The Return of My Sister

Rated: K

Summary: The Return of Donna Troy, sans the horrible Trinity break-up. Chapter 6: the final battle against the Titans of Myth. Diana strives to save her sister. Batman uses his tactics to end the war. BM-WW, Donna-Roy, Donna-Coeus.

Disclaimer: Believe me, all characters are not mine. They belong to DC Comics. And I made no profit at all. Instead, this comic and fan fiction frenzy has cost me lots of money! Thanks to Jennifer Larissa for the great beta and for all readers for their precious feedbacks.

Chapter 6. Nexus

Batman is the World's Greatest Detective. Still, he is neither an intergalactic detective, nor a member of Green Lantern Corps, though no meta would doubt his ability to become one of the strongest Green Lantern in the universe thanks to his willpower. But in Minosyss, he had no doubt that he was at the right place at the right time, helping his comrades in arms to win – or at least survive - a chaotic and helpless war. For he knew, once Minosyss was defeated, the chances of the Titan Gods taking over the Earth would be doubled and tripled by default. Like any smart tactician, he also realized that their chances to win this war were no greater than the chances of Plasticman fooling him during any League meetings. I.e., near zilch possibility.

But who was he to doubt the spirit of his comrades in arms in fighting for their lives? The Minosyssans were, by nature, a peaceful species. Had the war not started on their planet, they would not thought of carrying weapons and killing the enemy's soldiers to survive. But they had to. And they did so without reserve. Yes, they were scared. Who would not be? Batman had seen stronger civilian armies on Earth, but he could not remember when did he last fought hand in hand with braver civilians than the Minosyssans that were now by his side.

Thus, his nature as a protector of the helpless emerged and urged him to save as many civilians as possible. In their eyes, he saw the fear of countless Gothamites during critical hours when merciless thugs threatened to take their belongings and also their lives if they resisted. Species aside, the Minosyssans were on the same page with the poor and weak Gothamites he often protected at night, thus evoking the oath he took almost thirty years ago; that he would continue protecting the innocents from malice, with his own life if necessary.

With such thoughts motivating his spirit, he swung his battleaxe and sword here and there, dodging the attacks with the shield he had borrowed from Wonder Woman. He found it hard to adhere to his 'no-killing' policy, as the Tamaranean soldiers who worked for the Titan Gods were as ruthless as Darkseid's army. To his knowledge, he had not killed anyone yet. But he wasn't sure that he could keep the record for long.

Then came the tsunami made by Oceanus and Tethys, and the subsequent chaos it caused. It took Diana's tactical thinking to break the tsunami waves, and the danger seemed to have subsided already. However, he never expected that the Titan Ocean Deities would give up so easily. They were the Titans, the primordial generation of gods who almost wiped out the Olympians, had Rhea – ironically one of the Titan Goddesses – not hidden little Zeus from Uranus' wrath.

And now, as he flew fast on low altitude to save and carry more civilians on his semi-transparent Lansinarian platform, he could not fathom Wonder Woman's whereabouts. She had not appeared from the water for more than ten minutes – almost fifteen minutes actually. Diana was the strongest of the Amazons, but he wasn't sure that she would survive without breathing for more than twenty minutes.

The Dark Knight lowered his platform on the hillside and gently helped a young boy and his mother step down. The boy's greenish skin had turned to blue because of the cold and nearly drowning, and he seemed not to be able to register what happened to him . Batman decided that the boy's confusion would be okay for the time being, as his mother would be able to take care of him.

Batman turned his attention to the calming sea. Actually, it was not very calm at all. A small part of the sea in front of him was churning as if a small vault of magma was ready to burst out in anger. He frowned. That didn't look good at all.

'Nightwing to Batman.'

His respond was quick. "Batman here. Status?"

'Way to go with the tsunami there. Where's Wonder Woman? I can't reach her.'

The Caped Crusader scowled inwardly as he responded to his comm. link. "She has been underwater for almost fifteen minutes."

Despite his mentor's indifferent tone, from the other side of the comm. link Nightwing could sense something was not right. 'She can't hold her breath for too long,' he stated carefully what his adopted father was already thinking.

Flying low and scooping up more civilians, Batman grunted his agreement.

'Anyway, we have a problem.'

Batman scowled. Don't we have enough already?

'Donna is MIA. Hyperion had her. They might go to the sun-eaters.'

Nightwing didn't need to explain the ramification to the Greatest Detective. "We need Diana then."

