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Stone Prison
By: Demonabyss
Chapter 12: Pandemonium
The moment I threw the flash bomb into the air, I quickly jumped up, whipped out both of my morph guns in Vulcan Fury mode, and started shooting anything that moved. If the best way to get out of a bar without being caught was starting a bar fight, the same principle should work here, I hope. Everyone else reacted the same way I did in a massive no holds bar free for all with villains Vs. Justice League Vs. military Vs. Ra's personal army Vs. me. It was pure chaos as everyone went for everyone else's throats. I don't think it's even occurred to any of the villains to try and escape, except for Ghouly, the coward. A smart coward I'll admit, but a coward nonetheless. I ran towards the main doors while everyone else was preoccupied.
Bullets, energy blasts, blades, and bodies all flying in every direction. People yelling battle cries of rage, mixing in with the sounds of guns blazing and explosions all around. A couple of shots ricocheted off my body as I ran. It stung like hell, but I guess that's better then having a slug going through me thanks to my dense stone under hide. As I ran towards the main gate out of this large building we were all in I noticed it was closing along with several blast doors behind it. Damn Ghouly, he was trying to trap us all in here while he got away. Well I don't give a damn about him getting away from these crazies, but I do care about myself getting away. I could cause an earthquake but it might collapse the whole place. This entire base was a built to be a single piece with many floors going underground; I could feel it through the earth. The only reason for my rock displays earlier was that there was a lot of dirt and crud on the floor. Guess that means I'll have to punch my way through it since the walls are just as thick as it is. And I have to do in the middle of all this madness, just peachy.
(Normal POV)
Terra ran across the massive hall as death matches between the League and various enemies happened all around her. She was about halfway to the blast door when she met up with someone she did not want to meet, Batman. She said nothing but just switched the gun in her right hand into Scatter Gun mode and the left to Arc Wielder mode. "You're coming with me Terra," he stated in his monotone voice.
"Yeah right, and how exactly do you plan on getting me out of here? That door is locked tight and I can't shake it down or else I risk bringing the whole place down on our heads. Plus if you haven't noticed we're in the middle of a war zone here!" the blonde said exasperated.
Batman's eyes narrowed slightly before speaking. "You are coming with me," he stated coldly. He then threw a flurry of batarangs at her. Instead of dodging she simply fired both guns at once at the last moment. The Scatter Gun blast destroyed all the batarangs while the Arc Wielder cut through the smoke with a lightning bolt, homing in on the Batman and nearly frying him in the process as he dove out of the way. He dashed at her, ready to strike. She however fired another bolt of electricity, which he dodged to the side. Before he could get to her she fired the Scatter Gun again and with it's wide arc he was unable to avoid it and was blown back into the buffet table.
Terra kept her eyes trained on Batman. She knew from research that his forte was close combat. As long as she didn't let him get too close she'd have the advantage. She also had to end this quick for multiple reasons. One, she was in the middle of a war zone, two, she other then her stone under hide she couldn't use her powers unless she was willing to risk bring the place down on her head or revealing her true form, which she REALLY didn't want to do, and three she didn't want to waste ammo on him when she had a massive blast door to take out. Until she got outside her powers were limited and her guns and her other weapons which she couldn't get at right now were her only defense other then her own unique fighting skills. This was not going to be easy.
Batman on the other hand quickly recovered as another bolt of electricity arced past him. He had to get close to her if he was to take her out. Despite all the other villains and mercenaries in this place, Terra was by far the most important. Problem was everyone else was too occupied to attempt to capture her. He got up again and dashed at her. She used the lightning weapon again. This time instead of dodging to the side, he jumped over her, turned, and stuck her before she could use the red gun. The blonde crossed her arms just as he did to block the attack. He hit her clean, but Batman noticed something odd. The smaller, thinner girl should've been hit back a few feet from his strike, yet she hadn't moved an inch. He continued to assault her with punches and kicks. Each time she blocked with her arms, still holding the guns but not giving her a chance to use them as he pressed the attack. He noticed that she had hardly moved from that exact spot since he had assaulted her. Hadn't backed up a step, hadn't been knocked down, nothing. It was like attacking a brick wall and hurt just as much if the feeling in his arms and legs were any indication. What was this girl?
The blonde resisted the man's attacks and suffered little pain. If she had still been human she would've fallen flat on her ass by now, knocked out cold. Batman was faster and much more skilled then she was, but his attacks weren't being nearly as effective as he hoped judging from his reaction. Instead, her hidden stone body took the blows easily and reduced the pain to something akin to a low strength slap on the arm. The force itself from the blows was lessened to about the same as getting hit by a strong wind. Enough to be felt but not enough to move her, again due to her unknown rock form and the fact that she was heavier then she looked because of it.
