ICONS:THE PRINCESS
Lana and Lex ran back inside to see what was going on. What they saw amazed them. Twelve men all dressed in military type uniforms rushed in. They were all armed. They went all the guards and disarmed them. Then the men took up positions around the room. Their leader walked in. He took off his mask and smiled.
He was a tall and well built man. He had his hair cut in the style of a solider. His green eyes scanned the room. He stopped when his found Hippoylta and Lionel.
"Your highness,I'm very displeased that I was not invited."he said.
"Just who do you think you are?"Lionel asked.
"Why am I not surprised. All of you here only needs me when it benefits you all."he said.
"My father asked you question."Lex said. The man looked at Lex and then pointed his fist at him. A flash of bright red fired from the man's hand and hit Lex in the chest. It sent Lex to the ground.
"I'm Ares, the god of war and I have come to declare war."Ares said.
"Ares, stop this."Hippoylta said.
"You have brought this on them. I told you if you do this I will rain down a war that will end this world."Ares said.
"If you want a fight Ares, fight me."Diana said.
"Ah, the lovely Diana."Ares said.
"What's the matter Ares?"Diana said.
"Please,I pick and choose the battlefield not you. Men get what we came for."Ares said. The troops went and grabbed the queen and then started to make their way out. Diana took a step forward.
"Don't do it Diana I'll kill her now."Ares said.
"Your going to pay Ares,by the gods your going to pay."Diana said.
"But I'm a god let's see what you got."Ares said. He then blew a kiss to Diana and walked out.
"Get after them."Lionel yelled.
Lana and Clark helped Lex to his feet. He had a large burn mark on his suit and a couple of cuts.
"What happened?"he asked.
"I don't know?"Clark asked.
"Are you okay?"Lana asked.
"I think so."Lex said. Lois ran over to them.
"That was weird even for this place."Lois said. Clark looked and saw Diana making her way to the door. Clark ran next to her.
"Are you okay?"he asked.
"I'm fine not move."She said.
"Where are to going?"He asked.
"To stop Ares."She said.
"You can't"Clark said.
"I can and I will not move."she said,
"I'm going with you."Clark said.
"Ares will kill you."Diana said.
"Trust me."Clark said.
"Fine."Diana said.
They ran outside, Diana checked to make sure that no one was looking then she leaped into the air and hovered over Clark. Clark looked at her in a amazement.
"I'll explain later."She said then she offered her hand to Clark.
"I'm not that big on flying."Clark said.
"Then how are you going to keep up?"Diana asked.
"I'll run."Clark said.
"Run?"She said. She was speechless a moment later when Clark ran off in a blur.
"The speed of Hermes."She said and then followed. Ares and his men had about a gotten three miles away. they thought that they were home free. They were stunned when they saw a teenager in a tux standing in front of them. One of Ares men pulled the SUV's to a stop and got out with their weapons. Ares stepped out of his SUV.
"Stand a side boy of die."he said.
"Let the queen go."Clark said.
"Kill him."Ares said. The troops opened fire on Clark. The bullets bounces off is body. The troops fired until they were out of rounds. They were shocked when they saw Clark still standing.
"It's seems this boy is like Achillies. Let's see if I can find his heel."Ares said. He then fired a bolt of his fire. It hit Clark in chest and sent him flying back.
"Never mind."Ares said. He was stunned when Clark stood back up. Ares was about to fire another blast when Diana kicked him in the head. Ares flew over the SUV and landed on the ground. He got back to his feet and fired a blast at Diana. Clark was on him in a second. A stiff right hook sent Ares to the ground. Ares was up this time with a knife. He swiped at Clark. The blade broke when it hit Clark's arm. Ares took a step back , Ares then fried a blast from his eyes it hit Clark with a force that sent him flying about fifty feet.
Diana was next,she landed Ares. She hit him with a kick to the gut. It sent him flying into a tree. Ares hit the tree so hard that it broke the trunk of the tree. He got up and threw a punch at Diana it sent her flying into one of the SUV's. Diana stood up and shook off the blow. Clark was back in the fight. He threw a hard right hook that knock Ares down. He held up his hand, out of know where appeared a sword. he swung at Clark and connected, it sent Clark somersaulting until he hit the ground. Ares then pick up Clark and impaled him into the ground like a lawn dart. He continued to drive Clark until he was cover with dirt.
By this time Diana was up and ready to go. She flew towards Ares ready to deliver a blow. He countered and slashed at her with the sword. Diana felt the hot steel tear into her dress and then into her body. She slumped to the floor. She tried to crawl to Ares as he walked back to his SUV. She watch as he drove off, the last thing she saw was her mother, tears running down her eyes. Then she let the darkness over take her.
Clark meanwhile had gone himself out. He looked and saw that Ares had gotten away. He looked back and saw Diana lying on the ground, he ran to her and took her in his arms. She was breathing was shallow. Clark felt a wet spot on his side, he pulled his hand away and looked at the blood that was on it.
"Clark.."Diana said weakly.
"I'm going to get you to the hospital."he said. He took her in his arms and ran towards the Medical Center.
Clark watched as the doctors made sure that Diana was resting. They were able to stop the bleeding and clean and bandage the wound. They told Clark that if he had waited any longer she would have died. She was awake now as the nurse checked her out one more time. Diana paid them no attention to them, her eye were locked on Clark. She waited until the nurse left the room.
"How did you do that?"she asked.
"Do what?"Clark asked.