'She's not with you.' The Outsiders' field commander reminded his mentor.

"Not yet," Batman said grimly. "I will get her. Batman out." He switched off his comm. link, dropped the civilians on safe ground, and gave Bart Allen an order. "Kid Flash! Help Shift cover up here! I'm going down!"

One minute later, a one-seat semitransparent submarine roamed the churning sea of Minosyss.

xxx

Oceanus' turquoise eyes flared in anger as he scrutinized me.

"You little worm! The so-called Athena's champion! How dare you stand on our way!"

I tried not to gasp, but the oxygen in my lungs was running thin. It was useless to get his hand off of my neck. I had tried a few times, but he seemed stronger than Herakles himself and did not wither at my strength.

I focused my blurry vision at the Ocean God. I wanted to give him a piece of my mind, as usual. My mother once said that this trait of mine, quarrelling with deities, had been hard to dismiss. But how could I speak underwater? That was almost impossible. I needed air!

Then suddenly, it struck me. Air! By Gaea! I closed my eyes and hastily asked for the Dome to help me. I knew it must have been very tired after fighting off the tsunami, but I needed its help. I hoped it would…

Then, out of the blue, I felt that my mouth and nose was covered up with a semi-transparent breathing apparatus. I choked on some air out of relief and opened my eyes. I was so glad to find out that Wonder Dome indeed had helped me by transforming itself into a breathing apparatus that covered my nose and mouth. I blinked and smirked.

"Oceanus, My Lord. Have you forgotten everything? Your nieces and nephews charged me to safeguard the truth and help the innocent. And I shall do so, even if I have to face Lord Ares himself. Or you and the Titans for that matter."

"You wretch!" This time, Tethys responded. "How dare you use such tone on us! You have forgotten how easily we wiped out Olympus during the last war!"

"Yet you lost, My Lady. You lost. The way you will now," I smiled inwardly as I caught her unprepared to see that I could breath again. Slowly, I also maneuvered my hand upward to my hair. I needed to release myself from Oceanus, and it was clear that I could not do that with brute strength.

"Silent, you little fool!" Oceanus was getting very angry; his trident glowed as he spoke. "How dare you challenge the Titan Gods?"

"I would not do so if you had not chosen such a way to achieve victory, Lord Oceanus," Keep talking…keep talking… "Alas, your consciousness is clouded by your ambition to rule the world!"

"You little dust! Don't let her insult us, beloved! Kill her now!"

It was apparent that Oceanus was only too glad to obey his wife's command. Yet, thank Gaea, suddenly a semi-transparent web entangled the two deities. Tethys jolted in shock, while her husband was clearly more prepared for the diversion. Oceanus was surprised, but he still kept his hold on my neck strong. But the distraction was enough for me to take off my magic tiara and slash his strong big hand with one strong cut.

Many people knew that my Lasso of Truth was made of Gaea's girdle and blessed with Hestia's Fire. Yet, not many of them realized that Lady Artemis had asked Lord Hephaestus to outline my magic tiara with a fraction of Gaea's girdle. Consequently, the tiara is not only able to cut out sharp objects with surgery-precision, but also able to hurt celestial entities.

In the past, I had beheaded Deimos, son of Ares, with my double-edged magic tiara. I also had easily struck down several 'mythological' creatures with it. Yet, I never tried that move with a pure deity like Oceanus. I had not been sure whether it would work or not, but the situation had left me with very little room for doubts.

And it turned out that his blood – if deities had blood – was greenish. Lord Oceanus screamed in agony as he released his hold on my neck. I kicked away from him with all my might and maneuvered just in time to see Batman in his semi-transparent submarine one on one with the furious Tethys. I understood that my Dark Knight had transformed some of his submarine into living tentacles to distract Oceanus and Tethys. But now, it seemed that he needed to think of other creative ways to drive out the Goddess of Ocean. Tethys had churned the seawater surrounding Batman's submarine, and it did not look promising for his health.

Yet, somehow, I was sure that Batman could handle the Ocean Goddess by himself. I turned to face my own problem, as Oceanus quickly healed his injured hand. I bit my lips. I had to distract him out of the way. I needed to face him alone, and not in his realm.

Hence, I hastily swam towards the surface. I counted on Oceanus chasing me because of his anger and desire for revenge. I needed to get him away from the ocean as far as I could.