Terra withstood the attacks, holding her ground and mostly blocking and dodging where she could, waiting for a clean shot. It came when Batman attempted a powerful roundhouse kick from the right. Quickly crossing her arms and bracing herself she stopped it cold. Before Batman could move away she used the Arc Wielder at point blank range and knocked him away. It was set on a low voltage so that it didn't kill him, just paralyzed him for a little while, giving her time to take that door out. Normally she just would've used one of her guns in Mass Inverter mode, left him floating in mid air and then zapped him, but she needed to save as much Peacekeeper ammo as possible for the door. Terra turned and ran again for the door.
The blonde geomancer gazed at the door and switched both guns to Super Nova mode. Aiming both guns at the exact center where the two sides of the doors met she fired them both at once. The resulting shockwave from the miniature nuclear explosion blew away many of the nearby fighters and caused the whole hall to see what the hell had caused it. A few seconds cool down time and both guns reloaded. The door was heavily damaged but not enough to get through. Some people watched as she fired again, creating another shockwave and blowing back those without super strength or a heavy body. The door and the blast door beneath it both looked like scrap but there was still no way out. 'God damn it, what the hell is this thing made of?' she thought as she readied to fire again.
Batman slowly got up as the effects from that electric gun wore off. All around him fights were still going on but near the main gate was a clear area with only one person standing there, Terra. 'Something isn't right. A kick like that could push back Bane and yet she barely moved despite being five times smaller then him,' he thought as he rushed to keep her from escaping, again.
Terra scowled as she aimed both guns for a third time. Just as Batman was about to reach her she fired again. The shockwave blew the dark knight back away from the blonde. "Finally!" she cried out as that last blast had ripped the door open, leaving her a way out. She ran through the trashed door and as soon as she did, bright lights shone in her face as well as the sound of helicopters hitting her ears.
"Halt. You are under arrest. Drop your weapons and put your hands in the air," a soldier commanded from a line of jeeps and tanks that had surrounded the base. Terra just grinned which made the soldier gulp. A grinning meta-human with the power to cause cataclysmic upheavals was generally believed to not be a good thing.
The blonde just holstered and reverted both of her guns to Scatter Gun mode. She cracked her knuckles, grinning disturbingly. "I've been wanting to try this out for some time and now is as a good a time as any," she muttered. She held out her arm straight out to the side. Her hand and her eyes started to glow bright gold. All around her, rocks and concrete broke apart into smaller pieces and flew towards her outstretched arm. They flew around her arm, quickly creating a growing ring of rock and dust. More and more rock added to the whirling ring, as Terra stood firm, her hair blowing wildly in the hurricane force winds created by the extremely compacted dust storm around her arm.
"Arrest this!" she cried as she stepped forward and swung her arm at the helicopters. As she did the ring, while still collecting rocks and such from the surrounding area, shot forward, widened, and expanded into a long cylindrical storm blast. As the storm whip, for a lack of a better name, hit the helicopters they were ripped apart and blown out of the sky, in both meanings of the phrase. The blonde aimed her arm lower on the back swing, aiming for the tanks and jeeps in front of her. The soldiers ran screaming as the storm whip tore apart the vehicles and sent them flying in flaming heaps of metal. In no time at all the military force sent to contain her was blown away easily.
"This party's been fun, but I think I've overstayed my welcome," Terra muttered as she rose on a rock to be a hasty retreat while the party inside was starting to leak to the outside through the hole she had made. However, her ascent was stopped by something wrapping around her arm and pulling her roughly. She was nearly pulled off her rock and out of the air and would've been if not for the fact that she was heavier then she looked. The blonde looked to see another person she did not want to meet, Wonder Woman. "Great, first the flying rodent now the princess, what else can happen?" she muttered to her self as the two had a tug of war over the golden lasso.
As soon as Terra had said that a female voice sounded from behind her. "You're coming with us Terra." The blonde girl on the rock turned to see a winged woman with orange hair holding a sparking mace, Shayera, AKA Hawk Girl.
"Great, the princess and the chicken lady, what a treat," she said tiredly, sarcasm oozing off the comment. Both Wonder Woman and Shayera scowled at her. "So are you going to float there all day or are going to do something?" she said mockingly towards Shayera, as she held firm against Wonder Woman's pull.
