Chapter XXVII

Ares held me back as I watched the pale man kiss the Amazon. The pale man's eyes slowly met mine as he heard me cursing at Ares to let me go. His soulless black eyes stared back at me. Taunting me.

"Is this your champion Ares…" I heard him say as he slid his hands down the Amazon's body.

She shudders from his touch. A lone tear fell down her cheek as he ripped the neckline of her nightgown. He cupped her breast and took one of her dark buds into his mouth. .

"I'll calm you soon beloved," he said as he broke his kiss from her breast. "You are just not used to a real man's touch…"

The fire behind my eyes blazed as I shot a blast directly at his head. The pale man laughed as my blast went right through him as his body broke up into a thousand pieces. Leaving the lingering sound of his laughter behind him. The Amazon's body collapsed down onto the marble floor. Instinctively I rushed to catch her but Ares continued to hold me back.

"Now you've seen your true enemy," Ares hissed into my ear.

I struggled up against Ares's grasp.

"Good…" Ares continued. "Remember this image. How it felt to watch his hands holding her… His lips sucking on her breast. Use it when the time comes and you will be a god amongst men because of it."

After he spoke, Ares released me.

"BASTARD!" I growled as Ares let me go.

I turned to face him but he had reappeared beside the Amazon. He held her closely in his arms. I felt my fist ball up.

"Diana," he said softly as he caressed her cheek.

Slowly her eyes opened.

"Brother…" she said as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

She looked around. She seemed lost as without a clue how she'd gotten outside of her room.

"How did I end up…" she said as she suddenly realized where she was. "Where am I…"

Ares placed a kiss on top of her head.

"You were sleepwalking my dear," he lied calmly.

I watched him look up at me as he tried to calm her. His eyes never left mine.

"It was he who found you sister," he said. "Isn't that right Ultraman…"

I shrugged. I didn't want to lie to her but it might be for the best. At least until I learned more about the ass who touched her…

"Brother I was so scared…" she said. "I felt someone…."

"Shhh, my dear," Ares added. "It was all a dream. Why don't you spend the night with Ultraman…"

"She can go back to her room…." I hissed back harshly.

She jumped from the harshness of my voice. She kept her gaze from mine, but I smelled it. Her fear, her fear of me. Ares stood to his feet and picked the Amazon up in his arms.

"Rest now child," he cooed. "The Sun will protect you…"

I tried to protect but Ares vanished into thin air. Alone I stood. I knew where he had taken her. Rushing past several of my men, I made it back to my room. As I reached my roomway I saw her body spread out over my bed with no Ares in sight.

"What game are you playing," I growled.

"The one that keeps my sister safe," I heard Ares's voice reply.

As he spoke I looked around for him but he was nowhere to be found.

"I'm not a pawn in your game Ares," I hissed back.

"Oh by you are so much more than a pawn Sun God," he added. "A king needs a queen and Sun God you will be a king…"

"Leave me out of your games…" I grumbled under my breath.

"Then that pale ass you saw holding her will take her…."

"NO!" I hissed.

My mouth moved without thinking.

"Damn the Kryptonite must have worn off," I cussed.

I began to pace back and forth in my room. I forced myself not to look at her almost naked body in my bed, but I couldn't shake the thought of how beautiful she looked laying there. Her breasts were just slightly exposed due to the deep 'v' the pale man and ripped into her nightgown.

"... Now sleep…" Ares's voice echoed within my bedchambers.

My eyes started to grow heavy. My legs moved on their own in the direction of my bed.

"I'm not…."

My words failed me. The next thing I knew I was smelling the sweet smell of orchids.

Apokolips Inkorporeyted in , Russia

A bright light burst into Darkseid's office. The grey fleshed god winced as the light drew near.

"What do I owe this occasion Apollo," Darkseid grumbled in a gravelly voice.

Apollo cussed as he stepped into Darkseid's office.

"Who does that ass think he is?" Apollo growled.

Darkseid leaned back in his oversized chair and took a drink from a shallow dark glass.

"I see you've met your brother's champion," Darkseid said as he placed his drink back down on his desk.

"Meet him! MEET HIM," I smelt his hands all over her," Apollo hissed as he slammed his hands on Darkseid's desk.

The pale god leaned closer to Darkseid. The smell of burnt wood filled the office as Apollo's hands started to burn through Darkseid's desk.

"I smelt yours too," he added.

Darkseid sat stone faced in front of Apollo and folded his hands in front of him.

"I wanted to see what all the fuss was about," he replied.

Darkseid leaned in closer to Apollo.

"I do get the hype," he added.

Apollo lifted his hand and a pale arrow came rushing towards Darkseid. It pierced his blue button up shirt and went through his shoulder. Darkseid winced in pain.

"The woman is off limits," Apollo grumbled.

Darkseid pulled the arrow out of his shoulder and placed it on his desk.

"Then you better tell that to the man she's staying with," Darkseid said mockingly.

Apollo lunged forward to Darkseid and jammed his pale fingers into his shoulder wound. Darkseid started to scream as smoke oozed from his wound.

"Well then you better get a move on in removing her from his side," Apollo hissed as he yanked his fingers out of Darkseid's wound.

Apollo stood up and adjusted his suit as Darkseid fell to the floor.

"Eliminate him Darkseid or I'll eliminate you," Apollo added as he opened a portal. "In this world you are replaceable. I'd hate for all my hard work to go to waste with another…"

Darkseid looked up at Apollo and nodded.

"Good,"

Apollo stepped through his portal leaving Darkseid alone.

"My lord," Desaad said as he rushed into Darkseid's office.

Darkseid shoo his old friend away as he stood back to his feet.

"I need you to set up a meeting,"

"With who?" Desaad asked.

Darkseid sat back down his seat and folded his hands onto the burning embers of his desk.

"Superwoman…."