Chapter Nine: Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
Falyce walked out as a storm quickly started. She was still laughing to herself when she saw seven children in odd outfits coming this way.
"And of course, something has to happen to complicate things." Falyce said and she flew off to a place where she could have more room to fight and eventually landed at the peak of a mountain.
The children followed after her, and she put her hand by a boulder.
"Let's see how badly I can crush their bones." Falyce said with a smirk, and she pushed the boulder.
"Look out!" A boy with a navy blue outfit called out. As the boulder came at them, a boy in blue flew up and smashed the boulder to pieces.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me!" Falyce said as her eyes glowed green. She then flew up as a bolt of lightning broke the ledge she was standing on and illuminated her face. "You know, my ex-husband doesn't believe in spankings, but I'm more of a fan of physical punishments. They really drive the message home."
Falyce then fired a green blast of energy from her hand.
"Hide!" The boy in navy blue called out, and all seven children hid behind a wall.
"Come on out, kiddies." Falyce said with a smirk. "We're not playing hide-and-seek you know."
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Lightning Lad gathered everyone around.
"Okay, our only chance to stop her is to surround her." Lightning Lad explained. Clark, you, Imra, Rokk, and Salu fly up, and cover her from behind. Brainy, Chameleon Boy, and I attack from the front."
"Yeah!" Rokk said.
They split up as the ground unit ran up and dodged Falyce's attacks while Brainy and Lightning Lad attacked with lightning and exploding disks respectively. Falyce defended herself very well when the kids flew up, and Superboy tapped her shoulder.
"What?!" Falyce asked, and Superboy punched her in the face.
"How could you?!" Falyce cried out. "I'm a woman!"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Superboy said. "I…"
"Clark, look out!" Lightning Lad said as he tied up Falyce's hands with a grappling line, and Saturn Girl pulled her crown over her eyes.
"Hey, I can't see!" Falyce said.
"That's the point." Lightning Lad said. "And I have a nearby friend who can give you your just deserts."
They took the newly bound-up Falyce to an imposing house as Lightning Lad knocked, and Etrigan, the Demon, came out.
"What?" Etrigan asked.
"Etrigan, this lady killed Tinya." Lightning Lad explained. "Superboy saw her body as we chased after her."
"Hmm…" Etrigan said. "I've heard a great deal about you, Falyce. I've heard how vain and arrogant you are, and I've also heard of your jealousy of your step-daughter."
"Let me go!" Falyce called out as she turned her head in the direction of Etrigan.
"Very well." Etrigan said. "But only after your punishment for your crime starts."
Etrigan picked Falyce up as easily as if she was a new born baby. He then chanted, and Falyce disappeared.
"What did you do to her?" Lightning Lad asked.
"I sent her to limbo for a few weeks for some just deserts." Etrigan said.
"Eh?" Chameleon Boy asked.
"Come on…" Superboy said. "We better… We better pay our respects to Tinya."
Everyone looked down and walked off.
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Falyce found herself in a blue infinite limbo. She looked around when she looked at a mirror.
Her face looked normal, then slowly and surely her hair fell out, her face was full of wrinkles, her nose grew long, and she seemed to have aged as everyone she ever saw recoiled at the sight of her.
"No!" She called out when suddenly, she returned to normal, but everyone still acted like she was as they just saw her, much to Falyce's confusion. She looked around, trying to figure out what had happened.
Etrigan had put her in a universe where everyone would treat her as she was on the inside until she learned to be compassionate to people, and she would be in there for a long, long while.
Yeah… I like Falyce too much to kill her off. I just see so much good she could do.