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Chapter 33: CHRONOS
Location: Underground City -Diana's private room
Diana returned to her room feeling more drained than ever. Batman was gone. Themyscira was gone. Everything was in ruins, and there was nothing she could do.
"I was right…You do get prettier with every pasting decade," A man spoke. Diana whirled around and saw Chronos sitting on her couch.
"You," Diana spat out, glaring at the man.
"Such angry is not good for you," Chronos said, smirking.
"You knew what would happen. You could have done something about it," Diana accused.
"You know very well that my sons have barred me from ever meddling in mortal affairs," Chronos said, standing up.
"Why are you here…I have nothing to say to the gods for letting this happen," she said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Do not blame the gods for a future of your own making," Chronos said.
"This was not my fault…This was-" Diana started, but Chronos cut her off.
"Remember my words to you, Diana," Chronos said, "Sometimes the enemy that you see isn't the enemies, and the enemy you don't see is the enemy to fear…I offered you advise to which you discarded."
"You came to me that day to rile me up," Diana said.
"You're angry blinds you from all things," Chronos said, smiling "Do you even feel what is in the air."
"Soul crushing regret of the blood we share," Diana challenged.
"No," Chronos said, with a chuckle, "Change."
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Everest-Underground City-Wally's Office
"So," Shayera said.
"This can't be done," Wally said, drawing his hand down his face.
"But it needs to," Shayera said, "You even said it was a good idea."
"Idea yes. Plan no," Wally sighed, "The numbers are not in our favor, and we are almost guaranteed to lose half our numbers…And that is if we add in the numbers that we don't have."
"People are dying, Wally," Shayera said.
"People are always dying. What would you have me do," Wally said, leaning back into his chair.
"Endure. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of the rebellion. We can be the outcast. We can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice," Shayera said, coming to kneel down beside him.
"Well today I found out what I can't do. And this is it. I can't endure this…Today you get to say 'I told you so'," Wally said, tiredly.
"Today, I don't want to," Shayera said, putting her hand on his shoulder. It was quiet for a few moments, "But I did damn well told you so."
"You did," Wally said with a small chuckle.
"But do you remember what you once told me," Shayera asked, coming to kneel down beside him.
"I think I called you cookie," Wally offered weakly.
"Threat still stands," Shayera said, pushing him slightly with a smile.
"What did I say," Wally asked.
"That something the way of knowing what is the right choice versus the wrong choice, is what is the harder choice," Shayera said.
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Everest-Underground City-Barrack Lounge
It's that shred of humanity that makes us eventually crawl out from under the stairs and show ourselves to you. 'Cause even a monster can be afraid of the darkness…
"That seems like a depressing read," Harley said, reading over Talia's shoulder. Harley and Talia were alone in one of the barrack lounge. Talia was reading and drinking a glass of wine, and Harley was sitting on the couch beside her polishing her knife collection.
"There was a time when people feared to be this close to be," Talia said, smiling at Harley.
"There was a time when I thought I was in love with an vindictive, obnoxious, unmannerly clown," Harley replied.
"Why," Talia asked.
"Age old story…Boy meets girl. Boy sweet talks girl. Girl gets taken on a crime spree across the Tri-State area," Harley said, shrugging and there took aim at the target on the wall in front of the couch where she had set up a target beside the door. Her blade landed slightly of center.
"I think it was more the thrill of fight," Harley said, "I was such a sheltered little girl."
"I remember my first fight…I was eight. Abbas Nabeel," Talia said, putting down her book.
"Sounds like a real stud," Harley said.
"One punch and it was over," Talia hummed.
"What did Abbas Nabeel do to deserve the wrath of Talia," Harley asked, grabbing her and Talia's empty glasses and going to the bar behind the couch.
"He said he liked me," Talia said, making a small face before picking back up her book.
"Can you be a doll, and hand he the Smithson blade," Harley said, pouring herself and Talia a glass of wine. Talia didn't even look up from her book, when she grabbed the blade and threw it at the target on the wall, landing it dead center.
"How did you do that," Harley asked, looking from Talia and back to the target over and over again.
"Disgracefully," Shayera said, coming into the room.
"I can't argue with the true," Talia laughed, taking the glass of wine from Harley, who stayed behind the couch.
"Gimme the 6-inch, Shayera," Harley said, taking a sip of her wine.
"Honey, if I could give you the 6-inch, all our problems would be solved," Shayera teased.
"And that is why I will not let either you babysit alone," Cheshire said, entering the room with Roy, Oliver, and Dinah.
"Says the woman who when I meet her was beating the life out of a group of men with her baby strapped to her back," Harley said, not taking her eyes off her target as a blade was handed to her, "And said baby was giggling." She aimed and threw the blade, landing it on the target just a little off from Talia's blade.
"What are you doing here…Shouldn't be been doing some family bonding marathon," Harley asked.
"Someone needed us here," Cheshire said, looking to Shayera.
"What's going on," Talia asked.
"We have a mission," Shayera said.
"We always have a mission," Harley countered, drinking more of her wine.
"Not like this," Shayera said.
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Everest-Underground City-Conference Room #2
"Thank you for joining us," Wally said, as the women lined the back wall.
"What is this about, Commander," Helena said, crossing her arms.
"Operation CHRONOS...A time reversal program to reset the timeline," Wally said, as a holographic projection appeared in the middle of the room.
"I'm like 99.9% sure that goes against the laws of physics," Harley said.
"When have you ever been for laws," Shayera asked.
"Ladies," Wally said, calling the pair back to the situation at hand.
"Go on," Talia said.
"We are going to use the time belt with the alien tech to create a time loop back before the fall of the Justice League," Wally said.
"Wait. Pause," Cheshire said.
"We're going to-" Wally started.
"I get the what. It is the why," Cheshire said.
"Batman-" Wally began.
"Oh, I understand…You're asking us to help you to defy destiny, causality, the very nexus of time itself, for a one man," Cheshire said.
"No…We're asking you to help save Batman and the world," Shayera said. Then was a moment of silence, before Harley broke it.
"What the hell. Time's never been on my side," Harley said, hopping up to sit on the desk.
"I'm going to pull time apart for you, Beloved," "Talia said, with a smile.
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