Superwoman/Batman:
Public Enemies
(Note:Sorry for how long this one took to come out, I got preoccupied with life and got a little busy with other big projects I'm releasing. But I do plan to finish this story off and I even have an idea for where I wanna go next with this series. So don't worry there is more Superwoman to come. Also if you would all be so kind as to check out my new story Dawn of the Trinity, me and a friend worked really hard on that and we would appreciate some feedback. It's awesome trust me. ;)
Chapter 5
Metropolis, The Daily Planet
Superwoman, Batman, and Power girl were atop the Daily Planet. Superwoman sat beside Power girl while Batman stood in front of them.
"You all right Kara?" Superwoman asked checking on her as stretched her neck
"Uh-huh," Kara replied rubbing her neck
"Thank you for doing that?" Superwoman said with a smile
"What? Warn you? It just sort of came out." Kara said sheepishly
"Well thank you," Superwoman said gratefully putting a hand on her shoulder emanating a warmness that made her cousin smile
"Kara…. You don't think I killed Metallo, do you?" Superwoman asked getting an unsure look from Kara
"Don't know. Luthor says you did." Kara says simply but with some doubt in her voice
"Tell me something, Power Girl. Now that you've been up close and personal with Luthor how do you feel about him?" Batman asks walking forward
"He's the president," Kara replies instantly and blandly
"But how do you feel when you're around him?" Batman asks with a bit of a softer tone
"He…... He makes my skin crawl." Kara says holding herself a bit
"Yeah, he has that kind of effect on people. Kara, sometimes you have to trust your instincts. Telepathy isn't one of our superpowers, but that feeling in your skin usually means something." Superwoman says
"Heh, you're my younger cousin. Aren't I supposed to be the one giving you advice?" Kara asks
"I have a bit more life experience Kara. And a college degree." Superwoman says with a smile
The two then burst out into laughter holding and hugging each other. The two then slowed down their laughter and looked at each other smiling
"It's always nice to see the family get together, but I'm gonna need you both in top form…... Now!" Batman says looking off the building
The two Kryptonians turned around to see Captain Atom and the others standing on the adjacent building staring them down. The two stood and walked beside Batman.
"See? She's a traitor." Major force said accusingly pointing at Power girl
"Is that true?" Captain Atom asked with narrow eyes
"It's complicated." Power girl said
"No, it isn't." Major force said like a threat
"The world as a lot more complex than your simple mind can make it out to be Clifford," Batman says getting a growl from Major Force
"Everyone please, I promise to turn myself in. But we need to focus on the bigger threat right now!" Superwoman pleads seemingly to reach Starfire a bit.
"ENOUGH TALK!" Major Force yells as he fires a blast at the team
They immediately jump out of the way of the blast Batman throwing a grenade at Major Force to disorient him. Superwoman and Power girl quickly flew forward and delivered a double punch to Captain Atom's chest sending him flying off the building. The two were then assaulted by Black Lightning and Starfire, Superwoman stood her ground taking a lightning bolt to the chest while Power Girl deflected Starfire's blasts. Then Captain flew in and tackled Superwoman away from the fight leaving Power Girl to deal with BL and Starfire. Superwoman planted her feet on the roof stopping the Captain from bringing her any farther. She then wrapped her arms around his waist and flipped him overhead. He landed on the ground but quickly rolled to his feet and charged Superwoman who took a battle-ready stance. Superwoman blocked and parried two punches from Atom before hitting him in the cheek with her own. Atom however quickly countered with an uppercut to her gut that lifted her off her feet. Superwoman then returned with a double fist smash to Atom's chin, she then grabbed him by the head and slammed his face into the ground before kicking him off the building.
Superwoman then turned around to see Kara being blasted by both BL and Starfire. Superwoman then fired a quick blast of heat vision to both knocking them out of the sky and stopping their onslaught. She turned again and saw Batman had just thrown three Batarangs at Major Force but was in the crosshairs of one of his blasts. Superwoman rushed forward and took the blast rolling across the ground giving Batman time to throw out some more explosives at Major Force's feet sending him reeling and obscuring his vision. He then blindly fires at Batman who jumps out of the way and behind a building.