And I was right…and wrong as well. I managed to swim to the surface and fly up to the atmosphere. Yet, as I took off my breathing apparatus and was inhaling fresh air, I heard the sound of the raging ocean behind me. Uh-oh. The fishtailed God of the Sea followed me, and he carried a big tsunami wave with him. I squinted. The Wonder Dome might not be enough this time. Fortunately, because we were offshore, his waves would not cause more civilian casualties.

I gritted my teeth, swiftly took off my tiara again and tossed it towards the Ocean God. Alas, this time he was ready. He raised his bare hand to catch the tiara and smirked smugly. I was sure that the attempt to catch the tiara with such momentum still hurt him, but he chose to ignore it.

Alright then. If the lined tiara were not enough, then I would have to use better tactics. I flew to the sky quickly so as to avoid his tsunami waves. As I reached a calculated altitude, I suddenly made a turn and attacked him with the speed of Hermes. Heh. Superman's hands were full when I attacked him with similar speed in the past. We'll see how the Ocean God handles this.

And he was surprised, indeed. He had not thought that I would counterattack him in such a way. Oceanus' tsunami could not stop the momentum of Hermes' speed. The Ocean God was not prepared either when I punched him with all my might. Eat that, Oceanus! I could not beat him underwater, but now, up in the air, it was my territory. And he had better be careful next time if he tried to show up again. I landed another blow on his bearded face and grabbed my tiara in the process. The tiara hurt him again, adding to his pain. I sighed in relief as the tsunami wave subsided, apparently in response to Oceanus' lack of mind control.

Still, I realized that my blows would not be enough to stop Oceanus. Swiftly, I unhooked my Lasso of Truth and tossed it around Oceanus' gigantic body. I could tell from the sudden snap of his eyes that he was definitely not expecting this. This was the Lasso of Truth that had brought Ares, the God of War, out of his madness. Oceanus's first reaction was – of course – denial. He twisted here and there to reject the flux of truth that charged his awareness. Then suddenly, painfully, he screamed. And you truly do not want to hear a deity scream.

It was agonizing to hear him screaming. I debated whether I should let him go; he seemed to be undergoing such pain. Then, from the corner of my eye, I saw a glimpse of a semi-transparent streamlined vessel pushing its way out of the raging ocean, chased by a furious fishtailed goddess with seaweed-colored hair. I sighed in relief. Batman managed to get out of danger. He seemed unable to give the proper counterattack, but it didn't matter. He successfully got out of the water vortex and changed his vessel into a streamlined airplane just in time.

I was about to ask him his status through the comm. link when Tethys angrily barked at me.

"Let my husband go, you little witch! Let him go!"

I narrowed my eyes. This goddess never heard of Lasso of Truth, apparently.

"This is the process he needs to experience!" I yelled back at her. "He needs to see the faults of his way! And you as well, Lady Tethys!"

"No!" Tethys' pale-green skin grew paler as she heard her husband's painful screams. In fact, I almost could not manage to listen to them either. "Let him go!"

Not that I hoped for it, but I almost thought that she would say 'please'. Yet, at the same time, Batman's brisk voice entered my comm. link.

'Diana, let him go. What you've done will impede him enough.'

"Negative, Batman – " I tried to protest. "He will soon recover. I needed more time with Ares for this. I'm not sure how long for –"

'Donna is captured! You can choose between her and Oceanus!'

I clenched my jaw, and in a split second made the decision. I set the lasso loose and let the crying Oceanus fall into the sea. I caught a glimpse of Tethys diving down the ocean to catch her husband as I turned around and flew towards Batman.

"Donna is down. Hyperion had her. They're to the sun eaters."

Hovering next to his semi-transparent vessel, I saw Bruce's pale face as he tried to speak. If he hadn't been the Batman, he would have vomited, bled, and passed out in the middle of the water vortex. His sheer willpower was the only thing that saved him from death down there. I was about to voice out my concerns over his health when he waved his hand dismissively.

"Fly me down. We have to stop them."

Soon, I saw his construct of semi-transparent vessel fade away. I caught him before he fell into the sea.

"Stay with me," supporting him with one hand, I whispered. "I need your help."

He only made a subtle nod, but it was enough for me to fly him towards the main island. Considering his condition, the journey to the bowel of Minosyss would take five to seven minutes. I hope he would recover by then. I needed Batman's brain to defeat the lunatic gods.

xxx

The breeze stirred her awake. She was tempted to sleep again when suddenly she remembered why she was there. Or to be precise, why she was flying down a cold tunnel, carried by a pair of large hands that belonged to…

"Hyperion!" Troia snapped her eyes open. "Where are you taking me? Let go!"

