Oneredneckgoddess: Yeah, the proposal happened between stories. As for clearing the confusion, don't expect that to happen until the end of the second one. Here's the next chapter.
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Kara woke sweating, something she hadn't done since Galatea. The ceiling had once more two holes in it. She reached for her robe, and slung it around her shoulders. She moved out the door floating down the hall. Mr. Freckles, the cat Adam had given her, sat on the top stair, in full bobcat form, growling softly. She gasped when she saw at what.
"Hello, sister dear." Galatea grinned. "I'd say it's time to finish our fight." She lunged up the stairs, to find herself face to face with the cat. "Mo... AH!" Mr. Freckles slashed her arm with razor edged claws, opening it, and shedding blood on the stairs. She swung at him, but Kara hit her first. She rocked back from the blow, and caught the next. "Uh uh." She waggled a finger, and punched back. Kara reeled back, and robe flying open. She hit the ground, and held up a hand.
"Give me a sec?" She asked. Tea nodded.
"Fine, I can kill you no matter what you're wearing." She waved. Kara vanished, and reappeared, clothed in her costume. " Ready?" A crashing blow answered. She leaned away from the blow, lessening it as much as possible. A kick to the face answered the initial attack, and she followed with a hammer blow to Supergirl's head. The other caught her arm, pulled, and tossed her out the wall.
"Not so fast!" Kara screamed. "Freckles, find Ma and Pa." Sh ordered the feline, and he vanished. She raced out the hole in the wall after Tea, only to be hit with a blast of heat vision from the side. She retaliated with a chest level blast of her own. Tea slammed into the ground, at the same instant Kara did. Both looked up to see identical white aura's in the sky.
"Look's like help has arrived." They pointed over each other's shoulders, and spoke the same words at the same instant. From behind Tea, landed Dr. Light, and Green Arrow. Behind Kara, landed the dopplegangers, mirrors down to the costumes.
"That's freaky." Arrow commented.
"Totally." Kara replied, staring. Tea hit her from behind. Arrow fired an explosive arrow from behind, but an arrow from his doppleganger knocked it away. Light lashed out at her counterpart, and the other met her attack perfectly. Kara kicked out, catching Tea in the face.
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"I had Harley Quinn cornered, when a hero using the same ring powers as Lantern, broke in. The energy was even the same frequency." I told them.
"That's not possible." Lantern shook his head.
"John? How else can you explain your ring losing power?" Hawkgirl asked. He took a breath, knowing she was right. "Who else?" She asked.
"A clone of Wonder Woman and Batman. Also lovers it appears." I continued. The two glared.
"It would appear that Kara is not along with a clone." J'onn commented.
"I would seem to have one as well." Superman commented, entering, with Lois, David, and Fire. "Without Fire's aid, I cannot control my heat vision." He informed us. Various gasps, and a shudder passed through the gathered members. "Adam?" Superman spoke.
"Yes?" I answered.
"You once mentioned, that you could block powers. Can you still?" He asked. I started.
"Yeah, sure, heat vision?" I asked, mentally preparing for the block. It was a complex power to block. It would be draining. He nodded. "Hold still." I took a breath, formally intoning the spell in Latin. I could feel the lights dim, as I released the flow of energy into him. He gasped this time, gripping the back of a chair. It wasn't a physical pain, but a mental one. It was also nothing compared to what I was feeling. I the floor, and lost consciousness.
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"Yes ma'am." Hamilton nodded. "The first wave of clones is up and running. Galatea is currently removing Supergirl from the picture, and the new Lantern has full power." There was a pause as he listened to the cell. "No ma'am, she did not go alone. She took the Light, and Arrow clones as back up." He paused again. "Thirty days ma'am. Then we'll launch the rest of the clones." He nodded, and hung up the phone.
"I hate my job." He commented. The dark haired man smiled.
"Trust me doctor. This is the only way." He laid a hand on the man's shoulder, and walked away.
"I hope so." Hamilton shook his head, and turned back to his computer.
