Not Such a Good Day
Heat vision blasts, missiles and a variety of other attacks flew through the air, severely damaging objects throughout the evacuated city. Some of the wild attacks barely missed Captain Atom, who was desperately using sun radiation in an attempt to revive the fallen Superman. Sadly, no result was reached.
One of Steel's missiles flew over Captain Atom's head, hitting a nearby car, which exploded and let loose mechanical parts everywhere.
"I asked for cover from fire!" Captain Atom yelled as he focused his energy into more powerful concentrations.
"Sorry!" Supergirl yelled from afar before Captain Atom heard a fist slam into something and a cry from a young woman.
"Rookies," Captain Atom muttered.
"Argh!" Wonder Woman yelled as she took a rather powerful strike to gut, sending her careening into a Italian restaurant, disappearing underneath rubble.
The leech creature moved toward the fallen Wonder Woman but was stopped by several miniature missiles slamming and exploding into the monster's side. After the smoke cleared, only one half of the monster was left.
"That's just gross," Supergirl remarked at the gruesome sight. The creature wasted no time regenerating its missing cells and was soon back to its original self. As soon as it was finished, Wonder Woman flew out of the destroyed restaurant at speeds over 170 m.p.h. and slammed into the creature's back. The creature was speeding toward Supergirl, who clasped her fists together and raised them over her head. With precise timing, she brought them back down on the monster's head as it approached. The monster then slammed straight into the ground, creating a small crater.
"Get ready!" Green Lantern ordered as he aimed his glowing ring at the crater. They waited for several moments but nothing came.
The creature burst out from the earth behind the waiting five, spinning around like a drill. The creature was spinning toward Fire, who was unaware of the attack from behind.
Supergirl's hearing picked up the sound of the creature's drill and turned around to see it heading directly at Fire. "Fire behind you!" Supergirl warned.
Fire turned around to see a spinning grey drill heading toward her, only several yards away. Fire raised her glowing hands and let loose a wave of green fire. The two attacks met in mid-air. The spinning attack proved too powerful as it broke through the green flames and hit Fire straight on.
Normally, the attack would have killed her in an instant, but the green fire surrounding her body reduced the attack's effect considerably but still knocked her out instantly.
"Fire!" Ice exclaimed, who was on an incredibly high ice pillar, created a slide made of ice, leading down on a winding path down to the ground and slid down on it skillfully on her feet. With incredible timing, Ice slid by the falling Fire and caught her and quickly reached the ground with her friend safely in her arms.
The creature saw the opportunity within the distracted Ice and flew directly at it, like a speeding bullet.
"Oh no you don't'!" Green Lantern said before he raised his fist and erected a green wall in front of the creature, preventing it from going any further.
The leech turned around and let out a heat vision blast, striking Green Lantern in the stomach. Feeling a searing pain, even with his protective aura, dropped the wall but those few moments allowed Wonder Woman and Supergirl the perfect opportunity.
Wonder Woman came first coming from the side. She punched the monster hard in the stomach, leaving an impressive dent where she attacked. The Amazon moved away and allowed Supergirl to come in with a powerful kick that sent the monster flying into a building blocks away.
"Yeah!" Supergirl said as she raised her fist into the air in triumph.
"That thing's not out just yet," Wonder Woman explained. She pointed to the massive hole in the building several blocks away. A sonic scream erupted from the hole and before Wonder Woman or Supergirl could react, were struck down by it. The creature then emerged from the building, observing the now fallen warriors. It made an attempt for them but before anything could happen, several icicles ripped through its body and then green and yellow lasers impacted the creature.
The creature fell to the floor, its body completely ruined in shape, gaping holes and wounds all over it. The cells quickly regenerating, the creature noticed Captain Atom about three blocks away with an unconscious Superman. Realizing that he was the prime target, sensing a vast amount of energy, flew right at him.
"This isn't working!" Captain Atom yelled in frustration as he put down his glowing hands.
"Captain Atom, watch out!" Steel warned. Captain Atom realized too late when he saw the energy absorbing monstrosity coming toward him.