"Tell me something Zmeck," Batman said from behind the cover
"What do you want, dirtbag?" Major force said marching forward
"Did Metallo say anything before he died?" Batman said surprising everyone on the roof
"Was he surprised to see you?" Batman asked
"I don't know what you're talking about." Major Force defended
"I think you do! John was melted and as radioactive as Chernobyl." Superwoman said standing up
"What did Luthor promise you? Money?" Batman asked
"What do I need with money? I'm living energy." Major force says
"Is that an admitting?" Superwoman says
"NO!" Major force yells
"You're not going to tell me you killed him for your country, are you?" Batman said skeptically as everyone was looking at Major Force now
"Some of us still believe in putting our country first." Major force growled
"Sorry, but I don't see any patriotism here. All I see is a psycho who's latched onto an excuse to kill people and who's so stupid he doesn't realize he's being used by Luthor." Batman said angering Major force incredibly
Major force let out an angered yell and began to fire wildly at Batman's cover slowly chipping away at it. Superwoman then flew in and punched Major force in the face sending him in the air, he stopped in midair just to see Superwoman charging at him. He caught a punch she threw only to get a kick in the face, Superwoman then rocked his head with two more jabs.
"It was you wasn't its Clifford?! What reason did Luthor give you for doing it?!" Superwoman yelled as she prepared another punch
Major force with an angry look on his face threw a punch to Superwoman's face's that sent her back. Superwoman stopped herself and glared at Major Force, but then a strange sensation overtook her. She suddenly felt something on her lip she reached for her mouth and looked at her hand her eyes widening at the sight of her own blood. She then looked to Major force and saw his hands were glowing red.
"I have the same powers as Nathaniel, I can mimic any form of radiation! Including red sun, YOU STUPID BITCH!" Major force yelled as he threw a red solar blast at her
Superwoman let out a pained scream as she was hit, she felt her powers draining as she began to fall. Only for Major Force to grab her by the hair and throw a red solar punch to her gut, she let out a gasp spitting out saliva. Major force then fires a blow to the back of her head sending her to the ground where she coughed and gagged.
"ZMECK, I DID NOT AUTHORIZE USE OF RED SUN RADIATION!" Captain Atom yelled getting his attention
"HANDS OFF MY BABY CUZ!"" Power girl yelled flying in filled with rage and fist raised
"POWER GIRL, DON'T!" Superwoman yelled standing up
Major force turned just in time to see Power girl coming at him. A 'BOOM' shook the building as her fist met his gut everyone looking on in shock. Major Force let out a pained scream as suddenly a bright yellow glow began to emanate from where Power girl punched the Major. She removed her fist and looked wide-eyed at a hole in Major Force's gut that was glowing with surges of energy coming out.
"Do you know what you've done?!" Major Force yelled as he held his gut clearly in pain as the hole began to glow brighter
Superwoman and Batman looked on in shock. They knew what was happening, they saw it with Captain Atom before. With the suit breached the energy was going wild, Major force was going to explode right in the middle of the Metropolis.
"Can either of you contain that radiation?" Superwoman said walking up to Starfire and Black Lightning
"I might be able to put up a force field." Black Lightning said
"Go!" Superwoman ordered
On her command, Black lightning fired an arch at Major Force that began to form into a dome of energy. Major force screamed as more power left his body and started filling the dome entirely the Major nowhere to be seen inside
"He's not gonna be able to keep that up," Batman said
"Starfire, Power girl! Help me bring him to orbit!" Superwoman said
"No, it's too dangerous for all of you, I can absorb it." Captain Atom said walking forward
"Captain, I can't let you-," Superwoman pleaded
"It's like you said, we have bigger things to deal with," Captain Atom said with a smirk
Superwoman wanted to protest but was stopped by Batman
"Let's do this." Captain Atom said as he walked towards the dome
The Captain then began to absorb the energy being contained in the dome. Everyone watched as the power started to funnel from the dome into the Captain's chest. She let out a strained grunt at it began to flow in faster to him. Captain Atom let out a determined yell as he was enveloped in a bright light that everyone had to look away from. As they did, a small explosion filled the air followed by silence. They all looked back to where Captain Atom was finding a crater, Superwoman was the first to fly over and looks inside. Inside was the emptied suit of Major Force and an unconscious body of Captain Atom with burns on his body. Superwoman lowered herself into the crater and picked up the Captain carrying him out and placing him on the ground.