At her provocation, Shayera flew right at her with her mace ready to strike. Terra just grinned and waited till the last possible moment. Just as the winged woman was about to strike, Terra pulled harshly on the lasso and at the same time used the rock she was standing on like a springboard. The energy mace hit nothing but air, which stunned both women for a moment. That moment was all it took for the rock Terra had been riding to slam into Shayera's body from below her as Terra landed on top of her. Using the momentary slack on the lasso, she quickly wrapped it around the winged woman's neck. Diana immediately stopped pulling on the lasso for fear of breaking her friend's neck. Shayera on the other hand was helpless, with being pinned between the rock and the girl Terra, who was much heavier then she would've guess, and having her air supply dangerously threatened by the lasso, there wasn't much she could do.
The two Justice Leaguers were stunned, this girl had outmaneuvered both of them easily despite both of them having extensive warrior and military training. Terra stared hard at Diana as she held the lasso tightly around Shayera's neck while keeping one foot pressed down on the small of her back. "Now then, drop the lasso," the blonde teen ordered. Wonder Woman immediately did so, not daring to anger the girl that had proven time and again to be far more dangerous then many would expect. Using a few quick jerks, Terra coiled up the lasso in one hand while keeping a tight grip on it in the other well as keeping it tight around her prisoner's neck. "If anyone follows me, it'll be her life. If no one follows or attempts to track me, she'll be fine, I swear," she said in a serious monotone voice.
Diana's eyes narrowed at the blonde. "How do I know you'll keep your word?" she asked dangerously though she made no move to attack.
Terra snorted. "Quite frankly, you don't. However, I have no personal grudge against the Justice League like many people do. I'm just annoyed as hell at you people for chasing me across the country. But you do have your reasons, such as public safety to name one. However, it is your call what you want to do. As for me, I have my own plans," she said in all seriousness as she flew away as quickly as possible with her prisoner. Wonder Woman just floated there, wondering what was going to happen to her comrade and friend.
Terra flew fast away from the chaos that was Ra's Al Ghul's base. Once she was at least a few dozen miles away, she lowered herself into the wilderness. Shayera stayed silent, not knowing what would work in the way of talking to Terra. She had quickly learned that this blonde teen was extremely cunning and could be very lethal when necessary. "Where are you taking me?" she said as calmly as possible.
"Nowhere, I said you'll be fine as long as none of them follow me and since they kept their end of the deal, I'll keep mine," the blonde geomancer said frankly, which surprised the Thanagarian. As she landed she summoned more rocks around her as Shayera watched silently. Faster then she could follow, she was slammed into a tree as all the rocks and dirt floating around her instantly attached to her and pinned her to the tree. Despite her struggles, all the rocks merged and solidified into a solid mass, thus locking her tightly to the tree, allowing for next to no movement. The only thing free was her upper torso, which allowed her some struggling but to no avail against the dense rock.
After struggling a little bit she turned to glare at the blonde girl. "Do you plan to just leave me here?" she asked angrily, forgetting for a moment that this girl literally held her life at her fingertips.
Terra shook her head. "Nope. I plan to activate your communicator, knock you out, and then leave you here," she replied smugly. Shayera just stared stunned as Terra reached up and grabbed her communicator out of her ear. After fiddling with it for a moment, it started to make a steady beep noise. "That should take care of the homing signal. Now for one last thing." She walked up to the restrained alien and held out her open hand. It instantly became covered in rocks that merged into a baton of sorts. "Please understand that I hold you in the highest respects. However, since I can't have you seeing which way I'm going," she said sincerely. Before the winged woman could respond, Terra clubbed her over the head, effectively knocking her out. "Now for a little compensation," she said wickedly as she eyed the energy mace sticking out of the side of the rock.
A short time later, Terra emerged from the rock on the inside of her base in her natural form. She was tired, dead tired, and had one hell of a cramp. "Mental note, do not engage in strenuous activity such as fighting for one's life in less then one hour after eating a big fancy meal," she said sarcastically to herself. She dropped her weapons, including her new energy mace, off and sat down in a plush chair, sore all over. Even though those hits from Batman didn't affect her as nearly as much as they should have, they still left her body sore even in her stone form since she had taken the hits in her human form. This had been one crazy day and the weirdest part is she could swear someone was comforting her, specifically that weird whispering she had been noticing lately. She sighed and rubbed her temples. "Oh hell with it. I'm too tired to deal with all this. I'm going to bed," she muttered as she walked off to her bedroom in her base.
As the stone girl curled up under the blankets on the metal reinforced bed, made to handle her greater weight, she failed to notice a faint specter hovering over her, watching her as she slept. The specter was tall, female, had long hair, and had two sets of angelic wings on her back. Beyond that, you wouldn't be able to tell anything else about it/her. It sat on the bed, silently stroking Terra's crystalline hair as the rock girl slept like, well, a rock. 'Rest well my daughter. You have much work ahead of you,' it said silently before fading away like a wisp of steam in the wind.