The Titan Sun God smiled smugly. "Ah, awake at last, my dear child? We're going to the heart of Minosyss. And you surely have no idea how beautiful you are when sleeping in my embrace. Perhaps –"

"Focus, Husband! Focus on the task at hand!" Theia's jealous scowl rang in Hyperion's ears. "Wipe off that indecent smile of yours and take your hands off her!"

"Why, my dear wife…don't say that you are jealous of your little sister here? And this is the only way I could carry her, or she will run away again and destroy our plan," Hyperion's leer turned into cynical smile. "Surely you don't want that to happen, do you?"

Ignoring the couple's heated debate, Donna found herself wondering. "But why the sun-eater factory? You really wanna destroy the whole galaxy to obtain power?"

"Oh, by the Thousand Suns!" Theia rolled her eyes. "Your wits are as dull as these ancient machines. We're not here for the sun-eater!"

Now truly intrigued, Donna turned to Hyperion for another explanation. She even did not remember to feel disgusted upon the way Hyperion held her in such intimacy.

"What does she mean, Hyperion? This war is not for the sun-eaters?"

"Patience, my dear Troia. Your inquiries will be answered soon." Hyperion touched down at the Minosyss' bowel and yelled in victory. "At last! A nexus point to what was once the Multiverse! A gateway to all creation! The passage from the prison of this universe – into the uncharted territory of the next!"

Hyperion stopped to look – almost in respect – at floating equipment that resembled a high-tech round table in front of him. He turned to his hostage. "And you my dear…" he looked at Troia with passion, " – are the key!"

Donna blinked, completely at a loss. "Why me? Why not Sparta? Or Athyns?"

The Sun God chuckled at the question. "Because my child… you are unique."

Then he touched Donna's head with his large hand. Instinctively, Donna wanted to escape. But she could not, as Hyperion held her so tightly. Desperately, she tried to fight off any memory alterations that she thought Hyperion might force on her. Yet instead, she felt as if a very bright light was lit up inside her mind. As if layers of fogs that she did not realize existed were lifted up in a blink of an eye. In a split second, she saw things that she never thought would exist. Things that were, she intuitively realized, true.

She saw the Multiverse. The endless series of dimensional duplicates separated by vibrational barriers. Within them, there were a thousand different Earths with their own histories and heroes. On each of them, there were nearly identical versions of her, living a thousand different lives.

On Earth 1, Donna Troy was an infant saved by Wonder Woman and raised on Paradise Island by her mother, Queen Hyppolyta. Donna then became the Wonder Girl, an Amazon, and a member of the Teen Titans. She also married Terry Long. On Earth 2, she was an orphaned infant, saved from a burning building by a fireman and raised in the Kanigher orphanage. On Earth S, she wasn't saved at all. But on Earth 2, Donna Troy was saved by the Anti-Monitor, and raised to be his Harbinger of Doom – the Dark Angel. But Dark Angel was uncontrollable and vanished.

Then the crisis of Infinite Earths came, and the Multiverse collapse unto itself. Time was reordered. Where there had been a thousand Earths, there was only one with one history. Yet, during the compression, Dark Angel escaped and tried to erase Donna Troy's history. On this New Earth, Donna Troy was created by magic, the twin sister of Diana of Themyscira, the Wonder Woman. Alas, Dark Angel reappeared and kidnapped Donna from Paradise Island. Donna Troy then was reincarnated as an orphaned infant, saved from the burning building by Rhea, the Queen of the Titans of Myth. Rhea had been told in prophecy that one of twelve children from around the cosmos would save them from extinction. She sought Donna out because the Queen Goddess was able to see that Donna Troy, Wonder Girl, Troia, Darkstar, Dark Angel, Harbinger… were actually one single person.

Thus, the current Donna Troy had become the sum total of all of her former selves, each of her lives, unique in all creation. A living connection to every universe that had ever existed. The eternal guardian of Akashic Record, a storehouse that existed beyond time and space that contained information on all that had occurred and all that would occur in the universe.

Absorbing too much information at once, Donna grew pale. She sat down on the cold floor of the sun-eater factory, staring at the high-tech 'round table' in front of her. She blinked again once she realized what the Titan Gods truly wanted from her.

"You want me to navigate this thing here to take you to a new universe."