"What happened to the Major?" Black Lightning asks looking at what was left on his suit
"Atom absorbed him, once he wakes up it should be able to put back into a new suit," Superwoman says
"Right…... you should go," Starfire says as she kneels down next to Superwoman cradling the Captain's head
"Why?" Superwoman asks
"Because you all escaped during the explosion," Starfire says with a smile surprising Superwoman
"Are you sure?" Superwoman asks getting a nod from Kori
"Thank you so much," Superwoman says taking Starfire's hand
Superwoman got up and walked over to Batman and Power Girl. Kara looked at Captain Atom concerned, but her cousin put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Kara looked at her cousin with a determined look which made her smile. Superwoman grabbed Batman, and the three took off out of the City.
3 hours Later, The Fortress of Solitude
Within the icy halls of the Fortress, Superwoman and Power Girl sat in what appeared to be a living room. Both sat on the couch and were intently looking at a crystal television screen that was showing the footage of the fight against the Government assigned Superheroes.
"….. we now go to you live to the white house correspondent, giving their thoughts on the recent events." A newswoman says
"President Luthor sadly cannot be with us at the moment as he is preparing to deal with the meteor. But, the recent actions of Superwoman and Power Girl show that we were correct in our assumptions about the mind-altering effects of the Kryptonite. They are a danger to themselves and others, we ask other members of the Superhero community to please step up and help bring them both in. And not to enable their behavior like Batman." The Correspondent says making Superwoman groan and throw her head back
"Hey at least were mentally compromised together," Kara says making Superwoman smirk
"I hope Connie is okay with all this craziness," Superwoman says
"Claire, Kara we have a problem," Batman says through a speaker
The two got up and made their way out of the living room. They flew out towards the main hall where Batman was working on the massive crystalline computer of the fortress.
"How big a problem?" Kara asks
"Pretty damn big if we don't solve it. The kid and I have been able to work out most of the details needed to make this work thanks to the fortress computer and the info from the watchtower. But we're missing one critical component the meteor's radiation levels." Batman says
"Without that, the damage to the ship and whoever is in it would be catastrophic," Superwoman says
"Yep and the only way to figure it out would be to get insanely close, but we don't have the time for that," Batman says
"Maybe we can borrow the info from our dear president?" Kara says with a smirk getting the two attention
The California Desert
The three heroes stood on a ridge Batman looking through a pair of goggles at a small compound in the desert.
"Well, this is it. Luthor's got his own office in there." Kara says pointing to the compound
"This is definitely where he's keeping the information," Superwoman says
"And by now, they must have the numbers we need on the meteor's radiation level," Batman says
"So how do we get in?" Kara asks
"Don't worry. We've got it worked out. But you need to be somewhere else right now." Superwoman says
"Yeah, but-," Kara says worriedly
"Go. We'll be fine." Superwoman says
Kara hesitates for a moment but then takes off away from the duo leaving them alone. Superwoman sat on the dune examining the compound.
"How should we do this? They probably have radar." Superwoman says
"We should probably go by foot," Batman says
"I could dig us in," Superwoman says
"Nothing says discrete like tunneling into a government compound," Batman says
"Hey I'm just making suggestions, you could-!" Superwoman says but suddenly stops her ears perking up
"What? Do they know we're here?" Batman asks
"No….. it sounds like Kara is coming back." Superwoman says as she looks up to the sky
"Why would she-?" Batman asks but is stopped
"IT'S NOT KARA!" Superwoman yells taking a stance just as a red blur slams into her smashing her through the ridge and onto the sandy valley below.
Superwoman coughed and shook her head as a shadow covered her
"It doesn't take the wisdom of Solomon to know you should stay down." A female voice says
Claire looks up and sees a woman who was younger than her with flowing brown hair. Wearing a red and gold suit with a cape that was white and gold, and a glowing lightning bolt on her chest.
