travelers."
"So, the Hood's male on your Earth, that's interesting," Kara murmured. "Don't know anything about Flash. You're new, I'm guessing you're some kind of speedster, and not someone who stands in an alleyway in a trench coat."
Oliver and Diana very nearly broke their looks of stoic indifference, as Brianna looked very amused by the entire situation.
"Yeah, speedster, and not the other thing."
"So, good to see you Diana, well another you," Kara said. "I know Diana rather well."
"Please tell me she's not a raging man-hater on this Earth," Diana said. "Because, I would hate for another version of me to be the most stereotypical representation of an Amazon."
"No, you're great...although you're currently on a journey to rescue the souls of your sisters from an evil sorcerer," Kara said. "Haven't seen you in a couple of months, I hope everything is alright."
"Well, if she's anything like Diana, she'll succeed and make that sorcerer regret everything he's done," Oliver said. "So, what's the deal about the sky fortress?"
Kara mentally recovered and decided to jump into the explanation.
"His name is Maxillion Zeus, and yes, his real last name is Zeus. It's really fed into his delusions that he's the reincarnation of the god. And given the fact I met the real thing before, Maxie someone is able to be more of a self-important douchebag than the original Zeus. Which I didn't think was possible."
"It's hard to believe," Diana dryly said. "Continue."
"Right," Kara continued. "Anyway, Zeus got humiliated in Gotham City and sent to Arkham Asylum. He was let out and he moved to National City, where he was normal for a while. Until something happened to cause him to lash out and he tried the same scheme. With technology he stole from several people. He's kidnapped...a friend of mine, and he's now in this Sky Fortress, looming over all of National City."
"We'll help get your friend back," Oliver said. "All we need is a plan."
"Yeah, well he thinks she's the reincarnation of Hera, so who knows what Zeus is going to do to her to make her wake up inside," Kara said fretfully. "Please tell me…."
"Working on it," Oliver said. "But, you're going to have to follow my lead."
Kara nodded. Her lead had gotten blasted out of the sky and nearly plumet to her doom. The red solar energy which bombarded her from the Fortress had apparently been from one of Lex's old projects, and with Lex up the river, Maxie Zeus took control of it.
"You mean to tell me, that traitor of an Amazon and two companions humiliated the sons of Zeus!"
A man with an impressive greying beard and hair boomed out in the loudest voice. Two goons, cowering at his presence, mostly because of the large cackling staff in his hand, slumped up against the wall.
"They will all suffer for their heresy," Zeus said. "With my beloved wife by my side, we will rule over. The humans will bow down before me or they will crumble to the ground!"
"You are more insane than my brother."
Zeus turned over to the lovely Ms. Lena Luthor.
"You are confused, my wife, and you are trapped in this mortal vessel like I was," Zeus said. "Back in Gotham City, the dreaded Hades did me a favor, because he allowed me to seek you out and find you. And now I have you, Hera and you will join me."
"I will never."
"You are confused, but don't worry, I've prepared the means to wake you up inside," Zeus said. "I will bombard your body with enough energy charges to force the divine presence out of you."
"And what if you're wrong, boss?" a particularly dim guard asked.
Zeus electrocuted the man to death with his lightning rod.
"ZEUS IS NEVER WRONG!" Zeus bellowed out loud.
Lena realized this process would kill her. Supergirl had been right after her, but they had a few of Lex's old toys, so she figured this could very well slow her down, if not stop her cold.
"The modern world has grown soft and weak, and quite pathetic," Zeus ranted. "An act of power is needed to set everything right. And National City will be the epicenter of this act of power, when I burn it to the ground in ashes."
Zeus snapped his fingers and the two guards lead Lena off to the chamber to bring out the goddess. Whatever drug he injected into Lena made her still weak and unable to knock her out.
One second, a guard checked his right. The next second, the guard got an arrow right between the shoulder blades which dropped him down.
Brianna and Oliver sped past the guards while Kara and Diana engaged them in battle. Kara could not help, and be impressed by Diana's movements.
"Try to not gawk as much, Supergirl," Diana said.
"Right," Kara said.
Three of the guards moved towards the duo of women. But, suddenly, one of the guards stabbed the other two violently in the back and took them down to the ground. Kara tensed up for a second, but Diana held her arm back.
The guard removed her helmet and revealed an Earth-38 version of Sara Lance, who looked at Diana with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" Kara asked.
"Well, I lead Ms. Luthor's security," Sara said. "So, I have to make sure she is returned back home safely. Same reason you're here, right?"
"Yeah," Kara said.
"Hey, Diana," Sara said. "Back from your mission. Like the new armor."
Oh, Diana had no time to explain to this Sara that she was from a different Earth. There was an explosion which went on. The Hood and the Flash cleared the entrance and they were able to beam up to the sky fortress to engage the big man himself.
Who knew what they would find inside of there.
The Plot Continues In the Next Chapter.
