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Authors Note: Usually I set an author's note on the bottom of an update, but given how few of you responded last time in spite of how many did actually view this I'm deciding to put this one here. Since we're at the end of the Justice League movie should I end this story here and do the sequel with the Aquaman movie or continue in this same one here? I really need opinions on this one guys.
Savior Of The Seven Kingdoms Chapter 14
After this Ariel is going to try not to be surprised by anything anymore.
The group did land safely in Russia where Steppenwolf was with the Mother Boxes. The entire area had been overrun with him and his army of Parademons.
They are incredibly outnumbered and won't be able to even get close to Steppenwolf without being mobbed and slaughtered by these monsters.
So Bruce came up with a plan on his own where he would lure the Parademons away in his Batmobile which will allow the others to get in close to Steppenwolf to acquire the Mother Boxes.
Bruce had fully intended for them to separate from him and leave him there to die for the cause.
Fat chance.
With very little urging from Diana every single one of them went to his rescue to help him break through much to Bruce's displeasure. To the contrary a delighted Alfred reminds him over the communications line that this is the team and not the solo warrior anymore.
It definitely is something that the majority of them are going to have to get used to from now on.
The plan works and they're able to be able to successfully break into Steppenwolf's stronghold without losing a single one of them.
Believe it or not getting this far into enemy territory had been the easy part. The hard part came afterward. Literally managing to keep this position and then Steppenwolf away from the Mother Boxes while at the same time fighting off the various Parademons as Victor works on them.
Diana and Ariel work together in coalition to keep Steppenwolf at bay.
Then another dilemma arises.
The civilians that live in the surrounding settlement are trying to make a break for freedom with the Parademons preoccupied.
Unfortunately the Mother Boxes expanding influence is a hell of a lot faster and will eventually engulf them pretty soon before getting very far.
Flash was dispatched to assist them, but even he can't save them all.
The hand-to-hand combat against Steppenwolf with Ariel and Diana wasn't going well either.
A couple of times Steppenwolf broke away to go after Victor. At one point he succeeds pulling Victor away and yanking off one of the cyborgs legs. Victor was able to repair it with Bruce's help when Ariel and Diana pulled Steppenwolf away far enough.
Even with their combined might Steppenwolf is too strong for them to handle.
A miracle is needed to make it out of this alive.
One miracle coming right up.
Superman arrives just when they need his help the most.
Now the tables have turned the other way around.
With this change of circumstances Steppenwolf is on the defensive. Then suddenly Superman has to leave to help Barry with his job since he can hear the calls and cries of the civilians trying desperately to escape the wave from the Mother Boxes.
Still morale was boosted with Superman's arrival and this practically saved their asses.
The unity the heroes formed is far greater than the one Steppenwolf ever hoped to possess.
Soon Bruce, Diana, and Ariel were able to keep Steppenwolf busy long enough for Superman to return from moving the civilians to safety and partner with Victor to separate the Mother Boxes.
Victor wasn't kidding when he explained to them in passing that the power surge erupting from the Mother Boxes as soon as he disrupts them was not only incredibly massive, but the plan actually worked.
Believe it or not both Victor and Superman survived the potentially fatal blast. It's a good thing the two men had enhanced abilities otherwise any normal person would've probably perished at that. Luckily for them they just came off a little sore in some places.
Luckily the spread of the Mother Boxes influence ceased the second the three were out of sync leaving the civilians safe just in the nick of time.
They were safe.
Barry returns and reports that there's something marvelous happening outside as a result of destroying the Mother Boxes in backlash from the explosion.
But before any of them can step foot outside this small breather gave Steppenwolf enough time to recover his senses.
They were in the thick of it again, but the tables have seriously turned on Steppenwolf. Now he is the one in trouble.
Just like what occurred thousands of years ago Steppenwolf is on the verge of another humiliating defeat at the heads of this alliance.
For the first time in his life Steppenwolf is feeling something he's never felt before.
Fear.
This is going to cost him dearly in a drastic fashion.
By the end of it Ariel knows Steppenwolf is finished.
Recognizing the aura radiating off Steppenwolf, smirking, Ariel said "You recognize that smell?"
"Fear," stated Bruce.
There is none in any of them except for Steppenwolf.
The Parademons smell it, too.
Where before the Parademons swarm his enemy's now they mob Steppenwolf.
"No! Leave me," yelled Steppenwolf.
The Parademons don't listen, focused solely on their hunger.
Steppenwolf struggles to deflect his own men as they come for him to no avail. Steppenwolf resorts to summoning a boom tube to teleport him out in a desperate attempt to save himself. All the Parademons follow leaving the rest of them to merely watch at the once feared conqueror is eaten alive.
When the boom tube closes shut all that's left of Steppenwolf is his helmet.