"Tell me something, Mary. Would Solomon have gone to work for Lex Luthor?" Superwoman says standing up
"Are the others coming? Billy?" Superwoman asks facing the woman
"No, it's just me. They wouldn't approve anyway. I don't want to do this, please surrender." Mary pleaded
"Mary dear, this is so much bigger than you know. I'm trying to help." Superwoman pleads back
"I know," Mary says sadly
Then Mary's eyes started to glow blue. She let out a yell as electricity began to crackle from her eyes and hands. She then charged forward and delivered a thunderous punch to Superwoman's face that sent her flying to the side. Superwoman caught herself in midair and looked to where Batman was. Mary wasn't alone, Hawkman was engaging Batman. As she looked at the two, she left herself open to Mary who flew in and delivered an electric punch to his gut making Superwoman gag. Mary went for an uppercut only for Superwoman to sway out of the way and counter with a punch to Mary's face that sends her head to the side.
A terrible feeling filled her cut as the punch landed, but she knew she couldn't let up. Superwoman advanced unloading on Mary as she launched hooks and uppercuts to the heroine's face knocking it about POWS and BAMS filling the air. Mary finally caught one of Superwoman's punches, and the countered with her own to the woman of steels mouth. Her head flew back but Mary still held her hand, Mary then reached out and grabbed Superwoman's face. Mary let out a roar as she began to charge power from herself into Superwoman, Superwoman screamed in pain as the energy course through her. She managed to focus herself enough to fire a blast of heat vision at Mary's face making her let go as she stumbled back rubbing her eyes.
Superwoman took a moment to shake off the attack and then went for Mary Punching her in the gut sending her to a rock. Mary launched herself off the rock and back at Superwoman who went for a kick only for her to sidestep it and knee Superwoman in the gut. Mary then grabbed Superwoman by the hair kneed her again and then slammed both her arms onto her back sending her to the ground.
"I know your not the biggest fan of magic. And that's what I'm all about. Stay down please." Mary says
"Superwoman. Castling." Batman says through an earpiece
"Good call," Superwoman says picking herself up
"What are you-?" Mary says confused
Then Superwoman zipped between her legs grabbing onto one of them making Mary hop on one leg with a surprised expression. Superwoman then lifted her up and slammed her onto the ground getting a grunt from the brunette before throwing her into the air. Superwoman then took off for Hawkman grabbing him by his chest. Before he could swing his mace at her, she headbutted him, sending his head back. Superwoman looked down to see Mary take a missile to the back from Batman and crashed onto the ground. Superwoman proceeded to fly up to the atmosphere bringing Hawkman along losing his mace in the process. He tried to kick and Punch Superwoman to let go but to no avail.
"Hawkman, before you black out I want you to know I wish it didn't have to be like this," Superwoman said sadly
Then a crack of Thunder filled her ears, and she stopped in looked down. Using her vision she saw where she left Batman and Mary. There was a crater and in it was a girl of 17 with brown hair and wearing a school uniform unconscious with a cut on her head.
"Mary?" Superwoman says her eyes wide with worry
She sees Batman enter the crater and check on the girl. With her hearing, she could hear him talk to her.
"Mary, Mary! Say something!" Batman says equally worried checking on the girl
And at that moment Superwoman saw a smile on the girls face as she uttered one word
SHAZAM!
A bolt of lightning struck where the two were, and Superwoman's eyes widened in fear.
"BATMAN!" Superwoman yells out
"Stay focused on what you got!" Hawkman yells as he raises his fist a gauntlet forming around his fist
He then punched Superwoman in the face sending her back down to Earth. Hawkman grabbed her by the suit and began raining down punches onto her face. Superwoman slowly felt herself blackout as more blows landed. She finally saw darkness before she even touched the ground.
(Note: Looks like our couple has gotten themselves into quite the situation. How will they escape, you'll have to wait and find out, and I promise it will come quicker than last time.
Not much in the terms of facts for this chapter. But I can say this I switched Billy with Mary for a reason, all I can say is that Superwoman has a strong connection to SHAZAM! in this universe. And it is something I will expand on in my next multi-chapter story. So get ready for that, until next time everybody. ;)
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Sorry for the plug, I'm just very passionate about that project. ^^;