That wasn't a question. That was a statement, at which Hyperion nodded proudly.

xxx

Athyns of Karrakan was screaming loudly as he felt the streams of horror in his past attack his brain. He opened his eyes to curse at the pair of Crius and Mnemosyne – the Titan Deities of Memories – who attacked him with memories of his destroyed home planet. Yet, suddenly the image of both of his Titan parents grew paler and faded away.

Crius bade him goodbye. "Farewell, Athyns. You were a good son."

"We will name a great nation for you!" Goddess Mnemosyne added before she vanished completely.

"No!" Athyns yelled at himself. "No!"

xxx

Wonder Girl was holding her lasso to tie up her grand-uncle Coeus when the God of Intelligence, who happened to be Troia's husband, disappeared in front of her eyes.

"Farewell Niece. Know that the Elysian Fields will be kind to you!"

"Hades!" Cassie Sandsmark cursed aloud. "You're running away from me now, Uncle!"

'Wonder Girl!' Nightwing's voice cracked in her comm. link. 'Report!'

"Uh… I have bad news, Chief," Cassie muttered. "Coeus just disappeared from my lasso like that! Dunno what happened!"

'Cyborg, Shift, Jade, and the others also reported the same thing,' Nightwing was clearly annoyed.

"Whatta – you mean all of the Titan Gods are missing!" Cassie never thought that her God-relatives would desert the war. The Titan Gods almost won, why would they run?

'I think they retreated because they almost achieved what they wanted,' Nightwing's voice turned grim. 'I bet they're heading to the sun-eater. They've taken Donna with them.'

Wonder Girl gasped. "No!"

'Yes. Batman and Wonder Woman have gone there as well. Arsenal is MIA. I need you to take Athyns and go to the factory A.S.A.P!'

xxx

The lower we flew down, the more I felt Batman's grip at my shoulder strengthen. I looked at him and saw that his face wasn't as pale as before.

"You're feeling better?"

"We should go faster," was his answer. I took it as a 'yes', so I increased my speed. Soon, I saw light in front of me, indicating that we would arrive at the factory soon. I sped up, ready to charge Hyperion to free my sister when I saw who was present at the factory.

I pursed my lips. In addition to Hyperion and Theia, the other Titan Deities were there, surrounding a pale-faced Donna.

xxx

Donna Troy looked up to see Coeus, the Moon God, also the God of Intelligence, and her Titan husband, descending towards the factory floor. Upon seeing him, tears of anger welled in her eyes.

"My darling Donna, you have saved us all!" Coeus' smile was charming as usual.

Donna blinked back her tears and rose from the floor. "Coeus… All this death was for this? If you ever loved me, tell me the truth, Coeus. When did you know it was me?"

Coeus studied his wife intently and shook his head slowly. "If I've 'ever' loved you?" He closed half his face with his palm. "My sweet Troy, I have always loved you… And when you were slain on Earth by the renegade machine, I knew… we knew that you would come back to help us. We… called to your soul and you responded. Reborn anew as another layer of your many lives was revealed… and we knew you were the one foretold in Rhea's prophecy."

The Moon God looked at Donna's face longingly. "The fates delivered us our destiny… and me a new mate. You are…so much like my beloved Phoebe…"

"Liar!"

The nine Titan deities looked around to see who was shouting. It wasn't Donna, obviously, as she was still staring alternately at Coeus and the round gateway in the middle of the factory.

"Athena's champion!" Tethys hissed in hatred. "Get her out of here!"

"No way in Hades you will you succeed in using my sister again!" Wonder Woman landed smoothly on the ground; the Batman jumped to the floor behind her. "All of you will fool her no more!"

As if just realizing that her sister was there, Donna turned her head. "Diana?"

"Donna! Are you alright?" Diana's concerns were clear in her eyes. "What has Hyperion done to you this time!"

"He…" for another second, confusion still lingered on Donna's demeanor. Then suddenly she composed herself and gestured towards the round machine in front of her. "They want me to use the controller's stargate to open the link to another universe."

"To create a wormhole?" Wonder Woman frowned.

"Schwarzschild wormhole," Batman stated flatly. "The Titans want to escape from this universe."

"Indeed," Iapetus spoke up. "Now, Troia, come to your senses and open up the stargate!"

"No!" Troia refused defiantly. "You will use it to attack other universes! I cannot let you do that again!"

"Don't be silly, dear Wife," Coeus' tone was still calm. "We just want to have our own universe, without having to fight off territories with you all. A brand new universe where we would be the one and only controller to shape it from the start. Where you could still take part in it."