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"Some people just can't leave us along, can they?" Flash asked.
"Guess not!" Alexia shouted, catching the rifle round, just short of her hear. She laughed. A blast of light crashed from above, followed by Steel, but something was wrong.
"Stand aside citizen." He ordered.
"Steel, it's..." He hit her, or tried to. She slipped sideways, dodging the massive overhand attack.
"I don't think that's our Steel." Flash called. Dancer glared.
"Duh." She replied. The hammer railed over head. She twisted sideways, dodging again. Two wind funnel's crashed into him. He stumbled back, grabbing a chair that was sittting on the beach for support. A wind swept the beach, knocking Dancer down, just as a clone of Hawkgirl swung almost unnoticed at her head. A blast of light crashed down where she'd been standing.
"Let's get 'em!" Flash called, charging the Steel clone.
"Yeah, cause he's got the easy one." Dancer replied, flinging sand in the Hawkgirl clones face. A man appeared beside her. She drew back to hit him, but he threw his hands up in defense.
"Don't, I'm here to help." He yelped. "I'm a friend of Hawkgirl. The real one."
"What do you want?" Dancer asked, winding and launching a smashed ball of sand. It exploded in the face of the clone Lantern, blinding him momentarily.
""To help her. Duck!" He vanished into wind, cutting through the air to sweep it from the under the Hawkgirl clone, causing her to plummet into the ocean. The Steel clone tripped, as Flash wrapped his legs in cable, and yanked.
"Fools, you cannon defeat us!" The Lantern clone yelled.
"But I can!" Hawkgirl screamed. The mace crashed across his jaw. He rolled in air, and the real Lantern with a hard hit in the stomach. Well, he tried to. Sparks flew as the two energy fields collided, and both dropped to the ground. The original, with better experience, rolled as he hit.
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Vixen sniffed, smelling her own scent in the air. She smiled greedily, and lunged ahead into the forest, followed by B'wana Beast, and Huntress. None of them were sure what, beyond Vixen's clone, lay in the forest. They moved along rapidly, watching for surprises.
They found the clone on the ground, seemingly asleep. As they approached, she lunged into motion, slashing at B'wana Beast. Vixen intercepted her clone, the two smashing into each other, followed by the pair smashing into the ground.
"Should we help?" Huntress asked.
"Nah, I think she's got it." B'wana Beast answered. Vixen did indeed, with one arm around the clone's neck, and the other had the clone's arms pinned behind her.
"Guess so." Huntress smiled. "J'onn, we have the clone. Bring us back up."
"Acknowledged." There was a flare of light, and they were gone.
Two figures slid from the foliage. One blended near invisibly even without the military grade stealth suit. The other was a general. The latter lifted a cell phone.
"The operative is in place. I expect the final phase to be ready in time." He snapped.
''They will be sir." Came Waller's voice. "I personally guarantee it." He nodded.
"Good, we'll have these loose cannons wrapped up, but the end of the week." He smiled, closing the phone. He glanced at the other. "Take me home." The two rose into the air.
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Sitting in her dressing room, Zatanna wouldn't have expected a visitor. Much less three, particularly not the other league magicians. It was more than just a touch odd. It was down right scary. Adam liked Etrigan. Fate liked Etrigan. The reasons didn't make sense, so she counted it a guy thing. Now while they both liked Etrigan, and the feeling was mostly mutual, as much as Etrigan liked anyone. She'd laughingly noted that Etrigan had taken an unnatural liking to Diana. In any case as much as they liked him, that was only half as much as they detested each other. Only during the Nano-tech alien incursion did she ever hear of them agreeing. Seeing all three together was a shock.
"Zatanna, we need your help." Etrigan spoke, seemingly speaker for the three. "We've been cloned. Fate and I that is. Adam can't be it appears." He told her. "There's a change you have been as well."
"Great, just great." She took a breath. "So what do you need?"
"Just co-operation." Fate answered.
"And a bit of your power." Adam smiled reassuringly. Somehow, she wasn't.