Victory is theirs.
Laughing joyously Ariel bangs the butt of her trident on the ground in triumph.
"Booyah," said Victor.
Now they can see what Barry had been trying to inform them about before Steppenwolf rudely interrupted.
Sure the Mother Boxes were known for their destructive apocalyptic power, but the one thing many don't know is that they are, also, capable of bringing life into the world. All over the surrounding area the Mother Boxes touched new life is springing up from the once thought infertile landscape becoming lush and green, a symbol to new beginnings.
"I'm glad I didn't miss this," mused Superman.
Hands-on hips, Diana said "So am I."
Rolling his eyes, sarcastically, Bruce said "Yeah, now she's glad."
"So what happens now," said Barry.
"I don't know about you guys, but…I don't think I'll be hiding myself anymore," said Victor, smiling.
Smiling gently, Diana said "That sounds like a splendid idea. What about you, Ariel? What are you doing next?"
"Home," said Ariel, softening. "There's someone there I have to see. That is if you can give me a lift to the coast."
"It'll be our pleasure," said Bruce, corners of his lips upturning.
Thomas Curry is waiting at the dock at the morning sunrise where he always is in the early morning. But instead of awaiting his wife's return it is his daughter.
The previous day after returning home from his shift at work he came across Ariel's voicemail. If anything it was the worst possible moment of his very life. It felt like his heart was ripped from his very chest and crushed to smithereens. Both the women in his life were gone. Thomas Curry did not sleep that night. Instead he stays outside on the edge of the dock and as the sun began to rise in the sky his hopes began to plummet even further.
The deadline is passing with no sign of Ariel's return home.
Just as he was about to give up to what he thinks to the inevitable he catches something approaching from the distance, but not from the water. It was descending from the sky in the center of the sun.
Thomas Curry shields his eyes to see more clearly what it might be. He's caught off guard when he discovers it to be an aircraft, but not one he is familiar with.
Wary of this approaching jet he cautiously takes a few steps back yet stands his ground.
The jet lowers down until it's hovering above the water about ten feet and twenty feet from the dock itself. The ramp opens the back and right there standing at the front is Ariel.
The tenseness leaves Thomas's body as he releases a gasp of shock and joy.
"Ariel," he said, tears building in his eyes.
Without delay Ariel leaps down from the back of the transport and into his arms.
Father and daughter lock into a loving and desperate embrace. The stay that way for a few seconds until Thomas pulls away first. He cups his daughters face in his hands and kissing her forehead.
"Oh, Ariel, I thought I lost you," breathed Thomas Curry.
"You'll never will, Dad. I'll always come back," said Ariel, grinning.
Drawing away to get a clear look at her with infinite pride in her mothers armor, Thomas Curry declared "You look just like your mother."
From up above the rest of the team smile at the loving reunion. Now they have their own lives to return to. Let's leave the Curry's to theirs.
The jet then departs as everyone on the team heads off to new starts, but will always stay in communication ready if something like this is to ever happen again and always be there to lend a hand to comrades who need it the most.
Authors Note:
Hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D
I recently put up some other works I've put out at titled Secret Of Bristol Cove, The Presidents Wife, Predators Redemption, A Revolutionary Romance, Fantine Tezla: Hot Wheels Acceleracers, Magic And the Brave Little Toaster 1, Lavinia: Princess Of Edelweiss, Rorschach's Legend, Watchmen Meets Avengers: The Newest Defender, The 8th Loser, Naomi Poldark: Mistress Of Nampara, Serenity: End Guardian To The Moors, Dido Cruger: Power Rangers SPD, and Nuala: The White Lioness. I highly recommend them. ;D
By the way Rorschach's Legend, the Vinsmoke Bride, The Presidents Bride, Mandalorian: The 2nd Foundling, Eira Byrnison, and Watchmen Meets Avengers: The Newest Defender are the newest additions to my profile. If you're a fan of the Golden Compass and Watchmen which are the new series on HBO then you will love these. Then if you haven't saw them yet then I recommend that you check it out. Since there are still just recently uploaded I really would enjoy hearing other peoples thoughts on the subject matter so far. So feel free to do so if you have the time.
I have other grand news! I was a patron at New York Comic Con! Ah! I'd been dying to go for years and now I had the opportunity. The Jokers from Impractical Jokers have been here along with Tom Hiddleston and so many others. Over those few days I actually got my picture taken with a couple of other actors/actresses and some really great panels. It really is so exciting there. This is an opportunity of a lifetime so there's no way in hell that I was going to waste a single second of it. No one ever should with something like this. Ever! ;D
For future preferences I highly recommend that you all keep an eye out for when tickets for New York Comic Con are available for purchase again for next year. This is a huge event and you should jump on it whenever you have the chance.