Donna Troy gritted her teeth. "Told you, I want a divorce! Consider me not your wife anymore! And I won't obey your orders. I won't!"

"Don't be a fool!" Hyperion snorted. "Haven't you seen enough of the damage that we have done to this planet? Do you think we will stop at this? Do you want the whole Minosyss civilization to collapse in our hands, just because of your stupidity! Think!"

Donna bit her lip. It was true that had the Titan Gods wanted to, the whole planet of Minosyss would have been destroyed by now. There was no way the Titans of Earth, the Outsiders, even aided by Batman and Wonder Woman or the entire Justice League, would be able to avoid the disaster.

But how could she send her Titan parents to another universe, knowing that they would do the same again? She looked up to Diana, her sister, for advice. Four blue orbs met, and instantly Donna realized that her sister was also at a loss. Her heart sank.

"Are you sure you're not making a mistake here?"

Donna frowned as she tilted her head. The Batman was standing tall, hands folded, scrutinizing the Gods as if reprimanding ten-year-old students.

"What do you mean, we're making a mistake, you strange creature in a dark cape?" Themis scowled at the Dark Knight.

"What I mean is, are you sure that Troia would be able to open the stargate? To my knowledge, she's only a human after all."

Coeus sniffed. "Don't you underestimate my wife, you human! She's not a mere human, like you. She's Lady Troia, the Donna Troy who has access to Akashic Record. To the whole universe and the once existed Multiverse. Donna would be able to take us anywhere she wants!"

Batman snorted. "I would be very worried if I were you. Have you any proof? What if she made a mistake, unpurposely? She is not a trained nexus guardian. I would not risk the chance if I were you."

"Nonsense!" This time, Hyperion barked. "Troia already remembers who she was before this lifetime. What her multi-lives were. She also remembers now the exact methods to open the stargate and take us to the exact location we want!"

The Caped Crusader went silent. He only tilted his head towards Donna and scrutinized her through his opaque lenses. Then suddenly, Donna spoke up.

"Well… if you guys promised to behave once you arrive in the new universe…I don't see why I can't open the gate for you."

"No, Donna! Don't!" Wonder Woman snapped out. "They will not stop killing for power!"

Donna Troy shook her head ruefully. "Sadly Diana, you know that it's the Truth. And that's exactly why I have to obey them. I have to choose this universe over the other. I have to send them where they want to go." She looked at Diana in the eye. "I'm sorry, Sister."

Diana opened her mouth to object, but suddenly halted midway. She then slouched her shoulder in defeat and nodded. "I trust you, Sister."

Donna turned to her Titan parents. "Promise you will protect your new universe there." Without hoping for an affirmative answer, she walked to the stargate and placed her left palm on one of the screens. "Your future awaits."

Then, suddenly the whole room was filled with light so bright that even the Gods had to close their eyes. Rainbow colored lights emanated from the stargate.

"She's done it! She's created an opening into another reality!" Hyperion gasped in excitement. "Another universe, all for us. Just as it was meant to be."

The first two couples of Titan deities walked into the light excitedly and hastily. Crius-Mnemosyne and Oceanus-Tethys were too glad to have achieved their goal; they didn't even thank Troia for her help. Iapetus, on the other hand, went carefully into the light. He looked at Themis, who gingerly stepped into oblivion. A warlord by nature, Iapetus frowned. He disliked the odd feeling that he sensed.

Coeus watched until Iapetus disappeared into the light. The Moon God was about to walk into the nexus when he looked at Donna again. "My beloved wife, please…Take my hand. Join us."

Despite her anger because of Coeus' manipulations on her, Donna could not help feeling sorry for her husband. She bit her lips as she shook her head. "I can't do that Coeus. Just…keep walking."

Suddenly, Iapetus appeared again in the nexus, panic was clear in his face. "Hold, Coeus! Do not follow! Hyperion! We are betrayed!" The God of Planets clearly wanted to step out of the light, but the gravity of the other realm dragged him back.

"She sent us to Tartarus!" His last words faded away quickly, but not too late for Hyperion, Theia, and Coeus to hear.

-TBC-

Author's note:

Again, thanks to Jimenez for his brilliant idea of restructuring the convoluted origin of Donna Troy by accepting those versions as all legitimate. I think that was a great damage control. Most of the dialogues between Donna and the Gods were taken from 'Return of Donna Troy'.