Thankfully, a pillar of ice slammed into the monster's side, crushing it between the large form of ice itself and a brick wall on the side of the building. Captain Atom followed the ice to see Ice, who's hands were covered in ice that formed the giant pillar.
"Thank you ma'am," Captain Atom thanked as he got up from his kneeling position.
Ice nodded but her smile disappeared as the creature suddenly broke through the ice directly in front of her. She quickly brought her hands back to fight but the creature quickly put its mouth to her neck and began draining her energy. The superhero didn't even have a chance to scream as her life energy began slipping away.
The creature, now satisfied, dropped its prey and felt stronger, its hands letting out a frosty mist. Ice fell to the floor, unconscious.
"No…" Captain Atom said in horror.
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Dr. Fate and Shayera appeared in the magician's tower, where Inza was waiting.
"What?" Shayera said in surprise at where she was. "Why are we here?"
"After the incident, I've been put on probation. I also can't enter the magical dimension freely as I used to. The council ordered that I only enter the dimension from a certain point," Dr. Fate explained. Inza took his answer as cue to ready the ancient portal on the far side of the room.
The portal was dusty and had ancient symbols written on it and circular in shape. Shayera was surprised as she never seen it before but she decided not to question it, lest she force Dr. Fate to reveal more about his blunders.
"I see," Shayera said, knowing that she could slightly relate.
"It's ready," Inza said to her husband. She then turned to Shayera. "Good to see you again Shayera," Inza said casually. "It's been a while."
"Good to see you again Inza," Shayera said as she shook her hand. "How's the garden?"
"Flourishing," Inza answered with a smile as Dr. Fate made the final preparations to open the circular and large portal.
"That's good," Shayera said with a smile to answer Inza's.
"I see you're feeling better," Inza said, referring to Shayera's previous discomfort months ago. "How is everything?"
"Better then I expected. My relationships have finally been mended," Shayera explained.
"Wonderful."
"Shayera, it is time," Dr. Fate interrupted as he floated up toward a small slot on the top of the portal. He placed a red stone in the slot and the engraved symbols lit up with red energy in an instant.
Shayera stepped up in front of it, and Dr. Fate floated down next to her. He took another step forward and put his arms up in front of him. He then spread his arms out to his side and a red energy appeared within the portal and widened into it covered the entire inside of the portal.
Inza then walked toward her husband and gave him a small black stone, which Shayera guessed that Dr. Fate would use it to return to this dimension.
"Let's go," Dr. Fate said. He entered first, striding into the portal without a worry.
Shayera took a more cautious approach. She put one foot into it, hoping that her foot didn't disappear into an endlessly abyss.
"It's quite alright," Inza said, amused at Shayera's caution.
Shayera, now feeling reassured by Inza's words (and the fact that her foot wasn't missing) stepped into the portal and soon as she disappeared, the portal closed.
Suddenly having an urge for tea as soon as they were gone, Inza went to the kitchen for some.
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Author's Replies
Gotham's Princess: Thank you for your words, they mean a lot to me. Oh and I plan to make my chapters longer, as I've noticed they were too short.
DreamsFire: I plan to make the League suffer horribly (Mwa! ha! ha! Crickets chirping in the background) Oh and you will discover this creature's purpose soon enough and thank you for reviewing
Doc-trigger: Action is what the next few chapters are all about. This story is elaborate and Wally angst might be a challenge to add but if I can't add it here, I will add it in one of my follow up stories (BMWW, GLHG as well as Flash angst, all one shots.) Thanks for reviewing
Trecebo: Thank you for your wonderful comment. SG CA huh? That's something I haven't thought about exploring… Interesting idea about Shayera…thank you for the suggestion!
Cremosia: I hoped you guys would like my idea. Thank you for reviewing, much appreciated.
Jill: Something might happen…heh heh. Mucho gracias for the review.
DS: Thank you for a review, I hope you'll have more to come. I hoped Shayera and Dr. Fate would attract attention. A large portion of the story is focused on them.