"No one has ever taken a blow from Ares sword and lived."She said.
"Your going to live."Clark said.
"I know thanks to you."She said.
"I'll tell you later about that right now you need to rest."Clark said. He smiled at her then walked out of the room. He saw Lana waiting outside one of the rooms. He knew that it was Lex's room. Even now as he thought about it,it hurt. His friends dating and they didn't even tell him about it. At the moment he didn't have time to worry about it. He had to find Diana's mother and Ares before it was too late.
"Clark,can we talk?"Lana asked.
"There's nothing to talk about Lana."Clark said. He was taken back by his tone. Lana however didn't back down.
"We were going to tell you tonight in fact, but this whole thing started."she said.
"How do I know that you and Lex were not seeing each other for a while and never said anything until tonight."Clark said.
"Clark I would never hurt you."Lana said.
"Lana right now I don't have time to deal with this."he said.
"Clark!"Chloe said as she came in the place. Clark looked back to Lana."We'll talk later if I have a chance."he said and then walked to Chloe. It took all Lana had to not start crying.
"Hey is something wrong?"Chloe asked.
"Lex and Lana are dating that's all got more important things to do."Clark said quickly trying to change the subject.
"Clark are you sure?"she asked.
"We have more important thing to worry about than Lex and Lana."Clark said. Chloe knew that Clark was hiding his pain. He may be the a Man of Steel but his heart was a fragile as the next person. Her and Clark walked out of the medical center and to her car. They head back to the farm.
"So who was that guy that crashed the party?"Chloe asked.
"He said his name was Ares."Clark said.
"Ares as in the Greek god of war."Chloe said.
"Yeah,and I think he has the powers to back that up."Clark said.
"What about Diana?"Chloe asked.
"She should be okay."Clark said.
"Do you think that this Ares guy is the God of war?"Chloe asked.
"We should talk to Diana."Clark said.
"Alright."Chloe said.
Clark and Chloe walked into the house. Jonathon and Martha were waiting for him.
"Are you alright?"Martha asked her son.
"I'm fine mom,where's Lois?"Clark asked.
"She's still at the Sheriff's office giving her statement."Jonathon said.
"I'm going to change I'll be back."Clark said.
"I'll see what I can find on this guy."Chloe said. Jonathon and Martha glanced at each other. Chloe sat down at the dining room table and started up her laptop.
"What did Clark tell you about this guy?"Jonathon asked.
"From what Clark said. This guy claims to be the god of war."Chloe said.
"Is he dangerous?"Martha asked.
"From what Clark said, he's deadly."Chloe said.
"Jonathon."Martha said.
"He's been in things like this before and he's been all right."Jonathon said.
"Trust me Mrs. Kent,Clark can more than take care of himself."Chloe said. Clark walked down stairs now dressed in his jeans and blue shirt.
"Find anything?"Clark asked.
"Just the normal stuff you find about Greek myths."Chloe said.
"Can you two talk to Diana?"Martha asked.
"I might be able to."Clark said.
"Let's go."Chloe said. Then headed for the door. Martha stopped him.
"Promise me that you two will be careful."She said.
"We will mom."Clark said.
Ten minutes later Clark and Chloe were standing inside Diana's room. She was looking a lot better than when Clark left her nearly a hour ago. In fact she was sitting up and drinking a orange juice.
"You look a lot better."Clark said.
"Thank you."she said.
"Who is this Ares guy?"Chloe asked.
"Ares is the god of war. He is the main reason why we have never dealt with man until now."she said.
"Why did he come after your mother."Clark asked.
"To stop my mother."Diana said.
"Stop her from what?"Chloe asked .
"I don't know she never told me."Diana said.
"Do you know where he would have taken your mother?"Clark said.
"No."Diana said.
"Great."Chloe said.
"But I know who can."Diana said.
"Who?"Clark said.
"Ariel,she is the keeper of our history."Diana said.
"Great can you get a hold of her?"Chloe asked.
"The only way to do that is to go to Themyscria."Diana said.
"You can get me in."Clark said.
"No I can't."Diana said.
"Why?"Clark said.
"Your a man Clark."Chloe said.
"But me and Chloe can go."She said.
"Wait a second me go to a island full of Amazons."Chloe said.
"Why not, your a friend of a god."She said pointing to Clark.
"She knows."Chloe said.
"Yeah"Clark said.
A hour later, Clark Chloe and Diana stood outside the Medical Center. They were waiting for a helicopter to land to take Chloe and Diana to Themyscria. Chloe and Diana had somehow talked Clark into letting Chloe go. Diana made the phone calls and got herself discharged for the Center. They even had made a plan. Clark would do his best to try and find Ares,while Chloe and Diana went a uncovered why Ares was here in Smallville. Although he did not like the plan, Chloe made him see that it was the only way.
The helicopter flew in over the building and landed. Diana hugged Clark and thank him for all his help, then she went and climbed into the chopper. Chloe was next. She hugged Clark.
"Be careful."Clark said.
"Don't worry,Clark I'll be fine."Chloe said.
"Call me when you find something."He said.
"Sure thing. I know that I shouldn't say it but be careful."She said.
"I will."Clark said. He watched as Chloe climbed into the chopper. Clark and Chloe eyes met. They both said a silent prayer that they would see each other again. When the chopper was out of sight. Clark got the odd feeling that he was never going to see Chloe or Diana alive again.
TO BE COUNTINED...
