Chapter 10: Discovery

Wonder Woman ran with Blue Beetle down a road towards what they thought was the center of the station.

"Is there a reason we're running?" Blue Beetle asked.

"Every minute we stall Brainiac gets closer to Earth," Wonder Woman responded. "The sooner we get this done; the sooner we can stop him."

"As true as that is, I feel I must remind you that I am not as young as I once was," Blue Beetle informed her. "So do you mind if we slow down a bit?" Wonder Woman hesitated before complying with his request. "Thanks." He responded through pants. She took this opportunity to survey her surroundings. She noticed that they had reached a fork in the path before sighing.

"Great," she muttered. "Now what?" She looked from one path to the other. "Maybe if we split up? No, I'll be left all on my own if I find him first. And I don't think anyone can take him on solo. Besides I can't risk Blue Beetle safety if he finds Brainiac first."

"You are aware that I can hear you, right?" Blue Beetle interjected. This snapped her out of her daze.

"OH, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to assume..." Wonder Woman started.

"No it's fine," Blue Beetle interrupted. "You are right though. Splitting up is too dangerous but we don't know our way around either so..." He pointed back and forth between the two hallways. "Ene, meanie, miney, mo?" His finger was pointing towards the one on the right. Wonder Woman ran off in the direction he was pointing. "Hey! Wait up!" He proceeded to follow after her as fast as he could. Wonder Woman then stopped abruptly causing Blue Beetle to slam into her. "Oooww."

"Sorry," Wonder Woman said. They both looked around and saw a large glowing yellow orb in the center of the room. "This must be the power room."

"Yeah...soo how do we break it?" Blue Beetle asked.

"You don't," a robotic voice stated. The two turned around to see a copy of Brainiac standing near the exit. Then several other robots flocked into the room and surrounded the two of them. Wonder Woman tapped her commlink.

"Supergirl, we're at the power room," Wonder Woman said. "We've found Brainiac too. Can you come to our location?" There was no response. "Supergirl? Supergirl!" Still no response. She changed channels. "Green Lantern, can you hear me?" There was STILL no response. "Lantern!"

"Depose of them," Brainiac ordered the robots. The other robot Brainiac started to close in on the two.

"Well, it was nice knowing you," Blue Beetle said. But Wonder Woman wasn't ready to give up. She looked around while trying to figure out what to do. She continued to analyze her situation and realized that there might be a way out of this.

"Good job," Diana said. "New high score."

"Thank you," Batman responded. "Run it again but put it the next level up."

"With the super-villain group?" Diana asked. He nodded. "You sure?"

"Yes," Batman stated. "You think I can't do it?"

"No, yes, of course," Diana quickly responded. "Of course. I just wanted to make sure I heard you right."

"Fair enough," Batman said. "Reminder though, the key to victory against groups is tactics, not strength. Mostly using your opponents against each other to accomplish your goal. Strength doesn't matter much if they overwhelm you to the point of panic."

'Thanks Bruce,' Diana thought. Several robots aimed there blasters at them and Wonder Woman quickly grabbed Blue Beetle and they flew up in the air.

"Shoot!" Wonder Woman exclaimed. Blue Beetle fired up his gun and aimed it at the robots. The blast took out the majority of the robots and they were high enough so that some of them couldn't reach them right away.

"Great!" Blue Beetle exclaimed. "Now what?" Some of the robots got up and were aiming their guns towards them. Wonder Woman then came up with a plan as the robots continued to advance.